Pablo Vargas Gómez

Profesor de Investigación
Especialidad: Sistemática molecular de plantas vasculares.
vargas@rjb.csic.es
Perfil profesional

Mi principal línea de investigación se viene denominando sistemática molecular de plantas vasculares (principalmente mediterráneas y macaronésicas): diversidad, biogeografía y conservación.

Publicaciones
Artículos científicos
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2024Coello, A.J., Vargas, P., Alameda-Martín, A., Cano, E., Arjona, Y., Fernández-Mazuecos, M. (2024). Phylogenetic and phylogeographic evidence for the colonization success of the diplochorous Astydamia latifolia across the Canary Islands. Ecology and Evolution 14(7):e11624. Open Access
2024Jiménez-Mejías, P., Manzano, S., Gowda, V., Krell, F.T., Lin, M.Y., Martín-Bravo, S., Martín-Torrijos, L., Nieto Feliner, G., Mosyakin, S.L., Naczi, R.F.C., Acedo, C., Álvarez, I., Crisci, J.V., Luceño Garcés, M., Manning, J., Moreno Saiz, J.C., Muasya, A.M., Riina, R., Sánchez Meseguer, A., Sánchez-Mata, D. and 1543 additional coauthors (2024). Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal. BioScience [in press]. Open Access
2024Coello, A.J., Vargas, P., Cano, E., Riina, R., Fernández-Mazuecos, M. (2024). Phylogenetics and phylogeography of Euphorbia canariensis reveal an extreme Canarian-Asian disjunction but limited inter-island colonization. Plant Biology 26(3):398-414. Open Access
2023Cerca, J., Cotoras, D.D., Bieker, V.C., De-Kayne, R., Vargas, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., López-Delgado, J., White, O., Stervander, M., Geneva, A.J., Guevara, Andino, J.E., Meier, J.I., Roeble, L., Brée, B., Patiño, J., Guayasamin, J.M., Torres, M.D.L., Valdebenito, H., Castañeda, M.D.R., Chaves, J.A., Díaz, P.J., Valente, L., Knope, M.L., Price, J.P., Rieseberg, L.H., Baldwin, B.G., Emerson, B.C., Rivas-Torres, G., Gillespie, R., Martin, M.D. (2023). Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38(7):631-642. DOI
2024Ramos-Capón, C., Vargas, P., Pomeda-Gutiérrez, F., Martín-Hernanz, S. (2024). Time-calibrated phylogeny of Daphne (Thymelaeaceae): Pre-mediterranean temporal origin of the sclerophyllous Daphne gnidium. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 62(1):20-37. Open Access
2023Vargas, P., Heleno, R., Costa, J.M. (2023). EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora. Biodiversity Data Journal 11:e104079. Open Access
2023Vargas, P. (2023). Exploring ‘endangered living fossils’ (ELFs) among monotypic genera of plants and animals of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1100503. Open Access
2023Martín-Hernanz, S., Nogales, M., Valente, L., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Pomeda-Gutiérrez, F., Cano, E., Marrero, P., Olesen, J.M., Heleno, R., Vargas, P. (2023). Time-calibrated phylogenies reveal mediterranean and pre-mediterranean origin of the thermophilous vegetation of the Canary Islands. Annals of Botany 131(4):667-684. Open Access
2023Julca, I., Vargas, P., Gabaldón, T. (2023). Phylogenomics of the Olea europaea complex using 15 whole genomes supports recurrent genetic admixture together with differentiation into seven subspecies. BMC Biology 21(1):85. Open Access
2022Sánchez-Villegas, R., Quirós de la Peña, B., Sánchez-Villegas, M., de Sande Velicia, F.J., Castro Castro, J., Robles Fernández, J.L., Estévez Rodríguez, L.F., Sánchez Benz, C., Sánchez Benz, L., Martín García, B., Menéndez Valderrey, J.L., Santero García, S.M., González Carrera, S.J., Rico Jiménez, J.C., Álvarez Padilla, I., Hernández Hernández, N., Hernández de la Torre Benzal, B., Vargas Gómez, P., Luceño Garcés, M. (2022). Novedades corológicas y nomenclaturales para la flora vascular de la Sierra de Gredos (Sistema Central), III. Flora Montiberica 82:24-30. Open Access
2022Cerca, J., Petersen, B., Lazaro-Guevara,J.M., Rivera-Colón, A., Birkeland, S., Vizueta, J., Li, S., Li, Q., Loureiro, J., Kosawang, C., Díaz, P.J., Rivas-Torres, G., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P., McCauley, R.A., Petersen, G., Santos-Bay, L., Wales, N., Catchen, J.M. (2022). The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin's giant daisies. Nature Communications 13(1):3729. Open Access
2022Coello, A.J., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Heleno, R.H., Vargas, P. (2022). PAICE: A new R package to estimate the number of inter-island colonizations considering haplotype data and sample size. Journal of Biogeography 49(4):577-589. DOI
2022Krause, C., Oelschlägel, B., Mahfoud, H., Frank, D., Lecocq, G., Shuka, L., Neinhuis, C., Vargas, P., Tosunoglu, A., Thiv, M., Wanke, S. (2022). The evolution of the Aristolochia pallida complex (Aristolochiaceae) challenges traditional taxonomy and reflects large-scale glacial refugia in the Mediterranean. Ecology and Evolution 12(4):e8765. Open Access
2022Moyano, J., Essl F., Heleno, R., Vargas, P., Nuñez, M.A., Rodriguez-Cabal, M.A. (2022). Diaspore traits specialized to animal adhesion and sea current dispersal are positively associated with the naturalization of European plants across the world. Ecography 11:e06423. Open Access
2022Otero, A., Vargas, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Valcárcel, V., Villa-Machío, I., Hipp, A.L. (2022). A snapshot of progenitor-derivative speciation in Iberodes(Boraginaceae). Molecular Ecology 33(11):3192-3209. Open Access
2023Pomeda-Gutiérrez, F., García, M.B., Leo, M., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Lamrani Alaoui, M., Terrab, A., Vargas, P. (2023). The Pyrenees as a cradle of plant diversity: phylogeny, phylogeography and niche modeling of Saxifraga longifolia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61(2):253-272. Open Access
2021Coello, A.J., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., García-Verdugo, C., Vargas, P. (2021). Phylogeographic sampling guided by species distribution modeling reveals the Quaternary history of the Mediterranean-Canarian Cistus monspeliensis (Cistaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(2):262-277. DOI
2021Fristoe, T.S., Chytrý, M., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Heleno, R., Kreft, H., Maurel, N., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., Seebens, H., Weigelt, P., Vargas, P., Yang, Q., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bonari, G., Botta-Dukát, Z., Bruun, H.H., Byun, C., Carni, A., Carranza, M.L., Catford, J.A., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Custerevska, R., De, Ronde, I., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Haveman, R., Hough-Snee, N., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Küzmic, F., Lenoir, J., MacAnovic, A., Marcenò, C., Martin, A.R., Michaletz, S.T., Mori, A.S., Niinemets, U., Peterka, T., Pielech, R., Rasomavicius, V., Rusina, S., Dias, A.S., Sibíková, M., Silc, U., Stanisci, A., Jansen, S., Svenning, J.-C., Swacha, G., Van Der Plas, F., Vassilev, K., Van Kleunen, M. (2021). Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118(2):e2021173118. DOI
2021Fuster-Calvo, A., Nogales, M., Heleno, R., Vera, C., Vargas, P. (2021). Sea dispersal potential and colonization of the Galápagos littoral flora. Journal of Biogeography 48(8):1904-19016. DOI
