Dr Néstor Fernández

Scientific Coordinator

Affiliations

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Postal address

Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Room: B.02.18

Contact details

iDiv Publications

Publications 2024

Capinha, César, Ceia-Hasse, Ana, de-Miguel, Sergio, Vila-Viçosa, Carlos, Porto, Miguel, Jarić, Ivan, Tiago, Patricia, Fernández, Néstor, Valdez, Jose, McCallum, Ian, Pereira, Henrique Miguel (2024): Using citizen science data for predicting the timing of ecological phenomena across regions. BioScience

Dunn-Capper, Rowan, Giergiczny, Marek, Fernández, Néstor, Marder, Fabian, Pereira, Henrique Miguel (2024): Public preference for the rewilding framework: A choice experiment in the Oder Delta. People and Nature

Moersberger, Hannah, Valdez, Jose, Martin, Juliette G. C., Junker, Jessica, Georgieva, Ivelina, Bauer, Silke, Beja, Pedro, Breeze, Tom D., Fernandez, Miguel, Fernández, Néstor, Brotons, Lluís, Jandt, Ute, Bruelheide, Helge, Kissling, W. Daniel, Langer, Christian, Liquete, Camino, Lumbierres, Maria, Solheim, Anne Lyche, Maes, Joachim, Morán-Ordóñez, Alejandra, Moreira, Francisco, Pe\’er, Guy, Santana, Joana, Shamoun-Baranes, Judy, Smets, Bruno, Capinha, César, McCallum, Ian, Pereira, Henrique M., Bonn, Aletta (2024): Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: User and policy needs. Conservation Letters

Publications 2023

Berezowska-Cnota, Teresa, Konopiński, Maciej K., Bartoń, Kamil, Bautista, Carlos, Revilla, Eloy, Naves, Javier, Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Fedyń, Hubert, Fernández, Néstor, Jastrzębski, Tomasz, Pirga, Bartosz, Viota, María, Wojtas, Zenon, Selva, Nuria (2023): Individuality matters in human–wildlife conflicts: Patterns and fraction of damage-making brown bears in the north-eastern Carpathians. Journal of Applied Ecology

Howard, Christine, Marjakangas, Emma-Liina, Morán-Ordóñez, Alejandra, Milanesi, Pietro, Abuladze, Aleksandre, Aghababyan, Karen, Ajder, Vitalie, Arkumarev, Volen, Balmer, Dawn E., Bauer, Hans-Günther, Beale, Colin M., Bino, Taulant, Boyla, Kerem Ali, Burfield, Ian J., Burke, Brian, Caffrey, Brian, Chodkiewicz, Tomasz, Del Moral, Juan Carlos, Mazal, Vlatka Dumbovic, Fernández, Néstor, Fornasari, Lorenzo, Gerlach, Bettina, Godinho, Carlos, Herrando, Sergi, Ieronymidou, Christina, Johnston, Alison, Jovicevic, Mihailo, Kalyakin, Mikhail, Keller, Verena, Knaus, Peter, Kotrošan, Dražen, Kuzmenko, Tatiana, Leitão, Domingos, Lindström, Åke, Maxhuni, Qenan, Mihelič, Tomaž, Mikuska, Tibor, Molina, Blas, Nagy, Károly, Noble, David, Øien, Ingar Jostein, Paquet, Jean-Yves, Pladevall, Clara, Portolou, Danae, Radišić, Dimitrije, Rajkov, Saša, Rajković, Draženko Z., Raudonikis, Liutauras, Sattler, Thomas, Saveljić, Darko, Shimmings, Paul, Sjenicic, Jovica, Šťastný, Karel, Stoychev, Stoycho, Strus, Iurii, Sudfeldt, Christoph, Sultanov, Elchin, Szép, Tibor, Teufelbauer, Norbert, Uzunova, Danka, van Turnhout, Chris A. M., Velevski, Metodija, Vikstrøm, Thomas, Vintchevski, Alexandre, Voltzit, Olga, Voříšek, Petr, Wilk, Tomasz, Zurell, Damaris, Brotons, Lluís, Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Willis, Stephen G. (2023): Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability. Nature Communications

Saavedra, Deli, Fernández, Néstor, Svenning, Jens-Christian (2023): Addressing challenges for large-scale trophic rewilding. Journal for Nature Conservation

Publications 2022

Calzada, Javier, Clavero, Miguel, Delibes, Miguel, Fernández, Néstor (2022): Human pressures constrain Eurasian otter occurrence in semiarid Northern Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation

Clavero, M., García-Reyes, A., Fernández-Gil, A., Revilla, E., Fernández, Néstor (2022): Where wolves were: setting historical baselines for wolf recovery in Spain. Animal Conservation

Monsarrat, Sophie, Fernández, Néstor, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Svenning, Jens-Christian (2022): Supporting the restoration of complex ecosystems requires long-term and multi-scale perspectives. Ecography

