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39
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6363
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6359
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2160

Andrew M. Latimer publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew M. Latimer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Andrew M. Latimer D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew M. Latimer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew M. Latimer is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling as key subfields.

Their scientific contributions span several main topics, including:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Forest ecology and management

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Nature Communications
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecological Applications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers by Andrew M. Latimer highlight a range of ecological and environmental topics. Some of these include:

  • "Local forest structure variability increases resilience to wildfire in dry western U.S. coniferous forests" (2020) published in Ecology Letters
  • "Nonlinear shifts in infectious rust disease due to climate change" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Cross-scale interaction of host tree size and climatic water deficit governs bark beetle-induced tree mortality" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity" (2020) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Invasive species interact with climatic variability to reduce success of natives" (2020) published in Ecology

Andrew M. Latimer collaborates frequently with a number of researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Derek J. N. Young
  • Hugh D. Safford
  • Malcolm P. North
  • Adrian J. Das
  • Joan Dudney

Best Publications

  • Long-term climate and competition explain forest mortality patterns under extreme drought.

    Derek J. N. Young;Jens T. Stevens;J. Mason Earles;Jeffrey Moore

  • Building Statistical Models To Analyze Species Distributions

    Andrew M. Latimer;Shanshan Wu;Alan E. Gelfand;John A. Silander

  • Monitoring plant functional diversity from space

    Walter Jetz;Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Ryan Pavlick;David Schimel

  • Erratum: Monitoring plant functional diversity from space

    Walter Jetz;Jeannine Cavender-Bares;Ryan Pavlick;David Schimel

  • Convergent evolution of seed dispersal by ants, and phylogeny and biogeography in flowering plants: A global survey

    Szabolcs Lengyel;Szabolcs Lengyel;Aaron D. Gove;Andrew M. Latimer;Jonathan D. Majer

  • Ants sow the seeds of global diversification in flowering plants.

    Szabolcs Lengyel;Szabolcs Lengyel;Aaron D. Gove;Andrew M. Latimer;Jonathan D. Majer

  • Fuel treatment effectiveness in California yellow pine and mixed conifer forests

    H. D. Safford;H. D. Safford;J. T. Stevens;K. Merriam;M. D. Meyer

  • On using integral projection models to generate demographically driven predictions of species' distributions: development and validation using sparse data

    Cory Merow;Cory Merow;Andrew M. Latimer;Adam M. Wilson;Sean M. McMahon

  • Modelling species diversity through species level hierarchical modelling

    Alan E. Gelfand;Alexandra M. Schmidt;Shanshan Wu;John A. Silander

  • Hierarchical models facilitate spatial analysis of large data sets: a case study on invasive plant species in the northeastern United States.

    A. M. Latimer;S. Banerjee;H. Sang;E. S. Mosher

  • Tamm Review: Reforestation for resilience in dry western U.S. forests

    Malcolm P. North;Malcolm P. North;Jens T. Stevens;Jens T. Stevens;David F. Greene;Michelle Coppoletta

  • Explaining Species Distribution Patterns through Hierarchical Modeling

    Alan E. Gelfand;John A. Silander;Shanshan Wu;Andrew Latimer

  • Neutral Ecological Theory Reveals Isolation and Rapid Speciation in a Biodiversity Hot Spot

    Andrew M. Latimer;Andrew M. Latimer;John A. Silander;John A. Silander;Richard M. Cowling;Richard M. Cowling

  • Invasive plants and their ecological strategies: prediction and explanation of woody plant invasion in New England

    Patrick M. Herron;Christopher T. Martine;Andrew M. Latimer;Stacey A. Leicht-Young

  • Forest disturbance accelerates thermophilization of understory plant communities

    Jens T. Stevens;Hugh D. Safford;Hugh D. Safford;Susan Harrison;Andrew M. Latimer

  • Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions: Opportunities and challenges

    Colin J. Yates;Jane Elith;Andrew M. Latimer;David Le Maitre

  • Point pattern modelling for degraded presence-only data over large regions

    Avishek Chakraborty;Alan E. Gelfand;Adam M. Wilson;Andrew M. Latimer

  • Local forest structure variability increases resilience to wildfire in dry western U.S. coniferous forests

    Michael J. Koontz;Michael J. Koontz;Malcolm P. North;Malcolm P. North;Chhaya M. Werner;Stephen E. Fick;Stephen E. Fick

  • Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing.

    Phoebe L. Zarnetske;Quentin D. Read;Sydne Record;Keith D. Gaddis

  • The role of land-use history in major invasions by woody plant species in the northeastern North American landscape

    Eric S. Mosher;John A. Silander;Andrew M. Latimer

  • Comparative performance of invasive and native Celastrus species across environmental gradients

    Stacey A. Leicht-Young;John A. Silander;Andrew M. Latimer

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Silander
John A. Silander University of Connecticut
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Malcolm P. North
Malcolm P. North US Forest Service
Alan E. Gelfand
Alan E. Gelfand Duke University
Susan Harrison
Susan Harrison University of California, Davis
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Anthony G. Rebelo
Anthony G. Rebelo South African National Biodiversity Institute
Cory Merow
Cory Merow University of Connecticut
Susan L. Ustin
Susan L. Ustin University of California, Davis
Scott V. Ollinger
Scott V. Ollinger University of New Hampshire

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