2021Otero, A., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2021). Evolution in the Model Genus Antirrhinum Based on Phylogenomics of Topotypic Material. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:631178. Open Access
2021Pomeda-Gutiérrez, F., Medina, F.M., Nogales, M., Vargas, P. (2021). Diet of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in a Canary laurel forest: species identification based on morphological markers and DNA sequences. Journal of Natural History 55(9-10):629-648. Open Access
2021Romero, D., Vargas, P., Ornosa, C. (2021). Algunos rasgos de la biología de la abeja roja de los caracoles, Rhodanthidium sticticum (Fabricius, 1787): fenología, preferencia floral, uso de conchas, capacidad de vuelo y comportamiento territorial. Graellsia 77(2):e146. Open Access
2020Arjona, Y., Fernández-López, J., Navascués, M., Álvarez, N., Nogales, M., Vargas, P. (2020). Linking seascape with landscape genetics: Oceanic currents favour colonization across the Galápagos Islands by a coastal plant. Journal of Biogeography 47(12):2622-2633. DOI
2020Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P., McCauley, R.A., Monjas, D., Otero, A., Chaves, J.A., Guevara Andino, J.E., Rivas-Torres, G. (2020). The Radiation of Darwin's Giant Daisies in the Galápagos Islands. Current Biology 30(24):4989-4998.e7. Open Access
2020Hervías-Parejo, S.; Nogales, M.; Guzmán, B.; Trigo, M.d.M.; Olesen, J.M.; Vargas, P.; Heleno, R.; Traveset, A. (2020). Potential role of lava lizards as pollinators across the Galápagos Islands. Integrative Zoology 15(2):144-148. DOI
2020Julca, I., Marcet-Houben, M., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Gaut, B.S., Díez, C.M., Gut, I.G., Alioto, T.S., Vargas, P., Gabaldón, T. (2020). Genomic evidence for recurrent genetic admixture during the domestication of Mediterranean olive trees (Olea europaea L.). BMC Biology 18(1):148. Open Access
2020Martín-Rodríguez, I., Vargas, P., Ojeda, F., Fernández-Mazuecos, M. (2020). An enigmatic carnivorous plant: ancient divergence of Drosophyllaceae but recent differentiation of Drosophyllum lusitanicum across the Strait of Gibraltar. Systematics and Biodiversity 18(6):525-537. DOI
2020Romero, D., Ornosa, C., Vargas, P. (2020). Where and why? Bees, snail shells and climate: Distribution of Rhodanthidium (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Entomological Science 23(3):256-270. DOI
2020Romero, D., Ornosa, C., Vargas, P., Olesen, J.M. (2020). Solitary bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) as connectors in pollination networks: the case of Rhodanthidium. Apidologie 51:844-854. DOI
2020Vargas, P., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M. (2020). `Endangered living fossils' (ELFs): Long-term survivors through periods of dramatic climate change. Environmental and Experimental Botany 170:103892. DOI
2019Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Coello, A.J., Pastor, J., Vargas, P. (2019). Topography explains the distribution of genetic diversity in one of the most fragile European hotspots. Diversity and Distributions 25(1):74-89. Open Access
2019Fajardo, J., Mateo, R.G., Vargas, P., Fernández-Alonso, J.L., Gómez-Rubio, V., Felicísimo, Á.M., Muñoz, J. (2019). The role of abiotic mechanisms of long-distance dispersal in the American origin of the Galápagos flora. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(11):1610-1620. DOI
2019Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Juan, A., Carnicero, P., Forrest, A., Alarcón, M., Vargas, P., Glover, B.J. (2019). Macroevolutionary dynamics of nectar spurs, a key evolutionary innovation. New Phytologist 222:1123-1138. DOI
2019Otero, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2019). Being in the right place at the right time? Parallel diversification bursts favored by the persistence of ancient epizoochorous traits and hidden factors in Cynoglossoideae. American Journal of Botany 106(3):438-452. DOI
2019Otero, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2019). Worldwide long-distance dispersal favored by epizoochorous traits in the biogeographic history of Omphalodeae (Boraginaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57(6):579-593. DOI
2018Arjona, Y., Nogales, M., Heleno, R., Vargas, P. (2018). Long-distance dispersal syndromes matter: Diaspore-trait effect on shaping plant distribution across the Canary Islands. Ecography 41(5):805-814. Open Access
2018Coello, A.J., Leo, M., Arjona, Y., Vargas, P. (2018). Are long-distance dispersal syndromes associated with the conservation status of plant species? The Canary Islands as a case study. Mediterranean Botany 39(2):105-110. Open Access
2018Correia, M., Heleno, R., Vargas, P., Rodríguez-Echeverría, S. (2018). Should I stay or should I go? Mycorrhizal plants are more likely to invest in long-distance seed dispersal than non-mycorrhizal plants. Ecology Letters 21(5):683-691. DOI
2018Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Mellers, G., Vigalondo, B., Sáez, L., Vargas, P., Glover, B.J. (2018). Resolving recent plant radiations: power and robustness of genotyping-by-sequencing. Systematic Biology 67(2):250-268. Open Access
2018Julca, I., Marcet-Houben, M., Vargas, P., Gabaldón, T. (2018). Phylogenomics of the olive tree (Olea europaea) reveals the relative contribution of ancient allo- and autopolyploidization events. BMC Biology 16(1):art.15. Open Access
2018Olesen, J.M., Damgaard, C.F., Fuster, F., Heleno, R.H., Nogales, M., Rumeu, B., Trøjelsgaard, K., Vargas, P., Traveset, A. (2018). Disclosing the double mutualist role of birds on Galápagos. Scientific Reports 8:57. Open Access
2018Rundel, P.W., Arroyo, M.T.K., Cowling, R.M., Keeley, J.E., Lamont, B.B., Pausas, J.G., Vargas, P. (2018). Fire and plant diversification in mediterranean-climate regions. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:851. Open Access
2018Vargas, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Heleno, R. (2018). Phylogenetic evidence for a Miocene origin of Mediterranean lineages: species diversity, reproductive traits and geographical isolation. Plant Biology 20(S1):157-165. DOI
2017Forrest, A., Escudero, M., Heuertz, M., Wilson, Y., Cano, E., Vargas, P. (2017). Testing the hypothesis of low genetic diversity and population structure in narrow endemic species: The endangered Antirrhinum charidemi (Plantaginaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183(2):260-270. DOI
2017Garciá-Aloy, S., Sanmartín, I., Kadereit, G., Vitales, D., Millanes, A.M., Roquet, C., Vargas, P., Alarcón, M., Aldasoro, J.J. (2017). Opposite trends in the genus Monsonia (Geraniaceae): Specialization in the African deserts and range expansions throughout eastern Africa. Scientific Reports 7:e9872. Open Access
2017García-Aloy, S., Vitales, D., Roquet, C., Sanmartín, I., Vargas, P., Molero, J., Kamau, P., Aldasoro, J.J., Alarcón, M. (2017). North-west Africa as a source and refuge area of plant biodiversity: A case study on Campanula kremeri and Campanula occidentalis. Journal of Biogeography 44:2057-2068. DOI
2017Guzmán B., Heleno R., Nogales M., Simbaña W., Traveset A., Vargas P. (2017). Evolutionary history of the endangered shrub snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha) of the Galápagos Islands. Diversity and Distributions 23(3):247-260. DOI
