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Sara A. O. Cousins

Sara A. O. Cousins

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
8640
World Ranking
3187
National Ranking
81

Sara A. O. Cousins 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 Sara A. O. Cousins sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 169 publications — 62nd percentile

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

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

Sara A. O. Cousins 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 Sara A. O. Cousins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sara A. O. Cousins is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Some of their recent publications consist of:

  • Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Microclimatic edge-to-interior gradients of European deciduous forests, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Forest understorey communities respond strongly to light in interaction with forest structure, but not to microclimate warming, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of understorey plants respond differently to environmental conditions in European forest edges, 2021, Journal of Ecology

Their frequent co-authors include the following researchers:

  • Jan Plue
  • Pieter De Frenne
  • Jörg Brunet
  • Per-Ola Hedwall
  • Jonathan Lenoir

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Landscape Ecology

Best Publications

  • Land-use history and fragmentation of traditionally managed grasslands in Scandinavia

    Ove Eriksson;Sara A.O. Cousins;Hans Henrik Bruun

  • Analysis of land-cover transitions based on 17th and 18th century cadastral maps and aerial photographs

    Sara A. O. Cousins

  • The influence of management history and habitat on plant species richness in a rural hemiboreal landscape, Sweden

    Sara A.O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

  • Plant species richness in midfield islets and road verges – The effect of landscape fragmentation

    Sara A.O. Cousins

  • Effects of historical and present fragmentation on plant species diversity in semi-natural grasslands in Swedish rural landscapes

    Sara A. O. Cousins;Helena Ohlson;Ove Eriksson

  • Seed dispersal by ungulates as an ecological filter: a trait-based meta-analysis

    Aurélie Albert;Alistair G. Auffret;Eric Cosyns;Sara A. O. Cousins

  • Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

    Pieter De Frenne;Jörg Brunet;Anna Shevtsova;Annette Kolb

  • Dispersal and establishment limitation reduces the potential for successful restoration of semi‐natural grassland communities on former arable fields

    Mathias Öster;Kristina Ask;Sara A. O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

  • Plant functional connectivity – integrating landscape structure and effective dispersal

    Alistair G. Auffret;Alistair G. Auffret;Yessica Rico;James M. Bullock;Danny A.P. Hooftman

  • A landscape perspective on conservation of semi-natural grasslands

    Regina Lindborg;Jan Bengtsson;Åke Berg;Sara A.O. Cousins

  • Regional-scale land-cover change during the 20th century and its consequences for biodiversity.

    Sara A. O. Cousins;Alistair G. Auffret;Jessica Lindgren;Louise Tränk

  • Plant species occurrences in a rural hemiboreal landscape: effects of remnant habitats, site history, topography and soil

    Sara A. O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

  • Extinction debt in fragmented grasslands: paid or not?

    Sara A.O. Cousins

  • The spatial and temporal components of functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes.

    Alistair G. Auffret;Jan Plue;Sara A. O. Cousins

  • Interregional variation in the floristic recovery of post‐agricultural forests

    Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Bente J. Graae;Jörg Brunet

  • Modelling the effects of landscape pattern and grazing regimes on the persistence of plant species with high conservation value in grasslands in south-eastern Sweden

    Sara A. O. Cousins;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Lavorel;Ian Davies

  • Size and heterogeneity rather than landscape context determine plant species richness in semi‐natural grasslands

    Mathias Öster;Sara A.O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

  • Remnant grassland habitats as source communities for plant diversification in agricultural landscapes

    Sara A.O. Cousins;Regina Lindborg

  • Landscape history and soil properties affect grassland decline and plant species richness in rural landscapes.

    Sara A.O. Cousins

  • Function of small habitat elements for enhancing plant diversity in different agricultural landscapes

    Regina Lindborg;Jan Plue;K. Andersson;Sara A. O. Cousins

  • The History (1620-2003) of Land Use, People and Livestock, and the Relationship to Present Plant Species Diversity in a Rural Landscape in Sweden

    Anna Dahlström;Sara A. O. Cousins;Ove Eriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Plue
Jan Plue Stockholm University
Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Ove Eriksson
Ove Eriksson Stockholm University
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu
Bente J. Graae
Bente J. Graae Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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