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D-Index
58
Citations
18744
World Ranking
2507
National Ranking
889

Paulo M. Brando publications per year

2001: 1 publications 2002: 1 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 1 publications 2005: 1 publications 2006: 1 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 12 publications
2001 2025

185 publications in total across all disciplines

Paulo M. Brando 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 Paulo M. Brando sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 152 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paulo M. Brando 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 Paulo M. Brando sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paulo M. Brando is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Soil Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, with significant work in Fire effects on ecosystems, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Environmental and biological studies, and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Recent publications by Paulo M. Brando include the following:

  • "Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "The gathering firestorm in southern Amazonia," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity," 2021, Nature
  • "Amazon wildfires: Scenes from a foreseeable disaster," 2020, Flora

Paulo M. Brando often collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, including Márcia N. Macedo, Divino Vicente Silvério, Michael T. Coe, Ane Alencar, and Leonardo Maracahipes-Santos. Collaboration counts with these co-authors range from 13 to 22 joint publications.

Their work appears in a range of scientific journals, with multiple contributions to Environmental Research Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Ecology, Science Advances, and Nature Climate Change.

Best Publications

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • The 2010 Amazon Drought

    Simon L. Lewis;Paulo M. Brando;Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje M. F. van der Heijden

  • Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

    Daniel Nepstad;David McGrath;Claudia Stickler;Ane Alencar

  • Forest health and global change

    Susan E. Trumbore;P. Brando;Henrik Hartmann

  • Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought-fire interactions.

    Paulo Monteiro Brando;Paulo Monteiro Brando;Jennifer K. Balch;Daniel C. Nepstad;Douglas C. Morton

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

    Kendra K. McLauchlan;Philip E. Higuera;Jessica Miesel;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Drivers and Mechanisms of Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Paulo M. Brando

  • Leaf development and demography explain photosynthetic seasonality in Amazon evergreen forests.

    Jin Wu;Loren P. Albert;Aline P. Lopes;Natalia Restrepo-Coupe;Natalia Restrepo-Coupe

  • Projections of future meteorological drought and wet periods in the Amazon

    Philip B. Duffy;Philip B. Duffy;Paulo Brando;Gregory P. Asner;Christopher B. Field

  • Drought effects on litterfall, wood production and belowground carbon cycling in an Amazon forest: results of a throughfall reduction experiment.

    Paulo M Brando;Daniel C Nepstad;Eric A Davidson;Susan E Trumbore

  • Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests

    Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz Eduardo O. C. Aragão;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Romilda Paiva

  • Effects of an experimental drought and recovery on soil emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and nitric oxide in a moist tropical forest

    Eric A. Davidson;Daniel C. Nepstad;Françoise Yoko Ishida;Paulo M. Brando

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of climate and vegetation indices across the Amazon

    Paulo M. Brando;Scott J. Goetz;Alessandro Baccini;Daniel C. Nepstad

  • Fire‐induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

    Paulo M. Brando;Paulo M. Brando;Daniel C. Nepstad;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Benjamin Bolker

  • Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

    Thomas L. Powell;David R. Galbraith;David R. Galbraith;Bradley O. Christoffersen;Anna Harper;Anna Harper

  • Effects of an experimental drought and recovery on soil emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and nitric oxide in a moist tropical forest: DROUGHT AND TRACE GAS EMISSIONS IN AN AMAZONIAN FOREST

    Eric A. Davidson;Daniel C. Nepstad;Françoise Yoko Ishida;Paulo M. Brando

  • Landscape fragmentation, severe drought, and the new Amazon forest fire regime

    Ane A. Alencar;Paulo M. Brando;Gregory P. Asner;Francis E. Putz

  • Negative fire feedback in a transitional forest of southeastern Amazonia

    Jennifer K. Balch;Daniel C. Nepstad;Paulo M. Brando;Lisa M. Curran

  • Soil moisture depletion under simulated drought in the Amazon: impacts on deep root uptake.

    Daniel Markewitz;Scott Devine;Eric A. Davidson;Paulo Brando

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Coe
Michael T. Coe Woods Hole Research Center
Jennifer K. Balch
Jennifer K. Balch University of Colorado Boulder
Daniel C. Nepstad
Daniel C. Nepstad Woods Hole Research Center
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Ane Alencar
Ane Alencar Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia
Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Paul R. Moorcroft
Paul R. Moorcroft Harvard University

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