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Ilka C. Feller

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
12305
World Ranking
2956
National Ranking
1047

Ilka C. Feller 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 Ilka C. Feller sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 134 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ilka C. Feller 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 Ilka C. Feller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ilka C. Feller is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions recorded in ecology and related subfields.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Plant Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Ilka C. Feller has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with notable coauthors being:

  • Loraé T. Simpson
  • Daniel A. Friess
  • Steven W. J. Canty
  • Samantha Chapman
  • Stefano Cannicci

Their publications appear in various scientific journals, with the most frequent venues including:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystems

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ilka C. Feller include:

  • Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients (2020), published in Ecological Monographs
  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now (2020), published in Current Biology
  • Human Actions Alter Tidal Marsh Seascapes and the Provision of Ecosystem Services (2020), published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their Conservation (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes (2020), published in Science

Best Publications

  • Caribbean mangroves adjust to rising sea level through biotic controls on change in soil elevation

    Karen L. McKee;Donald R. Cahoon;Ilka C. Feller

  • Nutrition of mangroves

    Ruth Reef;Ilka C. Feller;Catherine E. Lovelock

  • Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;James R. Kellner;Alexander J. Forde;Daniel S. Gruner

  • Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Growth and Herbivory of Dwarf Red Mangrove (Rhizophora Mangle)

    Ilka C. Feller

  • Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems

    Ilka C. Feller;Catherine E. Lovelock;U. Berger;Karen L. McKee

  • Nitrogen vs. phosphorus limitation across an ecotonal gradient in a mangrove forest

    Ilka C. Feller;Karen L. McKee;Dennis F. Whigham;John P. O'Neill

  • Nitrogen limitation of growth and nutrient dynamics in a disturbed mangrove forest, Indian River Lagoon, Florida

    Ilka C. Feller;Dennis F. Whigham;Karen L. McKee;Catherine E. Lovelock

  • Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients

    J. Boone Kauffman;Maria Fernanda Adame;Virni Budi Arifanti;Lisa M. Schile‐Beers

  • Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Kyle Cavanaugh;Kerrylee Rogers;Ilka C. Feller

  • The effect of nutrient enrichment on growth, photosynthesis and hydraulic conductance of dwarf mangroves in Panamá

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Ilka C. Feller;Karen L. McKee;Bettina Engelbrecht

  • MANGROVE ISOTOPIC (δ15N AND δ13C) FRACTIONATION ACROSS A NITROGEN VS. PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION GRADIENT

    Karen L. McKee;Ilka C. Feller;Marianne Popp;Wolfgang Wanek

  • Nutrient enrichment increases mortality of mangroves.

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Marilyn C. Ball;Katherine C. Martin;Ilka C. Feller

  • Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels.

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Ilka C. Feller;Ruth Reef;Sharyn Hickey

  • EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT ON WITHIN‐STAND CYCLING IN A MANGROVE FOREST

    Ilka C. Feller;Dennis F. Whigham;John P. O’Neill;Karen L. McKee

  • Mangrove Range Expansion Rapidly Increases Coastal Wetland Carbon Storage

    Cheryl L. Doughty;J. Adam Langley;Wayne S. Walker;Ilka C. Feller

  • CO2 efflux from cleared mangrove peat.

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Roger W. Ruess;Ilka C. Feller

  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Erik S. Yando;Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla;Janine B. Adams

  • The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change

    Ilka C. Feller;Daniel A. Friess;Ken W. Krauss;Roy R. Lewis

  • Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove–salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years

    Kyle C Cavanaugh;Emily M Dangremond;Cheryl L Doughty;A Park Williams

  • Mangrove growth in New Zealand estuaries: the role of nutrient enrichment at sites with contrasting rates of sedimentation

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Ilka C. Feller;Joanne Ellis;Ann Maree Schwarz

  • Testing the Growth Rate vs. Geochemical Hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients

    Catherine Lovelock;Ilka C Feller;Marilyn Ball;J Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Kyle C. Cavanaugh
Kyle C. Cavanaugh University of California, Los Angeles
Karen L. McKee
Karen L. McKee United States Geological Survey
Marilyn C. Ball
Marilyn C. Ball Australian National University
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
John D. Parker
John D. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Stefano Cannicci
Stefano Cannicci University of Hong Kong
Daniel A. Friess
Daniel A. Friess Tulane University
Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht
Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht University of Bayreuth

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