2017Guzmán, B., Fedriani, J.M., Delibes, M., Vargas, P. (2017). The colonization history of the Mediterranean dwarf palm (Chamaerops humilis L., Palmae). Tree Genetics and Genomes 13(1):e24. DOI
2017Guzmán, B., Gómez, J.M., Vargas, P. (2017). Is floral morphology a good predictor of floral visitors to Antirrhineae (snapdragons and relatives)?. Plant Biology 19(4):515-524. DOI
2017Jiménez-Mejías, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Gutiérrez, L., Álvarez, I., Vargas, P. (2017). Narrow endemics in Mediterranean scrublands: high gene flow buffers genetic impoverishment in the annual monospecific Castrilanthemum (Asteraceae). Biodiversity and Conservation 26(11):2607-2626. Open Access
2017Mairal, M., Sanmartín, I., Herrero, A., Pokorny, L., Vargas, P., Aldasoro, J.J., Alarcón, M. (2017). Geographic barriers and Pleistocene climate change shaped patterns of genetic variation in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. Scientific Reports 7:e45749. Open Access
2017Nogales, M., González-Castro, A., Rumeu, B., Traveset, A., Vargas, P., Jaramillo, P., Olesen, J.M., Heleno, R.H. (2017). Contribution by vertebrates to seed dispersal effectiveness in the Galápagos Islands: a community-wide approach. Ecology 98(8):2049-2058. DOI
2017Patiño, J., Whittaker, R.J., Borges, P.A.V., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Ah-Peng, C., Araújo, M.B., Ávila, S.P., Cardoso, P., Cornuault, J., de Boer, E.J., de Nascimento, L., Gil, A., González-Castro, A., Gruner, D.S., Heleno, R., Hortal, J., Illera, J.C., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Matthews, T.J., Papadopoulou, A., Pettorelli, N., Price, J.P., Santos, A.M.C., Steinbauer, M.J., Triantis, K.A., Valente, L., Vargas, P., Weigelt, P., Emerson, B.C. (2017). A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 44(5):963-983. DOI
2017Rumeu, B., Devoto, M., Traveset, A., Olesen, J.M., Vargas, P., Nogales, M., Heleno, R. (2017). Predicting the consequences of disperser extinction: Richness matters the most when abundance is low. Functional Ecology 31(10):1910-1920. DOI
2017Valcárcel, V., Guzmán, B., Medina, N.G., Vargas, P., Wen, J. (2017). Phylogenetic and paleobotanical evidence for late Miocene diversification of the Tertiary subtropical lineage of ivies (Hedera L., Araliaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 17(1):e146. Open Access
2017Vargas, P., Liberal, I., Ornosa, C., Gómez, J.M. (2017). Flower specialisation: The occluded corolla of snapdragons (Antirrhinum) exhibits two pollinator niches of large long-tongued bees. Plant Biology 19(5):787-797. DOI
2017Villaverde, T., Escudero, M., Martín-Bravo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Sanmartín, I., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2017). Bipolar distributions in vascular plants: A review. American Journal of Botany 104(11):1680-1694. DOI
2016Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Martín-Bravo, S., Buide, M.L., Álvarez, I., Vargas, P., Byers, D. (2016). Narrow endemics on coastal plains: Miocene divergence of the critically endangered genus Avellara (Compositae). Plant Biology 18(4):729-738. DOI
2016Rumeu B., Vargas P., Riina R. (2016). Incipient radiation versus multiple origins of the Galápagos Croton scouleri (Euphorbiaceae). Journal of Biogeography 43(9):1717-1727. DOI
2016Rundel P.W., Arroyo M.T.K., Cowling R.M., Keeley J.E., Lamont B.B., Vargas P. (2016). Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 47:383-407. DOI
2016Traveset A., Nogales M., Vargas P., Rumeu B., Olesen J.M., Jaramillo P., Heleno R. (2016). Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) as a seed disperser. Integrative Zoology 11(3):207-213. DOI
2015Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Ornosa, C., Romero, D., Liberal, I.M., Gómez, J.M., Vargas, P. (2015). Bees explain floral variation in a recent radiation of Linaria. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28(4):851-863. DOI
2015Esteves, C.F., Costa, J.M., Vargas, P., Freitas, H., Heleno, R.H. (2015). On the limited potential of azorean fleshy fruits for oceanic dispersal. PLoS ONE 10(10):e0138882. Open Access
2015Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2015). Quaternary radiation of bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores) in the Iberian Peninsula: low taxonomic signal but high geographic structure of plastid DNA lineages. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(5):1411-1423. DOI
2015Guzmán, B., Gómez, J.M., Vargas, P. (2015). Bees and evolution of occluded corollas in snapdragons and relatives (Antirrhineae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17(6):467-475. DOI
2015Guzmán, B., Narbona, E., Vargas, P. (2015). Investigating reproductive incompatibility barriers in a Mediterranean rockrose (Cistus ladanifer). Plant Biosystems 149(1):1-6. DOI
2015Guzmán, B., Rodríguez López, C.M., Forrest, A., Cano, E., Vargas, P. (2015). Protected areas of Spain preserve the neutral genetic diversity of Quercus ilex L. irrespective of glacial refugia. Tree Genetics and Genomes 11(6):124. DOI
2015Heleno, R.H., Vargas, P. (2015). How do islands become green?. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24(5):518-526. DOI
2015Jiménez-Mejías, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Amat, M.E., Vargas, P. (2015). Narrow endemics in European mountains: High genetic diversity within the monospecific genus Pseudomisopates (Plantaginaceae) despite isolation since the late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography 42(8):1455-1468. DOI
2015Jiménez-Mejías, P., Vargas, P. (2015). Taxonomy of the tribe Apieae (Apiaceae) revisited as revealed by molecular phylogenies and morphological characters. Phytotaxa 212(1):57-79. DOI
2015Mas De Xaxars, G., García-Fernández, A., Barnola, P., Martín, J., Mercadé, A., Vallès, J., Vargas, P., Vigo, J., Garnatje, T. (2015). Phylogenetic and cytogenetic studies reveal hybrid speciation in Saxifraga subsect. Triplinervium (Saxifragaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53(1):53-62. DOI
2015Navarro-Pérez, M.L., Vargas, P., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., López, J., Valtueña, F.J., Ortega-Olivencia, A. (2015). Multiple windows of colonization to Macaronesia by the dispersal-unspecialized Scrophularia since the Late Miocene. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17(4):263-273. DOI
2015Tomasello, S., Álvarez, I., Vargas, P., Oberprieler, C. (2015). Is the extremely rare Iberian endemic plant species Castrilanthemum debeauxii (Compositae, Anthemideae) a 'living fossil'? Evidence from a multi-locus species tree reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(PA):118-130. DOI
2015Traveset, A., Olesen, J.M., Nogales, M., Vargas, P., Jaramillo, P., Antolín, E., Trigo, M.M., Heleno, R. (2015). Bird-flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction release. Nature Communications 6:e6376. Open Access
2015Vargas, P., Arjona, Y., Nogales, M., Heleno, R.H. (2015). Long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands: Success of plants with multiple diaspore specializations. AoB PLANTS 7(1):plv073. Open Access
