Pedro H. S. Brancalion

22.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
223 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Pedro H. S. Brancalion is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro H. S. Brancalion has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 91 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Pedro H. S. Brancalion's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (102 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (52 papers). Pedro H. S. Brancalion is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (102 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (52 papers). Pedro H. S. Brancalion collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Pedro H. S. Brancalion's co-authors include Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Karen D. Holl, Robin L. Chazdon, James Aronson, Paula Meli, Miguel Calmon, André Gustavo Nave, Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Chetan Kumar and Bernardo B. N. Strassburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pedro H. S. Brancalion

216 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size

2013 557 citations Mauro Galetti, Roger Guevara et al. Science profile →
The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches

2022 435 citations Philip A. Martin, Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. Science profile →
Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

2021 424 citations Alice Di Sacco, Kate Hardwick et al. Global Change Biology profile →
When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration

2016 373 citations Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. profile →
Tree planting is not a simple solution

2020 333 citations Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. Science profile →
Integrating genetic and silvicultural strategies to minimize abiotic and biotic constraints in Brazilian eucalypt plantations

2013 332 citations José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves, Clayton Alcarde Álvares et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

2019 325 citations Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Eben N. Broadbent et al. Science Advances profile →
Controlling invasive plant species in ecological restoration: A global review

2020 245 citations Taísi B. Sorrini, Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. Journal of Applied Ecology profile →
Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives

2020 201 citations Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. Journal of Applied Ecology profile →
Hidden destruction of older forests threatens Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and challenges restoration programs

2021 144 citations Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Renato Crouzeilles et al. Science Advances profile →
Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

2023 88 citations Anazélia M. Tedesco, Robin L. Chazdon et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pedro H. S. Brancalion Brazil	52	5.7k	4.0k	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	223	10.4k
José María Rey Beñayas Spain	47	5.6k 1.0×	5.0k 1.3×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	165	11.0k
Adrian C. Newton United Kingdom	48	5.3k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	163	10.7k
David C. Le Maître South Africa	45	4.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	120	8.2k
Valerie Kapos United Kingdom	45	4.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	90	10.9k
Patricia Balvanera Mexico	45	6.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	107	10.9k
Douglas Sheil Indonesia	59	7.7k 1.3×	4.8k 1.2×	4.5k 2.0×	1.6k 1.2×	932 0.7×	273	13.5k
Karen D. Holl United States	50	3.9k 0.7×	5.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	151	8.9k
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Brazil	48	2.9k 0.5×	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	270	7.6k
Joseph Fargione United States	42	4.3k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	4.3k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	89	14.0k
T. Mitchell Aide Puerto Rico	66	6.1k 1.1×	5.0k 1.2×	4.8k 2.1×	2.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.1×	142	13.1k

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Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Denis Valle, Carlos Alberto Silva, et al.. (2025). Edge effect impacts on forest structure and carbon stocks in REDD+ projects: An assessment in the Amazon using UAV-LiDAR. Forest Ecology and Management. 585. 122646–122646. 1 indexed citations

Rossi, Graziano, et al.. (2025). Forest restoration improves habitat and water quality in tropical streams: A multiscale landscape assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 963. 178256–178256. 5 indexed citations

Adams, Cristina, et al.. (2025). Determinants of farm‐level land use decisions and perceptions of associated ecosystem services in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Restoration Ecology. 33(8).

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.

Resende, Angélica Faria de, Miguel Luiz Menezes Freitas, Mark S. Ashton, et al.. (2025). Novel growth models for three Brazilian native timber species and their applications for timber production and carbon stock assessment. Restoration Ecology. 33(4).

Almeida, Danilo Roberti Alves de, Laura B. Vedovato, Paulo Guilherme Molin, et al.. (2024). Remote sensing approaches to monitor tropical forest restoration: Current methods and future possibilities. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(2). 188–206. 8 indexed citations

Nascimento, Nathália, et al.. (2024). Smallholders' perspectives, motivations, and incentives for restoring the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Restoration Ecology. 32(8). 5 indexed citations

Romanelli, João Paulo, Max R. Piana, Valentin H. Klaus, et al.. (2023). Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(1). 295–312. 5 indexed citations

Cheng, Samantha H., Sébastien Costedoat, Amanda Sigouin, et al.. (2023). Assessing evidence on the impacts of nature-based interventions for climate change mitigation: a systematic map of primary and secondary research from subtropical and tropical terrestrial regions. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 21–21. 3 indexed citations

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Tedesco, Anazélia M., Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Kerrie A. Wilson, et al.. (2022). The role of incentive mechanisms in promoting forest restoration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1867). 20210088–20210088. 35 indexed citations

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Sacco, Alice Di, Kate Hardwick, David Blakesley, et al.. (2021). Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits. Global Change Biology. 27(7). 1328–1348. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amazonas, Nino Tavares, David I. Forrester, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, et al.. (2021). Light- and nutrient-related relationships in mixed plantations of Eucalyptus and a high diversity of native tree species. New Forests. 52(5). 807–828. 5 indexed citations

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Brauman, Kate A., Lucas A. Garibaldi, Stephen Polasky, et al.. (2020). Global trends in nature’s contributions to people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(51). 32799–32805. 144 indexed citations

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Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Joannès Guillemot, Ricardo G. César, et al.. (2020). The cost of restoring carbon stocks in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Land Degradation and Development. 32(2). 830–841. 21 indexed citations

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Crouzeilles, Renato, Felipe S. M. Barros, Paulo Guilherme Molin, et al.. (2019). A new approach to map landscape variation in forest restoration success in tropical and temperate forest biomes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(12). 2675–2686. 31 indexed citations

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Brancalion, Pedro H. S., et al.. (2018). Fake legal logging in the Brazilian Amazon. Science Advances. 4(8). eaat1192–eaat1192. 106 indexed citations

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Brancalion, Pedro H. S., David Lamb, Eliane Ceccon, et al.. (2017). Using markets to leverage investment in forest and landscape restoration in the tropics. Forest Policy and Economics. 85. 103–113. 81 indexed citations

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Guidotti, Vinícius, Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, & Gerd Sparovek. (2016). Código Florestal: contribuições para a regulamentação dos Programas de Regularização Ambiental (PRA). Sustainability in Debate. 1–11.

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Gonçalves, José Leonardo de Moraes, Clayton Alcarde Álvares, Antônio Rioyei Higa, et al.. (2013). Integrating genetic and silvicultural strategies to minimize abiotic and biotic constraints in Brazilian eucalypt plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 301. 6–27. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Galetti, Mauro, Roger Guevara, Marina Corrêa Côrtes, et al.. (2013). Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size. Science. 340(6136). 1086–1090. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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