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D-Index
65
Citations
19262
World Ranking
1759
National Ranking
644

Mark W. Schwartz 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 Mark W. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 186 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark W. Schwartz 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 Mark W. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark W. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work addresses a range of ecological and environmental topics, notably Species Distribution and Climate Change, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Forest Management and Policy, Plant and Animal Studies, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Carly N. Cook, Matthew A. Williamson, Hasbagan Ganjurjav, Elise S. Gornish, and Guozheng Hu, indicating collaborative research within these networks.

Their publication record includes contributions in well-regarded venues such as Conservation Science and Practice, Science, Conservation Biology, Environmental Research Communications, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Among these, Conservation Science and Practice has featured their work most frequently.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by them include:

  • Warming and precipitation addition interact to affect plant spring phenology in alpine meadows on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Confronting parachute science in conservation, 2022, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Global policy for assisted colonization of species, 2021, Science
  • Intensified burn severity in California's northern coastal mountains by drier climatic condition, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature, 2020, Conservation Biology

Best Publications

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • A Framework for Debate of Assisted Migration in an Era of Climate Change

    Jason S. McLACHLAN;Jason S. McLACHLAN;Jessica J. Hellmann;Mark W. Schwartz

  • Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: implications for conservation ecology

    M. W. Schwartz;C. A. Brigham;J. D. Hoeksema;K. G. Lyons

  • Achieving Conservation Science that Bridges the Knowledge–Action Boundary

    Carly N. Cook;Carly N. Cook;Michael B. Mascia;Mark W. Schwartz;Hugh P. Possingham

  • The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States.

    James S. Clark;Louis Iverson;Christopher W. Woodall;Craig D. Allen

  • Vegetation and microclimatic edge effects in two mixed-mesophytic forest fragments

    Sophia M. Gehlhausen;Mark W. Schwartz;Carol K. Augspurger

  • Rare Species and Ecosystem Functioning

    Kelly G Lyons;C A Brigham;B H Traut;Mark W Schwartz

  • Using species distribution models to predict new occurrences for rare plants

    John N. Williams;Changwan Seo;James Thorne;Julie K. Nelson

  • A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

    Nicholas S.G. Williams;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Mark W. Schwartz;Peter A. Vesk;Michael A. McCarthy;Michael A. McCarthy

  • Rare Species Loss Alters Ecosystem Function – Invasion Resistance

    Kelly G. Lyons;Mark W. Schwartz

  • Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation.

    David M. Richardson;Jessica J. Hellmann;Jason S. McLachlan;Dov F. Sax

  • The promise and the potential consequences of the global transport of mycorrhizal fungal inoculum.

    Mark W. Schwartz;Jason D. Hoeksema;Catherine A. Gehring;Nancy C. Johnson

  • How fast and far might tree species migrate in the eastern United States due to climate change

    Louis R. Iverson;M. W. Schwartz;Anantha M. Prasad

  • A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas

    Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Mark J. McDonnell;Mark J. McDonnell;Michael A. McCarthy;Peter A. Vesk

  • PREDICTING EXTINCTIONS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

    Mark W. Schwartz;Louis R. Iverson;Louis R. Iverson;Anantha M. Prasad;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews;Stephen N. Matthews

  • Choosing the Appropriate Scale of Reserves for Conservation

    Mark W. Schwartz

  • Foundations of translational ecology

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

  • Managed Relocation: Integrating the Scientific, Regulatory, and Ethical Challenges

    Mark W. Schwartz;Jessica J. Hellmann;Jason M. McLachlan;Dov F. Sax

  • SPECIALIZATION AND RESOURCE TRADE: BIOLOGICAL MARKETS AS A MODEL OF MUTUALISMS

    Mark W. Schwartz;Jason D. Hoeksema

  • Decision support frameworks and tools for conservation

    Mark W. Schwartz;Carly N. Cook;Robert L. Pressey;Andrew S. Pullin

  • PERSPECTIVES The promise and the potential consequences of the global transport of mycorrhizal fungal inoculum

    Mark W. Schwartz;Nancy C. Johnson;John N. Klironomos;Anne Pringle

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis R. Iverson
Louis R. Iverson US Forest Service
Anantha Prasad
Anantha Prasad US Forest Service
James H. Thorne
James H. Thorne University of California, Davis
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Tim Caro
Tim Caro University of California, Davis
Nicholas S. G. Williams
Nicholas S. G. Williams University of Melbourne
Amy K. Hahs
Amy K. Hahs University of Melbourne
Jessica J. Hellmann
Jessica J. Hellmann University of Minnesota
Mark J. McDonnell
Mark J. McDonnell University of Melbourne
Phillip J. van Mantgem
Phillip J. van Mantgem United States Geological Survey

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