42. Klimeš, A., Molina-Venegas, R., Carta, A., Chytrý, M.,  Conti, L., Götzenberger, L., Hájek, M. Horsák, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Klimešová, J., Méndez-Castro, F.E., Zelený, D. & Ottaviani, G. (2024) Weak phylogenetic effect on the formation of specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on terrestrial habitat islands. Journal of Biogeography.

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41. Perez-Navarro, M.Á., Lloret, F., Molina-Venegas, R., Alcántara, J.M., & Verdú, M. (2024) Plant canopies induce climatic disequilibrium in Mediterranean recruit communities. Ecology Letters, 27, e14391.

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40. Molina-Venegas, R. & Verano, R. (2024) The quest for Homer's moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 20, 11.

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39. Molina-Venegas, R. (2024) How to get the most out of phylogenetic imputation without abusing it. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15, 456-463.

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38. Gumbs, R., Gray, C.L., Hoffmann, M., Molina-Venegas, R., Owen, N.R. & Pollock, L.J. (2023) Conserving avian evolutionary history can effectively safeguard future benefits for people. Science Advances, 9, eadh4686.

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37. Ramos-Gutiérrez, I., Lima, H., Vilela, B. & Molina-Venegas, R. (2023) A generalized framework to expand incomplete phylogenies using non-molecular phylogenetic information. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 1707-1716.

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36. Romero, A., Castro-Díez, P., Lázaro-Lobo, A., Molina-Venegas, R., Cruces, P. & Pyšek, P. (2023) Searching for predictors of the variability of impacts caused by non-native trees on regulating ecosystem services worldwide. Science of the Total Environment, 877, 162961.

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35. Molina-Venegas, R. (2023) Historical contingency or effective niche differentiation as drivers for the emergence of endemism centres? A commentary on 'The evolution of ecological specialization underlays plant endemism in the Atlantic Forest'. Annals of Botany, 131, 4-6.

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34. Molina-Venegas, R., Morales-Castilla, I. & Rodríguez, M.Á. (2023) Unreliable prediction of B-vitamin source species (arising from: Cantwell-Jones et al. 2022. Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity). Nature Plants, 9, 31-33.

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33. Verdú, M., Garrido, J.L., Alcántara, J.M., Montesinos-Navarro, A., Aguilar, S., ... , Molina-Venegas, R., ... , Zamora, R. (2023) RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology, 104, e3923

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32. Molina-Venegas, R., Ottaviani, G., Campetella, G., Canullo, R. & Chelli, S. (2022) Biogeographic deconstruction of phylogenetic and functional diversity provides insights into the formation of regional assemblages. Ecography, e06140.

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31. Urbach, D., Masao, C., Prescott, G., Snethlage, M., Torre-Marin Rando, A., Molina-Venegas, R., Mollel, N., Hemp, C., Hemp, A. & Fischer, M. (2022) Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people, and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro. People and Nature, 4, 711-729.

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30. Molina-Venegas, R. (2021) Conserving evolutionarily distinct species is critical to safeguard human well-being. Scientific Reports, 14, 24187.

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29. Llorente-Culebras, S., Molina-Venegas, R., Barbosa, A.M., Carvalho, S.B., Rodríguez, M.Á. & Santos, A.M.C. (2021) Protected areas as refugia for regional functional and phylogenetic diversity of Iberian tetrapods. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 634653.

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28. Ramos-Gutiérrez, I., Lima, H., Pajarón, S., Romero-Zarco, C., Sáez, L., Pátaro, L., Molina-Venegas, R., Rodríguez, M.Á. & Moreno-Saiz, J.C. (2021) Atlas of the vascular flora of the Iberian Peninsula biodiversity hotspot (AFLIBER). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 1951-1957.  

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27. Molina-Venegas, R., Rodríguez, M.Á., Pardo-de-Santayana, M. & Mabberley, D.J. (2021) A global database of plant services for humankind. PLOS ONE, 16, e0253069.

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26. Molina-Venegas, R. & Lima, H. (2021) Should we be concerned about incomplete taxon sampling when assessing the evolutionary history of regional biotas? Journal of Biogeography, 48, 2387-2390.

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25. Andivia, E., Villar-Salvador, P., Oliet, J., Puértolas, J., Dumroese, R.K., Ivetic, V., Molina-Venegas, R., Arellano, E., Li, G. & Ovalle, J. (2021) Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restoration worldwide. Ecological Applications, 31, e02394.

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24. Molina-Venegas, R., Rodríguez, M.Á., Pardo-de-Santayana, M., Ronquillo, C. & Mabberley, D.J. (2021) Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5, 583-588.

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23. Bennett, J.M., Sunday, J., Calosi, P., Villalobos, F., Martínez, B., Molina-Venegas, R., ... , Olalla-Tárraga, M.A. (2021) The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth. Nature Communications, 12, 1198.

