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 | 779 | 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), 672-676, 2013 | 450 | 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 | 165 | 2015 |
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 | 110 | 2018 |
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 | 106 | 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 | 72 | 2011 |
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 | 64 | 2018 |
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 | 61 | 2014 |
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 | 56 | 2014 |
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 | 32 | 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 | 28 | 2016 |
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 | 27 | 2016 |
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 | 25* | 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, 23-32, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
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 | 20 | 2015 |
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 | 19 | 2013 |
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 | 17 | 2018 |
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 | 17 | 2017 |
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 | 16 | 2017 |
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 | 12 | 2016 |