MARTÍ MARCH SALAS
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGIST AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST
PUBLICATIONS
SUMMARY: 34 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of plant evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, botany, cliff ecology, conservation biology, biotic interactions, microbial biology or ecosystem functioning and services. I am the first or corresponding author in 58% of these publications and the average IF is of 4.65.
Accepted / Under review
Wu, X.; Bellagio, T.; Peng, Y.; Czech, L.; Lin, M.; Lang, P. L.; Epstein, R.; ...; March-Salas, M.; … & Exposito-Alonso, M. (2025). Rapid adaptation and extinction across climates in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis thaliana. bioRxiv (under review in Science).
March-Salas, M.; Eberhardt, L.; Mundt, C.; Holland, V.; Fitze, P.S.; & Scheepens, J.F. (2025). Drought and parental effects mediate plant responses to lower precipitation predictability. (submitted).
March-Salas, M.; Møller, C.; Scheepens, J.F.; & Sobral, M. (2024). Subindividual Phenology: Shaping Plant Evolutionary Trajectories (under review in Plant Communications).
Møller, C., De Frenne, P., Heberling, J. M., Bellemare, J., Brunet, J., Bruun, H. H., Cayouette, J., Decocq, G., Diekmann, M., Frajman, B., Hagenblad, J., Hedwall, P.-O., Isaac, B. L., Kalske, A., Lenoir, J., Liira, J., March-Salas, M., Muola, A., Orczewska, A., Selvi, F., Wheeler, B., Sieck, M., von Klopotek, H., Scheepens, J. F. (2025). Cross-continental ecological drivers behind trait clines in the forest grass Milium effusum (under review in Global Ecology and Biogeography).
Møller, C.; March-Salas, M.; Sobral, M.; Haase, J.; De Frenne, P. & Scheepens, J.F (2024). Induction of intra-individual variation and associated trade-offs of vegetative, phenological and floral traits. bioRxiv (under review in American Journal of Botany).
Karitter, P., March-Salas, M., Ensslin, A., Rauschkolb, R., Godefroid, S., Poorter, H. & Scheepens, J. F. (2023). Garden, greenhouse or climate chamber? Experimental conditions influence whether genetic differences are phenotypically expressed. EcoEvorxiv (under review in Plant Biology).
Czech, L.; Peng, Y.; Spence, J. P.; Lang, P. L.; Bellagio, T.; Hildebrandt, J.; ...; March-Salas, M.; … & Exposito-Alonso, M. (2023). Monitoring rapid evolution of plant populations at scale with Pool-Sequencing. bioRxiv (under review in eLife).
Published
2025
March-Salas, M.; García, M. B.; Lichter-Marck, I. H.; Lorite, J.; Steinbauer, M. (2025). Cliff ecosystems: A critical yet uncharted frontier for research and conservation. Basic and Applied Ecology, 83(2025), 36-42 [IF: 3.8].
Karitter, P., Corvers, E., Karrenbauer, M, March-Salas, M., Stojanova, B., Ensslin, A., Godefroid, S., & Scheepens, J. F. (2025). Evolution of competitive ability and the response to nutrient availability: a resurrection study with the calcareous grassland herb, Leontodon hispidus. Oecologia, 207(17), 1-14 [IF: 2.4].
Møller, C.; March-Salas, M.; De Frenne, P. & Scheepens, J.F (2025). Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two forest understorey herbs in response to forest management intensity. AoB Plants, 17(1), plae061 [IF: 3.1].
2024
Morales-Armijo, F.; Sobrevilla-Covarrubias, A.; Estrada-Castillón, E.; Escudero, A.; Scheepens, J.F.; Lorite, J. & March-Salas, M. (2024). Climbing route development affects cliff vascular plants more than subsequent climbing: A guide to evidence-based conservation management to regulate climbing. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61, 2679–2689 [IF: 6.540].
Harrison, G.R.; Boggess, L.M.; McCord, S.E. & March-Salas, M. (2024). A call to action for inventory and monitoring of cliff ecosystems to support conservation. Basic and Applied Ecology, 80, 31-39 [IF: 3.8].
Zvereva, E.L.; Adroit, B.; Andersson, T.; Barnett, C.R.A.; Branco, S.; Castagneyrol, B.; Chiarenza, G.M. ; Dáttilo, W.; del-Val, E.; Filip, J.; Griffith, J.; Hargreaves, A.; Hernández-Agüero, J.A.; Holanda, I.; Hong, Y.; Kietzka, G.; Klimez, P.; Koistinen, M.; Kruglova, O.; Kumpula, S.; Lopezosa, P.; March-Salas, M.; Marquis, R. J.; Marusik, Y.M., Moles, A.; Muola, A.; Murkwe, M.; Nakamura, A.; Olson, C.; Pagani-Núñez, E.; Popova, A.; Rahn, O.; Reshchikov, A.; Rodriguez-Campbell, A.; Rytkönen, S.; Sam, K.; Sounapoglou, A.; Tropek, R.; Wenda, C.; Xu, G.; Zeng, Y.; Zolotarev, M.; Zubrii, N.; Zverev, V.; Kozlov, M.V. (2024). Predation on live and artificial insect prey show different global latitudinal patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 0, e13899 [IF: 6.909].
Karitter, P., March-Salas, M., Ensslin, A., Rauschkolb, R., Godefroid, S., & Scheepens, J. F. (2024). Combining the resurrection approach with transplant experiments to investigate adaptation of plant populations to environmental change. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 62, 125773 [IF: 3.842].
