Publications
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2021
Castro-Díez, P., Alonso, Á., Saldaña-López, A., & Granda, E. (2021). Effects of widespread non-native trees on regulating ecosystem services. Science of The Total Environment, 146141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146141
2020
Gutiérrez-Cánovas C; Sánchez-Fernández D; González-Moreno P; Mateos-Naranjo E; Castro-Díez P & Vilà, M. 2020. Combined effects of land-use intensification and plant invasion on native communities. Oecologia 192: 823–836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04603-1
Gallardo B., Castro-Díez P, Saldaña A. & Alonso A. Integrating climate, water chemistry and propagule pressure indicators into aquatic species distribution models. Ecological Indicators 112:106060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106060
Queirós, L., Deus, E., Silva, JS., Vicente J., Ortiz, L., Fernandes P.M., Castro-Díez, P. (2020). Assessing the drivers and the recruitment potential of Eucalyptus globulus in the Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology and Management. 4666:118147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118147.
Zhong, M., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Castro-Díez, P., Puyravaud, J.-P., and Cornelissen, J. H. C. Allometric co-variation of xylem and stomata across diverse woody seedlings. Plant, Cell & Environment 43:2301–2310. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13826.
Fernandez R.D, Ceballos S.J., Aragón R., Malizia A., Montti L., Whitworth-Hulse J.I., Castro-Díez P., Grau H.R. (2020) A global review of Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae) invasion. Botanical Review 86(2), 93-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-020-09228-w.
Alonso, A, Vázquez de Aldana, B. R., Castro-Díez, P., Medina-Villar, S., Pérez-Corona M.E. (2020). Effects of leaf litter extracts from four tree species on aquatic invertebrates: an ecotoxicological risk assessment approach. Aquatic Ecology 54:1155-1168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09800-x
2019
Zhong, M., P. Castro-Diez, J.-P. Puyravaud, F.J. Sterck y J.H.C. Cornelissen 2019. Convergent xylem widening among organs across diverse woody seedlings. The New Phytologist 222 (24): 1873-1882. DOI:10.1111/nph.15734
Alonso A., Castro-Díez P., Saldaña A., Gallardo B. (2019). The New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Tateidae, Mollusca) in the Iberian Peninsula: temporal patterns of distribution Bioinvasions Records 8: 287-300.DOI: 10.3391/bir.2019.8.2.1. https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2019/Issue2.aspx
de la Riva E.G., Godoy O., Castro-Díez P., Gutiérrez-Cánovas C., Vilà M. (2019). Functional and phylogenetic consequences of plant invasion for coastal native communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 30:510-520. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12748
Castro Díez P., Vaz S.A., Silva J.S., van Loo M., Alonso A., Aponte C., Bayón A., Bellingham P.J., Chiuffo M.C., DiManno N., Julian K., Kandert S., La Porta N., Marchante H., Maule H.G., Mayfield M.M., Metcalfe D., Monteverdi M.C., Núñez M.A., Ostertag R., Parker I.M., Peltzer D.A., Potgieter L., Raymundo M., Rayome D., Reisman-Berman O., Richardson D.M., Roos R.E., Saldaña A., Shackleton R.T., Torres A., Trudgen M., Urban J., Vicente J.R., Vilà M., Ylioja T., Zenni R.D. and Godoy O. (2019). Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services. Biological Reviews 94: 1477-1501. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12511
Castro-Díez P., Alonso A., Romero-Blanco A. (2019). Effects of litter mixing on litter decomposition and soil properties along simulated invasion gradients of non-native trees. Plant & Soil 442: 79–96. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-04160-4
2018
Vaz, A.S., Castro-Díez, P., Godoy, O., Alonso, Á., Vilà, M., Saldaña, A., Marchante, H., Bayón, Á., Silva, J.S., Vicente, J.R. & Honrado, J.P. 2018. An indicator-based approach to analyse the effects of non-native tree species on multiple cultural ecosystem services. Ecological Indicators 85: 48-56
E. Deus, J.S. Silva, P. Castro-Díez, A. Lomba, M.L. Ortiz, J. Vicente (2018). Current and future conflicts between eucalypt plantations and high biodiversity areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal for Nature Conservation 45:107-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2018.06.003.
