Dr. Carola Gómez-Rodríguez
Papers listed in ISI Web of Science
Authors who contributed equally are underlined
55. Formoso-Freire V., A.M. Barbosa, A. Baselga and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2023). Predicting the spatio-temporal pattern of range expansion under lack of equilibrium with climate. Biological Conservation 288, 110361 [pdf] [visual abstract]
54. Shimabukuro E.M., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, C.J.E. Lamas and A. Baselga (2023). Mountain passes are higher at low latitudes for madicolous insect communities of the Neotropical region. Diversity and Distributions 29, 1118–1128. [pdf]
53. Boquete M.T., Z. Varela, J.A. Fernández, J.A. Calleja, C. Branquinho, A. Chilà, N. Cronberg, R.C. de Carvalho, C. Aleixo, B. Estébanez-Pérez, V. Fernández-González, A. Baselga, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, J.M. González-Mancebo, S. Leblond, J. Martínez-Abaigar, N.G. Medina, E. Núñez-Olivera, J. Patiño, R. Retuerto, A. Vázquez-Arias, A. Vanderpoorten, H.G. Zechmeister and J.R. Aboal (2023). Current and historical factors drive variation of reproductive traits in unisexual mosses in Europe: a case study. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61, 213-226 [pdf]
52. Martín-Devasa R., S. Martínez-Santalla, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, R. Crujeiras and A. Baselga (2022). Comparing distance-decay parameters: a novel test under pairwise dependence. Ecological Informatics 72, 101894 [pdf]
51. Martín-Devasa R., S. Martínez-Santalla, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, R. Crujeiras and A. Baselga (2022). Species range size shapes distance-decay in community similarity. Diversity and Distributions 28, 1348-1357 [pdf]
50. Baselga A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, M.B. Araújo, A. Castro-Insua, M. Arenas, D. Posada and A.P. Vogler (2022). Joint analysis of species and genetic variation to quantify the role of dispersal and environmental constraints in community turnover. Ecography, e05808 [pdf] [whiteboard video]
49. Martínez-Santalla S., R. Martín-Devasa, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, R. Crujeiras and A. Baselga (2022). Assessing the non-linear decay of community similarity: permutation and site-block resampling significance tests. Journal of Biogeography 49, 968-978 [pdf]
48. Folgar-Cameán Y., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Konstantinov and A. Baselga (2022). Hiding among holes: mechanisms underlying the evolution of masquerade in flea beetles (Chrysomelidae). Ecological Entomology 47, 137-145 [pdf]
47. Baselga A. and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2021). Assessing the equilibrium between assemblage composition and climate: a directional distance-decay approach. Journal of Animal Ecology 90, 1906-1918 [pdf]
46. Kusumoto B., Y. Kubota, A. Baselga, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, T.J. Matthews, D.J. Murphy and T. Shiono (2021). Community dissimilarity of angiosperm trees reveals deep-time diversification across tropical and temperate forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 32, e13017 [pdf]
45. Urgorri V., M. Candás, G. Díaz-Agras, X. Cunha-Veira, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and L. Míguez-Rodríguez (2021). Psolidium bathygalego nom. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from bathyal bottoms of Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula). Marine Biodiversity 51:21 [pdf]
44. De la Peña-Lastra S., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Pérez-Alberti, F. Torre and X.L. Otero (2021). Effects of a yellow legged gull (Larus michahellis) colony on soils and cliff vegetation in the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (NW Spain). Catena 199, 105115 [pdf]
43. Urgorri V., M.P. Señarís, G. Díaz-Agras, M. Candás and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2021). Doris adrianae sp. nov. (Heterobranchia; Nudibranchia; Doridina) from the Galician coasts (NW Iberian Peninsula). Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 28: 1-33 [pdf]
42. Gómez-Rodríguez C., K.E. Miller, J. Castillejo, J. Iglesias-Piñeiro and A. Baselga (2020). Disparate dispersal limitation in Geomalacus slugs unveiled by the shape and slope of the genetic-spatial distance relationship. Ecography 43, 1229-1240 [pdf]
41. Gómez-Rodríguez C., K.E. Miller, J. Castillejo, J. Iglesias-Piñeiro and A. Baselga (2019). Understanding dispersal limitation through the assessment of diversity patterns across phylogenetic scales below the species level. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28, 353-364 [pdf]
