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Gretchen C. Daily 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 Gretchen C. Daily sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 302 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gretchen C. Daily 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 Gretchen C. Daily sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Overview

Gretchen C. Daily is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work addresses multiple main topics such as Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Urban Green Space and Health, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Daily include Stephen Polasky, Lisa Mandle, Jeffrey R. Smith, Rafael Schmitt, and Carl Folke.

They have contributed to several recent papers published between 2020 and 2021. Notable publications are:

  • Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere, 2021, AMBIO
  • Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Increasing decision relevance of ecosystem service science, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Urbanization in and for the Anthropocene, 2021, npj Urban Sustainability

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Science, AMBIO, and npj Urban Sustainability.

Throughout their career, Daily has received several awards which include the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2018, being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2012, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2005, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2003, and Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society.

Best Publications

  • Global Consequences of Land Use

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

  • Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

    Bradley J. Cardinale;J. Emmett Duffy;Andrew Gonzalez;David U. Hooper

  • Nature's services: societal dependence on natural ecosystems.

    Gretchen C. Daily

  • Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales

    Erik Nelson;Guillermo Mendoza;James Regetz;Stephen Polasky

  • Ecosystem services in decision making: time to deliver

    Gretchen C Daily;Stephen Polasky;Joshua Goldstein;Peter M Kareiva

  • Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water

    Sandra L. Postel;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

    Mary E. Power;David Tilman;James A. Estes;Bruce A. Menge

  • The Nature and Value of Ecosystem Services: An Overview Highlighting Hydrologic Services

    Kate A. Brauman;Gretchen C. Daily;T. Ka eo Duarte;Harold A. Mooney

  • Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective.

    Gregory N. Bratman;Christopher B. Anderson;Marc G. Berman;Bobby Cochran

  • Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital

    Zhiyun Ouyang;Hua Zheng;Yi Xiao;Stephen Polasky

  • The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value

    Gretchen C. Daily;Tore Söderqvist;Sara Aniyar;Kenneth Arrow

  • Conservation planning for ecosystem services.

    Kai M. A Chan;M. Rebecca Shaw;David R Cameron;Emma C Underwood

  • Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture for Human Prosperity and Global Sustainability

    Johan Rockström;John Williams;Gretchen Daily;Andrew Noble

  • Ecosystem consequences of bird declines

    Çağan H. Şekercioğlu;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

    Anne D. Guerry;Anne D. Guerry;Stephen Polasky;Jane Lubchenco;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer

  • Ecosystem services: From theory to implementation

    Gretchen C. Daily;Pamela A. Matson

  • Are We Consuming Too Much

    Kenneth Arrow;Partha Dasgupta;Lawrence Goulder;Gretchen Daily

  • Economic value of tropical forest to coffee production

    Taylor H. Ricketts;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich;Charles D. Michener

  • Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services

    Peter M. Kareiva;Heather Tallis;Taylor H. Ricketts;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity

    Jianguo Liu;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich;Gary W. Luck

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Taylor H. Ricketts
Taylor H. Ricketts University of Vermont
Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel S. Karp
Daniel S. Karp University of California, Davis
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge
Karl-Göran Mäler
Karl-Göran Mäler Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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