David B. Lindenmayer

83.2k total citations · 20 hit papers
943 papers, 55.2k citations indexed

About

David B. Lindenmayer is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Lindenmayer has authored 943 papers receiving a total of 55.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 584 papers in Ecology, 480 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 425 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David B. Lindenmayer's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (448 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (427 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (232 papers). David B. Lindenmayer is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (448 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (427 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (232 papers). David B. Lindenmayer collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David B. Lindenmayer's co-authors include Joern Fischer, Adrian D. Manning, Gene E. Likens, Philip Gibbons, Jerry F. Franklin, R. B. Cunningham, Hugh P. Possingham, Philip S. Barton, Sam C. Banks and Brendan Mackey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

David B. Lindenmayer

919 papers receiving 51.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis
    2007 1.8k citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  2. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example
    2002 1.4k citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
  3. An assessment of the published results of animal relocations
    2000 1.1k citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  4. The forgotten stage of forest succession: early‐successional ecosystems on forest sites
    2010 744 citations Dominick A. DellaSala, David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  5. Indicators of Biodiversity for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management
    2000 718 citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  6. Scattered trees are keystone structures – Implications for conservation
    2006 689 citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  7. Assisted Colonization and Rapid Climate Change
    2008 674 citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  8. Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests
    2009 674 citations Heather Keith, Brendan Mackey et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: A World Perspective
    2012 632 citations Jari Kouki, David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  10. Adaptive monitoring: a new paradigm for long-term research and monitoring
    2009 569 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens profile →
  11. General management principles and a checklist of strategies to guide forest biodiversity conservation
    2006 548 citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  12. The science and application of ecological monitoring
    2010 510 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens Biological Conservation profile →
  13. Global Decline in Large Old Trees
    2012 476 citations David B. Lindenmayer, William F. Laurance et al. profile →
  14. Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests
    2017 443 citations Renato Crouzeilles, Robin L. Chazdon et al. profile →
  15. A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success
    2016 431 citations Renato Crouzeilles, David B. Lindenmayer et al. profile →
  16. Faustian bargains? Restoration realities in the context of biodiversity offset policies
    2012 405 citations David B. Lindenmayer et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  17. Value of long‐term ecological studies
    2012 401 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens et al. Austral Ecology profile →
  18. Merchants of Doubt. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
    2012 388 citations David B. Lindenmayer Austral Ecology profile →
  19. REVIEW: Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta‐analysis
    2014 334 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Jari Kouki et al. profile →
  20. The ecology, distribution, conservation and management of large old trees
    2016 331 citations David B. Lindenmayer, William F. Laurance Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David B. Lindenmayer Australia 114 29.1k 25.7k 24.6k 11.1k 8.0k 943 55.2k
Michel Loreau France 88 20.9k 0.7× 24.6k 1.0× 14.2k 0.6× 5.7k 0.5× 14.5k 1.8× 289 49.5k
Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom 150 36.5k 1.3× 29.6k 1.1× 27.8k 1.1× 20.7k 1.9× 20.6k 2.6× 745 85.1k
Pierre Legendre Canada 92 32.8k 1.1× 29.7k 1.2× 15.0k 0.6× 9.0k 0.8× 15.0k 1.9× 411 71.4k
Gregory P. Asner United States 120 33.3k 1.1× 16.1k 0.6× 29.6k 1.2× 8.3k 0.7× 5.5k 0.7× 618 65.3k
William F. Laurance Australia 100 16.8k 0.6× 17.2k 0.7× 18.4k 0.7× 5.4k 0.5× 7.3k 0.9× 344 39.9k
Richard J. Hobbs Australia 88 19.0k 0.7× 20.8k 0.8× 15.9k 0.6× 4.2k 0.4× 7.1k 0.9× 486 40.5k
Sandra Lavorel France 98 15.5k 0.5× 26.6k 1.0× 16.6k 0.7× 8.8k 0.8× 14.1k 1.8× 306 47.5k
Lenore Fahrig Canada 84 22.1k 0.8× 14.8k 0.6× 11.0k 0.4× 5.7k 0.5× 8.1k 1.0× 252 34.6k
Daniel Simberloff United States 102 25.7k 0.9× 22.1k 0.9× 10.7k 0.4× 7.0k 0.6× 14.9k 1.9× 382 52.5k
Georgina M. Mace United Kingdom 85 16.7k 0.6× 12.4k 0.5× 13.2k 0.5× 9.4k 0.8× 7.6k 1.0× 186 42.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Odebiri, Omosalewa, Benjamin C. Scheele, David B. Lindenmayer, David Smith, & Martino E. Malerba. (2025). Fencing the Flux: Seasonal Trends, Environmental Drivers, and Mitigation Opportunities of Methane Emissions From Farm Dams. Global Change Biology. 31(12). e70637–e70637.
