2026 M. Rebecca Shaw: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	41	7540	7246	4	4	56	16415

Overview

M. Rebecca Shaw is affiliated with the World Wide Fund for Nature in Colombia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in global and planetary change, alongside management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work spans multiple interconnected fields related to ecology and sustainability. Their research addresses important topics including conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; land use and ecosystem services; sustainability and climate change governance; rangeland management and livestock ecology; fire effects on ecosystems; rangeland and wildlife management; as well as cardiac health and mental health.

Rebecca Shaw has coauthored studies with several frequent collaborators, such as Sandra Díaz, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Rachel Neugarten, Stephen Polasky, and Patrick R. Roehrdanz. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of publications across respected scientific journals.

Their recent papers include:

"People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years," published in 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability," published in 2020 in Science
"Mapping the planet's critical natural assets," published in 2022 in Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Conservation needs to integrate knowledge across scales," published in 2021 in Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Integrating climate, biodiversity, and sustainable land-use strategies: innovations from China," published in 2020 in National Science Review

Publication venues where Rebecca Shaw frequently appears include:

Nature Ecology & Evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science
National Science Review
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales

Erik Nelson;Guillermo Mendoza;James Regetz;Stephen Polasky

2947
Citations
Conservation planning for ecosystem services.

Kai M. A Chan;M. Rebecca Shaw;David R Cameron;Emma C Underwood

1583
Citations
Nitrogen and Climate Change

Bruce A. Hungate;Jeffrey S. Dukes;M. Rebecca Shaw;Yiqi Luo

1022
Citations
Climate change, wine, and conservation

Lee Hannah;Lee Hannah;Patrick R. Roehrdanz;Makihiko Ikegami;Anderson V. Shepard

929
Citations
People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

Erle C. Ellis;Nicolas Gauthier;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Rebecca Bliege Bird

736
Citations
Grassland responses to global environmental changes suppressed by elevated CO2.

M. Rebecca Shaw;Erika S. Zavaleta;Erika S. Zavaleta;Nona R. Chiariello;Elsa E. Cleland;Elsa E. Cleland

675
Citations
Conserving biodiversity efficiently: what to do, where, and when.

Kerrie A Wilson;Emma C Underwood;Scott A Morrison;Kirk R Klausmeyer

555
Citations
Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

J. A. Morgan;D. E. Pataki;Christian Körner;H. Clark

546
Citations
Limits to adaptation

Kirstin Dow;Frans Berkhout;Benjamin L. Preston;Richard J. T. Klein;Richard J. T. Klein

472
Citations
Threats and biodiversity in the mediterranean biome.

Emma C. Underwood;Joshua H. Viers;Kirk R. Klausmeyer;Robin L. Cox

470
Citations
Additive effects of simulated climate changes, elevated CO2, and nitrogen deposition on grassland diversity

Erika S. Zavaleta;M. Rebecca Shaw;Nona R. Chiariello;Harold A. Mooney

442
Citations
Grassland responses to three years of elevated temperature, CO2, precipitation, and N deposition

Erika S. Zavaleta;Erika S. Zavaleta;M. Rebecca Shaw;Nona R. Chiariello;Brian D. Thomas;Brian D. Thomas

439
Citations
Global modeling of nature’s contributions to people

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Richard P. Sharp;Charlotte Weil;Elena M. Bennett

439
Citations
Climate change, habitat loss, protected areas and the climate adaptation potential of species in Mediterranean ecosystems worldwide

Kirk R. Klausmeyer;M. Rebecca Shaw

437
Citations
Responses of grassland production to single and multiple global environmental changes.

Jeffrey S Dukes;Nona R Chiariello;Elsa E Cleland;Lisa A Moore

428
Citations
Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

Sandra Díaz;Noelia Zafra-Calvo;Andy Purvis;Peter H. Verburg

356
Citations
Foundations of translational ecology

Carolyn A. F. Enquist;Stephen T. Jackson;Gregg M. Garfin;Frank W. Davis

312
Citations
Conservation easements: biodiversity protection and private use.

Adena R. Rissman;Lynn Lozier;Tosha Comendant;Peter Kareiva

277
Citations
Resource management in a changing and uncertain climate

Joshua J Lawler;Timothy H Tear;Chris Pyke;M Rebecca Shaw

242
Citations
Artificial climate warming positively affects arbuscular mycorrhizae but decreases soil aggregate water stability in an annual grassland

Matthias C. Rillig;Sara F. Wright;M. Rebecca Shaw;Christopher B. Field

238
Citations
U.S. Natural Resources and Climate Change: Concepts and Approaches for Management Adaptation

Jordan M. West;Susan H. Julius;Peter Kareiva;Carolyn Enquist

225
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Field Stanford University

Erika S. Zavaleta University of California, Santa Cruz

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer Stanford University

Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles

Lee Hannah Conservation International

Nona R. Chiariello Stanford University

Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego

Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba

Unai Pascual Ikerbasque

Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota

External Links

Personal website of M. Rebecca Shaw

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