Robin L. Chazdon

44.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
232 papers, 25.6k citations indexed

About

Robin L. Chazdon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin L. Chazdon has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 116 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 60 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Robin L. Chazdon's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (96 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (81 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (49 papers). Robin L. Chazdon is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (96 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (81 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (49 papers). Robin L. Chazdon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Robin L. Chazdon's co-authors include Anne Chao, Robert K. Colwell, Tsung‐Jen Shen, Robert W. Pearcy, Manuel R. Guariguata, Susan G. Letcher, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Rebecca Montgomery, Ned Fetcher and Adrienne B. Nicotra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robin L. Chazdon

225 papers receiving 24.4k 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.

A new statistical approach for assessing similarity of species composition with incidence and abundance data

2004 1.6k citations Anne Chao, Robin L. Chazdon et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Models and estimators linking individual-based and sample-based rarefaction, extrapolation and comparison of assemblages

2012 1.5k citations Anne Chao, Robin L. Chazdon et al. profile →
Beyond Deforestation: Restoring Forests and Ecosystem Services on Degraded Lands

2008 1.2k citations Robin L. Chazdon Science profile →
Tropical forest recovery: legacies of human impact and natural disturbances

2003 800 citations Robin L. Chazdon profile →
Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human‐modified world

2009 708 citations Robin L. Chazdon et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Photosynthetic Light Environments in a Lowland Tropical Rain Forest in Costa Rica

1984 517 citations Robin L. Chazdon et al. profile →
The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

2009 485 citations Robin L. Chazdon et al. profile →
Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

2015 480 citations Robin L. Chazdon, Natalia Norden et al. profile →
Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

2017 443 citations Renato Crouzeilles, Mariana Silva Ferreira et al. profile →
Natural regeneration as a tool for large‐scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges

2016 438 citations Robin L. Chazdon, Manuel R. Guariguata Biotropica profile →
Second Growth

2014 401 citations Robin L. Chazdon 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 →
Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

2019 325 citations Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Renato Crouzeilles et al. profile →
Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

2023 88 citations Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin L. Chazdon

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Peter B. Reich, Jeffrey R. Vincent, Matthew E. Fagan, Robin L. Chazdon, Steffen Fritz, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Matthew D. Potts, Matthew C. Hansen, Martin Jung, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, María Uriarte, Trevor F. Keenan, Thomas W. Crowther, Ralph Dubayah, Myroslava Lesiv, Shunlin Liang, Dongdong Wang	0
2	Trait-Mediated Variation in Seedling Performance in Costa Rican Successional Forests: Comparing Above-Ground, Below-Ground, and Allocation-Based Traits 2024 ·Plants ·(unknown), Robin L. Chazdon, Sabrina E. Russo	2
3	Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change 2024 ·People and Nature ·Aurélio Padovezi, Cristina Adams, Robin L. Chazdon, (unknown), Laura Secco, Eduardo Malta Campos‐Filho, Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fatima Conceição Márquez Piña-Rodrigues	1
4	Effects of large mammal exclusion on seedling communities depend on plant species traits and landscape protection in human‐modified Costa Rican forests 2023 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·(unknown), Robin L. Chazdon, Sabrina E. Russo	5
5	The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy 2021 ·Restoration Ecology ·Robin L. Chazdon, Donald A. Falk, Lindsay F. Banin, Markus Wagner, Sarah Jane Wilson, Robert Grabowski, Katharine N. Suding	91
6	Seed‐rain–successional feedbacks in wet tropical forests 2021 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Robin L. Chazdon, Sabrina E. Russo	15
7	Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Robin L. Chazdon, David B. Lindenmayer, Manuel R. Guariguata, Renato Crouzeilles, José María Rey Beñayas, Elena Lazos Chavero	180
8	The cost of restoring carbon stocks in Brazil's Atlantic Forest 2020 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Joannès Guillemot, Ricardo G. César, (unknown), (unknown), Taísi B. Sorrini, Marisa de Cássia Píccolo, (unknown), (unknown), Gabriel Dalla Colletta, Robin L. Chazdon	21
9	Litter dynamics recover faster than arthropod biodiversity during tropical forest succession 2019 ·Biotropica ·Rebecca J. Cole, Paul C. Selmants, (unknown), Robin L. Chazdon	11
10	A new approach to map landscape variation in forest restoration success in tropical and temperate forest biomes 2019 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Renato Crouzeilles, Felipe S. M. Barros, Paulo Guilherme Molin, Mariana Silva Ferreira, André Braga Junqueira, Robin L. Chazdon, David B. Lindenmayer, (unknown), Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Pedro H. S. Brancalion	31
11	A landscape approach for cost‐effective large‐scale forest restoration 2018 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Paulo Guilherme Molin, Robin L. Chazdon, Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Pedro H. S. Brancalion	103
12	Opposing mechanisms affect taxonomic convergence between tree assemblages during tropical forest succession 2017 ·Ecology Letters ·Natalia Norden, Vanessa Boukili, Anne Chao, K. H., Susan G. Letcher, Robin L. Chazdon	22
13	Trait-mediated assembly processes predict successional changes in community diversity of tropical forests 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jesse R. Lasky, María Uriarte, Vanessa Boukili, Robin L. Chazdon	157
14	The relationship between tree biodiversity and biomass dynamics changes with tropical forest succession 2014 ·Ecology Letters ·Jesse R. Lasky, María Uriarte, Vanessa Boukili, David L. Erickson, W. John Kress, Robin L. Chazdon	188
15	Historical Patterns of Natural Forest Management in Costa Rica: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2014 ·Forests ·J. Pablo Arroyo‐Mora, (unknown), Margaret Kalácska, Robin L. Chazdon	11
16	Rain forest nutrient cycling and productivity in response to large‐scale litter manipulation 2009 ·Ecology ·Tana E. Wood, Deborah Lawrence, Deborah A. Clark, Robin L. Chazdon	85
17	Genetic Consequences of Tropical Second-Growth Forest Regeneration 2005 ·Science ·U. Uzay Sezen, Robin L. Chazdon, Kent E. Holsinger	84
18	Structure and floristic of secondary and old growth stands in lowland Costa Rica 1997 ·Plant Ecology ·Manuel R. Guariguata, Robin L. Chazdon, Julie S. Denslow, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Laurel J. Anderson	2
19	PLANT SIZE AND FORM IN THE UNDERSTORY PALM GENUS GEONOMA: ARE SPECIES VARIATIONS ON A THEME? 1991 ·American Journal of Botany ·Robin L. Chazdon	30
20	THE PALM FLORA OF BRAULIO CARRILLO NATIONAL PARK COSTA RICA 1987 ·Brenesia ·Robin L. Chazdon	7

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