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Rachel J. Standish

Rachel J. Standish

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
8766
World Ranking
5018
National Ranking
405

Rachel J. Standish 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 Rachel J. Standish sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 150 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rachel J. Standish 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 Rachel J. Standish sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rachel J. Standish is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia and has made significant contributions in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans a wide range of subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, and Soil Science.

Their work primarily covers topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Standish has been actively publishing research in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Plant and Soil
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Applied Vegetation Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Standish include:

  • Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A framework for developing completion criteria for mine closure and rehabilitation, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems, 2020, Global Sustainability

Their research is often collaborative, with frequent co-authors including Suzanne M. Prober, Felipe E. Albornoz, Tina Parkhurst, Elizabeth T. Borer, and Eric W. Seabloom. Standish has worked extensively with these colleagues across multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • What's new about old fields? Land abandonment and ecosystem assembly

    Viki A Cramer;Richard J Hobbs;Rachel J Standish

  • Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

    Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Rachel J. Standish;Rachel J. Standish;Jodi N. Price;Michael D. Craig;Michael D. Craig

  • Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems

    Richard J Hobbs;Eric Higgs;Carol M Hall;Peter Bridgewater

  • Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?

    Rachel J. Standish;Richard J. Hobbs;Margaret M. Mayfield;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • Primed for change: Developing ecological restoration for the 21st century

    Nancy Shackelford;Richard J. Hobbs;Joanna M. Burgar;Todd E. Erickson

  • The impact of an invasive weed Tradescantia fluminensis on native forest regeneration

    Rachel J. Standish;Alastair W. Robertson;Peter A. Williams;Peter A. Williams

  • Improving city life options for ecological restoration in urban landscapes and how these might influence interactions between people and nature

    Rachel J. Standish;Richard J. Hobbs;James R. Miller

  • Seed dispersal and recruitment limitation are barriers to native recolonization of old-fields in western Australia

    Rachel Standish;Viki Cramer;S.L. Wild;Richard Hobbs

  • Benefits of tree mixes in carbon plantings

    Kristin B. Hulvey;Richard J. Hobbs;Rachel J. Standish;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Genetic differentiation, reproductive mode, and gene flow in the brooding coral Pocillopora damicornis along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    David J. Ayre;Terence P. Hughes;Rachel J. Standish

  • Plant functional traits of dominant native and invasive species in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems

    Jennifer L. Funk;Rachel J. Standish;Rachel J. Standish;William D. Stock;Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Benefits of mycorrhizal inoculation to ecological restoration depend on plant functional type, restoration context and time

    Lena Neuenkamp;Suzanne M. Prober;Jodi N. Price;Jodi N. Price;Martin Zobel

  • Fine endophytes (Glomus tenue) are related to Mucoromycotina, not Glomeromycota

    Suzanne Orchard;Sally Hilton;Gary D. Bending;Ian A. Dickie

  • Invasion by a perennial herb increases decomposition rate and alters nutrient availability in warm temperate lowland forest remnants

    Rachel J. Standish;Peter A. Williams;Alastair W. Robertson;Neal A. Scott

  • Fine root endophytes under scrutiny: a review of the literature on arbuscule-producing fungi recently suggested to belong to the Mucoromycotina

    Suzanne Orchard;Rachel J. Standish;Ian A. Dickie;Michael Renton

  • Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world’s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland

    Suzanne Mary Prober;Kevin R Thiele;Philip W Rundel;Colin J Yates

  • Incorporating novelty and novel ecosystems into restoration planning and practice in the 21st century

    Michael P Perring;Rachel J Standish;Richard J Hobbs

  • Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide.

    Pedro M. Tognetti;Suzanne M. Prober;Selene Báez;Enrique J. Chaneton

  • Towards a Conceptual Framework for Novel Ecosystems

    Lauren M. Hallett;Rachel J. Standish;Kristin B. Hulvey;Mark R. Gardener

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Mark Tibbett
Mark Tibbett University of Reading
Suzanne M. Prober
Suzanne M. Prober Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Matthew I. Daws
Matthew I. Daws Alcoa (United States)
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
Lauren M. Hallett
Lauren M. Hallett University of Oregon
Joseph B. Fontaine
Joseph B. Fontaine Murdoch University
Michael Renton
Michael Renton University of Western Australia
Megan H. Ryan
Megan H. Ryan University of Western Australia
Raphael K. Didham
Raphael K. Didham University of Western Australia

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