2017
Medina-Villar S, Alonso A, Castro-Díez P, Pérez-Corona E (2017). Allelopathic potential of exotic invasive and native trees over co-existing understory species: The soil as modulator. Plant Ecology 218(5): 579–594. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-017-0713-2
Alonso, Álvaro; Figueroa, Ricardo, Castro-Díez Pilar (2017). Pollution assessment of the Biobío River (Chile): Prioritization of substances of concern under an ecotoxicological approach. Environmental Management 59(5): 856–869. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0824-5
Castro-Díez, P., A. Alonso. 2017. Alteration of nitrogen cycling as a result of invasion, en: Impact of Biological Invasions on Ecosystem Services, M. Vilà, P.E. Hulme, and G. Ruiz, Editors. Springer. Pp: 49-62
Castro-Diez, P., M. Fernández, O. Godoy (2016). Spain. En: Hubert Hasenauer, Anna Gazda, Monika Konnert, Katharina Lapin, G.M.J.(Frits) Mohren, Heinrich Spiecker, Marcela van Loo, Elisabeth Pötzelsberger (eds). Non-Native Tree Species for European Forests: Experiences, Risks and Opportunities. COST Action FP1403 NNEXT Country Reports, Joint Volume. 2nd Edition. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Pp 352-363 (420 pages)
2016
Castro-Díez P, Aníbal Pauchard, Anna Traveset & Montserrat Vilà. 2016. Linking the impacts of plant invasion on community functional structure and ecosystem properties. Journal of Vegetation Science 27(6) 1233–1242.
Cabra Rivas I, Castro-Díez P. 2016. Potential germination success of exotic and native trees coexisting in central Spain riparian forests. International Journal of Ecology. vol. 2016, Article ID 7614683, 10 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/7614683
Medina-Villar S., Rodríguez-Echeverría S., Lorenzo P., Alonso A., Pérez-Corona E., Castro-Díez P. 2016. Impacts of the alien trees Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle and Robinia pseudoacacia L. on soil nutrients and microbial communities. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (in press)
Cabra-Rivas, I., A. Saldaña, P. Castro-Díez, L. Gallien. 2016. A multi-scale approach to identify invasion drivers and invaders’ future dynamics. Biological Invasions 18: 411-426
Alonso, A., Valle-Torres, G., Castro-Díez, P. 2016. Survival of an invasive aquatic snail to overland translocation in non-aquatic media: implications for spreading. Limnologica 57:60-65
2015
Medina-Villar S., Alonso A., Vázquez de Aldana B.R., Pérez-Corona E., Castro-Díez. P (2015). Decomposition and biological colonization of native and exotic leaf litter in a stream. Limnetica 34 (2): 293-310
Medina-Villar, S., P. Castro-Díez, A. Alonso, I. Cabra-Rivas, I.M. Parker, E. Pérez-Corona. 2015. Do the invasive trees, Ailanthus altissima and Robinia pseudoacacia, alter litterfall dynamics and soil properties of riparian ecosystems in central Spain? Plant and Soil 396: 311-324
2014
Noelia González Muñoz, Juan Carlos Linares Calderón, Pilar Castro Díez, Ute Sass-Klaassen (2014). Contrasting secondary growth and water use efficiency patterns in native and exotic trees co-occurring in inner Spain riparian forests. Forest Systems (en prensa
Noelia González Muñoz, Juan Carlos Linares Calderón, Pilar Castro Díez, Ute Sass-Klaassen (2014). Predicting climate change impacts on native and invasive tree species using radial growth and 21st century climate scenarios. European Journal of Forest Research (en prensa). DOI 10.1007/s10342-014-0823-5
Isabel Cabra-Rivas, Álvaro Alonso and Pilar Castro-Díez (2014). May stream conservation status affect fruit dispersal by water? The case of the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima. Management of Biological Invasions, 5(2): 179–186
