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Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

Federal University of Uberlândia
Brazil

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
18034
World Ranking
1767
National Ranking
22

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 205 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos 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 Heraldo L. Vasconcelos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos is affiliated with the Federal University of Uberlândia in Brazil. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work integrates subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in Heraldo L. Vasconcelos' research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Forest insect ecology and management
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on ecological and environmental dynamics, biodiversity, and species interactions. Key papers and their venues include:

  • "Mountain Ecosystems as Natural Laboratories for Climate Change Experiments" (2020), Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna" (2020), Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Revisiting florivory: an integrative review and global patterns of a neglected interaction" (2021), New Phytologist
  • "Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes" (2025), Nature
  • "Historical biogeography shapes functional ecology: Inter-continental contrasts in responses of savanna ant communities to stress and disturbance" (2022), Journal of Biogeography

Heraldo's frequent coauthors reflect collaborative work across ecological and environmental sciences, including:

  • Karen Neves
  • Alan N. Andersen
  • Raquel L. Carvalho
  • J.B. Vieira
  • Richard Tito

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Oecologia
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22-Year Investigation

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;Thomas E. Lovejoy;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Emilio M. Bruna

  • Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants

    Claude Gascon;Thomas E Lovejoy;Richard O Bierregaard;Jay R Malcolm

  • The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;José L.C. Camargo;Regina C.C. Luizão;Susan G. Laurance;Susan G. Laurance

  • Rainforest fragmentation kills big trees

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;Patricia Delamônica;Susan G. Laurance;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Agroforestry and biodiversity conservation in tropical landscapes.

    G. Schroth;G. A. B. da Fonseca;C. A. Harvey;C. Gascon

  • Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent

    Diana H. Wall;Mark A. Bradford;Mark G. St. John;John A. Trofymow

  • The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

    Rodolfo C. R. Abreu;William A. Hoffmann;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Natashi A. Pilon

  • Deforestation in Amazonia

    William F. Laurance;Ana K. L. M. Albernaz;Philip M. Fearnside;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

    Robert R. Dunn;Donat Agosti;Alan N. Andersen;Xavier Arnan;Xavier Arnan

  • Stability and phylogenetic correlation in gut microbiota: lessons from ants and apes

    Jon G. Sanders;Scott Powell;Daniel J. C. Kronauer;Daniel J. C. Kronauer;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Forest fragmentation in central Amazonia and its effects on litter-dwelling ants

    Karine S. Carvalho;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Forest loss and fragmentation in the Amazon: implications for wildlife conservation.

    William F. Laurance;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Thomas E. Lovejoy

  • Effects of forest disturbance on the structure of ground-foraging ant communities in central Amazonia

    Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Conseqüências ecológicas da fragmentação florestal na Amazônia

    William F. Laurance;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Responses of ants to selective logging of a central Amazonian forest

    H.L. Vasconcelos;J.M.S. Vilhena;G.J.A. Caliri

  • GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Catherine L. Parr;Catherine L. Parr;Robert R. Dunn;Nathan J. Sanders;Michael D. Weiser

  • Influence of habitat, litter type, and soil invertebrates on leaf-litter decomposition in a fragmented Amazonian landscape

    Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance

  • Mutualism between Maieta guianensis Aubl., a myrmecophytic melastome, and one of its ant inhabitants: ant protection against insect herbivores

    Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

  • Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants

    Alan N. Costa;Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Ernane H.M. Vieira‐Neto;Emilio M. Bruna

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Alan N. Andersen
Alan N. Andersen Charles Darwin University
Ted R. Schultz
Ted R. Schultz National Museum of Natural History
Philip C. Stouffer
Philip C. Stouffer Louisiana State University
Götz Schroth
Götz Schroth Rainforest Alliance
Celia A. Harvey
Celia A. Harvey Monteverde Institute
Catherine L. Parr
Catherine L. Parr University of Liverpool
Susan G. Laurance
Susan G. Laurance James Cook University
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy George Mason University

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