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Ecology and Evolution
Argentina
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
107
Citations
99729
World Ranking
195
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2020 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2010 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Overview

Sandra Díaz is affiliated with the National University of Córdoba in Argentina. Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research covers a wide range of topics, primarily centered on the interactions between ecosystems, biodiversity, and human impacts. The main topics of their work are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration," 2020, Nature
  • "The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss," 2022, Science Advances
  • "People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability," 2020, Science

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Nature, People and Nature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Unai Pascual
  • Yadvinder Malhi
  • Zsolt Molnár
  • Victoria Reyes-García
  • Bernardo B. N. Strassburg

In terms of book publications, Sandra Díaz has contributed to works published by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, including a report synthesizing scientific evidence to support the development of the post-2020 Global Framework on Biodiversity.

Their academic recognition includes several awards and honors:

  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2020
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2019
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2012
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2002
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Best Publications

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    J. H. C. Cornelissen;S. Lavorel;E. Garnier;S. Diaz

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

    Tim Newbold;Lawrence N Hudson;Samantha L L Hill;Sara Contu

  • Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

    Sandra Díaz;Marcelo Ruben Cabido

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function

    Sandra Myrna Díaz;Jens Kattge;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Ian J. Wright

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Assessing nature's contributions to people

    Sandra Diaz;Unai Pascual;Marie Stenseke;Berta Martin-Lopez

  • The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people

    Sandra Díaz;Sebsebe Demissew;Julia Carabias;Carlos Joly

  • Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Harold A. Mooney;John Agard;Doris Capistrano

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

    Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

  • Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being.

    Sandra Díaz;Joseph E Fargione;F. Stuart Chapin;David Tilman

  • Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments

    Sandra Myrna Díaz;Sandra Lavorel;Francesco de Bello;Fabien Quétier

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

    Kai M. A. Chan;Patricia Balvanera;Karina Benessaiah;Mollie Chapman

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

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

  • Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach

    Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual;Patricia Balvanera;Sandra Díaz;György Pataki

  • Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

    Katharine N. Suding;Sandra Lavorel;F. S. Chapin;Johannes H. Cornelissen

  • Plant trait responses to grazing – a global synthesis

    Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel;Sue McINTYRE;Valeria Falczuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Lavorel
Sandra Lavorel Grenoble Alpes University
Marcelo Cabido
Marcelo Cabido National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Benjamin Blonder
Benjamin Blonder University of California, Berkeley
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Norma Salinas
Norma Salinas Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Eric Garnier
Eric Garnier University of Montpellier

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