David Sánchez-Fernández
Biogeography, Evolution and Conservation Of Freshwater Biodiversity
Papers in JCR-indexed journals
Submitted
2025
2024
103. BELHAJ A, MINGARRO M, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, BENNAS N, CHERGUI B, & PALLARÉS S (2024). Conservation of freshwater biodiversity in North Africa under future climate and land-cover changes.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(3) 1145-1163. link
102. COLADO R, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, PALLARÉS S. 2024. Efectos del cambio climático en la biodiversidad subterránea ibérica: estado del conocimiento y perspectivas.
Ecosistemas, 2488-2488. link
101. MAMMOLA S, ALTERMATT F, ALTHER R, AMORIM I, R, BĂNCILĂ R, I, BORGES PA, … SÁNCHEZ-FERNANÁNDEZ D & MALARD F (2024).
Perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas.
npj Biodiversity 3(1) 2. link
100. ORIHUELA‐TORRES A, MORALES‐REYES Z, HERMOSO V, PICAZO F, SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ D, PÉREZ‐GARCÍA JM, BOTELLA F, SÁNCHEZ-ZAPATA JA & SEBASTIÁN‐GONZÁLEZ E (2024).
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review.
Biological Reviews, 99(4), 1425-1443 link
99. PALLARÉS S, GAROFFOLO D, RODRÍGUEZ B, & SÁNCHEZ‐FERNÁNDEZ D. 2024.
Role of climatic variability in shaping intraspecific variation of thermal tolerance in Mediterranean water beetles.
Insect Science, 31 (1), 285-29831. link
98. SACCÒ M, MAMMOLA S, ALTERMATT F,… SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D,.. & REINECKE, R. 2024.
Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem.
Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17066. link
97. WELTI E, A, BOWLER D, E, SINCLAIR J, S, ALTERMATT F, ÁLVAREZ-CABRIA M, AMATULLI G,... & HAASE P (2024).
Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers.
Scientific data 11(1) 601. link
2023
96. BELHAJ A, PALLARÉS S, BENNAS N, CHERGUI B, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2023.
Towards the identification of hotspots of freshwater biodiversity in North-Western Africa: a case study using species distribution models for water beetles in Morocco.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 43: e02441. link
95. BELHAJ A, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, CHERGUI B & BENNAS N. 2023.
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco
Journal of Insect Conservation, 27: 75–85. link
94. COLADO R, ABELLÁN P, PALLARÉS S, MAMMOLA S, MILIONE R, FAILLE A, … & SÁNCHEZ‐FERNÁNDEZ D. 2023.
A dark side of conservation biology: protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity.
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16(5), 674-683. link
93. HAASE P, BOWLER DE, BAKER NJ, BONADA N, DOMISCH S, GARCIA MARQUEZ JR, … SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, … & WELTI E A. 2023.
The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt.
Nature, 1-7. link
92. OFICIALDEGUI FJ, ZAMORA-MARIN JM, GUARESCHI S, ANASTACIO PM, GARCIA-MURILLO P, RIBEIRO F, MIRANDA R, COBO F, GALLARDO B, GARCIA-BERTHOU E, BOIX D, ARIAS A, CUESTA JA, MEDINA L, ALMEIDA D, BANHA F, BARCA S, BIURRUN I, CABEZAS MP, CALERO S, CAMPOS JA, CAPDEVILA-ARGUELLES L, CAPINHA C, CASALS F, CLAVERO M, ENCARNACAO J, FERNANDEZ-DELGADO C, FRANCO J, GUILLEN A, HERMOSO V, MACHORDOM A, MARTELO J, MELLADO-DIAZ A, MORCILLO F, OSCOZ J, PERDICES A, POU-ROVIRA Q, RODRIGUEZ-MERINO A, ROS M, RUIZ-NAVARRO A, SANCHEZ MI, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ JR, SANCHEZ-GULLON E, TEODOSIO MA, TORRALVA M, VIEIRA-LANERO R, OLIVA-PATERNA FJ. 2023.
