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Pilar Castro-Díez

Pilar Castro-Díez

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
8328
World Ranking
6294
National Ranking
213

Overview

Pilar Castro-Díez is affiliated with the University of Alcalá in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work examining ecology, forest management, and the impacts of non-native species on ecosystems.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Main research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Frequent publication venues contributing to Pilar Castro-Díez's work include:

  • NeoBiota
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Scientific Data
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Pilar Castro-Díez are:

  • "A Global Review of Ligustrum Lucidum (OLEACEAE) Invasion," 2020, published in The Botanical Review
  • "Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review," 2022, published in NeoBiota
  • "Effects of widespread non-native trees on regulating ecosystem services," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Field studies of the ecological impacts of invasive plants in Europe," 2024, published in NeoBiota
  • "Quantifying carbon storage and sequestration by native and non-native forests under contrasting climate types," 2023, published in Global Change Biology

Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Álvaro Alonso
  • Elena Granda
  • Montserrat Vilà
  • Adrián Lázaro-Lobo
  • Romina Fernández

Best Publications

  • The plant traits that drive ecosystems: evidence from three continents.

    S. Díaz;J.G. Hodgson;K. Thompson;M. Cabido

  • Leaf structure and anatomy as related to leaf mass per area variation in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types.

    P. Castro-Díez;J. P. Puyravaud;J. H. C. Cornelissen

  • Is leaf dry matter content a better predictor of soil fertility than specific leaf area

    J. G. Hodgson;G. Montserrat-Martí;M. Charles;G. Jones

  • What explains the invading success of the aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca)?

    A. Alonso;P. Castro-Díez

  • What explains variation in the impacts of exotic plant invasions on the nitrogen cycle? A meta-analysis.

    P. Castro-Díez;O. Godoy;A. Alonso;A. Gallardo

  • Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Ana Sofia Vaz;Joaquim S. Silva;Joaquim S. Silva;Marcela van Loo

  • Leaf morphology and leaf chemical composition in three Quercus (Fagaceae) species along a rainfall gradient in NE Spain

    P. Castro-Díez;P. Villar-Salvador;C. Pérez-Rontomé;Melchor Maestro-Martínez

  • Multispecies comparison reveals that invasive and native plants differ in their traits but not in their plasticity

    Oscar Godoy;Oscar Godoy;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares;Pilar Castro‐Díez

  • Stem xylem features in three Quercus (Fagaceae) species along a climatic gradient in NE Spain

    P. Villar-Salvador;Pilar Castro-Díez;Carmen Pérez-Rontomé;G. Montserrat-Martí

  • Foliar nutrients in relation to growth, allocation and leaf traits in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types

    J. H. C. Cornelissen;M. J. A. Werger;P. Castro-Díez;J. W. A. van Rheenen

  • Functional traits of woody plants: correspondence of species rankings between field adults and laboratory-grown seedlings?

    J.H.C. Cornelissen;B. Cerabolini;P. Castro-Díez;P. Villar-Salvador

  • Stomatal vs. genome size in angiosperms: the somatic tail wagging the genomic dog?

    J. G. Hodgson;M. Sharafi;A. Jalili;S. Díaz

  • Effects of exotic and native tree leaf litter on soil properties of two contrasting sites in the Iberian Peninsula.

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Natalia Fierro-Brunnenmeister;Noelia González-Muñoz;Antonio Gallardo

  • Flowering phenology of invasive alien plant species compared with native species in three Mediterranean-type ecosystems

    Oscar Godoy;David M. Richardson;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares;Pilar Castro-Díez

  • Relationships between phenology and the remobilization of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in branches of eight Mediterranean evergreens.

    R. Milla;P. Castro-Díez;M. Maestro-Martínez;G. Montserrat-Martí

  • How much will it cost to save grassland diversity

    J.G. Hodgson;G. Montserrat-Martı́;J. Tallowin;K. Thompson

  • Stem anatomy and relative growth rate in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types.

    P. Castro-Díez;J. P. Puyravaud;J. H. C. Cornelissen;P. Villar-Salvador

  • Predicting invasiveness of Australian acacias on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life history traits and human use

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Oscar Godoy;Oscar Godoy;Oscar Godoy;Asunción Saldaña;David M. Richardson

  • Leaf litter traits of invasive species slow down decomposition compared to Spanish natives: a broad phylogenetic comparison.

    Oscar Godoy;Oscar Godoy;Pilar Castro-Díez;Richard S. P. Van Logtestijn;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen

  • Environmental and developmental controls on specific leaf area are little modified by leaf allometry

    Ruben Milla;Peter B Reich;Ulo Niinemets;Pilar Castro-Diez

  • Effects of exotic invasive trees on nitrogen cycling: a case study in Central Spain

    P. Castro-Díez;P. Castro-Díez;N. González-Muñoz;A. Alonso;A. Gallardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar Godoy
Oscar Godoy University of Cádiz
Gabriel Montserrat-Martí
Gabriel Montserrat-Martí Spanish National Research Council
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Pedro Villar-Salvador
Pedro Villar-Salvador University of Alcalá
Joana R. Vicente
Joana R. Vicente University of Porto
Rubén Milla
Rubén Milla King Juan Carlos University
Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini
Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini University of Insubria
John G. Hodgson
John G. Hodgson University of Sheffield
Montserrat Vilà
Montserrat Vilà Spanish National Research Council

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