Jaime Fagúndez is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of A Coruña. Since 2018 he has been coordinator of the inter-university master's degree in terrestrial biodiversity at the UDC.
His research lines deal with the diversity, distribution and systematics of plants and plant communities, and the interaction of the natural environment with human uses. Specifically, he develops projects on the control of invasive alien species, management and conservation of natural habitats, and analysis of the territory incorporating the biodiversity and ecosystem services values in ecosystems such as humid swamps, riparian forests or herbaceous communities.
His most outstanding bibliographic contributions include:
- Fagúndez, J., Díaz-Tapia, P. (2023). Comparative phylogeography of a restricted and a widespread heather: genetic evidence of multiple independent introductions of Erica mackayana into Ireland from northern Spain. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 201(3), 329-340.
- Fagúndez, J., Pontevedra-Pombal, X. (2022). Soil properties of North Iberian wet heathlands in relation to climate, management and plant community. Plant and Soil, 475(1), 565-580.
- Fagúndez, J., Lagos, L., Cortés-Vázquez, J.A., Canastra, F. 2021. Os cabalos salvaxes de Galicia. Contexto socio-económico e beneficios ambientais. Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións. 48 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/2183/29532
- Fagúndez, J., Lema, M. (2019). A competition experiment of an invasive alien grass and two native species: are functionally similar species better competitors?. Biological Invasions, 21(12), 3619-3631.
- Fernández de Castro, A. G., Navajas, A., Fagúndez, J. (2018). Changes in the potential distribution of invasive plant species in continental Spain in response to climate change. Plant Ecology Diversity, 11(3), 349-361.
- Fagúndez, J. (2016). Grazing effects on plant diversity in the endemic Erica mackayana heathland community of north-west Spain. Plant Ecology Diversity, 9(2), 207-217.
- Fagúndez, J., Izco, J. (2016). Diversity patterns of plant place names reveal connections with environmental and social factors. Applied Geography, 74, 23-29.