2023
Springer, K., Coquery, T., Holland, V., Fitze, P. S., Scheepens, J. F., & March-Salas, M. (2023). Precipitation predictability drives evolution of drought tolerance in the common poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Functional Ecology, 38, 233–244 [IF: 6.284].
March-Salas, M., Lorite, J., Bossdorf, O.; & Scheepens, J. F. (2023). Cliffs as priority ecosystems. Conservation Biology, e14166. [IF:7.563].
Møller, C.; De Frenne, P.; March-Salas, M.; Vanneste, T.; Verheyen, K. & Scheepens, J.F. (2023). Forest management drives evolution of understorey herbs. Forest Ecology and Management, 548, 121390 [IF: 4.384].
March-Salas, M.; Morales-Armijo, F.; Hernández-Agüero, J.A.; Estrada-Castillón, E.; Sobrevilla-Covarrubias, A.; Arévalo, J.R.; Scheepens, J.F. & Lorite, J. (2023). Rock climbing affects cliff-plant communities by reducing species diversity and altering species coexistence patterns. Biodiversity and Conservation, 32: 1617–1638 [IF: 4.296].
Møller, C.; March-Salas, M.; Kuppler, J.; De Frenne, P. & Scheepens, J.F. (2023). Intra-individual variation in Galium odoratum is affected by experimental drought and shading. Annals of Botany, mcac148 [IF: 5.04].
2022
Krah, F.S. & March-Salas, M. (2022). eDNA metabarcoding reveals high soil fungal diversity and variation in community composition among Spanish cliffs. Ecology and Evolution,12(12), e9594 [IF: 3.167].
March-Salas, M.; Scheepens, J.F.; van Kleunen, M; & Fitze, P.F. (2022). Precipitation predictability affects intra- and trans-generational plasticity and causes differential selection on root traits of Papaver rhoeas. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 998169 [IF: 6.627].
Estrada-Castillón, E.; Villarreal-Quintanilla, J.Á.; Cuéllar-Rodríguez, L.G.; March-Salas, M.; Encina-Domínguez, J.A.; Himmeslbach, W.; ... & Gutiérrez-Santillán, T. V. (2022). Ethnobotany in Iturbide, Nuevo León: The Traditional Knowledge on Plants Used in the Semiarid Mountains of Northeastern Mexico. Sustainability, 14(19): 12751 [IF: 3.889].
2021
March-Salas, M.; van Kleunen, M. & Fitze, P.S (2022). Effects of intrinsic precipitation-predictability on root traits, allocation strategies, and the selective regime acting on them. Oikos, 2022(1): e07970 [IF: 4.257].
Noriega, J.A.; March-Salas, M.; Castillo, S.; García‐Q, H.; Hortal, J.; & Santos, A.M. (2021). Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function. Biotropica, 53(3): 753-766 [IF: 2.867].
deCastro-Arrazola, I.*; March-Salas, M.* & Lorite, J. (2021). Assessment of the potential risk of rock-climbing for cliff plant species and natural protected areas of Spain. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 611362 [IF: 4.493].
March-Salas, M.; Fandos, G.; & Fitze, P.S. (2021). Effects of intrinsic environmental predictability on intra-individual and intra-population variability of plant reproductive traits and eco-evolutionary consequences. Annals of Botany, 127(4): 413-423 [IF:5.04].
2020
Noriega, J.A.; March‐Salas, M.; Pertierra, L.R. & Vulinec, K. (2020). Spatial partitioning of perching on plants by tropical dung beetles depends on body size and leaf characteristics: a sit‐and‐wait strategy for food location. Ecological Entomology, 45(5): 1108-1120 [IF: 2.465].
March‐Salas, M. & Pertierra, L.R. (2020). Warmer and less variable temperatures favour an accelerated plant phenology of two invasive weeds across sub‐Antarctic Macquarie Island. Austral Ecology, 45(5): 572-585 [IF:1.771].
March-Salas, M. (2020). Towards the evaluation of the climbing impact on Mediterranean plant biodiversity to promote transboundary conservation measures. Conservación Vegetal, 4: 45-47.
2019
March-Salas, M.; van Kleunen, M.; & Fitze, P.S. (2019). Rapid and positive responses of plants to lower precipitation predictability. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 286(1913): 20191486 [IF:5.53].
March-Salas, M. & Fitze, P.S. (2019). Changes in environmental predictability alter a plant’s chemical composition and associated ecosystem services. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 168: 103865 [IF:6.028].
March-Salas, M. & Fitze, P.S. (2019). A multi-year experiment shows that lower precipitation predictability encourages plants’ early life stages and enhances population viability. PeerJ, 7: e6443 [IF: 3.061].
2018
Benítez, G.; March-Salas, M.; Villa-Kamel, A.; Cháves-Jiménez, U.; Hernández, J.; Montes-Osuna, N.; ... & Cariñanos, P. (2018). The genus Datura L. (Solanaceae) in Mexico and Spain–Ethnobotanical perspective at the interface of medical and illicit uses. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 219, 133-151 [IF: 5.09].
March-Salas. M.; Moreno-Moya, M.; Palomar, G.; Tejero-Ibarra. P.; Haeuser. E. & Pertierra. L.R. (2018). An innovative vegetation survey design in Mediterranean cliffs shows evidence of higher tolerance of specialized rock plants to rock climbing activity. Applied Vegetation Science, 21(2): 289-297 [IF: 3.431].