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Ruben H. Heleno 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 Ruben H. Heleno sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 108 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruben H. Heleno 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 Ruben H. Heleno sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ruben H. Heleno is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they focus on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, and Insect Science.

Their work covers several main topics, notably Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Ruben H. Heleno has contributed to multiple scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues include Biodiversity Data Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature.

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Heleno include:

  • "Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes" (2021), Nature
  • "Scientists' warning on endangered food webs" (2020), Web Ecology
  • "Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: first empirical quantification of inter-layer edge weights" (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Species temporal persistence promotes the stability of fruit-frugivore interactions across a 5-year multilayer network" (2020), Journal of Ecology

Heleno has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers, including Anna Traveset, Sérgio Timóteo, José Miguel Costa, Manuel Nogales, and Sandra Hervías-Parejo. These collaborations represent recurring partnerships in multiple published works.

Best Publications

  • A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

    Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;Paulo A.V. Borges;José María Fernández-Palacios

  • Invaders of pollination networks in the Galápagos Islands: emergence of novel communities

    Anna Traveset;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Susana Chamorro;Susana Chamorro;Pablo Vargas

  • Seed dispersal networks in the Galapagos and the consequences of alien plant invasions

    Ruben H. Heleno;Jens M. Olesen;Manuel Nogales;Pablo Vargas

  • How do islands become green

    Ruben Heleno;Pablo Vargas

  • Effects of Alien Plants on Insect Abundance and Biomass: a Food‐Web Approach

    Rúben H. Heleno;Ricardo S. Ceia;Jaime A. Ramos;Jane Memmott

  • Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islands

    Manuel Nogales;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Anna Traveset;Pablo Vargas

  • Global patterns of mainland and insular pollination networks

    Anna Traveset;Cristina Tur;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Ruben Heleno

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities from tropical Africa reveal strong ecological structure

    Susana Rodríguez‐Echeverría;Helena Teixeira;Marta Correia;Sérgio Timóteo;Sérgio Timóteo

  • The role of avian 'seed predators' as seed dispersers

    Ruben H. Heleno;Ruben H. Heleno;Georgina Ross;Amy Everard;Jane Memmott

  • Bird-flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction release

    Anna Traveset;Jens M. Olesen;Manuel Nogales;Pablo Vargas

  • Connectance of species interaction networks and conservation value: Is it any good to be well connected?

    Ruben Heleno;Mariano Devoto;Michael Pocock

  • Ecological networks: Delving into the architecture of biodiversity

    Ruben Heleno;Cristina Garcia;Pedro Jordano;Anna Traveset

  • Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants

    Ruben Heleno;Ruben Heleno;InÊs Lacerda;Jaime A. Ramos;Jane Memmott

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras

    Trevor S. Fristoe;Milan Chytrý;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • Colonization of the Galápagos Islands by plants with no specific syndromes for long-distance dispersal: a new perspective

    Pablo Vargas;Rubén H. Heleno;Anna Traveset;Manuel Nogales

  • Multilayer networks reveal the spatial structure of seed-dispersal interactions across the Great Rift landscapes.

    Sérgio Timóteo;Marta Correia;Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría;Helena Freitas

  • Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes

    Juan P. González-Varo;Beatriz Rumeu;Jörg Albrecht;Juan M. Arroyo

  • Integration of exotic seeds into an Azorean seed dispersal network

    Ruben H. Heleno;Jaime A. Ramos;Jane Memmott

  • Four‐trophic level food webs reveal the cascading impacts of an invasive plant targeted for biocontrol

    Francisco A. López-Núñez;Ruben H. Heleno;Sérgio Ribeiro;Hélia Marchante

  • Pollination patterns and plant breeding systems in the Galapagos: a review.

    Susana Chamorro;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Jens M. Olesen;Conley K. McMullen

  • Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: what is the state of the art?

    Ruben Heleno;Stephen Blake;Patricia Jaramillo;Anna Traveset

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Traveset
Anna Traveset Spanish National Research Council
Manuel Nogales
Manuel Nogales Spanish National Research Council
Pablo Vargas
Pablo Vargas Spanish National Research Council
Jaime A. Ramos
Jaime A. Ramos University of Coimbra
Jens M. Olesen
Jens M. Olesen Aarhus University
Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría
Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría University of Coimbra
Jane Memmott
Jane Memmott University of Bristol
Pablo Vargas
Pablo Vargas Institute Curie
Helena Freitas
Helena Freitas University of Coimbra
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council

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