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D-Index
35
Citations
7021
World Ranking
7280
National Ranking
2451

David W. Crowder 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 W. Crowder sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 165 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David W. Crowder 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 W. Crowder sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David W. Crowder is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly output includes a broad focus on plant and insect interactions, ecological dynamics, and agricultural sustainability.

The primary fields of study for Crowder encompass Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable interests in several subfields including:

  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Genetics

The main topics of Crowder's work draw attention to various aspects of plant and insect biology, such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Crowder's recent papers highlight a focus on ecological and agricultural sustainability issues as well as insect behavior. Some of the notable publications include:

  • "Assessing the ecological niche and invasion potential of the Asian giant hornet," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Landscape context affects the sustainability of organic farming systems," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture," 2024, Science
  • "Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory," 2023, Science
  • "Insect alarm pheromones in response to predators: Ecological trade-offs and molecular mechanisms," 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in a variety of venues, with the most common including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Biological Control
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Pest Management Science

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Crowder's research activity, working recurrently alongside several coauthors such as:

  • Saumik Basu
  • Liesl Oeller
  • Javier Gutiérrez Illán
  • Robert E. Clark
  • Gengping Zhu

Best Publications

  • Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control

    David W. Crowder;Tobin D. Northfield;Michael R. Strand;William E. Snyder

  • Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale

    David W. Crowder;John P. Reganold

  • A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes.

    Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Christina M. Kennedy;Claire Kremen;Péter Batáry

  • Evolutionary ecology of insect adaptation to Bt crops

    Yves Carrière;David W. Crowder;Bruce E. Tabashnik

  • Relationships between biodiversity and biological control in agroecosystems: Current status and future challenges

    David W. Crowder;Randa Jabbour

  • Asymmetrical cross-resistance between Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in pink bollworm.

    Bruce E. Tabashnik;Gopalan C. Unnithan;Luke Masson;David W. Crowder

  • Organic Farming Provides Reliable Environmental Benefits but Increases Variability in Crop Yields: A Global Meta-Analysis

    Olivia M. Smith;Abigail L. Cohen;Cassandra J. Rieser;Alexandra G. Davis

  • Eating their way to the top? Mechanisms underlying the success of invasive insect generalist predators

    David W. Crowder;William E. Snyder

  • Mating behaviour, life history and adaptation to insecticides determine species exclusion between whiteflies.

    David W. Crowder;David W. Crowder;A. Rami Horowitz;Paul J. De Barro;Shu Sheng Liu

  • Large-scale, spatially-explicit test of the refuge strategy for delaying insecticide resistance

    Yves Carrière;Christa Ellers-Kirk;Kyle Hartfield;Guillaume Larocque

  • Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

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  • Impact of release rates on the effectiveness of augmentative biological control agents

    David W. Crowder

  • Conserving and promoting evenness: organic farming and fire-based wildland management as case studies

    David W. Crowder;Tobin D. Northfield;Richard Gomulkiewicz;William E. Snyder

  • Assessing the ecological niche and invasion potential of the Asian giant hornet.

    Gengping Zhu;Gengping Zhu;Javier Gutierrez Illan;Chris Looney;David W Crowder

  • West nile virus prevalence across landscapes is mediated by local effects of agriculture on vector and host communities.

    David W. Crowder;Elizabeth A. Dykstra;Jo Marie Brauner;Anne Duffy

  • Plasticity in mating behaviour drives asymmetric reproductive interference in whiteflies.

    David W. Crowder;David W. Crowder;Michael I. Sitvarin;Michael I. Sitvarin;Yves Carrière

  • Landscape context affects the sustainability of organic farming systems.

    Olivia M Smith;Abigail L Cohen;John P Reganold;Matthew S Jones

  • Modeling evolution of resistance to pyriproxyfen by the sweetpotato whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).

    David W. Crowder;Yves Carrière;Bruce E. Tabashnik;Peter C. Ellsworth

  • Analysis of the dynamics of adaptation to transgenic corn and crop rotation by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) using a daily time-step model

    D. W. Crowder;D. W. Onstad;M. E. Gray;C.M.F. Pierce

  • Comparing the refuge strategy for managing the evolution of insect resistance under different reproductive strategies.

    David W. Crowder;Yves Carrière

  • Effects of environmental and agronomic factors on soil-dwelling pest communities in cereal crops

    Ivan Milosavljević;Aaron D. Esser;David W. Crowder

  • Entomopathogen biodiversity increases host mortality

    Randa Jabbour;Randa Jabbour;David W. Crowder;Elizabeth A. Aultman;William E. Snyder

  • Tools and techniques for investigating impacts of habitat complexity on biological control

    Paul J. Chisholm;Mary M. Gardiner;Elliott G. Moon;David W. Crowder

  • The effect of farmers’ decisions on pest control with Bt crops : a billion dollar game of strategy

    Alice E. Milne;James R. Bell;William D. Hutchison;Frank van den Bosch

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Carrière
Yves Carrière University of Arizona
William E. Snyder
William E. Snyder University of Georgia
Bruce E. Tabashnik
Bruce E. Tabashnik University of Arizona
John P. Reganold
John P. Reganold Washington State University
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez University of Idaho
Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Sanford D. Eigenbrode University of Idaho
Shu-Sheng Liu
Shu-Sheng Liu Zhejiang University
James D. Harwood
James D. Harwood University of Kentucky
Lynne Carpenter-Boggs
Lynne Carpenter-Boggs Washington State University
Michael R. Strand
Michael R. Strand University of Georgia

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