Aurora Gaxiola

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Aurora Gaxiola is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurora Gaxiola has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Aurora Gaxiola's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers). Aurora Gaxiola is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers). Aurora Gaxiola collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Spain. Aurora Gaxiola's co-authors include David A. Wardle, Ragan M. Callaway, Alexandra J. Wright, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Juan J. Armestó, José A. Morillo, Peter B. Reich, Wim H. van der Putten, Richard D. Bardgett and Josep Peñuelas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Aurora Gaxiola

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems

2019 325 citations Francisco I. Pugnaire, José A. Morillo et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aurora Gaxiola Chile	18	570	400	379	373	326	38	1.3k
Francis Q. Brearley United Kingdom	21	687 1.2×	327 0.8×	399 1.1×	426 1.1×	449 1.4×	76	1.6k
Melisa A. Giorgis Argentina	25	883 1.5×	452 1.1×	533 1.4×	409 1.1×	463 1.4×	62	1.5k
Leigh C. Moorhead United States	9	352 0.6×	296 0.7×	234 0.6×	280 0.8×	397 1.2×	13	1.0k
Carolina V. Castilho Brazil	19	1.0k 1.8×	429 1.1×	658 1.7×	448 1.2×	190 0.6×	37	1.6k
Soizig Le Stradic France	19	1.0k 1.8×	544 1.4×	711 1.9×	507 1.4×	370 1.1×	34	1.7k
Esteban Suárez United States	20	334 0.6×	328 0.8×	349 0.9×	755 2.0×	116 0.4×	40	1.3k
Carlos Alberto Arnillas Canada	16	409 0.7×	284 0.7×	259 0.7×	386 1.0×	255 0.8×	32	1.1k
Kevin C. Grady United States	18	588 1.0×	241 0.6×	465 1.2×	292 0.8×	284 0.9×	47	1.1k
Mariska te Beest South Africa	15	583 1.0×	445 1.1×	304 0.8×	464 1.2×	695 2.1×	34	1.6k
Peter A. Palmiotto United States	16	928 1.6×	383 1.0×	528 1.4×	295 0.8×	315 1.0×	21	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aurora Gaxiola

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Vicuña, Sebastián, Carlos A. Bonilla, Aurora Gaxiola, et al.. (2025). Water security in a semiarid environment: An approach to assess costs and benefits of high-Andean nature-based solutions. Ecosystem Services. 76. 101784–101784. 1 indexed citations

Pfeiffer, Marco, et al.. (2025). Long-term dynamics of soil water erosion in Chile: interactions between climate variability and land-cover change. CATENA. 259. 109377–109377.

Pfeiffer, Marco, et al.. (2025). Assessing the impact of landcover change on soil organic carbon stocks in Chile: Implications for terrestrial ecosystems and conservation policies. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(10). 2636–2656. 1 indexed citations

Mondaca, Pedro, Juan L. Celis‐Diez, Pablo Díaz‐Siefer, et al.. (2024). Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on soil microbial diversity, composition, and functions. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 370. 109053–109053. 17 indexed citations

Armestó, Juan J., Roberto F. Nespolo, Aurora Gaxiola, et al.. (2023). Chilean long-term Socio-Ecological Research Network: progresses and challenges towards improving stewardship of unique ecosystems. Revista chilena de historia natural. 96(1). 4 indexed citations

Gaxiola, Aurora, et al.. (2023). Variability in terrestrial litter decomposition can be explained by nutrient allocation strategies among soil decomposer communities. Functional Ecology. 37(6). 1642–1652. 13 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Echeverría, Susana, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, José A. Morillo, et al.. (2021). Azorella Cushion Plants and Aridity are Important Drivers of Soil Microbial Communities in Andean Ecosystems. Ecosystems. 24(7). 1576–1590. 11 indexed citations

Pérez‐Quezada, Jorge F., et al.. (2020). Long term effects of fire on the soil greenhouse gas balance of an old-growth temperate rainforest. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 1). 142442–142442. 21 indexed citations

Marquet, Pablo A., et al.. (2020). Indigenous rights to Patagonia's Guafo island. Science. 370(6517). 669–670. 2 indexed citations

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Farías, Ariel A., Cristina Armas, Aurora Gaxiola, et al.. (2020). Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics. Ecological Monographs. 91(2). 5 indexed citations

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Alfaro, Fernando D., et al.. (2020). Soil microbial abundance and activity across forefield glacier chronosequence in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 52(1). 553–562. 11 indexed citations

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Pugnaire, Francisco I., José A. Morillo, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2019). Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Science Advances. 5(11). eaaz1834–eaaz1834. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaxiola, Aurora, et al.. (2019). Natural selection acting on integrated phenotypes: covariance among functional leaf traits increases plant fitness. New Phytologist. 225(1). 546–557. 42 indexed citations

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Wright, Alexandra J., David A. Wardle, Ragan M. Callaway, & Aurora Gaxiola. (2017). The Overlooked Role of Facilitation in Biodiversity Experiments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(5). 383–390. 203 indexed citations

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Gaxiola, Aurora, et al.. (2017). Environmental Controls of Cryptogam Composition and Diversity in Anthropogenic and Natural Peatland Ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia. Ecosystems. 21(2). 203–215. 6 indexed citations

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Gaxiola, Aurora & Juan J. Armestó. (2015). Understanding litter decomposition in semiarid ecosystems: linking leaf traits, UV exposure and rainfall variability. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 140–140. 37 indexed citations

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Forsyth, David M., Deborah J. Wilson, Tomás A. Easdale, et al.. (2015). Century‐scale effects of invasive deer and rodents on the dynamics of forests growing on soils of contrasting fertility. Ecological Monographs. 85(2). 157–180. 28 indexed citations

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Albornoz, Felipe E., et al.. (2013). Nucleation-driven regeneration promotes post-fire recovery in a Chilean temperate forest. Plant Ecology. 214(5). 765–776. 28 indexed citations

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Jaksić, Fabián M., Juan J. Armestó, Aurora Gaxiola, et al.. (2011). Extreme climatic events change the dynamics and invasibility of semi-arid annual plant communities. Ecology Letters. 14(12). 1227–1235. 103 indexed citations

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Gaxiola, Aurora, Larry Burrows, & David A. Coomes. (2007). Tree fern trunks facilitate seedling regeneration in a productive lowland temperate rain forest. Oecologia. 155(2). 325–335. 50 indexed citations

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