Publications

2021

Morente‐López, J.; Lara‐Romero, C.; García‐Fernández, A.; Rubio Teso, ML.; Prieto‐Benítez, S.; Iriondo JM. Gene flow effects on populations inhabiting marginal areas: Origin matters . Journal of Ecology

Martín-Rodríguez, I.; Escudero, A.& Alfredo García-Fernández, A. Limited effect of a highway barrier on the genetic structure of a gypsum soil specialist . PeerJ

2020

Pandemic year, not easy...

2019

García-Fernández, A.; Manzano, P; Seoane, J.; Azcárate, F.M.; Iriondo, JM & Peco, B. Herbivore corridors sustain genetic footprint in plant populations: a case for Spanish drove roads . PeerJ

Matesanz, S., Ramos-Muñoz, M; Blanco-Sánchez,M, García-Fernández, A. Sánchez,A. & Escudero, A.; Migración, variabilidad genética y plasticidad fenotípica en especies de yesos y su papel en la respuesta al cambio climático. Ecosistemas

Rodriguez, L.; López, C.; Casado-Amezua, P.; Ruiz-Ramos D.V.; Martínez, B.; Banaszak, A.; Tuya, F.; García-Fernández, A.; Hernández, M; Genetic relationships of the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis and its symbiont within and between locations on both sides of the Atlantic. Coral Reefs

Sacristan-Bajo, S.; García-Fernández, A. Iriondo, J.M. & Lara-Romero, C.; Transcriptome assembly and polymorphism detection in Silene ciliata (Caryophyllaceae). Plant Genetic Resources.

2018

García-Fernández, A.; Iriondo, J.M. de Haro Reyes, B. & Escudero, A. Resistence of an edaphic-island specialist to anthropogenic-driven fragmentation. AoB Plants

Gimenez-Benavides, L., Escudero,A., García-Camacho, R., García-Fernández, A., IriondoJ.M.; Lara-Romero, C. and Morente-López, J.; How does climate change affect regeneration of Mediterranean high-mountain plants? An integration and synthesis of current knowledge. Plant Biology

Matesanz, S., García-Fernández, A. Limón-Yelmo, A., Gómez-Fernández, A. & Escudero, A. Comparative landscape genetics of gypsum specialists with naturally-patchy distributions reveal their resilience to anthropogenic fragmentation.Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 34, 1-9.

Morente-López, J; Garcia, C.; Lara-Romero, C.; García-Fernández, A.; Draper, D.; Iriondo, J.M; Geography and environment shapes landscape genetics of Mediterranean alpine species Silene ciliata Poiret. (Caryophyllaceae). Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 9 (1698)

2017

Lázaro-Nogal, A., Matesanz, S.; García - Fernández, A.; Travesset, A. and Valladares, F. Population size, center–periphery, and seed dispersers’ effects on the genetic diversity and population structure of the Mediterranean relict shrub Cneorum tricoccon. Ecology and Evolution, 7(18), 7231-7242

Matesanz, S; Rubio-Teso, M.L.; Garcia-Fernandez, A. and Escudero A. Habitat Fragmentation Diferentially Affects Genetic Variation, Phenotypic Plasticity and Survival in Populations of a Gypsum Endemics. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 843

García - Fernández, A.; Vitales, D.; Pellicer J.; Garnatje,.T. and Valles, J. Phylogeographic insights into Artemisia crithmifolia (Asteraceae) reveal several areas of the Iberian Atlantic coast as refugia for genetic diversity. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 303 (4), 509-519.

2016

Vitales, D.; García - Fernández, A.; Garnatje,.T.; Pellicer J. and Valles, J. Phylogeographic insights of the lowland species Cheirolophus sempervirens in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Evolution and Systematics, 54 (1), 65-74.

Lara-Romero, C.; García - Fernández, A.; Robledo-Arnuncio, J.J.; Roumet, M.; Morente-López, J.; Lopez-Gil, A. and Iriondo, J.M.; Individual spatial aggregation correlates with between-population variation in fine-scale genetic structure of Silene ciliata (Caryophyllaceae). Heredity, 116 (5), 417-423.

Lara-Romero, C; de la Cruz, M; Escribano-Ávila, G; García-Fernández, A; Iriondo, JM. Dispersal and environmental heterogeneity, not facilitation, promote spatial aggregation across plant stage classes and populations. Oikos, 125 (9), 1304-1313.

García-Fernández, A. Estudio Genético Comparativo de la Poblaciones de Silene ciliata Pourr. (Caryophyllaceae) Como Herramienta Para Estudiar el Cambio Global. Lucas Mallada, revista de Ciencias, 17, 291-307.

2015

Mas de Xaxars, G.; García - Fernández, A.; Barnola, P.; Martín, J.; Mercader, A.; Vallès, J.; Vargas, P.; Vigo, P. and Garnatje,.T. Phylogenetic and cytogenetic studies reveal hybrid speciation in Saxifraga subsect. Triplinervium (Saxifragaceae). Journal of Evolution and Systematics, 53 (1), 53-62.