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22. Pataro, L.*, Molina-Venegas, R.*, Calatayud, J., Moreno-Saiz, J.C. & Rodríguez, M.Á. (2021) An updated phylogenetic bioregionalization for the European fern flora. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30, 201-215.  

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* These authors share first authorship.

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21. Buira, A., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Aedo, C. & Molina-Venegas, R. (2021) The contribution of the edaphic factor as a driver of recent plant diversification in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Ecology, 109, 987-999.

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20. Molina-Venegas, R. (2021) What are “tippy” and “stemmy” phylogenies? Resolving a phylogenetic terminological tangle. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59, 403-404.

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19. Molina-Venegas, R., Ramos-Gutiérrez, I. & Moreno-Saiz, J.C. (2020) Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk in the endemic flora of a Mediterranean hotspot as a guiding tool for preemptive conservation actions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 571587.

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18. Jochum, M., Fischer, M., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., van der Plas, F., … , Molina-Venegas, R., … , Manning, P. (2020). The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 1485-1494.

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17. Ottaviani, G., Molina-Venegas, R., Charles-Dominique, T., Chelli, S., Campetella, G., Canullo, R. & Klimešová, J. (2020). The neglected belowground dimension of dominance. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, 763-766.

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16. Molina-Venegas, R., Fischer, M., Mollel, N. & Hemp. A. (2020) Connecting plant evolutionary history with human well-being at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 194, 397-409.

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15. Calatayud, J., Andivia, E., Escudero, A., Melián, C.J., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Stoffel, M., Aponte, C., Medina, N.G, Molina-Venegas, R., … , Madrigal-González, J. (2020) Positive associations among rare species and their persistence in ecological assemblages. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 40-45. 

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14. Molina-Venegas, R., Fischer, M. & Hemp. A. (2020) Plant evolutionary assembly along elevational belts at Mt. Kilimanjaro; using phylogenetics to asses biodiversity threats under climate change. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 170, 103853.

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13. Molina-Venegas, R., Fischer, M. & Hemp. A. (2019) Disentangling the fundamental branching patterns of phylogenetic divergence to refine eco-phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Biogeography, 46, 2722-2734.

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12. Calatayud, J., Rodriguez, M. A., Molina-Venegas, R., Leo, M., Horreo, J.L. & Hortal, J. (2019) Pleistocene climate change and the formation of regional species pools. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 20190291.

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11. Molina-Venegas, R., Llorente-Culebras, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., & Rodríguez, M.Á. (2018) Evolutionary history predicts the response of tree species to forest loss: A case study in peninsular Spain. PLOS ONE, 13, e0204365.

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10. Molina-Venegas, R., Moreno-Saiz, J.C., Parga, I.C., Davies, T.J., Peres-Neto, P.R., & Rodríguez, M.Á. (2018) Assessing among-lineage variability in phylogenetic imputation of functional trait datasets. Ecography, 41, 1740-1749.

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9. Simón-Porcar, V.I., Escudero, M., Navarro, L., de Castro, A., Lorite, J., Molina-Venegas, R., & Arroyo, J.(2018) Using floristics, modern systematics and phylogenetics for disentangling biodiversity hotspots across scales: a Mediterranean case study. Plant Biosystems, 1–18.

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8. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Lavergne, S., & Arroyo, J. (2018) Soil conditions drive changes in a key leaf functional trait through environmental filtering and facilitative interactions. Acta Oecologica, 86, 1–8.

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7. Molina-Venegas, R., & Rodríguez, M.Á. (2017) Revisiting phylogenetic signal; strong or negligible impacts of polytomies and branch length information? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17, 53.

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6. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Lavergne, S., & Arroyo, J. (2017) Climatic and topographical correlates of plant palaeo-and neoendemism in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. Annals of botany, 119, 229–238.

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5. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Lavergne, S., & Arroyo, J. (2016) How soil and elevation shape local plant biodiversity in a Mediterranean hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25, 1133-1149.

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4. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Lavergne, S., & Arroyo, J. (2015) The building of a biodiversity hotspot across a land-bridge in the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20151116.

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3. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Slingsby, J.A., Lavergne, S., & Arroyo, J. (2015) Investigating the evolutionary assembly of a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot: deep phylogenetic signal in the distribution of eudicots across elevational belts. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 507–518.

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2. Molina-Venegas, R., & Roquet, C. (2014) Directional biases in phylogenetic structure quantification: a Mediterranean case study. Ecography, 37, 572–580.

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1. Molina-Venegas, R., Aparicio, A., Pina, F.J., Valdés, B., & Arroyo, J. (2013) Disentangling environmental correlates of vascular plant biodiversity in a Mediterranean hotspot. Ecology and Evolution, 3, 3879–3894.

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