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DellaSala, Dominick A., Brendan Mackey, Cyril Kormos, et al.. (2024). Measuring forest degradation via ecological-integrity indicators at multiple spatial scales. Biological Conservation. 302. 110939–110939. 5 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Elle Bowd, Kara N. Youngentob, & Maldwyn J. Evans. (2024). Identifying biodiversity surrogates and management indicator species for tall, WET Forests: A case study of australian arboreal marsupials. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112297–112297. 3 indexed citations
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Dossa, Gbadamassi G. O., Douglas Schaefer, Juan Zuo, et al.. (2024). The effects of invertebrates on wood decomposition across the world. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(1). 158–171. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Juntao, et al.. (2023). Increases in intraspecific body size variation are common among North American mammals and birds between 1880 and 2020. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(3). 347–354. 11 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Wade Blanchard, Daniel Florance, et al.. (2023). Grazing regime effects on bird biodiversity overwhelmed by an interference competitor. Biological Conservation. 283. 110085–110085. 2 indexed citations
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Blanchard, Wade, Tyrone H. Lavery, Natasha M. Robinson, et al.. (2023). Environmental variables influence patterns of mammal co-occurrence following introduced predator control. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0292919–e0292919. 3 indexed citations
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Bowd, Elle, Eleonora Egidi, David B. Lindenmayer, et al.. (2022). Direct and indirect effects of fire on microbial communities in a pyrodiverse dry‐sclerophyll forest. Journal of Ecology. 110(7). 1687–1703. 28 indexed citations
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Bowd, Elle, Sam C. Banks, Andrew Bissett, Tom W. May, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2021). Direct and indirect disturbance impacts in forests. Ecology Letters. 24(6). 1225–1236. 36 indexed citations
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Chazdon, Robin L., David B. Lindenmayer, Manuel R. Guariguata, et al.. (2020). Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions. Environmental Research Letters. 15(4). 43002–43002. 180 indexed citations
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MacGregor, Christopher, Wade Blanchard, John Stein, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2020). Factors influencing the occurrence of the Southern Long‐nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta Geoffroy) during a population irruption and decline. Austral Ecology. 45(6). 834–844. 6 indexed citations
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Pierson, Jennifer C., Tabitha A. Graves, Sam C. Banks, Katherine C. Kendall, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2018). Relationship between effective and demographic population size in continuously distributed populations. Evolutionary Applications. 11(7). 1162–1175. 16 indexed citations
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Foster, Claire N., Philip S. Barton, Christopher MacGregor, et al.. (2017). Effects of fire regime on plant species richness and composition differ among forest, woodland and heath vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science. 21(1). 132–143. 23 indexed citations
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Westgate, Martin J., Christopher MacGregor, Ben C. Scheele, Don A. Driscoll, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2017). Effects of time since fire on frog occurrence are altered by isolation, vegetation and fire frequency gradients. Diversity and Distributions. 24(1). 82–91. 11 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Emma Burns, Nikki Thurgate, & Andrew J. Lowe. (2014). Biodiversity and Environmental Change. CSIRO Publishing eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Charles Zammit, Simon Attwood, et al.. (2012). A Novel and Cost-Effective Monitoring Approach for Outcomes in an Australian Biodiversity Conservation Incentive Program. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e50872–e50872. 51 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B. & Gene E. Likens. (2011). Effective monitoring of agriculture. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13(6). 1559–1559. 13 indexed citations
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Keith, Heather, Brendan Mackey, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2009). Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(28). 11635–11640. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Felton, Adam, et al.. (2009). Nutritional goals of wild primates. Functional Ecology. 23(1). 70–78. 112 indexed citations
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Lindenmayer, David B., Brendan Mackey, Malcolm Gill, & Michael A. McCarthy. (1999). Stand structure within forest types - are there environmental determinants ?. Forest Ecology and Management. 6 indexed citations

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