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D-Index
40
Citations
11182
World Ranking
5974
National Ranking
2032

Lisa M. Curran 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 Lisa M. Curran sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 72 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Lisa M. Curran 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 Lisa M. Curran sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Lisa M. Curran is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with additional focus on related subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Diversity and Health Studies, Culinary Culture and Tourism, and Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring.

Recent publications by Lisa M. Curran include:

  • Revitalized Karuk and Yurok cultural burning to enhance California hazelnut for basketweaving in northwestern California, USA (2021, Fire Ecology)
  • Urban wild meat markets in Cameroon: Actors and motives (2022, World Development)
  • Reds Lung Fluid Monitoring For Assessing Lung Disease In Patients With Covid-19 Infection (2022, Journal of Cardiac Failure)
  • Corrigendum to "Urban wild meat markets in Cameroon: Actors and motives" [World Development 160 (2022) 106060] (2022, World Development)

Lisa M. Curran frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Shannon Randolph, Daniel J. Ingram, James H. Jones, William H. Durham, and Tony Marks-Block.

The scientist has published multiple papers in the venues World Development, Fire Ecology, and Journal of Cardiac Failure.

In 2006, Lisa M. Curran was awarded the title of Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Modelling conservation in the Amazon basin

    Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Lisa M. Curran;Gustavo Coutinho Cerqueira

  • Lowland Forest Loss in Protected Areas of Indonesian Borneo

    L. M. Curran;S. N. Trigg;A. K. McDonald;D. Astiani

  • Tropical Forests and Climate Policy

    Raymond E. Gullison;Peter C. Frumhoff;Josep G. Canadell;Christopher B. Field

  • Tropical Deforestation and the Kyoto Protocol

    Márcio Santilli;Paulo Moutinho;Stephan Schwartzman;Daniel Nepstad

  • Committed carbon emissions, deforestation, and community land conversion from oil palm plantation expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Kimberly M. Carlson;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Dessy Ratnasari;Alice M. Pittman;Alice M. Pittman

  • Carbon emissions from forest conversion by Kalimantan oil palm plantations

    Kimberly M. Carlson;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Lisa M. Curran;Gregory P. Asner;Alice Mc Donald Pittman;Alice Mc Donald Pittman

  • VERTEBRATE RESPONSES TO SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION IN SEED PRODUCTION OF MAST-FRUITING DIPTEROCARPACEAE

    L. M. Curran;M. Leighton

  • Impact of El Nino and logging on canopy tree recruitment in borneo

    Lisa M Curran;I Caniago;Gary D Paoli;D Astianti

  • Can We Defy Nature's End?

    Stuart L. Pimm;Márcio Ayres;Andrew Balmford;George Branch

  • Soil nutrients and beta diversity in the Bornean Dipterocarpaceae: evidence for niche partitioning by tropical rain forest trees

    Gary D. Paoli;Lisa M. Curran;Donald R. Zak

  • EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE SPATIOTEMPORAL SCALE OF SEED PREDATION IN MAST‐FRUITING DIPTEROCARPACEAE

    L. M. Curran;C. O. Webb

  • Negative fire feedback in a transitional forest of southeastern Amazonia

    Jennifer K. Balch;Daniel C. Nepstad;Paulo M. Brando;Lisa M. Curran

  • Soil nutrients affect spatial patterns of aboveground biomass and emergent tree density in southwestern Borneo

    Gary D. Paoli;Lisa M. Curran;J. W. F. Slik

  • Multiple pathways of commodity crop expansion in tropical forest landscapes

    Patrick Meyfroidt;Kimberly M Carlson;Matthew E Fagan;Matthew E Fagan;Victor H Gutiérrez-Vélez

  • Cenários de desmatamento para a Amazônia

    Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Daniel Curtis Nepstad;Lisa Curran;Gustavo Coutinho Cerqueira

  • Seed dispersal and recruitment limitation across spatial scales in temperate forest fragments

    Amy B. McEuen;Lisa M. Curran

  • EFFECTS OF SMALL RODENTS AND LARGE MAMMALS ON NEOTROPICAL SEEDS

    Elizabeth A. DeMattia;Lisa M. Curran;Beverly J. Rathcke

  • Long-term reproductive behaviour of woody plants across seven Bornean forest types in the Gunung Palung National Park (Indonesia): suprannual synchrony, temporal productivity and fruiting diversity.

    Charles H. Cannon;Charles H. Cannon;Lisa M. Curran;Andrew J. Marshall;Mark Leighton

  • Village size and forest disturbance in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Lisa M. Curran;Jonathan D. Reuning-Scherer

  • Understanding the impacts of land-use policies on a threatened species: is there a future for the Bornean orang-utan?

    Serge A. Wich;David Gaveau;Nicola Abram;Marc Ancrenaz;Marc Ancrenaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Nepstad
Daniel C. Nepstad Woods Hole Research Center
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Andrew J. Marshall
Andrew J. Marshall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer K. Balch
Jennifer K. Balch University of Colorado Boulder
Britaldo Soares-Filho
Britaldo Soares-Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Paulo M. Brando
Paulo M. Brando University of California, Irvine
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Eric F. Lambin
Eric F. Lambin Stanford University

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