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Teresa E. Gimeno

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5227
World Ranking
7563
National Ranking
272

Teresa E. Gimeno publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 81 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Teresa E. Gimeno D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Teresa E. Gimeno sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Teresa E. Gimeno is affiliated with the Basque Centre for Climate Change in Spain. Their research focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a particular emphasis on plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, and forest ecology and management. Extensive work has also been conducted in hydrology and watershed management studies, climate variability and models, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, and plant responses to elevated CO2.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment (2020), published in Nature
  • Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database (2021), published in Earth System Science Data
  • An explanation for the isotopic offset between soil and stem water in a temperate tree species (2020), published in New Phytologist
  • Differences in temperature sensitivity and drought recovery between natural stands and plantations of conifers are species-specific (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors of Teresa E. Gimeno include:

  • Adrià Barbeta
  • Lisa Wingate
  • Belinda E. Medlyn
  • Diego G. Miralles
  • Leire Mendiola

The main publication venues for the scientist's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Phytologist
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Biogeosciences
  • Plant Cell & Environment

Their primary fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader domains, they have contributed substantially to subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Water Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • Elevated CO2 does not increase eucalypt forest productivity on a low-phosphorus soil

    David S. Ellsworth;Ian C. Anderson;Kristine Y. Crous;Julia Cooke

  • A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

    Lander Baeten;Kris Verheyen;Christian Wirth;Helge Bruelheide

  • Fire severity and seedling establishment in Pinus halepensis woodlands, eastern Iberian Peninsula

    J.G. Pausas;N. Ouadah;A. Ferran;T. Gimeno

  • Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites.

    Jacob A. Nelson;Oscar Pérez-Priego;Sha Zhou;Sha Zhou;Rafael Poyatos

  • Plasticity and stress tolerance override local adaptation in the responses of Mediterranean holm oak seedlings to drought and cold.

    Teresa E Gimeno;Beatriz Pías;José P Lemos-Filho;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares

  • Reviews and syntheses: Carbonyl sulfide as a multi-scale tracer for carbon and water cycles

    Mary E. Whelan;Mary E. Whelan;Sinikka T. Lennartz;Teresa E. Gimeno;Richard Wehr

  • Unexplained hydrogen isotope offsets complicate the identification and quantification of tree water sources in a riparian forest

    Adrià Barbeta;Sam P. Jones;Laura Clavé;Lisa Wingate

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • An explanation for the isotopic offset between soil and stem water in a temperate tree species.

    Adrià Barbeta;Adrià Barbeta;Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;Laura Clavé;Bastien Fréjaville

  • Seasonal acclimation of leaf respiration in Eucalyptus saligna trees : impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought

    Kristine Y. Crous;Joana Zaragoza-Castells;Markus Löw;David S. Ellsworth

  • Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability.

    Remko A. Duursma;Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;Matthias M. Boer;Kristine Y. Crous

  • Conserved stomatal behaviour under elevated CO2 and varying water availability in a mature woodland

    Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;Kristine Y. Crous;Julia Cooke;Julia Cooke;Anthony P. O'Grady

  • Using models to guide field experiments: a priori predictions for the CO2 response of a nutrient- and water-limited native Eucalypt woodland.

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Sönke Zaehle;Anthony P. Walker

  • Intensity and timing of warming and drought differentially affect growth patterns of co-occurring Mediterranean tree species

    Elena Granda;J. Julio Camarero;J. Julio Camarero;Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;Jesús Martínez-Fernández

  • Enhanced growth of Juniperus thurifera under a warmer climate is explained by a positive carbon gain under cold and drought

    Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;J. Julio Camarero;Elena Granda;Beatriz Pías;Beatriz Pías

  • Water stress responses of two Mediterranean tree species influenced by native soil microorganisms and inoculation with a plant growth promoting rhizobacterium

    Ana Rincón;Fernando Valladares;Teresa E. Gimeno;José J. Pueyo

  • Competition may explain the fine‐scale spatial patterns and genetic structure of two co‐occurring plant congeners

    Silvia Matesanz;Teresa E. Gimeno;Marcelino de la Cruz;Adrián Escudero

  • Water stress responses of two Mediterranean tree species influenced

    Ana Rincón;Fernando Valladares Ros;Teresa E. Gimeno;José Javier Pueyo

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Kristine Y. Crous
Kristine Y. Crous Western Sydney University
Lisa Wingate
Lisa Wingate INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jérôme Ogée
Jérôme Ogée INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Remko A. Duursma
Remko A. Duursma Western Sydney University
Mark G. Tjoelker
Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University
Craig V. M. Barton
Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University

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Spanish National Research Council

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Patrick Meir

Patrick Meir

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Kris Verheyen

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Martin G. De Kauwe

Martin G. De Kauwe

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Mark G. Tjoelker

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David T. Tissue

David T. Tissue

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Trevor F. Keenan

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Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

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