2015Vargas, P., Rumeu, B., Heleno, R.H., Traveset, A., Nogales, M. (2015). Historical isolation of the Galápagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) despite strong flight capability and ecological amplitude. PLoS ONE 10(3):e0120597. Open Access
2015Vigalondo, B., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P., Sáez, L. (2015). Unmasking cryptic species: Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses of the Ibero-North African Linaria incarnata complex. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177(3):395-417. Open Access
2014Amat, M.E., Vargas, P., Gómez, J.M. (2014). Factors controlling seed germination of the Iberian critically endangered Pseudomisopates (Antirrhinaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 300(9):2127-2134. DOI
2014Cires, E., Baltisberger, M., Cuesta, C., Vargas, P., Prieto, J.A.F. (2014). Allopolyploid origin of the Balkan endemic Ranunculus wettsteinii (Ranunculaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 14(1):1-10. DOI
2014Escudero, M., Martín-Bravo, S., Mayrose, I., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Fiz-Palacios, O., Hipp, A.L., Pimentel, M., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2014). Karyotypic changes through dysploidy persist longer over evolutionary time than polyploid changes. PLoS ONE 9(1):e85266. Open Access
2014Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Rotllan-Puig, X., Vargas, P. (2014). Narrow endemics to Mediterranean islands: Moderate genetic diversity but narrow climatic niche of the ancient, critically endangered Naufraga (Apiaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 16(4):190-202. DOI
2014Liberal, I.M., Burrus, M., Suchet, C., Thébaud, C., Vargas, P. (2014). The evolutionary history of Antirrhinum in the Pyrenees inferred from phylogeographic analyses. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1):e146. Open Access
2014Otero, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and morphology support two new genera (Memoremea and Nihon) of Boraginaceae s.s. Phytotaxa 173(4):241-277. DOI
2014Rumeu, B., Vargas, P., Jaén-Molina, R., Nogales, M., Caujapé-Castells, J. (2014). Phylogeography and genetic structure of the threatened Canarian Juniperus cedrus (Cupressaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 175(3):376-394. DOI
2014Vargas, P., Nogales, M., Jaramillo, P., Olesen, J.M., Traveset, A., Heleno, R. (2014). Plant colonization across the Galápagos Islands: Success of the sea dispersal syndrome. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 174(3):349-358. DOI
2014Vargas, P., Valente, L.M., Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Liberal, I., Guzmán, B., Cano, E., Forrest, A., Fernández-Mazuecos, M. (2014). Testing the biogeographical congruence of palaeofloras using molecular phylogenetics: Snapdragons and the Madrean-Tethyan flora. Journal of Biogeography 41(5):932-943. DOI
2013Alarcón, M., Roquet, C., García-Fernández, A., Vargas, P., Aldasoro, J.J. (2013). Phylogenetic and phylogeographic evidence for a Pleistocene disjunction between Campanula jacobaea (Cape Verde Islands) and C. balfourii (Socotra). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69:828-836. DOI
2013Alarcón, M.L., Vargas, P., Aldasoro, J.J. (2013). Erodium maritimum (Geraniaceae), a species with an uneven and fragmented distribution along the Western Mediterranean and European Atlantic coasts, has a weak genetic structure. Plant Biology 15:186-194. DOI
2013Amat, M.E., Silvertown, J., Vargas, P. (2013). Strong spatial genetic structure reduces reproductive success in the critically endangered plant genus Pseudomisopates.. Journal of Heredity 104(5):692-703. DOI
2013Amat, M.E., Vargas, P., Gómez, J.M. (2013). Effects of human activity on the distribution and abundance of an endangered Mediterranean high-mountain plant (Erysimum penyalarense). Journal for Nature Conservation 21:262-271. DOI
2013Besnard, G., Khadari, B., Navascués, M., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Bakkali, A.E., Arrigo, N., Baali-Cherif, D., Brunini-Bronzini de Caraffa, V., Santoni, S., Vargas, P., Savolainen, V. (2013). The complex history of the olive tree: From late quaternary diversification of mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:20122833. DOI
2013Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Fernández-Mazuecos; M., Vargas, P. (2013). Past and future demographic dynamics of alpine species: Limited genetic consequences despite dramatic range contraction in a plant from the Spanish Sierra Nevada.. Molecular Ecology 22:4177-4195. DOI
2013Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Vargas, P. (2013). Autecological traits determined two evolutionary strategies in Mediterranean plants during the Quaternary: Low differentiation and range expansion versus geographical speciation in Linaria. Molecular Ecology 22(22):5651-5668. DOI
2013Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Gómez, J.M., Vargas, P. (2013). Corolla morphology influences diversification rates in bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores). Annals of Botany 112(9):1705-1722. DOI
2013Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Vargas, P. (2013). A Phylogeny of toadflaxes (Linaria Mill.) based on nuclear internal transcribed spacer sequences: Systematic and evolutionary consequences. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174:234-249. DOI
2013Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2013). Congruence between distribution modelling and phylogeographical analyses reveals Quaternary survival of a toadflax species (Linaria elegans) in oceanic climate areas of a mountain ring range. New Phytologist 198:1274-1289. DOI
2013García-Verdugo, C., Calleja, J.A., Vargas, P., Silva, L., Moreira, O., Pulido, F. (2013). Polyploidy and microsatellite variation in the relict tree Prunus lusitanica L.: How effective are refugia in preserving genotypic diversity of clonal taxa?. Molecular Ecology 22:1546-1557. DOI
2013Heleno, R.H., Olesen, J.M., Nogales, M., Vargas, P., Traveset, A. (2013). Seed dispersal networks in the Galápagos and the consequences of alien plant invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:20122112. DOI
2013Navarro-Pérez, M.L., López, J., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Rodríguez-Riaño, T., Vargas, P., Ortega-Olivencia, A. (2013). The role of birds and insects in pollination shifts of Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69:239-254. DOI
2013Traveset, A., Heleno, R., Chamorro, S., Vargas, P., Mcmullen, C.K., Castro-Urgal, R., Nogales, M., Herrera, H.W., Olesen, J.M. (2013). Invaders of pollination networks in the Galápagos Islands: Emergence of novel communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:20123040. DOI
2013Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2013). Phylogenetic reconstruction of key traits in the evolution of ivies (Hedera L.). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299:447-458. DOI
2013Valente, L.M., Vargas, P. (2013). Contrasting evolutionary hypotheses between two mediterranean-climate floristic hotspots: The cape of southern Africa and the mediterranean basin. Journal of Biogeography 40:2032-2046. DOI
