Lawrence Lopez

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lawrence Lopez is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Lopez has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 5 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Lopez's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (3 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Lawrence Lopez is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (3 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Lawrence Lopez collaborates with scholars based in United States and Peru. Lawrence Lopez's co-authors include John Terborgh, Rafael Ascanio, Thomas D. Lambert, Percy Núñez, Gabriela Orihuela, Ghazala Shahabuddin, Madhu Rao, Gregory H. Adler, John Terborgh and Timothy M. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Lopez

6 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments

2001 1.1k citations John Terborgh, Lawrence Lopez et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence Lopez United States	5	911	629	380	268	217	7	1.3k
Rafael Ascanio United States	4	835 0.9×	560 0.9×	329 0.9×	253 0.9×	191 0.9×	7	1.2k
Gabriela Orihuela United States	4	813 0.9×	542 0.9×	322 0.8×	256 1.0×	183 0.8×	5	1.2k
Andrea E. Byrom New Zealand	25	1.3k 1.5×	576 0.9×	264 0.7×	207 0.8×	270 1.2×	62	1.7k
Fernando A. S. Fernandez Brazil	19	748 0.8×	474 0.8×	262 0.7×	195 0.7×	136 0.6×	55	1.1k
Robin L. Mackey South Africa	15	735 0.8×	478 0.8×	360 0.9×	259 1.0×	174 0.8×	20	1.2k
Darren J. Bender Canada	15	1.3k 1.4×	790 1.3×	336 0.9×	493 1.8×	314 1.4×	25	1.8k
Dario Capizzi Italy	22	1.2k 1.3×	518 0.8×	374 1.0×	450 1.7×	322 1.5×	78	1.6k
Robert J. Steidl United States	22	1.1k 1.2×	552 0.9×	301 0.8×	358 1.3×	276 1.3×	63	1.4k
Martin Šálek Czechia	23	1.2k 1.4×	461 0.7×	362 1.0×	191 0.7×	256 1.2×	72	1.6k
Pritpal S. Soorae United Arab Emirates	15	970 1.1×	590 0.9×	256 0.7×	357 1.3×	436 2.0×	41	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lawrence Lopez

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence Lopez

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Lopez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lawrence Lopez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lawrence Lopez 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 Lawrence Lopez. Lawrence Lopez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Lopez, Lawrence, et al.. (2025). Distribution and densities of the invasive New Guinea flatworm (Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in forest conservation areas of the Miami Rock Ridge in Southeast Florida. Florida Entomologist. 108(s1).

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Sah, Jay P., Michael S. Ross, James R. Snyder, et al.. (2009). Effect of Hydrologic Restoration on the Habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, 2008 – Final Report. Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University). 3 indexed citations

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Lopez, Lawrence & John Terborgh. (2007). Seed predation and seedling herbivory as factors in tree recruitment failure on predator-free forested islands. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 23(2). 129–137. 22 indexed citations

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Lambert, Thomas D., et al.. (2003). Rodents on tropical land‐bridge islands. Journal of Zoology. 260(2). 179–187. 36 indexed citations

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Terborgh, John, Lawrence Lopez, Percy Núñez, et al.. (2001). Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments. Science. 294(5548). 1923–1926. 1142 indexed citations breakdown →

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Terborgh, John, et al.. (1997). BIRD COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION: THE LAGO GURI ISLANDS. Ecology. 78(5). 1494–1501. 83 indexed citations

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Terborgh, John, et al.. (1997). Bird Communities in Transition: The Lago Guri Islands. Ecology. 78(5). 1494–1494. 4 indexed citations

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