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Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo

Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4433
World Ranking
7627
National Ranking
277

Overview

Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo is affiliated with the University of Córdoba in Spain and specializes in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focuses primarily on forest ecology, plant water relations, and forest management, with a strong emphasis on climate impacts and land-use dynamics.

Their work spans several subfields, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, plant science, and environmental engineering. These areas support a comprehensive approach to understanding environmental systems and their management under shifting climatic conditions.

The scientist has published extensively in multiple academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Forests
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biomass and Bioenergy

Among their recent papers are the following studies:

  • "Competition modulates the response of growth to climate in pure and mixed Abies pinsapo subsp. Maroccana forests in northern Morocco" (2020) published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Modeling Major Rural Land-Use Changes Using the GIS-Based Cellular Automata Metronamica Model: The Case of Andalusia (Southern Spain)" (2020) published in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

In addition to these, other relevant publications include:

  • "Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The environmental drivers influencing spatio-temporal dynamics of oak defoliation and mortality in dehesas of Southern Spain" (2021) in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Evaluation of the nutrient content in biomass of Eucalyptus species from short rotation plantations in Uruguay" (2020) in Biomass and Bioenergy

Frequent collaborators contributing to their research include Guillermo Palacios-Rodríguez, Francisco J. Ruíz-Gómez, Pablo González-Moreno, J. Julio Camarero, and Antonio Jesús Ariza Salamanca.

Their main research topics are:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Best Publications

  • Assessing structural effects on PRI for stress detection in conifer forests

    Rocío Hernández-Clemente;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Lola Suárez;Fermín Morales

  • Selective drought-induced decline of pine species in southeastern Spain

    R. Sánchez-Salguero;R. Sánchez-Salguero;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Jesús Julio Camarero;Ángel Fernández-Cancio

  • Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality

    Enric Batllori;Francisco Lloret;Tuomas Aakala;William R. L. Anderegg

  • Carotenoid content estimation in a heterogeneous conifer forest using narrow-band indices and PROSPECT + DART simulations

    Rocío Hernández-Clemente;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada

  • Is drought the main decline factor at the rear edge of Europe? The case of southern Iberian pine plantations

    Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Thomas W. Swetnam;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Contrasting vulnerability and resilience to drought-induced decline of densely planted vs. natural rear-edge Pinus nigra forests

    Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;J. Julio Camarero;J. Julio Camarero;Matthias Dobbertin;Ángel Fernández-Cancio

  • Growth response to climate and drought change along an aridity gradient in the southernmost Pinus nigra relict forests

    J. Julio Camarero;J. Julio Camarero;Rubén D. Manzanedo;Rubén D. Manzanedo;Raúl Sanchez-Salguero;Raúl Sanchez-Salguero;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo

  • Is thinning an alternative when trees could die in response to drought? The case of planted Pinus nigra and P. Sylvestris stands in southern Spain

    Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Carlos Rodriguez;Joaquín Duque Lazo

  • Maternal influences on seed mass effect and initial seedling growth in four Quercus species

    Victoria González-Rodríguez;Rafael Villar;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo

  • Assessment of functional and structural changes of soil fungal and oomycete communities in holm oak declined dehesas through metabarcoding analysis.

    Francisco J. Ruiz Gómez;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque;Wolfgang Oβwald

  • Cumulative Drought Stress Leads to a Loss of Growth Resilience and Explains Higher Mortality in Planted than in Naturally Regenerated Pinus pinaster Stands

    Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Carlos Rodriguez-Vallejo;Emidio Silveiro;Antonio Hortal

  • Artificial regeneration with Quercus ilex L. and Quercus suber L. by direct seeding and planting in southern Spain

    Victoria González-Rodríguez;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Rafael Villar

  • Physiological and Proteomic Analyses of Drought Stress Response in Holm Oak Provenances

    José Valero-Galván;Raquel González-Fernández;Rafael Maria Navarro-Cerrillo;Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín

  • Forecasting oak decline caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi in Andalusia : identification of priority areas for intervention

    Joaquín Duque-Lazo;Rafael María Navarro-Cerrillo;Hein van Gils;Thomas A. Groen

  • The Involvement of Phytophthora Root Rot and Drought Stress in Holm Oak Decline: from Ecophysiology to Microbiome Influence

    Francisco José Ruiz-Gómez;Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque;Rafael María Navarro-Cerrillo

  • Intraspecific leaf functional trait variability of eight Prosopis pallida tree populations along a climatic gradient of the dry forests of northern Peru

    Pablo C. Salazar;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Gastón Cruz;Rafael Villar

  • Physiological and proteomics analyses of Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota [Desf.] Samp.) responses to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

    Besma Sghaier-Hammami;José Valero-Galvàn;Mª Cristina Romero-Rodríguez;Rafael Mª Navarro-Cerrillo

  • Differences in the Response to Acute Drought and Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands Infection in Quercus ilex L. Seedlings

    Francisco J. Ruiz Gómez;Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque;Rafael Sánchez-Cuesta;José L. Quero

  • Assessment of the future stability of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) afforestation under climate change scenarios in Southwest Spain

    J. Duque-Lazo;R.M. Navarro-Cerrillo;F.J. Ruíz-Gómez

  • Influence of contrasting stocking densities on the dynamics of above-ground biomass and wood density of Eucalyptus benthamii, Eucalyptus dunnii, and Eucalyptus grandis for bioenergy in Uruguay

    Fernando Resquin;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier;Cecilia Rachid Casnati

  • Competition modulates the response of growth to climate in pure and mixed Abies pinsapo subsp. Maroccana forests in northern Morocco

    Rafael M Navarro-Cerrillo;Rubén D. Manzanedo;Rubén D. Manzanedo;Carlos Rodriguez-Vallejo;Antonio Gazol;Antonio Gazol

  • Assessment of Antarctic moss health from multi-sensor UAS imagery with Random Forest Modelling.

    Francisco J. Romero Ramírez;Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo;M. Ángeles Varo-Martínez;Jose Luis Quero

Frequent Co-Authors

Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
Raúl Sánchez-Salguero Pablo de Olavide University
J. Julio Camarero
J. Julio Camarero Spanish National Research Council
Rafael Villar
Rafael Villar University of Córdoba
Antonio Gazol
Antonio Gazol Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Miguel A. Zavala
Miguel A. Zavala University of Alcalá
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada Spanish National Research Council
Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque
Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training
José María Fernández-Palacios
José María Fernández-Palacios University of La Laguna
Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín University of Zaragoza

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