2026

42. M. Tadej, M. Hecht, R. Martinez-Garcia. Extinction and persistence criteria in non-local Klausmeier model of vegetation dynamics on flat landscapes. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (in press, 2026) (PDF).
43. I. Braga, L. Wardil, R. Martinez-Garcia. Fixation probabilities for multi-allele Moran dynamics with weak selection. Physical Review Research 8, 043021 (2026) (PDF).
44. M. Bongestab, D. Pinto-Ramos, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Self-organized vegetation patterns promote persistence of plant-pollinator mutualisms under environmental stress. PLOS Ecosystems 1(1):e0000021 (2026) (PDF).
45. A. Martinez ... R. Martinez-Garcia ... et al. Flagship species as subterranean monitoring tools: a case study in anchialine ecosystems from Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Biodiversity and Conservation 35 (8), 211 (2026) (PDF).
46. D. Pinto-Ramos & R. Martinez-Garcia^#. How spatial patterns can lead to less resilient ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (14) e2511994123 (2026) (PDF).
47. B. Garcia de Figueiredo, I. Silva, M.J. Noonan, C.H. Fleming, W.F. Fagan, J.M. Calabrese, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. How animal movement influences wildlife-vehicle collision risk: a mathematical framework for range-resident species. Journal of Theoretical Biology 627, 112471 (2026) (PDF).
48. J. van der Voort^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, A. Doelman. Vegetation pattern formation induced by local growth outpacing susceptibility to non-local competition. Journal of Theoretical Biology 626, 112441 (2026) (PDF).

2025

35. R. Menezes, J.M. Calabrese, W.F. Fagan, P.I. Prado, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. The range-resident logistic model. Ecology Letters 28:e70269 (2025) (PDF).
36. N.O. Silvano, J. Valeriano, E. Hernández-García, C. López, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Flow spatial structure determines pattern instabilities in nonlocal models of population dynamics. Communications Physics 8, 326 (2025) (PDF).
37. A. Surendran^*, D. Pinto-Ramos^*, R. Menezes^*, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Spatial moment dynamics and biomass density equations provide complementary, yet limited, descriptions of pattern formation in individual-based simulations. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 477, 134703 (2025) (PDF).

2024

32. W.F. Fagan^#, A. Krishnan, Q. Liao, C.H. Fleming, D. Liao, C. Lamb, B. Patterson, T. Wheeldon, R. Martinez-Garcia, J. Menezes, M.J. Noonan, E. Gurarie, J.M. Calabrese. Intraspecific encounters can lead to reduced range overlap. Movement Ecology 12, 58 (2024) (PDF).
33. V. Dornelas^*, P. de Castro^*, J.M. Calabrese, W.F. Fagan, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Movement bias in asymmetric landscapes and its impact on population distribution and critical habitat size. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2024) (PDF).
34. C. Cabal^*, G.A. Maciel^*, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Plant antagonistic facilitation across environmental gradients: a soil-resource ecosystem engineering model. New Phytologist 244, 670-682 (2024) (PDF).
35. E.H. Colombo, R. Martinez-Garcia, J.M. Calabrese, C. López, E. Hernández-García^#. Pulsed interactions unify reaction–diffusion and spatial nonlocal models for biological pattern formation. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 3, 034001 (2024) (PDF).
36. D.C.P. Jorge, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Demographic effects of spatial patterns in the presence of a component Allee effect. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 21, 20240042 (2024) (preprint).

2023

27. E. Ser-Giacomi^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, S. Dutkiewicz, M.J. Follows. A Lagrangian model for drifting ecosystems reveals heterogeneity-driven enhancement of marine plankton blooms. Nature Communications 14, 6092 (2023) (PDF).
28. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, C. Cabal, J.M. Calabrese, E. Hernández-García, C.E. Tarnita, C. López, J.A. Bonachela. Integrating theory and experiments to link local mechanisms and ecosystem-level consequences of vegetation patterns in drylands. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 166, 112881 (2023) (PDF).

2022

25. M.P. Veldhuis^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, V. Deblauwe, V. Dakos. Remotely-sensed slowing down in spatially patterned dryland ecosystems. Ecography, e06139 (2022) (PDF).
26. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, C.E. Tarnita, J.A. Bonachela. Spatial patterns in ecological systems: from microbial colonies to ecosystem landscapes. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences ETLS20210282 (2022) (PDF).
27. J. Nauta, P. Simoens, Y. Khaluf, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Foraging behavior and patch size distribution jointly determine population dynamics in fragmented landscapes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19 (191), 20220103 (2022) (PDF).

2021

22. G.A. Maciel, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Enhanced species coexistence in Lotka-Volterra competition models due to nonlocal interactions. Journal of Theoretical Biology 530, 110872 (2021) (preprint).
23. M.J. Noonan, R. Martinez-Garcia, G.H. Davis, M.C. Crofoot, R. Kays, B.T. Hirsch, E. Payne, A. Sih, D.L. Sinn, O. Spiegel, W.F. Fagan, C.H. Fleming, J.M. Calabrese^#. Estimating encounter location distributions from animal tracking data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(7), 1158-1173 (2021) (PDF).
24. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, C. López, F. Vazquez. Species exclusion and coexistence in a noisy voter model with a competition-colonization tradeoff. Physical Review E 103, 032406 (2021) (PDF).
25. C. Cabal, R. Martinez-Garcia, A. de Castro, F. Valladares, S.W. Pacala. Future paths for the exploitative segregation of plant roots. Plant Signaling and Behavior 1891755 (2021) (PDF).

