Dr. Carola Gómez-Rodríguez

Papers listed in ISI Web of Science

56. 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]

55. Formoso-Freire V, Baselga A, Gómez-Rodríguez C. 2024. Climatic stability predicts the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity. Ecography: e07200 [pdf] [visual abstract]

54. 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]

53. 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]

52. 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]
51. 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]
50. 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]
49. 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]
48. 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]
47. 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]
46. 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]
45. 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]
44. 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]
43. 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]
42. 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]
41. 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]
40. 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]
39. 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]
38. 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]
37. 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]
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]

Books and official publications

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]
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]
Castillejo J., J. Iglesias, C. Gómez-Rodríguez and A. Baselga (2019). El estatus de las especies del género Geomalacus Allman, 1843 en la península ibérica (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae). [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]
Baselga A. and C. Gómez-Rodríguez (2019). Diversidad alfa, beta y gamma: ¿cómo medimos diferencias entre comunidades biológicas?. Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 26: 39-45 [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]

Science Communication (Publications for non-specialists)

Introductory video about distance-decay models and its application to Biodiversity ScienceYoutube link

HumboldtDay event (2020) about using distance-decay models to assess long-term dispersal limitation in biogeographic studies. Youtube link

HumboldtDay(2020) event about Women in Biogeography: "Finding ways to feature and support more women in Biogeography" (Organizer as member of @madresBDV community). Youtube link

"Reflections on Maternity and Academia". Talk at Women in Science-Ecology (WISE) Conference (2020). Youtube link

Gómez-Rodríguez, C. , A. Tate, A. Fayet, M. Rueda and M. N. Barrios García Moar (2018). International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Invited post in Animal Ecology in Focus (blog by Journal of Animal Ecology) Blog post

Guest at Efervesciencia (04/02/2018), radio program about Science in the RadioGalega Podcast (from minute 13)

Gómez-Rodríguez, C. and A.P. Vogler (2017). Fast-Moving Biodiversity Assessment: Are We Already in the Future?. Invited post in Methods Blog (British Ecological Society) Blog post

Gómez-Rodríguez, C. (2016). Onde se concentra un maior número de especies e por que?. Setestrelo (CulturaGalega) Web publication

Interview with Esturirafi (2016), blog about ecology and sustainable life Interview

Díaz Paniagua, C., M. Florencio, C. Gómez Rodríguez , R. Fernández Zamudio, A. Sousa Martín, P. García Murillo, P. Siljestrom, L. Serrano Martín (2014). Las lagunas de Doñana siguen estando en peligro. Quercus 340, 36-44 Link