2026 Andrew M. Liebhold: 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	93	393	372	2	2	405	35869

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Czechia Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew M. Liebhold is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on ecology and insect science. Liebhold's academic contributions span various subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these areas, the subfields Liebhold has contributed to most are:

Ecology
Insect Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecological Modeling

Liebhold's work covers significant topics such as:

Forest Insect Ecology and Management
Plant and animal studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Insect and Pesticide Research
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

Ecological Applications
NeoBiota
Biological Invasions
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Diversity and Distributions

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrew M. Liebhold include:

"Scientists' warning on invasive alien species" (2020), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
"Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050" (2020), Global Change Biology
"Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment" (2020), Global Change Biology
"Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change" (2020), Environmental Reviews
"Worldwide border interceptions provide a window into human-mediated global insect movement" (2021), Ecological Applications

Liebhold collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Their frequent co-authors include:

Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Rebecca M. Turner
Cléo Bertelsmeier
Takehiko Yamanaka
Helen F. Nahrung

Andrew M. Liebhold has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

2531
Citations
Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

1956
Citations
Spatial Synchrony in Population Dynamics

Andrew Liebhold;Walter D. Koenig;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

1035
Citations
Invasion by Exotic Forest Pests: A Threat to Forest Ecosystems

Andrew M. Liebhold;William L. MacDonald;Dale Bergdahl;Victor C. Mastro

770
Citations
Population ecology of insect invasions and their management

Andrew M. Liebhold;Patrick C. Tobin

732
Citations
Economic impacts of non-native forest insects in the continental United States.

Juliann E. Aukema;Brian Leung;Kent Kovacs;Corey Chivers

688
Citations
Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

675
Citations
Live plant imports: the major pathway for forest insect and pathogen invasions of the US

Andrew M Liebhold;Eckehard G Brockerhoff;Lynn J Garrett;Jennifer L Parke

673
Citations
Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

672
Citations
Geostatistics and Geographic Information Systems in Applied Insect Ecology

A. M. Liebhold;R. E. Rossi;W. P. Kemp

669
Citations
The evidence for Allee effects

Andrew M. Kramer;Brian Dennis;Andrew M. Liebhold;John M. Drake

620
Citations
Illustrations and guidelines for selecting statistical methods for quantifying spatial pattern in ecological data

J. N. Perry;A. M. Liebhold;M. S. Rosenberg;J. Dungan

612
Citations
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF GYPSY MOTH IN NORTH AMERICA

J. S. Elkinton;A. M. Liebhold

602
Citations
Cost of potential emerald ash borer damage in U.S communities, 2009-2019

Kent F. Kovacs;Robert G. Haight;Deborah G. McCullough;Rodrigo J. Mercader

575
Citations
The Relationship Between Trees and Human Health Evidence from the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer

Geoffrey H. Donovan;David T. Butry;Yvonne L. Michael;Jeffrey P. Prestemon

533
Citations
Historical Accumulation of Nonindigenous Forest Pests in the Continental United States

Juliann E. Aukema;Deborah G. McCullough;Betsy Von Holle;Andrew M. Liebhold

530
Citations
Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

Anthony Ricciardi;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;James T. Carlton;Jaimie T.A. Dick

458
Citations
Gypsy moth invasion in North America: a quantitative analysis

Andrew M. Liebhold;Joel A. Halverson;Gregory A. Elmes

407
Citations
Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options.

Gary M. Lovett;Marissa S. Weiss;Andrew M. Liebhold;Thomas P. Holmes

406
Citations
The Allee effect, stochastic dynamics and the eradication of alien species

Andrew Liebhold;Jordi Bascompte

388
Citations
Cost of potential emerald ash borer damage in U.S

Kent F. Kovacs;Robert G. Haight;Andrew M. Liebhold;Deborah G. McCullough

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University

Deborah G. McCullough Michigan State University

Eckehard G. Brockerhoff Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Patrick C. Tobin University of Washington

Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge

Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin

Joseph S. Elkinton University of Massachusetts Amherst

Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences

Tim M. Blackburn University College London

Walter D. Koenig University of California, Berkeley

External Links

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