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D-Index
70
Citations
20802
World Ranking
1353
National Ranking
77

Terry Sunderland 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 Terry Sunderland sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 254 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Terry Sunderland 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 Terry Sunderland sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity

Terry Sunderland spends much of his time researching Agroforestry, Environmental resource management, Ecology, Rainforest and Food security. Terry Sunderland interconnects Tropical forest, Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in the investigation of issues within Agroforestry. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Natural resource and Corporate governance.

The concepts of his Rainforest study are interwoven with issues in Tropical climate, Amazonian, Amazon rainforest and Vegetation. His study in Food security is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Natural resource economics and Land use. His research integrates issues of Forestry and Tropics in his study of Biomass.

His most cited work include:

  • Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests (746 citations)
  • Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests (746 citations)
  • Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses (628 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Agroforestry, Food security, Livelihood, Agriculture and Environmental planning are his primary areas of study. His research in Agroforestry intersects with topics in Biodiversity, Deforestation, Sustainability and Ecosystem services. His Ecosystem services study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agricultural productivity and Forest ecology.

His Food security research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Natural resource economics, Diet quality and Land use. Within one scientific family, Terry Sunderland focuses on topics pertaining to Environmental resource management under Environmental planning, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Land management and Land-use planning. His Tropical climate research incorporates elements of Carbon sequestration, Rainforest, Biomass and Carbon sink.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agroforestry (53.87%)
  • Food security (28.17%)
  • Livelihood (27.46%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agroforestry (53.87%)
  • Food security (28.17%)
  • Agriculture (30.28%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Terry Sunderland focuses on Agroforestry, Food security, Agriculture, Ecosystem services and Livelihood. His work often combines Agroforestry and Food processing studies. His work focuses on many connections between Food security and other disciplines, such as Natural resource economics, that overlap with his field of interest in Deforestation, Land use and Agricultural productivity.

His Ecosystem services research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Livestock, Soil fertility, Land management and Environmental planning. His Livelihood research also works with subjects such as

  • Household income that intertwine with fields like Land use, land-use change and forestry,
  • Developing country which intersects with area such as Satellite imagery, Canopy, Participatory rural appraisal, Forest dynamics and Diet quality,
  • Forest ecology most often made with reference to Subsistence agriculture,
  • Socioeconomics which is related to area like Poverty. His Forest ecology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Rainforest, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon dioxide and Understory.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (84 citations)
  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (84 citations)
  • Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative (46 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Forest ecology, Ecosystem services, Livelihood, Agroforestry and Tropical climate. His work is dedicated to discovering how Forest ecology, Soil fertility are connected with Amazon rainforest and other disciplines. Terry Sunderland combines subjects such as Developing country, Agriculture, Forest dynamics and Satellite imagery with his study of Ecosystem services.

His Agriculture research integrates issues from Household income and Canopy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Carbon sequestration, Carbon cycle and Carbon sink in addition to Tropical climate. His Carbon sequestration research includes elements of Rainforest, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon dioxide and Understory.

Best Publications

  • Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses

    Jeffrey Sayer;Terry Sunderland;Jaboury Ghazoul;Jean-Laurent Pfund

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests

    Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez;Bonaventure Sonké;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

    J.W. Ferry Slik;Gary Paoli;Krista L. McGuire;Iêda Leão Amaral

  • Getting REDD to work locally: lessons learned from integrated conservation and development projects

    Benjamin Blom;Terry Sunderland;Daniel Murdiyarso

  • Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future

    James Reed;James Reed;Josh Van Vianen;Elizabeth L. Deakin;Jos Barlow

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests.

    Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Bonaventure Sonké;Terry Sunderland;Serge K. Begne;Serge K. Begne

  • Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

    Bronwen Powell;Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted;Amy Ickowitz;Celine Termote

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Bridging funding gaps for climate and sustainable development:Pitfalls, progress and potential of private finance

    Robyn Clark;James Reed;James Reed;Terry Sunderland;Terry Sunderland;Terry Sunderland

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Dietary quality and tree cover in Africa

    Amy Ickowitz;Bronwen Powell;Mohammad A. Salim;Terry C.H. Sunderland

  • Markets Drive the Specialization Strategies of Forest Peoples

    Manuel Ruiz-Pérez;Brian Belcher;Ramadhani Achdiawan;Miguel Alexiades

  • Trees for life: the ecosystem service contribution of trees to food production and livelihoods in the tropics.

    James Reed;James Reed;Josh van Vianen;Samson Foli;Jessica Clendenning

  • Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study

    Terry Sunderland;Ramadhani Achdiawan;Arild Angelsen;Arild Angelsen;Ronnie Babigumira;Ronnie Babigumira

  • Food Security: Why is Biodiversity Important?

    Terry C.H. Sunderland

  • Meeting the food security challenge for nine billion people in 2050: What impact on forests?

    Nur H.A. Bahar;Michaela Lo;Michaela Lo;Made Sanjaya;Josh Van Vianen

  • Conservation and development in tropical forest landscapes: a time to face the trade-offs?

    T.C.H. Sunderland;C. Ehringhaus;Bruce M. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Bonaventure Sonké
Bonaventure Sonké Université de Yaoundé I
Jean-Louis Doucet
Jean-Louis Doucet Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Andrew R. Marshall
Andrew R. Marshall University of the Sunshine Coast
Lindsay F. Banin
Lindsay F. Banin UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Jon C. Lovett
Jon C. Lovett University of Leeds

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