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D-Index
47
Citations
17295
World Ranking
4321
National Ranking
1505

Gary R. Graves 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 R. Graves sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 210 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary R. Graves 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 R. Graves sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gary R. Graves is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans several fields within Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work is closely associated with multiple topics including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health

Gary R. Graves has published frequently in several journals, indicating consistent contributions to the field. The prominent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Raptor Research
  • Ecology and Evolution

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Gary R. Graves reflect a range of subjects from microbiomes to avian evolution. Notable papers include:

  • "Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats" (2020, mBio)
  • "In Vivo Competitions between Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminoccus albus in a Gnotobiotic Sheep Model Revealed by Multi-Omic Analyses" (2021, Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes" (2024, Nature)
  • "Investigating Biotic Interactions in Deep Time" (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Estimating species relative abundances from museum records" (2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors in the scientific community, among them:

  • Carsten Rahbek
  • Peter A. Hosner
  • Shaohong Feng
  • Guangji Chen
  • Jon Fjeldså

Best Publications

  • NULL MODELS IN ECOLOGY

    Nicholas J. Gotelli;Gary R. Graves

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Ben G. Holt;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

    Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

  • Multiscale assessment of patterns of avian species richness.

    Carsten Rahbek;Gary R. Graves

  • The use of isotope tracers for identifying populations of migratory birds

    C. P. Chamberlain;J. D. Blum;Richard T. Holmes;X. H. Feng

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

    Se Jin Song;Jon G. Sanders;Frédéric Delsuc;Jessica Metcalf

  • Predicting continental-scale patterns of bird species richness with spatially explicit models

    Carsten Rahbek;Nicholas J Gotelli;Robert K Colwell;Gary L Entsminger

  • Linking breeding and wintering ranges of a migratory songbird using stable isotopes

    D. R. Rubenstein;C. P. Chamberlain;Richard T. Holmes;M. P. Ayres

  • The microbiome of New World vultures

    Michael Roggenbuck;Ida Baerholm Schnell;Ida Baerholm Schnell;Nikolaj Blom;Jacob Bælum

  • Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology

    Nicholas J. Gotelli;Marti J. Anderson;Hector T. Arita;Anne Chao

  • Macroecological signals of species interactions in the Danish avifauna

    Nicholas J. Gotelli;Gary R. Graves;Carsten Rahbek

  • Global phylogeographic limits of Hawaii's avian malaria

    Jon S Beadell;Farah Ishtiaq;Rita Covas;Martim Melo

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Parrots (Psittaciformes): Support for a Gondwanan Origin during the Cretaceous

    Timothy F. Wright;Timothy F. Wright;Erin E. Schirtzinger;Tania Matsumoto;Jessica R. Eberhard

  • Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts

    S. Kathleen Lyons;Kathryn L. Amatangelo;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Antoine Bercovici

  • Source pool geometry and the assembly of continental avifaunas

    Gary R. Graves;Carsten Rahbek

  • Assembly of avian mixed-species flocks in Amazonia.

    Gary R. Graves;Nicholas J. Gotelli

  • The Avifauna of the Huancabamba Region, Northern Peru

    Theodore A. Parker;Thomas S. Schulenberg;Gary R. Graves;Michael J. Braun

  • Detection of macro-ecological patterns in South American hummingbirds is affected by spatial scale

    Carsten Rahbek;Gary R. Graves

  • Next-generation sequencing reveals phylogeographic structure and a species tree for recent bird divergences.

    John E. McCormack;James M. Maley;Sarah M. Hird;Elizabeth P. Derryberry;Elizabeth P. Derryberry

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Nicholas J. Gotelli
Nicholas J. Gotelli University of Vermont
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
S. Kathleen Lyons
S. Kathleen Lyons University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
Robb T. Brumfield
Robb T. Brumfield Louisiana State University
J. Tyler Faith
J. Tyler Faith University of Utah
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University

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