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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
110
Citations
67083
World Ranking
172
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Osvaldo E. Sala is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions across several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The main topics in their work encompass Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, and Nematode management and characterization studies.

Osvaldo E. Sala has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands" (2022) in Science
  • "Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people" (2022) in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States" (2020) in Ecology Letters
  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally" (2024) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global patterns and climatic controls of belowground net carbon fixation" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include Laureano Gherardi, Kathleen C. Weathers, Diane E. Pataki, Pamela H. Templer, and Yude Pan, reflecting collaborative work across multiple related disciplines.

Publication venues where Osvaldo E. Sala has appeared frequently include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Ecological Applications
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Science
  • BioScience

Osvaldo E. Sala has been recognized with several fellowships from major scientific organizations, including the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

    O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes

    R. B. Jackson;J. Canadell;J. R. Ehleringer;H. A. Mooney

  • Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale.

    J. Canadell;R. B. Jackson;J. R. Ehleringer;H. A. Mooney

  • A Generalized Model of the Effects of Grazing by Large Herbivores on Grassland Community Structure

    D. G. Milchunas;O. E. Sala;W. K. Lauenroth

  • Primary Production of the Central Grassland Region of the United States

    O. E. Sala;W. J. Parton;L. A. Joyce;W. K. Lauenroth

  • Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems

    F. Stuart Chapin;Brian H. Walker;Richard J. Hobbs;David U. Hooper

  • Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

    Travis E. Huxman;Melinda D. Smith;Melinda D. Smith;Philip A. Fay;Alan K. Knapp

  • Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

    F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

  • Large Herbivore Foraging and Ecological HierarchiesLandscape ecology can enhance traditional foraging theory

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  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid ecosystems.

    Susanne Schwinning;Osvaldo E. Sala

  • Patch structure, dynamics and implications for the functioning of arid ecosystems

    Martı́n R. Aguiar;Osvaldo E. Sala

  • Long‐Term Forage Production of North American Shortgrass Steppe

    W. K. Lauenroth;O. E. Sala

  • The climate of Patagonia: general patterns and controls on biotic processes

    José M. Paruelo;Adriana Beltrán;Esteban Jobbágy;Osvaldo E. Sala

  • Methods in ecosystem science

    Osvaldo E. Sala;Robert B. Jackson;Harold A. Mooney;Robert W. Howarth

  • Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services.

    Andrew P. Dobson;David Lodge;Jackie Alder;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Small rainfall events: An ecological role in semiarid regions

    O. E. Sala;W. K. Lauenroth

  • Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: theory and data synthesis

    Osvaldo E. Sala;Laureano A. Gherardi;Lara Reichmann;Esteban Jobbágy

  • BELOWGROUND CONSEQUENCES OF VEGETATION CHANGE AND THEIR TREATMENT IN MODELS

    R. B. Jackson;H. J. Schenk;H. J. Schenk;E. G. Jobbágy;J. Canadell

Frequent Co-Authors

William K. Lauenroth
William K. Lauenroth Yale University
José M. Paruelo
José M. Paruelo University of Buenos Aires
Debra P. C. Peters
Debra P. C. Peters United States Department of Agriculture
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Martyn M. Caldwell
Martyn M. Caldwell Utah State University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Esteban G. Jobbágy
Esteban G. Jobbágy National University of San Luis

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