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Michael E. Soulé 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 Michael E. Soulé sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 114 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael E. Soulé 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 Michael E. Soulé sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael E. Soulé was affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focused on environmental science, with key contributions spanning ecological modeling, ecology, global and planetary change, and the broader domain of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

They published work addressing several main topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Soulé authored recent papers such as "Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat" (2023) published in Ecosphere, and "Enhanced regional connectivity between western North American national parks will increase persistence of mammal species diversity" (2023) in Scientific Reports.

Frequent collaborators in their research included Rebecca Dalton, Nora Underwood, David W. Inouye, Brian D. Inouye, and William D. Newmark. Their work appeared predominantly in the journals Ecosphere and Scientific Reports.

Soulé was recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1973

Best Publications

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system

    Kevin R. Crooks;Michael E. Soulé

  • Viable Populations for Conservation

    Michael E. Soulé

  • Conservation and evolution

    O. H. Frankel;Michael E. Soulé

  • Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity

    Michael E. Soulé

  • What is Conservation Biology?A new synthetic discipline addresses the dynamics and problems of perturbed species, communities, and ecosystems

    Michael E. Soulé

  • The Keystone-Species Concept in Ecology and ConservationManagement and policy must explicitly consider the complexity of interactions in natural systems

    L. Scott Mills;Michael E. Soulé;Daniel F. Doak

  • Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective

    Michael E. Soulé;Bruce A. Wilcox

  • Reconstructed Dynamics of Rapid Extinctions of Chaparral‐Requiring Birds in Urban Habitat Islands

    Michael E. Soulé;Douglas T. Bolger;Allison C. Alberts;John Wrights

  • What Is Conservation Biology

    Michael E. Soulé

  • What do genetics and ecology tell us about the design of nature reserves

    Michael E. Soulé;Daniel Simberloff

  • Ecological Effectiveness: Conservation Goals for Interactive Species

    Michael E. Soulé;James A. Estes;Joel Berger;Carlos Martinez Del Rio

  • Continental Conservation: scientific foundations of regional reserve networks

    Michael E. Soulé;John Terborgh;Wildlands

  • Conservation: tactics for a constant crisis.

    Michael E. Soulé

  • Pleistocene rewilding: an optimistic agenda for twenty-first century conservation.

    C. Josh Donlan;Joel Berger;Carl E. Bock;Jane H. Bock

  • Lag times in population explosions of invasive species: causes and implications

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  • ECOLOGY: Conservation Targets: Do They Help?

    Michael E. Soulé;M. A. Sanjayan

  • Conservation biology : research priorities for the next decade

    Michael E. Soulé;Gordon H. Orians

  • Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity.

    C. R. Margules;M. E. Soule

  • Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective

    James R. Karr;M. E. Soule;B. A. Wilcox

  • Conservation and Evolution

    I. Jack Stout;O. H. Frankel;M. E. Soule

  • Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective

    Daniel Simberloff;M. E. Soule;B. A. Wilcox

  • Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity

    Blaine H. M. Mooers;Michael E. Soule

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Estes
James A. Estes University of California, Santa Cruz
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Reed F. Noss
Reed F. Noss University of Florida
Douglas T. Bolger
Douglas T. Bolger Dartmouth College
Brendan Mackey
Brendan Mackey Griffith University
Menna E. Jones
Menna E. Jones University of Tasmania
John C. Z. Woinarski
John C. Z. Woinarski Charles Darwin University
William J. Ripple
William J. Ripple Oregon State University
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Héctor T. Arita
Héctor T. Arita National Autonomous University of Mexico

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