{rfName}
Co

Indexed in

License and use

Citations

28

Altmetrics

Grant support

We would like to thank I. Alcocer, C. Diaz and S. Sacristan for their help during data collection and lab work, and Dr. Ana M. Sanchez for her insightful comments on earlier versions of the text. We are also in debt with two anonymous referees and the associate editor of the manuscript for their thorough revisions of earlier versions of this manuscript. Funding was provided by the British Ecological Society (research grant), the Spanish Association for terrestrial ecology, grants Remedinal-3 (S2013/MAE-2719), ROOTS (CGL2015-66809-P) and GYPSEVOL (CGL2016-75566-P), the Juan de la Cierva and Ramon y Cajal Postdoctoral Programs.

Analysis of institutional authors

Gomez-Fernandez, AliciaAuthor

Share

December 13, 2024
Publications
>
Article
No

Comparative landscape genetics of gypsum specialists with naturally-patchy distributions reveal their resilience to anthropogenic fragmentation

Publicated to:PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS. 34 1-9 - 2018-10-01 34(), DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.07.001

Authors: Matesanz, Silvia; Garcia-Fernandez, Alfredo; Limon-Yelmo, Alicia; Gomez-Fernandez, Alicia; Escudero, Adrian

Affiliations

Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Area Biodiversidad & Conservat, Calle Tulipan S-N, Mostoles 28933, Spain - Author

Abstract

Gypsum endemics occur in naturally-fragmented habitats, which may lead to genetic erosion and higher vulnerability to the genetic effects of anthropogenic fragmentation. Conversely, evolution in a fragmented landscape could increase their resilience to the effects of further fragmentation, but no evidence is available in either direction. In this study, we capitalize on previous results showing high genetic variation and a negative, yet small, effect of fragmentation on genetic variation on the gypsophile Lepidium subulatum, and jointly assess two other co-occurring dominant gypsophiles: Helianthemum squamatum and Centaurea hyssopifolia. We sampled individuals of the species in 20 populations varying in their fragment size and connectivity (approximate to 400 plants/species; 1138 individuals total), and assessed genetic variation and population structure using species-specific microsatellite markers. Genetic variation was high in populations of the three study species, as shown by the high expected heterozygosity (0.454-0.735) and allelic richness (2.875-8.125). Population differentiation was in general low, but H. squamatum showed a stronger spatial structure than the other species. No effects of fragment size or connectivity were found for H. squamatum or C. hyssopifolia, i.e. differences among populations in genetic variation were not related to the size or connectivity of the sampled habitat remnants. These results contrast with the expectation that habitat specialists may be genetically impoverished. Furthermore, the correlation of key genetic diversity indices among species suggests that some fragments harbor more genetically-diverse populations than others, which provides insights for their conservation. We propose that these species may offset the genetic effects of human-mediated further habitat loss and increased isolation.

Keywords

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Science.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.75, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 14
  • Scopus: 14

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 35.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 35 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 24.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 3 (Altmetric).