| Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands FT Maestre, JL Quero, NJ Gotelli, A Escudero, V Ochoa, ... Science 335 (6065), 214-218, 2012 | 611 | 2012 |
| Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands M Delgado-Baquerizo, FT Maestre, A Gallardo, MA Bowker, ... Nature 502 (7473), 672, 2013 | 335 | 2013 |
| Deforestation and forest fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s–losing a hotspot of biodiversity MF Tapia-Armijos, J Homeier, CI Espinosa, C Leuschner, M de la Cruz PloS one 10 (9), e0133701, 2015 | 118 | 2015 |
| Bosques tropicales secos de la región Pacífico Ecuatorial: diversidad, estructura, funcionamiento e implicaciones para la conservación. CI Espinosa, M De la Cruz, AL Luzuriaga, A Escudero Revista Ecosistemas 21 (1-2), 2012 | 101* | 2012 |
| What factors affect diversity and species composition of endangered Tumbesian dry forests in Southern Ecuador? CI Espinosa, O Cabrera, AL Luzuriaga, A Escudero Biotropica 43 (1), 15-22, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands S Soliveres, FT Maestre, MA Bowker, R Torices, JL Quero, ... Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics 16 (4), 164-173, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold ME Olson, D Soriano, JA Rosell, T Anfodillo, MJ Donoghue, EJ Edwards, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (29), 7551-7556, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands W Ulrich, S Soliveres, FT Maestre, NJ Gotelli, JL Quero, ... Journal of biogeography 41 (12), 2307-2319, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
| Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands R Ochoa‐Hueso, DJ Eldridge, M Delgado‐Baquerizo, S Soliveres, ... Journal of Ecology 106 (1), 242-253, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| Does spatial heterogeneity blur the signature of dispersal syndromes on spatial patterns of woody species? A test in a tropical dry forest A Jara‐Guerrero, M De la Cruz, CI Espinosa, M Méndez, A Escudero Oikos 124 (10), 1360-1366, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Climate and grazing control nurse effects in an Ecuadorian dry shrubby community CI Espinosa, AL Luzuriaga, M de la Cruz, A Escudero Journal of Tropical Ecology 30 (1), 23-32, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide M Delgado‐Baquerizo, FT Maestre, A Gallardo, DJ Eldridge, S Soliveres, ... Global ecology and biogeography 25 (1), 36-45, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Seasonal diversity of butterflies and its relationship with woody-plant resources availability in an Ecuadorian tropical dry forest A Castro, CI Espinosa Tropical Conservation Science 8 (2), 333-351, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
| The effects of individual tree species on species diversity in a tropical dry forest change throughout ontogeny A Espinosa, C. I. de la Cruz, M. Jara-Guerrero, A. Gusmán, E. Escudero Ecography 39, 329-337, 2015 | 18* | 2015 |
| Shifts in leaf litter breakdown along a forest–pasture–urban gradient in Andean streams C Iñiguez‐Armijos, S Rausche, A Cueva, A Sánchez‐Rodríguez, ... Ecology and evolution 6 (14), 4849-4865, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Co‐occurring grazing and climate stressors have different effects on the total seed bank when compared to the persistent seed bank CI Espinosa, AL Luzuriaga, M de la Cruz, M Montero, A Escudero Journal of vegetation science 24 (6), 1098-1107, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| Climate change versus deforestation: Implications for tree species distribution in the dry forests of southern Ecuador CE Manchego, P Hildebrandt, J Cueva, CI Espinosa, B Stimm, S Günter PloS one 12 (12), e0190092, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| White‐tailed deer as the last megafauna dispersing seeds in Neotropical dry forests: the role of fruit and seed traits A Jara‐Guerrero, G Escribano‐Avila, CI Espinosa, M De la Cruz, ... Biotropica 50 (1), 169-177, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| Reserva Ecológica Arenillas;¿ un refugio de diversidad biológica o una isla de extinción? CI Espinosa, A Jara-Guerrero, R Cisneros, JD Sotomayor, ... Revista Ecosistemas 25 (2), 5-12, 2016 | 10 | 2016 |
| Biodiversity patterns and ecological processes in Neotropical dry forest: the need to connect research and management for long-term conservation G Escribano-Avila, L Cervera, L Ordóñez-Delgado, A Jara-Guerrero, ... Neotropical Biodiversity 3 (1), 107-116, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
Marcelino de la Cruz RotProfesor de Botánica, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosVerified email at urjc.es