A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters.
Science of the Total Environment, 869, 161798.
91. SÁNCHEZ‐CAMPAÑA C, MÚRRIA C, HERMOSO V, SÁNCHEZ‐FERNÁNDEZ D, TIERNO DE FIGUEROA J, M, GONZÁLEZ M, … & BONADA N. 2023.
Anticipating where are unknown aquatic insects in Europe to improve biodiversity conservation.
Diversity and Distributions, 29(8), 1021-1034. link
90. VACCARELLI I, COLADO R, PALLARÉS S, GALASSI D, M, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, DI CICCO M, … & MAMMOLA S. 2023.
A global meta-analysis reveals multilevel and context-dependent effects of climate change on subterranean ecosystems.
One Earth. link
89. ZAMORA MARÍN JM, RUIZ NAVARRO A, OFICIALDEGUI, FJ, ... SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, .. & OLIVA PATERNA, FJ. (65 authors) (2023).
A multi-taxa assessment of aquatic non-indigenous species introduced into Iberian freshwater and transitional waters. NeoBiota, 89, 17-44. link
2022
88. COLADO R, PALLARÉS S, FRESNEDA J, MAMMOLA S, RIZZO V & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2022
Climatic stability, not average habitat temperature, determines thermal tolerance of subterranean beetles
Ecology, 103 (4): e3629 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3629) link
87. FERREIRA RL, BERNARD E, ..., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, ...., FRICK WF (92 authors). 2022.
Brazilian cave heritage under siege
Science, 375 (6586), 1238-1239. link
86. GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, ARIAS-REAL R, BRUNO D, CABRERIZO MJ, GONZÁLEZ-OLALLA JM, PICAZO F, ROMERO F, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D & PALLARÉS S. 2022
Multiple-stressors effects on Iberian freshwaters: A review of current knowledge and future research priorities.
Limnetica, 41: 245-268. link
85. MAMMOLA S, MEIERHOFER MB, BORGES PAV, COLADO R, CULVER DC, DEHARVENG L, DELIĆ T, DI LORENZO T, DRAŽINA T, FERREIRA RL, FIASCA B, FIŠER C, GALASSI DMP, GARZOLI L, GEROVASILEIOU V, GRIEBLER C, HALSE S, HOWARTH FG, ISAIA M, JOHNSON JS, KOMERIČKI A, MARTÍNEZ A, MILANO F, MOLDOVAN OT, NANNI V, NICOLOSI G, NIEMILLER ML, PALLARÉS S, PAVLEK M, PIANO E, PIPAN T, SANCHEZFERNANDEZ D, SANTANGELI A, SCHMIDT SI, WYNNE JJ, ZAGMAJSTER M, ZAKŠEK V & CARDOSO P. (2022).
Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems.
Biological Reviews, 97(4): 1476-1510. (https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12851)
84. PALLARÉS S, MILLÁN A, LOBO JM, PÉREZ A & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2022
Lack of congruence between fundamental and realized aridity niche in a lineage of water beetles
Freshwater Biology, 67: 1214-1227. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13912
83. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, YELA JL, ACOSTA R, BONADA N, GARCÍA-BARROS E, GUISANDE E, HEINE J, MILLÁN A, MUNGUIRA ML, ROMO H, ZAMORA-MUÑOZ C & LOBO JM. 2022
Are congruent the patterns of sampling effort and completeness of insects’ inventories? A test using databases for five insect groups in the Iberian Peninsula.
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15(4): 406-415 (10.1111/icad.12566). link
82. SLIMANI N, WOOD PJ, GUILBERT E, BOUMAIZA M & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2022.
Using biodiversity indicators to identify priority areas for freshwater conservation in the African “Mediterranean Basin” biodiversity hotspot.