40. Nie R.E., C. Andújar, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, M. Bai, H.J. Xue, M. Tang, C.T. Yang, P. Tang, X.K. Yang and A.P. Vogler (2019). The phylogeny of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Entomology 45, 188-204 [pdf]
39. Miller K.E., D.J.G. Inward, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Baselga and A.P. Vogler (2019). Predicting the unpredictable: How host specific are the mycobiota of bark and ambrosia beetles? Fungal Ecology 42, 100854 [pdf]
38. Castillejo J., J. Iglesias, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and A. Baselga (2019). The status of the species of the genus Geomalacus Allman, 1843 in the Iberian Peninsula (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae). Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 26: 65-108 [pdf]
37. Baselga A. and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2019). Alpha, beta and gamma diversity: measuring differences in biological communities. Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 26: 39-45 [pdf]
36. Gómez-Rodríguez C. and A. Baselga (2018). Variation among European beetle taxa in patterns of distance decay of similarity suggests a major role of dispersal processes. Ecography 41, 1825-1834 [pdf]
35. Castro-Insua A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and A. Baselga (2018). Dissimilarity measures affected by richness differences yield biased delimitations of biogeographic realms. Nature Communications 9, 5084 [pdf]
34. Linard B., A. Crampton-Platt, J. Moriniere, M.J.T.N. Timmermans, C. Andújar, P. Arribas, K. E. Miller, J. Lipecki, E. Favreau, A. Hunter, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, C. Barton, R. Nie, C.P.D.T. Gillett, T. Breeschoten, L. Bocak and A.P. Vogler (2018). The contribution of mitochondrial metagenomics to large-scale data mining and phylogenetic analysis of Coleoptera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 128, 1-11 [pdf]
33. Patiño, J., Gómez-Rodríguez C., Pupo-Correia, A., Sequeira, M. and A. Vanderpoorten (2018). Trees as habitat islands: temporal variation of alpha and beta diversity in epiphytic laurel forest bryophyte communities. Journal of Biogeography 45, 1727-1738 [pdf]
32. Castro-Insua A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez , Wiens, J.J. and A. Baselga (2018). Climatic niche divergence drives patterns of diversification and richness among mammal families. Scientific Reports 8, 8781 [pdf]
31. Castro-Insua A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez , J.C. Svenning and A. Baselga (2018). A new macroecological pattern: the latitudinal gradient in species range shape. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27, 357-367 [pdf]
30. Pardo, I., Delgado, C., Abraín, R., Gómez-Rodríguez C., García-Roselló, E., García, L. and T.B. Reynoldson (2018). A predictive diatom-based model to assess the ecological status of streams and rivers of Northern Spain. Ecological Indicators 90, 519-528 [pdf]
29. Gómez-Rodríguez C., M.J.T.N. Timmermans, A. Crampton-Platt and A.P. Vogler (2017). Intraspecific genetic variation in complex assemblages from mitochondrial metagenomics: comparison with DNA barcodes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8, 248-256 [pdf]
28. Freijeiro A., Gómez-Rodríguez C., Castro-Insua A. and A. Baselga (2017). Optimising taxonomic effort to overcome the Linnean shortfall: the case of European leaf beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity 10, 439-447 [pdf]
27. Castro-Insua A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and A. Baselga (2016). Break the pattern: breakpoints in beta diversity of vertebrates are general across clades and suggest common non-contemporary causes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25, 1279-1283 [pdf]
26. Serrano L., C. Díaz-Paniagua, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, M. Florencio, M.-A. Marchand, J.G.M. Roelofs and E.C.H.E.T. Lucassen (2016). Susceptibility to acidification of groundwater-dependent wetlands affected by water level declines, and potential risk to an early-breeding amphibian species. Science of the Total Environment 571, 1253-1261 [pdf]
25. Gómez-Rodríguez C., A. Crampton-Platt, M.J.T.N. Timmermans, A. Baselga and A.P. Vogler (2015). Validating the power of mitochondrial metagenomics for community ecology and phylogenetics of complex assemblages. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6, 883-894 [pdf]
24. Gómez-Rodríguez C., A. Baselga and J.J. Wiens (2015). Is diversification rate related to climatic niche width? Global Ecology and Biogeography 24, 383-395 [pdf]
23. Gómez-Rodríguez C., A. Freijeiro and A. Baselga (2015). Dispersal and ecological traits explain differences in beta diversity patterns of European beetles. Journal of Biogeography 42, 1526-1537 [pdf]