2012Alarcón, M., Vargas, P., Sáez, L., Molero, J., Aldasoro, J.J. (2012). Genetic diversity of mountain plants: Two migration episodes of Mediterranean Erodium (Geraniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63:866-876. DOI
2012Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Vargas, P., Pfeil, B.E. (2012). Coalescent simulations reveal hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting in mediterranean Linaria. PLoS ONE 7:null-. Open Access
2012Calviño-Cancela, M., Escudero, M., Rodríguez-Pérez, J., Cano, E., Vargas, P., Velo-Antón, G., Traveset, A. (2012). The role of seed dispersal, pollination and historical effects on genetic patterns of an insular plant that has lost its only seed disperser. Journal of Biogeography 39:1996-2006. DOI
2012Cires, E., Cuesta, C., Vargas, P., Fernández Prieto, J.A. (2012). Unravelling the evolutionary history of the polyploid complex ranunculus parnassiifolius (ranunculaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107:477-493. DOI
2012Jiménez-Mejías, P., Amat, E., Álvarez, I., Vargas, P. (2012). Nuevos nacimientos dan esperanza a las plantas españolas más amenazadas.. Lychnos 9:22-27. DOI
2012Nogales, M., Heleno, R., Traveset, A., Vargas, P. (2012). Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islands. New Phytologist 194:313-317. DOI
2012Santos-Gally, R., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2012). Insights into Neogene Mediterranean biogeography based on phylogenetic relationships of mountain and lowland lineages of Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae). Journal of Biogeography 39:782-798. DOI
2012Valente, L.M., Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P., Vargas, P. (2012). Did pollination shifts drive diversification in southern African Gladiolus? Evaluating the model of pollinator-driven speciation. American Naturalist 180:83-98. DOI
2011Amat, M.E., Vargas, P., Gómez, J.M. (2011). Pollen quality limitation in the Iberian critically endangered genus Pseudomisopates (Antirrhinaceae). Plant Ecology 212:1069-1078. DOI
2011Balaguer L., Arroyo-García R., Jiménez P., Jiménez M.D., Villegas L., Cordero I., de Casas R.R., Fernández-Delgado R., Ron M.E., Manrique E., Vargas P., Cano E., Pueyo J.J., Aronson J. (2011). Forest restoration in a fog oasis: Evidence indicates need for cultural awareness in constructing the reference. PLoS ONE 6(8):e23004. DOI
2011Balaguer, L., Arroyo-García, R., Jiménez, P., Jiménez, M.D., Villegas, L., Cordero, I., de Casas, R.R., Fernández-Delgado, R., Ron, M.E., Manrique, E., Vargas, P., Cano, E., Pueyo, J.J., Aronson, J. (2011). Forest restoration in a fog oasis: Evidence indicates need for cultural awareness in constructing the reference. PLoS ONE 6:null-. Open Access
2011de Casas R.R., Vargas P., Pérez-Corona E., Manrique E., García-Verdugo C., Balaguer L. (2011). Sun and shade leaves of Olea europaea respond differently to plant size, light availability and genetic variation. Functional Ecology 25(4):802-812. DOI
2011de Casas, R.R., Vargas, P., Pérez-Corona, E., Manrique, E., García-Verdugo, C., Balaguer, L. (2011). Sun and shade leaves of Olea europaea respond differently to plant size, light availability and genetic variation. Functional Ecology 25:802-812. DOI
2011Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2011). Genetically depauperate in the continent but rich in oceanic islands: Cistus monspeliensis (cistaceae) in the canary islands. PLoS ONE 6:null-. Open Access
2011Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2011). Historical isolation versus recent long-distance connections between Europe and Africa in bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores). PLoS ONE 6:null-. Open Access
2011Guzmán, B., Narbona, E., Vargas, P. (2011). Similar reproductive success of the two petal colour polymorphisms of Cistus ladanifer (Cistaceae). Plant Biosystems 145:931-937. DOI
2011Heleno, R., Blake, S., Jaramillo, P., Traveset, A., Vargas, P., Nogales, M. (2011). Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: What is the state of the art?. Integrative Zoology 6:110-129. DOI
2011Rumeu, B., Caujapé-Castells, J., Blanco-Pastor, J.L., Jaén-Molina, R., Nogales, M., Elias, R.B., Vargas, P. (2011). The colonization history of Juniperus brevifolia (Cupressaceae) in the Azores islands. PLoS ONE 6:null-. Open Access
2011Valente, L.M., Savolainen, V., Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P., Vargas, P. (2011). Explaining disparities in species richness between Mediterranean floristic regions: A case study in Gladiolus (Iridaceae). Global Ecology and Biogeography 20:881-892. DOI
2010Balao, F., Valente, L.M., Vargas, P., Herrera, J., Talavera, S. (2010). Radiative evolution of polyploid races of the Iberian carnation Dianthus broteri (Caryophyllaceae). New Phytologist 187:542-551. DOI
2010Bastida, J.M., Alcántara, J.M., Rey, P.J., Vargas, P., Herrera, C.M. (2010). Extended phylogeny of Aquilegia: The biogeographical and ecological patterns of two simultaneous but contrasting radiations. Plant Systematics and Evolution 284:171-185. DOI
2010Carrió, E., Forrest, A.D., Güemes, J., Vargas, P. (2010). Evaluating species nonmonophyly as a trait affecting genetic diversity: A case study of three endangered species of Antirrhinum L. (Scrophulariaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 288:43-58. DOI
2010Escudero, M., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2010). Bipolar disjunctions in Carex: Long-distance dispersal, vicariance, or parallel evolution?. Flora 205:118-127. DOI
2010Escudero, M., Vargas, P., Arens, P., Ouborg, N.J., LuceÑo, M. (2010). The east-west-north colonization history of the Mediterranean and Europe by the coastal plant Carex extensa (Cyperaceae). Molecular Ecology 19:352-370. DOI
2010Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P. (2010). Ecological rather than geographical isolation dominates Quaternary formation of Mediterranean Cistus species. Molecular Ecology 19:1381-1395. DOI
2010Fiz-Palacios, O., Vargas, P., Vila, R., Papadopulos, A.S.T., Aldasoro, J.J. (2010). The uneven phylogeny and biogeography of Erodium (Geraniaceae): Radiations in the Mediterranean and recent recurrent intercontinental colonization. Annals of Botany 106:871-884. DOI
2010García-Verdugo, C., Forrest, A.D., Balaguer, L., Fay, M.F., Vargas, P. (2010). Parallel evolution of insular Olea Europaea subspecies based on geographical structuring of plastid DNA variation and phenotypic similarity in leaf traits. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 162:54-63. DOI
2010García-Verdugo, C., Forrest, A.D., Fay, M.F., Vargas, P. (2010). The relevance of gene flow in metapopulation dynamics of an oceanic island endemic, Olea Europaea subsp. Guanchica. Evolution 64:3525-3536. DOI
2010Guzmán, B., Vargas, P. (2010). Unexpected synchronous differentiation in Mediterranean and Canarian Cistus (Cistaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 12:163-174. DOI
2010Martín-Bravo, S., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2010). Geographical speciation related to Pleistocene range shifts in the western mediterranean mountains (Reseda sect. Glaucoreseda, Resedaceae). Taxon 59:466-482.