Biological Conservation, 276: 109783. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109783)
81. STUBBINGTON R, SARREMEJANE R, LAINI A, CID N, CSABAI Z, ENGLAND J, MUNNÉ A, ASPIN T, BONADA N, BRUNO D, CAUVY-FRAUNIE S, CHADD R, DIENSTL C, FORTUÑO ESTRADA P, GRAF W, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, HOUSE A, KARAOUZAS I, KAZILA E, MILLÁN A, MORAIS M, PAŘIL P, PICKWELL A, POLÁŠEK M, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, TZIORTZIS I, VÁRBÍRÓ G, VOREADOU C, WALKER-HOLDEN E, WHITE J & DATRY, T. 2022
Disentangling responses to natural stressor and human impact gradients in river ecosystems across Europe.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (2): 537-548 (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14072). link
80. ZAMORA-MARÍN JM, ZAMORA-LÓPEZ A, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, CALVO JF & OLIVA-PATERNA FJ. 2022
Traditional small waterbodies as key landscape elements for farmland bird conservation in Mediterranean semiarid agroecosystems
Global Ecology and Conservation, 37:2183 (link)
2021
79. COLADO R, GARCÍA-MESEGUER AJ, MIRÓN-GATÓN JM, BOTELLA-CRUZ M, PALLARÉS S & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.
Thermal tolerance and vulnerability to climate change in subterranean species: a case study using an Iberian endemic pseudoscorpion.
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15: 181-190. link
78. LOBO JM, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, FOX R, DENNIS RHL, SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ D.
Species traits influence the process of biodiversity inventorying: a case study using the British butterfly database
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14: 748-755. link
77. MEGNA YS, PALLARÉS, S. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.
Conservation of aquatic insects in Neotropical regions: a gap analysis using potential distributions of diving beetles in Cuba.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Fershwater Ecosystems, 31: 2714-2725. link
76. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, GALASSI DMP, WYNNE JJ, CARDOSO P, & MAMMOLA S. 2021
Don’t forget subterranean ecosystems in global biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation agendas.
Nature Climate Change 11: 458–459. link
75. SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ D, FOX R, DENNIS RHL, LOBO JM. 2021
How complete are insect inventories? An assessment of the British butterfly database highlighting the influence of distribution shifts due to climatic changes.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 889–902. link
74. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, BAQUERO RA, VELASCO L, ARANDA A & NICOLA GG. 2021.
Assessing the role of aquatic Natura 2000 network to protect both freshwater European species of community interest and threatened species.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Fershwater Ecosystems, 31: 1901– 1911. link
73. WYNNE J.J. et al. 2021.
A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome.
Conservation Letters. 2021, e12834. link
2020
72. PALLARÉS S, COLADO C, MONTES A, BALART-GARCÍA P, BILTON DT, MILLÁN A, RIBERA I, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.
Loss of heat acclimation capacity could leave subterranean specialists highly vulnerable to global change.
Animal Conservation, in press https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12654
71. POLIDORI, C. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2020
Environmental niches and potential distributions of two alien Megachile bees at a global scale.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 24: e01365. link
70. PALLARÉS S, SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ JC, COLADO R, BALART-GARCÍA P, COMAS J, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2020.
Beyond survival experiments: using biomarkers of oxidative stress and 2 neurotoxicity to assess vulnerability of subterranean fauna to climate change.
Conservation Physiology. 8, Issue 1: coaa067, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa067
69. MILLÁN A, ABELLÁN P, ARRIBAS P, PALLARÉS S, PICAZO F, VELASCO J, VILLASTRIGO A & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2020.
In Memoriam: Ignacio Ribera Galán (1963-2020)
Limnetica, 39: 1-6.
68. PALLARÉS S, COLADO R, PÉREZ-FERNÁNDEZ T, WESENER T, RIBERA I & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2020.
Heat tolerance and acclimation capacity in subterranean arthropods living under common and stable thermal conditions.
Ecology and Evolution, 9: 13731-13739. link
67. GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, GONZÁLEZ-MORENO P, MATEOS-NARANJO E, CASTRO-DÍEZ P & VILÀ M. 2020.
Combined effects of land-use intensification and plant invasion on native communities.
