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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
4965
World Ranking
8312
National Ranking
171

Rene G.A. Boot publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 55 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rene G.A. Boot 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 Rene G.A. Boot sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Rene G.A. Boot is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in Rene G.A. Boot's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development; Forest ecology and management; Species Distribution and Climate Change; Forest Management and Policy; and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Rene G.A. Boot has contributed to a range of publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Forest Policy and Economics
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Quaternary
  • Ecology

Recent published papers include:

  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Formalizing community forest tenure rights: A theory of change and conditions for success, 2022, Forest Policy and Economics
  • Author Correction: Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Assessing spatial equity in access to service-provisioning hotspots in data-scarce tropical forests regions under external pressure, 2020, Ecosystem Services
  • An Assessment of Soil Phytolith Analysis as a Palaeoecological Tool for Identifying Pre-Columbian Land Use in Amazonian Rainforests, 2023, Quaternary

Rene G.A. Boot collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Oliver L. Phillips
  • Roel Brienen
  • Ted R. Feldpausch
  • Guido Pardo
  • Marielos Peña-Claros

Best Publications

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • The relation between above- and belowground biomass allocation patterns and competitive ability.

    R. Aerts;R. G. A. Boot;P. J. M. van der Aart

  • Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

    Sophie Fauset;Michelle O Johnson;Manuel Gloor;Timothy R Baker

  • Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention

    Francis E Putz;Pieter A Zuidema;Michelle A Pinard;Rene G. A Boot

  • Demography of the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) in the Bolivian Amazon: impact of seed extraction on recruitment and population dynamics

    Pieter A. Zuidema;René G. A. Boot

  • Leaf traits and herbivory rates of tropical tree species differing in successional status.

    L. Poorter;L. Poorter;M. van de Plassche;S. Willems;R. G. A. Boot

  • Approaches to developing sustainable extraction systems for tropical forest products

    Rene G. A. Boot;R. E. Gullison

  • Seasonal drought limits tree species across the Neotropics

    Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models

    Michelle O. Johnson;David Galbraith;Manuel Gloor;Hannes De Deurwaerder

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Livelihood strategies and forest dependence : new insights from Bolivian forest communities

    M. Zenteno;P.A. Zuidema;P.A. Zuidema;W. de Jong;R.G.A. Boot

  • Photosynthetic rates in relation to leaf phosphorus content in pioneer versus climax tropical rainforest trees.

    D. Raaimakers;R. G. A. Boot;P. Dijkstra;S. Pot

  • Vegetation succession on the dunes near Oostvoorne, The Netherlands; a comparison of the vegetation in 1959 and 1980

    Eddy van der Maarel;René Boot;Dick van Dorp;Jos Rijntjes

  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

    Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Oliver L. Phillips;Roel J.W. Brienen;Sophie Fauset

  • Field methods for sampling tree height for tropical forest biomass estimation

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Lan Qie;Lan Qie

  • Shaded Coffee and Cocoa : Double Dividend for Biodiversity and Small-scale Farmers

    Rosalien E. Jezeer;Pita A. Verweij;Maria Joao Ferreira Dos Santos;René G.A. Boot;René G.A. Boot

  • Effects of shade and input management on economic performance of small-scale Peruvian coffee systems

    Rosalien E. Jezeer;Rosalien E. Jezeer;Maria Joao Ferreira Dos Santos;René G.A. Boot;René G.A. Boot;Martin Junginger

  • Influence of livelihood assets, experienced shocks and perceived risks on smallholder coffee farming practices in Peru.

    Rosalien E. Jezeer;Pita A. Verweij;René G.A. Boot;Martin Junginger

  • Growth and carbon economy of a fast-growing and a slow-growing grass species as dependent on nitrate supply

    Hendrik Poorter;Claudius A. D. M. van de Vijver;René G. A. Boot;Hans Lambers

  • Enrichment planting of Bertholletia excelsa in secondary forest in the Bolivian Amazon: effect of cutting line width on survival, growth and crown traits

    Marielos Peña-Claros;René G.A Boot;Jhovania Dorado-Lora;Armelinda Zonta

  • Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes

    Agni K. Boedhihartono;Agni K. Boedhihartono;Frans Bongers;Rene G. A. Boot;Rene G. A. Boot;Jerry van Dijk

  • Effect of nitrogen supply on growth, allocation and gas exchange characteristics of two perennial grasses from inland dunes.

    René G. A. Boot;Koen C. den Dubbelden

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Pieter A. Zuidema
Pieter A. Zuidema Wageningen University & Research
Lourens Poorter
Lourens Poorter Wageningen University & Research
Roel J. W. Brienen
Roel J. W. Brienen University of Leeds
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Hirma Ramírez-Angulo
Hirma Ramírez-Angulo Universidad de Los Andes

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