A. David McGuire

31.6k citations

143 papers · 16.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 64

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Fire effects on ecosystems

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 94
- Climate change and permafrost 80
- Cryospheric studies and observations 43
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 16
Global and Planetary Change 80
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 45
- Fire effects on ecosystems 30
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 23
- Climate variability and models 17

Co-authors: Jerry M. Melillo David W. Kicklighter J. W. Harden Merritt R. Turetsky Charles J Vörösmarty Berrien Moore F. Stuart Chapin Annette L. Schloss
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (15 papers)Global Change Biology (12 papers)Global Biogeochemical Cycles (8 papers)American Journal of Botany (7 papers)Ecological Applications (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

In The Last Decade

A. David McGuire

141 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw 2020 · 576 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Geoscience
2015 Nature
2015 Nature
2011 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
2009 Ecological Monographs
1993 Nature

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1	Earth system models must include permafrost carbon processes Nature Climate Change ·Christina Schädel, Brendan M. Rogers, David M. Lawrence, Charles D. Koven, Victor Brovkin, Eleanor Burke, Hélène Genet, D. N. Huntzinger, Elchin Jafarov, A. David McGuire, W. J. Riley, Susan M. Natali	2024	40
2	Availability and use of moose browse in response to post-fire succession on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose ·Erin L. Julianus, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, A. David McGuire, Knut Kielland	2020	0
3	Local-scale Arctic tundra heterogeneity affects regional-scale carbon dynamics Nature Communications ·Mark J. Lara, A. David McGuire, E. S. Euskirchen, Hélène Genet, Shuhua Yi, Roger Rutter, Colleen M. Iversen, Victoria Sloan, Stan D. Wullschleger	2020	33
4	Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty of simulated Tibetan permafrost area The cryosphere ·W. Wang, Annette Rinke, John C. Moore, Xuefeng Cui, Duoying Ji, Q. Li, N. Zhang, Chenghai Wang, Shiqiang Zhang, David M. Lawrence, A. David McGuire, Wenxin Zhang, Christine Delire, Charles D. Koven, Kazuyuki Saitô, Andrew H. MacDougall, Eleanor Burke, Bertrand Decharme	2016	33
5	Rising methane emissions from northern wetlands associated with sea ice decline Geophysical Research Letters ·Frans‐Jan W. Parmentier, Wenxin Zhang, MI Yan-jiao, Xudong Zhu, J. van Huissteden, Daniel J. Hayes, Qianlai Zhuang, Torben R. Christensen, A. David McGuire	2015	12
6	North America's net terrestrial CO ₂ exchange with the atmosphere 1990–2009 Biogeosciences ·A. W. King, R. J. Andres, K. J. Davis, M. Hafer, Daniel J. Hayes, D. N. Huntzinger, B. de Jong, Werner A. Kurz, A. David McGuire, Rodrigo Vargas, Yaxing Wei, Tristram O. West, Christopher W. Woodall	2015	46
7	The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra New Phytologist ·Colleen M. Iversen, V. L. Sloan, Patrick F. Sullivan, E. S. Euskirchen, A. David McGuire, Richard J. Norby, Anthony P. Walker, J. M. Warren, Stan D. Wullschleger	2014	242
8	Carbon Balance and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Thermokarst Bog in Interior Alaska: Positive and Negative Feedbacks from Permafrost Thaw AGUFM ·Mark P. Waldrop, Jack W. McFarland, E. S. Euskirchen, Merritt R. Turetsky, J. W. Harden, Kristen Manies, Melissa Ward Jones, A. David McGuire	2012	1
9	An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions Biogeosciences ·A. David McGuire, Torben R. Christensen, Daniel J. Hayes, A. Heroult, E. S. Euskirchen, John S. Kimball, Charles D. Koven, Peter M. Lafleur, Paul Miller, Walter C. Oechel, Philippe Peylin, Mathew Williams, Yonghong Yi	2012	257
10	An assessment of the carbon balance of arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions A. David McGuire, Torben R. Christensen, Daniel J. Hayes, A. Heroult, E. S. Euskirchen, Yonghong Yi, John S. Kimball, Charles D. Koven, Peter M. Lafleur, Paul Miller, Walter C. Oechel, Philippe Peylin, Mathew Williams	2012	14
11	A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests Science ·Yude Pan, Richard A. Birdsey, Jingyun Fang, R. A. Houghton, Pekka E. Kauppi, Werner A. Kurz, Oliver L. Phillips, А. Shvidenko, Simon L. Lewis, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Robert B. Jackson, Stephen W. Pacala, A. David McGuire, Shilong Piao, Aapo Rautiainen, Stephen Sitch, Daniel J. Hayes	2011	8
12	Effects of Future Warming and Fire Regime Change on Boreal Soil Organic Horizons and Permafrost Dynamics in Interior Alaska AGUFM ·Fenghui Yuan, A. David McGuire, Shuhua Yi, E. S. Euskirchen, T. Scott Rupp, Amy Breen, T. A. Kurkowski, E. S. Kasischke, J. W. Harden	2011	1
13	Exploring the sensitivity of soil carbon dynamics to climate change, fire disturbance and permafrost thaw in a black spruce ecosystem Biogeosciences ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, J. W. Harden, A. David McGuire, V. E. Romanovsky	2011	46
14	Dynamics of change in Alaska's boreal forests: resilience and vulnerability in response to climate warming Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·A. David McGuire, F. Stuart Chapin, Roger W. Ruess	2010	2
15	Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: interactions between fire and thermokarst Biogeosciences ·Isla H. Myers‐Smith, J. W. Harden, Martin Wilmking, Christopher C. Fuller, A. David McGuire, F. Stuart Chapin	2008	72
16	The vulnerability of carbon storage in boreal North America during the 21st Century to increases in wildfire activity AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·M. S. Balshi, A. David McGuire, Paul Duffy, Mike Flannigan, Jake R. Walsh, D. W. Kicklighter, Jerry M. Melillo	2007	1
17	The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·M. S. Balshi, A. David McGuire, Qianlai Zhuang, Jerry M. Melillo, David W. Kicklighter, Eric S. Kasischke, Christian Wirth, Mike Flannigan, J. W. Harden, J. S. Clein, T. J. Burnside, J. McAllister, Werner A. Kurz, Mike Apps, А. Shvidenko	2006	5
18	Soil drainage and its potential for influencing wildfires in Alaska USGS professional paper ·J. W. Harden, R. Meier, Cherie Silapaswan, David K. Swanson, A. David McGuire	2001	27
19	Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: a comparison of a plot‐ and a global‐scale ecosystem model to identify process‐based uncertainties Global Change Biology ·J. S. Clein, Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, A. David McGuire, John E. Hobbie, Edward B. Rastetter, Jerry M. Melillo, David W. Kicklighter	2000	58
20	Comparison of amplitudes and frequencies (spectral analyses) of density variations in long-term data sets of Clethrionomys species Annales Zoologici Fennici ·Heikki Henttonen, A. David McGuire, Lennart Hansson	1985	160

About A. David McGuire

A. David McGuire is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 143 papers that have together received 16.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (80 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (45 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (43 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (25 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (23 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (9.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.7k citations), Ecology (5.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.8k citations) and Soil Science (1.6k citations). A. David McGuire has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jerry M. Melillo, David W. Kicklighter, J. W. Harden, Merritt R. Turetsky, Charles J Vörösmarty, Berrien Moore, F. Stuart Chapin, Annette L. Schloss, Daniel J. Hayes and David Olefeldt. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Change Biology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, American Journal of Botany and Ecological Applications.

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