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John J. Stachowicz 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 John J. Stachowicz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John J. Stachowicz 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 John J. Stachowicz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2004 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

John J. Stachowicz is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The researcher's work primarily deals with topics such as marine and coastal plant biology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, and marine and fisheries research.

Frequent collaborators include J. Emmett Duffy, Kevin A. Hovel, A. Randall Hughes, F. Joel Fodrie, and Mathieu Cusson.

Their publications commonly appear in journals such as Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Estuaries and Coasts, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Recent research papers include:

  • An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants, 2023, Science
  • Local adaptation in a marine foundation species: Implications for resilience to future global change, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Previous exposure mediates the response of eelgrass to future warming via clonal transgenerational plasticity, 2020, Ecology

John J. Stachowicz has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2017 and receiving the George Mercer Award from the same society in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

  • Inclusion of facilitation into ecological theory

    John F. Bruno;John J. Stachowicz;Mark D. Bertness

  • Mutualism, Facilitation, and the Structure of Ecological Communities

    John J. Stachowicz

  • The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions.

    J. D. Fridley;J. J. Stachowicz;S. Naeem;D. F. Sax

  • Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions

    Dov F. Sax;John J. Stachowicz;James H. Brown;John F. Bruno

  • Linking climate change and biological invasions: Ocean warming facilitates nonindigenous species invasions

    John J. Stachowicz;Jeffrey R. Terwin;Robert B. Whitlatch;Richard W. Osman

  • Genetic diversity enhances the resistance of a seagrass ecosystem to disturbance

    A Randall R Hughes;John J Stachowicz

  • Species diversity and invasion resistance in a marine ecosystem

    John J. Stachowicz;Robert B. Whitlatch;Richard W. Osman

  • BIODIVERSITY, INVASION RESISTANCE, AND MARINE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS

    John J. Stachowicz;Heather Fried;Richard W. Osman;Robert B. Whitlatch

  • Understanding the Effects of Marine Biodiversity on Communities and Ecosystems

    John J. Stachowicz;John F. Bruno;J. Emmett Duffy

  • Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography

    Dov F.Sax;John J.Stachowicz;Steven D.Gaines

  • Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers.

    Alistair G. B. Poore;Alexandra H. Campbell;Ross A. Coleman;Graham J. Edgar

  • Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services

    Stephen R. Palumbi;Paul A. Sandifer;J. David Allan;Michael W. Beck

  • Species diversity, invasion success, and ecosystem functioning: disentangling the influence of resource competition, facilitation, and extrinsic factors

    John J. Stachowicz;Jarrett E. Byrnes

  • Invasions and Extinctions Reshape Coastal Marine Food Webs

    Jarrett E. Byrnes;Pamela L. Reynolds;John J. Stachowicz

  • Reciprocal relationships and potential feedbacks between biodiversity and disturbance

    A. Randall Hughes;Jarrett E. Byrnes;David L. Kimbro;John J. Stachowicz

  • Predator diversity strengthens trophic cascades in kelp forests by modifying herbivore behaviour

    Jarrett Byrnes;John J. Stachowicz;Kristin M. Hultgren;A. Randall Hughes

  • Biodiversity mediates top–down control in eelgrass ecosystems: a global comparative‐experimental approach

    J Emmett Duffy;J Emmett Duffy;Pamela L Reynolds;Christoffer Boström;James A Coyer

  • Facilitation and the niche: implications for coexistence, range shifts and ecosystem functioning

    Fabio Bulleri;John F. Bruno;Brian R. Silliman;John J. Stachowicz

  • REDUCING PREDATION THROUGH CHEMICALLY MEDIATED CAMOUFLAGE: INDIRECT EFFECTS OF PLANT DEFENSES ON HERBIVORES

    John J. Stachowicz;Mark E. Hay

  • Response to Comments on "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services"

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
A. Randall Hughes
A. Randall Hughes Northeastern University
Susan L. Williams
Susan L. Williams University of California, Davis
Richard K. Grosberg
Richard K. Grosberg University of California, Davis
John F. Bruno
John F. Bruno University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer L. Ruesink
Jennifer L. Ruesink University of Washington
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
Christoffer Boström
Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University
Masahiro Nakaoka
Masahiro Nakaoka Hokkaido University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University

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