María Uriarte

23.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

María Uriarte is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, María Uriarte has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 48 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in María Uriarte's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (85 papers), Plant and animal studies (42 papers) and Forest ecology and management (28 papers). María Uriarte is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (85 papers), Plant and animal studies (42 papers) and Forest ecology and management (28 papers). María Uriarte collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and United Kingdom. María Uriarte's co-authors include Jess K. Zimmerman, Robert Muscarella, Ruth DeFries, Jill Thompson, Thomas K. Rudel, Charles D. Canham, Matthew C. Hansen, W. John Kress, Robert P. Anderson and Mariano Soley‐Guardia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

María Uriarte

159 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models

2014 1.5k citations Robert Muscarella, María Uriarte et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century

2010 996 citations Ruth DeFries, Thomas K. Rudel et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005

2009 443 citations Thomas K. Rudel, María Uriarte et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Uriarte United States	55	5.0k	4.9k	3.5k	2.7k	2.1k	165	11.6k
Mark W. Schwartz United States	51	4.6k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	153	9.7k
John F. Lamoreux United States	19	4.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	5.4k 1.6×	3.4k 1.2×	3.9k 1.8×	27	13.0k
Emma C. Underwood United States	22	3.1k 0.6×	4.0k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	41	9.3k
Erika S. Zavaleta United States	45	6.0k 1.2×	4.9k 1.0×	6.4k 1.9×	3.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.2×	96	14.4k
Eric L. Berlow United States	24	4.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	5.7k 1.6×	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	40	11.6k
Martı́n Oesterheld Argentina	41	5.9k 1.2×	4.2k 0.9×	6.1k 1.8×	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	103	13.1k
Pablo Inchausti France	29	6.0k 1.2×	3.9k 0.8×	6.0k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	61	12.6k
Carl Beierkuhnlein Germany	54	4.0k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	271	10.5k
Mary I. O’Connor Canada	43	3.6k 0.7×	5.2k 1.1×	7.5k 2.2×	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	110	13.8k
Susan G. W. Laurance Australia	51	7.4k 1.5×	5.9k 1.2×	4.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	120	12.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Uriarte

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Reich, Peter B., Jeffrey R. Vincent, Matthew E. Fagan, et al.. (2025). The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6092–6092.

Thompson, Jill, et al.. (2024). Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico. Biotropica. 56(2). 1 indexed citations

Ziemińska, Kasia, Jill Thompson, María Uriarte, et al.. (2023). Shifts in wood anatomical traits after a major hurricane. Functional Ecology. 37(12). 3000–3014. 3 indexed citations

Smith‐Martin, Chris M., Robert Muscarella, William M. Hammond, et al.. (2023). Hydraulic variability of tropical forests is largely independent of water availability. Ecology Letters. 26(11). 1829–1839. 10 indexed citations

Davis, Richard A., et al.. (2021). Percolation threshold analyses can detect community assembly processes in simulated and natural tree communities. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(10). 2028–2041. 2 indexed citations

Scott, Eric R., María Uriarte, & Emilio M. Bruna. (2021). Delayed effects of climate on vital rates lead to demographic divergence in Amazonian forest fragments. Global Change Biology. 28(2). 463–479. 5 indexed citations

Uriarte, María, et al.. (2021). Large‐scale, image‐based tree species mapping in a tropical forest using artificial perceptual learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(4). 608–618. 9 indexed citations

Uriarte, María, et al.. (2019). Forest transitions in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: has agricultural intensification ceded way to forest regeneration in this endangered biome?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Uriarte, María & Duncan N. L. Menge. (2018). Variation between individuals fosters regional species coexistence. Ecology Letters. 21(10). 1496–1504. 33 indexed citations

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Siqueira, Flávia Freire de, et al.. (2018). Sharp Differentiation on the Performance of Plant Functional Groups Across Natural Edges. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7 indexed citations

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Muscarella, Robert & María Uriarte. (2016). Do community-weighted mean functional traits reflect optimal strategies?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1827). 20152434–20152434. 173 indexed citations

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Lasky, Jesse R., María Uriarte, Vanessa Boukili, & Robin L. Chazdon. (2014). Trait-mediated assembly processes predict successional changes in community diversity of tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(15). 5616–5621. 157 indexed citations

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Lasky, Jesse R., María Uriarte, Vanessa Boukili, et al.. (2014). The relationship between tree biodiversity and biomass dynamics changes with tropical forest succession. Ecology Letters. 17(9). 1158–1167. 188 indexed citations

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Dueker, M. Elias, G. D. O’Mullan, Kathleen C. Weathers, Andrew R. Juhl, & María Uriarte. (2012). Coupling of fog and marine microbial content in the near-shore coastal environment. Biogeosciences. 9(2). 803–813. 29 indexed citations

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DeFries, Ruth, Thomas K. Rudel, María Uriarte, & Matthew C. Hansen. (2010). Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century. Nature Geoscience. 3(3). 178–181. 996 indexed citations breakdown →

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Uriarte, María, Charles D. Canham, & Richard B. Root. (2002). A MODEL OF SIMULTANEOUS EVOLUTION OF COMPETITIVE ABILITY AND HERBIVORE RESISTANCE IN A PERENNIAL PLANT. Ecology. 83(10). 2649–2663. 27 indexed citations

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Uriarte, María. (2000). Mariposas, sapos, jaguares y estrellas. Práctica y símbolos del juego de pelota. Arqueología mexicana. 8(44). 28–35. 1 indexed citations

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Uriarte, María. (1992). El Juego de pelota en mesoamérica : raíces y supervivencia. Siglo Veintiuno Editores eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Uriarte, María. (1986). Pasztory e. Aztec art. New york, harry n. Abrams, inc., 1983. 14(55). 245–246. 1 indexed citations

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Uriarte, María. (1986). De la fuente b. Peldanos en la conciencia. Rostros en la plastica prehispanica. Mexico, unam, 1985. 15(57). 229–231. 1 indexed citations

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