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D-Index
41
Citations
11627
World Ranking
5695
National Ranking
609

David C. Lees 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. Lees sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. Lees 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. Lees sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David C. Lees is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including genetics, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and plant science.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum focused primarily on Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant and animal studies, insect resistance and genetics, genetic diversity and population structure, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, as well as insect-plant interactions and control.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David C. Lees include:

  • Douglas Boyes
  • Ian Sims
  • Mark Sterling
  • Maxwell V. L. Barclay
  • Dino J. Martins

The scientist has published papers in various venues, with significant contributions to Wellcome Open Research, the platform with the highest number of their publications. Other notable venues include:

  • Nota Lepidopterologica
  • ZooKeys
  • Zootaxa
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by David C. Lees cover diverse topics and include the following:

  • Variation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Evaluating DNA Barcoding for Species Identification and Discovery in European Gracillariid Moths, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods), 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Land-use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open-land butterflies in Madagascar, 2022, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • The mitogenome of a Malagasy butterfly Malaza fastuosus (Mabille, 1884) recovered from the holotype collected over 140 years ago adds support for a new subfamily of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), 2020, Genome

Best Publications

  • The mid-domain effect: geometric constraints on the geography of species richness.

    Robert.K. Colwell;David C. Lees

  • Model-based uncertainty in species range prediction

    Richard G. Pearson;Wilfried Thuiller;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Enrique Martinez-Meyer

  • Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Erik J. Van Nieukerken;Lauri Kaila;Ian J. Kitching;Niels P. Kristensen

  • Accelerated species inventory on Madagascar using coalescent-based models of species delineation.

    Michael T. Monaghan;Ruth Wild;Ruth Wild;Miranda Elliot;Miranda Elliot;Tomochika Fujisawa

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools

    C. Kremen;A. Cameron;A. Cameron;A. Moilanen;S. J. Phillips

  • Taxon-specific PCR for DNA barcoding arthropod prey in bat faeces

    Matt R. K. Zeale;Roger K. Butlin;Gary L. A. Barker;David C. Lees

  • Madagascar as a model region of species diversification.

    Miguel Vences;Katharina C. Wollenberg;David R. Vieites;David C. Lees;David C. Lees

  • A Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)

    Jerome C. Regier;Charles Mitter;Andreas Zwick;Adam L. Bazinet

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment

    Simon Ferrier;George G.V.N. Powell;Karen K.S. Richardson;Glenn Manion

  • A null model for species richness gradients: bounded range overlap of butterflies and other rainforest endemics in Madagascar

    David C. Lees;Claire Kremen;Lanto Andriamampianina

  • Towards a mitogenomic phylogeny of Lepidoptera.

    Martijn J.T.N. Timmermans;Martijn J.T.N. Timmermans;David C. Lees;Thomas J. Simonsen

  • A method for quantifying biodiversity loss and its application to a 50-year record of deforestation across Madagascar

    Thomas F. Allnutt;Thomas F. Allnutt;Simon Ferrier;Glenn Manion;George V. N. Powell

  • Tracking origins of invasive herbivores through herbaria and archival DNA: the case of the horse‐chestnut leaf miner

    David C Lees;David C Lees;H Walter Lack;Rodolphe Rougerie;Rodolphe Rougerie;Antonio Hernandez-Lopez

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • High mitochondrial diversity in geographically widespread butterflies of Madagascar: A test of the DNA barcoding approach

    Marjorie C. Linares;Iván D. Soto-Calderón;Iván D. Soto-Calderón;David C. Lees;Nicola M. Anthony

  • Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).

    Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland;Jason P.W. Hall;Philip J. DeVries;David C. Lees

  • A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of owlet moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), and examination of the utility of mitochondrial genomes for lepidopteran phylogenetics

    Xiushuai Yang;Stephen L. Cameron;David C. Lees;Dayong Xue

  • Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe

    Alain Roques;Marc Kenis;David Lees;Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde

  • Regular ArticleA null model for species richness gradients: bounded range overlap of butterflies and other rainforest endemics in Madagascar

    David C Lees;Claire Kremen;Lanto Andriamampianina

  • Butterflies of Australia. Their Identification, Biology and Distribution

    David Lees

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alain Roques
Alain Roques INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marc Kenis
Marc Kenis CAB International
Wolfgang Rabitsch
Wolfgang Rabitsch Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Jean-Yves Rasplus
Jean-Yves Rasplus INRA Biology Center for Population Management (CBGP)
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen University of British Columbia
Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu

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