Miguel Verdú

Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificacion -CIDE-

(CSIC/UV/GV)

Carretera Moncada - Náquera, Km. 4,5

46113 MONCADA, VALENCIA (SPAIN)

phone: (+34) 963424204

fax: (+34) 963424160

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PUBLICATIONS

 

 

61.- Gómez, J.M. & Verdú, M. Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification. Systematic Biology, in press.

 

60.- Montesinos-Navarro A., Segarra-Moragues, J.G., Valiente-Banuet, A & Verdú, M. The network structure of plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, in press.

 

59.- Goberna, M., García, C., Insam, H., Hernández, M.T. & Verdú, M. Burning fire-prone Mediterranean shrublands: immediate changes in soil microbial community structure and ecosystem functions. Microbial Ecology, in press.

 

58.-  Montesinos,  D., García-Fayos, P. & Verdú, M.  (2012) Masting uncoupling: mast seeding does not follow all mast flowering episodes in a dioecious juniper tree. Oikos in press.

 

57.- Verdú, M., Gómez-Aparicio, L. & Valiente-Banuet, A. Phylogenetic relatedness as a tool in restoration ecology: A meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B., in press.

 

56.- Montesinos, D,  Villar-Salvador, P., García-Fayos, P. & Verdú, M. 2011. Genders in Juniperus thurifera have different functional responses to variations in nutrient availability. New Phytologist, in press

55.- Verdú, M. & Valiente-Banuet, A. 2011. The relative contribution of abundance and phylogeny to the structure of plant facilitation networks. Oikos, 120: 1351-1356.

54.- Verdú, M., Jordano, P. & Valiente-Banuet, A. 2010. The phylogenetic structure of plant facilitation networks changes with competition. Journal of Ecology, 98: 1454-1461.

 

53.- Gómez, J.M., Verdú, M. & Perfectti, F. 2010. Ecological interactions are evolutionarily conserved across the entire tree of life. Nature, 465: 918-921.

 

52.- Pausas, J.G. & Verdú, M. 2010. The jungle of methods for evaluating phenotypic and phylogenetic structure of communities. BioScience, 60: 614-625.

 

51.- Castillo, J.P. , Verdú, M. & Valiente-Banuet, A. 2010. Neighborhood phylodiversity affects plant performance. Ecology, 91: 3656-3663.

 

50.- Jaramillo-Correa, J.P., Verdú, M. & González-Martínez, S. C. 2010. The contribution of recombination to heterozygosity differs among plant evolutionary lineages and life-forms. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10: 22.

 

49.- Valiente-Banuet, A., Verdú, M., Valladares, F. & García-Fayos, P. 2010. Functional and evolutionary correlations of steep leaf angles in the mexical shrubland. Oecologia, 163: 25-33.

 

48.- Montesinos, D., García-Fayos, P. & Verdú, M. 2010. Relictual distribution reaches the top: Elevation constrains fertility and leaf longevity in Juniperus thurifera. Acta Oecologica, 36: 120-125.

 

47.- Ojeda, F., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. Soil shapes community structure through fire. Oecologia, 163: 729-735.

 

46.- Verdú, M., Rey, P.J., Alcántara, J.M., Siles, G.& Valiente-Banuet, A. 2009. Phylogenetic signatures of facilitation and competition in successional communities. Journal of Ecology, 97: 1171-1180.

 

45.- Verdú, M. & Valiente-Banuet, A. 2008. The nested assembly of plant facilitation networks prevents species extinctions. American Naturalist, 172: 751-760.

 

44.- De Luis, M.; Verdú, M. & Raventós, J. 2008. Early to rise makes a plant healthy, wealthy and wise. Ecology, 89: 3061-3071.

 

43.- Gleiser, G., Verdú, M., Segarra-Moragues, J.G., González-Martínez, S.C. & Pannell, J.R. 2008. Disassortative mating, sexual specialization and the evolution of gender dimorphism in heterodichogamous Acer opalus. Evolution, 62: 1676-1688.

