2026 Donald R. Strong: 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	71	1280	1222	471	441	199	24814

Overview

Donald R. Strong is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, their work notably includes subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Oceanography, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in Donald R. Strong's research involve:

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
Plant parasitism and resistance
Marine and coastal plant biology
Coral and marine ecosystems studies
Coastal and marine management
Plant and animal studies

Donald R. Strong has published several research papers, including:

Climate and geographic adaptation drive latitudinal clines in biomass of a widespread saltmarsh plant in its native and introduced ranges, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
Susan Lynn Williams: the Life of an Exceptional Scholar, Leader, and Friend (1951-2018), 2021, Estuaries and Coasts
Moisture and distribution of a keratophagous moth, Tinea occidentella, 2022, Ecological Entomology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Donald R. Strong include:

Wenwen Liu
Xincong Chen
Steven C. Pennings
Matthew L. Kirwan
Xiaolin Chen

The primary venues where Donald R. Strong publishes are:

Limnology and Oceanography
Estuaries and Coasts
Ecological Entomology

Best Publications

Insects on Plants: Community Patterns and Mechanisms

D. R. Strong;J. H. Lawton;Sir R. Southwood

3003
Citations
Food Web Complexity and Community Dynamics

Gary A. Polis;Donald R. Strong

2516
Citations
ARE TROPHIC CASCADES ALL WET? DIFFERENTIATION AND DONOR-CONTROL IN SPECIOSE ECOSYSTEMS'

Donald R. Strong

1314
Citations
Ecological Communities: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence

Donald R. Strong;Daniel Simberloff;Lawrence G. Abele;Anne B. Thistle

982
Citations
Insects on Plants

B. Shorrocks;D. R. Strong;J. H. Lawton;R. Southwood

949
Citations
When is a trophic cascade a trophic cascade

Gary A Polis;Anna L.W Sears;Gary R Huxel;Donald R Strong

699
Citations
Aquaculture--A Gateway for Exotic Species

Rosamond L. Naylor;Susan L. Williams;Donald R. Strong

686
Citations
COMMUNITY PATTERNS AND COMPETITION IN FOLIVOROUS INSECTS

J. H. Lawton

603
Citations
Status, prediction and prevention of introduced cordgrass Spartina spp. invasions in Pacific estuaries, USA

Curtis C. Daehler;Donald R. Strong

490
Citations
TESTS OF COMMUNITY-WIDE CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT AGAINST NULL HYPOTHESES.

Donald R. Strong;Lee Ann Szyska;Daniel S. Simberloff

451
Citations
Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

D.H. Wall;R.D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J.E. Herrick

415
Citations
Spread of Exotic Cordgrasses and Hybrids (Spartina sp.) in the Tidal Marshes of San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Debra R. Ayres;Debra L. Smith;Katy Zaremba;Shannon Klohr

308
Citations
Pollen limitation causes an Allee effect in a wind-pollinated invasive grass (Spartina alterniflora)

Heather G. Davis;Caz M. Taylor;John G. Lambrinos;Donald R. Strong

265
Citations
Hybridization between introduced smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora; Poaceae) and native California cordgrass (S. foliosa) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

Curtis C. Daehler;Donald R. Strong

244
Citations
Natural Variability and the Manifold Mechanisms of Ecological Communities

Unknown

242
Citations
Amino acid nutrition of herbivorous insects and stress to host plants.

Brent Brodbeck;Donald Strong

240
Citations
Biogeographic Dynamics of Insect-Host Plant Communities

D. R Strong

238
Citations
Time and the Number of Herbivore Species: The Pests of Sugarcane

Donald R. Strong;Earl D. McCoy;Jorge R. Rey

237
Citations
An Allee effect at the front of a plant invasion: Spartina in a Pacific estuary

Heather G. Davis;Caz M. Taylor;Janie C. Civille;Donald R. Strong

233
Citations
Species Richness of Plant Parasites and Growth Form of Their Hosts

Donald R. Strong;Donald A. Levin

228
Citations
Biological Control of Invading Species--Risk and Reform

Donald R. Strong;Robert W. Pemberton

217
Citations
Soil ecology and ecosystem services.

D. H. Wall;R. D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J. E. Herrick

134
Citations
An Introduction to Population Ecology

Donald R. Strong;G. E. Hutchinson

72
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island

Peter Stiling University of South Florida

Curtis C. Daehler University of Hawaii at Manoa

Daniel S. Gruner University of Maryland, College Park

Michael J. Blum University of Tennessee at Knoxville

James T. Cronin Louisiana State University

Jeffrey E. Herrick New Mexico State University

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

Brian Dennis University of Idaho

Diana H. Wall Colorado State University

External Links

Personal website of Donald R. Strong

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