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Pablo García-Palacios

Pablo García-Palacios

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
10868
World Ranking
4576
National Ranking
141

Overview

Pablo García-Palacios is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on several intersecting fields within agricultural and environmental sciences, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. This work includes significant contributions to Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of investigation cover a broad range of soil and ecosystem dynamics. These include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Nematode Management and Characterization Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, as well as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

García-Palacios has published extensively, with influential recent papers such as:

  • Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems (2021, Nature Food)
  • Phylotype diversity within soil fungal functional groups drives ecosystem stability (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming (2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Publication venues frequently featuring García-Palacios's work include:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Functional Ecology

Collaborations are an important aspect of García-Palacios's work. Frequent co-authors include Fernando T. Maestre, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, David S. Pescador, and Gina Garland. These partnerships reflect a network of researchers engaged in related fields, often focusing on ecological and soil science questions.

Their contributions span complex interactions in soil ecosystems, focusing on microbial and fungal dynamics, soil carbon cycling, and the impact of agricultural practices on ecological functions. The scope and interdisciplinary nature of their research contribute to an understanding of ecosystem functionality and sustainability under changing environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;José L. Quero;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Adrián Escudero

  • Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

    Pablo García-Palacios;Fernando T. Maestre;Jens Kattge;Diana H. Wall

  • Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world.

    Fernando T. Maestre;David J. Eldridge;Santiago Soliveres;Sonia Kéfi

  • Climate mediates the biodiversity-ecosystem stability relationship globally.

    Pablo García-Palacios;Nicolas Gross;Juan Gaitán;Fernando T Maestre

  • Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;María D. Puche;M. Belén Hinojosa;M. Belén Hinojosa

  • Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Zheng Shi;Laureano A. Gherardi;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition

    Pablo García-Palacios;E. Ashley Shaw;Diana H. Wall;Stephan Hättenschwiler

  • The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: A comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

    Pablo García‐Palacios;Brendan G. McKie;Ira Tanya Handa;André Frainer;André Frainer

  • Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems

    Gina Garland;Anna Edlinger;Samiran Banerjee;Florine Degrune

  • Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming

    Pablo García-Palacios;Thomas W. Crowther;Marina Dacal;Marina Dacal;Iain P. Hartley

  • Differential responses of carbon-degrading enzyme activities to warming: Implications for soil respiration.

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Pablo García-Palacios;Junji Cao;Junji Cao

  • Biological Soil Crust Microsites Are the Main Contributor to Soil Respiration in a Semiarid Ecosystem

    Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy;Fernando T. Maestre;Ana Rey;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres

  • Are there links between responses of soil microbes and ecosystem functioning to elevated CO2, N deposition and warming? A global perspective

    Pablo García-Palacios;Pablo García-Palacios;Martijn L. Vandegehuchte;Martijn L. Vandegehuchte;E. Ashley Shaw;Marie Dam;Marie Dam

  • Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;Cristina Escolar;María D. Puche

  • Plant responses to soil heterogeneity and global environmental change

    Pablo García-Palacios;Fernando T. Maestre;Richard D. Bardgett;Hans de Kroon

  • Stimulation of ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundances by nitrogen loading: Poor predictability for increased soil N2O emission

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  • Soil characteristics determine soil carbon and nitrogen availability during leaf litter decomposition regardless of litter quality

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Pablo García-Palacios;Pablo García-Palacios;Rubén Milla;Antonio Gallardo

  • Soil microbial respiration adapts to ambient temperature in global drylands.

    Marina Dacal;Mark A. Bradford;César Plaza;César Plaza;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality.

    Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet;Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;Hugo Saiz;Hugo Saiz;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands

    Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;Rubén Torices

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Gallardo
Antonio Gallardo Pablo de Olavide University
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Rubén Milla
Rubén Milla King Juan Carlos University
Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena

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