2026 David L. A. Gaveau: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	48	4178	4029	179	176	95	10781

Overview

David L. A. Gaveau is affiliated with TheTreeMap in France and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science, with a significant concentration in Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. Their body of work explores key areas including Oil Palm Production and Sustainability, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, as well as topics related to Fire Effects on Ecosystems and Agricultural and Environmental Management.

Gaveau's publications span various high-impact scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include Earth System Science Data, Communications Earth & Environment, Preprints.org, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Nature Plants.

Within their research portfolio, notable papers include:

"The environmental impacts of palm oil in context", 2020, Nature Plants
"High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations", 2021, Earth System Science Data
"Unprecedented fire activity above the Arctic Circle linked to rising temperatures", 2022, Science
"Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices", 2022, PLoS ONE
"Refined burned-area mapping protocol using Sentinel-2 data increases estimate of 2019 Indonesian burning", 2021, Earth System Science Data

Gaveau frequently collaborates with other researchers, most notably with Adrià Descals, Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil, Mohammad Salim, and Serge A. Wich. The number of collaborations reflects ongoing involvement in multi-author research efforts, often intersecting topics of ecology and environmental monitoring.

The scientist's academic focus includes several subfields that enhance their contributions to environmental studies. These subfields are:

Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Forestry
Inorganic Chemistry
Demography

The main research topics associated with Gaveau cover:

Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Coconut Research and Applications
Fire Effects on Ecosystems
Agricultural and Environmental Management
African Botany and Ecology Studies
Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Best Publications

Trees, forests and water : Cool insights for a hot world

David Ellison;Cindy E. Morris;Cindy E. Morris;Bruno Locatelli;Douglas Sheil

1181
Citations
Four decades of forest persistence, clearance and logging on Borneo.

David L. A. Gaveau;Sean Sloan;Elis Molidena;Husna Yaen

579
Citations
Committed carbon emissions, deforestation, and community land conversion from oil palm plantation expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Kimberly M. Carlson;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Dessy Ratnasari;Alice M. Pittman;Alice M. Pittman

574
Citations
Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo

David L. A. Gaveau;Douglas Sheil;Husnayaen;Mohammad A. Salim

540
Citations
Fire carbon emissions over maritime southeast Asia in 2015 largest since 1997

V. Huijnen;M. J. Wooster;M. J. Wooster;J. W. Kaiser;D. L. A. Gaveau

444
Citations
Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires.

David L. A. Gaveau;Mohammad A. Salim;Kristell Hergoualc'h;Bruno Locatelli

386
Citations
Quantifying forest above ground carbon content using LiDAR remote sensing

Genevieve Patenaude;R. A. Hill;R. Milne;D. L. A. Gaveau

383
Citations
Evaluating whether protected areas reduce tropical deforestation in Sumatra

David L. A. Gaveau;David L. A. Gaveau;Justin Epting;Owen D. Lyne;Matthew Linkie

375
Citations
The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Kimberly M. Carlson;Eleanor M. Slade

334
Citations
Quantifying canopy height underestimation by laser pulse penetration in small-footprint airborne laser scanning data

David L.A. Gaveau;Ross A Hill

328
Citations
Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

Sean Sloan;Clinton N. Jenkins;Lucas N. Joppa;David L.A. Gaveau

264
Citations
Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks

Jesús Olivero;Julia E. Fa;Julia E. Fa;Raimundo Real;Ana L. Márquez

228
Citations
Three decades of deforestation in southwest Sumatra: Have protected areas halted forest loss and logging, and promoted re-growth?

David L.A. Gaveau;David L.A. Gaveau;Hagnyo Wandono;Firman Setiabudi

203
Citations
Where and how are roads endangering mammals in Southeast Asia's forests?

Gopalasamy Reuben Clements;Antony J Lynam;David Gaveau;Wei Lim Yap

202
Citations
Reconciling forest conservation and logging in Indonesian Borneo

David L. A. Gaveau;Mrigesh Kshatriya;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Sean Sloan

198
Citations
Rise and fall of forest loss and industrial plantations in Borneo (2000–2017)

David L.A. Gaveau;Bruno Locatelli;Mohammad A. Salim;Husna Yaen

189
Citations
High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations

Adrià Descals;Serge Wich;Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;David L. A. Gaveau

188
Citations
People's perceptions about the importance of forests on Borneo.

Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Nicola K. Abram;Jessie A. Wells;Anne-Sophie Pellier

187
Citations
Large-scale mapping of boreal forest in SIBERIA using ERS tandem coherence and JERS backscatter data

Wolfgang Wagner;Adrian Luckman;Jan Vietmeier;Kevin Tansey

184
Citations
Three decades of deforestation in southwest Sumatra: effects of coffee prices, law enforcement and rural poverty

David L.A. Gaveau;David L.A. Gaveau;Matthew Linkie;Suyadi;Patrice Levang

171
Citations
Understanding the impacts of land-use policies on a threatened species: is there a future for the Bornean orang-utan?

Serge A. Wich;David Gaveau;Nicola Abram;Marc Ancrenaz;Marc Ancrenaz

159
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Meijaard University of Queensland

Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University

Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department

Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University

Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research

Sean Sloan James Cook University

Matthew J. Struebig University of Kent

Martin J. Wooster King's College London

Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany

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