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99
Citations
72148
World Ranking
280
National Ranking
114

David M. Lodge 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 M. Lodge sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 249 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David M. Lodge 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 M. Lodge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David M. Lodge is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, molecular biology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's work extensively covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by David M. Lodge include:

  • Calibrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Conventional Surveys for Measuring Fish Species Richness (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental conditions influence eDNA particle size distribution in aquatic systems (2020), published in Environmental DNA
  • Nuclear eDNA estimates population allele frequencies and abundance in experimental mesocosms and field samples (2021), published in Molecular Ecology
  • Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States (2023), published in Environmental DNA
  • Detecting and analysing intraspecific genetic variation with eDNA: From population genetics to species abundance (2023), published in Molecular Ecology

David M. Lodge has collaborated frequently with a group of researchers, including José Á. Andrés, Kara J. Andres, Mandana Saebi, Erin K. Grey, and Nitesh V. Chawla. These collaborations have contributed to the advancement of their research areas and publication output.

The scientist's work appears regularly in several prominent publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental DNA
  • Molecular Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

David M. Lodge has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

    O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

  • EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

    D. U. Hooper;F. S. Chapin;J. J. Ewel;A. Hector

  • The Population Biology of Invasive Species

    Ann K. Sakai;Fred W. Allendorf;Jodie S. Holt;David M. Lodge

  • Progress in invasion biology: predicting invaders

    Cynthia S. Kolar;David M. Lodge

  • Biological invasions: Lessons for ecology.

    David M. Lodge

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding: transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

    Kristy Deiner;Holly M. Bik;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Mathew Seymour

  • Effects of submersed macrophytes on ecosystem processes

    Stephen R. Carpenter;David M. Lodge

  • “Sight‐unseen” detection of rare aquatic species using environmental DNA

    Christopher L. Jerde;Andrew R. Mahon;W. Lindsay Chadderton;David M. Lodge

  • Biological invasions: recommendations for U.S. policy and management.

    David M. Lodge;Susan Williams;Hugh J. MacIsaac;Keith R. Hayes

  • An ounce of prevention or a pound of cure: bioeconomic risk analysis of invasive species

    Brian Leung;David M. Lodge;David Finnoff;Jason F. Shogren

  • REGULATION OF LAKE PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY BY FOOD WEB STRUCTURE

    S. R. Carpenter;J. F. Kitchell;J. R. Hodgson;P. A. Cochran

  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • Ecological Predictions and Risk Assessment for Alien Fishes in North America

    Cynthia S. Kolar;David M. Lodge

  • Environmental conditions influence eDNA persistence in aquatic systems

    Matthew A. Barnes;Cameron R. Turner;Christopher L. Jerde;Mark A. Renshaw

  • Putting the Lake Back Together: Reintegrating Benthic Pathways into Lake Food Web Models

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;M. Jake Vander Zanden;David M. Lodge

  • From Greenland to green lakes: Cultural eutrophication and the loss of benthic pathways in lakes

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;Erik Jeppesen;M. Jake Vander Zanden;Hans‐Henrik Schierup

  • Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services.

    Andrew P. Dobson;David Lodge;Jackie Alder;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Nonindigenous Crayfishes Threaten North American Freshwater Biodiversity: Lessons from Europe

    David M. Lodge;Christopher A. Taylor;David M. Holdich;Jostein Skurdal

  • Herbivory on freshwater macrophytes

    David M. Lodge

  • Scenarios of freshwater fish extinctions from climate change and water withdrawal

    Marguerite A. Xenopoulos;David M. Lodge;Joseph Alcamo;Michael Märker

  • Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge: Ecological Monog

    David Hooper;F. Stuart Chapin;John J. Ewel;Andy Hector

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher L. Jerde
Christopher L. Jerde University of California, Santa Barbara
John M. Drake
John M. Drake University of Georgia
Gary A. Lamberti
Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
Paul L. Ornstein
Paul L. Ornstein Eli Lilly and Company
Scott P. Egan
Scott P. Egan Rice University
Kristy Deiner
Kristy Deiner Cornell University
Jeffrey L. Feder
Jeffrey L. Feder University of Notre Dame
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame
Brian Leung
Brian Leung McGill University
William Perry
William Perry University of California, San Diego

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