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2710
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112

Thibaud Decaëns 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 Thibaud Decaëns sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 248 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thibaud Decaëns 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 Thibaud Decaëns sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thibaud Decaëns is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in research spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Oceanography, Genetics, and Insect Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum of ecological and environmental themes. Major topics include:

  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Thibaud Decaëns has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world-wide assessment, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution, 2023, Zootaxa
  • Let earthworms be functional - Definition of new functional groups based on their bioturbation behavior, 2023, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Relative importance of tree species richness, tree functional type, and microenvironment for soil macrofauna communities in European forests, 2021, Oecologia
  • OTU Delimitation with Earthworm DNA Barcodes: A Comparison of Methods, 2022, Diversity

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Daniel F. Marchán
  • Mickaël Hedde
  • Sylvain Gérard
  • George Gardner Brown
  • Jorge Domínguez

Publications are often found in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Soil Biology
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Zoosystema

Best Publications

  • Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services

    Patrick Lavelle;Thibaud Decaëns;M. Aubert;Sébastien Barot

  • The values of soil animals for conservation biology

    T. Decaëns;J.J. Jiménez;C. Gioia;G.J. Measey

  • Macroecological patterns in soil communities

    Thibaud Decaëns

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Ecosystem engineers in a self-organized soil: A review of concepts and future research questions

    Patrick Lavelle;Alister Spain;Manuel Blouin;George Brown

  • Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology

    Benjamin Pey;Johanne Nahmani;Apolline Auclerc;Yvan Capowiez

  • Species-Level Para- and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera.

    Marko Mutanen;Sami M. Kivelä;Rutger A. Vos;Camiel Doorenweerd

  • Impact of land management on soil macrofauna in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia

    Thibaud Decaëns;Patrick Lavelle;Juan José Jiménez Jaén;Germán Escobar

  • Effects of tropical endogeic earthworms on soil erosion

    Eric Blanchart;A. Albrecht;G. Brown;T. Decaens

  • DNA Barcoding Reveals Cryptic Diversity in Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 (Clitellata): Resurrection of L. herculeus (Savigny, 1826)

    Samuel W. James;Samuel W. James;David Porco;David Porco;Thibaud Decaëns;Benoit Richard

  • Soil macrofaunal communities in permanent pastures derived from tropical forest or savanna

    T. Decaëns;J.J. Jiménez;E. Barros;A. Chauvel

  • Earthworm communities of tropical agroecosystems : origin, structure and influence of management practices

    C. Fragoso;P. Lavelle;Eric Blanchart;B.K. Senapati

  • Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity

    Madhav P. Thakur;Helen R. P. Phillips;Ulrich Brose;Franciska T. De Vries

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in ageing earthworm casts in grasslands of the eastern plains of Colombia

    T. Decaëns;A. F. Rangel;N. Asakawa;R. J. Thomas

  • Assembly rules within earthworm communities in North-Western France—A regional analysis

    Thibaud Decaëns;Pierre Margerie;Michael Aubert;Mickaël Hedde

  • Dynamics of soil organic matter based on new Rock-Eval indices

    David Sebag;E.P. Verrecchia;L. Cécillon;T. Adatte

  • Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world‐wide assessment

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  • Earthworm communities under an agricultural intensification gradient in Colombia

    Thibaud Decaëns;Juan J. Jiménez

  • Biological invasions in soil: DNA barcoding as a monitoring tool in a multiple taxa survey targeting European earthworms and springtails in North America

    David Porco;David Porco;Thibaud Decaëns;Louis Deharveng;Samuel W. James;Samuel W. James

  • Ecology of earthworm species with large environmental tolerance and/or extended distributions

    I. Barois;P. Lavelle;Michel Brossard;Jérôme Tondoh

  • Spatio-temporal structure of earthworm community and soil heterogeneity in a tropical pasture

    Thibaud Decaëns;Jean Pierre Rossi

  • Seed dispersion by surface casting activities of earthworms in Colombian grasslands

    Thibaud Decaëns;Lucero Mariani;Nixon Betancourt;Juan José Jiménez

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Dirk Steinke
Dirk Steinke University of Guelph
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
Patrick Lavelle
Patrick Lavelle Sorbonne University
Juan J. Jiménez
Juan J. Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
George G. Brown
George G. Brown Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Samuel W. James
Samuel W. James Maharishi International University

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