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51
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12162
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3587
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99

Milena Holmgren 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 Milena Holmgren sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Milena Holmgren 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 Milena Holmgren sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Milena Holmgren is a researcher affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their work spans several key areas within environmental and earth sciences, with extensive contributions to understanding ecological and climatic processes.

Holmgren's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these disciplines, their subfields of focus are diverse, covering:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Forestry

The main research topics addressed by Holmgren consist of:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

The scientist has published recent papers including:

  • Critical transitions in Chinese dunes during the past 12,000 years (2020) published in Science Advances
  • White-Sand Savannas Expand at the Core of the Amazon After Forest Wildfires (2021) published in Ecosystems
  • Climate, topography and anthropogenic effects on desert greening: A 40-year satellite monitoring in the Tengger desert, northern China (2021) published in CATENA
  • Northern expansion is not compensating for southern declines in North American boreal forests (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • Explore before you restore: Incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration (2024) published in Journal of Applied Ecology

Holmgren frequently publishes in several academic venues, with a strong record in:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Holmgren's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Chi Xu
  • Marten Scheffer
  • Bernardo M. Flores
  • Ronny Rotbarth
  • Egbert H. van Nes

Best Publications

  • Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

    Marina Hirota;Milena Holmgren;Egbert H. Van Nes;Marten Scheffer

  • The interplay of facilitation and competition in plant communities

    Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer;Michael A. Huston

  • El Niño effects on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems.

    Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer;Exequiel Ezcurra;Julio R. Gutiérrez

  • Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems

    Milena Holmgren;Paul Stapp;Chris R. Dickman;Carlos Gracia

  • Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited

    Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer

  • Thresholds for boreal biome transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Marina Hirota;Milena Holmgren;Egbert H. Van Nes

  • Forest-rainfall cascades buffer against drought across the Amazon

    Arie Staal;Obbe A. Tuinenburg;Joyce H. C. Bosmans;Milena Holmgren

  • El Niño as a Window of Opportunity for the Restoration of Degraded Arid Ecosystems

    Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer

  • Forest resilience and tipping points at different spatio-temporal scales: approaches and challenges

    Christopher P. O. Reyer;Niels Brouwers;Anja Rammig;Barry W. Brook

  • Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems

    M. Scheffer;S. Barrett;S. R. Carpenter;C. Folke

  • Remotely sensed resilience of tropical forests

    Jan Verbesselt;Nikolaus Umlauf;Marina Hirota;Marina Hirota;Marina Hirota;Milena Holmgren

  • Combined effects of shade and drought on tulip poplar seedlings : trade-off in tolerance or facilitation?

    Milena Holmgren

  • When can positive interactions cause alternative stable states in ecosystems

    Sonia Kéfi;Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer

  • Multiple Recruitment Limitation Causes Arrested Succession in Mediterranean Cork Oak Systems

    Vanda Acacio;Milena Holmgren;Patrick A. Jansen;Ondrej Schrotter

  • Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands

    Vanda Acácio;Vanda Acácio;Milena Holmgren;Francisco Rego;Francisco Moreira

  • Non-linear effects of drought under shade: reconciling physiological and ecological models in plant communities

    Milena Holmgren;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;José Luis Quero;José Luis Quero;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares

  • Science on the Rise in Developing Countries

    Milena Holmgren;Stefan A Schnitzer

  • Synergy between small- and large-scale feedbacks of vegetation on the water cycle

    Marten Scheffer;Milena Holmgren;Victor Brovkin;Martin Claussen

  • Exotic Herbivores as Drivers of Plant Invasion and Switch to Ecosystem Alternative States

    Milena Holmgren

  • Pulse-Driven Loss of Top-Down Control: The Critical-Rate Hypothesis

    Marten Scheffer;Egbert H. van Nes;Milena Holmgren;Terry Hughes

  • The Prosopis juliflora–Prosopis pallida Complex: A Monograph

    Milena Holmgren

Frequent Co-Authors

Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Egbert H. van Nes
Egbert H. van Nes Wageningen University & Research
Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena
Juul Limpens
Juul Limpens Wageningen University & Research
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Godefridus M. J. Mohren
Godefridus M. J. Mohren Wageningen University & Research
Florian Wittmann
Florian Wittmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford

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