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D-Index
41
Citations
8795
World Ranking
5732
National Ranking
1959

Sharon P. Lawler 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 Sharon P. Lawler sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sharon P. Lawler 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 Sharon P. Lawler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sharon P. Lawler is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science with a focus on Ecology, Insect Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Among recent publications by Lawler are the following papers:

  • "Agricultural surface water, imidacloprid, and chlorantraniliprole result in altered gene expression and receptor activation in Pimephales promelas," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Changing climate and reorganized species interactions modify community responses to climate variability," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Swimming Behavior of Daphnia magna Is Altered by Pesticides of Concern, as Components of Agricultural Surface Water and in Acute Exposures," 2023, Biology
  • "Copper Exposure Affects Anti-Predatory Behaviour and Acetylcholinesterase Levels in Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae)," 2022, Insects
  • "Effect of long-term exposure to copper on survival and development of two successive generations of Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae)," 2021, Ecotoxicology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lawler include:

  • Richard E. Connon
  • Kathryn L. Cottingham
  • Nicholas J. Gotelli
  • Joseph B. Yavitt
  • William K. Michener

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, most notably:

  • Ecology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insects

Best Publications

  • Declining biodiversity can alter the performance of ecosystems

    Shahid Naeem;Lindsey J. Thompson;Sharon P. Lawler;John H. Lawton

  • Empirical Evidence that Declining Species Diversity May Alter the Performance of Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Shahid Naeem;Lindsey J. Thompson;Sharon P. Lawler;John Hartley Lawton

  • Are natural microcosms useful model systems for ecology

    Diane S. Srivastava;Jurek Kolasa;Jan Bengtsson;Andrew Gonzalez

  • Behavioural responses to predators and predation risk in four species of larval anurans

    Sharon P. Lawler

  • Effects of Introduced Mosquitofish and Bullfrogs on the Threatened California Red‐Legged Frog

    Sharon P. Lawler;Deborah Dritz;Terry Strange;Marcel Holyoak

  • Persistence of an Extinction-Prone Predator-Prey Interaction Through Metapopulation Dynamics

    Marcel Holyoak;Sharon P. Lawler

  • RICE FIELDS AS TEMPORARY WETLANDS: A REVIEW

    Sharon Patricia Lawler

  • Nonnative trout impact an alpine‐nesting bird by altering aquatic‐insect subsidies

    Peter N. Epanchin;Roland A. Knapp;Sharon P. Lawler

  • Food Web Architecture and Population Dynamics in Laboratory Microcosms of Protists

    Sharon P. Lawler;Peter J. Morin

  • TEMPORAL OVERLAP, COMPETITION, AND PRIORITY EFFECTS IN LARVAL ANURANS'

    Sharon P. Lawler;Peter J. Morin

  • Competition Between Aquatic Insects and Vertebrates: Interaction Strength and Higher Order Interactions

    Peter Jay Morin;Sharon P. Lawler;Elizabeth A. Johnson

  • Conservation implications of the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    A. Hector;J. Joshi;S. Lawler;E. M. Spehn

  • The role of dispersal in predator-prey metapopulation dynamics

    Marcel Holyoak;Sharon P. Lawler

  • Food Web Architecture and Population Dynamics: Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Peter J. Morin;Sharon P. Lawler

  • Thermal Physiology, Phenology, and Distribution of Tree Frogs

    Henry B. John-Alder;Peter J. Morin;Sharon Lawler

  • Ecology and Breeding Phenology of Larval Hyla Andersonii: The Disadvantages of Breeding Late

    Peter Jay Morin;Sharon P. Lawler;Elizabeth A. Johnson

  • The Ecotron: A Controlled Environmental Facility for the Investigation of Population and Ecosystem Processes

    J. H. Lawton;Shahid Naeem;Richard M. Woodfin;V. K. Brown

  • Effects of an alien fish, Gambusia affinis, on an endemic California fairy shrimp, Linderiella occidentalis: implications for conservation of diversity in fishless waters

    Karen E. Leyse;Sharon P. Lawler;Terry Strange

  • Environmental safety review of methoprene and bacterially-derived pesticides commonly used for sustained mosquito control

    Sharon P. Lawler

  • Greater Species Richness of Bacterial Skin Symbionts Better Suppresses the Amphibian Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis

    Jonah Piovia-Scott;Daniel Rejmanek;Douglas C. Woodhams;S. Joy Worth

  • Effects of Basal Resources, Predation, and Alternative Prey in Microcosm Food Chains

    Dalius Balciunas;Sharon P. Lawler

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Morin
Peter J. Morin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard E. Connon
Richard E. Connon University of California, Davis
Shahid Naeem
Shahid Naeem Columbia University
John H. Lawton
John H. Lawton Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Marcel Holyoak
Marcel Holyoak University of California, Davis
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
Juergen Geist
Juergen Geist Technical University of Munich
Joon-Seok Chae
Joon-Seok Chae Seoul National University
Brian D. Todd
Brian D. Todd University of California, Davis
John E Madigan
John E Madigan University of California, Davis

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