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5720
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6162
National Ranking
328

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Néstor Fernández is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science, contributing extensively to the subfields of Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research spans a range of main topics, including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Urban Green Space and Health, and Ecology and biodiversity studies.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space (2021), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration (2020), published in One Earth
  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Expert-based assessment of rewilding indicates progress at site-level, yet challenges for upscaling (2021), published in Ecography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fernández include Henrique M. Pereira, Miguel Fernández, W. Daniel Kissling, Nicholas C. Coops, and Duccio Rocchini.

The scientist's work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ecography
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Rewilding complex ecosystems.

    Andrea Perino;Henrique M. Pereira;Henrique M. Pereira;Laetitia M. Navarro;Néstor Fernández

  • Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Martin Wegmann;Martin Wegmann;Andrew Skidmore;Sander Mucher

  • Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale.

    W. Daniel Kissling;Jorge A. Ahumada;Anne Bowser;Miguel Fernandez;Miguel Fernandez

  • Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models

    Christophe F. Randin;Michael B. Ashcroft;Janine Bolliger;Jeannine Cavender-Bares

  • Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space.

    Andrew K. Skidmore;Andrew K. Skidmore;Nicholas C. Coops;Elnaz Neinavaz;Abebe Ali

  • Habitat selection models for European wildcat conservation

    Nina Klar;Nina Klar;Néstor Fernandez;Néstor Fernandez;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Stephanie Kramer-Schadt;Mathias Herrmann

  • Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination

    Laetitia M. Navarro;Néstor Fernández;Carlos Guerra;Rob Guralnick

  • Building essential biodiversity variables(EBVs) of species distribution and abundanceat a global scale

    W. Daniel Kissling;Jorge A. Ahumada;Anne Bowser;Miguel Fernández

  • HABITAT-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN RABBIT (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS) ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND ACTIVITY

    Ludgarda Lombardi;Néstor Fernández;Sacramento Moreno;Rafael Villafuerte

  • The ecosystem functioning dimension in conservation: insights from remote sensing

    Javier Cabello;Néstor Fernández;Néstor Fernández;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;Cecilio Oyonarte

  • Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

    Hjalmar S. Kühl;Hjalmar S. Kühl;Diana E. Bowler;Diana E. Bowler;Diana E. Bowler;Lukas Bösch;Helge Bruelheide;Helge Bruelheide

  • ANIMAL HABITAT QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: EXPLORING SEASONAL PATTERNS USING NDVI

    Thorsten Wiegand;Javier Naves;Martín F. Garbulsky;Néstor Fernández

  • Large carnivore damage in Europe: Analysis of compensation and prevention programs

    Carlos Bautista;Eloy Revilla;Javier Naves;Jörg Albrecht

  • Accuracy of the Temperature-Vegetation Dryness Index using MODIS under water-limited vs. energy-limited evapotranspiration conditions

    Monica Garcia;Monica Garcia;N. Fernández;L. Villagarcía;F. Domingo

  • IDENTIFYING BREEDING HABITAT FOR THE IBERIAN LYNX: INFERENCES FROM A FINE‐SCALE SPATIAL ANALYSIS

    Néstor Fernández;Miguel Delibes;Francisco Palomares;David J. Mladenoff

  • Habitat use and spatial behaviour in the European rabbit in three Mediterranean environments

    Ludgarda Lombardi;Néstor Fernández;Sacramento Moreno

  • Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale

    Carlos Bautista;Javier Naves;Eloy Revilla;Néstor Fernández

  • The selection of breeding dens by the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus): implications for its conservation

    Néstor Fernández;Francisco Palomares

  • Preservation of wide-ranging top predators by site-protection: Black and red kites in Doñana National Park

    Fabrizio Sergio;Julio Blas;Manuela Forero;Néstor Fernández;Néstor Fernández

  • Characteristics, location and selection of diurnal resting dens by Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a low density area

    Eloy Revilla;Francisco Palomares;Néstor Fernández

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Delibes
Miguel Delibes Spanish National Research Council
Henrique M. Pereira
Henrique M. Pereira Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Eloy Revilla
Eloy Revilla Spanish National Research Council
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt Leibniz Association
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Eren Turak
Eren Turak Office of Environment and Heritage
Nuria Selva
Nuria Selva Polish Academy of Sciences
José M. Paruelo
José M. Paruelo University of Buenos Aires
Duccio Rocchini
Duccio Rocchini University of Bologna
Michael E. Schaepman
Michael E. Schaepman University of Zurich

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