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Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
12192
World Ranking
4553
National Ranking
1581

Overview

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly in fields related to global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, insect science, and economics and econometrics. Their research integrates multiple disciplines and addresses issues concerning biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainability.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Diverse values of nature for sustainability, 2023, Nature
  • Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability, 2020, Science
  • Increasing decision relevance of ecosystem service science, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050, 2024, Science
  • Global synthesis of effects of plant species diversity on trophic groups and interactions, 2020, Nature Plants

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer's coauthors include:

  • Stephen Polasky (25 joint publications)
  • Justin A. Johnson (20 joint publications)
  • Unai Pascual (18 joint publications)
  • Richard Sharp (16 joint publications)
  • Rachel Neugarten (16 joint publications)

Their work has been published in several key venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 18 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 5 publications
  • Nature Sustainability - 3 publications
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution - 3 publications
  • Global Environmental Change - 3 publications

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer has also contributed to book literature, including a publication by The World Bank eBooks:

  • Nature's Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital, 2023

Their research addresses topics such as:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer's body of work reflects a comprehensive engagement with environmental science, spanning multiple subfields and thematic areas focused on biodiversity, sustainability, and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

    Anne D. Guerry;Anne D. Guerry;Stephen Polasky;Jane Lubchenco;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer

  • A meta-analysis of crop pest and natural enemy response to landscape complexity.

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Megan E. O’Rourke;Eleanor J. Blitzer;Claire Kremen

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis

    Adrien Rusch;Adrien Rusch;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Mary M. Gardiner;Violetta Hawro

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control – Five hypotheses ☆

    Teja Tscharntke;Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Péter Batáry

  • Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals

    Sylvia L.R. Wood;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Sarah K. Jones;Sarah K. Jones;Justin A. Johnson;Kate A. Brauman

  • Global modeling of nature’s contributions to people

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Richard P. Sharp;Charlotte Weil;Elena M. Bennett

  • A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes.

    Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Christina M. Kennedy;Claire Kremen;Péter Batáry

  • Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

    Sandra Díaz;Noelia Zafra-Calvo;Andy Purvis;Peter H. Verburg

  • A new approach to modeling the sediment retention service (InVEST 3.0): Case study of the Cape Fear catchment, North Carolina, USA.

    Perrine Hamel;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Sarah Sim;Carina Mueller

  • Spatial patterns of agricultural expansion determine impacts on biodiversity and carbon storage

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Richard P. Sharp;Lisa Mandle;Sarah Sim

  • Degradation in carbon stocks near tropical forest edges.

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Ivan Ramler;Richard Sharp;Nick M. Haddad

  • Increasing decision relevance of ecosystem service science

    Lisa Mandle;Analisa Shields-Estrada;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Matthew G. E. Mitchell

  • Global malnutrition overlaps with pollinator-dependent micronutrient production

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Emily Dombeck;James Gerber;Katherine A. Knuth

  • Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050

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  • Social and ecological analysis of commercial integrated crop livestock systems: Current knowledge and remaining uncertainty

    R. D. Garrett;M. T. Niles;J. D.B. Gil;J. D.B. Gil;A. Gaudin

  • Pest control experiments show benefits of complexity at landscape and local scales

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Claire Kremen

  • Global synthesis of effects of plant species diversity on trophic groups and interactions

    Nian Feng Wan;Xiang Rong Zheng;Li Wan Fu;Lars Pødenphant Kiær

  • When, Where, and How Nature Matters for Ecosystem Services: Challenges for the Next Generation of Ecosystem Service Models

    Jesse T. Rieb;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Armsworth

  • Priorities to Advance Monitoring of Ecosystem Services Using Earth Observation

    Anna F. Cord;Kate A. Brauman;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Andreas Huth;Andreas Huth

  • Insects as providers of ecosystem services: crop pollination and pest control.

    C. Kremen;R. Chaplin-Kramer;A. J. A. Stewart;T. R. New

Frequent Co-Authors

Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen University of British Columbia
Daniel S. Karp
Daniel S. Karp University of California, Davis
Henrique M. Pereira
Henrique M. Pereira Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Fabrice DeClerck
Fabrice DeClerck Bioversity International
Ralf Seppelt
Ralf Seppelt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Elena M. Bennett
Elena M. Bennett McGill University
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Katja Poveda
Katja Poveda Cornell University

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