Santiago Saura

11.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
101 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Santiago Saura is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Santiago Saura has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Ecology, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Santiago Saura's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (61 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (35 papers). Santiago Saura is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (61 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (35 papers). Santiago Saura collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Canada. Santiago Saura's co-authors include Örjan Bodin, Marie‐Josée Fortin, Assu Gil‐Tena, María C. Mateo‐Sánchez, Grégoire Dubois, Christine Estreguil, Lucy Bastin, Andrea Mandrici, Luca Battistella and Mikel Gurrutxaga San Vicente and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Santiago Saura

99 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

A new habitat availability index to integrate connectivity in landscape conservation planning: Comparison with existing indices and application to a case study

2007 903 citations Santiago Saura et al. profile →
Conefor Sensinode 2.2: A software package for quantifying the importance of habitat patches for landscape connectivity

2008 659 citations Santiago Saura et al. profile →
Comparison and development of new graph-based landscape connectivity indices: towards the priorization of habitat patches and corridors for conservation

2006 657 citations Santiago Saura et al. Landscape Ecology profile →
A common currency for the different ways in which patches and links can contribute to habitat availability and connectivity in the landscape

2010 487 citations Santiago Saura et al. profile →
EDITOR'S CHOICE: Stepping stones are crucial for species' long‐distance dispersal and range expansion through habitat networks

2013 456 citations Santiago Saura, Marie‐Josée Fortin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Santiago Saura Spain	46	6.6k	4.4k	2.2k	1.5k	551	101	8.5k
Kevin McGarigal United States	37	5.6k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	404 0.7×	88	8.5k
Eric W. Sanderson United States	29	4.8k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	322 0.6×	66	8.3k
Salit Kark Israel	44	3.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	552 1.0×	121	6.5k
Richard T. Kingsford Australia	48	5.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	3.8k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	285 0.5×	266	8.9k
Emma C. Underwood United States	22	3.5k 0.5×	4.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.5×	208 0.4×	41	9.3k
Brad H. McRae United States	29	5.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	242 0.4×	35	7.2k
Jake F. Weltzin United States	47	3.8k 0.6×	4.5k 1.0×	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	128 0.2×	107	9.5k
G. Siriwardena United Kingdom	36	3.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	501 0.9×	115	6.1k
Philip Gibbons Australia	43	2.3k 0.4×	2.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	813 0.5×	367 0.7×	113	5.3k
Barry R. Noon United States	42	4.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	148 0.3×	134	7.5k

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Garrote, Germán, Andrea Corradini, Francesca Cagnacci, et al.. (2025). Movement phases make a difference in habitat selection: Iberian lynx diversity of responses to human‐modified landscapes. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(10). 1983–1996.

Moorter, Bram Van, Ilkka Kivimäki, Manuela Panzacchi, et al.. (2023). Habitat functionality: Integrating environmental and geographic space in niche modeling for conservation planning. Ecology. 104(7). e4105–e4105. 10 indexed citations

Ward, Michelle, Santiago Saura, Brooke Williams, et al.. (2020). Just ten percent of the global terrestrial protected area network is structurally connected via intact land. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4563–4563. 143 indexed citations

Saura, Santiago. (2020). The Habitat Amount Hypothesis implies negative effects of habitat fragmentation on species richness. Journal of Biogeography. 48(1). 11–22. 54 indexed citations

Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2019). Looking for an optimal hierarchical approach for ecologically meaningful niche modelling. Ecological Modelling. 409. 108735–108735. 25 indexed citations

Mateo, Rubén G., Aitor Gastón, Olivier Broennimann, et al.. (2019). Hierarchical species distribution models in support of vegetation conservation at the landscape scale. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(2). 386–396. 47 indexed citations

Saura, Santiago, Bastian Bertzky, Lucy Bastin, et al.. (2019). Global trends in protected area connectivity from 2010 to 2018. Biological Conservation. 238. 108183–108183. 69 indexed citations

Mateo, Rubén G., et al.. (2018). Optimization of forest sampling strategies for woody plant species distribution modelling at the landscape scale. Forest Ecology and Management. 410. 104–113. 16 indexed citations

Saura, Santiago, Bastian Bertzky, Lucy Bastin, et al.. (2018). Protected area connectivity: Shortfalls in global targets and country-level priorities. Biological Conservation. 219. 53–67. 169 indexed citations

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Herrera, Lorena, et al.. (2017). Landscape connectivity and the role of small habitat patches as stepping stones: an assessment of the grassland biome in South America. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(14). 3465–3479. 96 indexed citations

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Mateo‐Sánchez, María C., Niko Balkenhol, Sam Cushman, et al.. (2015). Estimating effective landscape distances and movement corridors: comparison of habitat and genetic data. Ecosphere. 6(4). 1–16. 98 indexed citations

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Hernández-Moreno, Ángela, Marcelo D. Miranda, Eduardo C. Arellano, Santiago Saura, & Carlos Ovalle. (2014). Landscape dynamics and their effect on the functional connectivity of a Mediterranean landscape in Chile. Ecological Indicators. 48. 198–206. 65 indexed citations

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Frate, Ludovico, et al.. (2014). Quantifying Forest Spatial Pattern Trends at Multiple Extents: An Approach to Detect Significant Changes at Different Scales. Remote Sensing. 6(10). 9298–9315. 17 indexed citations

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Gil‐Tena, Assu, et al.. (2012). Assessing the role of landscape connectivity in recent woodpecker range expansion in Mediterranean Europe: forest management implications. European Journal of Forest Research. 132(1). 181–194. 21 indexed citations

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2010). Network analysis to assess landscape connectivity trends: Application to European forests (1990–2000). Ecological Indicators. 11(2). 407–416. 317 indexed citations

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2009). Relating landscape structure, environment and management to biodiversity indicators estimated from forest inventory data in Catalonia (NE Spain). Forest Systems. 18(3). 322–337. 20 indexed citations

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2007). Integrating landscape connectivity in broad-scale forest planning through a new graph-based habitat availability methodology: application to capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Catalonia (NE Spain). European Journal of Forest Research. 127(1). 23–31. 99 indexed citations

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2006). Comparison and development of new graph-based landscape connectivity indices: towards the priorization of habitat patches and corridors for conservation. Landscape Ecology. 21(7). 959–967. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2005). Forest Fragmentation Estimated from Remotely Sensed Data: Is Comparison Across Scales Possible?. Forest Science. 51(1). 51–63. 52 indexed citations

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Saura, Santiago, et al.. (2001). Sensitivity of landscape pattern metrics to map spatial extent. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 67(9). 1027–1036. 136 indexed citations

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