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8238
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57

José Luís C. Camargo publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Luís C. Camargo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 82 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

José Luís C. Camargo D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Luís C. Camargo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

José Luís C. Camargo is affiliated with the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in several related subfields.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad disciplines, their work addresses specific subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology

José Luís C. Camargo's research topics cover a range of ecological and biological dynamics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

They have published papers in prominent scientific journals, often contributing to forest ecology and conservation-focused research. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests," 2020, Science
  • "Global maps of soil temperature," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity," 2022, Nature
  • "Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests," 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with José Luís C. Camargo include:

  • William F. Laurance
  • Susan G. W. Laurance
  • Beatriz Schwantes Marimon
  • Ted R. Feldpausch
  • Ana Andrade

The scientist's work appears regularly in well-regarded publication venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • 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

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • Complex edge effects on soil moisture and microclimate in central Amazonian forest

    J. L. C. Camargo;V. Kapos

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

    Sophie Fauset;Michelle O Johnson;Manuel Gloor;Timothy R Baker

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • An Amazonian rainforest and its fragments as a laboratory of global change

    William F. Laurance;José L.C. Camargo;Philip M. Fearnside;Thomas E. Lovejoy

  • Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity

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  • Rehabilitation of Degraded Areas of Central Amazonia Using Direct Sowing of Forest Tree Seeds

    Jose Luis Campana Camargo;Isolde Dorothea Kossman Ferraz;Angela Maria Imakawa

  • Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

    Hans ter Steege;Hans ter Steege;Nigel C. A. Pitman;Timothy J. Killeen;William F. Laurance

  • Species distribution modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data

    Vitor H.F. Gomes;Vitor H.F. Gomes;Stéphanie D. Ijff;Niels Raes;Iêda Leão Amaral

  • Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models

    Michelle O. Johnson;David Galbraith;Manuel Gloor;Hannes De Deurwaerder

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

    Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Oliver L. Phillips;Roel J.W. Brienen;Sophie Fauset

  • Long-term changes in liana abundance and forest dynamics in undisturbed Amazonian forests

    William F. Laurance;Ana S. Andrade;Ainhoa Magrach;José L. C. Camargo

  • Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa

    Danaë M.A. Rozendaal;Oliver L. Phillips;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

    Unknown

  • Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora.

    Hans ter Steege;Hans ter Steege;Paulo I. Prado;Renato A.F.de Lima;Renato A.F.de Lima;Edwin Pos

  • Effects of the Surrounding Matrix on Tree Recruitment in Amazonian Forest Fragments

    Henrique E. M. Nascimento;Ana C. S. Andrade;José Luís C. Camargo;William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance

  • Innovative approaches to the preservation of forest trees

    Hugh W. Pritchard;Justin F. Moat;João B.S. Ferraz;Timothy R. Marks

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Ana Andrade
Ana Andrade National Institute of Amazonian Research
Susan G. Laurance
Susan G. Laurance James Cook University
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Rafael P. Salomão
Rafael P. Salomão Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy George Mason University
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford

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