22. Baselga A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and A.P. Vogler (2015). Multi-hierarchical macroecology at species and genetic levels to discern neutral and non-neutral processes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24, 873-882 [pdf]
21. Pardo I., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, R. Abraín, E. García-Roselló and T.B. Reynoldson (2014). An invertebrate predictive model (NORTI) for streams and rivers: Sensitivity of the model in detecting stress gradients. Ecological Indicators 45, 51-62 [pdf]
20. Díaz-Paniagua C., C. Keller, M. Florencio, A.C. Andreu, A. Portheault, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and I. Gomez-Mestre (2014). Rainfall stochasticity controls the distribution of invasive crayfish and its impact on amphibian guilds in Mediterranean temporary waters. Hydrobiologia 728, 89-101 [pdf]
19. Florencio M., C. Díaz-Paniagua, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and L. Serrano (2014). Biodiversity patterns in a macroinvertebrate community of a temporary pond network. Insect Conservation and Diversity 7, 4-21 [pdf]
18. Baselga A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, F. Novoa and A.P. Vogler (2013). Rare failures of DNA bar codes to separate morphologically distinct species in a biodiversity survey of Iberian leaf beetles. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74854 [pdf]
17. Florencio M., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, L. Serrano and C. Díaz-Paniagua (2013). Competitive exclusion and habitat segregation in seasonal macroinvertebrate assemblages in temporary ponds. Freshwater Science 32, 650-662 [pdf]
16. Gómez-Rodríguez C., J. Bustamante, C. Díaz-Paniagua and A. Guisan (2012). Integrating detection probabilities in species distribution models of amphibians breeding in Mediterranean temporary ponds. Diversity and Distributions 18, 260-272 [pdf]
15. Baselga A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and J.M. Lobo (2012). Historical legacies in world amphibian diversity revealed by the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity. PLoS ONE 7(2), e32341 [pdf]
14. Kelly M.G., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, M. Kahlert, S.F.P. Almeida, C. Benett, M. Bottin, F. Delmas, J.-P. Descy, G. Dörflinger, B. Kennedy, P. Marvan, L. Opatrilova, I. Pardo, P. Pfeister, J. Rosebery, S. Schneider and S. Vilbaste (2012). Establishing expectations for pan-European diatom based ecological status assessments. Ecological Indicators 20, 177-186 [pdf]
13. Pardo I., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, J.-G. Wasson, R. Owen, W. van de Bund, M. Kelly, C. Bennett, S. Birk, A. Buffagni, S. Erba, N. Mengin, J. Murray-Bligh and G. Ofenböeck (2012). The European reference condition concept: a scientific and technical approach to identify minimally impacted river ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 420, 33-42 [pdf]
12. Lucena-Moya P., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and I. Pardo (2012). Spatio-temporal variability in water chemistry of Mediterranean coastal lagoons and its management implications. Wetlands 32, 1033-1045 [pdf]
11. Gómez-Rodríguez C., C. Díaz-Paniagua, J. Bustamante, L. Serrano and A. Portheault (2010). Relative importance of dynamic and static environmental variables as predictors of amphibian diversity patterns. Acta Oecologica 36, 650-658 [pdf]
10. Gómez-Rodríguez C., C. Díaz-Paniagua, J. Bustamante, A. Portheault and M. Florencio (2010). Inter-annual variability in amphibian assemblages: Implications for diversity assessment and conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20, 668-677 [pdf]
9. Gómez-Rodríguez C., A. Guisan, C. Díaz-Paniagua and J. Bustamante (2010). Application of detection probabilities to the design of amphibian monitoring programs in temporary ponds. Annales Zoologici Fennici 47(5), 306-322 [pdf]
8. Gómez-Rodríguez C., C. Díaz-Paniagua and J. Bustamante (2010). Evidence of hydroperiod shortening in a preserved system of temporary ponds. Remote Sensing 2, 1439-1462 [pdf]
7. Díaz-Paniagua C., R. Fernández-Zamudio, M. Florencio, P. García-Murillo, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Portheault, L. Serrano and P. Siljeström (2010). Temporary ponds from the Doñana National Park: A system of natural habitats for the preservation of aquatic flora and fauna. Limnetica 29(1), 41-58 [pdf]
6. Gómez-Rodríguez C., C. Díaz-Paniagua, L. Serrano, M. Florencio and A. Portheault (2009). Mediterranean temporary ponds as amphibian breeding habitats: The importance of preserving pond networks. Aquatic Ecology 43,1179-1191 [pdf]