2020

18. C. Cabal^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, A. de Castro, F. Valladares, S.W. Pacala. The exploitative segregation of plant roots. Science 370 (6521), 1197-1199 (2020). Journal cover (PDF).
19. R. Martinez-Garcia, C.H. Fleming, R. Seppelt, W.F. Fagan, J.M. Calabrese^#. How range-residency and long-range perception change encounter rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology 498, 110267 (2020) (PDF).
20. F. W. Rossine^*, R. Martinez-Garcia^*, A.E. Sgro, T. Gregor^#, C.E. Tarnita^#. Eco-evolutionary consequences of loners. PLOS Biology, 18(3), e3000642 (2020) (PDF).

2019

15. E.H. Colombo^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, C. López, E. Hernández-García. Spatial eco-evolutionary feedbacks mediate coexistence in prey-predator systems. Scientific Reports 9, 18161 (2019) (PDF).

2018

14. R. Martinez-Garcia, C.D. Nadell^#, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, J.A. Bonachela^#. Cell adhesion and fluid flow jointly initiate genotype spatial distribution in biofilms. PLOS Computational Biology 14(4): e1006094 (2018) (PDF).

2017

13. R. Martinez-Garcia, C.E. Tarnita^#. Seasonality can induce coexistence of multiple bet-hedging strategies in Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Theoretical Biology 426, 104-116 (2017) (PDF).
14. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, C. López. Online games: a novel approach to explore how partial information influences human random searches. Scientific Reports 7, 40029 (2017) (PDF).

2016

11. R. Martinez-Garcia, C.E. Tarnita^#. Lack of ecological and life history context can create the illusion of social interactions in Dictyostelium discoideum. PLOS Computational Biology 12(12): e1005246 (2016) (PDF).

2015

10. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, C. Murgui, E. Hernández-García, C. López. Pattern formation in populations with density-dependent movement and two interaction scales. PLOS ONE 10(7): e0132261 (2015) (PDF).
11. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, C. López, F. Vazquez. Optimal recruitment strategies in groups of interacting walkers with leaders. Physical Review E, 91, 022117 (2015) (PDF).
12. C.E. Tarnita^*#, A. Washburne^*, R. Martinez-Garcia, A.E. Sgro, S.A. Levin. Fitness tradeoffs between spores and nonaggregating cells can explain the coexistence of diverse genotypes in cellular slime molds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(9), 2776-2781 (2015) (PDF).

2014

7. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, E. Hernández-García, C. López. Minimal mechanisms for vegetation patterns in semiarid regions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 372(2027): 20140068 (2014) (preprint).
8. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, C. López. Optimal search in interacting populations: Gaussian jumps versus Lévy flights. Physical Review E 89, 032718 (2014) (preprint).

2013

5. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, T. Mueller, K.A. Olson, C. López. Optimizing the search for resources by sharing information: Mongolian gazelles as a case study. Physical Review Letters 110, 248106 (2013). Editor's Suggestion and Physics Focus highlight (PDF).
6. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, E. Hernández-García, C. López. Vegetation pattern formation in semiarid systems without facilitative mechanisms. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 6143–6147 (2013) (PDF).
7. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, J.M. Calabrese, C. López. Spatial patterns in mesic savannas: the local facilitation limit and the role of demographic stochasticity. Journal of Theoretical Biology 333, 156-165 (2013) (PDF).

2012

2. R. Martinez-Garcia^#, F. Vázquez, C. López, M.A. Muñoz. Temporal disorder in up-down symmetric systems. Physical Review E 85, 051125 (2012) (PDF).

2011

1. S. Brouard^#, R. Martinez. Cavity-mediated entanglement between distant atoms: effect of spatial dispersion. Physics Letters A 375, 1640-1645 (2011) (PDF).

• C López^#, E.H. Colombo, E. Hernández-García, R. Martinez-Garcia. Spatial competition and repulsion: pattern formation and the role of movement. In The Mathematics of Movement: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Mutual Challenges in Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, Ch. 11 (Eds. L. Giuggioli & P. Maini), Springer Nature, Switzerland (2026).
• C.H. Fleming^#, W.F. Fagan, J.M. Alston, G. Anand, N. Hirama, E.Y. Lin, R. Martinez-Garcia, M.J. Noonan, J.M. Calabrese. Spatial distributions for animal movement processes. In The Mathematics of Movement, Ch. 7 (Eds. L. Giuggioli & P. Maini), Springer Nature, Switzerland (2026).
• S. Vallina^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, S.L. Smith, J.A. Bonachela. Models in microbial ecology. Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 4th ed., Elsevier (2019).

• J. van der Voort^#, R. Martinez-Garcia, A. Doelman. The role of root allometry and root overlap in vegetation pattern formation. arXiv:2610.01730 (2026) (PDF).
• D. Pinto-Ramos, A. Surendran, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Higher-order competition as a minimal mechanism for spatial pattern diversity in population dynamics. arXiv:2609.29725 (2026) (PDF).
• A. Surendran, L. Ramirez, J.M. Calabrese, W.F. Fagan, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Range residency determines how movement persistence shapes encounter rates. arXiv:2510.13017 (2026) (PDF).
• B. Garcia de Figueiredo, J.M. Calabrese, W.F. Fagan, R. Martinez-Garcia^#. Ergodicity shapes inference in biological reactions driven by a latent trajectory. arXiv:2409.11433 (2024) (PDF).
• J.O. Abraham^*#, R. Martinez-Garcia^*#, F. Gijsman, E.M. Phillips, C.E. Tarnita. Should I stay or should I go? Modeling the decision-making process behind ungulate partial migration. bioRxiv 2026.07.07.737075 (2026) (PDF).
• M.J. Noonan, R. Martinez-Garcia, C.H. Fleming, B. Garcia de Figueiredo et al. The search behavior of terrestrial mammals. bioRxiv 2022.12.31.521874 (2022) (PDF).