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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
16622
World Ranking
1780
National Ranking
8

Yves Basset 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 Yves Basset sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 182 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yves Basset 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 Yves Basset sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award

Overview

Yves Basset is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a distinctly interdisciplinary approach focusing on ecological and biological diversity.

The scientist's subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Insect Science. This range highlights a broad engagement with both the theoretical and applied aspects of biological and environmental sciences.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Yves Basset has contributed to multiple scientific publications and is a frequent author in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biology Letters
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects" (2022, Ecological Monographs)
  • "Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward" (2020, Insect Conservation and Diversity)
  • "International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery" (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network" (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • "Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera)" (2022, Scientific Reports)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Greg P. A. Lamarre
  • Yacksecari Lopez
  • Héctor Barrios
  • Filonila Perez
  • Ricardo Bobadilla

Best Publications

  • Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest

    Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset;Scott E. Miller;George D. Weiblen

  • Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests

    Vojtech Novotny;Pavel Drozd;Scott E. Miller;Miroslav Kulfan

  • Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest

    Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Yves Basset;Lukas Cizek;Lukas Cizek;Philippe Cuenoud;Raphael K. Didham

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

    Matthew L. Forister;Vojtech Novotny;Vojtech Novotny;Anna K. Panorska;Leontine Baje

  • Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores: pondering the mystery of singletons

    Vojtech Novotný;Yves Basset

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations

    Tomas Roslin;Tomas Roslin;Bess Hardwick;Vojtech Novotny;Vojtech Novotny;William K. Petry;William K. Petry

  • Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests.

    Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset

  • Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Yves Basset;C. Matilda Collins;Simon R. Leather

  • Guild-specific patterns of species richness and host specialization in plant–herbivore food webs from a tropical forest

    Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;Leontine Baje;Solomon Balagawi

  • Insects on Plants: Diversity of Herbivore Assemblages Revisited

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset

  • Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests.

    Vojtech Novotny;Scott E. Miller;Jiri Hulcr;Jiri Hulcr;Richard Arthur Ian Drew

  • Quantifying uncertainty in estimation of tropical arthropod species richness.

    Andrew J. Hamilton;Yves Basset;Kurt K. Benke;Peter S. Grimbacher

  • 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

  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Robin Heinen;Inge Armbrecht;Yves Basset

  • Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy

    Yves Basset

  • Phylogenetic dispersion of host use in a tropical insect herbivore community

    George D. Weiblen;Campbell O. Webb;Vojtech Novotny;Yves Basset

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Vertical stratification of arthropod assemblages.

    Y. Basset;P. M. Hammond;H. Barrios;J. D. Holloway

  • Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests How much do we really know

    Yves Basset

  • Supporting Online Material for Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests

    Vojtech Novotny;Pavel Drozd;Scott E. Miller;Miroslav Kulfan

Frequent Co-Authors

Vojtech Novotny
Vojtech Novotny Czech Academy of Sciences
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Raphael K. Didham
Raphael K. Didham University of Western Australia
Roger L. Kitching
Roger L. Kitching Griffith University
George D. Weiblen
George D. Weiblen University of Minnesota
Lukas Cizek
Lukas Cizek Sewanee: The University of the South
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Owen T. Lewis
Owen T. Lewis University of Oxford
Yves Roisin
Yves Roisin Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bruno Corbara
Bruno Corbara University of Clermont Auvergne

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