Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 39 papers in Plant Science and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio's co-authors include Regino Zamora, José M. Gómez, Jorge Castro, José A. Hódar, Miguel Á. Zavala, Paloma Ruiz‐Benito, Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos, Luis Matías, Elena Baraza and Charles D. Canham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio

77 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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APPLYING PLANT FACILITATION TO FOREST RESTORATION: A META‐ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SHRUBS AS NURSE PLANTS

2004 732 citations Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Regino Zamora et al. Ecological Applications profile →

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Richard K. Kobe United States

Pilar Castro‐Díez Spain

Christopher Baraloto United States

Christopher H. Lusk Chile

Stuart J. Davies United States

G. Bruce Williamson United States

Jennifer L. Funk United States

Claire Fortunel France

Sara A. O. Cousins Sweden

Cristina Armas Spain

Richard K. Kobe United States

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2.9k ×1.4

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1.5k ×0.9

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1.1k ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio

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20 of 20 papers shown

Matías, Luis, et al.. (2024). Climate change and exotic pathogens shift carbon allocation in Mediterranean mixed forests. Journal of Ecology. 112(12). 2843–2860. 1 indexed citations

Perea, Antonio J., et al.. (2024). Interactive Effects of Climate Change and Pathogens on Plant Performance: A Global Meta‐Analysis. Global Change Biology. 30(10). e17535–e17535. 7 indexed citations

Moreno‐Fernández, Daniel, Verónica Cruz‐Alonso, Antonio Gazol, et al.. (2024). Recent increase in tree damage and mortality and their spatial dependence on drought intensity in Mediterranean forests. Landscape Ecology. 39(3). 14 indexed citations

Matías, Luis, et al.. (2023). Evidence for antagonistic effects of climate change and exotic pathogens on regeneration of Mediterranean forests. Journal of Ecology. 112(1). 174–188. 7 indexed citations

Yang, Xuejun, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Christopher J. Lortie, et al.. (2022). Net plant interactions are highly variable and weakly dependent on climate at the global scale. Ecology Letters. 25(6). 1580–1593. 30 indexed citations

Serrano, María S., et al.. (2022). Climate change impact on the population dynamics of exotic pathogens: The case of the worldwide pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 322. 109002–109002. 29 indexed citations

Gómez‐Aparicio, Lorena, et al.. (2021). Soil fauna modulates the effect of experimental drought on litter decomposition in forests invaded by an exotic pathogen. Journal of Ecology. 109(8). 2963–2980. 17 indexed citations

Godoy, Óscar, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Luis Matías, Ignacio Manuel Pérez-Ramos, & Eric Allan. (2020). An excess of niche differences maximizes ecosystem functioning. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4180–4180. 55 indexed citations

Pérez-Ramos, Ignacio Manuel, Luis Matías, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, & Óscar Godoy. (2019). Functional traits and phenotypic plasticity modulate species coexistence across contrasting climatic conditions. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2555–2555. 136 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Sophia Ratcliffe, Alistair S. Jump, et al.. (2016). Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26(2). 128–141. 51 indexed citations

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Ibáñez, Beatriz, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Peter Stoll, et al.. (2015). A Neighborhood Analysis of the Consequences of Quercus suber Decline for Regeneration Dynamics in Mediterranean Forests. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0117827–e0117827. 31 indexed citations

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Ibáñez, Beatriz, Inés Ibáñez, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, et al.. (2014). Contrasting effects of climate change along life stages of a dominant tree species: the importance of soil–climate interactions. Diversity and Distributions. 20(8). 872–883. 24 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, et al.. (2013). Aplicación de modelos ecológicos para el análisis de la estructura y dinámica de bosques Ibéricos en respuesta al cambio climático. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 77–107. 2 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Emily R. Lines, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Miguel Á. Zavala, & David A. Coomes. (2013). Patterns and Drivers of Tree Mortality in Iberian Forests: Climatic Effects Are Modified by Competition. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56843–e56843. 172 indexed citations

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Benito, Blas M., et al.. (2013). Forecasting plant range collapse in a mediterranean hotspot: when dispersal uncertainties matter. Diversity and Distributions. 20(1). 72–83. 18 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, & Miguel Á. Zavala. (2012). Large‐scale assessment of regeneration and diversity in Mediterranean planted pine forests along ecological gradients. Diversity and Distributions. 18(11). 1092–1106. 81 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Aparicio, Lorena, Beatriz Ibáñez, María S. Serrano, et al.. (2012). Spatial patterns of soil pathogens in declining Mediterranean forests: implications for tree species regeneration. New Phytologist. 194(4). 1014–1024. 95 indexed citations

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Holmgren, Milena, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, José L. Quero, & Fernando Valladares. (2011). Non-linear effects of drought under shade: reconciling physiological and ecological models in plant communities. Oecologia. 169(2). 293–305. 141 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Aparicio, Lorena, Miguel Á. Zavala, Francisco J. Bonet, & Regino Zamora. (2009). Are pine plantations valid tools for restoring Mediterranean forests? An assessment along abiotic and biotic gradients. Ecological Applications. 19(8). 2124–2141. 127 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Aparicio, Lorena, Fernando Valladares, & Regino Zamora. (2006). Differential light responses of Mediterranean tree saplings: linking ecophysiology with regeneration niche in four co-occurring species. Tree Physiology. 26(7). 947–958. 102 indexed citations

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