 

42.- Gleiser, G., Segarra-Moragues, J.G., Pannell, J.R. & Verdú M. 2008. Siring success and paternal effects in heterodichogamous Acer opalus.  Annals of Botany, 101: 1017-1026.

 

41.- Valiente-Banuet, A. & Verdú, M. 2008. Temporal shifts from facilitation to competition occur between closely related taxa. Journal of Ecology, 96: 489-494.

 

40.- Pausas, J. G. & Verdú, M. 2008. Fire reduces morphospace occupation in plant communities. Ecology, 89: 2181-2186.

 

39.- Verdú, M. & Pausas, J. G. 2007. Fire drives phylogenetic clustering in Mediterranean Basin woody plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 95: 1316-1323.

 

38.- Valiente-Banuet, A. & Verdú, M. 2007. Facilitation can increase the phylogenetic diversity of plant communities. Ecology Letters, 10: 1029–1036.

 

37.- Verdú M., Pausas J.G., Segarra-Moragues J.G., Ojeda F. 2007. Burning phylogenies: fire, molecular evolutionary rates and diversification. Evolution, 61: 2195-2204.

 

36.- Verdú, M. & Climent, J. 2007. Evolutionary correlations of polycyclic shoot growth in Acer (Sapindaceae). American Journal of Botany, 94: 1316-1320.

 

35.- Montesinos, D.,  Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 2007. Moms are better nurses than dads: sex biased self-facilitation in a dioecious juniper tree. Journal of Vegetation Science, 18: 271-280.

 

34.- Verdú, M., Spanos, K, Canova, I., Slobodnik, B & Paule, L. 2007. Similar gender dimorphism in the costs of reproduction across the geographic range of Fraxinus ornus. Annals of Botany, 99: 183-191.

 

33.- Valiente-Banuet, A., Vital, A., Verdú, M. & Callaway, R. 2006. Modern Quaternary plant lineages promote diversity through facilitation of ancient Tertiary lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103: 16812-16817.

 

32.- Verdú, M., González-Martínez, S.V., Montilla, A.I., Mateu, I. and Pannell, J.R. 2006 Ovule discounting in an outcrossing, cryptically dioecious tree. Evolution, 60: 2056-2063.

 

31.- Montesinos, D., De Luís, M., Verdú, M., Raventós, J. & García-Fayos, P. 2006 When, how and how much: gender-specific resource use strategies in the dioecious tree Juniperus thurifera. Annals of Botany 98: 885-889.

 

30.- Pannell, J.R. & Verdú, M. 2006. The evolution of gender specialisation from dimorphic hermaphroditism: paths from heterodichogamy to gynodioecy and androdioecy. Evolution 60: 660-673.

 

29.- Pausas, J., Keeley, J. & Verdú, M. 2006. Inferring differential evolutionary processes of plant persistence traits in Northern Hemisphere Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 94: 31-39.

 

28. Verdú, M. & Gleiser, G. 2006. Adaptive evolution of reproductive and vegetative traits driven by breeding systems. New Phytologist 169: 409-417.

 

27. Verdú, M. 2006. Tempo, mode and phylogenetic associations of relative embryo size evolution in angiosperms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 625-634.

 

26.- Verdú, M. & Traveset, A. 2005. Early emergence enhances plant fitness: a phylogenetically controlled meta-analysis. Ecology 86: 1385-1394.

 

25.- Gleiser, G. & Verdú, M. 2005.  Repeated evolution of dioecy from androdioecy in Acer. New Phytologist 165: 633-640.

 

24.- Pausas, J. & Verdú, M.  2005. Plant persistence traits in fire-prone ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: A phylogenetic approach. Oikos 109: 196-202.

 

23.- Verdú, M. & Traveset, A.  2004. Bridging meta-analysis and the comparative method: A test of seed size effect on germination after frugivores’ gut passage. Oecologia 138: 414-418.

