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Daniel C. Laughlin 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 Daniel C. Laughlin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 155 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Daniel C. Laughlin 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 Daniel C. Laughlin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Daniel C. Laughlin is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, they have a significant focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Daniel C. Laughlin has contributed to several recent papers. Notable publications include:

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants (2020, Science Advances)
  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective (2021, New Phytologist)
  • The Net Effect of Functional Traits on Fitness (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Global root traits (GRooT) database (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Grégoire T. Freschet
  • Jens Kattge
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Joana Bergmann
  • Alexandra Weigelt

The scientist publishes often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology
  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

    Jennifer L. Funk;Julie E. Larson;Gregory M. Ames;Bradley J. Butterfield

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

    Kris R. Kramer-Walter;Peter J. Bellingham;Timothy R. Millar;Rob D. Smissen

  • Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration.

    Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

    Sarah Greenwood;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Jordi Martínez-Vilalta;Francisco Lloret

  • Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology.

    Bill Shipley;Francesco De Bello;Francesco De Bello;J. Hans C. Cornelissen;Etienne Laliberté

  • The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

    Daniel C. Laughlin

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective

    Alexandra Weigelt;Liesje Mommer;Karl Andraczek;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Julie Messier

  • A predictive model of community assembly that incorporates intraspecific trait variation.

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Chaitanya Joshi;Peter M. van Bodegom;Zachary A. Bastow

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

    Ethan E. Butler;Abhirup Datta;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Ming Chen

  • A multi-trait test of the leaf-height-seed plant strategy scheme with 133 species from a pine forest flora

    Daniel C. Laughlin;Jessica J. Leppert;Margaret M. Moore;Carolyn Hull Sieg

  • A methodology to derive global maps of leaf traits using remote sensing and climate data

    Alvaro Moreno-Martinez;Gustau Camps-Valls;Jens Kattge;Nathaniel P. Robinson

  • Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science

    Lars A. Brudvig;Rebecca S. Barak;Jonathan T. Bauer;T. Trevor Caughlin

  • Soil fertility induces coordinated responses of multiple independent functional traits

    Melissa M. Jager;Sarah J. Richardson;Peter J. Bellingham;Michael J. Clearwater

  • Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

    Daniel C. Laughlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret M. Moore
Margaret M. Moore Northern Arizona University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Christopher H. Lusk
Christopher H. Lusk University of Waikato
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Bill Shipley
Bill Shipley Université de Sherbrooke
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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