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Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1

Manal Al‐Traboulsi

University of Benghazi

2

Zhejiang Academy of Forestry

3

Beijing Botanical Garden

4

Letizia Di Biase

University of Teramo

5

Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen

University of Antwerp

6

University of Évora

7

Marwan Cheikh Albassatneh

Aix-Marseille Université

8

Sewale Balemlay

Ambo University

9

Cadi Ayyad University

10

Amale Macheroum

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Rising Stars Papers

1

Restoration of soil quality and improvement of physicochemical properties through grazing exclusion in arid and semi-arid rangelands

CATENA|2024

14 cit.

2

Geographical Distribution Dynamics of Acorus calamus in China Under Climate Change

Plants|2024

5 cit.

3

Post-fire natural regeneration of fire-prone Mediterranean plant communities in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya

Botany Letters|2025

1 cit.

4

Impacts of Quercus suber irrigation on improving floristic diversity and soil quality in 10-year-old stands

Agroforestry Systems|2025

1 cit.

5

Variation analysis of growth traits and medicinal components in different provenances of Polygonatum cyrtonema based on heterogeneous garden experiment

PLoS ONE|2026

0 cit.

6

Recent Polygenic Adaptation in Heavily Fished Malawi Cichlids

Molecular Ecology|2026

0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1

Alexander Thomson

Novartis (China)

2

Bertrand de Montmollin

International Union for Conservation of Nature

3

Gianmaria Bonari

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

4

Unknown

5

Malika Ouyessad

Issues Research

6

L. H. Ochoa Gutierrez

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

7

University of Monastir

8

Matthew Glover Addo

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

9

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

10

University of Warsaw

Emerging Leaders Papers

1

Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales?

Vegetation Classification and Survey|2023

35 cit.

2

A prioritised inventory of crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants of Tunisia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution|2022

18 cit.

3

Higher levels of protection do not consistently improve habitat quality: Insights from Mediterranean and Alpine shrublands

Biological Conservation|2024

18 cit.

4

Grassland Changes in the Eastern Alps Over Four Decades: Unveiling Patterns Along an Elevation Gradient

Applied Vegetation Science|2025

10 cit.

5

New records of Asteraceae for the non-native flora of Tunisia and north Africa with some nomenclatural remarks

Mediterranean Botany|2022

9 cit.

6

Further records of non-native succulents within Asparagaceae sensu lato as casual or naturalising aliens in Tunisia and North Africa

Bradleya|2022

9 cit.

7

Fine-scale fern ecological responses inform on riparian forest habitat conservation status

Biodiversity and Conservation|2022

9 cit.

8

Biodiversity Within and Beyond the Native Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of <i>Pinus nigra</i> Forests in Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography|2025

8 cit.

9

Biomass and carbon stocks of four vegetation types in the Llanos Orientales of Colombia (Mapiripán, Meta)

Trees Forests and People|2023

7 cit.

10

Habitats Directive in northern Italy: a series of proposals for habitat definition improvement

Plant Sociology|2023

6 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

2

Sapienza University of Rome

3

Charles University

4

Gianluigi Bacchetta

Institute for Biodiversity

5

Ecologie & Evolution

6

Institut d'Estudis Catalans

7

Lorenzo Peruzzi

University of Pisa

8

Universidad de Sevilla

9

Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo

10

Μαργαρίτα Αριανούτσου

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1

The global diversity of birds in space and time

Nature|2012

4k cit.

2

Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2001

3.2k cit.

3

Scientists' warning on invasive alien species

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society|2020

2.1k cit.

4

EltonTraits 1.0: Species‐level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals

Ecology|2014

2k cit.

5

Alien plants in checklists and floras: towards better communication between taxonomists and ecologists

Taxon|2004

1.5k cit.

6

A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

Global Change Biology|2011

1.4k cit.

7

Global patterns and determinants of vascular plant diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2007

1.4k cit.

8

Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health

Annual Review of Environment and Resources|2010

1.4k cit.

9

Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation

PLoS Biology|2019

1.2k cit.

10

Plant invasions: merging the concepts of species invasiveness and community invasibility

Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment|2006

1.2k cit.

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