Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez
A5049887966- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
University of Oxford
2017-2025
Leverhulme Trust
2023-2025
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2013-2024
Universidad de Guadalajara
2019
University of Amsterdam
2010-2017
Leiden University
2016
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2010
Abstract Concern about biodiversity loss has led to increased public investment in conservation. Whereas there is a widespread perception that such initiatives have been unsuccessful, are few quantitative tests of this perception. Here, we evaluate whether rates change altered recent decades three European countries (Great Britain, Netherlands and Belgium) for plants flower visiting insects. We compared four 20‐year periods, comparing periods rapid land‐use intensification natural habitat...
Understanding species distributions and the factors limiting them is an important topic in ecology conservation, including nature reserve selection predicting climate change impacts. While Species Distribution Models (SDM) are main tool used for these purposes, choosing best SDM algorithm not straightforward as plentiful can be applied many different ways. mainly to gain insight 1) overall distributions, 2) their past-present-future probability of occurrence and/or 3) understand ecological...
Plants cope with the environment by displaying large phenotypic variation. Two spectra of global plant form and function have been identified: a size spectrum from small to tall species increasing stem tissue density, leaf size, seed mass; economics reflecting slow fast returns on investments in nutrients carbon. When assemble communities it is assumed that these are filtered produce community level functional composition. It unknown what main drivers for composition area such as Amazonia....
Abstract Tropical ecosystems adapted to high water availability may be highly impacted by climatic changes that increase soil and atmospheric moisture deficits. Many tropical regions are experiencing significant in conditions, which induce strong shifts taxonomic, functional phylogenetic diversity of forest communities. However, it remains unclear if what extent forests shifting these facets along gradients response climate change. Here, we show affected all three West Africa recent decades....
Abstract Aim In the face of global environmental change, identifying factors that shape ecological niches species and understanding mechanisms behind them can help to draft effective conservation plans. The differences in distributions may then highlight between closely related taxa. We investigate applicability niche modelling comparison space detect areas with priority for biodiversity analyse spaces used by Location United States America, Mexico Central America. Methods apply ordination...
Abstract Aim Climate change is expected to have a great impact on the distribution of wild flora around world. Wild plant species are an important component genetic resources for crop improvement, which especially in face climate impacts. Still, many relatives ( CWR s) currently threatened their natural habitat and poorly represented gene bank collections. To guide situ conservation measures prioritize ex conservation, predictions needed about future distributions as result change. Location...
Insect pollination benefits over three quarters of the world's major crops. There is growing concern that observed declines in pollinators may impact on production and revenues from animal pollinated Knowing distribution therefore crucial for estimating their availability to pollinate crops; however, general, we have an incomplete knowledge where these occur. We propose a method predict geographical patterns service crops, novel two elements: use pollinator records rather than expert...
Abstract Changes in climate and land use can have important impacts on biodiversity. Species respond to such environmental modifications by adapting new conditions or shifting their geographic distributions towards more suitable areas. The latter might be constrained species’ functional traits that influence ability move, reproduce establish. Here, we show related dispersal, reproduction, habitat diet influenced how three pollinator groups (bees, butterflies hoverflies) responded changes...
Abstract Aims The herb–shrub flora has been widely neglected in science and conservation policy throughout the world, so that this biodiversity component remains largely unknown. objective of study was to elucidate spatial patterns species richness phytogeographic regions Cerrado flora, estimate percentage areas with high is still covered by natural vegetation located protected or priority for conservation. Location Central Brazil surrounding territories. Methods To pattern we produced...
Abstract Aim Although land use change is a leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide, there scant information on the extent to which it has affected structure and composition bird communities in Afrotropical region. This study aimed quantify effects habitat transformation taxonomic, functional phylogenetic diversity communities. Location Nyungwe landscape, montane rainforest with adjoining farmland south‐west Rwanda. Methods Data occurrence, abundance traits were collected 2017/18 using...
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing recent advances expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process estimate ‘intactness scores’: remaining proportion an ‘intact’ reference species group particular use, scale from 0 (no individuals) 1 (same abundance as reference) and, rare cases, 2 (populations that...
Aim Pollinators play an important role in ecosystem functioning, affecting also crop production. Their decline may hence lead to serious ecological and economic impacts, making it essential understand the processes that drive pollinator shifts space time. Land-use changes are thought be one of most drivers pollinators' loss, there is increasing investment on pollinator-friendly landscape management. However, still unclear whether history a given region determines how communities respond...
Virtual pollination flow reveals the importance of conserving nature worldwide to sustain current food consumption patterns.
Abstract Many countries have made ambitious pledges to increase forest areas mitigate climate change. However, the availability of land meet these goals is not well understood. Global studies indicate substantial potential, but do account for local land‐use and regional variation, crucial policy making. Using India as a case study, we use machine learning framework define bioclimatic envelope cover map this against current land‐uses with varying suitability restoration. We estimate...
Land-based carbon sequestration projects, such as tree planting, are a prominent strategy to offset emissions. However, we risk reducing natural ecosystems one metric – carbon. Emphasis on restoring balance ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, and is more appropriate protect their functioning.
Foliar traits such as specific leaf area (SLA), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) concentrations play important roles in plant economic strategies ecosystem functioning.Various global maps of these foliar have been generated using statistical upscaling approaches based on in-situ trait observations.Here, we intercompare upscaled at 0.5 • spatial resolution (six for SLA, five N, three P), categorize the used to generate them, evaluate with estimates from a database vegetation plots...
Abstract Tropical forests dominate terrestrial photosynthesis, yet there are major contradictions in our understanding due to a lack of field studies, especially outside the tropical Americas. A recent study indicated that West African have among highest gross primary productivity (GPP) observed, contradicting models rank them lower than Amazonian forests. Here, we show possible reasons for this data-model mismatch. We found biometric GPP measurements on average 56.3% higher multiple global...
<title>Abstract</title> The Amazon Forest, essential for global biodiversity and climate regulation, is increasingly threatened by deforestation, fire, change, pushing it toward a critical tipping point. This may lead to shift from dense forests open, fire-prone landscapes, jeopardising its original key ecological functions. Using historical satellite spectral data community-weighted tree trait 130 vegetation plots, we quantify changes in leaf sclerophylly - toughness, drought-adaptive...