Gerardo Ávalos

654 total citations
50 papers, 408 citations indexed

About

Gerardo Ávalos is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerardo Ávalos has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 408 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gerardo Ávalos's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (7 papers). Gerardo Ávalos is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (7 papers). Gerardo Ávalos collaborates with scholars based in Costa Rica, United States and Brazil. Gerardo Ávalos's co-authors include Stephen S. Mulkey, Kaoru Kitajima, Óscar M. Chaves, Achim Häger, S. Joseph Wright‬, Gerardo Celis, Eduardo Chacón‐Madrigal, Frank Almeda, Marcel C. Vaz and Ned Fetcher and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Oecologia and Oikos.

In The Last Decade

Gerardo Ávalos

50 papers receiving 398 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerardo Ávalos Costa Rica 12 233 190 136 98 97 50 408
Rafael Carvalho da Costa Brazil 10 176 0.8× 204 1.1× 160 1.2× 81 0.8× 99 1.0× 18 458
Dai Nagamatsu Japan 9 256 1.1× 98 0.5× 136 1.0× 92 0.9× 156 1.6× 18 411
Michio Oguro Japan 12 157 0.7× 94 0.5× 174 1.3× 85 0.9× 135 1.4× 37 394
Jeanne L. D. Osnas United States 5 300 1.3× 155 0.8× 190 1.4× 108 1.1× 242 2.5× 7 494
Kersti Püssa Estonia 10 231 1.0× 128 0.7× 190 1.4× 136 1.4× 77 0.8× 15 391
Andreas Enßlin Switzerland 11 302 1.3× 227 1.2× 146 1.1× 105 1.1× 137 1.4× 26 518
Abdul Rahman Kassim Malaysia 10 313 1.3× 154 0.8× 65 0.5× 138 1.4× 148 1.5× 14 424
Richard Mazanec Australia 10 199 0.9× 75 0.4× 98 0.7× 58 0.6× 131 1.4× 24 336
Víctor M. Escobedo Chile 10 197 0.8× 147 0.8× 160 1.2× 76 0.8× 64 0.7× 27 351
Tatjana Oja Estonia 11 115 0.5× 170 0.9× 192 1.4× 68 0.7× 81 0.8× 36 405

Countries citing papers authored by Gerardo Ávalos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerardo Ávalos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerardo Ávalos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerardo Ávalos based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gerardo Ávalos. Gerardo Ávalos is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2025). Plant size influences specific leaf area in palms: a case for the diminishing returns hypothesis. Oecologia. 207(4). 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2023). Divergence in functional traits in seven species of neotropical palms of different forest strata. Oecologia. 203(3-4). 323–333. 2 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2020). Spatial and temporal changes in the structure and diversity of the avifauna of Carara National Park, Costa Rica, in response to road proximity. 22. 202003–202003. 1 indexed citations
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Häger, Achim & Gerardo Ávalos. (2017). Do functional diversity and trait dominance determine carbon storage in an altered tropical landscape?. Oecologia. 184(2). 569–581. 13 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo. (2016). Growth of the neotropical palm Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae) under sun and shade conditions in an agroforestry system in Costa Rica.. Brenesia. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo. (2015). Highest elevational record of the Long-billed Hummingbird (Phaethornis longirostris Delattre, 1843, Aves: Trochilidae) in Costa Rica. Brenesia. 89–90. 2 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo & Stephen S. Mulkey. (2014). Photosynthetic and morphological acclimation of seedlings of tropical lianas to changes in the light environment. American Journal of Botany. 101(12). 2088–2096. 8 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2014). Demographic variation across successional stages and their effects on the population dynamics of the neotropical palm Euterpe precatoria. American Journal of Botany. 101(6). 1023–1028. 7 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2014). Impact of the invasive plant Syzigium jambos (Myrtaceae) on patterns of understory seedling abundance in a Tropical Premontane Forest, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 54(2). 415–415. 6 indexed citations
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Chaves, Óscar M. & Gerardo Ávalos. (2014). Is the inverse leafing phenology of the dry forest understory shrub Jacquinia nervosa (Theophrastaceae) a strategy to escape herbivory?. Revista de Biología Tropical. 54(3). 951–951. 4 indexed citations
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Celis, Gerardo & Gerardo Ávalos. (2013). Acclimation of seedlings of Gnetum leyboldii Tul. (Gnetaceae) to light changes in a tropical rain forest. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2013). Successional stage, fragmentation and exposure to extraction influence the population structure of Euterpe precatoria (Arecaeae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2013). Influence of light conditions on the allometry and growth of the understory palm Geonoma undata subsp. edulis (Arecaceae) of neotropical cloud forests. American Journal of Botany. 100(12). 2357–2363. 8 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2012). Notes on the ethnobotany of Costa Rica's palms.. Investigative News in Education (Universidad de Costa Rica). 56(4). 190–201. 10 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2010). Allometry and stilt root structure of the neotropical palm Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae) across sites and successional stages. American Journal of Botany. 97(3). 388–394. 16 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo, et al.. (2010). Forest structure and territory size relationship in the neotropical understorey insectivoreHenicorhina leucosticta. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 27(1). 65–72. 9 indexed citations
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Chaves, Óscar M. & Gerardo Ávalos. (2008). Do seasonal changes in light availability influence the inverse leafing phenology of the neotropical dry forest understory shrub Bonellia nervosa (Theophrastaceae)?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Chaves, Óscar M. & Gerardo Ávalos. (2006). Do seasonal changes in light availability influence the inverse leafing phenology of the neotropical dry forest understory shrub Bonellia nervosa (Theophrastaceae)?. Revista de Biología Tropical. 56(1). 257–68. 7 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Gerardo & Stephen S. Mulkey. (1999). Photosynthetic acclimation of the liana Stigmaphyllon lindenianum to light changes in a tropical dry forest canopy. Oecologia. 120(4). 475–484. 41 indexed citations

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