Quintero-Uribe, Laura C., Navarro, Laetitia M., Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Fernández, Néstor (2022): Participatory scenarios for restoring European landscapes show a plurality of nature values. Ecography

Segar, Josiane, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Baeten, Lander, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, De Frenne, Pieter, Fernández, Néstor, Gilliam, Frank S., Lenoir, Jonathan, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Verheyen, Kris, Waller, Donald, Teleki, Balázs, Brunet, Jörg, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dirnböck, Thomas, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Macek, Martin, Máliš, František, Naaf, Tobias, Orczewska, Anna, Reczynska, Kamila, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Šebesta, Jan, Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina, Standovár, Tibor, Swierkosz, Krzysztof, Vild, Ondřej, Wulf, Monika, Staude, Ingmar R. (2022): Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests. Nature Communications

Vynne, Carly, Gosling, Joe, Maney, Calum, Dinerstein, Eric, Lee, Andy T. L., Burgess, Neil D., Fernández, Néstor, Fernando, Sanjiv, Jhala, Harshini, Jhala, Yadvendradev, Noss, Reed F., Proctor, Michael F., Schipper, Jan, González-Maya, José F., Joshi, Anup R., Olson, David, Ripple, William J., Svenning, Jens-Christian (2022): An ecoregion-based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages. Ecography

Publications 2021

Bautista, Carlos, Revilla, Eloy, Berezowska-Cnota, Teresa, Fernández, Néstor, Naves, Javier, Selva, Nuria (2021): Spatial ecology of conflicts: unravelling patterns of wildlife damage at multiple scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Segar, Josiane, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Filgueiras, Raquel, Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Saavedra, Deli, Fernández, Néstor (2021): Expert-based assessment of rewilding indicates progress at site-level, yet challenges for upscaling. Ecography

Skidmore, Andrew K., Coops, Nicholas C., Neinavaz, Elnaz, Ali, Abebe, Schaepman, Michael E., Paganini, Marc, Kissling, W. Daniel, Vihervaara, Petteri, Darvishzadeh, Roshanak, Feilhauer, Hannes, Fernandez, Miguel, Fernández, Néstor, Gorelick, Noel, Geijzendorffer, Ilse, Heiden, Uta, Heurich, Marco, Hobern, Donald, Holzwarth, Stefanie, Muller-Karger, Frank E., Van De Kerchove, Ruben, Lausch, Angela, Leitão, Pedro J., Lock, Marcelle C., Mücher, Caspar A., O’Connor, Brian, Rocchini, Duccio, Turner, Woody, Vis, Jan Kees, Wang, Tiejun, Wegmann, Martin, Wingate, Vladimir (2021): Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Publications 2020

Kühl, Hjalmar S., Bowler, Diana E., Bösch, Lukas, Bruelheide, Helge, Dauber, Jens, Eichenberg, David, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fernández, Néstor, Guerra, Carlos A., Henle, Klaus, Herbinger, Ilka, Isaac, Nick J. B., Jansen, Florian, König-Ries, Birgitta, Kühn, Ingolf, Nilsen, Erlend B., Pe’er, Guy, Richter, Anett, Schulte, Ralf, Settele, Josef, van Dam, Nicole M., Voigt, Maria, Wägele, Wolfgang J., Wirth, Christian, Bonn, Aletta (2020): Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration. One Earth

Randin, C. F., Ashcroft, M. B., Bolliger, J., Cavender-Bares, J., Coops, N. C., Dullinger, S., Dirnbock, T., Eckert, S., Ellis, E., Fernandez, Nestor, Giuliani, G., Guisan, A., Jetz, W., Joost, S., Karger, D., Lembrechts, J., Lenoir, J., Luoto, M., Morin, X., Price, B., Rocchini, D., Schaepman, M., Schmid, B., Verburg, P., Wilson, A., Woodcock, P., Yoccoz, N., Payne, D. (2020): Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models. Remote Sensing of Environment

Publications 2019

Bautista, C., Revilla, E., Naves, J., Albrecht, J., Fernandez, Nestor, Olszanska, A., Adamec, M., Berezowska-Cnota, T., Ciucci, P., Groff, C., Harkonen, S., Huber, D., Jerina, K., Jonozovic, M., Karamanlidis, A. A., Palazon, S., Quenette, P. Y., Rigg, R., Seijas, J., Swenson, J. E., Talvi, T., Selva, N. (2019): Large carnivore damage in Europe: Analysis of compensation and prevention programs. Biological Conservation

Publications 2018

Escribano, Paula, Fernández, Néstor (2018): Ecosystem Functioning Observations for Assessing Conservation in the Donana National Park, Spain. In: Allison K. Leidner, Graeme M. Buchanan (Eds.) Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action: Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press

