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David L. A. Gaveau

David L. A. Gaveau

TheTreeMap
France

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
10781
World Ranking
4174
National Ranking
179

David L. A. Gaveau 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 L. A. Gaveau sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. A. Gaveau 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 L. A. Gaveau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Quantifying forest above ground carbon content using LiDAR remote sensing

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

  • Evaluating whether protected areas reduce tropical deforestation in Sumatra

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

  • 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

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

    David L.A. Gaveau;Ross A Hill

  • Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Reconciling forest conservation and logging in Indonesian Borneo

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Wolfgang Wagner;Adrian Luckman;Jan Vietmeier;Kevin Tansey

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Sean Sloan
Sean Sloan James Cook University
Matthew J. Struebig
Matthew J. Struebig University of Kent
Martin J. Wooster
Martin J. Wooster King's College London
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany

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Matthew J. Struebig

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Kerrie A. Wilson

Kerrie A. Wilson

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Lian Pin Koh

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