2026 Rodolfo Dirzo: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	81	772	733	280	260	263	48562

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Rodolfo Dirzo is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, focusing on research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science.

Their research topics prominently cover:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Zoonotic diseases and public health

Rodolfo Dirzo has published papers in a range of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

"Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future" (2021), Frontiers in Conservation Science
"Human-mediated impacts on biodiversity and the consequences for zoonotic disease spillover" (2021), Current Biology
"Circling the drain: the extinction crisis and the future of humanity" (2022), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: A road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot" (2020), Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
"Restoration of plant-animal interactions in terrestrial ecosystems" (2021), Biological Conservation

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Frontiers in Conservation Science
Biological Conservation

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research career. Frequent co-authors are:

Gerardo Ceballos
Ramón Perea
Luísa Genes
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Gianalberto Losapio

Rodolfo Dirzo has received several recognitions including:

Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2012
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004

Best Publications

Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

11742
Citations
The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

Eric F. Lambin;B.L. Turner;Helmut J. Geist;Samuel B. Agbola

5057
Citations
Defaunation in the Anthropocene

Rodolfo Dirzo;Hillary S. Young;Mauro Galetti;Gerardo Ceballos

4719
Citations
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Rodolfo Dirzo

2883
Citations
Global State of Biodiversity and Loss

Rodolfo Dirzo;Peter H. Raven

1641
Citations
Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

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

1396
Citations
Collapse of the world's largest herbivores.

William J Ripple;Thomas M Newsome;Thomas M Newsome;Christopher Wolf;Rodolfo Dirzo

1219
Citations
Herbivores. Their Interaction with Secondary Plant Metabolites.

Rodolfo Dirzo;G. A. Rosenthal;D. H. Janzen

1203
Citations
Deforestation of seasonally dry tropical forest: a national and local analysis in Mexico

Irma Trejo;Rodolfo Dirzo

697
Citations
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

William J. Ripple;Katharine Abernethy;Matthew G. Betts;Guillaume Chapron

639
Citations
Forests as Human-Dominated Ecosystems

Ian R. Noble;Rodolfo Dirzo

562
Citations
Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Anthropocene Defaunation

Hillary S. Young;Douglas J. McCauley;Mauro Galetti;Rodolfo Dirzo

547
Citations
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Paul R. Ehrlich;Andrew Beattie;Gerardo Ceballos

516
Citations
Rates of Deforestation in Los Tuxtlas, a Neotropical Area in Southeast Mexico

Rodolfo Dirzo;Maria C. Garcia

429
Citations
Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes;Geraldo Wilson Fernandes;Fernando F. Goulart;Bernardo D. Ranieri;Marcel S. Coelho;Marcel S. Coelho

409
Citations
Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems

Anthony D. Barnosky;Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Patrick Gonzalez;Patrick Gonzalez;Jason Head

369
Citations
Analysis of a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network: modularity and underlying mechanisms

Camila I. Donatti;Paulo R. Guimaraes;Mauro Galetti;Marco Aurellio Pizo

333
Citations
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of living in a defaunated world

Mauro Galetti;Rodolfo Dirzo

322
Citations
Floristic diversity of Mexican seasonally dry tropical forests

Irma Trejo;Rodolfo Dirzo

284
Citations
CARBON EMISSIONS FROM MEXICAN FORESTS: CURRENT SITUATION AND LONG-TERM SCENARIOS

Omar R. Masera;María J. Ordóñez;Rodolfo Dirzo

258
Citations
Perspectives on plant population ecology

C. C. Gibson;R. Dirzo;J. Sarukhan

257
Citations
Historia natural de los Tuxtlas

Enrique González Soriano;Rodolfo Dirzo;Richard Carl Vogt

234
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hillary S. Young University of California, Santa Barbara

Douglas J. McCauley University of California, Santa Barbara

José Sarukhán National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity

Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University

Kristofer M. Helgen Australian Museum

Eben N. Broadbent University of Florida

Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University

Gerardo Ceballos National Autonomous University of Mexico

Robert M. Pringle Princeton University

Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society

External Links

Personal website of Rodolfo Dirzo

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