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D-Index
53
Citations
10417
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3300
National Ranking
1166

Ross K. Meentemeyer 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 Ross K. Meentemeyer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 194 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ross K. Meentemeyer 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 Ross K. Meentemeyer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ross K. Meentemeyer is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on global and planetary change, ecology, and ecological modeling. They have contributed to the fields of water science and technology as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics covered by their research include land use and ecosystem services, species distribution and climate change, flood risk assessment and management, plant and animal studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, and remote sensing in agriculture. Their work also involves water resources management and optimization.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Meentemeyer include Helena Mitášová, Georgina M. Sanchez, Jelena Vukomanovic, Anna Petrášová, and Chris Jones.

They have published extensively in various venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including UNC Libraries, Environmental Research Letters, Remote Sensing of Environment, Environmental Modelling & Software, and Ecological Applications.

Recent publications by Meentemeyer feature:

  • Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of soil contamination with heavy metals during an intensive urbanization period (1989-2018) in southern China, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Forecasting water demand across a rapidly urbanizing region, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aboveground carbon loss associated with the spread of ghost forests as sea levels rise, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Predicting flood damage probability across the conterminous United States, 2022, Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

    Jill F. Johnstone;Craig D. Allen;Jerry F. Franklin;Lee E. Frelich

  • Equilibrium or not? Modelling potential distribution of invasive species in different stages of invasion

    Tomáš Václavík;Tomáš Václavík;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Invasive species distribution modeling (iSDM): Are absence data and dispersal constraints needed to predict actual distributions?

    Tomáš Václavík;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Continental-scale quantification of landscape values using social media data

    Boris T. van Zanten;Derek B. Van Berkel;Ross K. Meentemeyer;Jordan W. Smith

  • Landscape Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Natural and Human-Altered Ecosystems

    Ross K. Meentemeyer;Sarah E. Haas;Tomáš Václavík

  • Effects of dam operation and land use on stream channel morphology and riparian vegetation

    Eric Gordon;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Mapping the risk of establishment and spread of sudden oak death in California

    Ross Meentemeyer;David Rizzo;Walter Mark;Elizabeth Lotz

  • A geographic analysis of wind turbine placement in Northern California

    Laura C. Rodman;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Landscape Dynamics of the Spread of Sudden Oak Death

    Maggi Kelly;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Epidemiological modeling of invasion in heterogeneous landscapes: spread of sudden oak death in California (1990–2030)

    Ross K. Meentemeyer;Nik J. Cunniffe;Alex R. Cook;Joao A. N. Filipe

  • Forest species diversity reduces disease risk in a generalist plant pathogen invasion

    Sarah E. Haas;Mevin B. Hooten;David M. Rizzo;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Modeling when, where, and how to manage a forest epidemic, motivated by sudden oak death in California.

    Nicholas James Cunniffe;Richard C Cobb;Ross K Meentemeyer;David M Rizzo

  • FUTURES: Multilevel Simulations of Emerging Urban–Rural Landscape Structure Using a Stochastic Patch-Growing Algorithm

    Ross K. Meentemeyer;Wenwu Tang;Monica A. Dorning;John B. Vogler

  • Exploring perceived restoration potential of urban green enclosure through immersive virtual environments

    Payam Tabrizian;Perver K. Baran;William R. Smith;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • LiDAR-Landsat data fusion for large-area assessment of urban land cover: Balancing spatial resolution, data volume and mapping accuracy

    Kunwar K. Singh;John B. Vogler;Douglas A. Shoemaker;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Climatologically Aided Mapping of Daily Precipitation and Temperature

    Richard D. Hunter;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Ecosystem transformation by emerging infectious disease: loss of large tanoak from California forests

    Richard C. Cobb;João A. N. Filipe;Ross K. Meentemeyer;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Early detection of emerging forest disease using dispersal estimation and ecological niche modeling

    Ross K. Meentemeyer;Brian L. Anacker;Brian L. Anacker;Walter Mark;David M. Rizzo

  • Effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease sudden oak death

    T. Emiko Condeso;Ross K. Meentemeyer

  • Quantifying the visual-sensory landscape qualities that contribute to cultural ecosystem services using social media and LiDAR.

    Derek B. Van Berkel;Payam Tabrizian;Monica A. Dorning;Lindsey Smart

  • Impact of sudden oak death on tree mortality in the Big Sur ecoregion of California

    R. K. Meentemeyer;N. E. Rank;D. A. Shoemaker;C. B. Oneal

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Rizzo
David M. Rizzo University of California, Davis
Helena Mitasova
Helena Mitasova North Carolina State University
Christopher A. Gilligan
Christopher A. Gilligan University of Cambridge
Jean-Claude Thill
Jean-Claude Thill University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Matteo Garbelotto
Matteo Garbelotto University of California, Berkeley
Everett M. Hansen
Everett M. Hansen Oregon State University
Kaiguang Zhao
Kaiguang Zhao The Ohio State University
Maggi Kelly
Maggi Kelly University of California, Berkeley
Christopher E. Moorman
Christopher E. Moorman North Carolina State University

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