Oecologia, 192: 823–836. link
66. PALLARÉS S, MILLÁN A, MIRÓN JM, VELASCO J, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, BOTELLA-CRUZ M & ABELLÁN P. 2020.
Assessing the capacity of endemic alpine water beetles to face climate change.
Insect Conservation & Diversity. 13:271-282. link
65. ARAGÓN P, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D & HERNANDO C. 2019.
Use of satellite images to characterize the spatio-temporal dynamics of primary productivity in hotspots of endemic Iberian butterflies
Ecological Indicators, 106: 105449. link
64. POLIDORI C, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C., SÁNCHEZ E., TORMOS J., CASTRO L., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2019.
Climate change-driven body size shrinking in a social wasp.
Ecological Entomology, in press. 10.1111/een.12781
63. PALLARÉS S, LAI M, ABELLÁN P, RIBERA I & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2019.
An interspecific test of Bergmann’s rule reveals inconsistent body size patterns across several lineages of water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae).
Ecological Entomology, 44:249-254. link
62. SLIMANI N, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, GUILBERT E, BOUMAÏZ M, GUARESCHI S & THIOULOUSE J. 2019.
Assessing potential surrogates of macroinvertebrate diversity in North-African Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems.
Ecological Indicators, 101: 324-329. link
61. ARRIBAS P, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, BOTELLA-CRUZ M, CAÑEDO-ARGÜELLES M, CARBONELL JA, MILLÁN A, PALLARÉS S, VELASCO J & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D*. 2019.
Insect communities in saline waters consist of realized but not fundamental niche specialists.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 374, 20180008. link
60. GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, CAÑEDO-ARGÜELLES M, MILLÁN A, VELASCO J, ACOSTA R, FORTUÑO P, OTERO N, SOLER A & BONADA N. 2019.
Do all roads lead to Rome? Exploring community trajectories in response to anthropogenic salinization and dilution of rivers.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 374, 20180009. link
59. VELASCO J, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, BOTELLA-CRUZ M, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, ARRIBAS P, CARBONELL JA, MILLÁN A & PALLARÉS S. 2019.
Effects of salinity changes on aquatic organisms in a multiple stressor context.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 374, 20180011. link
58. POLIDORI C, NUCIFORA M & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2018.
Environmental niche unfilling but limited options for range expansion by active dispersion in an alien cavity-nesting wasp
BMC Ecology 18 (1), 36 link
57. LOBO JM, HORTAL J, YELA JL, MILLÁN A, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, GARCÍA-ROSELLÓ E, GONZÁLEZ-DACOSTA J, HEINE J, GONZÁLEZ-VILAS L & GUISANDE, C. 2018
KnowBR: An application to map the geographical variation of survey effort and identify well-surveyed areas from biodiversity databases.
Ecological indicators, 91, 241-248. link
56. GUARESCHI S, MELLADO-DÍAZ A, PUIG MA & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2018
On the Iberian endemism Eurylophella iberica Keffermuller and Da Terra 1978 (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae): current and future potential distributions, and assessment of the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network on its protection.
Journal of Insect Conservation, 22:127-134. link.
55. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, RIZZO V, BOURDEAU, C, CIESLAK A, COMAS J, FAILLE A, FRESNEDA, J., LLEOPART, E. MILLÁN, A., MONTES, A., PALLARES, S. & RIBERA, I. 2018.
The deep subterranean environment as a potential model system in ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary research.
Subterranean Biology (* included in Scopus) 25: 1-7, link.
54. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P.; ARAGÓN, P.; VARELA, S. & CABEZA, M. 2018.
Matches and mismatches between conservation investments and biodiversity values in the European Union.
Conservation Biology, 32: 109–115. link
53. ROSSO A, ARAGÓN P, ACEVEDO F, DOADRIO I, GARCÍA-BARROS E, LOBO JM, MUNGUIRA ML, MONSERRAT VJ, PALOMO J, PLEGUEZUELOS JM, ROMO H, TRIVIÑO V & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2018.
Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in protecting Iberian endemic fauna
Animal Conservation, 21: 262-271. link
52. MEGNA YS, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, FERNÁNDEZ-GARCÍA I, BALKE M & REYES-TUR B. 2018.
Vulnerabilidad de las especies de Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) en Cuba.
Revista de Biología Tropical, 66(2): 709-721. link
51. RIZZO, V.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D, ALONSO, R.; PASTOR, J. & RIBERA, I. 2017.
Substratum karstificability, dispersal and genetic structure in a strictly subterranean beetle
Journal of Biogeography, 44: 2527–2538. link
50. LISÓN F & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2017.
Low effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in preventing land-use change in bat hotspots
Biodiversity and Conservation, 26: 1989–2006. link
49. SÝKORA V, GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ D, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. & RIBERA, I. 2017.
Range expansion and ancestral niche reconstruction in the Mediterranean diving beetle genus Meladema (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
Zoologica Scripta, 46:445–458. link
48. BRUNO D, GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS C, VELASCO J & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D. 2016.
Functional redundancy as a tool for bioassessment: A test using riparian vegetation
Science of The Total Environment, 566-567: 1268–1276 link
47. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, ARRIBAS, P. & ABELLÁN, P. 2016.
Advances and links between ecological niche models and phylogeography
Frontiers in Biogeography, (* included in Scopus) 8.4, e32338. link
46. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, RIZZO V, CIESLAK A, FAILLE A, FRESNEDA J & RIBERA I. 2016.
Thermal niche estimators and the capability of poor dispersal species to cope with climate change.
Scientific Reports, 6, 23381 link
45. BRUNO, D., GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., VELASCO, J. & NILSSON. C. 2016
Impacts of environmental filters on functional redundancy in riparian vegetation.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 53:846-855. link
44. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; MILLÁN, A.; ABELLÁN, P.; PICAZO, F.; CARBONELL, J.A. & RIBERA, I. 2015
Atlas of Iberian water beetles (ESACIB database)
Zookeys, 520: 147-154. link
43. ARAGÓN, P., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., ABELLÁN, P. & VARELA, S. 2015.
Effects of temporal bias on the assessment of an ecological perturbation: A case study of the Prestige oil spill.
Environmental Research Letters 10 094006. link
42. LISÓN, F.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & CALVO, J.F. 2015.
Are species listed in the Annex II of the Habitats Directive better represented in Natura 2000 network than the remaining species? A test using Spanish bats.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24: 2459-2473. link
41. ABELLÁN, P. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2015.
A gap analysis comparing the effectiveness of Natura 2000 and national protected area networks in representing European amphibians and reptiles.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24 (6):1377-1390. link
40. GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VELASCO, J.; MILLÁN, A. & BONADA, N. 2015.
Similarity in the diference: : changes in community functional features along natural and anthropogenic stress gradients
Ecology, 96:2458–2466. link
39. RIZZO, V.; SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, D.; FRESNEDA, J.; CIESLAK, A. & RIBERA, I. 2015.
Lack of evolutionary adjustment to ambient temperature in highly specialized cave beetles.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2015, 15:10. link
38. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & ABELLÁN, P. 2015.
Using null models to identify under-represented species in protected areas: a case study using European amphibians and reptiles.
Biological Conservation, 184: 290-299. link
37. HIDALGO-GALIANA, A.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; BILTON, D.T.; CIESLAK, A. & RIBERA, I. 2014.
Thermal niche evolution and geographical range expansion in a species complex of western Mediterranean diving beetles.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2014, 14:187 link
36. BRUNO, D.; BELMAR, O.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; GUARESCHI, S.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. 2014.
Responses of Mediterranean aquatic and riparian communities tohuman pressures at different spatial scales.
Ecological Indicators, 45: 456–464. link
35. BRUNO, D.; BELMAR, O.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & VELASCO, J. 2014.
Environmental determinants of woody and herbaceousriparian vegetation patterns in a semi-arid mediterranean basin.
Hydrobiologia, 730: 45-57. link
34. SUÁREZ-MEGNA, Y. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2014
Desmopachria andreae a new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) from Cuba, with the prediction of its geographic distribution.
