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Maria Laura Carranza

Maria Laura Carranza

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
5502
World Ranking
5171
National Ranking
95

Maria Laura Carranza 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 Maria Laura Carranza sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 138 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Maria Laura Carranza 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 Maria Laura Carranza sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maria Laura Carranza is affiliated with the University of Molise in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications within agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, ecological modeling, and global and planetary change.

Their research topics include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, remote sensing in agriculture, land use and ecosystem services, plant and animal studies, and botany and plant ecology studies.

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple works appearing in Remote Sensing, Ecological Indicators, Land, the Journal of Vegetation Science, and Diversity. These journals represent key platforms for the dissemination of their research findings.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maria Laura Carranza include Angela Stanisci, Mirko Di Febbraro, Marco Varricchione, Michele Innangi, and Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta. These collaborations suggest multi-disciplinary research efforts and sustained partnership in areas related to environmental and ecological studies.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics and venues:

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Functional composition and diversity of leaf traits in subalpine versus alpine vegetation in the Apennines, 2020, AoB Plants
  • The relationship between spectral and plant diversity: Disentangling the influence of metrics and habitat types at the landscape scale, 2023, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Global change on the roof of the world: Vulnerability of Himalayan otter species to land use and climate alterations, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Mapping of Acacia saligna Invasion in the Mediterranean Coast, 2021, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines.

    M. Rogora;L. Frate;M. L. Carranza;M. Freppaz

  • Are there habitats that contribute best to plant species diversity in coastal dunes

    Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta;M. L. Carranza;Carmela Francesca Izzi

  • Ecosystem classification and mapping: a proposal for Italian landscapes.

    Carlo Blasi;Maria Laura Carranza;Raffaella Frondoni;Leonardo Rosati

  • Assessing conservation status on coastal dunes: a multiscale approach.

    Marta Carboni;M. L. Carranza;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • What has happened to coastal dunes in the last half century? A multitemporal coastal landscape analysis in Central Italy

    Marco Malavasi;R. Santoro;Maurizio Cutini;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • Native woody vegetation in central Argentina: Classification of Chaco and Espinal forests

    Marcelo Cabido;Marcelo Cabido;Sebastián R. Zeballos;Sebastián R. Zeballos;Marcelo Zak;María L. Carranza

  • The rich sides of mountain summits – a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

    Manuela Winkler;Andrea Lamprecht;Klaus Steinbauer;Karl Hülber

  • Assessment of ecosystem integrity and service gradients across Europe using the LTER Europe network

    Stefan Stoll;Mark Frenzel;Benjamin Burkhard;Mihai Adamescu

  • Combining land cover mapping of coastal dunes with vegetation analysis

    Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta;M. L. Carranza;C. F. Izzi

  • Ecosystem classification for EU habitat distribution assessment in sandy coastal environments: an application in central Italy.

    Maria Laura Carranza;Alicia T. R. Acosta;Angela Stanisci;Gianfranco Pirone

  • Changes in composition, ecology and structure of high-mountain vegetation: a re-visitation study over 42 years.

    Alberto Evangelista;Ludovico Frate;Maria Laura Carranza;Fabio Attorre

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras

    Trevor S. Fristoe;Milan Chytrý;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • EU habitats of interest: an insight into Atlantic and Mediterranean beach and foredunes

    S. Feola;M. L. Carranza;J. H. J. Schaminée;J. A. M. Janssen

  • Assessing the effects of Carpobrotus invasion on coastal dune soils. Does the nature of the invaded habitat matter

    R. Santoro;T. Jucker;M. L. Carranza;A. T. R. Acosta

  • Landscape fragmentation, land-use legacy and propagule pressure promote plant invasion on coastal dunes: a patch-based approach

    Marco Malavasi;Marta Carboni;Maurizio Cutini;Maria L. Carranza

  • A modelling approach to infer the effects of wind farms on landscape connectivity for bats

    Federica Roscioni;Hugo Rebelo;Hugo Rebelo;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Maria Laura Carranza

  • Contribución al conocimiento fitosociológico del Bosque Chaqueño Serrano en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

    M. Cabido;M.L. Carranza;A. Acosta;A. Páez

  • Computing β-diversity from species-area curves

    Carlo Ricotta;Maria Laura Carranza;Giancarlo Avena

  • Relation between climate and vegetation along a Mediterranean‐Temperate boundary in central Italy

    C. Blasi;M. L. Carranza;L. Filesi;A. Tilia

  • Not just a sandy beach. The multi-service value of Mediterranean coastal dunes

    Mita Drius;Mita Drius;Laurence Jones;Flavio Marzialetti;Maria Carla de Francesco

  • Are potential natural vegetation maps a meaningful alternative to neutral landscape models

    Carlo Ricotta;Maria Laura Carranza;Giancarlo Avena;Carlo Blasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta
Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta Roma Tre University
Anna Loy
Anna Loy University of Molise
Carlo Blasi
Carlo Blasi Sapienza University of Rome
Carlo Ricotta
Carlo Ricotta Sapienza University of Rome
Marco Marchetti
Marco Marchetti University of Molise
Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Marcelo Cabido
Marcelo Cabido National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Marta Carboni
Marta Carboni Roma Tre University
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University

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