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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5790
World Ranking
6149
National Ranking
49

Francisco Rego 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 Francisco Rego sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 196 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francisco Rego 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 Francisco Rego sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francisco Rego is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Fire effects on ecosystems, Fire dynamics and safety research, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Penelope Morgan, Chad M. Hoffman, Paulo M. Fernandes, Leónia Nunes, and Ana Catarina Sequeira. Collaborative efforts with these researchers have contributed to a substantial body of work.

Francisco Rego has published research in several venues with some appearing multiple times. The publication venues include Fire, Forests, Silva Lusitana, Fire Ecology, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation (2021) in Forest Ecology and Management
  • Fire-smart solutions for sustainable wildfire risk prevention: Bottom-up initiatives meet top-down policies under EU green deal (2023) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Atmospheric Trends of CO and CH4 from Extreme Wildfires in Portugal Using Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Level-2 Data (2021) in Fire
  • Extreme events are more likely to affect the breeding success of lesser kestrels than average climate change (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • Drivers of irrigated olive grove expansion in Mediterranean landscapes and associated biodiversity impacts (2022) in Landscape and Urban Planning

Francisco Rego has also contributed to scientific books, including a publication with Springer International Publishing titled Fire Science (2021).

Best Publications

  • Temporal (1958-1995) pattern of change in a cultural landscape of northwestern Portugal: implications for fire occurrence

    Francisco Moreira;Francisco C. Rego;Paulo G. Ferreira

  • Modeling and mapping wildfire ignition risk in Portugal

    Filipe X. Catry;Francisco C. Rego;Fernando L. Bação;Francisco Moreira

  • Benefits and costs of street trees in Lisbon, Portugal

    Ana Luísa Soares;Francisco Castro Rego;E.G. McPherson;J.R. Simpson

  • Land cover type and fire in Portugal: do fires burn land cover selectively?

    Maria C.S. Nunes;Maria J. Vasconcelos;José M.C. Pereira;Nairanjana Dasgupta

  • Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands

    Vanda Acácio;Vanda Acácio;Milena Holmgren;Francisco Rego;Francisco Moreira

  • Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal

    F.X. Catry;F. Rego;F. Moreira;P.M. Fernandes

  • The Abiotic Urban Environment: Impact of Urban Growing Conditions on Urban Vegetation

    Monika Sieghardt;Erich Mursch-Radlgruber;Elena Paoletti;Els Couenberg

  • Predicting above normal wildfire activity in southern Europe as a function of meteorological drought

    L Gudmundsson;F C Rego;M Rocha;S I Seneviratne

  • The Selection of Plant Materials for Street Trees, Park Trees and Urban Woodland

    Arne Sæbø;Želimir Borzan;Catherine Ducatillion;Athanassios Hatzistathis

  • Landscape changes and breeding bird assemblages in northwestern Portugal: the role of fire

    Francisco Moreira;Paulo G. Ferreira;Francisco C. Rego;Stephen Bunting

  • Towards integrated fire management - outcomes of the European project Fire Paradox.

    J. S. Silva;F. Rego;P. Fernandes;E. Rigolet

  • Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation structure and breeding birds in young Pinus pinaster stands of northern Portugal

    Francisco Moreira;Ana Delgado;Sónia Ferreira;Rui Borralho

  • Wildfires as a major driver of landscape dynamics in three fire-prone areas of Portugal

    Joaquim S. Silva;Pedro Vaz;Francisco Moreira;Filipe X. Catry

  • Growth, water relations and photosynthesis of seedlings and resprouts after fire

    Adelaide S. Clemente;Francisco C. Rego;Otília A. Correia

  • Empirical modelling of surface fire behaviour in maritime pine stands

    Paulo M. Fernandes;Hermínio S. Botelho;Francisco C. Rego;Carlos Loureiro

  • Shrubland Fire Behaviour Modelling with Microplot Data

    Paulo M. Fernandes;Wendy R. Catchpole;Francisco C. Rego

  • Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation

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  • Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape: Mazzoleni/Recent Dynamics of the Mediterranean Vegetation and Landscape

    Stefano Mazzoleni;Gaetano Di Pasquale;Mark Mulligan;Paolo Di Martino

  • Size-dependent pattern of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: when do ignitions turn into big fires?

    Francisco Moreira;Filipe X. Catry;Francisco Castro Rego;Fernando Bacao

  • Demographic Patterns and Productivity of Post-fire Regeneration in Portuguese Mediterranean Maquis*

    AS Clemente;FC Rego;OA Correia

  • Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal.

    Ana Águas;Ana Águas;António Ferreira;Paula Maia;Paulo M. Fernandes;Paulo M. Fernandes

  • Shrubland fire behaviour modelling with microplot data

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  • Cork oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

    Filipe X. Catry;Francisco Moreira;Juli G. Pausas;Paulo M. Fernandes

  • Root distribution of a Mediterranean shrubland in Portugal

    Joaquim S. Silva;Francisco C. Rego

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo M. Fernandes
Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Francisco Moreira
Francisco Moreira University of Porto
Penelope Morgan
Penelope Morgan University of Idaho
Stefano Mazzoleni
Stefano Mazzoleni University of Naples Federico II
Lena M. Tallaksen
Lena M. Tallaksen University of Oslo
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Kerstin Stahl
Kerstin Stahl University of Freiburg
Pedro Beja
Pedro Beja University of Porto
Isabel Cañellas
Isabel Cañellas Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria

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