2010Martínez, J., Vargas, P., Luceño, M., Cuadrado, A. (2010). Evolution of Iris subgenus Xiphium based on chromosome numbers, FISH of nrDNA (5S, 45S) and trnL-trnF sequence analysis. Plant Systematics and Evolution 289:223-235. DOI
2010Narbona, E., Guzmán, B., Arroyo, J., Vargas, P. (2010). Why are fruit traits of Cistus ladanifer (Cistaceae) so variable: A multi-level study across the western Mediterranean region. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 12:305-315. DOI
2010Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2010). Quantitative morphology and species delimitation under the General Lineage Concept: Hedera L. (Araliaceae) case.. American Journal of Botany 97:1555-1573. DOI
2010Vargas, P., Ornosa, C., Ortiz-Sánchez, F.J., Arroyo, J. (2010). Is the occluded corolla of Antirrhinum bee-specialized?. Journal of Natural History 44:1427-1443. DOI
2009Besnard, G., Rubio, de Casas, R., Christin, P.-A., Vargas, P. (2009). Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: Tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times. Annals of Botany 104(1):143-160. Open Access
2009de Casas RR.., Vargas P., Pérez-Corona E., Cano E., Manrique E., García-Verdugo C., Balaguer L. (2009). Variation in sclerophylly among Iberian populations of Quercus coccifera L. is associated with genetic differentiation across contrasting environments. Plant Biology 11(3):464-472. DOI
2009Dixon, C.J., Schönswetter, P., Vargas, P., Ertl, S., Schneeweiss, G.M. (2009). Bayesian hypothesis testing supports long-distance Pleistocene migrations in a European high mountain plant (Androsace vitaliana, Primulaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(2):580-591. DOI
2009Escudero, M., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2009). Significance of ecological vicariance and long-distance dispersal in the diversification of Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany 96(11):2100-2114. DOI
2009Ferrero, V., Arroyo, J., Vargas, P., Thompson, J.D., Navarro, L. (2009). Evolutionary transitions of style polymorphisms in Lithodora (Boraginaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 11(2):111-125. DOI
2009García-Maroto, F., Mañas-Fernández, A., Garrido-Cárdenas, J.A., Alonso, D.L., Guil-Guerrero, J.L., Guzmán, B., Vargas, P. (2009). ?6-Desaturase sequence evidence for explosive Pliocene radiations within the adaptive radiation of Macaronesian Echium (Boraginaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(3):563-574. DOI
2009García-Verdugo, C., Fay, M.F., Granado-Yela, C., de Casas, R.R., Balaguer, L., Besnard, G., Vargas, P. (2009). Genetic diversity and differentiation processes in the ploidy series of Olea europaea L.: A multiscale approach from subspecies to insular populations. Molecular Ecology 18(3):454-467. DOI
2009Guzmán, B., Lledó, M.D., Vargas, P. (2009). Adaptive radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae). PLoS ONE 4(7):e6362. DOI
2009Guzmán, B., Vargas, P. (2009). Historical biogeography and character evolution of Cistaceae (Malvales) based on analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-trnF sequences. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 9(2):83-99. DOI
2009Guzmán, B., Vargas, P. (2009). Long-distance colonization of the Western Mediterranean by Cistus ladanifer (Cistaceae) despite the absence of special dispersal mechanisms. Journal of Biogeography 36(5):954-968. DOI
2009Martín-Bravo, S., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2009). Is Oligomeris (Resedaceae) indigenous to North America? Molecular evidence for a natural colonization from the Old World. American Journal of Botany 96(2):507-518. DOI
2009Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Guzmán, B., Valido, A., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2009). Late Neogene history of the laurel tree (Laurus L., Lauraceae) based on phylogeographical analyses of Mediterranean and Macaronesian populations. Journal of Biogeography 36(7):1270-1281. Open Access
2009Vargas, P., Carrió, E., Guzmán, B., Amat, E., Güemes, J. (2009). A geographical pattern of Antirrhinum (Scrophulariaceae) speciation since the Pliocene based on plastid and nuclear DNA polymorphisms. Journal of Biogeography 36(7):1297-1312. DOI
2009Vargas, P., García, B. (2009). Erratum to Plant endemics to Sierra de Gredos (central Spain): taxonomic, distributional, and evolutionary aspects [Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 65(2): (2008) 353-366]. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 66(1):131-132. DOI
2008Besnard, G., Garcia-Verdugo, C., Rubio, De, Casas, R., Treier, U.A., Galland, N., Vargas, P. (2008). Polyploidy in the olive complex (Olea europaea): Evidence from flow cytometry and nuclear microsatellite analyses. Annals of Botany 101(1):25-30. Open Access
2008Escudero, M., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Luceño, M. (2008). Evolution in Carex L. sect. Spirostachyae (Cyperaceae): A molecular and cytogenetic approach. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 7(4):271-291. DOI
2008Escudero, M., Vargas, P., Valcárcel, V., Luceño, M. (2008). Strait of Gibraltar: An effective gene-flow barrier for wind-pollinated Carex helodes (Cyperaceae) as revealed by DNA sequences, AFLP, and cytogenetic variation. American Journal of Botany 95(6):745-755. DOI
2008Fiz, O., Vargas, P., Alarcón, M., Aedo, C., García ,J.L., Aldasoro, J.J. (2008). Phylogeny and historical biogeography of geraniaceae in relation to climate changes and pollination ecology. Systematic Botany 33(2):326-342. Open Access
2008Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Pérez-Barrales, R., Ojeda, F., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2008). The Strait of Gibraltar as a melting pot for plant biodiversity. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(23-24):2100-2117. DOI
2008Vargas, P., García, B. (2008). Plant endemics to Sierra de Gredos (central Spain): Taxonomic, distributional, and evolutionary aspects. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 65(2):353-366. Open Access
2007Besnard, G., de Casas, R.R., Vargas, P. (2007). Plastid and nuclear DNA polymorphism reveals historical processes of isolation and reticulation in the olive tree complex (Olea europaea). Journal of Biogeography 34(4):736-752. DOI
2007de Casas R.R, Vargas P., Pérez-Corona E., Manrique E., Quintana J.R., García-Verdugo C., Balaguer L. (2007). Field patterns of leaf plasticity in adults of the long-lived evergreen Quercus coccifera. Annals of Botany 100(2):325-334. DOI
2007de Casas R.R., Cano E., Balaguer L., Pérez-Corona E., Manrique E., García-Verdugo C., Vargas P. (2007). Taxonomic identity of Quercus coccifera L. in the Iberian Peninsula is maintained in spite of widespread hybridisation, as revealed by morphological, ISSR and ITS sequence data. Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 202(6):488-499. DOI
