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Liana O. Anderson 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 Liana O. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liana O. Anderson 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 Liana O. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Liana O. Anderson is affiliated with the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Economics and Econometrics, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in Anderson's work include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Anderson has contributed to highly cited scientific papers exploring dynamics in the Amazon and related environmental impacts. Some notable publications include:

  • "Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change," 2021, published in Nature
  • "The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation," 2023, published in Science
  • "Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses," 2020, published in Science Advances

Frequent coauthors working alongside Anderson include Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Celso H. L. Silva, Ricardo Dalagnol, João Reis, and Ana Carolina Moreira Pessôa. Collaboration with these researchers spans numerous studies and reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach.

Their publications appear often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Fire, Harvard Dataverse, and Science, indicating active engagement with diverse scientific platforms.

Best Publications

  • Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

    Douglas C. Morton;Ruth S. DeFries;Yosio E. Shimabukuro;Liana O. Anderson

  • Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change

    Luciana V Gatti;Luana S Basso;John B Miller;Manuel Gloor

  • 21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca;Thais M. Rosan

  • Spatial patterns and fire response of recent Amazonian droughts

    Luiz Eduardo O. C. Aragão;Yadvinder Malhi;Rosa Maria Roman‐Cuesta;Sassan Saatchi

  • Soils of Amazonia with particular reference to the RAINFOR sites

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;L. O. Anderson;N. M. Fyllas

  • Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements

    L. V. Gatti;M. Gloor;J. B. Miller;C. E. Doughty

  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

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  • Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia

    Luiz Eduardo O.C Aragão;Yadvinder Malhi;Nicolas Barbier;Nicolas Barbier;Andre Lima

  • Persistent effects of a severe drought on Amazonian forest canopy

    Sassan Saatchi;Salvi Asefi-Najafabady;Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

  • The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade.

    Celso H L Silva Junior;Ana C M Pessôa;Nathália S Carvalho;João B C Reis

  • Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests

    Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz Eduardo O. C. Aragão;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Romilda Paiva

  • Regional ecosystem structure and function: ecological insights from remote sensing of tropical forests.

    Jeffrey Q. Chambers;Gregory P. Asner;Douglas C. Morton;Liana O. Anderson

  • Above- and below-ground net primary productivity across ten Amazonian forests on contrasting soils

    L. E. O. C. Aragão;L. E. O. C. Aragão;Y. Malhi;D. B. Metcalfe;D. B. Metcalfe;J. E. Silva-Espejo

  • Environmental change and the carbon balance of Amazonian forests

    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Benjamin Poulter;Jos B. Barlow;Jos B. Barlow;Liana O. Anderson;Liana O. Anderson

  • Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Iris Roitman;T. Mitchell Aide;Ane Alencar

  • Remote sensing detection of droughts in Amazonian forest canopies.

    Liana O. Anderson;Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Richard Ladle;Richard Ladle

  • Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change.

    Viola H. A. Heinrich;Ricardo Dalagnol;Henrique L. G. Cassol;Thais M. Rosan

  • Mapping regional land cover with MODIS data for biological conservation: Examples from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA and Pará State, Brazil

    K.J Wessels;R.S De Fries;J Dempewolf;L.O Anderson

  • Rapid assessment of annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon using MODIS data

    Douglas C. Morton;Ruth S. DeFries;Yosio E. Shimabukuro;Liana O. Anderson

  • Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses

    Celso H. L. Silva Junior;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca

  • Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region

    Andrew V. Bradley;Nicolas Barbier;Graham P. Weedon

  • Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

    Fabien H. Wagner;Bruno Hérault;Damien Bonal;Clément Stahl;Clément Stahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro National Institute for Space Research
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Sassan Saatchi
Sassan Saatchi California Institute of Technology
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Douglas C. Morton
Douglas C. Morton Goddard Space Flight Center
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Luciana V. Gatti
Luciana V. Gatti National Institute for Space Research
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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