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2828
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David C. Culver 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 David C. Culver sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. Culver 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 David C. Culver sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David C. Culver is affiliated with American University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. The scientist's work further specializes in subfields including Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research covers a range of main topics such as subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, karst systems and hydrogeology, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, marine biology and ecology research, marine ecology and invasive species, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, and groundwater and watershed analysis.

David C. Culver has published extensively, with frequent contributions to various scientific journals. The main publication venues include:

  • Diversity
  • Subterranean Biology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David C. Culver include:

  • Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Brazilian cave heritage under siege, 2022, Science
  • Using expert knowledge to support Endangered Species Act decision-making for data-deficient species, 2021, Conservation Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common co-authors are:

  • Tanja Pipan
  • Nadja Zupan Hajna
  • Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič
  • Metka Petrič
  • Matej Blatnik

Best Publications

  • The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats

    David C. Culver;Tanja Pipan

  • Regional Coexistence of Species and Competition between Rare Species.

    Richard Levins;David Culver

  • Cave Life : Evolution and Ecology

    David C. Culver

  • Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves: The Evolution of Gammarus minus

    David C. Culver;Thomas C. Kane;Daniel W. Fong

  • MYRMECOCHORY IN VIOLA: DYNAMICS OF SEED-ANT INTERACTIONS IN SOME WEST VIRGINIA SPECIES

    David C. Culver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • The Guild of Myrmecochores in the Herbaceous Flora of West Virginia Forests

    Andrew J. Beattie;David C. Culver

  • Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems

    Stefano Mammola;Pedro Cardoso;David C Culver;Louis Deharveng

  • Encyclopedia of caves

    William B. White;David C. Culver

  • Vestigialization and Loss of Nonfunctional Characters

    Daniel W. Fong;Thomas C. Kane;David C. Culver

  • Obligate Cave Fauna of the 48 Contiguous United States

    David C. Culver;Lawrence L. Master;Mary C. Christman;Horton H. Hobbs

  • The mid-latitude biodiversity ridge in terrestrial cave fauna

    David C. Culver;Louis Deharveng;Anne Bedos;Julian J. Lewis

  • THE FATE OF VIOLA SEEDS DISPERSED BY ANTS

    David C. Culver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • Directed dispersal: demographic analysis of an ant-seed mutualism

    Frances M. Hanzawa;Andrew J. Beattie;David C. Culver

  • A framework for karst ecohydrology

    Ognjen Bonacci;Tanja Pipan;David C. Culver

  • Shallow Subterranean Habitats: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

    David C. Culver;Tanja Pipan

  • Effects of ant mounds on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns in a Colorado montane meadow

    David C. Culver;Andrew J. Beattie

  • A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE FLOW AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC CARBON IN CAVES

    Kevin S. Simon;T Anja Pipan;David C. Culver

  • ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE CAVE COMMUNITIES I. CAVES AS ISLANDS

    David C. Culver

  • The nest chemistry of two seed-dispersing ant species.

    Andrew J. Beattie;David C. Culver

  • Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems:

    Stefano Mammola;Stefano Mammola;Elena Piano;Pedro Cardoso;Philippe Vernon

  • The relationship between cave biodiversity and available habitat

    Mary C. Christman;David C. Culver

  • Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves

    Thomas C. Kane;David C. Culver;Daniel W. Fong

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Beattie
Andrew J. Beattie Macquarie University
Louis Deharveng
Louis Deharveng French National Museum of Natural History
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)
Boris Sket
Boris Sket University of Ljubljana
Janine Gibert
Janine Gibert Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Cene Fišer
Cene Fišer University of Ljubljana
Pedro Cardoso
Pedro Cardoso University of Lisbon
Christian Griebler
Christian Griebler University of Vienna
Peter Trontelj
Peter Trontelj University of Ljubljana

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