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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
121
Citations
71420
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
36

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew P. Dobson is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans the Social Sciences with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Geography, Planning and Development, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in Dobson's work include:

  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems

Dobson has published articles in notable venues such as the European Journal of Social Theory and the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. Among recent papers are:

  • "Emancipation in the Anthropocene: Taking the dialectic seriously," published in 2021 by the European Journal of Social Theory
  • "Resolution of Respect Robert M. May (1936-2020)," published in 2020 by the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Frequent collaborators include H. C. J. Godfray, Simon A. Levin, Stephen W. Pacala, Daniel I. Rubenstein, and Jon Seger.

Throughout their career, Dobson has received recognition including the Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) award in 2016 and the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change

    David Tilman;Joseph Fargione;Brian Wolff;Carla D'Antonio

  • Climate Warming and Disease Risks for Terrestrial and Marine Biota

    C. Drew Harvell;Charles E. Mitchell;Charles E. Mitchell;Jessica R. Ward;Sonia Altizer;Sonia Altizer

  • Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

    Felicia Keesing;Lisa K. Belden;Peter Daszak;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases.

    Sonia Altizer;Andrew Dobson;Parviez Hosseini;Peter Hudson

  • Introduced species and their missing parasites

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Valerie J. McKenzie

  • Trade-offs across Space, Time, and Ecosystem Services

    Jon Paul Rodríguez;T. Douglas Beard;Elena M. Bennett;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology

    Andy P. Dobson;A. D. Bradshaw;A. J. M. Baker

  • Projected impacts of climate and land-use change on the global diversity of birds.

    Walter Jetz;David S Wilcove;Andrew P Dobson

  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites

    Peter John Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • Prevention of Population Cycles by Parasite Removal

    Peter J. Hudson;Andrew P. Dobson;Dave Newborn

  • Ecology of zoonoses: natural and unnatural histories

    William B Karesh;William B Karesh;William B Karesh;Andy P. Dobson;Andy P. Dobson;James O Lloyd-Smith;James O Lloyd-Smith;Juan Lubroth

  • Parasites dominate food web links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Armand M. Kuris

  • Ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations

    B. T. Grenfell;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integrating Theory and Empirical Studies

    Sonia Altizer;Charles L. Nunn;Peter H. Thrall;John L. Gittleman

  • Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts?

    Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Geographic Distribution of Endangered Species in the United States

    A. P. Dobson;J. P. Rodriguez;W. M. Roberts;D. S. Wilcove

  • Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

    William J. Sutherland;Rosalind Aveling;Thomas M. Brooks;Mick Clout

  • Ecology of wildlife diseases

    P.J. Hudson;A.P. Rizzoli;B.T. Grenfell;J.A.P. Heesterbeek

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Mercedes Pascual
Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Armand M. Kuris
Armand M. Kuris University of California, Santa Barbara
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Susan J. Kutz
Susan J. Kutz University of Calgary
Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow

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