Richard J. Ladle

15.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
201 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Ladle is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Ladle has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Ecology, 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 66 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Ladle's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (66 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (44 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (36 papers). Richard J. Ladle is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (66 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (44 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (36 papers). Richard J. Ladle collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and Portugal. Richard J. Ladle's co-authors include Robert J. Whittaker, Paul Jepson, Ana C. M. Malhado, Miguel B. Araújo, Joaquín Hortal, Ricardo A. Correia, Kostas A. Triantis, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho, Francesco de Bello and Jorge M. Lobo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Ladle

197 papers receiving 9.5k citations

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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.

Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

2015 1.0k citations Joaquín Hortal, Richard J. Ladle et al. profile →
Chlorophyll a fluorescence as a tool to monitor physiological status of plants under abiotic stress conditions

2016 979 citations Richard J. Ladle et al. profile →
Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect

2005 942 citations Robert J. Whittaker, Miguel B. Araújo et al. Diversity and Distributions profile →
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A general dynamic theory of oceanic island biogeography

2008 569 citations Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard J. Ladle Brazil	47	3.6k	2.9k	2.7k	2.4k	2.2k	201	9.9k
Rafael Loyola Brazil	47	3.4k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	183	9.0k
John D. Pilgrim United Kingdom	20	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	30	8.9k
Lucas Joppa United States	40	4.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	4.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.9×	88	10.5k
Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing United States	39	2.7k 0.7×	4.1k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	78	7.7k
Michael Hoffmann United States	40	4.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	126	9.2k
Robert M. Pringle United States	47	4.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	129	9.1k
Nick J. B. Isaac United Kingdom	43	5.3k 1.5×	4.1k 1.4×	4.2k 1.6×	2.4k 1.0×	4.2k 1.9×	114	11.9k
Jonathan M. Jeschke Germany	50	5.6k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	176	10.6k
Linda J. Beaumont Australia	32	3.9k 1.1×	5.3k 1.8×	3.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	79	9.8k
John F. Lamoreux United States	19	5.4k 1.5×	3.9k 1.3×	4.6k 1.7×	4.4k 1.9×	3.4k 1.5×	27	13.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard J. Ladle

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Stropp, Juliana, Thaíse Emilio, Leila Meyer, et al.. (2025). The impact of taxonomic change on the Amazonian palm flora. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2050). 20242738–20242738. 1 indexed citations

Peres, Carlos A., Eduardo S. Brondízio, Pedro de Araújo Lima Constantino, et al.. (2025). Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests. Nature Sustainability. 8(11). 1304–1313. 1 indexed citations

Kujala, Heini, et al.. (2024). Planning for a future of changes: Prioritising areas for conservation of small mammals in the Caatinga, Brazil. Diversity and Distributions. 30(8). 2 indexed citations

Carmona, Carlos P., William Douglas de Carvalho, André Menegotto, et al.. (2024). Island biodiversity in peril: Anticipating a loss of mammals' functional diversity with future species extinctions. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17375–e17375. 2 indexed citations

Bovendorp, Ricardo S., et al.. (2024). Where could they go? Potential distribution of small mammals in the Caatinga under climate change scenarios. Journal of Arid Environments. 221. 105133–105133. 5 indexed citations

Soriano‐Redondo, Andrea, Ricardo A. Correia, Vijay Barve, et al.. (2024). Harnessing online digital data in biodiversity monitoring. PLoS Biology. 22(2). e3002497–e3002497. 7 indexed citations

Normande, Iran C., João Carlos Gomes Borges, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, et al.. (2024). Long‐term tracking reveals the influence of body size and habitat type on the home range of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(6). 1 indexed citations

Alves‐Martins, Fernanda, et al.. (2024). Assessing the political vulnerability of National Parks in sub‐Saharan Africa using data on digital trends and engagement. People and Nature. 6(6). 2449–2462. 1 indexed citations

Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Filipa Monteiro, L. Catarino, et al.. (2024). At the tipping point: Can biodiversity and rural livelihoods endure uncontrolled cashew expansion in West Africa?. Biotropica. 56(5). 7 indexed citations

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Correia, Ricardo A., et al.. (2023). Assessing Brazilian protected areas through social media: Insights from 10 years of public interest and engagement. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0293581–e0293581. 2 indexed citations

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Malhado, Ana C. M., Chiara Bragagnolo, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, et al.. (2023). Local attitudes towards conservation governance in a large tropical multiple-use Marine Protected Area in Brazil. Ocean & Coastal Management. 248. 106974–106974. 5 indexed citations

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Miranda, Ricardo J., Cláudio Luís Santos Sampaio, Robson G. Santos, et al.. (2022). Oil Spill Disaster in Southwest Atlantic Coast: an Evaluation of Short-Term Effects on Coral Reef Benthic Assemblages. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 94(suppl 2). 6 indexed citations

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Correia, Ricardo A., Richard J. Ladle, Ivan Jarić, et al.. (2021). Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics. Conservation Biology. 35(2). 398–411. 106 indexed citations

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Stropp, Juliana, et al.. (2020). The ghosts of forests past and future: deforestation and botanical sampling in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecography. 43(7). 979–989. 41 indexed citations

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Dias, Lívia Cristina Pinto, et al.. (2016). Patterns of land use, extensification, and intensification of Brazilian agriculture. Global Change Biology. 22(8). 2887–2903. 208 indexed citations

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Batista, Vandick da Silva, Nídia Noemi Fabré, Ana C. M. Malhado, & Richard J. Ladle. (2014). Tropical Artisanal Coastal Fisheries: Challenges and Future Directions. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 22(1). 1–15. 74 indexed citations

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Ladle, Richard J., et al.. (2007). ‘Natural disasters’ and newspapers: Post-tsunami environmental discourse. Environmental Hazards. 7(4). 330–341. 33 indexed citations

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Araújo, Miguel B., Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle, & Markus Erhard. (2005). Reducing uncertainty in projections of extinction risk from climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 14(6). 529–538. 441 indexed citations

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Whittaker, Robert J., Miguel B. Araújo, Paul Jepson, et al.. (2005). Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect. Diversity and Distributions. 11(1). 3–23. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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McLachlan, Athol & Richard J. Ladle. (2001). Life in the puddle: behavioural and life‐cycle adaptations in the Diptera of tropical rain pools. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 76(3). 377–388. 18 indexed citations

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