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Overview

Xim Cerdá is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has addressed various aspects of insect ecology and behavior, genetics, and the interactions of species with their environments.

The main fields of study associated with Xim Cerdá include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, Cerdá's research delves into subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling

The topics most frequently covered in their publications include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Xim Cerdá are:

  • "Does social thermal regulation constrain individual thermal tolerance in an ant species?" (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Molecular phylogeny of the desert ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (2023), published by DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • "Effects of the Argentine ant venom on terrestrial amphibians" (2020), published in Conservation Biology
  • "Fungal diversity and community composition responses to the reintroduction of fire in a non-managed Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem" (2023), published in Forest Ecosystems
  • "Four-year study of arthropod taxonomic and functional responses to a forest wildfire: Epigeic ants and spiders are affected differently" (2022), published in Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cerdá include:

  • Elena Angulo
  • Raphaël Boulay
  • Paloma Álvarez-Blanco
  • Xavier Arnán
  • Irène Villalta

Their work has been published multiple times in journals such as:

  • Insect Science
  • Chemoecology
  • Revista Española de Cardiología
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Conservation Biology

Best Publications

  • Critical thermal limits in Mediterranean ant species: trade‐off between mortality risk and foraging performance

    Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana;S. Cros

  • Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

    Robert R. Dunn;Donat Agosti;Alan N. Andersen;Xavier Arnan;Xavier Arnan

  • Thermal disruption of transitive hierarchies in Mediterranean ant communities

    Xim Cerda;Javier Retana;Sebastia Cros

  • The role of competition by dominants and temperature in the foraging of subordinate species in Mediterranean ant communities.

    Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana;Antonio J. Manzaneda

  • Patterns of diversity and composition of Mediterranean ground ant communities tracking spatial and temporal variability in the thermal environment

    Javier Retana;Xim Cerdá

  • Flowering phenology, floral traits and pollinator composition in a herbaceous Mediterranean plant community

    Jordi Bosch;Javier Retana;Xim Cerdá

  • Floral integration, phenotypic covariance structure and pollinator variation in bumblebee-pollinated Helleborus foetidus

    C. M. Herrera;X. Cerdá;M. B. García;J. Guitián

  • Spatial and temporal variations in the activity patterns of Mediterranean ant communities

    Sebastià Cros;Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Geographical variation in diaspore traits of an ant-dispersed plant (Helleborus foetidus): are ant community composition and diaspore traits correlated?

    José L. Garrido;José L. Garrido;Pedro J. Rey;Xim Cerdá;Carlos M. Herrera

  • Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants

    Clinton Neil Jenkins;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Alan N. Andersen;Xavier Arnan

  • Partitioning the impact of environment and spatial structure on alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European ants

    Xavier Arnan;Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Relationships among taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic ant diversity across the biogeographic regions of Europe

    Xavier Arnan;Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Geographical variation in autonomous self-pollination levels unrelated to pollinator service in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae).

    Carlos M. Herrera;Alfonso M. Sánchez-Lafuente;Mónica Medrano;Javier Guitián

  • Alternative strategies by thermophilic ants to cope with extreme heat: individual versus colony level traits

    Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Links between worker polymorphism and thermal biology in a thermophilic ant species

    Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Individual and collective foraging decisions: a field study of worker recruitment in the gypsy ant Aphaenogaster senilis

    Xim Cerdá;Xim Cerdá;Xim Cerdá;Elena Angulo;Elena Angulo;Raphaël Boulay;Alain Lenoir

  • Ant functional responses along environmental gradients

    Xavier Arnan;Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana

  • Response of ant functional composition to fire

    Xavier Arnan;Xim Cerdá;Anselm Rodrigo;Javier Retana

  • Trophallaxis mediates uniformity of colony odor in Cataglyphis iberica ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Abdallah Dahbi;Abraham Hefetz;Xim Cerdá;Alain Lenoir

  • Prey Size Reverses the Outcome of Interference Interactions of Scavenger Ants

    Xim Cerdá;Javier Retana;Sebastià Cros

  • Spatial patterns, temporal variability, and the role of multi-nest colonies in a monogynous Spanish desert ant

    Xim Cerdá;Abdallah Dahbi;Javier Retana

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphaël Boulay
Raphaël Boulay François Rabelais University
Javier Retana
Javier Retana Autonomous University of Barcelona
Elena Angulo
Elena Angulo Spanish National Research Council
Abraham Hefetz
Abraham Hefetz Tel Aviv University
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Pedro J. Rey
Pedro J. Rey University of Jaén
Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
Carlos Bernstein
Carlos Bernstein University of Lyon System
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Carlos M. Herrera
Carlos M. Herrera Spanish National Research Council

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