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October 6, 2024
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Geography and associated bioclimatic factors differentially affect leaf phenolics in three ivy species (Hedera L.) across the Iberian Peninsula

Publicated to: Perspectives In Plant Ecology, Evolution And Systematics. 65 125822- - 2024-11-01 65(), DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2024.125822

Authors:

Gallego-Narbón, A; Narbona, E; Coca-de-la-Iglesia, M; Valcárcel, V
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TRAGSATEC, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Invest Biodivers & Cambio Global CIBC UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Biol, E-28049 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Pablo Olavide, Dept Biol Mol Ingn Bioquim, Seville 41013, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants, especially that of phenolic compounds, is stimulated to protect against several environmental stress factors such as cold temperatures, drought, and UV-irradiance. As a result, when a species occurs under different climatic conditions, differences in phenolic accumulation are expected across species distribution in response to the environmental cues. However, our understanding of phenolic compounds' natural variation is limited, as most of our knowledge on secondary metabolite biosynthesis stems from experimental studies conducted under controlled conditions. In this study we analyze phenolic content and its relation to climatic and geographic variation in three closely related Hedera species (H. helix, H. hibernica and H. iberica) across their southwestern range limits in the Iberian Peninsula (82 populations, 401 individuals). The Iberian Peninsula concentrates the highest global species richness of Hedera, with the three species sharing range boundaries along the latitudinal and longitudinal climatic gradient of the region. We found that the three species exhibited different climatic and geographic patterns of phenolic content variation in the study area. The phenolic production in H. helix increased with elevation in relation to the decrease of temperature and the increase of temperature contrast, whereas in H. hibernica varies with latitude in relation to summer temperature and precipitation regimes, increasing in areas with no summer drought. In contrast, we did not find any environmental variables associated with phenolic content in H. iberica, likely due to its narrow geographic and climatic range and a higher influence of microclimatic conditions. Although the three Hedera species are closely related, our results suggest that leaf phenolic production may be triggered by different environmental conditions in each species. Our study underscores the species-specific nature of phenolic compounds' role in plant stress response.
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Keywords

Climatic nicheEcogeographical patternsHederaIntra-specific variationPhenolicsWestern mediterranean

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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, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-02-16:

  • WoS: 1
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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 2026-02-16:

  • 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: 3.
  • 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: 3 (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: 6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/714882
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GALLEGO NARBON, ANGELICA) and Last Author (VALCARCEL NUÑEZ, VIRGINIA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GALLEGO NARBON, ANGELICA.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors are gratefulto A. Alonso for his help in field sampling. We also thank the contribution of J.A. Calleja, M. Leo, G. Garcia-Sauco, P. Bella, F. Lara, and D. Gomez for providing information on the location of ivy populations. This study was financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [PID2022-140985NB-C22, PID2019-106840GA-C22] and the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness [CGL2017-87198-P] . A. Gallego-Narbon was supported by the program "Contratos predoctorales para Formacion de Personal Investigador FPI- UAM" of Universidad Autonoma de Madrid [FPI-UAM 2018] and M. Coca-de-la-Iglesia was supported by the Youth Employment Initiative of European Social Fund and Community of Madrid [PEJ-2017-AI-AMB-6636 and CAM_2020_PEJD-2019-PRE/AMB-15871] . Funding sources were not involved in study design, data collection, analyses, or interpretation of the results.
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