N. González-Muñoz, P. Castro-Díez, O. Godoy (2014). Lack of superiority of invasive over co-occurring native riparian tree seedling species. Biological invasions 16(2): 269-281. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0516-x
2013
González-Muñoz, N., Castro-Díez, P., Parker, I.M. (2013). Differences in nitrogen use between native and exotic tree species: predicting impacts on invaded ecosystems. Plant & Soil 363:319–329. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1329-x
2012
Alonso A, Castro-Díez P (2012). Tolerance to air exposure of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca) as a prerequisite to survival in overland translocations. Neobiota 14 : 67-74. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.14.3140
Alonso A, Castro-Díez P. (2012) The exotic aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca): state of the art of a worldwide invasion. Aquatic Sciences 74: 375-383
Oscar Godoy, Fernando Valladares & Pilar Castro-Diez (2012). The relative importance for plant invasiveness of trait means, and their plasticity and integration in a multivariate framework. New Phytol 195(4):912-22
Castro-Díez, P. (2012) Functional traits analyses: Scaling-up from species to community level. Plant & Soil 357:9-12. DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1185-8
Godoy O, Valladares F., Castro-Díez P. Phenotypic plasticity of invasive plants: the efficiency seems more important than the extent of the response. Functional Ecology, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01886.x
Castro-Díez P, Fierro-Brunnenmeister N, González-Muñoz N, Gallardo A. (2012). Effects of exotic and native tree leaf litter on soil properties of two contrasting sites in the Iberian Peninsula. Plant & Soil 350(1-2):179-191. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0893-9
Hodgson, J.G., G. Montserrat-Martí, M. Charles, G. Jones, P. Wilson, B. Shipley, M. Sharafi, B. Cerabolini, J.H.C. Cornelissen, S.R. Brand, A. Bogard, P. Castro-Díez, J. Guerrero-Campo, C. Palmer, C. Pérez-Rontomé, G. Carter, A. Hynd, A. Romo-Díez, L. de Torres Espuny y F. Royo Pla 2012. Is leaf dry matter content a better predictor of soil fertility than specific leaf area? Annals of Botany 108(7): 1337-1345
2011
Tiina Tosens, Ulo Niinemets, Vivian Vislap, Hillar Eichelmann, Pilar Castro Díez (2011). Developmental changes in mesophyll diffusion conductance and photosynthetic capacity under different light and water availabilities in Populus tremula: how structure constrains function. Plant Cell and Environment 35(5):839-56
Godoy O, Valladares F., Castro-Díez P (2011). Multispecies comparison reveals that invasive and native plants differ in their traits but not in their plasticity Functional Ecology 25: 1248–1259, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01886.x
Albuquerque FS, Castro-Díez P., Rueda M., Rodríguez MA, Hawkins B. (2011) Influence of climatic niche, residence time, and biogeographical origin on the range sizes and species richness patterns of exotic plants in Great Britain. Plant Ecology 212(11):1901-1911, doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9962-7
González-Muñoz N, Pilar Castro-Díez, Natalia Fierro- Brunnenmeister (2011). Establishment success of coexisting native and exotic trees under an experimental gradient of irradiance and soil moisture. Environmental Management 48:764-773. doi: 10.1007/s00267-011-9731-3
Castro-Díez P, Langendoen T, Poorter L, Saldaña-Lopez A. (2011). Predicting Acacia invasive success in South Africa on the basis of functional traits, native climatic niche and human use. Biodiversity and Conservation 20(12): 2729-2743. DOI 10.1007/s10531-011-0101-5
Suzart de Albuquerque F, Castro-Díez P, Rodríguez MA, Cayuela L (2011). Assessing the influence of environmental and human factors on native and exotic species richness. Acta Oecologica 37:51-57 (doi:10.1016/j.actao.2010.11.006).
