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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
156
Citations
110368
World Ranking
21
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gregory P. Asner is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Gregory P. Asner has published extensively in various scientific venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Ecological Applications

The scientist has collaborated with multiple coauthors frequently, including:

  • Roberta E. Martin
  • Nicholas R. Vaughn
  • Joseph Heckler
  • David Knapp
  • Jiwei Li

Among the recent papers authored by Gregory P. Asner are:

  • "A "Global Safety Net" to reverse biodiversity loss and stabilize Earth's climate" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications" (2020), published in DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • "Strong methane point sources contribute a disproportionate fraction of total emissions across multiple basins in the United States" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Mapping the world's coral reefs using a global multiscale earth observation framework" (2020), published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Gregory P. Asner has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), awarded in 2016
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 2015
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, elected in 2013

Best Publications

  • Global Consequences of Land Use

    Jonathan A. Foley;Ruth DeFries;Gregory P. Asner;Carol Barford

  • Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future

    J. N. Galloway;F. J. Dentener;D. G. Capone;E. W. Boyer

  • The velocity of climate change

    Scott R. Loarie;Philip B. Duffy;Philip B. Duffy;Healy Hamilton;Gregory P. Asner

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • PROSPECT+SAIL models: A review of use for vegetation characterization

    Stéphane Jacquemoud;Wout Verhoef;Frédéric Baret;Cédric Bacour

  • Biophysical and Biochemical Sources of Variability in Canopy Reflectance

    Gregory P. Asner

  • GRAZING SYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES, AND GLOBAL CHANGE

    Gregory P. Asner;Gregory P. Asner;Andrew J. Elmore;Lydia P. Olander;Roberta E. Martin

  • Selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Gregory P. Asner;David E. Knapp;Eben N. Broadbent;Paulo J. C. Oliveira

  • Land-use choices: balancing human needs and ecosystem function

    Ruth S. DeFries;Jonathan A. Foley;Gregory P. Asner;Gregory P. Asner

  • PROSPECT-4 and 5: Advances in the leaf optical properties model separating photosynthetic pigments

    Jean Baptiste Feret;Jean Baptiste Feret;Christophe François;Gregory P. Asner;Anatoly A. Gitelson

  • Climate and Management Contributions to Recent Trends in U.S. Agricultural Yields

    David B. Lobell;Gregory P. Asner

  • Global synthesis of leaf area index observations: implications for ecological and remote sensing studies

    Gregory P. Asner;Jonathan M. O. Scurlock;Jeffrey A. Hicke

  • Moisture Effects on Soil Reflectance

    David B. Lobell;Gregory P. Asner

  • Amazonia revealed: forest degradation and loss of ecosystem goods and services in the Amazon Basin

    Jonathan A. Foley;Gregory P. Asner;Marcos Heil Costa;Michael T. Coe

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Synthesis and a Model

    Jason C. Neff;Gregory P. Asner

  • High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon

    Gregory P. Asner;George V. N. Powell;Joseph Mascaro;David E. Knapp

  • Retrieval of foliar information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy

    Susan L. Ustin;Anatoly A. Gitelson;Stéphane Jacquemoud;Michael Schaepman

  • Endmember variability in Spectral Mixture Analysis: A review

    Ben Somers;Ben Somers;Gregory P. Asner;Laurent Tits;Pol Coppin

  • Changing drivers of deforestation and new opportunities for conservation

    Thomas K. Rudel;Ruth Defries;Gregory P. Asner;William F. Laurance

  • A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets

    E. Dinerstein;C. Vynne;E. Sala;A. R. Joshi

  • Using Imaging Spectroscopy to Study Ecosystem Processes and Properties

    Susan L. Ustin;Dar A. Roberts;John A. Gamon;Gregory P. Asner

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta E. Martin
Roberta E. Martin Arizona State University
David E. Knapp
David E. Knapp Arizona State University
Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Renaud Mathieu
Renaud Mathieu International Rice Research Institute
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Konrad J Wessels
Konrad J Wessels George Mason University
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Norma Salinas
Norma Salinas Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Ben Somers
Ben Somers KU Leuven
Joseph Mascaro
Joseph Mascaro Breakthrough Institute

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