5. Florencio M., L. Serrano, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Millán and C. Díaz-Paniagua (2009). Inter- and intra-annual variations of macroinvertebrate assemblages are related to the hydroperiod in Mediterranean temporary ponds. Hydrobiologia 634, 167-183 [pdf]
4. Rodríguez-Pérez H., M. Florencio, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A.J. Green, C. Díaz-Paniagua and L. Serrano (2009). Monitoring the invasion of the aquatic bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in the wetlands of Doñana National Park (SW Spain). Hydrobiologia 634, 209-217 [pdf]
3. Gómez-Rodríguez C., J. Bustamante, S. Koponen and C. Díaz-Paniagua (2008). High-resolution remote-sensing data in amphibian studies: identification of breeding sites and contribution to habitat models. Herpetological Journal 18, 103-113 [pdf]
2. Portheault A., C. Díaz-Paniagua and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2007). Predation on amphibian eggs and larvae in temporary ponds: the case of Bufo calamita in southwestern Spain. Revue d'Ecologie- La Terre et la Vie 62, 315-322 [pdf]
1. Fortuna M.A., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and J. Bascompte (2006). Spatial network structure and amphibian persistence in stochastic environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 273, 1429-1434 [pdf]
60. Formoso-Freire V, Baselga A, Gómez-Rodríguez C. 2025. Climatic stability predicts the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity. Ecography 2025: e07200 [pdf] [visual abstract]
59. Simon-Lledó E, Baselga A, Gómez-Rodríguez C, Metaxas A, Amon DJ, Bribiesca-Contreras G, Durden JM, Fleming B, Mejía-Saenz A, Taboada S, Van Audenhaege L, Jones DOB. 2025. Marked variability in distance-decay patterns suggests contrasting dispersal ability in abyssal taxa. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e13956. [pdf]
58. Gómez-Rodríguez C, Retuerto R, Campoy JG, Rodríguez-Echeverría S. 2024. Low impact of Carpobrotus edulis on soil microbiome after manual removal from a climate change field experiment. NeoBiota 95: 35-57 [pdf]
57. Martín-Devasa R, Jiménez-Valverde A, Leprieur F, Baselga A, Gómez-Rodríguez C. 2024. Dispersal limitation shapes distance-decay patterns of European spiders at the continental scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33: e13810 [pdf]
56. Rodríguez-Pacheco A, Formoso-Freire V, Lorenzo-Carballa MO, Baselga A, Gómez-Rodríguez C. 2024. Thermophilization and reshuffling of montane leaf beetle communities over a two decade period. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 62: 321-331 [pdf] [visual abstract]
Books and official publications
Castillejo J., A. Baselga, M.O. Lorenzo-Carballa, J. Iglesias and C. Gómez Rodríguez (2025). Taxonomía integrativa de las babosas del género Arion (Gastropoda: Arionidae) de la Península Ibérica. Publicacións e Intercambio Científico da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. 389 pp. ISBN 978-84-1014-240-4 [Bookshop]
Sobral M. and C. Gómez Rodríguez (2018). Biodiversidad y funcionamiento de los ecosistemas: mamíferos y carbono. Unidad didáctica [Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: mammals and carbon. Teaching plan]. Publicacións e Intercambio Científico da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. ISBN 978-84-16954- 72-8 [pdf]
Díaz-Paniagua C. (coord); Díaz-Paniagua C., R. Fernández-Zamudio, L. Serrano, M. Florencio, C. Gómez Rodríguez, A. Sousa, P. Sánchez Castillo, P. García Murillo and P. Siljestrom (authors) (2015). El Sistema de Lagunas Temporales de Doñana, una red de hábitats acuáticos singulares [The System of Temporary Ponds in Doñana, a network of singular aquatic habitats]. Publicaciones del Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales. ISBN 978-84-8014-880-1
Gómez-Rodríguez C., C. Díaz-Paniagua and J. Bustamante (2011). Cartografía de lagunas temporales del Parque Nacional de Doñana [Cartography of temporary ponds in Doñana National Park]. Agencia Andaluza del Agua, Junta de Andalucía. Web Booklet
Pardo I., S. Poikane, W. Bonne (main authors); W. Uszko, W. van de Bund, R. Owen, M. Kelly, D. Pont, S. Birk, C. Bennett, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, G. Wolfram, F. Ecke, M. van den Berg, D. Ritterbusch, G. Phillips, S. Brucet and J. Ortiz-Casas (secondary authors) (2011). Revision of the consistency in reference criteria application in the phase one of the European Intercalibration Exercise. Publications Office of the European Union. ISBN: 978-92-79-20443-2. Web
Díaz-Paniagua C., C. Gómez Rodríguez, A. Portheault and W. de Vries. (2005). Los anfibios de Doñana [Amphibians in Doñana]. Publicaciones del Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales. ISBN 84-8014-600-1.
