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Ecology and Evolution
Panama
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
29562
World Ranking
1028
National Ranking
3

Helene C. Muller-Landau 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 Helene C. Muller-Landau sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 174 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Helene C. Muller-Landau 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 Helene C. Muller-Landau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award

Overview

Helene C. Muller-Landau is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily addresses topics within Environmental Science, focusing on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of Helene C. Muller-Landau's work include:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest Management and Policy

Frequent coauthors in their research are:

  • S. Joseph Wright
  • Stuart J. Davies
  • K. C. Cushman
  • Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
  • Matteo Detto

Helene C. Muller-Landau has published extensively in several well-regarded venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecology Letters
  • New Phytologist
  • Global Change Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biogeosciences

Recent papers by Helene C. Muller-Landau reflect a focus on tropical forest dynamics, carbon cycling, and ecosystem simulation. Selected recent publications include:

  • "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama," 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world," 2022, New Phytologist

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications. One such example is the 2024 book titled The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science (Volumes 1 and 2), published by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.

Best Publications

  • Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

    Jérôme Chave;Maxime Réjou‐Méchain;Alberto Búrquez;Emmanuel Chidumayo

  • Spatial patterns of seed dispersal, their determinants and consequences for recruitment.

    Ran Nathan;Helene C. Muller-Landau

  • Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forest Trees

    Richard Condit;Nigel Pitman;Egbert G. Leigh;Jérôme Chave

  • Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 Neotropical tree species.

    Jérôme Chave;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Timothy R. Baker;Tomás A. Easdale

  • The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective

    Simon Asher Levin;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Ran Nathan;Jérôme Chave

  • ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

    L. Poorter;S. J. Wright;H. Paz;D. D. Ackerly

  • Asymmetric density dependence shapes species abundances in a tropical tree community.

    Liza S. Comita;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Salomo´n Aguilar;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • The Future of Tropical Forest Species

    S. Joseph Wright;Helene C. Muller-Landau

  • Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities.

    Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;William R. L. Anderegg;Bradley O. Christoffersen

  • Comparing classical community models: theoretical consequences for patterns of diversity.

    Jérôme Chave;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Simon Asher Levin

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Drivers and Mechanisms of Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Paulo M. Brando

  • Interspecific and Inter‐site Variation in Wood Specific Gravity of Tropical Trees

    Helene C. Muller-Landau

  • Relationships among ecologically important dimensions of plant trait variation in seven neotropical forests

    Ian J. Wright;David D. Ackerly;Frans Bongers;Kyle E. Harms;Kyle E. Harms

  • A universal airborne LiDAR approach for tropical forest carbon mapping

    Gregory P. Asner;Joseph Mascaro;Joseph Mascaro;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Ghislain Vieilledent

  • GAP-DEPENDENT RECRUITMENT, REALIZED VITAL RATES, AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF TROPICAL TREES

    S. Joseph Wright;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Richard S. Condit;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • The tolerance–fecundity trade-off and the maintenance of diversity in seed size

    Helene C. Muller-Landau

  • Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest

    Helene C. Muller-Landau;Helene C. Muller-Landau;S. Joseph Wright;Osvaldo Calderon;Richard S. Condit

  • Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests

    Helene C Muller-Landau;Richard S Condit;Jerome Chave;Sean C Thomas

  • Role of dispersal in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species

    J. W. Dalling;J. W. Dalling;H. C. Muller-Landau;S. J. Wright;S. P. Hubbell;S. P. Hubbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
S. Joseph Wright
S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Matteo Detto
Matteo Detto Princeton University
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
Sean M. McMahon
Sean M. McMahon Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Stephanie A. Bohlman
Stephanie A. Bohlman University of Florida
Kyle E. Harms
Kyle E. Harms Louisiana State University

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