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Nalini M. Nadkarni

Nalini M. Nadkarni

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
9437
World Ranking
3014
National Ranking
1062

Nalini M. Nadkarni 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 Nalini M. Nadkarni sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nalini M. Nadkarni 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 Nalini M. Nadkarni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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

  • 2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Nalini M. Nadkarni is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Social Sciences. The scientist has made contributions in several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Place Attachment and Urban Studies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Nalini M. Nadkarni include:

  • "The Future of Critical Care: Optimizing Technologies and a Learning Healthcare System to Potentiate a More Humanistic Approach to Critical Care" (2022) published in Critical Care Explorations
  • "Providing Virtual Nature Experiences to Incarcerated Men Reduces Stress and Increases Interest in the Environment" (2021) published in Ecopsychology
  • "Gigantic chloroplasts, including bizonoplasts, are common in shade-adapted species of the ancient vascular plant family Selaginellaceae" (2020) published in American Journal of Botany
  • "Vascular epiphytes show low physiological resistance and high recovery capacity to episodic, short-term drought in Monteverde, Costa Rica" (2020) published in Functional Ecology
  • "Conservation, education, and adventure tourism: a case study of adventure parks as potential venues for communication in Monteverde, Costa Rica" (2021) published in Journal of Ecotourism

The scientist frequently publishes in journals including:

  • American Journal of Botany
  • Ecopsychology
  • Journal of Science Communication
  • Critical Care Explorations
  • Functional Ecology

Among their frequent collaborators are Todd E. Dawson, Sybil G. Gotsch, Allison Anholt, Cameron Williams, and Caitlin Weber.

Nalini M. Nadkarni has been recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, an award granted in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Structure and microclimate of forest canopies.

    G. G. Parker;M. D. Lowman;N. M. Nadkarni

  • Facilitation and Interference of Quercus Douglasii on Understory Productivity in Central California

    Ragan M. Callaway;Nalini M. Nadkarni;Bruce E. Mahall

  • Epiphyte biomass and nutrient capital of a neotropical Elfin forest

    Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Monteverde: ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest.

    Nalini Moreshwar Nadkarni;Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

  • Potential effects of climate change on canopy communities in a tropical cloud forest: an experimental approach

    Nalini M. Nadkarni;Rodrigo Solano

  • Atmospheric deposition and net retention of ions by the canopy in a tropical montane forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica

    Kenneth L. Clark;Nalini M. Nadkarni;Douglas Schaefer;Henry L. Gholz

  • A protocol for rapid and representative sampling of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte diversity of tropical rain forests

    S. R. bbert Gradstein;N. M. Nadkarni;T. Kroemer;I. Holz

  • Canopy roots: convergent evolution in rainforest nutrient cycles.

    Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Biomass and nutrient pools of canopy and terrestrial components in a primary and a secondary montane cloud forest, Costa Rica

    Nalini M Nadkarni;Douglas Schaefer;Teri J Matelson;Rodrigo Solano

  • Bird use of epiphyte resources in neotropical trees

    Nalini M. Nadkarni;Teri J. Matelson

  • Invertebrates in canopy and ground organic matter in a neotropical montane forest, Costa Rica.

    Nalini M. Nadkarni;John T. Longino

  • Diversity of Species and Interactions in the Upper Tree Canopy of Forest Ecosystems

    Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • A comparison of ground and canopy leaf litter ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in a neotropical montane forest

    John T. Longino;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Composition and distribution of epiphytic organic matter in a Neotropical cloud forest, Costa Rica

    Stephen W. Ingram;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Moisture and temperature patterns of canopy humus and forest floor soil of a Montane Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.

    Stephanie A. Bohlman;Teri J. Matelson;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Nitrogen-15 natural abundance in a montane cloud forest canopy as an indicator of nitrogen cycling and epiphyte nutrition.

    Peter Hietz;Wolfgang Wanek;Rita Wania;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Fine Litter Dynamics within the Tree Canopy of a Tropical Cloud Forest

    Nalini M. Nadkarni;Teri J. Matelson

  • Microbial biomass and activity in canopy organic matter and the forest floor of a tropical cloud forest

    E.D. Vance;N.M. Nadkarni

  • Forest structure and the abundance and diversity of neotropical small mammals.

    J. R. Malcolm;M. D. Lowman;N. M. Nadkarni

  • Ecological roles of epiphytes in nutrient cycles of forest ecosystems.

    D. S. Coxson;N. M. Nadkarni;M. D. Lowman

  • Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest - 2014 Updated Chapters

    Nalini M Nadkarni;Nathaniel T Wheelwright

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey G. Parker
Geoffrey G. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Stephen P. Yanoviak
Stephen P. Yanoviak University of Louisville
John T. Longino
John T. Longino University of Utah
Henry L. Gholz
Henry L. Gholz National Science Foundation
Kenneth L. Clark
Kenneth L. Clark US Forest Service
Kamaljit S. Bawa
Kamaljit S. Bawa University of Massachusetts Boston
David Maier
David Maier Portland State University
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley
Caroline S. Bledsoe
Caroline S. Bledsoe University of California, Davis

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