Zootaxa, 3753: 585–596. link
33. MILLÁN, A.; PICAZO, F.; FERY, H.; MORENO, J.L. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2013.
Stictonectes abellani sp. n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the phylogeny, ecology and distribution of the Iberian species of the genus
Zootaxa, 3745: 533–550. link
32. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P.;PICAZO, F.; MILLÁN, A.; RIBERA, I. & LOBO, J.M. 2013.
Do protected areas represent species’ optimal climatic conditions?
Diversity and Distributions, 19: 1407-1417. link
31. ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; PICAZO, F.; MILLÁN, A.; LOBO, J.M. & RIBERA, I. 2013.
Preserving the evolutionary history of freshwater biota in Iberian National Parks.
Biological Conservation, 162: 116–126. link
30. ARAGÓN, P. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2013.
Can we disentangle predator-prey interactions from species distributions at a macro-scale? A case study with a raptor species.
Oikos, 122:64-72. link
29. ARRIBAS, P.; ANDÚJAR, C.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P. & MILLÁN, A. 2013.
Integrative taxonomy and conservation of cryptic beetles in the Mediterranean region (Hydrophilidae).
Zoologica Scripta, 42: 182-200. link
28. GUARESCHI, S.; COCCIA, C.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; CARBONELL, J.A.; VELASCO, J.; BOYERO, L.; GREEN, A.J. & MILLÁN, A. 2013.
How far could the alien boatman Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis spread? Worldwide estimation of its current and future potential distribution.
PLoS ONE 8(3): e59757. link
27. HERNÁNDEZ-MANRIQUE, O.L.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; NUMA, C.; GALANTE , E.; VERDÚ, J.R. & LOBO, J.M. 2013.
Extinction trends of threatened invertebrates in peninsular Spain.
Journal of Insect Conservation, 17:235–244. link
26. ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; BILTON, D.T.; MILLÁN, A. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2012.
Evaluating drivers of vulnerability to climate change: a guide for insect conservation strategies.
Global Change Biology, 18:2135:2146. link
25. ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ANDÚJAR, C.; CALOSI, P.; MILLÁN, A.; RIBERA, I. & BILTON, D.T. 2012.
Does dispersal ability or ecological tolerance drive differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles?
Journal of Biogeography, 39 (5): 984–994. link
24. BRUNO, D.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; CARBONELL J. A.; PICAZO F.; VELASCO J. & MILLÁN, A. 2012.
Predicting aquatic insects richness in a semi-arid Mediterranean region.
Limnetica, 31(1): 23-36. link
23. BRUNO, D.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; MILLÁN, A.; ROS, R.M.; SÁNCHEZ-GÓMEZ, P. & VELASCO J. 2012.
Assessing the quality and usefulness of different taxonomic groups inventories in a semiarid Mediterranean region.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(6): 1561-1575. link
22. GUARESCHI, S.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2012.
Aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity: patterns and surrogates in mountainous Spanish national parks.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22: 598-615. link
21. HERNÁNDEZ-MANRIQUE, O.L.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VERDÚ, J.R.; NUMA, C.; GALANTE , E. & LOBO, J.M. 2012.
Using local autocorrelation analysis to identify conservation areas: an example considering threatened invertebrate species in Spain.
Biodiversity and Conservation. 21: 2127-2137. link
20. PICAZO, F., BILTON, D.T., MORENO, J.L., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., & MILLÁN, A. 2012.
Water beetle biodiversity in Mediterranean standing waters: assemblage composition, environmental drivers and nestedness patterns.
Insect Diversity and Conservation, 5: 146–158. link
19. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.; ARAGÓN, P.; BILTON, D.T. & LOBO J.M. 2012.
Assessing the congruence of thermal niche estimations derived from distribution and physiological data. A Test Using Diving Beetles.
Plos ONE, 7(10): e48163. link
18. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.; LOBO J.M.; MILLÁN A. &. RIBERA I. 2012.
