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D-Index
41
Citations
6830
World Ranking
5820
National Ranking
1985

Douglas W. Tallamy 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 W. Tallamy sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 103 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas W. Tallamy 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 W. Tallamy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Douglas W. Tallamy is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans several areas within agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science, with a particular focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and insect science.

The scientist's work explores key topics related to plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, forest insect ecology and management, species distribution and climate change, plant parasitism and resistance, insect behavior and control techniques, and insect-plant interactions and control.

Douglas W. Tallamy has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related? (2021, Ornithological applications)
  • Do non-native plants contribute to insect declines? (2020, Ecological Entomology)

In addition to their own publications, Tallamy has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as Desirée L. Narango, Kimberley J. Shropshire, Jian J. Duan, Adam B. Mitchell, and Heather L Callahan.

Their research has appeared in various journals, with repeated publications in:

  • Ornithological applications
  • Nature Communications
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Northeastern Naturalist
  • Florida Entomologist

Best Publications

  • Impact of Native Plants on Bird and Butterfly Biodiversity in Suburban Landscapes

    Karin T. Burghardt;Douglas W. Tallamy;W. Gregory Shriver

  • Convergence Patterns in Subsocial Insects

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Thomas K. Wood

  • Phytochemical induction by herbivores

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Michael J. Raupp

  • Do Alien Plants Reduce Insect Biomass

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Ranking lepidopteran use of native versus introduced plants.

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Kimberley J. Shropshire

  • Non‐native plants reduce abundance, richness, and host specialization in lepidopteran communities

    Karin T. Burghardt;Karin T. Burghardt;Douglas W. Tallamy;Christopher R Philips;Kimberley J. Shropshire

  • Polymorphism in Plant Defense Against Herbivory: Constitutive and Induced Resistance in Cucumis sativus

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Piotr M. Gorski;Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Insect Parental Care

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird

    Desirée L. Narango;Desirée L. Narango;Douglas W. Tallamy;Peter P. Marra

  • Native plants improve breeding and foraging habitat for an insectivorous bird

    Desiree L. Narango;Desiree L. Narango;Douglas W. Tallamy;Peter P. Marra

  • Courtship role reversal and deceptive signals in the long-tailed dance fly, Rhamphomyia longicauda.

    David H. Funk;Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Squash Beetle Feeding Behavior: An Adaptation against Induced Cucurbit Defenses

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Sexual selection and the evolution of exclusive paternal care in arthropods.

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Evolution of exclusive paternal care in arthopods.

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • LIFE HISTORY TRADE-OFFS IN GARGAPHIA SOLANI (HEMIPTERA: TINGIDAE): THE COST OF REPRODUCTION'

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Robert F. Denno

  • Cucurbitacins as feeding and oviposition deterrents to insects

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Jason Stull;Nathan P. Ehresman;Piotr M. Gorski

  • Maternal care in Gargaphia solani (Hemiptera: Tingidae)

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Robert F. Denno

  • Can alien plants support generalist insect herbivores

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Meg Ballard;Vincent D’Amico

  • EGG DUMPING IN INSECTS

    Douglas W. Tallamy

  • Male traits under cryptic female choice in the spotted cucumber beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    Douglas W. Tallamy;Bradford E. Powell;Julie A. McClafferty

  • Semelparity and the evolution of maternal care in insects.

    Douglas W. Tallamy;William P. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Denno
Robert F. Denno University of Maryland, College Park
Joseph J. Gillespie
Joseph J. Gillespie University of Maryland, Baltimore
Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University
James L. Hamrick
James L. Hamrick University of Georgia
Anthony I. Cognato
Anthony I. Cognato Michigan State University
Eric V. Lonsdorf
Eric V. Lonsdorf University of Minnesota
Peter E. Smouse
Peter E. Smouse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Shreeram Inamdar
Shreeram Inamdar University of Delaware
Hugh Dingle
Hugh Dingle University of California, Davis

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