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Dylan Craven

Dylan Craven

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
11485
World Ranking
5204
National Ranking
14

Dylan Craven 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 Dylan Craven sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dylan Craven 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 Dylan Craven sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dylan Craven is affiliated with Universidad Mayor in Chile and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, and ecology.

Their research topics focus on various aspects of ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, forest ecology and management, as well as fern and epiphyte biology.

Craven's recent publications include:

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery, 2021, Science
  • Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony, 2021, Ecology
  • Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset, 2022, Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors in Craven's research include Holger Kreft, Patrick Weigelt, Michiel van Breugel, Jefferson S. Hall, and Nico Eisenhauer. These collaborations are evident across numerous publications and indicate a broad network in ecological and environmental science research.

Craven has contributed significantly to the scientific community through publications in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecography
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Their research contributes to the understanding of ecosystem functioning and recovery, biodiversity impacts, and ecological patterns at both local and global scales. The variety of publication venues and research topics reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their scientific pursuits within environmental and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

    Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano

  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Eben N. Broadbent;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

    Sarah A. Batterman;Lars O. Hedin;Michiel van Breugel;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn

  • Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

    Michiel van Breugel;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn;Dylan Craven;Dylan Craven;Frans Bongers

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

    Ethan E. Butler;Abhirup Datta;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Ming Chen

  • Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

    Dylan Craven;Forest Isbell;Pete Manning;John Connolly

  • Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change.

    Pubin Hong;Bernhard Schmid;Frederik De Laender;Nico Eisenhauer

  • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

    Lourens Poorter;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;Jarcilene S. de Almeida-Cortez

  • Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Lander Baeten;Dylan Craven;Pieter De Frenne

  • The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis)

    Dylan Craven;Madhav P. Thakur;Erin K. Cameron;Erin K. Cameron;Lee E. Frelich

  • Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama

    Michiel van Breugel;Jefferson S. Hall;Dylan J. Craven;Dylan J. Craven;Timothy G. Gregoire

  • Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems.

    Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramirez;Dylan Craven;Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;John J Ewel

  • Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony.

    Shaopeng Wang;Michel Loreau;Claire de Mazancourt;Forest Isbell

  • Succession of ephemeral secondary forests and their limited role for the conservation of floristic diversity in a human-modified tropical landscape.

    Michiel van Breugel;Jefferson S. Hall;Dylan Craven;Dylan Craven;Mario Bailon

  • Biodiversity–ecosystem function experiments reveal the mechanisms underlying the consequences of biodiversity change in real world ecosystems

    Nico Eisenhauer;Andrew D. Barnes;Andrew D. Barnes;Simone Cesarz;Dylan Craven

  • Silvicultural and economic aspects of pure and mixed native tree species plantations on degraded pasturelands in humid Costa Rica

    Daniel Piotto;Dylan Craven;Florencia Montagnini;Federico Alice

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Jefferson S. Hall
Jefferson S. Hall Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Tiffany M. Knight
Tiffany M. Knight Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Patrick Weigelt
Patrick Weigelt University of Göttingen
Mark S. Ashton
Mark S. Ashton Yale University
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Robert Muscarella
Robert Muscarella Uppsala University

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