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Marissa Leanne Baskett

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
3991
World Ranking
7443
National Ranking
2500

Marissa Leanne Baskett 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 Marissa Leanne Baskett sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marissa Leanne Baskett 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 Marissa Leanne Baskett sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Marissa Leanne Baskett is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work spans several main research topics, including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Baskett has a significant publication record with papers appearing frequently in journals such as Ecological Applications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Theoretical Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Ecology.

Recent publications include:

  • "Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Quantifying global potential for coral evolutionary response to climate change" (2021) in Nature Climate Change
  • "Fast behavioral feedbacks make ecosystems sensitive to pace and not just magnitude of anthropogenic environmental change" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Partitioning colony size variation into growth and partial mortality" (2020) in Biology Letters
  • "Catastrophes, connectivity and Allee effects in the design of marine reserve networks" (2020) in Oikos

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Baskett's research, frequently coauthoring with:

  • Timothy E. Essington
  • Alan Hastings
  • Gregory A. Backus
  • Eric J. Ward
  • Jorge Arroyo-Esquivel

Among other professional recognitions, Baskett received the Hellman Fellow award in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of dispersal and life history interact to drive accelerating spread of an invasive species

    T. Alex Perkins;Benjamin L. Phillips;Marissa L. Baskett;Alan Hastings

  • When is dispersal for dispersal? Unifying marine and terrestrial perspectives

    Scott C. Burgess;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Richard K. Grosberg;Steven G. Morgan

  • Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries

    K. B. Oke;K. B. Oke;C. J. Cunningham;C. J. Cunningham;P. A. H. Westley;M. L. Baskett

  • MARINE RESERVE DESIGN AND THE EVOLUTION OF SIZE AT MATURATION IN HARVESTED FISH

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Simon A. Levin;Steven D. Gaines;Jonathan Dushoff

  • Symbiont diversity may help coral reefs survive moderate climate change.

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Steven D. Gaines;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Social Information Links Individual Behavior to Population and Community Dynamics.

    Michael A. Gil;Andrew M. Hein;Orr Spiegel;Marissa Leanne Baskett

  • Designing marine reserves for interacting species: Insights from theory

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Fiorenza Micheli;Simon A. Levin

  • Predicting evolutionary rescue via evolving plasticity in stochastic environments.

    Jaime Ashander;Luis Miguel Chevin;Marissa Leanne Baskett

  • Persistence and Change in Community Composition of Reef Corals through Present, Past, and Future Climates

    Peter J. Edmunds;Mehdi Adjeroud;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Iliana B. Baums

  • The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Marine Reserves

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Lewis A.K. Barnett;Lewis A.K. Barnett

  • Conservation management approaches to protecting the capacity for corals to respond to climate change: a theoretical comparison

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Roger M. Nisbet;Carrie V. Kappel;Peter J. Mumby

  • Linking models with monitoring data for assessing performance of no-take marine reserves

    J. Wilson White;J. Wilson White;Louis W. Botsford;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Lewis A K Barnett

  • The Evolution of Dispersal in Reserve Networks

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Joshua S. Weitz;Joshua S. Weitz;Simon A. Levin

  • Propensity of marine reserves to reduce the evolutionary effects of fishing in a migratory species.

    Erin S. Dunlop;Marissa L. Baskett;Mikko Heino;Ulf Dieckmann

  • Transient responses of fished populations to marine reserve establishment

    J. Wilson White;Louis W. Botsford;Alan Hastings;Marissa Leanne Baskett

  • Refuge-mediated apparent competition in plant-consumer interactions.

    John L. Orrock;Robert D. Holt;Marissa Leanne Baskett

  • Quantifying global potential for coral evolutionary response to climate change

    Cheryl A. Logan;John P. Dunne;James S. Ryan;Marissa L. Baskett

  • Evaluating Alternative Strategies for Minimizing Unintended Fitness Consequences of Cultured Individuals on Wild Populations

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Robin S. Waples

  • Recruitment facilitation can drive alternative states on temperate reefs

    Marissa Leanne Baskett;Anne K. Salomon;Anne K. Salomon

  • Introgressive hybridization as a mechanism for species rescue

    Marissa L. Baskett;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • Setting expected timelines of fished population recovery for the adaptive management of a marine protected area network.

    Katherine A. Kaplan;Katherine A. Kaplan;Lauren Yamane;Lauren Yamane;Louis W. Botsford;Marissa L. Baskett

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Hastings
Alan Hastings University of California, Davis
Louis W. Botsford
Louis W. Botsford University of California, Davis
Steven D. Gaines
Steven D. Gaines University of California, Santa Barbara
Robin S. Waples
Robin S. Waples University of Washington
Kevin Gross
Kevin Gross North Carolina State University
James N. Sanchirico
James N. Sanchirico University of California, Davis
John L. Orrock
John L. Orrock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jennifer E. Caselle
Jennifer E. Caselle University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Steven G. Morgan
Steven G. Morgan University of California, Davis

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Ulf Dieckmann

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Roberto Salguero-Gómez

Roberto Salguero-Gómez

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Publications: 15

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Hugh P. Possingham

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Publications: 14

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Halvor Knutsen

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