Habitat type mediates time to equilibrium in the geographical distribution of Iberian diving beetles.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21: 988-997. link
17. MILLÁN, A.; VELASCO, J.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; PICAZO, F; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & ABELLÁN, P. 2011.
Mediterranean saline streams in southeast Spain: What do we know?
Journal of Arid Environments, 75: 1352-1359. link
16. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.; LOBO J.M.; ABELLÁN P. & MILLÁN, A. 2011.
How to identify future sampling areas when information is biased and scarce: an example using predictive models for species richness of Iberian water beetles.
Journal for Nature Conservation, 19: 54-59. link
15. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.; LOBO J.M.; ABELLÁN P. & MILLÁN A. 2011.
Environmental niche divergence between genetically distant lineages of an endangered water beetle.
Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 103: 891-903. link
14. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D.; LOBO J.M.; HERNÁNDEZ-MANRIQUE, O.L. 2011.
Species distribution models that do not incorporate global data misrepresent potential distributions: a case study using Iberian diving beetles.
Diversity and Distributions, 17: 163–171. link
13. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; CALOSI, P.; ATTFIELD, A.; ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J. SPICER, J.I., MILLÁN, A. & BILTON, D.T. 2010.
Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae).
Physiological Entomology, 34: 365-373. link
12. BENNÁS, N.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P. & MILLÁN, A. 2009.
Analyse de la vulnérabilité des coléoptères aquatiques dans la rive sud méditerranéenne: cas du Rif Marocain.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 45: 309-320. link
11. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D., BILTON D.T., ABELLÁN P., RIBERA I., VELASCO J. & MILLÁN A. 2008.
Are the endemic water beetles of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands effectively protected?
Biological Conservation, 141: 1612-1627. link
10. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D., LOBO J.M., ABELLÁN P., RIBERA I. & MILLÁN, A . 2008.
Bias in freshwater biodiversity sampling: the case of Iberian water beetles.
Diversity and Distributions, 14: 754-762. link
9. ABELLÁN, P.; GÓMEZ-ZURITA, J.; MILLÁN, A.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VELASCO, J.; GALIÁN, J. & RIBERA I. 2007.
Conservation genetics in hypersaline inland waters: mitochondrial diversity and phylogeography of an endangered Iberian beetle (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae).
Conservation Genetics, 8: 79–88. link
8. ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2007. Effectiveness of protected area networks in representing freshwater biodiversity: the case of a Mediterranean river basin (SE Spain).
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17: 361-374. link
7. ABELLÁN, P., BILTON, D.T., MILLÁN, A., SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & RAMSAY, P.M. 2006. Can taxonomic distinctness assess anthropogenic impacts in inland waters? A case study from a Mediterranean river basin.
Freshwater Biology, 51: 1744-1756. link
6. ABELLÁN, P.; SANCHÉZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; MILLÁN, A.; BOTELLA, F.; SÁNCHEZ-ZAPATA, J.A. & GIMÉNEZ, A. 2006. Irrigation pools as macroinvertebrate habitat in a semi-arid agricultural landscape (SE Spain).
Journal of Arid Environments, 67: 255-269. link
5. SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D., ABELLÁN, P., MELLADO, A.,VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2006.
Are water beetles good indicators of biodiversity in Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems? The case of the Segura river basin (SE Spain).
Biodiversity and Conservation, 15: 4507-4520. link
4. VELASCO, J., LLORET, J., MILLAN, A., MARIN, A., BARAHONA, J., ABELLÁN, P. & SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, D. 2006 Nutrient and particulate imputs into the Mar Menor lagoon from an intensive agricultural watershed.
Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 176: 255-269. link
3. ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2005.
Assessing conservation priorities for insects: status of water beetles in southeast Spain.
Biological Conservation, 121: 79-90. link
2. ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2005.
Conservation of freshwater biodiversity: a comparison of different area selection methods.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 14: 3457-3474. link
1. SÁNCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2004.
Selecting areas to protect the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems in a semiarid Mediterranean region using water beetles.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 14: 465-479. link