Luis Santamarı́a

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Luis Santamarı́a is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Santamarı́a has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 50 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Luis Santamarı́a's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (37 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (25 papers). Luis Santamarı́a is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (37 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (25 papers). Luis Santamarı́a collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Luis Santamarı́a's co-authors include Miguel A. Rodrı́guez-Gironés, Jordi Figuerola, Andy J. Green, Iris Charalambidou, Duarte S. Viana, Asier R. Larrinaga, Jaime M. Amézaga, Montserrat Vilà, Ígnasi Bartomeus and Richard T. Corlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Luis Santamarı́a

111 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Why are most aquatic plants widely distributed? Dispersal, clonal growth and small-scale heterogeneity in a stressful environment

2002 524 citations Luis Santamarı́a profile →
Seed dispersal in changing landscapes

2012 371 citations Richard T. Corlett, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luis Santamarı́a Spain	40	2.8k	2.8k	2.3k	1.6k	942	112	6.0k
Justin P. Wright United States	37	3.5k 1.3×	3.6k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	457 0.5×	81	8.1k
Valerie T. Eviner United States	27	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	361 0.4×	59	6.9k
Lin Jiang United States	53	3.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	491 0.5×	187	9.2k
R.H.G. Jongman United Kingdom	11	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	688 0.7×	37	6.4k
Elizabeth T. Borer United States	50	4.4k 1.6×	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	144	10.5k
Roy Turkington Canada	41	2.6k 0.9×	3.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	314 0.3×	155	6.7k
Daniel Chessel France	29	3.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	853 0.5×	517 0.5×	49	7.6k
Amy J. Symstad United States	22	3.2k 1.2×	4.2k 1.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	400 0.4×	50	7.8k
Joan G. Ehrenfeld United States	44	4.4k 1.6×	4.3k 1.6×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 2.0×	843 0.9×	106	10.3k
Matty P. Berg Netherlands	46	3.8k 1.4×	4.2k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	618 0.7×	199	9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Luis Santamarı́a

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis Santamarı́a

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luis Santamarı́a. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luis Santamarı́a based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Luis Santamarı́a. Luis Santamarı́a is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Santamarı́a, Luis, et al.. (2025). Light limitation and water velocity modify the impacts of simulated marine heatwaves on juvenile giant kelp. Journal of Phycology. 61(5). 1173–1194. 1 indexed citations

Santamarı́a, Luis & Julia Martín-Ortega. (2023). How Europe’s most iconic wetland could be finished off by a strawberry farming bill. Nature Water. 1(7). 564–565. 4 indexed citations

Leeuwen, Casper H. A. van, Nacho Villar, Irene Mendoza, et al.. (2022). A seed dispersal effectiveness framework across the mutualism–antagonism continuum. Oikos. 2022(9). 40 indexed citations

Santamarı́a, Luis, et al.. (2017). Strong dependence of a pioneer shrub on seed dispersal services provided by an endemic endangered lizard in a Mediterranean island ecosystem. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183072–e0183072. 13 indexed citations

Viana, Duarte S., Luis Santamarı́a, & Jordi Figuerola. (2016). Optimal methods for fitting probability distributions to propagule retention time in studies of zoochorous dispersal. BMC Ecology. 16(1). 3–3. 9 indexed citations

Larrinaga, Asier R., et al.. (2013). Rats and Seabirds: Effects of Egg Size on Predation Risk and the Potential of Conditioned Taste Aversion as a Mitigation Method. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e76138–e76138. 10 indexed citations

Santamarı́a, Luis, et al.. (2012). Flowers attract weaver ants that deter less effective pollinators. Journal of Ecology. 101(1). 78–85. 51 indexed citations

Magrach, Ainhoa, Asier R. Larrinaga, & Luis Santamarı́a. (2012). Internal Habitat Quality Determines the Effects of Fragmentation on Austral Forest Climbing and Epiphytic Angiosperms. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48743–e48743. 10 indexed citations

Larrinaga, Asier R., et al.. (2011). Are Nested Networks More Robust to Disturbance? A Test Using Epiphyte-Tree, Comensalistic Networks. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19637–e19637. 43 indexed citations

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Magrach, Ainhoa, Asier R. Larrinaga, & Luis Santamarı́a. (2011). Changes in Patch Features May Exacerbate or Compensate for the Effect of Habitat Loss on Forest Bird Populations. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21596–e21596. 18 indexed citations

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Campos‐Arceiz, Ahimsa, Asier R. Larrinaga, Seiki Takatsuki, et al.. (2008). BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN DIET MEDIATES SEASONAL DIFFERENCES IN SEED DISPERSAL BY ASIAN ELEPHANTS. Ecology. 89(10). 2684–2691. 89 indexed citations

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Bartomeus, Ígnasi, Montserrat Vilà, & Luis Santamarı́a. (2008). Contrasting effects of invasive plants in plant–pollinator networks. Oecologia. 155(4). 761–770. 276 indexed citations

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Santamarı́a, Luis & Miguel A. Rodrı́guez-Gironés. (2007). Linkage Rules for Plant–Pollinator Networks: Trait Complementarity or Exploitation Barriers?. PLoS Biology. 5(2). e31–e31. 178 indexed citations

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Santamarı́a, Luis, Javier Rodríguez‐Pérez, Asier R. Larrinaga, & Beatriz Pías. (2007). Predicting Spatial Patterns of Plant Recruitment Using Animal-Displacement Kernels. PLoS ONE. 2(10). e1008–e1008. 33 indexed citations

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Santamarı́a, Luis, et al.. (2006). La ecología espacial como punto de encuentro entre la ecología animal y vegetal. Modelos espacialmente explícitos de dispersión endozoócora. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(3). 101–107. 1 indexed citations

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Hangelbroek, Helen H. & Luis Santamarı́a. (2004). Regulation of propagule size in the aquatic pseudo-annual Potamogeton pectinatus: are genetic and maternal non-genetic effects additive?. Evolutionary ecology research. 6(1). 147–161. 12 indexed citations

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Hangelbroek, Helen H., N. Joop Ouborg, Luis Santamarı́a, & Klaus Schwenk. (2002). Clonal diversity and structure within a population of the pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus foraged by Bewick's swans. Molecular Ecology. 11(10). 2137–2150. 173 indexed citations

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Pilon, J. J. & Luis Santamarı́a. (2001). Seasonal acclimation in the photosynthetic and respiratory temperature responses of three submerged freshwater macrophyte species. New Phytologist. 151(3). 659–670. 22 indexed citations

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Nolet, Bart A., et al.. (2000). Waterplanten en Kleine Zwanen Cygnus columbianus bewickii: een wederzijdse afhankelijkheid?. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 73. 3 indexed citations

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Santamarı́a, Luis & Jaime M. Amézaga. (1999). Improving the management of large protected wetlands: learning the lessons of the Doñana nature reserves. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 34. 365–375. 3 indexed citations

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