Kissling, W. Daniel, Ahumada, Jorge A., Bowser, Anne, Fernandez, Miguel, Fernández, Néstor, García, Enrique Alonso, Guralnick, Robert P., Isaac, Nick J. B., Kelling, Steve, Los, Wouter, McRae, Louise, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Obst, Matthias, Santamaria, Monica, Skidmore, Andrew K., Williams, Kristen J., Agosti, Donat, Amariles, Daniel, Arvanitidis, Christos, Bastin, Lucy, De Leo, Francesca, Egloff, Willi, Elith, Jane, Hobern, Donald, Martin, David, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Pesole, Graziano, Peterseil, Johannes, Saarenmaa, Hannu, Schigel, Dmitry, Schmeller, Dirk S., Segata, Nicola, Turak, Eren, Uhlir, Paul F., Wee, Brian, Hardisty, Alex R. (2018): Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale. Biological Reviews

Martínez-Gutiérrez, P. G., Martínez-Meyer, E., Palomares, F., Fernández, Néstor (2018): Niche centrality and human influence predict rangewide variation in population abundance of a widespread mammal: The collared peccary (Pecari tajacu). Diversity and Distributions

Scharf, A. K., Fernandez, Nestor (2018): Up-scaling local-habitat models for large-scale conservation: Assessing suitable areas for the brown bear comeback in Europe. Diversity and Distributions

Torres, Aurora, Fernández, Néstor, zu Ermgassen, Sophus, Helmer, Wouter, Revilla, Eloy, Saavedra, Deli, Perino, Andrea, Mimet, Anne, Rey-Benayas, José M., Selva, Nuria, Schepers, Frans, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Pereira, Henrique Miguel (2018): Measuring rewilding progress. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Publications 2017

Navarro, Laetitia M., Fernandez, Nestor, Guerra, Carlos A., Guralnick, R., Kissling, W. D., Londono, M. C., Muller-Karger, F., Turak, E., Balvanera, P., Costello, M. J., Delavaud, A., El Serafy, G. Y., Ferrier, S., Geijzendorffer, I., Geller, G. N., Jetz, W., Kim, E. S., Kim, Hyejin, Martin, C. S., McGeoch, M. A., Mwampamba, T. H., Nel, J. L., Nicholson, E., Pettorelli, N., Schaepman, M. E., Skidmore, A., Pinto, I. S., Vergara, S., Vihervaara, P., Xu, H. G., Yahara, T., Gill, M., Pereira, Henrique Miguel (2017): Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Bautista, Carlos, Naves, Javier, Revilla, Eloy, Fernández, Néstor, Albrecht, Jörg, Scharf, Anne K., Rigg, Robin, Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Jerina, Klemen, Huber, Djuro, Palazón, Santiago, Kont, Raido, Ciucci, Paolo, Groff, Claudio, Dutsov, Aleksandar, Seijas, Juan, Quenette, Pierre-Ives, Olszańska, Agnieszka, Shkvyria, Maryna, Adamec, Michal, Ozolins, Janis, Jonozovič, Marko, Selva, Nuria (2017): Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale. Journal of Applied Ecology

Fernández, Néstor, Navarro, Laetitia M., Pereira, Henrique M. (2017): Rewilding: A Call for Boosting Ecological Complexity in Conservation. Conservation Letters

Publications 2016

Fernandez, Nestor, Roman, J., Delibes, M. (2016): Variability in primary productivity determines metapopulation dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Pettorelli, Nathalie, Wegmann, Martin, Skidmore, Andrew, Mücher, Sander, Dawson, Terence P., Fernandez, Miguel, Lucas, Richard, Schaepman, Michael E., Wang, Tiejun, O\’Connor, Brian, Jongman, Robert H. G., Kempeneers, Pieter, Sonnenschein, Ruth, Leidner, Allison K., Böhm, Monika, He, Kate S., Nagendra, Harini, Dubois, Grégoire, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Hansen, Matthew C., Paganini, Marc, de Klerk, Helen M., Asner, Gregory P., Kerr, Jeremy T., Estes, Anna B., Schmeller, Dirk S., Heiden, Uta, Rocchini, Duccio, Pereira, Henrique Miguel, Turak, Eren, Fernandez, Nestor, Lausch, Angela, Cho, Moses A., Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo, McGeoch, Mélodie A., Turner, Woody, Mueller, Andreas, St-Louis, Véronique, Penner, Johannes, Vihervaara, Petteri, Belward, Alan, Reyers, Belinda, Geller, Gary N. (2016): Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Villamuelas, Miriam, Fernandez, Nestor, Albanell, Elena, Galvez-Ceron, Arturo, Bartolome, Jordi, Mentaberre, Gregorio, Lopez-Olvera, Jorge R., Fernandez-Aguilar, Xavier, Colom-Cadena, Andreu, Maria Lopez-Martin, Josep, Perez-Barberia, Javier, Garel, Mathieu, Marco, Ignasi, Serrano, Emmanuel (2016): The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) as a proxy for diet quality and composition in a mountain ungulate. Ecological Indicators