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D-Index
41
Citations
6171
World Ranking
5866
National Ranking
309

Pia Parolin 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 Pia Parolin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 151 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.

Pia Parolin 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 Pia Parolin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pia Parolin is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science

Main topics explored in their work include:

  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Their research output has appeared frequently in journals such as:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Flora
  • Trees
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Representative recent papers authored by Pia Parolin include:

  • "Modeling the Ecological Responses of Tree Species to the Flood Pulse of the Amazon Negro River Floodplains," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Minimum temperature and evapotranspiration in Central Amazonian floodplains limit tree growth of Nectandra amazonum (Lauraceae)," 2021, Trees
  • "Do fire and flood interact to determine forest islet structure and diversity in a Neotropical wetland?," 2021, Flora
  • "Flooding affects plant-plant interactions in tree seedlings from fertile Amazonian floodplains, Brazil," 2022, Hydrobiologia

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • María Teresa Fernández Piedade
  • Florian Wittmann
  • Jochen Schöngart
  • Wolfgang J. Junk
  • Layon Oreste Demarchi

Best Publications

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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

  • Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Tree Adaptations in a Pulsing System

    P. Parolin;O. De Simone;K. Haase;D. Waldhoff

  • Submerged in darkness: adaptations to prolonged submergence by woody species of the Amazonian floodplains.

    Pia Parolin

  • Morphological and physiological adjustments to waterlogging and drought in seedlings of Amazonian floodplain trees.

    Pia Parolin

  • Secondary plants used in biological control: A review

    Pia Parolin;Cécile Bresch;Nicolas Desneux;Richard Brun

  • Amazonian Floodplain Forests. Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Maria T. F. Piedade;Florian Wittmann;Jochen Schöngart

  • Habitat specifity, endemism and the neotropical distribution of Amazonian white-water floodplain trees

    Florian Wittmann;Ethan Householder;Maria T. F. Piedade;Rafael L. de Assis

  • Seed dispersal by fishes in tropical and temperate fresh waters: The growing evidence

    Michael H. Horn;Sandra Bibiana Correa;Pia Parolin;B.J.A. Pollux

  • Drought responses of flood-tolerant trees in Amazonian floodplains.

    Pia Parolin;Christine Lucas;Maria Teresa F. Piedade;Florian Wittmann

  • Struggle in the flood: tree responses to flooding stress in four tropical floodplain systems

    Pia Parolin;Florian Wittmann

  • Seed mass in Amazonian floodplain forests with contrasting nutrient supplies.

    Pia Parolin

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • Submergence tolerance vs. escape from submergence: two strategies of seedling establishment in Amazonian floodplains

    Pia Parolin

  • Seed germination and early establishment of 12 tree species from nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor Central Amazonian floodplains

    Pia Parolin

  • Amazonian Floodplain Forests

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Maria T. F. Piedade;Florian Wittmann;Jochen Schöngart

  • Impacts of hydroelectric dams on alluvial riparian plant communities in eastern Brazilian Amazonian

    Leandro Valle Ferreira;Denise A. Cunha;Priscilla P. Chaves;Darley C.L. Matos

  • Functional characteristics of secondary plants for increased pest management

    Pia Parolin;Cécile Bresch;Christine Poncet;Nicolas Desneux

  • Pioneer trees in Amazonian floodplains: Three key species form monospecific stands in different habitats

    P. Parolin;A. C. Oliveira;Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade;Florian Wittmann

  • Amazonian white- and blackwater floodplain forests in Brazil: large differences on a small scale.

    L. V. Ferreira;S. S. de Almeida;P. Parolin

  • Phenology and CO2-assimilation of trees in Central Amazonian floodplains.

    Pia Parolin

  • Tree species distribution in varzea forests of Brazilian Amazonia

    Pia Parolin;Leandro Valle Ferreira;Ana L. K. M. Albernaz;Samuel S. Almeida

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade
Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade National Institute of Amazonian Research
Florian Wittmann
Florian Wittmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wolfgang J. Junk
Wolfgang J. Junk Max Planck Society
Jochen Schöngart
Jochen Schöngart National Institute of Amazonian Research
Leandro V. Ferreira
Leandro V. Ferreira Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Patrick A. Jansen
Patrick A. Jansen Wageningen University & Research
Nicolas Desneux
Nicolas Desneux INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Rhett D. Harrison
Rhett D. Harrison World Agroforestry, Zambia

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