 

22.- Traveset, A., Wilson, M. F. & Verdú, M. 2004. Characteristics of fleshy fruits in southeast Alaska: phylogenetic comparisons with fruits from Illinois. Ecography 27: 41–48.

 

21.- Verdú, M., Villar-Salvador, P. & García-Fayos, P. 2004. Gender effects on the post-facilitation performance of two dioecious Juniperus species. Functional Ecology 18: 87-93.

 

20.- Verdú, M. 2004. Physiological and reproductive differences between hermaphrodites and males in the androdioecious plant Fraxinus ornus. Oikos 105: 239-246.

 

19.- Gleiser, G;  Picher, M. C.; Veintimilla, P. Martinez, J. & Verdú, M. 2004. Seed dormancy and seed storage behaviour in Acer opalus.  Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145: 203-208.

 

18.- Verdú, M., García-Fayos, P. & Gleiser, G.  2004. Mites attack males of the sexually polymorphic tree Acer opalus more harmfully and more often. Functional Ecology 18: 592-597.

 

17.- Verdú, M., Montilla, A. I. & Pannell, J. R. 2004.  Paternal effects on functional gender account for cryptic dioecy in a perennial plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 271: 2017-2023.

 

16.- Verdú, M., Dávila, P., García-Fayos, P., Flores-Hernández, N, & Valiente-Banuet, A. 2003. “Convergent” traits of Mediterranean woody plants belong to pre-Mediterranean lineages.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78: 415-427.

 

15.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 2003. Frugivorous birds mediate sex-biased facilitation in a dioecious nurse plant. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 35-42.

 

14.- Verdú, M. 2002. Age at maturity and diversification in woody angiosperms.  Evolution 56: 1352-1361.

 

13.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 2001. The effect of deceptive fruits on predispersal seed predation by birds in Pistacia lentiscus. Plant Ecology 156: 245-248.

 

12.- Verdú, M. y García-Fayos, P. 2002. Ecología reproductiva de Pistacia lentiscus L.(Anacardiaceae): un anacronismo evolutivo en el matorral mediterráneo. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 57-65.

 

11.- Verdú, M., Valiente-Banuet, A., Flores-Hernández, N. & García-Fayos, P. 2002. Mexical plant phenology : is it similar to mediterranean communities?. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 138: 297-303.

 

10.- Verdú, M. 2000. Ecological and evolutionary differences between Mediterranean seeders and resprouters. Journal of Vegetation Science 11: 265-268.

 

9.- Lloret, F., Verdú, M., Flores-Hernández, N. & Valiente-Banuet, A. 1999. Fire and resprouting in Mediterranean ecosystems: insights from an external biogeographical region, the Mexical shrubland. American Journal of Botany 86: 1655-1661.

 

8.- Valiente-Banuet, A., Flores Hernandez, N., Verdú, M. & Dávila, P. 1998.  The Chaparral vegetation in Mexico under non-mediterranean climate: convergence and Madrean-Tethyan hypotheses reconsidered. American Journal of Botany 85: 1398-1408.

 

7.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1998. Old-field colonization by Daphne gnidium L.: seedling distribution and spatial dependence at different scales. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 713-718.

 

6.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1998. Female biased sex ratios in Pistacia lentiscus L. (Anacardiaceae). Plant Ecology 135: 95-101.

 

5.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1998. Ecological causes, function and evolution of abortion and parthenocarpy in Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 76: 134-141.

 

4.- García-Fayos, P. & Verdú, M. 1998. Soil seed bank, factors controlling germination, and establishment of a Mediterranean shrub: Pistacia lentiscus L. Acta Oecologica 19: 357-366.

 

3.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1996. Nucleation processes in a Mediterranean bird-dispersed plant. Functional Ecology 10: 275-280.

 

2.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1996. Postdispersal seed predation in a Mediterranean patchy landscape. Acta Oecologica 17: 379-391.

 

1.- Verdú, M. & García-Fayos, P. 1994. Correlations between the abundances of fruits and frugivorous birds: the effect of temporal autocorrelation. Acta Oecologica 15: 791-796.