Castro-Díez P, Godoy O, Saldaña A & Richardson DM. (2011) Predicting invasiveness of Australian Acacia species on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life-history traits and human use. Diversity and Distribution 17:934-945 doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00778.x.
2010
Alonso, A., González-Muñoz, N. & Castro-Díez, P. Comparison of leaf decomposition and macroinvertebrate colonization between exotic and native trees in a freshwater ecosystem (2010). Ecological Research 25: 647–653. DOI 10.1007/s11284-010-0698-y
Godoy O, Castro-Díez P, Van Logtestijn RSP, Cornelissen JHC, Valladares F. (2010). Leaf litter traits of invasive alien species slow down decomposition compared to Spanish natives: a broad phylogenetic comparison. Oecologia 162:781–790, DOI 10.1007/s00442-009-1512-9.
Milla R, Castro-Díez P, Montserrat-Martí G. (2010) Phenological analysis of Mediterranean woody plants from N Spain. Flora 205:190-199. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2009.01.006
Sanz-Pérez V, Castro-Díez P. (2010) Summer water stress and shade alter bud size and budburst date in three mediterranean Quercus species. Trees 24: 68-87. DOI 10.1007/s00468-009-0381-5
2009
Sanz Pérez V, Castro-Díez P y Joffre R. (2009) Seasonal carbon storage and growth in Mediterranean tree seedlings under different water conditions. Tree Physiology. 29:1105-1116. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpp045
Godoy O, Castro-Díez P, Valladares F, Costa-Tenorio M (2009). Different flowering phenology of invasive alien species in Spain: an evidence for the use of an empty temporal niche?. Plant Biology. 11:803-811 doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00185.x
Godoy O, Richardson DM, Valladares F y Castro-Díez P (2009). Flowering phenology of invasive alien plant species compared to native species in three mediterranean-type ecosystems. Annals of Botany 103:485-494.
Sanz-Pérez V, Castro-Díez P y Valladares F (2009). Differential and interactive effects of temperature and photoperiod on budburst and carbon reserves in two co-occurring Mediterranean oaks. Plant Biology 11: 142 - 151. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00119.x
Sanz-Pérez V, Castro-Díez P y Millard P (2009). Effects of drought and shade on nitrogen cycling in the leaves and canopy of Mediterranean Quercus seedlings. Plant and Soil 316: 45-56. DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9757-3
Castro-Díez P., González-Muñoz N., Alonso A., Gallardo A. y Poorter L. (2009). Effects of exotic invasive trees on nitrogen cycling: a case study in Central Spain. Biological Invasions 11:1973–1986. DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9374-3
2008
Castro-Díez P, Navarro J., Maestro M. (2008). Effects of moderate shade and irrigation with eutrophicated water on the nitrogen economy of Mediterranean oak seedlings. Flora 203: 243-253
Milla R., Reich PB, Niienmets Ü, Castro-Díez P. (2008). Environmental and developmental controls on specific leaf area are little modified by leaf area. Functional Ecology. 22:565-576. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01406.x
Alonso A. y Castro-Díez P. (2008). What explains the invading success of the aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca)? Hydrobiologia 614:107-116. DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9529-3
2007
Sanz-Pérez, V., Castro-Díez P, Valladares, F. (2007) Growth versus storage: responses of Mediterranean oak seedlings to changes in nutrient and water availabilities. Annals of Forest Science 64:201-210
Castro-Díez P, Navarro J. (2007) Tissue hydraulic properties of seedlings of three Quercus species: Variations across and within species grown under contrasted light and water regimes. Tree Physiology 27: 1011-1018
2006
Milla, R. Castro-Díez P, Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí, G. (2006) Costs of reproduction as related to the timing of phenological phases in the deciduous shrub Pistacia lentiscus L. Plant Biology 8: 103-111.