2007Martín-Bravo, S., Meimberg, H., Luceño, M., Märkl, W., Valcárcel, V., Bräuchler, C., Vargas, P., Heubl, G. (2007). Molecular systematics and biogeography of Resedaceae based on ITS and trnL-F sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3):1105-1120. DOI
2007Vargas, P. (2007). Are Macaronesian islands refugia of relict plant lineages?: A molecular survey. Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Conservation of European Biodiversity :297-314. DOI
2006Armbruster, W.S., Pérez-Barrales, R., Arroyo, J., Edwards, M.E., Vargas, P. (2006). Three-dimensional reciprocity of floral morphs in wild flax (Linum suffruticosum): A new twist on heterostyly. New Phytologist 171(3):581-590. Open Access
2006Fiz, O., Vargas, P., Alarcón, M.L., Aldasoro, J.J. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in Erodium (Geraniaceae) based on trnL-trnF sequences. Systematic Botany 31(4):739-763. DOI
2006Pérez-Barrales, R., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2006). New evidence for the Darwinian hypothesis of heterostyly: Breeding systems and pollinators in Narcissus sect. Apodanthi. New Phytologist 171(3):553-567. Open Access
2006Rubio, de Casas, R., Besnard, G., Schönswetter, P., Balaguer, L., Vargas, P. (2006). Extensive gene flow blurs phylogeographic but not phylogenetic signal in Olea europaea L.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 113(4):575-583. DOI
2006Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P., Nieto Feliner, G. (2006). Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of the western Mediterranean Arenaria section Plinthine (Caryophyllaceae) based on nuclear, plastid, and morphological markers. Taxon 55(2):297-312. Open Access
2005Guzmán, B., Vargas, P. (2005). Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Cistus L. (Cistaceae) based on ITS, trnL-trnF, and matK sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(3):644-660. DOI
2004Pérez, R., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2004). Erratum: Convergent evolution of flower polymorphism in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) (New Phytologist (2004) 161 (235-252)). New Phytologist 162(1):239-. DOI
2004Pérez, R., Vargas, P., Arroyo, J. (2004). Convergent evolution of flower polymorphism in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae). New Phytologist 161(1):235-252. DOI
2004Vargas, P., Rosselló, J.A., Oyama, R., Güemes, J. (2004). Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Systematics and Evolution 249(3-4):151-172. DOI
2003Besnard, G., de Casas, R.R.., Vargas, P. (2003). A set of primers for length and nucleotide-substitution polymorphism in chloroplastic DNA of Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3(4):651-653. DOI
2003Valcárcel, V., Fiz, O., Vargas, P. (2003). Chloroplast and nuclear evidence for multiple origins of polyploids and diploids of Hedera (Araliaceae) in the Mediterranean basin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27(1):1-20. DOI
2003Vargas, P. (2003). Molecular evidence for multiple diversification patterns of alpine plants in Mediterranean Europe. Taxon 52(3):463-476. DOI
2002Fiz, O., Valcárcel, V., Vargas, P. (2002). Phylogenetic position of Mediterranean Astereae and character evolution of daisies (Bellis, Asteraceae) inferred from nrDNA its sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(1):157-171. DOI
2001Aldasoro, J.J., Navarro, C., Vargas, P., Aedo, C. (2001). Anatomy, Morphology, And Cladistic Analysis Of Monsonia L. (Geraniaceae). Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 59(1):75-100. DOI
2001Aldasoro, J.J., Navarro, C., Vargas, P., Saez, L., Aedo, C. (2001). California, a new genus of Geraniaceae endemic to the southwest of North America. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 59(2):209-216. Open Access
2001Vargas, P. (2001). Phylogenetic and evolutionary insights into the Saxifraga pentadactylis complex (Saxifragaceae): Variation in nrITS sequences. Nordic Journal of Botany 21(1):75-82. DOI
2001Vargas, P., Kadereit, J.W. (2001). Molecular fingerprinting evidence (issr, inter-simple sequence repeats) for a wild status of olea europaea l. (Oleaceae) in the eurosiberian north of the iberian peninsula. Flora 196(2):142-152. DOI
2000Hess, J., Kadereit, J.W., Vargas, P. (2000). The colonization history of Olea europaea L. in Macaronesia based on internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS-1) sequences, randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD), and intersimple sequence repeats (ISSR). Molecular Ecology 9(7):857-868. DOI
2000Vargas, P. (2000). A phylogenetic study of Saxifraga sect. Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 223(1-2):59-70. DOI
1999Esteban, J., Martínez-Castro, I., Vargas, P., Sanz, J. (1999). Chemosystematic study on leaf volatile compounds of Saxifraga L. series Ceratophyllae (Saxifragaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 27(3):255-268. DOI
1999Vargas, P., Baldwin, B.G., Constance, L. (1999). A phylogenetic study of Sanicula sect. Sanicoria and S. sect. Sandwicenses (Apiaceae) based on nuclear rDNA and morphological data. Systematic Botany 24(2):228-248. DOI
1999Vargas, P., McAllister, H.A., Morton, C., Jury, S.L., Wilkinson, M.J. (1999). Polyploid speciation in Hedera (Araliaceae): Phylogenetic and biogeographic insights based on chromosome counts and ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 219(3-4):165-179. DOI
1999Vargas, P., Morton, C.M., Jury, S.L. (1999). Biogeographic patterns in Mediterranean and Macaronesian species of Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) inferred from phylogenetic analyses of ITS sequences. American Journal of Botany 86(5):724-734. DOI
1998Vargas, P. (1998). A new endemic species of Saxifraga L. from Spain. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 127(1):83-89. DOI
1998Vargas, P., Baldwin, B.G., Constance, L. (1998). Nuclear ribosomal DNA evidence for a western North American origin of Hawaiian and South American species of Sanicula (Apiaceae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95(1):235-240. Open Access
1998Vargas, P., Constance, L., Baldwin, B.G. (1998). A new species of Sanicula L. (Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) endemic to Baja California, Mexico. Brittonia 50(1):122-126. DOI
1996Vargas, P., Nieto Feliner, G. (1996). Artificial hybridization within saxifraga pentadactylis (Saxifragaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 16(3):257-266. DOI
1995Vargas, P., Nieto Feliner, G. (1995). Cytotaxonomical study of Saxifraga series Ceratophyllae s.l. (Saxifragaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 197(1-4):209-223. DOI
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2020Vargas, P. (2020). Análisis de la historia natural del diario de Pigafetta. In: P. Vargas (ed.). En búsqueda de las especias. Las plantas de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano (1519-1522). Editorial Catarata; Editorial CSIC. .
