Frédéric Mèdail

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
131 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Mèdail is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Mèdail has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Plant Science, 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 49 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Mèdail's work include Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (52 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (49 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Frédéric Mèdail is often cited by papers focused on Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (52 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (49 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Frédéric Mèdail collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Spain. Frédéric Mèdail's co-authors include Pierre Quézel, Katia Diadema, Régine Verlaque, Éric Vidal, Carey Suehs, Alex Baumel, Thierry Tatoni, Giuseppe Brundu, Philip E. Hulme and Laurence Affre and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Mèdail

124 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Glacial refugia influence plant diversity patterns in the Mediterranean Basin

2009 926 citations Frédéric Mèdail, Katia Diadema Journal of Biogeography profile →
Hot-Spots Analysis for Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin

1997 817 citations Frédéric Mèdail, Pierre Quézel profile →
Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean Basin: Setting Global Conservation Priorities

1999 778 citations Frédéric Mèdail, Pierre Quézel profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Intermittent History of Exploitation of Terrestrial Biotic Resources on the Small Islands of the Western Mediterranean Basin 2024 ·Human Ecology ·Frédéric Mèdail, Salvatore Pasta	1
2	Historical human impact on the endangered, relict and iconic Canary Islands dragon tree (Dracaena draco (L.) L.) and its uncertain fate in the face of climate change 2024 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·(unknown), Frédéric Mèdail, Alex Baumel, Arnoldo Santos Guerra, Petr Maděra, Petr Vahalík, Agathe Leriche	0
3	In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region 2024 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Jorge Capelo, Juli Caujapé‐Castells, Lea de Nascimento, María Cristina Duarte, Rui B. Elias, Carlos García‐Verdugo, Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, Frédéric Mèdail, Agustín Naranjo Cigala, Jairo Patiño, Jonathan P. Price, María M. Romeiras, (unknown), Robert J. Whittaker	10
4	Germination niche of the endangered dragon tree Dracaena draco (L.) L. subsp. draco of the Macaronesian Islands 2023 ·Flora ·(unknown), Alex Baumel, Agathe Leriche, Frédéric Mèdail, Arnoldo Santos Guerra, Arne Saatkamp	2
5	Time to refine the geography of biodiversity hotspots by integrating molecular data: The Mediterranean Basin as a case study 2023 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown), (unknown), Adrien Taudière, Julien Andrieu, Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas, Jamila Ben Souissi, Guillaume Besnard, Gabriele Casazza, Pierre‐André Crochet, Thibaud Decaëns, Françoise Denis, Philippe Géniez, Michael Loizides, Frédéric Mèdail, Vanina Pasqualini, (unknown), Vincent Battesti, Pierre Chevaldonné, Christophe Lejeusne, Franck Richard	10
6	Tree biodiversity of warm drylands is likely to decline in a drier world 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Agathe Leriche, Frédéric Mèdail, Alex Baumel	10
7	Genome‐wide footprints in the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) unveil a new domestication pattern of a fruit tree in the Mediterranean 2022 ·Molecular Ecology ·Alex Baumel, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Frédéric Mèdail, Stefano La Malfa, Mario Di Guardo, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katia Diadema, Hervé Sanguin, Juan Viruel	14
8	When ecological marginality is not geographically peripheral: exploring genetic predictions of the centre-periphery hypothesis in the endemic plant Lilium pomponium 2021 ·PeerJ ·Gabriele Casazza, (unknown), Davide Dagnino, (unknown), Marianick Juin, Luigi Minuto, John D. Thompson, Alex Baumel, Frédéric Mèdail	8
9	Species–area relationship and small‐island effect of vascular plant diversity in a young volcanic archipelago 2021 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Alessandro Chiarucci, Riccardo Guarino, Salvatore Pasta, A. La Rosa, (unknown), Frédéric Mèdail, Daniel Pavón, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Piero Zannini	21
10	New insights on the conservation status of the Endangered coastal endemic plant Astragalus berytheus (Fabaceae) in Lebanon 2020 ·Oryx ·(unknown), Frédéric Mèdail, Alex Baumel, Sonja Šiljak-Yakovlev, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat	3
11	A strong east–west Mediterranean divergence supports a new phylogeographic history of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua, Leguminosae) and multiple domestications from native populations 2019 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Juan Viruel, (unknown), Samuel Pironon, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Jean‐Pierre Suc, (unknown), Marianick Juin, (unknown), Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, (unknown), Stefano La Malfa, Katia Diadema, Hervé Sanguin, Frédéric Mèdail, Alex Baumel	32
12	Biogéographie de la flore du Sahara 2018 ·IRD Éditions eBooks ·Frédéric Mèdail, Pierre Quézel	9
13	Assessment of plant species diversity associated with the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua, Fabaceae) at the Mediterranean scale 2018 ·Plant Ecology and Evolution ·Alex Baumel, Pascal Mirleau, Juan Viruel, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Stefano La Malfa, Lahcen Ouahmane, Katia Diadema, (unknown), Hervé Sanguin, Frédéric Mèdail	26
14	Advances in genotyping microsatellite markers through sequencing and consequences of scoring methods for Ceratonia siliqua (Leguminosae) 2018 ·Applications in Plant Sciences ·Juan Viruel, Anne Haguenauer, Marianick Juin, (unknown), Delphine Bouteiller, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Lahcen Ouahmane, Stefano La Malfa, Frédéric Mèdail, Hervé Sanguin, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Alex Baumel	21
15	Glacial refugia influence plant diversity patterns in the Mediterranean Basin breakdown → 2009 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Frédéric Mèdail, Katia Diadema	926
16	De l’olivier à l’oléastre : origine et domestication de l’Olea europaea L. dans le Bassin méditerranéen 2006 ·Cahiers Agricultures ·Catherine Breton, Frédéric Mèdail, Christian Pinatel, A. Bervillé	18
17	Atlas y libro rojo de la flora vascular amenazada de España, A. Bañares, G. Blanca, J. Güemes , J. C. Moreno & S. Ortiz (eds.), General de Conservación de la Naturaleza, Madrid (2003) 2004 ·Ecologia mediterranea ·Frédéric Mèdail	14
18	Endemic plants of Greece The Peloponnese , Kit Tan avec la collaboration de G. Iatrou, dessins de B. Johnsen. Gad Forlag, Copenhagen (2001) 2002 ·Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche) ·Frédéric Mèdail	1
19	Flore analytique des plantes introduites en Corse, par A. Natali & D. Jeanmonod. Compléments au Prodrome de la flore Corse. (1996) 1997 ·Ecologia mediterranea ·Frédéric Mèdail	2
20	Biological invasions, par M. Williamson. Chapman & Hall, London, (1996) 1997 ·Ecologia mediterranea ·Frédéric Mèdail	1

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