Patricia Balvanera

31.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
107 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Patricia Balvanera is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Balvanera has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Patricia Balvanera's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (46 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Patricia Balvanera is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (46 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Patricia Balvanera collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Germany. Patricia Balvanera's co-authors include Bernhard Schmid, David Raffaelli, Andrea B. Pfisterer, María José Martinez‐Harms, Jin He, Tohru Nakashizuka, Nina Buchmann, Rachelle K. Gould, Kai M. A. Chan and Sarah C. Klain and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Balvanera

103 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Quantifying the evidence for biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services

2006 1.9k citations Patricia Balvanera et al. profile →
Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

2016 1.2k citations Patricia Balvanera, Erik Gómez‐Baggethun et al. profile →
The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

2011 953 citations Patricia Balvanera et al. profile →
Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement

2012 780 citations Patricia Balvanera, Rachelle K. Gould et al. profile →
Methods for mapping ecosystem service supply: a review

2012 482 citations Patricia Balvanera et al. profile →
Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being

2013 450 citations Patricia Balvanera, Rachelle K. Gould et al. profile →
Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective

2015 324 citations Patricia Balvanera, Manuel Maass et al. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia Balvanera Mexico	45	6.0k	3.3k	2.7k	1.5k	1.5k	107	10.9k
Ulrike Tappeiner Austria	55	5.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	745 0.5×	218	9.4k
Chad Monfreda United States	15	7.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.6×	4.7k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	21	15.1k
Rob Alkemade Netherlands	45	6.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	5.1k 1.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	100	13.9k
P. K. Snyder United States	19	6.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	30	11.4k
Henrique M. Pereira Portugal	51	5.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	4.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	142	10.7k
Tobías Plieninger Germany	63	8.6k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	857 0.6×	240	12.8k
Virginia H. Dale United States	50	6.8k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	4.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	172	13.1k
Michael T. Coe United States	58	12.9k 2.2×	3.9k 1.2×	6.1k 2.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	110	21.0k
Charlie M. Shackleton South Africa	60	5.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	328	12.4k
Henrik von Wehrden Germany	45	3.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	179	9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patricia Balvanera

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

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Novo, Paula, Rafael Calderón-Contreras, Laura C. J. Pereira, et al.. (2025). Meaningful transdisciplinary collaborations for sustainability: local, artistic, and scientific knowledge. Ecology and Society. 30(4).

Balvanera, Patricia, Luis García‐Barrios, Francisco Mora, et al.. (2025). Impacts of silvopastoral management intensity and forest age on vegetation and soils of dry tropical forests. Agroforestry Systems. 99(8).

Martin, Adrian, Patricia Balvanera, Erik Gómez‐Baggethun, et al.. (2024). Sustainability-aligned values: exploring the concept, evidence, and practice. Ecology and Society. 29(4). 5 indexed citations

Balvanera, Patricia, et al.. (2023). (Dis)connections between youth migration and food security in a rural community of the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Rural Studies. 100. 103028–103028. 5 indexed citations

Lenzi, Dominic, Patricia Balvanera, Paola Arias‐Arévalo, et al.. (2023). Justice, sustainability, and the diverse values of nature: why they matter for biodiversity conservation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64. 101353–101353. 31 indexed citations

Balvanera, Patricia, et al.. (2023). Spatial characterization of social-ecological systems units for management in Tropical Dry Forests. Landscape Ecology. 38(12). 4303–4323. 5 indexed citations

Guibrunet, Louise, et al.. (2021). Beyond participation: How to achieve the recognition of local communities’ value‐systems in conservation? Some insights from Mexico. People and Nature. 3(3). 528–541. 28 indexed citations

Delabre, Izabela, Lily O. Rodríguez, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, et al.. (2021). Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Science Advances. 7(12). 59 indexed citations

Schröter, Matthias, Mike Christie, Andrew Church, et al.. (2020). Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People. 16(1). 50–69. 59 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Felipe Barragán, Francisco Mora, et al.. (2020). Differential ecological filtering across life cycle stages drive old-field succession in a neotropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 482. 118810–118810. 18 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Yrizar, Angelina, Alberto Búrquez, Vı́ctor J. Jaramillo, et al.. (2020). Improving the accuracy of aboveground biomass estimations in secondary tropical dry forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 474. 118384–118384. 15 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia, et al.. (2019). Chapter 2.1 Status and Trends –Drivers of Change. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4 indexed citations

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Quijas, Sandra, Alice Boit, Kirsten Thonicke, et al.. (2018). Modelling carbon stock and carbon sequestration ecosystem services for policy design: a comprehensive approach using a dynamic vegetation model. Ecosystems and People. 15(1). 42–60. 13 indexed citations

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Norström, Albert V., et al.. (2017). Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Knowledge for sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society. 22(1). 18 indexed citations

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Mora, Francisco, et al.. (2016). Trade-offs between ecosystem services and alternative pathways toward sustainability in a tropical dry forest region. Ecology and Society. 21(4). 22 indexed citations

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Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Patricia Balvanera, Elizabeth G. King, & Stephen Polasky. (2015). Ecosystem service trade-offs across global contexts and scales. Ecology and Society. 20(1). 56 indexed citations

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del‐Val, Ek, et al.. (2015). Identifying areas of high invasion risk: a general model and an application to Mexico. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 86(1). 208–216. 11 indexed citations

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Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Stephen Polasky, Elizabeth G. King, & Patricia Balvanera. (2015). A sustainability framework for assessing trade-offs in ecosystem services. Ecology and Society. 20(1). 149 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia. (2012). Los servicios ecosistémicos que ofrecen los bosques tropicales. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24 indexed citations

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Balvanera, Patricia, et al.. (2009). Las selvas secas. Ciencias (México, D.F.). 18–24. 5 indexed citations

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