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Douglas A. Landis 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 Douglas A. Landis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 218 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas A. Landis 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 Douglas A. Landis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Douglas A. Landis is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with substantial work in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their scholarly contributions focus on several closely related topics including Plant and animal studies, Bioenergy crop production and management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Douglas A. Landis has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • Farmer's behavior in pesticide use: Insights study from smallholder and intensive agricultural farms in Bangladesh (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Flower traits associated with the visitation patterns of bees (2020, Oecologia)
  • Effects of experimental prescribed fire and tree thinning on oak savanna understory plant communities and ecosystem structure (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Landscape composition and configuration have scale-dependent effects on agricultural pest suppression (2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment)

Their frequent coauthors include Nathan L. Haan, Christie A. Bahlai, Rufus Isaacs, Teja Tscharntke, and M. P. Ali.

Douglas A. Landis has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to GCB Bioenergy, Ecosphere, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Ecology Letters.

In recognition of their work, Douglas A. Landis was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Habitat Management to Conserve Natural Enemies of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture

    Douglas A. Landis;Stephen D. Wratten;Geoff M. Gurr

  • Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

    Teja Tscharntke;Jason M. Tylianakis;Tatyana A. Rand;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Designing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity-based ecosystem services

    Douglas A. Landis

  • Landscape diversity enhances biological control of an introduced crop pest in the north-central USA.

    M. M. Gardiner;D. A. Landis;C. Gratton;C. D. DiFonzo

  • Habitat management to suppress pest populations: Progress and prospects

    Geoffrey Gurr;Stephen D Wratten;Douglas A. Landis;Minsheng You

  • Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis

    Adrien Rusch;Adrien Rusch;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Mary M. Gardiner;Violetta Hawro

  • Ecology and Management of the Soybean Aphid in North America

    David W. Ragsdale;Douglas A. Landis;Jacques Brodeur;George E. Heimpel

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis.

    Matthias Albrecht;David Kleijn;Neal M. Williams;Matthias Tschumi

  • Maximizing ecosystem services from conservation biological control: the role of habitat management.

    Anna K. Fiedler;Doug A. Landis;Steve D. Wratten

  • Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes.

    Ben P. Werling;Timothy L. Dickson;Rufus Isaacs;Hannah Gaines

  • Increasing corn for biofuel production reduces biocontrol services in agricultural landscapes

    D A Landis;M M Gardiner;W van der Werf;Scott M Swinton

  • Agricultural landscape simplification and insecticide use in the Midwestern United States

    Timothy D. Meehan;Ben P. Werling;Douglas A. Landis;Claudio Gratton

  • Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes

    G. Philip Robertson;G. Philip Robertson;Stephen K. Hamilton;Stephen K. Hamilton;Bradford L. Barham;Bradford L. Barham;Bruce E. Dale;Bruce E. Dale

  • Effect of Landscape Structure on Parasitoid Diversity and Parasitism in Agroecosystems

    Paul C. Marino;Douglas A. Landis

  • Recent advances in conservation biological control of arthropods by arthropods

    Mattias Jonsson;Steve D. Wratten;Doug A. Landis;Geoff M. Gurr

  • Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

    Jorge Ari Noriega;Joaquín Hortal;Joaquín Hortal;Francisco M. Azcárate;Matty P. Berg

  • An Inexpensive, Accurate Method for Measuring Leaf Area and Defoliation Through Digital Image Analysis

    Matthew E. O’Neal;Douglas A. Landis;Rufus Isaacs

  • Farming for Ecosystem Services: An Ecological Approach to Production Agriculture

    G. Philip Robertson;Katherine L. Gross;Stephen K. Hamilton;Douglas A. Landis

  • Soybean Aphid Predators and Their Use in Integrated Pest Management

    Claire E. Rutledge;Robert J. O’Neil;Tyler B. Fox;Tyler B. Fox;Douglas A. Landis;Douglas A. Landis

  • Predators exert top-down control of soybean aphid across a gradient of agricultural management systems.

    Alejandro C. Costamagna;Douglas A. Landis

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Gratton
Claudio Gratton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Matthew E. O'Neal
Matthew E. O'Neal Iowa State University
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University
Scott M. Swinton
Scott M. Swinton Michigan State University
George E. Heimpel
George E. Heimpel University of Minnesota
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi
Felix J.J.A. Bianchi Wageningen University & Research
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Thomas M. Schmidt
Thomas M. Schmidt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen D. Wratten
Stephen D. Wratten Lincoln University
Wopke van der Werf
Wopke van der Werf Wageningen University & Research

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