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2025

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Ecology and Evolution

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Manuel R. Guariguata 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 Manuel R. Guariguata sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 160 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.

Manuel R. Guariguata 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 Manuel R. Guariguata sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Peru Leader Award

Overview

Manuel R. Guariguata is affiliated with the Center for International Forestry Research in Peru. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with substantial contributions to the subfields of global and planetary change, forestry, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and strategy and management.

Their main topics of study include conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, forest management and policy, African botany and ecology studies, land use and ecosystem services, global trade, sustainability, and social impact, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and oil palm production and sustainability.

Guariguata's recent publications cover a range of issues related to forest and landscape restoration, biodiversity, and food systems. Notable papers include:

  • Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions (2020) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions (2022) published in One Earth
  • Key challenges for governing forest and landscape restoration across different contexts (2020) published in Land Use Policy
  • Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles (2020) published in Forests
  • Transforming food systems with trees and forests (2022) published in The Lancet Planetary Health

Frequent co-authors in Guariguata's work include Robin L. Chazdon, David B. Lindenmayer, Renato Crouzeilles, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, and Pedro H. S. Brancalion.

In terms of publication venues, Guariguata has contributed multiple articles to journals such as Forests, Restoration Ecology, Environmental Research Letters, Forest Ecology and Management, and Land.

Best Publications

  • Neotropical secondary forest succession : changes in structural and functional characteristics

    Manuel R Guariguata;Rebecca Ostertag;Rebecca Ostertag

  • International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration: Second edition

    George D. Gann;Tein McDonald;Bethanie Walder;James Aronson

  • Statistical methods for estimating species richness of woody regeneration in primary and secondary rain forests of northeastern Costa Rica

    R.L. Chazdon;R.K. Colwell;J.S. Denslow;M.R. Guariguata

  • Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

    Luciana Porter-Bolland;Edward A. Ellis;Manuel R. Guariguata;Isabel Ruiz-Mallén

  • Natural regeneration as a tool for large-scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges.

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Manuel R. Guariguata

  • Structure and floristics of secondary and old-growth forest stands in lowland Costa Rica

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Robin L. Chazdon;Julie S. Denslow;Juan M. Dupuy

  • Landslide disturbance and forest regeneration in the upper Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico.

    Manuel R. Guariguata

  • Early Woody Invasion Under Tree Plantations in Costa Rica: Implications for Forest Restoration

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Richard Rheingans;Florencia Montagnini

  • An Operational framework for defining and monitoring forest degradation

    Ian D. Thompson;Manuel R. Guariguata;Kimiko Okabe;Carlos Bahamondez

  • Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions

    Robin L Chazdon;Robin L Chazdon;David Lindenmayer;Manuel R Guariguata;Renato Crouzeilles

  • Mitigation needs adaptation: Tropical forestry and climate change

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Jonathan P. Cornelius;Bruno Locatelli;Claudio Forner

  • Ecological knowledge of regeneration from seed in neotropical forest trees: implications for natural forest management

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Manuel R. Guariguata;Michelle A. Pinard

  • Reconciling forest conservation and logging in Indonesian Borneo

    David L. A. Gaveau;Mrigesh Kshatriya;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Sean Sloan

  • Impacts of forests and forestation on hydrological services in the Andes: A systematic review

    Vivien Bonnesoeur;Bruno Locatelli;Bruno Locatelli;Manuel R. Guariguata;Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi

  • Ecología y conservación de bosques neotropicales

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Gustavo H. Kattan

  • What is the relevance of smallholders’ agroforestry systems for conserving tropical tree species and genetic diversity in circa situm, in situ and ex situ settings? A review

    Ian K. Dawson;Manuel R. Guariguata;Judy Loo;John C. Weber

  • A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests

    Himlal Baral;Himlal Baral;Manuel R. Guariguata;Rodney J. Keenan

  • Challenges and Prospects for Scaling-up Ecological Restoration to Meet International Commitments: Colombia as a Case Study

    Carolina Murcia;Carolina Murcia;Manuel R. Guariguata;Ángela Andrade;Germán Ignacio Andrade;Germán Ignacio Andrade

  • Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production

    Sini Savilaakso;Claude Garcia;John Garcia-Ulloa;Jaboury Ghazoul

  • Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Carmen García-Fernández;Douglas Sheil;Robert Nasi

  • Forest regeneration in abandoned logging roads in lowland Costa Rica

    Manuel R. Guariguata;Juan M. Dupuy

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Robert Nasi
Robert Nasi Center for International Forestry Research
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Pedro H. S. Brancalion
Pedro H. S. Brancalion Universidade de São Paulo
Bryan Finegan
Bryan Finegan Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki
Erin O. Sills
Erin O. Sills North Carolina State University
Francis E. Putz
Francis E. Putz University of Florida
Bruno Locatelli
Bruno Locatelli Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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