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61
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17980
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2147
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775

Dean L. Urban 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 Dean L. Urban sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dean L. Urban 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 Dean L. Urban sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dean L. Urban is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their academic work spans several fields primarily within Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Chemistry, with substantial contributions across subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of environmental and ecological issues. Key areas of focus include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Recent publications by Dean L. Urban illustrate this multidisciplinary focus. Notable papers include:

  • "The Nonpoint Sources and Transport of Baseflow Nitrogen Loading Across a Developed Rural-Urban Gradient," 2022, published in Water Resources Research
  • "Characterizing and classifying urban watersheds with compositional and structural attributes," 2021, published in Hydrological Processes
  • "The Contribution of Microrefugia to Landscape Thermal Inertia for Climate-Adaptive Conservation Strategies," 2023, published in Earth's Future
  • "Graphical Abstract: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2023," 2022, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The venues of publication reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, with contributions to journals focused on water resources, hydrology, climate, and chemistry.

Dean L. Urban frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Some of their frequent co-authors include:

  • Emily S. Bernhardt
  • Joseph M. Delesantro
  • J. M. Duncan
  • Diego Riveros-Iregui
  • Joanna R. Blaszczak

The body of work by Dean L. Urban reflects ongoing engagement with complex environmental challenges, particularly related to the impact of land use and urbanization on ecosystems, climate adaptations, and watershed processes. The diversity of topics and co-authorships suggests collaboration across different specialties to address integrated environmental and ecological questions.

Best Publications

  • The ecodist Package for Dissimilarity-based Analysis of Ecological Data

    Sarah C. Goslee;Dean L. Urban

  • LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY: A GRAPH‐THEORETIC PERSPECTIVE

    Dean Urban;Timothy Keitt

  • Landscape connectivity: A conservation application of graph theory

    Andrew G. Bunn;Andrew G. Bunn;Dean L. Urban;T. H. Keitt

  • Detecting Critical Scales in Fragmented Landscapes

    Timothy H. Keitt;Dean L. Urban;Bruce T. Milne

  • Graph models of habitat mosaics

    Dean L. Urban;Emily S. Minor;Eric A. Treml;Robert S. Schick

  • Comparing methods for detecting multilocus adaptation with multivariate genotype-environment associations.

    Brenna R. Forester;Jesse R. Lasky;Helene H. Wagner;Dean L. Urban

  • A Graph-Theory Framework for Evaluating Landscape Connectivity and Conservation Planning

    Emily S. Minor;Dean L. Urban

  • Modeling population connectivity by ocean currents, a graph-theoretic approach for marine conservation

    Eric A. Treml;Patrick N. Halpin;Dean L. Urban;Lincoln F. Pratson

  • GRAPH THEORY AS A PROXY FOR SPATIALLY EXPLICIT POPULATION MODELS IN CONSERVATION PLANNING

    Emily S. Minor;Dean L. Urban

  • Scale and resolution of forest structural pattern

    Thomas M. Smith;Dean L. Urban;Dean L. Urban

  • Avian response to landscape pattern: The role of species' life histories

    Andrew J. Hansen;Dean L. Urban

  • MODELING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES ACROSS SCALES

    Dean L. Urban

  • Spatial applications of gap models

    D.L. Urban;G.B. Bonan;T.M. Smith;H.H. Shugart

  • Spatial estimation of air temperature differences for landscape-scale studies in montane environments

    Todd R Lookingbill;Dean L Urban

  • Long-term land cover dynamics by multi-temporal classification across the Landsat-5 record

    Joseph O. Sexton;Joseph O. Sexton;Dean L. Urban;Michael J. Donohue;Conghe Song

  • Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes

    Lydia Olander;Robert J. Johnston;Heather Tallis;James S. Kagan

  • Connectivity of forest fuels and surface fire regimes

    Carol Miller;Dean L. Urban

  • Forest gradient response in Sierran landscapes: the physical template

    Dean L. Urban;Carol Miller;Patrick N. Halpin;Nathan L. Stephenson

  • The sensitivity of some high-latitude boreal forests to climatic parameters.

    Gordon B. Bonan;Gordon B. Bonan;Herman H. Shugart;Dean L. Urban

  • Neutral models for testing landscape hypotheses

    Robert H. Gardner;Dean L. Urban

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert I. McDonald
Robert I. McDonald The Nature Conservancy
Herman H. Shugart
Herman H. Shugart University of Virginia
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Emily S. Minor
Emily S. Minor University of Illinois at Chicago
Carol Miller
Carol Miller US Forest Service
Patrick N. Halpin
Patrick N. Halpin Duke University
Robert K. Peet
Robert K. Peet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Timothy H. Keitt
Timothy H. Keitt The University of Texas at Austin
Eric A. Treml
Eric A. Treml Australian Institute of Marine Science
Andrew J. Hansen
Andrew J. Hansen Montana State University

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