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D-Index
68
Citations
18628
World Ranking
1510
National Ranking
555

Peter S. Ashton 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 Peter S. Ashton sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 162 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter S. Ashton 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 Peter S. Ashton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter S. Ashton is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with key subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Political Science and International Relations, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Science, Scientific Data, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, and Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them are as follows:

  • Southeast Asian Dipterocarp origin and diversification driven by Africa-India floristic interchange, 2022, Science
  • LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa, 2024, Scientific Data
  • Fossil pollen from early Palaeogene sediments in western India provides phylogenetic insights into divergence history and pollen character evolution in the pantropical family Ebenaceae, 2021, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Conflicts against Rajaji and his Ministry, 2020, Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter S. Ashton include Mahi Bansal, Shivaprakash K. Nagaraju, Ashish Kumar Mishra, Vandana Prasad, and Robert J. Morley.

Best Publications

  • Spatial Patterns in the Distribution of Tropical Tree Species

    Richard S. Condit;Peter S. Ashton;Patrick J. Baker;Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • SPECIES-AREA AND SPECIES-INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR TROPICAL TREES : A COMPARISON OF THREE 50-HA PLOTS

    Richard Condit;Stephen P. Hubbell;James V. Lafrankie;R. Sukumar

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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

  • Species-area curves, spatial aggregation, and habitat specialization in tropical forests.

    Joshua B. Plotkin;Matthew D. Potts;Nandi Leslie;N. Manokaran

  • Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests

    Helene C Muller-Landau;Richard S Condit;Jerome Chave;Sean C Thomas

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Speciation among tropical forest trees: some deductions in the light of recent evidence

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  • World Checklist of Myrtaceae

    R. Govaerts;M. Sobral;P. Ashton;F. Barrie

  • Comparisons of structure among mixed dipterocarp forests of north-western Borneo

    Peter S. Ashton;Pamela Hall

  • Dynamics of the forest communities at Pasoh and Barro Colorado: comparing two 50-ha plots.

    Richard S. Condit;Peter S. Ashton;N. Manokaran;James V. LaFrankie

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity.

    Richard Condit;Richard Condit;Peter Ashton;Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin;H. S. Dattaraja

  • Comparative ecology of 11 sympatric species of Macaranga in Borneo: tree distribution in relation to horizontal and vertical resource heterogeneity

    Stuart James Davies;Peter A. Palmiotto;Peter S. Ashton;Hua Seng Lee

  • DIPTEROCARP BIOLOGY AS A WINDOW TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF TROPICAL FOREST STRUCTURE

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  • DISTURBANCE HISTORY AND HISTORICAL STAND DYNAMICS OF A SEASONAL TROPICAL FOREST IN WESTERN THAILAND

    Patrick John Baker;Patrick John Baker;Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin;Chadwick D Oliver;Chadwick D Oliver;Peter S Ashton

  • HABITAT PATTERNS IN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS: A COMPARISON OF 105 PLOTS IN NORTHWEST BORNEO

    Matthew D. Potts;Peter S. Ashton;Les S. Kaufman;Joshua B. Plotkin

  • A comparison of leaf physiology and anatomy of Quercus (section Erythrobalanus-Fagaceae) species in different light environments

    P. M. S. Ashton;G. P. Berlyn

  • Assessing Evidence for a Pervasive Alteration in Tropical Tree Communities

    Jérôme Chave;Richard Condit;Helene C Muller-Landau;Sean C Thomas

  • Cluster Analysis of Spatial Patterns in Malaysian Tree Species

    Joshua B. Plotkin;Jérôme Chave;Peter S. Ashton

  • Soil‐related habitat specialization in dipterocarp rain forest tree species in Borneo

    Peter A. Palmiotto;Stuart James Davies;Stuart James Davies;Kristiina A. Vogt;Kristiina A. Vogt;Mark S. Ashton;Mark S. Ashton

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sylvester Tan
Sylvester Tan Smithsonian Institution
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin
Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin Royal Forest Department
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Robin B. Foster
Robin B. Foster Field Museum of Natural History
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Kanehiro Kitayama
Kanehiro Kitayama Kyoto University

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