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 Brian W. Van Wilgen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 171 publications — 63rd percentile
63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.
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 Brian W. Van Wilgen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile
81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.
Brian W. Van Wilgen is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions across several related subfields including nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, plant science, ecology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.
Their main topics of work cover a broad range of ecological and environmental issues such as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, African botany and ecology studies, biological control of invasive species, botany and plant ecology studies, and plant and animal studies.
The scientist has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:
Frequent co-authors of Brian W. Van Wilgen include:
Among recent papers, several stand out by title, year, and publication venue:
Sally Archibald;David P. Roy;Brian W. van Wilgen;Robert J. Scholes
Navashni Govender;Winston S. W. Trollope;Brian W. Van Wilgen
D.C Le Maitre;B.W van Wilgen;C.M Gelderblom;C Bailey
Daniel Simberloff;Martín A. Nuñez;Martín A. Nuñez;Nicolas J. Ledgard;Anibal Pauchard
D. C. le Maitre;B. W. van Wilgen;R. A. Chapman;D. H. McKelly
B.W. van Wilgen;D.M. Richardson;D.C. Le Maitre;C. Marais
B.W. Van Wilgen;N. Govender;H.C. Biggs;D. Ntsala
B.W. van Wilgen;B. Reyers;D.C. Le Maitre;D.M. Richardson
J. L. Nel;D. M. Richardson;M. Rouget;T. N. Mgidi
B. W. van Wilgen;D. M. Richardson
B.W van Wilgen;D.C Le Maitre;R.M Cowling
H. C. Eckhardt;B. W. van Wilgen;H. C. Biggs
Brian W. van Wilgen;Richard M. Cowling;Chris J. Burgers
B.H. Brockett;H.C. Biggs;B.W. van Wilgen
G F Midgley;R A Chapman;B Hewitson;P Johnston
Brian W. Van Wilgen;Gregory G. Forsyth;Helen Margaret De Klerk;Sonali Das
BW Van Wilgen;MP De Wit;HJ Anderson;David C Le Maitre
A. H. M. Gorgens;B. W. Van Wilgen
Martin Andres Nuñez;Mariana Cecilia Chiuffo;Agostina Torres;Thomas Paul
B. W. van Wilgen;H. C. Biggs;S. P. O'Regan;N. Marè
DG Allan;JA Harrison;RA Navarro;BW Van Wilgen
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