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Leopoldo G. Sancho | Researchclopedia

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Leopoldo G. Sancho

Universidad Complutense de Madrid ORCID

239

Works

6,256

Citations

50

h-index

123

i10-index

Research Topics

Lichen and fungal ecology Polar Research and Ecology Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Affiliations

Universidad Complutense de Madrid1989–2026

University of Nottingham2007–2007

Universitat de Lleida2005–2005

Universitat de València2011–2011

Top Works

Lichens Survive in Space: Results from the 2005 LICHENS Experiment

Leopoldo G. Sancho,Rosa de la Torre,et al.

2007244 citations

Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity

H. Thorsten Lumbsch,Teuvo Ahtı,et al.

2011237 citations

Ecophysiology of Desiccation/Rehydration Cycles in Mosses and Lichens

T. G. Allan Green,Leopoldo G. Sancho,et al.

2011157 citations

Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

Jean‐Pierre de Vera,Mashal Alawi,et al.

2019152 citations

The influence of competition between lichen colonization and erosion on the evolution of soil surfaces in the Tabernas badlands (SE Spain) and its landscape effects

Roberto Lázaro,Yolanda Cantón,et al.

2008145 citations

Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

Rosa de la Torre,Leopoldo G. Sancho,et al.

2010137 citations

Ultrastructural and genetic characteristics of endolithic cyanobacterial biofilms colonizing Antarctic granite rocks

Asunción de los Rı́os,Martín Grube,et al.

2006132 citations

Slowest to fastest: Extreme range in lichen growth rates supports their use as an indicator of climate change in Antarctica

Leopoldo G. Sancho,T.G. Allan Green,et al.

2007120 citations

CO2 exchange and thallus nitrogen across 75 contrasting lichen associations from different climate zones

Kristin Palmqvist,Lena Dahlman,et al.

2002119 citations