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Martin F. Breed

Martin F. Breed

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8246
World Ranking
4247
National Ranking
333

Martin F. Breed 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 Martin F. Breed sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 128 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin F. Breed 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 Martin F. Breed 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.

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

Overview

Martin F. Breed is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has contributed extensively to multiple areas within environmental and biological sciences. Their research intersects several fields including Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Breed's subfields of study include Ecology, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, and Genetics. The main topics addressed in their work cover a broad range, encompassing Gut microbiota and health, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Urban Green Space and Health.

Frequent publication venues where Breed's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist often collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Jake M. Robinson
  • Craig Liddicoat
  • Christian Cando-Dumancela
  • Philip Weinstein
  • Joel E. Brame

Notable publications by Martin F. Breed include:

  • "Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition," 2022, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Transfer of environmental microbes to the skin and respiratory tract of humans after urban green space exposure," 2020, Environment International
  • "Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies," 2021, Nature Reviews Genetics

Best Publications

  • Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments : a genetic perspective

    Andrew R. Weeks;Carla M. Sgro;Andrew G. Young;Richard Frankham

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

    Sean Hoban;Michael Bruford;Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Margarida Lopes-Fernandes

  • Which provenance and where? Seed sourcing strategies for revegetation in a changing environment

    Martin F. Breed;Martin F. Breed;Michael G. Stead;Kym M. Ottewell;Michael G. Gardner;Michael G. Gardner

  • Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

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  • The potential of genomics for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

    Martin F Breed;Peter A Harrison;Colette Blyth;Margaret Byrne

  • Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database

    Andrew Bissett;Anna Fitzgerald;Thys Meintjes;Pauline M. Mele

  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts.

    Nancy Shackelford;Nancy Shackelford;Gustavo B. Paterno;Gustavo B. Paterno;Daniel E. Winkler;Todd E. Erickson

  • Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis

    Jacob G. Mills;Philip Weinstein;Nicholas J. C. Gellie;Laura S. Weyrich

  • Constraints to and conservation implications for climate change adaptation in plants

    Matthew J. Christmas;Martin F. Breed;Andrew J. Lowe

  • Mating patterns and pollinator mobility are critical traits in forest fragmentation genetics

    Martin F. Breed;Kym Ottewell;Michael Gardner;Maria Marklund

  • Transfer of environmental microbes to the skin and respiratory tract of humans after urban green space exposure.

    Caitlin A. Selway;Jacob G. Mills;Philip Weinstein;Chris Skelly

  • Green Prescriptions and Their Co-Benefits: Integrative Strategies for Public and Environmental Health

    Jake M. Robinson;Martin F. Breed

  • Naturally-diverse airborne environmental microbial exposures modulate the gut microbiome and may provide anxiolytic benefits in mice

    Craig Liddicoat;Harrison Sydnor;Christian Cando-Dumancela;Romy Dresken

  • Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

    Deborah M Leigh;Charles B van Rees;Katie L Millette;Martin F Breed;Martin F Breed

  • Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field.

    Nicholas J. C. Gellie;Jacob G. Mills;Martin F. Breed;Andrew J. Lowe

  • The resilience of forest fragmentation genetics—no longer a paradox—we were just looking in the wrong place

    A J Lowe;S Cavers;D Boshier;M F Breed

  • Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making

    Martin F. Breed;Peter A. Harrison;Armin Bischoff;Paula Durruty

  • Higher levels of greenness and biodiversity associate with greater subjective wellbeing in adults living in Melbourne, Australia

    Suzanne Mavoa;Melanie Davern;Martin F. Breed;Amy Hahs

  • Advancing DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding Applications for Plants Requires Systematic Analysis of Herbarium Collections—An Australian Perspective

    Eleanor E. Dormontt;Kor Jent van Dijk;Karen Bell;Karen Bell;Edward Biffin

  • High-throughput eDNA monitoring of fungi to track functional recovery in ecological restoration

    DongFeng Yan;DongFeng Yan;Jacob G. Mills;Nicholas J.C. Gellie;Andrew Bissett

  • Shifts in reproductive assurance strategies and inbreeding costs associated with habitat fragmentation in Central American mahogany

    Martin F. Breed;Michael G. Gardner;Michael G. Gardner;Kym M. Ottewell;Kym M. Ottewell;Carlos M. Navarro

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Lowe
Andrew J. Lowe University of Adelaide
Philip Weinstein
Philip Weinstein University of Adelaide
Michael G. Gardner
Michael G. Gardner Flinders University
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Margaret Byrne
Margaret Byrne University of Western Australia
Margaret E. Hunter
Margaret E. Hunter United States Geological Survey
Gernot Segelbacher
Gernot Segelbacher University of Freiburg
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Siegfried L. Krauss
Siegfried L. Krauss University of Western Australia
Peter E. Mortimer
Peter E. Mortimer Kunming Institute of Botany

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