Martı́n R. Aguiar

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Martı́n R. Aguiar is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Martı́n R. Aguiar has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Martı́n R. Aguiar's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (69 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (25 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (20 papers). Martı́n R. Aguiar is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (69 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (25 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (20 papers). Martı́n R. Aguiar collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, United States and Spain. Martı́n R. Aguiar's co-authors include Osvaldo E. Sala, Pablo A. Cipriotti, José M. Paruelo, Gastón R. Oñatibia, Pamela Graff, José L. Rotundo, William K. Lauenroth, Marcos Horacio Easdale, Rodolfo Á. Golluscio and Thorsten Wiegand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Martı́n R. Aguiar

89 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Patch structure, dynamics and implications for the functioning of arid ecosystems

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martı́n R. Aguiar Argentina	35	2.8k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	933	91	4.2k
Marcelo Sternberg Israel	32	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	94	4.4k
Ana M. Cingolani Argentina	37	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	947 0.9×	816 0.9×	95	3.7k
Daniel G. Milchunas United States	27	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	953 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	42	4.6k
Élise Buisson France	35	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	128	4.1k
Péter Török Hungary	40	3.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 2.2×	174	5.4k
Joel R. Brown United States	36	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	659 0.6×	762 0.8×	115	5.1k
Santiago Soliveres Spain	39	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	73	6.1k
Norbert Hölzel Germany	42	2.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 2.2×	158	5.6k
Karsten Wesche Germany	38	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	909 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	167	4.4k
Nicolas Gross France	33	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	60	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Martı́n R. Aguiar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martı́n R. Aguiar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martı́n R. Aguiar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martı́n R. Aguiar 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 Martı́n R. Aguiar. Martı́n R. Aguiar 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

Aguiar, Martı́n R., et al.. (2026). Plant diversity enhances ecosystem resistance to increasing grazing pressure in global drylands. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10(2). 258–266.

Cipriotti, Pablo A., Gastón R. Oñatibia, Sandro Pütz, Martı́n R. Aguiar, & Thorsten Wiegand. (2025). Degradation of Dryland Vegetation Patchiness Through the Lens of Power‐Law Relationships. Land Degradation and Development. 36(8). 2831–2843. 1 indexed citations

Aguiar, Martı́n R., et al.. (2023). Savanna tree regrowth after defoliation explained by bud activation rather than reserve mobilization. Forest Ecology and Management. 539. 121009–121009. 3 indexed citations

Oñatibia, Gastón R. & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2022). On the early warning signal of degradation in drylands: Patches or plants?. Journal of Ecology. 111(2). 428–435. 10 indexed citations

Aguiar, Martı́n R., et al.. (2021). Do xerophytic and mesophytic perennial grasses differ in soil resource capture and allocation? A field ¹⁵N experiment. Austral Ecology. 46(8). 1418–1424. 1 indexed citations

Oñatibia, Gastón R., et al.. (2021). Long-term impact of domestic ungulates versus the local controls of the litter decomposition process in arid steppes. Plant and Soil. 467(1-2). 483–497. 3 indexed citations

Aguiar, Martı́n R., et al.. (2020). Grazing impact on structure and dynamics of bare soil areas in a Patagonian grass-shrub steppe. Journal of Arid Environments. 179. 104197–104197. 8 indexed citations

Oñatibia, Gastón R. & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2018). Paddock Size Mediates the Heterogeneity of Grazing Impacts on Vegetation. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 71(4). 470–480. 17 indexed citations

Graff, Pamela, et al.. (2018). Females engage in stronger relationships: positive and negative effects of shrubs are more intense for Poa ligularis females than for males. Annals of Botany. 122(3). 435–443. 6 indexed citations

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Aguiar, Martı́n R., et al.. (2017). Mind the gap among patches in arid plant communities: rapid root proliferation in response to N addition. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(1). 89–95. 3 indexed citations

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Oñatibia, Gastón R., Martı́n R. Aguiar, & María Semmartin. (2015). Are there any trade-offs between forage provision and the ecosystem service of C and N storage in arid rangelands?. Ecological Engineering. 77. 26–32. 46 indexed citations

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Oñatibia, Gastón R. & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2015). Continuous moderate grazing management promotes biomass production in Patagonian arid rangelands. Journal of Arid Environments. 125. 73–79. 52 indexed citations

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Alberti, Juan, et al.. (2015). Biological and physical factors affecting the colonization of vegetation-free patches in a SW Atlantic salt marsh. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 531. 33–41. 10 indexed citations

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Cipriotti, Pablo A. & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2014). Is the balance between competition and facilitation a driver of the patch dynamics in arid vegetation mosaics?. Oikos. 124(2). 139–149. 26 indexed citations

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Smith, S. E., et al.. (2009). Fine-Scale Spatial Genetic Structure in Perennial Grasses in Three Environments. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 62(4). 356–363. 10 indexed citations

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Cipriotti, Pablo A., Pedro Flombaum, Osvaldo E. Sala, & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2007). Does drought control emergence and survival of grass seedlings in semi-arid rangelands?. Journal of Arid Environments. 72(3). 162–174. 40 indexed citations

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Rotundo, José L. & Martı́n R. Aguiar. (2004). Vertical seed distribution in the soil constrains regeneration of Bromus pictus in a Patagonian steppe. Journal of Vegetation Science. 15(4). 515–522. 23 indexed citations

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Aguiar, Martı́n R. & José M. Paruelo. (2003). Impacto humano sobre los ecosistemas. : El caso de la desertificación. Ciencia hoy. 13(77). 48–59. 18 indexed citations

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Paruelo, José M., William K. Lauenroth, Howard E. Epstein, et al.. (1995). Regional Climatic Similarities in the Temperate Zones of North and South America. Journal of Biogeography. 22(4/5). 915–915. 46 indexed citations

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Paruelo, José M., et al.. (1992). La Patagonia extrandina: análisis de la estructura y el funcionamiento de la vegetación a distintas escalas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 123–136. 8 indexed citations

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