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Elizabeth A. Hadly

Elizabeth A. Hadly

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
11321
World Ranking
4163
National Ranking
1451

Elizabeth A. Hadly 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 Elizabeth A. Hadly sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 140 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth A. Hadly 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 Elizabeth A. Hadly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elizabeth A. Hadly is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a strong focus on environmental science and the interface of genetics and ecology.

Their body of work includes contributions to key fields such as environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study encompass ecology, genetics, molecular biology, ecological modeling, and the broader domain of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Elizabeth A. Hadly has published extensively, with a notable presence in several scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Quaternary Research
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental DNA

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A comparison of eDNA to camera trapping for assessment of terrestrial mammal diversity," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Recent Evolutionary History of Tigers Highlights Contrasting Roles of Genetic Drift and Selection," 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Long live the king: chromosome-level assembly of the lion (Panthera leo) using linked-read, Hi-C, and long-read data," 2020, BMC Biology
  • "The under-investigated wild side of Escherichia coli: genetic diversity, pathogenicity and antimicrobial resistance in wild animals," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Molecular Ecological Network Analyses: An Effective Conservation Tool for the Assessment of Biodiversity, Trophic Interactions, and Community Structure," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The research collaborator network includes frequent co-authors such as Maria C. Viteri, M. Allison Stegner, Ellie E. Armstrong, Dmitri A. Petrov, and Katherine A. Solari. These partnerships indicate interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to wildlife ecology and genetics-related topics.

Best Publications

  • Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Jordi Bascompte;Eric L. Berlow

  • Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield.

    Daniel S. Karp;Chase D. Mendenhall;Randi Figueroa Sandí;Nicolas Chaumont

  • Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park

    Sarah K. McMenamin;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Christopher K. Wright;Christopher K. Wright

  • Predicting biodiversity change and averting collapse in agricultural landscapes

    Chase D. Mendenhall;Daniel S. Karp;Christoph F. J. Meyer;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Patrick Gonzalez;Patrick Gonzalez;Jason Head

  • Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

    S. K. Morgan Ernest;Brian J. Enquist;James H. Brown;Eric L. Charnov

  • Loss of avian phylogenetic diversity in neotropical agricultural systems.

    Luke O. Frishkoff;Daniel S. Karp;Daniel S. Karp;Leithen K. M’Gonigle;Chase D. Mendenhall

  • Small mammal diversity loss in response to late-Pleistocene climatic change

    Jessica L. Blois;Jenny L. McGuire;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Serial SimCoal: A population genetics model for data from multiple populations and points in time

    Christian N. K. Anderson;Uma Ramakrishnan;Yvonne L. Chan;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • MAMMALIAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING ON VARIED TEMPORAL SCALES

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Christopher J. Bell

  • Mammalian Response to Cenozoic Climatic Change

    Jessica L. Blois;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time.

    Felisa A. Smith;Felisa A. Smith;James H. Brown;John P. Haskell;S. Kathleen Lyons

  • Post-invasion demography of prehistoric humans in South America

    Amy Goldberg;Alexis M. Mychajliw;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Variable impact of late-Quaternary megafaunal extinction in causing ecological state shifts in North and South America

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Emily L. Lindsey;Natalia A. Villavicencio;Enrique Bostelmann

  • The role of molecular genetics in sculpting the future of integrative biogeography

    Brett R. Riddle;Michael N. Dawson;Elizabeth A. Hadly;David J. Hafner

  • Climate change and habitat conversion favour the same species.

    Luke O. Frishkoff;Luke O. Frishkoff;Daniel S. Karp;Jon R. Flanders;Jim Zook

  • Genetic Response to Climatic Change: Insights from Ancient DNA and Phylochronology

    Elizabeth A Hadly;Uma Ramakrishnan;Yvonne L Chan;Marcel van Tuinen

  • A comparison of eDNA to camera trapping for assessment of terrestrial mammal diversity

    Kevin Leempoel;Trevor Hebert;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Using phylochronology to reveal cryptic population histories: review and synthesis of 29 ancient DNA studies

    Uma Ramakrishnan;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Niche conservatism above the species level

    Elizabeth A. Hadly;Paula A. Spaeth;Cheng Li

  • Bayesian estimation of the timing and severity of a population bottleneck from ancient DNA.

    Yvonne L. Chan;Christian Nileus Kaalstad Anderson;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Fidelity of terrestrial vertebrate fossils to a modern ecosystem

    Elizabeth A Hadly

Frequent Co-Authors

Uma Ramakrishnan
Uma Ramakrishnan National Centre for Biological Sciences
Anthony D. Barnosky
Anthony D. Barnosky University of California, Berkeley
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Daniel S. Karp
Daniel S. Karp University of California, Davis
Dmitri A. Petrov
Dmitri A. Petrov Stanford University
Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Adina Paytan
Adina Paytan University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian A. Maurer
Brian A. Maurer Michigan State University
Charles R. Marshall
Charles R. Marshall University of California, Berkeley

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