Rafael Achury

Universidad del Valle — Colombia

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

14h-index740citations54works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(19), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(18), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(13), Species Distribution and Climate Change(13), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(9)

Publications54 total

Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Bosque seco Tropical (Bs-T) de la cuenca alta del río Cauca, Colombia
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025Open Access
Contrasting effects of native and non-native conifers on soil microbial communities in mixed European beech - conifer forests
Forest Ecology and Management·2025Open Access
Losers and winners: responses of grassland arthropods to land‐use components
Oikos·2025Open Access
Habitat and land‐use intensity shape moth community structure across temperate forest and grassland
Journal of Animal Ecology·2025Open Access
Experimental reduction of land use increases invertebrate abundance in grasslands
Basic and Applied Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mixing for resilience? Evaluating the growth and drought response of beech mixed with Douglas fir or silver fir
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Functional and phylogenetic beta diversity response of nocturnal moth assemblages to land‐use intensity in grasslands and forests
Oikos·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Experimental reduction of land use increases invertebrate abundance but not diversity in grasslands
2025Open Access
The effect of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests – What do we know and what do we not know?
Forest Ecosystems·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Functional traits mediate the effect of land use on drivers of community stability within and across trophic levels
Science Advances·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa
Ecological Entomology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods
Ecological Applications·2024· 20 citedOpen Access
Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species
Oecologia·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Insect decline in forests depends on species’ traits and may be mitigated by management
Communications Biology·2023· 69 citedOpen Access
Testing the predictive value of functional traits in diverse ant communities
Ecology and Evolution·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics
Ecological Monographs·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Experiments are needed to quantify the main causes of insect decline
Biology Letters·2023· 49 citedOpen Access
Plant diversity and functional identity alter ant occurrence and activity in experimental grasslands
Ecosphere·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood
Functional Ecology·2022· 12 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Wolfgang W. Weisser(19), Michael Staab(15), Nico Blüthgen(12), Andrew V. Suarez(9), Ángela María Arcila Cardona(8), Sebastian Seibold(8), Selina A. Ruzi(6), Martin M. Goßner(6), Peter Schall(5), Patricia Chacón de Ulloa(5), Eric R. Larson(4), Brittney M. Graham(4), Jaime J. Coon(4), Melissa K. Daniels(4), Daniel K Gambrell(4), Kacie L. Jonasen(4), Nicholas LaRacuente(4), Tolulope I.N. Perrin-Stowe(4), Margaret W. Thairu(4), Didem Ambarlı(4)