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Ecology and Evolution
Mexico
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
34325
World Ranking
1491
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Patricia Balvanera is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research portfolio includes 96 publications within this field, with a focus on several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Economics and Econometrics, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The primary topics addressed in Balvanera's work encompass Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Economic and Environmental Valuation; Sustainability and Climate Change Governance; Forest ecology and management; and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

The scientist has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed journals and publication venues, most notably Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 11 publications, Forest Ecology and Management with 9, Ecosystems and People with 5, Ecology and Society also with 5, and Global Sustainability with 3 publications.

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Diverse values of nature for sustainability, 2023, Nature
  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery, 2021, Science
  • Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South, 2020, Global Environmental Change

Frequent collaborators include Unai Pascual, Francisco Mora, Mike Christie, Brigitte Baptiste, and Sander Jacobs.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying the evidence for biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services.

    Patricia Balvanera;Andrea B. Pfisterer;Nina Buchmann;Jing Shen He

  • Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

    Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

  • Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st Century

    Henrique M. Pereira;Paul W. Leadley;Vania Proenca;Rob Alkemade

  • Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

    Kai M. A. Chan;Patricia Balvanera;Karina Benessaiah;Mollie Chapman

  • Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach

    Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual;Patricia Balvanera;Sandra Díaz;György Pataki

  • The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Kristin L. Matulich;David U. Hooper;Jarrett E. Byrnes

  • Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research

    Albert V. Norström;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Marie F. Löf;Simon West;Simon West;Simon West

  • Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Sandra Díaz;Josef Settele;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Hien T. Ngo

  • Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement

    Kai M. A. Chan;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Sarah Klain

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

    Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano

  • Methods for mapping ecosystem service supply: a review

    María José Martínez-Harms;Patricia Balvanera

  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Eben N. Broadbent;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers

  • Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being

    Roly Russell;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Rachelle K. Gould

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

    L. Poorter;M. T. van der Sande;J. Thompson;E. J. M. M. Arets

  • Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective

    Joern Fischer;Toby A Gardner;Elena M Bennett;Patricia Balvanera

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Danaë Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Esteban Álvarez-Dávila

  • Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Current Uncertainties and the Necessary Next Steps

    Patricia Balvanera;Ilyas Siddique;Laura Dee;Alain Paquette

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Ecosystem Services of Tropical Dry Forests: Insights from Long-term Ecological and Social Research on the Pacific Coast of Mexico

    J. Manuel Maass;Patricia Balvanera;Alicia Castillo;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services

    Patricia Balvanera;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich;Taylor H. Ricketts

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Miguel Martínez-Ramos National Autonomous University of Mexico
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Marielos Peña-Claros
Marielos Peña-Claros Wageningen University & Research
Berta Martín-López
Berta Martín-López Leuphana University of Lüneburg
G. Bruce Williamson
G. Bruce Williamson Louisiana State University
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba
Jorge A. Meave
Jorge A. Meave National Autonomous University of Mexico

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