B. E. Law

57.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
212 papers, 22.5k citations indexed

About

B. E. Law is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, B. E. Law has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 22.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 55 papers in Atmospheric Science and 54 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in B. E. Law's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (124 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (61 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (53 papers). B. E. Law is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (124 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (61 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (53 papers). B. E. Law collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. B. E. Law's co-authors include Peter Anthoni, Dennis Baldocchi, Michael G. Ryan, J. E. Irvine, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Philippe Ciais, Steve Van Tuyl, John L. Campbell and Peter Thornton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

B. E. Law

210 papers receiving 21.7k 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.

Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks

2008 1.3k citations Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze et al. profile →
Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

2010 1.3k citations Ivan A. Janssens, Sebastiaan Luyssaert et al. profile →
Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

2002 687 citations B. E. Law, Henry L. Gholz et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
Handbook of micrometeorology : a guide for surface flux measurement and analysis

2004 662 citations Xuhui Lee, W. J. Massman et al. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) profile →
Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes

2007 570 citations Wenping Yuan, Shuguang Liu et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
Interpreting, measuring, and modeling soil respiration

2005 565 citations Michael G. Ryan, B. E. Law profile →
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021

2021 283 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
Within‐species patterns challenge our understanding of the leaf economics spectrum

2018 208 citations Logan T. Berner, B. E. Law et al. profile →
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth

2024 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →
The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

2023 98 citations William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf et al. BioScience profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. E. Law

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. E. Law

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Response: Commentary: Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in Forests East of the Cascade Crest in the United States Pacific Northwest 2024 ·Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·David J. Mildrexler, Logan T. Berner, B. E. Law, Richard A. Birdsey, William R. Moomaw	0
2	Protect large trees for climate mitigation, biodiversity, and forest resilience 2023 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·David J. Mildrexler, Logan T. Berner, B. E. Law, Richard A. Birdsey, William R. Moomaw	13
3	The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory breakdown → 2023 ·BioScience ·William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Jillian W. Gregg, Johan Rockström, Thomas M. Newsome, B. E. Law, Luiz Marques, Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu, Saleemul Huq, Leon Simons, (unknown)	98
4	Southern Alaska's Forest Landscape Integrity, Habitat, and Carbon Are Critical for Meeting Climate and Conservation Goals 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·B. E. Law, Logan T. Berner, Christopher Wolf, William J. Ripple, E. Jamie Trammell, Richard A. Birdsey	4
5	Focus on the role of forests and soils in meeting climate change mitigation goals: summary 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·William R. Moomaw, B. E. Law, S. J. Goetz	73
6	Seasonal variation in the canopy color of temperate evergreen conifer forests 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Bijan Seyednasrollah, D. R. Bowling, Rui Cheng, Barry A. Logan, Troy S. Magney, Christian Frankenberg, Julia C. Yang, Adam M. Young, Koen Hufkens, M. