Rodrigo Muñoz

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 181 citations indexed

About

Rodrigo Muñoz is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodrigo Muñoz has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 181 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Rodrigo Muñoz's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Plant and animal studies (3 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Rodrigo Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Plant and animal studies (3 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Rodrigo Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Netherlands and Australia. Rodrigo Muñoz's co-authors include Jorge A. Meave, Frans Bongers, Lourens Poorter, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Masha T. van der Sande, Tomonari Matsuo, Susan G. W. Laurance, Lucy Amissah, Iris Hordijk and Marielos Peña‐Claros and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ecology, Carbohydrate Polymers and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rodrigo Muñoz

11 papers receiving 180 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.

Successional theories

2023 75 citations Lourens Poorter, Lucy Amissah et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers

Rodrigo Muñoz

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Simon Bilodeau‐Gauthier Canada

Peter Nosko Canada

Süleyman Çoban Türkiye

Fernanda Coelho de Souza Brazil

Samuel Royer‐Tardif Canada

Filip Küzmič Slovenia

Ricardo M. Rueda Nicaragua

Martti Lindgren Finland

Tereza Mašková Czechia

Parastoo Mahdavi Iran

Simon Bilodeau‐Gauthier Canada

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69 ×0.8

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44 ×0.6

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22 ×0.6

ECOLO

47 ×1.4

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23 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Rodrigo Muñoz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rodrigo Muñoz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rodrigo Muñoz. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rodrigo Muñoz. The network helps show where Rodrigo Muñoz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rodrigo Muñoz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rodrigo Muñoz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rodrigo Muñoz 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 Rodrigo Muñoz. Rodrigo Muñoz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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González, Edgar J., et al.. (2025). Successional Growth Dynamics of Woody Saplings in Tropical Dry Forest Understory. Biotropica. 57(3). 1 indexed citations

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Poorter, Lourens, Masha T. van der Sande, Frans Bongers, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive framework for vegetation succession. Ecosphere. 15(4). 21 indexed citations

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Breugel, Michiel van, Frans Bongers, Natalia Norden, et al.. (2024). Feedback loops drive ecological succession: towards a unified conceptual framework. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(3). 928–949. 15 indexed citations

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Meave, Jorge A., et al.. (2024). A flash in the pan? The population dynamics of a dominant pioneer species in tropical dry forest succession. Population Ecology. 67(1). 32–44.

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Poorter, Lourens, Lucy Amissah, Frans Bongers, et al.. (2023). Successional theories. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(6). 2049–2077. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muñoz, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Lithological substrates influence tropical dry forest structure, diversity, and composition, but not its dynamics. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 11 indexed citations

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Bongers, Frans, et al.. (2023). The regulating role of Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa in tropical dry forest succession: stem twisting as a successional accelerating mechanism. Forest Ecology and Management. 548. 121410–121410. 1 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Rodrigo, Frans Bongers, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, et al.. (2021). Autogenic regulation and resilience in tropical dry forest. Journal of Ecology. 109(9). 3295–3307. 9 indexed citations

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Álvarez‐Buylla, Elena, et al.. (2016). Root Architecture Diversity and Meristem Dynamics in Different Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 858–858. 14 indexed citations

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González‐Torres, Maykel, et al.. (2015). Radiation-induced graft polymerization of chitosan onto poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Carbohydrate Polymers. 133. 482–492. 23 indexed citations

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González‐Torres, Maykel, et al.. (2014). Effects of solvents on the radiation grafting reaction of vinyl compounds on poly (3-hydroxybutyrate). Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 108. 87–94. 10 indexed citations

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Gayoso, Jorge, Mauricio Acuña, & Rodrigo Muñoz. (2001). Sustainable management of forest ecosystems: San Pablo de Tregua case study, Southern Chile.. Bosque (Valdivia). 22(1). 75–84. 1 indexed citations

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