García - Fernández, A; Escudero, A.; Lara-Romero, C and Iriondo, J.M. Snow cover duration effects on early life stages of Silene ciliata, a locally adapted mountain plant. Plant Biology, 17 (2), 344-350.

Vitales, D.; García - Fernández, A.; Garnatje,.T.; Pellicer J. and Valles, J. Conservation genetics of the rare Iberian endemic Cheirolophus uliginosus (Asteraceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 179 (1), 157-171.

Kyrkou, I; Iriondo, J.M.; García - Fernández, A.; A glacial survivor of the alpine Mediterranean region: phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Silene ciliata Pourr. (Caryophyllaceae). PeerJ. e1193

2014

Goudja, H.; García - Fernández, A.; Garnatje,.T.; Raies, A. and Neffati M. Genome size and phylogenetic relationships between the Tunisian species of the genus Calligonum (Poligonaceae). Turkish Journal of Botany, 38, 13-21.

Lara-Romero, C; Robledo-Arnuncio, JJ; García-Fernández, A; IriondoJ.M. Assessing intraspecific variation in effective dispersal along an altitudinal gradient: a test in two Mediterranean high-mountain plants. PlosOne, 9, e87189.

García - Fernández, A; de Haro Reyes, B. and Escudero A. Identification and development of eight microsatellite markers for the gypsophyte

Helianthemum squamatum and cross-species amplification. Conservation Genetic Resources, 6(4), 1049-1051.

Vitales, D.; García - Fernández, A.; Pellicer, J.; Vallès, J.; Santos-Guerra, A.; Cowan, R.S.; Fay, M. F.; Hidalgo, O. and Garnatje,.T. Key processes for Cheirolophus (Asteraceae) diversification on oceanic islands inferred from AFLP data. Plos One, 9, e113207.

2013

Alarcón, M., Roquet, C., García - Fernández, A., Vargas, P. and Aldasoro, J.J. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic evidence for a Pleistocene disjunction between Campanula jacobaea (Cape Verde Islands) and C. balfourii (Socotra) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69 (3), 828-836.

García - Fernández, A., Iriondo, J.M., Escudero, A., Fuertes-Aguilar, J. and Nieto-Feliner G. Genetic patterns of habitat fragmentation and past climate change effects in the Mediterranean high-mountain plant Armeria caespitosa (Plumbaginaceae). American Journal of Botany, 100 (8), 1641-1650.

García - Fernández, A., Iriondo, J.M., Bartels, D. and Escudero, A. Water stress response in a high-mountain plant across an altitudinal gradient. Response to artificial drying until drought-induced death in different elevation populations of a high-mountain plant. Plant Biology, 15 (S1), 93-100.

2012

García - Fernandez, A., Iriondo J.M., Vallés, J., Orellana, J. and Escudero A. Ploidy level and genome size of locally adapted populations of Silene ciliata across an altitudinal gradient, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 298 (1), 139-142.

Garcia - Fernandez, A., Lázaro-Nogal, A., Travesset, A. and Valladares, F. Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellites loci in Cneorum tricoccon (Cneoraceae), a Mediterranean relict plant. American Journal of Botany, 99 (8), e307-309 .

Garcia - Fernandez, A., Lara-Romero, C., Segarra-Moragues, J.S., Iriondo J.M., Widmer,A., and Escudero, A. Characterization of microsatellite in the mountain plant Armeria caespitosa (Plumbaginaceae) and transferability to congeners. American Journal of Botany, 99(7), e292-294.

García - Fernandez, A., Segarra-Moragues, J.S., Widmer, A., Escudero A., and Iriondo, J.M. Unravelling genetics at the top: mountain islands or isolated bells? Annals of Botany, 110, 1221-1232.

Garcia - Fernandez, A., Segarra-Moragues, J.S., Iriondo J.M., Widmer,A., and Escudero, A. Characterization of microsatellite in the mountain plant Armeria caespitosa (Plumbaginaceae) and transferability to congeners. American Journal of Botany, 99(7), e292-294.

Escudero, A., García-Camacho, R., García - Fernández A., Gavilán, R.G., Giménez-Benavides, L., Iriondo, J.M., Lara-Romero, C., Morente, J. y Pescador, D.S. Vulnerabilidad al cambio global en alta montaña mediterránea. Ecosistemas, 21 (3), 63-72.

2011

García - Fernández, A. Cambio climático en plantas de alta montaña: una perspectiva genética. Ecosistemas, 20 (2-3), 129-132.

2010

Ponce, C., Alonso, J.C., Argandoña, G., García - Fernandez, A. and Carrasco, M. (2010) Carcass removal by scavengers and search accuracy affect bird mortality estimates at power lines. Animal conservation, 13 (6), 603-612.