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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
18018
World Ranking
1437
National Ranking
83

Fangliang He 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 Fangliang He sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 200 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fangliang He 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 Fangliang He sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fangliang He is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work explores various aspects of ecology, plant science, and conservation biology.

The main topics of Fangliang He's research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

The scientist's research spans several subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Fangliang He has published studies in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecology Letters
  • Ecology
  • Ecography
  • Biological Conservation

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Fangliang He include:

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • High Temperature can Change Root System Architecture and Intensify Root Interactions of Plant Seedlings, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Invasion success and impacts depend on different characteristics in non-native plants, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Latitudinal gradients and ecological drivers of β-diversity vary across spatial scales in a temperate forest region, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Among regular collaborators, Fangliang He frequently co-authors with Chengjin Chu, Yu Liu, Minhua Zhang, James A. Lutz, and Keping Ma. These co-authors have contributed to advancing research themes related to forest ecology, biodiversity, and plant interactions.

Best Publications

  • Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

    Brian J. McGill;Rampal S. Etienne;John S. Gray;David Alonso

  • Partitioning beta diversity in a subtropical broad-leaved forest of China

    Pierre Legendre;Xiangcheng Mi;Haibao Ren;Keping Ma

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Species-area relationships always overestimate extinction rates from habitat loss

    Fangliang He;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • SPECIES DIVERSITY PATTERNS DERIVED FROM SPECIES–AREA MODELS

    Fangliang He;Fangliang He;Pierre Legendre

  • Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands

    Stephan Getzin;Thorsten Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;Fangliang He

  • Density‐dependent effects on tree survival in an old‐growth Douglas fir forest

    Fangliang He;Richard P. Duncan

  • Near-complete extinction of native small mammal fauna 25 years after forest fragmentation

    Luke Gibson;Antony J. Lynam;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Fangliang He;Fangliang He

  • Spatial patterns and competition of tree species in a Douglas-fir chronosequence on Vancouver Island

    Stephan Getzin;Charmaine Dean;Fangliang He;John A. Trofymow

  • On Species-Area Relations

    Fangliang He;Pierre Legendre

  • Density dependence explains tree species abundance and diversity in tropical forests

    Igor Volkov;Jayanth R. Banavar;Fangliang He;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • The Three Gorges Dam: an ecological perspective

    Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Jianhui Huang;Xingguo Han;Xianming Gao

  • The case for ecological neutral theory

    James Rosindell;James Rosindell;James Rosindell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Fangliang He;Fangliang He;Luke J. Harmon

  • How many tree species are there in the Amazon and how many of them will go extinct

    Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Fangliang He;Richard Condit;Richard Condit;Luís Borda-de-Água;Luís Borda-de-Água

  • Understanding diversity–stability relationships: towards a unified model of portfolio effects

    Loïc M. Thibaut;Sean R. Connolly

  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.

    Joseph A. LaManna;Scott A. Mangan;Alfonso Alonso;Norman A. Bourg;Norman A. Bourg

  • Estimating Species Abundance from Occurrence.

    Fangliang He;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Nonrandom Processes Maintain Diversity in Tropical Forests

    Christopher Wills;Kyle E. Harms;Richard Condit;David King

  • Half-century evidence from western Canada shows forest dynamics are primarily driven by competition followed by climate

    Jian Zhang;Shongming Huang;Fangliang He

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
I-Fang Sun
I-Fang Sun National Dong Hwa University
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
John R. Spence
John R. Spence University of Alberta
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
George D. Weiblen
George D. Weiblen University of Minnesota

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