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D-Index
37
Citations
7552
World Ranking
6776
National Ranking
2288

Gary E. Belovsky 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 Gary E. Belovsky sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 77 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary E. Belovsky 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 Gary E. Belovsky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gary E. Belovsky is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

Their work covers diverse topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Crustacean Biology and Ecology.

Gary E. Belovsky has published several recent papers in respected academic venues. Notable publications include:

  • "Climate change and primary production: Forty years in a bunchgrass prairie" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Demographic responses of an extremophile crustacean to environmental factors: Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana)" (2024) in Hydrobiologia
  • "Environment and phytoplankton relative abundances in a hypersaline lake: 27 years in Great Salt Lake, USA and experiments" (2025) in Aquatic Ecology
  • "Artemia selective grazing: survival value and nutritional intake" (2024) in Hydrobiologia

Belovsky frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Co-authors with whom they have published multiple papers include Jennifer B. Slade, Chad A. Larson, Heidi K. Mahon, Andrea C. Stumpf, and Nicholas L. Anderson.

Their most common publication venues are:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • PLoS ONE
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Animals
  • Ecosphere

Best Publications

  • Diet optimization in a generalist herbivore: the moose.

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change

    Todd A Crowl;Thomas O Crist;Robert R Parmenter;Gary Belovsky

  • Insect herbivory accelerates nutrient cycling and increases plant production

    G. E. Belovsky;J. B. Slade

  • Herbivore Optimal Foraging: A Comparative Test of Three Models

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Food Plant Selection by a Generalist Herbivore: The Moose

    Gary E. Belovsky;Gary E. Belovsky

  • Optimal foraging and community structure: implications for a guild of generalist grassland herbivores

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Generalist Herbivore Foraging and Its Role in Competitive Interactions

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Optimal activity times and habitat choice of moose.

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Summer Diet Optimization by Beaver

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Optimal foraging and community structure: The allometry of herbivore food selection and competition

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Time budgets of grassland herbivores: body size similarities

    Gary E. Belovsky;J. B. Slade

  • The role of vertebrate and invertebrate predators in a grasshopper community

    Gary E. Belovsky;J. B. Slade

  • Dynamics of two Montana grasshopper populations: relationships among weather, food abundance and intraspecific competition.

    Gary E. Belovsky;Jennifer B. Slade

  • Sodium Dynamics and Adaptations of a Moose Population

    Gary E. Belovsky;Gary E. Belovsky;Gary E. Belovsky;Peter A. Jordan;Peter A. Jordan;Peter A. Jordan

  • The time-energy budget of a moose.

    Gary E. Belovsky

  • Ten Suggestions to Strengthen the Science of Ecology

    Gary E. Belovsky;Daniel B. Botkin;Todd A. Crowl;Kenneth W. Cummins

  • Salinity and nutrients influence species richness and evenness of phytoplankton communities in microcosm experiments from Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

    Chad A. Larson;Gary E. Belovsky

  • The Great Salt Lake Ecosystem (Utah, USA): long term data and a structural equation approach

    Gary E. Belovsky;Doyle Stephens;Clay Perschon;Paul Birdsey

  • Experimental studies of extinction dynamics

    Gary E. Belovsky;Chad Mellison;Chad Larson;Peter A. Van Zandt

  • Viable Populations for Conservation: Extinction models and mammalian persistence

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  • Plant Defenses and Optimal Foraging by Mammalian Herbivores

    Gary E. Belovsky;Gary E. Belovsky;Oswald J. Schmitz;Oswald J. Schmitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd A. Crowl
Todd A. Crowl Florida International University
Mark E. Ritchie
Mark E. Ritchie Syracuse University
Oswald J. Schmitz
Oswald J. Schmitz Yale University
Anthony Joern
Anthony Joern Kansas State University
Grizelle González
Grizelle González US Forest Service
Ariel E. Lugo
Ariel E. Lugo US Forest Service
Nicholas Brokaw
Nicholas Brokaw University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Karen H. Beard
Karen H. Beard Utah State University
Alan P. Covich
Alan P. Covich University of Georgia
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia

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