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Colin R. Townsend

Colin R. Townsend

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Ecology and Evolution
New Zealand
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
99
Citations
56122
World Ranking
283
National Ranking
3

Colin R. Townsend 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 Colin R. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 238 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Colin R. Townsend 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 Colin R. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Colin R. Townsend is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the study of plant science, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and behavior and systematics within ecology.

Their main topics of work include marine biology and ecology research, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis.

Recent publications from Colin R. Townsend include:

  • The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects, 2023, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Substrate size modifies stream grazer-biofilm interactions in the presence of invertivorous fish, 2022, Ecology
  • John Lander Harper. 27 May 1925-22 March 2009, 2021, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Frequent co-authors working with Colin R. Townsend include Afroditi Grigoropoulou, Suhaila Ab Hamid, Raúl Acosta, Emmanuel O. Akindele, and Salman Abdo Al-Shami.

The most regular publication venues for their work are Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ecology, and Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.

Colin R. Townsend was awarded the fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Ecology: Individuals Populations and Communities

    Michael Begon;John L. Harper;Colin R. Townsend

  • Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

    Aulay MacKenzie;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

  • Species traits in relation to a habitat templet for river systems

    Colin R. Townsend;Alan G. Hildrew

  • The Patch Dynamics Concept of Stream Community Ecology

    Colin R. Townsend

  • Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems

    Stephen James Ormerod;M. Dobson;A. G. Hildrew;C. R. Townsend

  • The intermediate disturbance hypothesis, refugia, and biodiversity in streams

    Colin R. Townsend;Mike R. Scarsbrook;Sylvain Dolédec

  • Essentials of Ecology

    Colin R. Townsend;Michael Begon;John L. Harper

  • Reconceptualizing synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors

    Jeremy J. Piggott;Colin R. Townsend;Christoph D. Matthaei

  • Ecología: individuos, poblaciones y comunidades

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Organic matter breakdown and ecosystem metabolism: functional indicators for assessing river ecosystem health

    Roger G. Young;Christoph D. Matthaei;Colin R. Townsend

  • Parasite spillback: A neglected concept in invasion ecology?

    D. W. Kelly;R. A. Paterson;C. R. Townsend;R. Poulin

  • Species traits in relation to temporal and spatial heterogeneity in streams: a test of habitat templet theory

    Colin Townsend;Sylvain Dolédec;Mike Scarsbrook

  • Impacts of freshwater invaders at different levels of ecological organisation, with emphasis on salmonids and ecosystem consequences

    Kevin S. Simon;Colin R. Townsend

  • Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th edition

    Michael. Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • FLOOD DISTURBANCE REGIMES INFLUENCE RAINBOW TROUT INVASION SUCCESS AMONG FIVE HOLARCTIC REGIONS

    Kurt D. Fausch;Yoshinori Taniguchi;Shigeru Nakano;Gary D. Grossman

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities

    Eldon H. Franz;Michael Begon;John L. Harper;Colin R. Townsend

  • A truce with neutral theory: local deterministic factors, species traits and dispersal limitation together determine patterns of diversity in stream invertebrates

    Ross Thompson;Colin Townsend

  • Invasion biology and ecological impacts of brown trout Salmo trutta in New Zealand

    Colin R. Townsend

  • Field Experiments on the Drifting, Colonization and Continuous Redistribution of Stream Benthos

    Colin R. Townsend;Alan G. Hildrew

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities, 3rd edn.

    A. J. Willis;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Begon
Michael Begon University of Liverpool
John L. Harper
John L. Harper University of Oxford
Christoph D. Matthaei
Christoph D. Matthaei University of Otago
Alan G. Hildrew
Alan G. Hildrew Queen Mary University of London
Ross M. Thompson
Ross M. Thompson University of Canberra
Todd A. Crowl
Todd A. Crowl Florida International University
Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Robert W. Howarth
Robert W. Howarth Cornell University
Daniel M. Tompkins
Daniel M. Tompkins Landcare Research
Sylvain Dolédec
Sylvain Dolédec Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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