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ecosistema forestal
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En los últimos años el estudio del muérdago ha presentado un notable incremento, centrándose en sus propiedades medicinales. Sin embargo, esto ha dejado un vacío en el impacto fitosanitario que representa en los ecosistemas forestales. En este trabajo se analizaron diferentes parámetros bibliométricos para caracterizar la investigación publicada sobre muérdago entre 2004 y 2025 a nivel global. Este periodo se estableció debido a los avances tecnológicos y alteraciones climatológicas ocurridos en la última década. Se utilizaron 2 bases de datos: una integrada por 253 artículos de Web of Science y otra base de datos de 104 artículos referentes a temas forestales obtenidos de Scopus, PubMed, Lens.org y Google Scholar. Los resultados muestran que las especies de muérdago más estudiadas fueron Viscum, Phoradendron y Arceuthobium, típicas de ecosistemas templados, mientras que el hospedero más mencionado fue Pinus sylvetris L. Los países con mayor producción científica fueron Estados Unidos, México y Brasil. El 48.9 % de los estudios analizados se enfocó en ciencias de las plantas, el 22.8 % en temas de ciencias forestales, el 4.3 % en farmacología y el 4.1 % en medicina integrativa y complementaria. Se concluye que la investigación sobre el muérdago en ecosistemas forestales sigue siendo limitada y que hace falta integrar nuevas tecnologías en futuras investigaciones. Además, los estudios existentes se centran en géneros de zonas templadas y deja poco exploradas las especies de ecosistemas subtropicales o áridos. Esto representa un área de oportunidad para futuras investigaciones.
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