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Shannon L. LaDeau

Shannon L. LaDeau

Duke University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
7446
World Ranking
5536
National Ranking
1898

Shannon L. LaDeau 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 Shannon L. LaDeau sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shannon L. LaDeau 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 Shannon L. LaDeau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shannon L. LaDeau is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

Their work covers a variety of topics including mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, urban green space and health, evolution and genetic dynamics, zoonotic diseases and public health, vector-borne infectious diseases, and malaria research and control.

Shannon L. LaDeau frequently publishes in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Insects
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by LaDeau include:

  • Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Role of Vector Trait Variation in Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Just street trees? Street trees increase local biodiversity and biomass in higher income, denser neighborhoods, 2023, Ecosphere
  • Parasite and pathogen effects on ecosystem processes: A quantitative review, 2020, Ecosphere
  • A synergistic future for AI and ecology, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators of LaDeau are Kathleen C. Weathers, Paige Ferguson, Jesse L. Brunner, Ian M. McCullough, and Mary L. Cadenasso.

Best Publications

  • West Nile virus emergence and large-scale declines of North American bird populations

    Shannon L. LaDeau;A. Marm Kilpatrick;Peter P. Marra

  • Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options.

    Gary M. Lovett;Marissa S. Weiss;Andrew M. Liebhold;Thomas P. Holmes

  • Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission

    Paul E. Parham;Paul E. Parham;Joanna Waldock;Joanna Waldock;George K. Christophides;Deborah Hemming

  • Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities.

    Monica G. Turner;W. John Calder;Graeme S. Cumming;Terry P. Hughes

  • Re-assessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free-air CO 2 enrichment site: interactions of atmospheric [CO 2 ] with nitrogen and water availability over stand development

    Heather R. McCarthy;Heather R. McCarthy;Ram Oren;Kurt H. Johnsen;Anne Gallet‐Budynek

  • Ecological forecasting and data assimilation in a data-rich era.

    Yiqi Luo;Kiona Ogle;Colin Tucker;Shenfeng Fei

  • FECUNDITY OF TREES AND THE COLONIZATION–COMPETITION HYPOTHESIS

    James S. Clark;Shannon LaDeau;Ines Ibanez

  • Predicting biodiversity change: outside the climate envelope, beyond the species-area curve.

    Inés Ibáñez;James S. Clark;Michael C. Dietze;Ken Feeley

  • The ecological foundations of transmission potential and vector‐borne disease in urban landscapes

    Shannon L. LaDeau;Brian F. Allan;Paul T. Leisnham;Michael Z. Levy

  • Rising CO2 levels and the fecundity of forest trees.

    Shannon L. LaDeau;James S. Clark

  • ECOLOGY OF WEST NILE VIRUS TRANSMISSION AND ITS IMPACT ON BIRDS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

    A. Marm Kilpatrick;Shannon L. LaDeau;Peter P. Marra

  • Resolving the biodiversity paradox

    James S. Clark;Mike Dietze;Sukhendu Chakraborty;Pankaj K. Agarwal

  • High‐dimensional coexistence based on individual variation: a synthesis of evidence

    James S. Clark;David Bell;Chengjin Chu;Benoit Courbaud

  • Dynamic heterogeneity: a framework to promote ecological integration and hypothesis generation in urban systems

    S. T.A. Pickett;Mary Cadenasso;E. J. Rosi-Marshall;K. T. Belt

  • EXPLOITING TEMPORAL VARIABILITY TO UNDERSTAND TREE RECRUITMENT RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

    Inés Ibáñez;James S. Clark;Shannon LaDeau;Janneke Hille Ris Lambers

  • Higher Mosquito Production in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Baltimore and Washington, DC: Understanding Ecological Drivers and Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk in Temperate Cities

    Shannon L. LaDeau;Paul T. Leisnham;Dawn Biehler;Danielle Bodner

  • Range-wide effects of breeding- and nonbreeding-season climate on the abundance of a Neotropical migrant songbird.

    Scott Wilson;Shannon L LaDeau;Anders P Tøttrup;Peter P Marra

  • TREE GROWTH INFERENCE AND PREDICTION FROM DIAMETER CENSUSES AND RING WIDTHS

    James S. Clark;Michael Wolosin;Michael Dietze;Inés IbáÑez

  • The Role of Vector Trait Variation in Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics.

    Lauren J. Cator;Leah R. Johnson;Erin A. Mordecai;Fadoua El Moustaid

  • Communicating with the public: opportunities and rewards for individual ecologists

    Michael L Pace;Stephanie E Hampton;Karin E Limburg;Elena M Bennett

  • The Next Decade of Big Data in Ecosystem Science

    S. L. LaDeau;B. A. Han;E. J. Rosi-Marshall;K. C. Weathers

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Clark
James S. Clark Duke University
Richard S. Ostfeld
Richard S. Ostfeld Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Inés Ibáñez
Inés Ibáñez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca Jordan Michigan State University
Michael C. Dietze
Michael C. Dietze Boston University
Peter P. Marra
Peter P. Marra Georgetown University
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
A. Marm Kilpatrick
A. Marm Kilpatrick University of California, Santa Cruz
Gael Kurath
Gael Kurath United States Geological Survey
Steven A. Juliano
Steven A. Juliano Illinois State University

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