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Aníbal Pauchard

Aníbal Pauchard

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Ecology and Evolution
Chile
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
16622
World Ranking
1783
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2018 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Disturbance is the key to plant invasions in cold environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113:14061–14066.

Overview

Aníbal Pauchard is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing to 143 and 54 publications respectively. Within these broad fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Pauchard's research include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

Pauchard has coauthored work with several frequent collaborators. Notable coauthors include Martín A. Núñez, Franz Essl, Helen E. Roy, Philip E. Hulme, and Jonas J. Lembrechts.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to NeoBiota, Biological Invasions, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Aníbal Pauchard are the following:

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species (2020), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment (2020), Global Change Biology
  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity (2022), Nature Communications
  • Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts (2020), NeoBiota
  • Making ecology really global (2021), Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Aníbal Pauchard received the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2018. The award citation highlights work related to disturbance as a key factor in plant invasions in cold environments, as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

Best Publications

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

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

  • Multiple effects of urbanization on the biodiversity of developing countries: the case of a fast-growing metropolitan area (Concepción, Chile).

    Aníbal Pauchard;Mauricio Aguayo;Eduardo Peña;Roberto Urrutia

  • Influence of Elevation, Land Use, and Landscape Context on Patterns of Alien Plant Invasions along Roadsides in Protected Areas of South-Central Chile

    Aníbal Pauchard;Paul B. Alaback

  • Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

    Aníbal Pauchard;Christoph Kueffer;Hansjörg Dietz;Curtis C Daehler

  • Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration

    David C. Le Maitre;Mirijam Gaertner;Elizabete Marchante;Emilie Jane Ens

  • Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Loïc Chalmandrier;Jonathan Lenoir;Treena I. Burgess

  • Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Chile

    Roberto Rodriguez;Clodomiro Marticorena;Diego Alarcón;Diego Alarcón;Carlos Baeza

  • Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering

    Jake M. Alexander;Christoph Kueffer;Curtis C. Daehler;Peter J. Edwards

  • Spread and impact of introduced conifers in South America: Lessons from other southern hemisphere regions

    Daniel Simberloff;Martín A. Nuñez;Martín A. Nuñez;Nicolas J. Ledgard;Anibal Pauchard

  • Integrating the study of non-native plant invasions across spatial scales

    Aníbal Pauchard;Katriona Shea

  • Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world

    Christian A. Kull;Charlie M. Shackleton;Peter J. Cunningham;Catherine Ducatillon

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Cambio del uso del suelo en el centro sur de Chile a fines del siglo XX. Entendiendo la dinámica espacial y temporal del paisaje

    Mauricio Aguayo;Aníbal Pauchard;Gerardo Azócar;Oscar Parra

  • Biological invasions in developing and developed countries: does one model fit all?

    Martin A. Nunez;Anibal Pauchard

  • Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Curtis Daehler

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment.

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner;Sven Bacher;Sarah Bailey

  • Nurse effect of the native cushion plant Azorella monantha on the invasive non-native Taraxacum officinale in the high-Andes of central chile

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Constanza L. Quiroz;Marco A. Molina-Montenegro;Alejandro A. Muñoz

  • A Conceptual Framework for Range-Expanding Species that Track Human-Induced Environmental Change

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Stefan Dullinger;Piero Genovesi;Philip E Hulme

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Tree invasions: patterns, processes, challenges and opportunities

    David M. Richardson;Cang Hui;Martin Andres Nuñez;Aníbal Pauchard

  • • Protected Areas in Chile: History, Current Status, and Challenges

    Aníbal Pauchard;Pablo Villarroel

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Lohengrin A. Cavieres
Lohengrin A. Cavieres University of Concepción
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Sylvia Haider
Sylvia Haider Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Ann Milbau
Ann Milbau Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew Montana State University
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin

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