Castro-Díez P, Navarro J, Pintado A, Sancho LG, Maestro M (2006) Interactive effects of shade and watering on the performance of seedlings of three Mediterranean Quercus species. Tree Physiology 26: 389-400
2005
Castro-Díez P, Milla R., Sanz V. (2005). Phenological comparison between two coexisting Mediterranean woody species differing in life form. Flora 200: 88-95
Milla R, Castro-Díez P, Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí, G. (2005). Environmental constraints on phenology and internal nutrient cycling in the Mediterranean winter-deciduous shrub Amelanchier ovalis Medicus. Plant Biology 7:182-189
Milla R, Castro-Díez P, Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí, G. (2005). Relationships between phenology and the remobilization of N, P, and K in branches of eight Mediterranean evergreens. New Phytologist 168: 167-178
Milla, R. Castro-Díez P, Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí, G. (2005) Does the gradualness of leaf shedding govern nutrient resorption from senescing leaves in Mediterranean woody plants? Plant and Soil 278: 303-313
2003
Castro-Díez P, Cornelissen JHC, Montserrat-Martí G (2003) Trade-offs between phenology, RGR, life form and seed mass among 22 Mediterranean woody species. Plant Ecology 166: 117-129
Castro-Díez P, Milla R., Montserrat-Martí G. (2003) Comparison of methods to study plant phenological patterns. The case of Halimium atriplicifolium (Cistaceae). Phyton 43: 59-78
Cornelissen JHC, Cerabolini B, Castro-Díez P, Villar-Salvador P, Montserrat-Martí G., Puyravaud JP, Maestro M, Werger MJA, Aerts R. (2003). Functional traits of woody plants: correspondence of species rankings between field adults and laboratory-grown seedlings? Journal of Vegetation Science 14:311-322
Rey-Benayas JM, Espigares T, Castro-Díez P (2003). Effects of herb competition on planted Quercus faginea seedlings in abandoned Mediterrenean cropland. Applied Vegetation Science 6: 213-222
2001
Castro-Díez P, Guerrero-Campo J., Muñoz-Yanguas MA (2001). Restauración del bosque de ribera en la Reserva Natural de los Galachos (Zaragoza). Consejo de Protección de la Naturaleza de Aragón, Zaragoza. 165 pp
2000
Castro-Díez P, Puyravaud J.P., Cornelissen JHC (2000). Leaf structure and anatomy as related to leaf mass per area variation in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types. Oecologia 124: 476-486
1998
Castro-Díez P, Villar-Salvador P, Pérez-Rontomé C., Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí G (1998). Leaf morphology, leaf chemical composition and stem xylem characteristics in two Pistacia (Anacarciaceae) species along a climatic gradient. Flora 193: 195-202
Castro-Díez P, Montserrat-Martí G. (1998). Phenological pattern of fifteen Mediterranean phanaerophetes from Quercus ilex communieites of NE-Spain. Plant Ecology 139: 103-112
Castro-Díez P, Puyravaud J.P., Cornelissen JHC, Villar-Salvador P. (1998). Stem anatomy and relative growth rate in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types. Oecologia 116: 57-66
1997
Cornelissen JHC, Werger MJA, Castro-Díez P, van Rheenen JWA, Rowland AP. (1997). Foliar nutrients in relation to growth, allocation and leaf traits in seedlings of a wide range of woody species and types. Oecologia 111: 460-469
Castro-Díez P, Villar-Salvador P, Pérez-Rontomé C., Maestro-Martínez M., Montserrat-Martí G. (1997). Leaf morphology and leaf chemical composition in three Quercus (Fagaceae) species along a climatic gradient in NE Spain. Trees 11: 127-134
Villar-Salvador P, Castro-Díez P, Pérez-Rontomé C., Montserrat-Martí G. (1997). Stem xylem features in three Quercus (Fagaceae) species along a climatic gradient in NE Spain. Trees 12: 90-96
1996