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Darren M. Evans

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5867
World Ranking
6144
National Ranking
647

Darren M. Evans publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Darren M. Evans 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 Darren M. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Darren M. Evans is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to insect ecology, ecological networks, and the impacts of environmental changes.

  • "Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle" (2020), published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Overcoming the pitfalls of merging dietary metabarcoding into ecological networks" (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Using ecological networks to answer questions in global biogeography and ecology" (2022), published in Journal of Biogeography
  • "Investigating the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in UK agro-ecosystems: An application of the DPSIR framework" (2021), published in Land Use Policy

Evans's work touches on key topics including plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant parasitism and resistance, as well as wildlife ecology and conservation.

Frequent co-authors in Evans's research include Jordan P. Cuff, Fredric M. Windsor, James J. N. Kitson, Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, and Lesley T. Lancaster.

The scientist has published multiple articles in several venues, with a notable presence in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 7 publications
  • Journal of Animal Ecology - 6 publications
  • Agricultural and Forest Entomology - 4 publications
  • Journal of Applied Ecology - 3 publications
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences - 3 publications

Best Publications

  • The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks.

    Michael J. O. Pocock;Darren M. Evans;Jane Memmott

  • Pollination by nocturnal Lepidoptera, and the effects of light pollution: a review

    Callum J. Macgregor;Callum J. Macgregor;Michael J. O. Pocock;Richard Fox;Darren M. Evans

  • Ecological genetics of invasive alien species

    L.-J Lawson Handley;A. Estoup;D. M Evans;C. E Thomas

  • The effects of livestock grazing on foliar arthropods associated with bird diet in upland grasslands of Scotland

    Peter Dennis;John Skartveit;David I. McCracken;Robin J. Pakeman

  • Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus Fuscus).

    Nanette Verboven;Pat Monaghan;Darren M. Evans;Hubert Schwabl

  • The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport.

    Callum J. Macgregor;Darren M. Evans;Darren M. Evans;Richard Fox;Michael J. O. Pocock

  • Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems

    Darren M. Evans;Darren M. Evans;James J. N. Kitson;David H. Lunt;Nigel A. Straw

  • The robustness of a network of ecological networks to habitat loss

    Darren M. Evans;Michael J. O. Pocock;Jane Memmott

  • Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle

    Douglas H. Boyes;Douglas H. Boyes;Darren M. Evans;Richard Fox;Mark S. Parsons

  • To graze or not to graze? Sheep, voles, forestry and nature conservation in the British uplands

    Darren M. Evans;Stephen M. Redpath;David A. Elston;Sharon A. Evans

  • Low intensity, mixed livestock grazing improves the breeding abundance of a common insectivorous passerine

    Darren M Evans;Stephen M Redpath;Sharon A Evans;David A Elston

  • Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations

    Douglas H. Boyes;Douglas H. Boyes;Darren M. Evans;Richard Fox;Mark S. Parsons

  • Networking Agroecology: Integrating the Diversity of Agroecosystem Interactions

    David A. Bohan;Alan Raybould;Christian Mulder;Guy Woodward

  • The cascading impacts of livestock grazing in upland ecosystems : a 10-year experiment

    Darren M. Evans;Nacho Villar;Nacho Villar;Nick A. Littlewood;Robin J. Pakeman

  • Detecting host–parasitoid interactions in an invasive Lepidopteran using nested tagging DNA metabarcoding

    James J. N. Kitson;James J. N. Kitson;Christoph Hahn;Christoph Hahn;Richard J. Sands;Nigel A. Straw

  • The success of the horse-chestnut leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella, in the UK revealed with hypothesis-led citizen science.

    Michael J. O. Pocock;Darren M. Evans

  • Biomonitoring for the 21st Century: Integrating Next-Generation Sequencing Into Ecological Network Analysis

    Stéphane A.P. Derocles;David A. Bohan;Alex J. Dumbrell;James J.N. Kitson

  • Adaptive Networks for Restoration Ecology

    Rafael L.G. Raimundo;Rafael L.G. Raimundo;Paulo R. Guimarães;Darren M. Evans

  • Hunting disturbance on a large shallow lake: the effectiveness of waterfowl refuges

    Darren M. Evans;Keith R. Day

  • Using ecological networks to answer questions in global biogeography and ecology

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  • Molecular analysis reveals high compartmentalization in aphid-primary parasitoid networks and low parasitoid sharing between crop and noncrop habitats.

    Stephane A. P. Derocles;Stephane A. P. Derocles;Anne Le Ralec;Mathilde M. Besson;Marion Maret

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Networks Vary throughout the Growing Season and between Successional Stages

    Alison Elizabeth Bennett;Tim John Daniell;Maarja Öpik;John Davison

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. O. Pocock
Michael J. O. Pocock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen
Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
Robin J. Pakeman
Robin J. Pakeman James Hutton Institute
Res Altwegg
Res Altwegg University of Cape Town
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
David A. Elston
David A. Elston James Hutton Institute
Matthew E. Gompper
Matthew E. Gompper New Mexico State University
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Jane Memmott
Jane Memmott University of Bristol

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