Pardo I., R. Abraín, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and E. García-Roselló (2010). Tipología de ríos y conformidad con las comunidades biológicas en el ámbito de las Confederaciones Hidrográficas del Cantábrico y Miño - Sil [River typology and biological communities in Cantabrian and Miño-Sil River Basin Districts]. Convenio entre la Universidad de Vigo y las Confederaciones Hidrográficas del Cantábrico y Miño-Sil. 28 + xi pp. NIPO 783-10-003-9. [pdf]
Pardo I., C. Gómez-Rodríguez and R. Abraín (2010). Sistema de clasificación del estado ecológico de los ríos en el ámbito de las Confederaciones Hidrográficas del Cantábrico y Miño- Sil [Ecological status classification system in Cantabrian and Miño-Sil River Basin Districts]. Convenio entre la Universidad de Vigo y las Confederaciones Hidrográficas del Cantábrico y Miño- Sil. 46pp. NIPO 783-10-002-3. [pdf]
Pardo I., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, S. Poikane, W. Bonne and W. van de Bund (2010). IC Guidance Annex III: Guidance for deriving reference conditions and defining alternative benchmarks. European Commission-Joint Research Centre.
Other publications
Martínez-Santalla, Gómez-Rodríguez C, Baselga A. 2024. Análisis del descenso de la similitud biótica con la distancia espacial (distance-decay) en Ecología de Comunidades y Biogeografía. Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 31: nacc.id9763 [In Spanish] [pdf]
Florencio M., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, A. Gómez, M. Reina, E. Gutiérrez, P. Siljeström, L. Serrano and C. Díaz-Paniagua (2009). Towards a quantitative classification of temporary ponds in Doñana (SW Spain). In: Fraga i Arguimbau, P. (ed.). International Conference on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds. Proceedings and Abstracts. Consell Insular de Menorca. Recerca, 14. Maó, Menorca. P. 83-92.
Díaz-Paniagua C., C. Gómez-Rodríguez, M. Florencio and A. Portheault (2009). Why a system of heterogeneous temporary ponds favours amphibian communities? Amphibians in Doñana National Park, an example of preserved breeding habitats. In: Fraga i Arguimbau, P. (ed.). International Conference on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds. Proceedings and Abstracts. Consell Insular de Menorca. Recerca, 14. Maó, Menorca. P. 245-254.
Díaz-Paniagua C., R. Fernández-Zamudio, M. Florencio, P. García-Murillo, C. Gómez-Rodríguez, P. Siljeström and L. Serrano (2008). The temporary ponds of Doñana: conservation value and present threats. European Pond Conservation Network Newsletter, nº1 summer 2008.
Díaz-Paniagua C., A. Portheault and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2007). Depredadores de los anfibios adultos de Doñana: Análisis cualitativo [Predators of adult amphibians in Doñana: Qualitative analysis]. Munibe 25, 148-157 [pdf]
Díaz-Paniagua C., C. Gómez Rodríguez, A. Portheault and W. de Vries (2006). Distribución de los anfibios del Parque Nacional de Doñana en función de la densidad y abundancia de los hábitats de reproducción [Amphibian distribution in Doñana National Park and its relationship with the density and abundance of breeding hábitats]. Revista Española de Herpetología 20, 17-30 [pdf]
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