2026 Andrew Gonzalez: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	83	692	655	40	37	190	45777

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Andrew Gonzalez is affiliated with McGill University in Canada, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work spans a range of topics centered around ecological and environmental dynamics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Plant and animal studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Andrew Gonzalez include:

Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research, 2020, published in Ecology Letters
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application, 2021, published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people, 2022, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Biodiversity-productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions, 2021, published in Nature Climate Change
Life in fluctuating environments, 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent coauthors of Andrew Gonzalez include:

Marie-Josée Fortin
Vincent Fugère
Gregor F. Fussmann
Laura E. Dee
Forest Isbell

The most frequent publication venues for this scientist are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
FACETS

Andrew Gonzalez was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

Bradley J. Cardinale;J. Emmett Duffy;Andrew Gonzalez;David U. Hooper

8449
Citations
The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecology

M. A. Leibold;M. Holyoak;N. Mouquet;N. Mouquet;P. Amarasekare

5892
Citations
Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems

Nick M. Haddad;Lars A. Brudvig;Jean Clobert;Kendi F. Davies

4701
Citations
A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

David U. Hooper;E. Carol Adair;E. Carol Adair;Bradley J. Cardinale;Jarrett E. K. Byrnes

2714
Citations
The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

Bradley J. Cardinale;Kristin L. Matulich;David U. Hooper;Jarrett E. Byrnes

1524
Citations
Biodiversity as spatial insurance in heterogeneous landscapes

Michel Loreau;Nicolas Mouquet;Andrew Gonzalez

1083
Citations
Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

Forest Isbell;Andrew Gonzalez;Michael Loreau;Jane Cowles

760
Citations
Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity

Robert J. Fletcher;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Cristina Banks-Leite;Jos Barlow

758
Citations
Evolutionary rescue can prevent extinction following environmental change.

Graham Bell;Andrew Gonzalez

662
Citations
The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages.

Shane A. Blowes;Sarah R. Supp;Laura H. Antao;Laura H. Antao;Laura H. Antao;Amanda Bates

615
Citations
Metapopulation Dynamics, Abundance, and Distribution in a Microecosystem

A. Gonzalez;J. H. Lawton;F. S. Gilbert;T. M. Blackburn

605
Citations
The Causes and Consequences of Compensatory Dynamics in Ecological Communities

Andrew Gonzalez;Michel Loreau

572
Citations
Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity

Robert I. McDonald;Andressa V. Mansur;Fernando Ascensão;Fernando Ascensão;M’lisa Colbert

536
Citations
Linking Landscape Connectivity and Ecosystem Service Provision: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps

Matthew G. E. Mitchell;Elena M. Bennett;Andrew Gonzalez

498
Citations
Evolutionary rescue: an emerging focus at the intersection between ecology and evolution

Andrew Gonzalez;Ophélie Ronce;Regis Ferriere;Regis Ferriere;Michael E. Hochberg;Michael E. Hochberg

495
Citations
Are natural microcosms useful model systems for ecology

Diane S. Srivastava;Jurek Kolasa;Jan Bengtsson;Andrew Gonzalez

485
Citations
Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Current Uncertainties and the Necessary Next Steps

Patricia Balvanera;Ilyas Siddique;Laura Dee;Alain Paquette

476
Citations
Adaptation and Evolutionary Rescue in Metapopulations Experiencing Environmental Deterioration

Graham Bell;Andrew Gonzalez

436
Citations
Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research.

Andrew Gonzalez;Rachel M. Germain;Diane S. Srivastava;Elise Filotas

429
Citations
Species richness and the temporal stability of biomass production: A new analysis of recent biodiversity experiments

Kevin Gross;Bradley J. Cardinale;Jeremy W. Fox;Andrew Gonzalez

427
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Loreau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Gregor F. Fussmann McGill University

Mary I. O'Connor University of British Columbia

Elena M. Bennett McGill University

Forest Isbell University of Minnesota

Bradley J. Cardinale Pennsylvania State University

Graham Bell McGill University

Beatrix E. Beisner University of Quebec at Montreal

Cécile H. Albert Aix-Marseille University

Martin J. Lechowicz McGill University

External Links

Personal website of Andrew Gonzalez

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