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Virgilio Hermoso

Virgilio Hermoso

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
7670
World Ranking
4277
National Ranking
336

Overview

Virgilio Hermoso is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has produced a substantial body of research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery," 2021, Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene," 2020, Science
  • "Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience," 2020, Conservation Letters
  • "Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions," 2021, Regional Environmental Change

Frequent co-authors with whom Hermoso has collaborated include:

  • José Salgado-Rojas
  • Adrián Regos
  • Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez
  • Miguel Clavero
  • Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda

Hermoso's work has been published repeatedly in various journals and domains, with frequent contributions to the following publication venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological Conservation

Their research covers multiple topics in environmental and ecological sciences, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

In addition to journal articles, Hermoso has contributed to book publications, notably with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, including the title Lista de especies exóticas acuáticas de la Península Ibérica (2020).

Best Publications

  • Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

    Luke T. Kelly;Katherine M. Giljohann;Andrea Duane;Nuria Aquilue

  • A Global Assessment of Inland Wetland Conservation Status

    Vanessa Reis;Virgilio Hermoso;Stephen K. Hamilton;Douglas Ward

  • The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery

    V. Hermoso;S.B. Carvalho;S. Giakoumi;S. Giakoumi;D. Goldsborough

  • Invasive species and habitat degradation in Iberian streams: an analysis of their role in freshwater fish diversity loss

    Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Miguel Clavero;Francisco Blanco-Garrido;José Prenda

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

  • Addressing longitudinal connectivity in the systematic conservation planning of fresh waters

    V. Hermoso;V. Hermoso;S. Linke;J. Prenda;H. P. Possingham

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • The role of protected areas for freshwater biodiversity conservation: challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing world

    Virgilio Hermoso;Robin Abell;Simon Linke;Philip Boon

  • Managing freshwater, river, wetland and estuarine protected areas

    James Pittock;Max Finlayson;Angela Arthington;John H. Matthews

  • Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020 : recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience

    Charles B. van Rees;Kerry A. Waylen;Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber;Stephen J. Thackeray

  • Threatening processes and conservation management of endemic freshwater fish in the Mediterranean basin: a review

    Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Miguel Clavero

  • Integrating multidirectional connectivity requirements in systematic conservation planning for freshwater systems

    Virgilio Hermoso;Mark J. Kennard;Simon Linke

  • Selecting cost‐effective areas for restoration of ecosystem services

    M. F. Adame;M. F. Adame;V. Hermoso;K. Perhans;C. E. Lovelock

  • Essential biodiversity variables for measuring change in global freshwater biodiversity

    Eren Turak;Eren Turak;Ian Harrison;David Dudgeon;Robin Abell

  • Reservoirs promote the taxonomic homogenization of fish communities within river basins

    Miguel Clavero;Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso

  • Merging connectivity rules and large-scale condition assessment improves conservation adequacy in river systems

    Simon Linke;Simon Linke;Mark J. Kennard;Mark J. Kennard;Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Julian D. Olden

  • Systematic planning for river rehabilitation: integrating multiple ecological and economic objectives in complex decisions

    Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Francis Pantus;Francis Pantus;Jon Olley;Jon Olley;Simon Linke;Simon Linke;Simon Linke

  • Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin

    Miguel Clavero;Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Noam Levin;Salit Kark;Salit Kark

  • Systematic conservation planning for intraspecific genetic diversity

    Ivan Paz-Vinas;Ivan Paz-Vinas;Ivan Paz-Vinas;Géraldine Loot;Géraldine Loot;Virgilio Hermoso;Charlotte Veyssière

  • Designing a network of green infrastructure to enhance the conservation value of protected areas and maintain ecosystem services.

    Mónica Lanzas;Virgilio Hermoso;Sergio de-Miguel;Gerard Bota

  • Assessing the ecological status in species-poor systems: A fish-based index for Mediterranean Rivers (Guadiana River, SW Spain)

    Virgilio Hermoso;Virgilio Hermoso;Miguel Clavero;Francisco Blanco-Garrido;José Prenda

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation ; Science of the Total Environment

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Linke
Simon Linke CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Miguel Clavero
Miguel Clavero Spanish National Research Council
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
Lluís Brotons
Lluís Brotons Spanish National Research Council
Sami Domisch
Sami Domisch Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Eren Turak
Eren Turak Office of Environment and Heritage
Pedro Beja
Pedro Beja University of Porto
Gaël Grenouillet
Gaël Grenouillet Paul Sabatier University

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