Varun Swamy

2.1k total citations
16 papers, 949 citations indexed

About

Varun Swamy is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Varun Swamy has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 949 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 7 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Varun Swamy's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (5 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers). Varun Swamy is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (5 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers). Varun Swamy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and Panama. Varun Swamy's co-authors include John Terborgh, Patricia Álvarez, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Gabriela Núñez-Iturri, C. E. Timothy Paine, Elizabeth G. Pringle, Paul E. Fell, Robert Warren, Eric T. Olson and William A. Niering and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Ecology Letters and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Varun Swamy

15 papers receiving 903 citations

Peers

Varun Swamy

ECOLO

NLC

EEBS

GPC

F. B. Vincent Florens Mauritius

Soumya Prasad India

Frédéric Ysnel France

Josephine C. Iacarella Canada

James J. Roper Brazil

Christophe Baltzinger France

José C. Carvalho Portugal

Rogério Parentoni Martins Brazil

Hannah M. Griffiths United Kingdom

Peter S. Grimbacher Australia

F. B. Vincent Florens Mauritius

Varun Swamy

467 ×0.8

ECOLO

441 ×0.9

NLC

600 ×1.9

EEBS

136 ×0.7

GPC

224 ×1.9

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16 of 16 papers shown

Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2025). Insights From a New 1‐ha Permanent Forest Plot Reveal Differences Between Habitat Type and Similarities Between Forest Type in the Southwestern Amazon. Ecology and Evolution. 15(5). e71476–e71476.

Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2024). Defaunation Increases Clustering and Fine‐Scale Spatial Genetic Structure in a Small‐Seeded Palm Despite Remaining Small‐Bodied Frugivores. Molecular Ecology. 34(2). e17620–e17620. 1 indexed citations

Swamy, Varun, Patricia Álvarez-Loayza, Simon A. Queenborough, et al.. (2023). Multiscale phenological niches of seed fall in diverse Amazonian plant communities. Ecology. 104(5). e4022–e4022. 2 indexed citations

Krehenwinkel, Henrik, Aaron Pomerantz, James Henderson, et al.. (2019). Nanopore sequencing of long ribosomal DNA amplicons enables portable and simple biodiversity assessments with high phylogenetic resolution across broad taxonomic scale. GigaScience. 8(5). 114 indexed citations

Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2019). Cocha Cashu Biological Station. 21. 201905–201905. 2 indexed citations

Horwath, Aline B., Jessica Royles, Richard Tito, et al.. (2019). Bryophyte stable isotope composition, diversity and biomass define tropical montane cloud forest extent. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1895). 20182284–20182284. 16 indexed citations

Bagchi, Robert, et al.. (2018). Defaunation increases the spatial clustering of lowland Western Amazonian tree communities. Journal of Ecology. 106(4). 1470–1482. 31 indexed citations

Poulsen, John R., et al.. (2017). A pantropical assessment of vertebrate physical damage to forest seedlings and the effects of defaunation. Global Ecology and Conservation. 11. 188–195. 23 indexed citations

Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2014). Bushmeat harvest in tropical forests: Knowledge base, gaps and research priorities. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2014). Identifying keystone plant resources in an Amazonian forest using a long-term fruit-fall record. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 30(4). 291–301. 25 indexed citations

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Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2013). Variable density responses of primate communities to hunting pressure in a western Amazonian river basin. Neotropical Primates. 20(1). 25–31. 22 indexed citations

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Swamy, Varun, John Terborgh, Kyle G. Dexter, et al.. (2010). Are all seeds equal? Spatially explicit comparisons of seed fall and sapling recruitment in a tropical forest. Ecology Letters. 14(2). 195–201. 77 indexed citations

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Swamy, Varun & John Terborgh. (2010). Distance‐responsive natural enemies strongly influence seedling establishment patterns of multiple species in an Amazonian rain forest. Journal of Ecology. 98(5). 1096–1107. 76 indexed citations

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Terborgh, John, Gabriela Núñez-Iturri, Nigel C. A. Pitman, et al.. (2008). TREE RECRUITMENT IN AN EMPTY FOREST. Ecology. 89(6). 1757–1768. 354 indexed citations

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Swamy, Varun, et al.. (2002). Macroinvertebrate and Fish Populations in a Restored Impounded Salt Marsh 21 Years After the Reestablishment of Tidal Flooding. Environmental Management. 29(4). 516–530. 24 indexed citations

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Warren, Robert, et al.. (2002). Salt Marsh Restoration in Connecticut: 20 Years of Science and Management. Restoration Ecology. 10(3). 497–513. 169 indexed citations

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