Publications in journals indexed in the SCI

17. Silveira, C., Pistón, N., Martínez-López, J., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Postma, T., López-Torralbo, J.M.,  Zamora, R. (Corresponding author). 2025  
Identifying priority heat-risk areas in Granada, Spain, using InVEST and landscape metrics.
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 107, 128794

16. Alcántara J.M., Verdú M. (CA), Garrido J.L.,(...), Zamora R. (73/97). 2024 
Key concepts and a world-wide look at plant recruitment networks. 
Biological Reviews

15. Silveira, C., Dias, A.T.C., Amaral, F.G., de Gois, G., Pistón, N. (Senior coauthorship). 2024
The importance of private gardens and their spatial composition and configuration to urban heat island mitigation
Sustainable Cities and Society, 112, 105589

14. Verdú M. (CA), Garrido J.L., Alcántara J.M.,(...), Zamora R. (73/97). 2023
RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks
Ecology, 104 (2), e3923
*​​Has been recognized as a top viewed article in Ecology.

13. Pistón, N., Silva Filho, D.S.E., Dias, A.T.C. 2022
Social inequality deeply affects people’s perception of ecosystem services and disservices provided by street trees
Ecosystem Services, 58, 101480

12. Pistón, N., Starosky, M., Souza, A., Vale, M.M. 2021
Women and the environment: power on the ground and in academia. 
Nature.

11. García-Cervigón, A.I., García-López, M.A., Pistón, N., Pugnaire, F.I., Olano, J.M. 2021
Coordination between xylem anatomy, plant architecture and leaf functional traits in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a nurse cushion plant. 
Annals of Botany, 127: 919-929.

10. Estruch, C., Macek, P., Armas, C., Pistón, N., Pugnaire, F.I. 2020
Species identity improves soil respiration predictions in a semiarid scrubland. 
Geoderma, 363, 114153. 

9. Pugnaire, F.I., Pistón, N., Macek, P., Schöb, C., Estruch, C., Armas, C. 2020
Warming enhances growth but does not affect plant interactions in an alpine cushion species. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 44: 125530.

8. Dias, A.T.C., Rosado, B.H.P., Bello, F., Pistón, N., Mattos, E.A. 2020
Alternative plant designs: consequences for community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Annals of Botany, 125: 391-398. 

7. Pistón, N., Bello, F., Dias, A.T.C., Götzenberger, L., Rosado, B.H.P., Mattos, E.A., Salguero-Gómez, R.*, Carmona, C.P.* 2019
Multidimensional ecological analyses demonstrate how interactions between functional traits shape fitness and life history strategies. 
Journal of Ecology, 107: 2317-2328. *Shared senior coauthorship. 

6. Pistón, N., Michalet, R., Schöb, C., Macek, P., Armas, C., Pugnaire, F.I. 2018
The balance of canopy and soil effects determines intraspecific differences in foundation species' effects on associated plants. 
Functional Ecology, 32: 2253-2263. 

5. Schöb, C., Macek, P., Pistón, N., Pugnaire, F.I. 2017
A trait-based approach to understand the consequences of specific plant interactions for community structure. 
Journal of Vegetation Science, 28 (4): 696-704. 

4. Pistón, N., Schöb, C., Armas, C., Prieto, I., Pugnaire, F.I. 2016
Contribution of co-occurring shrub species to community richness and phylogenetic diversity along an environmental gradient. 
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 19: 30-39.

3. Macek, P., Prieto, I., Macková, J., Pistón, N., Pugnaire, F.I. 2016
Functional plant types drive plant interactions in a Mediterranean Mountain range. 
Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 662. 

2. Pistón, N., Armas, C., Schöb, C., Macek, P., Pugnaire, F.I. 2015
Phylogenetic distance among beneficiary species in a cushion plant species explains interaction outcome.
Oikos,124: 1354-1359.

1. Rodríguez Echeverría, S., Armas, C., Pistón, N., Hortal, S., Pugnaire, F.I. 2013
A role for below-ground biota in plant-plant facilitation. 
Journal of Ecology, 101: 1420-1428.

Peer-Reviewed Publications in other International Journals 

2. Nunes, D.G., Pistón, N., Machado, C.J.S. 2022
Association between water for human consumption and health of the population of the state of Rio de Janeiro: the case of hepatitis A between 2007 and 2018.
Brazilian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 57(1), 22-33.

1. Barros, C.S., Pistón, N., Delciellos, A.C., Leite, M.S. 2021
Is Oecologia Australis promoting gender equality in its review process?
Oecologia Australis, v. 25, p. 642-647.

Book Chapter Published

1. Pugnaire, F.I., Schöb, C., Pistón, N., Armas, C. 2015 
Facilitación de las especies almohadilladas y cambio global en las comunidades alpinas del Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada. 
Proyectos de investigación en parques nacionales: 2010-2013, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. 

Monographs

Pistón, N. 2015
Phylogenetic diversity and interactions between plants: consequences for the dynamics of plant communities. 
PhD Disssertation, University of Almería, Spain.

Publications in blogs and magazines

4. Pistón, N., Starosky, M., Souza, A., Vale, M.M. 2021
Mulher, ciência e meio ambiente 
Conexão UFRJ

3. Pistón, N., Starosky, M., Souza, A., Vale, M.M. 2021 
Mulher, ciência e meio ambiente: que conexões podemos fazer entre essas palavras para pensar os processos de conhecimento? 
Limnonews

2. Pistón, N., Bello, F., Dias, A.T.C., Götzenberger, L., Rosado, B.H.P., Mattos, E.A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Carmona, C.P. 2019
Interactive - not only additive - models predict trait-by-environment effects on fitness. 
Journal of Ecology blog

1. Pugnaire, F.I., Schöb, C., Pistón, N., Armas, C. 2019 
El papel de las plantas almohadilladas en las comunidades vegetales alpinas. 
Quercus, 396:34-42