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D-Index
35
Citations
4862
World Ranking
7358
National Ranking
86

Anton Pauw 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 Anton Pauw sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anton Pauw 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 Anton Pauw sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Anton Pauw is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa and has focused their research on topics mostly within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Molecular Biology; and Insect Science.

Their main research interests cover a range of topics such as Plant and animal studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Reproductive Biology, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Anton Pauw has contributed to a number of scientific publications. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines, 2021, Science Advances
  • Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Pollination structures plant and nectar-feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: Implications for the conservation of plant-bird mutualisms, 2020, Ecological Research
  • Nectar gardens on school grounds reconnect plants, birds and people, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • The least effective pollinator principle: specialized morphology despite generalized ecology, 2020, Plant Biology

Pauw's research is frequently published in journals such as Plant Biology, Oecologia, Science Advances, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, and Functional Ecology.

They have collaborated often with several coauthors, including Alexander Neu, Huw Cooksley, Karen J. Esler, Francois Roets, and Frank M. Schurr, each with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification

    Marcelo Adrian Aizen;Sebastián Aguiar;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi

  • FLIES AND FLOWERS IN DARWIN'S RACE

    Anton Pauw;Jaco Stofberg;Richard J. Waterman

  • Collapse of a pollination web in small conservation areas

    Anton Pauw

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence

    Richard J. Waterman;Martin I. Bidartondo;Jaco Stofberg;Julie K. Combs

  • Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: Important mediator of invasiveness?

    Michelle R. Gibson;David M. Richardson;Elizabete Marchante;Hélia Marchante;Hélia Marchante

  • Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines.

    James G. Rodger;James G. Rodger;Joanne M. Bennett;Joanne M. Bennett;Mialy Razanajatovo;Tiffany M. Knight;Tiffany M. Knight

  • Floral syndromes accurately predict pollination by a specialized oil-collecting bee (Rediviva peringueyi, Melittidae) in a guild of South African orchids (Coryciinae).

    Anton Pauw

  • Can pollination niches facilitate plant coexistence

    Anton Pauw

  • Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species

    Julia Osterman;Julia Osterman;Marcelo A. Aizen;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Jordi Bosch

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • Rodent pollination in the African lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae).

    Steven D. Johnson;Anton Pauw;Jeremy Midgley

  • Urbanization Drives a Reduction in Functional Diversity in a Guild of Nectar-feeding Birds

    Anton Pauw;Kirsten Louw

  • Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants

    Anton Pauw;Julie A. Hawkins

  • Hyper-specialization for long-billed bird pollination in a guild of South African plants: the Malachite Sunbird pollination syndrome

    S. Geerts;A. Pauw

  • Can floral traits predict an invasive plant's impact on native plant–pollinator communities?

    Michelle R. Gibson;David M. Richardson;Anton Pauw

  • Pollen transfer on birds' tongues

    Anton Pauw

  • African sunbirds hover to pollinate an invasive hummingbird-pollinated plant

    Sjirk Geerts;Anton Pauw

  • Pollination ecology of the invasive tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca : Comparisons across native and non-native ranges

    Jeff Ollerton;Stella Watts;Shawn Connerty;Julia Lock

  • Mutualisms matter: pollination rate limits the distribution of oil-secreting orchids

    Anton Pauw;William J. Bond

  • Mice pollinate the Pagoda Lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae) — First field observations with photographic documentation of rodent pollination in South Africa

    P. Wester;R. Stanway;A. Pauw

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
Cang Hui
Cang Hui Stellenbosch University
David W. Inouye
David W. Inouye University of Maryland, College Park
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Robert J. Paxton
Robert J. Paxton Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Andrea A. Cocucci
Andrea A. Cocucci National University of Córdoba
Martin Burd
Martin Burd Monash University
Timothy G. Barraclough
Timothy G. Barraclough University of Oxford
Jana C. Vamosi
Jana C. Vamosi University of Calgary
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University

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