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David G. Hole

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
6955
World Ranking
8174
National Ranking
2708

David G. Hole publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 52 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David G. Hole 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 G. Hole sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

David G. Hole is affiliated with Conservation International in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses prominently on global and planetary change, with additional expertise in ecology, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work covers several intertwined topics including conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; land use and ecosystem services; sustainability and climate change governance; coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics; economic and environmental valuation; atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics; and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Notable recent papers authored by David G. Hole include:

  • Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy, 2020, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
  • Nature-dependent people: Mapping human direct use of nature for basic needs across the tropics, 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Patrick R. Roehrdanz
  • Will R. Turner
  • Mark Mulligan
  • Arnout van Soesbergen
  • Rachel Neugarten

The primary venues where David G. Hole publishes research are diverse, featuring several publications in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Research Square, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Does organic farming benefit biodiversity

    D.G. Hole;A.J. Perkins;J.D. Wilson;I.H. Alexander

  • Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change

    Michela Pacifici;Michela Pacifici;Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson;James E. M. Watson

  • Harnessing nature to help people adapt to climate change

    Holly P. Jones;David G. Hole;Erika S. Zavaleta

  • Climate change vulnerability assessment of species

    Wendy B. Foden;Wendy B. Foden;Bruce E. Young;Bruce E. Young;H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Raquel A. Garcia;Raquel A. Garcia

  • Transformative adaptation to climate change for sustainable social-ecological systems

    Giacomo Fedele;Camila I. Donatti;Camila I. Donatti;Celia A. Harvey;Lee Hannah;Lee Hannah

  • Projected impacts of climate change on a continent-wide protected area network

    David G. Hole;David G. Hole;Stephen G. Willis;Deborah J. Pain;Lincoln D. Fishpool

  • Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world

    R. Naidoo;D. Gerkey;D. Hole;A. Pfaff

  • Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

    Allie Goldstein;Will R. Turner;Seth A. Spawn;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira

  • The private sector’s climate change risk and adaptation blind spots

    Allie Goldstein;Will R. Turner;Jillian Gladstone;David G. Hole;David G. Hole;David G. Hole

  • Widespread local house-sparrow extinctions

    David G. Hole;Mark J. Whittingham;Richard B. Bradbury;Guy Q. A. Anderson

  • Mapping global human dependence on marine ecosystems

    Elizabeth R. Selig;Elizabeth R. Selig;Elizabeth R. Selig;David G. Hole;David G. Hole;Edward H. Allison;Edward H. Allison;Katie K. Arkema

  • Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

    Brian Huntley;Phoebe Barnard;Res Altwegg;Lynda Chambers

  • Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

    Monica L. Noon;Allie Goldstein;Juan Carlos Ledezma;Patrick R. Roehrdanz

  • Nature-dependent people: Mapping human direct use of nature for basic needs across the tropics

    Giacomo Fedele;Camila I. Donatti;Camila I. Donatti;Ivan Bornacelly;David G. Hole;David G. Hole

  • Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: implications for ecological forecasting

    L. D. Estes;B. A. Bradley;H. Beukes;D. G. Hole

  • Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy

    Brendan Mackey;Cyril F. Kormos;Heather Keith;Heather Keith;William R. Moomaw

  • A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets.

    Louise Mair;Leon A. Bennun;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Toward a Management Framework for Networks of Protected Areas in the Face of Climate Change

    David G. Hole;David G. Hole;Brian Huntley;Julius Arinaitwe;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets

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  • Climate change: helping nature survive the human response

    Will R. Turner;Bethany A. Bradley;Lyndon D. Estes;David G. Hole

  • Modeling of crop wild relative species identifies areas globally for in situ conservation

    Holly Vincent;Ahmed Amri;Nora P Castañeda-Álvarez;Nora P Castañeda-Álvarez;Hannes Dempewolf

  • Indicators to measure the climate change adaptation outcomes of ecosystem-based adaptation

    Camila I. Donatti;Celia A. Harvey;David Hole;Steven N. Panfil

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under climate change: accounting for uncertainty.

    Robert Bagchi;Mike Crosby;Brian Huntley;David G. Hole

  • Mapping nature's contribution to SDG 6 and implications for other SDGs at policy relevant scales

    Mark Mulligan;Arnout van Soesbergen;Arnout van Soesbergen;David G. Hole;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Evaluating natural infrastructure for flood management within the watersheds of selected global cities

    Kelly Gunnell;Mark Mulligan;Robert Aaron Francis;David G. Hole

  • Publishing trends on climate change vulnerability in the conservation literature reveal a predominant focus on direct impacts and long time‐scales

    Sarah Chapman;Karen Mustin;Anna R. Renwick;Daniel B. Segan;Daniel B. Segan

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Will R. Turner
Will R. Turner Conservation International
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Stephen G. Willis
Stephen G. Willis Durham University
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Lee Hannah
Lee Hannah Conservation International
Celia A. Harvey
Celia A. Harvey Monteverde Institute
Mark Mulligan
Mark Mulligan King's College London
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia

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