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Steven J. Presley publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven J. Presley sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 85 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Steven J. Presley D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven J. Presley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven J. Presley is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work covers subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

Presley's research interests reflect by main topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

The scientist has contributed to multiple scholarly articles published in various scientific venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Oecologia
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Biotropica
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Community Ecology

Key recent publications featuring or authored by Presley are:

  • "On the detection of metacommunity structure" (2020) in Community Ecology
  • "Arthropods are not declining but are responsive to disturbance in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico" (2021) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Functional volumes, niche packing and species richness: biogeographic legacies in the Congo Basin" (2020) in Royal Society Open Science
  • "Protecting biodiversity via conservation networks: Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic considerations" (2023) in Biological Conservation
  • "A canonical metacommunity structure over 3 decades: ecologically consistent but spatially dynamic patterns in a hurricane-prone montane forest" (2021) in Oecologia

Steven J. Presley has collaborated frequently with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Michael R. Willig
  • Frederik Van de Perre
  • Herwig Leirs
  • Erik Verheyen
  • Julissa Rojas-Sandoval

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive framework for the evaluation of metacommunity structure

    Steven J. Presley;Christopher L. Higgins;Michael R. Willig

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Phyllostomid Bats of Lowland Amazonia: Effects of Habitat Alteration on Abundance

    Michael R. Willig;Steven J. Presley;Christopher P. Bloch;Christine L. Hice

  • Effects of Habitat Conversion on Temporal Activity Patterns of Phyllostomid Bats in Lowland Amazonian Rain Forest

    Steven J. Presley;Michael R. Willig;Ivan Castro-Arellano;Scott C. Weaver

  • Multiple dimensions of bat biodiversity along an extensive tropical elevational gradient

    Laura M. Cisneros;Kevin R. Burgio;Lindsay M. Dreiss;Brian T. Klingbeil

  • Relative importance of host environment, transmission potential and host phylogeny to the structure of parasite metacommunities

    Tad Dallas;Steven J. Presley

  • Composition and Structure of Bat Assemblages in Paraguay: A Subtropical–Temperate Interface

    Michael R. Willig;Steven J. Presley;Robert D. Owen;Celia López-González

  • TAXONOMIC STATUS OF MYOTIS (CHIROPTERA: VESPERTILIONIDAE) IN PARAGUAY

    Celia López-González;Steven J. Presley;Robert D. Owen;Michael R. Willig

  • Elements of metacommunity structure of Paraguayan bats: multiple gradients require analysis of multiple ordination axes.

    Steven J. Presley;Christopher L. Higgins;Celia López-González;Richard D. Stevens

  • Vertebrate metacommunity structure along an extensive elevational gradient in the tropics: a comparison of bats, rodents and birds

    Steven J. Presley;Laura M. Cisneros;Bruce D. Patterson;Michael R. Willig

  • Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean islands and the role of endemics

    Steven J. Presley;Michael R. Willig

  • Trophic niche breadth and niche overlap in a guild of flower-visiting bees in a Brazilian dry forest

    Cândida M. L. Aguiar;Gilberto M. de M. Santos;Celso F. Martins;Steven J. Presley

  • Decomposing functional diversity

    Samuel M. Scheiner;Evsey Kosman;Steven J. Presley;Michael R. Willig

  • Effects of reduced impact logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia

    Ivan Castro-Arellano;Steven J. Presley;Luis Nelio Saldanha;Michael R. Willig

  • Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic dimensions of rodent biodiversity along an extensive tropical elevational gradient

    Lindsay M. Dreiss;Kevin R. Burgio;Laura M. Cisneros;Brian T. Klingbeil

  • Effects of reduced-impact logging and forest physiognomy on bat populations of lowland Amazonian forest.

    Steven J. Presley;Michael R. Willig;Joseph M. Wunderle;Luis Nélio Saldanha

  • Biodiversity and metacommunity structure of animals along altitudinal gradients in tropical montane forests

    Michael R. Willig;Steven J. Presley

  • Tropical metacommunities along elevational gradients: effects of forest type and other environmental factors

    Michael R. Willig;Steven J. Presley;Christopher P. Bloch;Ivan Castro-Arellano

  • Metacommunity analysis of Mexican bats: environmentally mediated structure in an area of high geographic and environmental complexity

    Celia Lopez-Gonzalez;Steven J. Presley;Abraham Lozano;Richard D. Stevens

  • Biodiversity and Disturbance

    M.R. Willig;S.J. Presley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Samantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Tim Newbold
Tim Newbold University College London
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Tony R. Walker
Tony R. Walker Dalhousie University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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