2012Vargas, P. (2012). Angiospermas.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos. International Union of Biological Sciences. pp. 114-123. Open Access
2014Vargas, P. (2014). Angiosperms: Plants with Flowers that Produce Fruits.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 132-142.
2011Cueto, M., Vargas, P., Güemes, J., Schwarzer, H., Carrió, E., J. Cabello (2011). Antirrhinum charidemi. In: Atlas y libro rojo de la flora vascular amenazada de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza de Madrid. pp.22-23.
2014Zamora, S., Vargas, P. (2014). Echinoderms: Reinventing Radial Symmetry.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 448-459.
2013Vargas, P., Ornosa, C., Blanco-Pastor, J. L., Romero, D., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Rodríguez-Gironés, M. A (2013). En búsqueda de áreas de diversidad genética en Sierra Nevada: análisis de plantas y abejas.. In: Proyectos de investigación en parques nacionales: convocatoria 2009-2012. Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales. pp. 123-142. Open Access
2012Vargas, P. (2012). Equinodermos.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos. International Union of Biological Sciences. pp. 360-371. Open Access
2020Vargas, P. (2020). Especias y especies. In: P. Vargas (ed.). En búsqueda de las especias. Las plantas de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano (1519-1522). Editorial Catarata; Editorial CSIC. .
2012Vargas, P. (2012). Eudicotiledóneas.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos. International Union of Biological Sciences. pp. 134-143. Open Access
2014Magallón, S., Vargas, P. (2014). Eudicotyledons: The Greatest Flower Diversity in Angiosperms.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 156-166.
2012Vargas, P. (2012). Evolución en islas.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos. International Union of Biological Sciences. pp. 476-492. Open Access
2014Vargas, P. (2014). Evolution on Islands.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 577-594.
2012Vargas, P. (2012). Mamíferos.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos. International Union of Biological Sciences. pp. 408-423. Open Access
2014Vargas, P. (2014). Mammals: Proliferation of Species after Dinosaurs' Demise.. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 502-518.
2020Vargas, P. (2020). ¿Por qué eran importantes las especias?. In: P. Vargas (ed.). En búsqueda de las especias. Las plantas de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano (1519-1522). Editorial Catarata; Editorial CSIC. .
2020Vargas, P. (2020). Prefacio. In: P. Vargas (ed.). En búsqueda de las especias. Las plantas de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano (1519-1522). Editorial Catarata; Editorial CSIC. .
2020Vargas, P. (2020). The Mediterranean Floristic Region: High Diversity of Plants and Vegetation Types In: Goldstein, M.I., DellaSala, D.A. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, vol. 3. Elsevier. pp. 602–616. DOI
2014Valcarcel, V., Vargas, P. (2014). Tracheophytes: Land Conquest by Vascular Plants. In: P. Vargas, R. Zardoya (eds.). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. pp. 96-108.
2019Tejero, P., Moore, M., Ochoterena, H., Martín-Bravo, S., Martín-Hernanz, S., Fernández-Mazuecos, M., Vargas, P., Sanmartín, I., Salmerón-Sánchez, E., Mota, J.F., Lyons, M., van Leeuwen, S., Palacio, S. (2019). Tracking gypsophily across the phylogeny: 3 study cases. In: Musarella, C.M., Spampinato, G. (eds.). GYPWORLD: A Global initiative to understand gypsum ecosystem ecology. Book of abstracts and Field trip guide. Università "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria (Italia). p.26.
Libros
#FECHAPUBLICACIÓN
2012Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (eds.) (2012). El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos.International Union of Biological Sciences. Open Access
2020Vargas, P. (2020). En búsqueda de las especias. Las plantas de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano (1519-1522). Los Libros de la Catarata; Editorial CSIC.
2014Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (2014). The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates.
2022Vargas, P. (2022). La Evolución en 100 preguntas. Editorial Nowtilus.
Proyectos

ISLAS
Reconstrucción del origen y evolución de plantas insulares: secuenciación de ADN y filogenias datadas.
- First approach integrating time-calibrated phylogenies and complex ecological networks to reconstruct insular ecosystems: the Canary Islands. PHYLNET.
- The colonisation history by key plant and animal species resulting in the formation of the Canarian biomes: phylogenies and seed dispersal networks. COLCAN.

TAXONOMÍA Y FILOGENIA
Sistemática vegetal
- Tratamiento taxonómico de Rosáceas: Rosa y Rubus. COLCAN.
- Evolución de los dragoncillos (Antirrhinum y géneros próximos)..

ABEJAS
Coevolución con flores
- Evolución de los dragoncillos y sus polinizadores (abejas).
- Filogeografía de abejas ibéricas.

CONSERVACIÓN
Plantas ibérica, baleares y macaronésicas:
- Biodiversidad y conservación de especies vegetales singulares de las Islas Baleares en hábitats litorales BIO/007).
- En busca de áreas de biodiversidad en Sierra Nevada: las técnicas de barcoding aplicadas a angiospermas (tribu Antirrhineae), polinizadores (abejas), y sus interacciones.
- En búsqueda de fósiles vivientes amenazados: integración de satatus en conservación, filogenias y tiempos de diversificación.

FUEGO
- Fire and biodiversity across scales (FocScales).
- Filogenias y evolución de dos géneros semilladores y rebrotadores: Juniperus y Ulex.

SELECCIÓN Y ADAPTACIÓN
Red Temática de genómica de la adaptación (AdapNet)

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