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Ecology and Evolution

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5071
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7573
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Ben C. Scheele 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 Ben C. Scheele sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ben C. Scheele 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 Ben C. Scheele sits on this spectrum.

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11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Ben C. Scheele is affiliated with the Australian National University and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's published work reflects a focus on topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Ben C. Scheele has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • PLoS ONE
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Recent papers include:

  • Impact of 2019-2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019-2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Why We Need to Invest in Large-Scale, Long-Term Monitoring Programs in Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2022, Current Landscape Ecology Reports

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • David B. Lindenmayer
  • John C. Z. Woinarski
  • David Newell
  • Wade Blanchard
  • Stephen T. Garnett

Best Publications

  • Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;Frank Pasmans;Lee F. Skerratt;Lee Berger

  • Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

    Michelle Ward;Ayesha I. T. Tulloch;Ayesha I. T. Tulloch;James Q. Radford;Brooke A. Williams

  • Interventions for Reducing Extinction Risk in Chytridiomycosis-Threatened Amphibians

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;David A. Hunter;Laura Frances Grogan;Lee Berger

  • After the epidemic: Ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries in amphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis

    Ben C. Scheele;Lee F. Skerratt;Laura F. Grogan;David A. Hunter

  • Niche Contractions in Declining Species: Mechanisms and Consequences

    Ben C. Scheele;Claire N. Foster;Samuel C. Banks;David B Lindenmayer

  • Do not publish

    David B Lindenmayer;Ben Scheele

  • The trajectory of dispersal research in conservation biology. Systematic review

    Don A. Driscoll;Sam C. Banks;Philip S. Barton;Karen Ikin

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

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  • Detecting Extinction Risk from Climate Change by IUCN Red List Criteria

    David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Michael Mahony;Harry Hines;Jane Elith

  • How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective.

    Ben C. Scheele;Sarah Legge;D. P. Armstrong;P. Copley

  • Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;David A. Hunter;Lee F. Skerratt;Laura A. Brannelly

  • Why We Need to Invest in Large-Scale, Long-Term Monitoring Programs in Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology

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  • Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country

    Benjamin Scheele;Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;Wade Blanchard;Stephen Garnett

  • Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

    Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;John C.Z. Woinarski;Ben C. Scheele;Stephen T. Garnett

  • Priorities for management of chytridiomycosis in Australia: saving frogs from extinction

    Lee F. Skerratt;Lee F. Skerratt;Lee Berger;Lee Berger;Nick Clemann;Dave A. Hunter

  • How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation

    Natasha M. Robinson;Ben C. Scheele;Sarah Legge;Darren M. Southwell

  • Reservoir-host amplification of disease impact in an endangered amphibian

    Ben C. Scheele;Ben C. Scheele;David A. Hunter;Laura A. Brannelly;Lee F. Skerratt

  • Decline and re-expansion of an amphibian with high prevalence of chytrid fungus

    Ben C. Scheele;Fiorenzo Guarino;William Osborne;David A. Hunter

  • A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems.

    David B Lindenmayer;John Woinarski;Sarah Legge;Sarah Legge;Darren Southwell

  • The response of arboreal marsupials to long‐term changes in forest disturbance

    David B. Lindenmayer;Wade Blanchard;David Blair;Lachlan McBurney

  • Key perspectives on early successional forests subject to stand-replacing disturbances

    David B. Lindenmayer;Martin J. Westgate;Ben C. Scheele;Claire N. Foster

  • Living with the enemy: Facilitating amphibian coexistence with disease

    Benjamin Scheele;Claire Foster;David A. Hunter;David B Lindenmayer

  • Decision‐making for mitigating wildlife diseases: From theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians

    Stefano Canessa;Claudio Bozzuto;Evan H. Campbell Grant;Sam S. Cruickshank

  • Evolution of resistance to chytridiomycosis is associated with a robust early immune response

    Laura F. Grogan;Laura F. Grogan;Laura F. Grogan;Scott D. Cashins;Lee F. Skerratt;Lee Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Lee F. Skerratt
Lee F. Skerratt University of Melbourne
Don A. Driscoll
Don A. Driscoll Deakin University
Lee Berger
Lee Berger University of Melbourne
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Sam C. Banks
Sam C. Banks Charles Darwin University
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
Wade Blanchard
Wade Blanchard Australian National University
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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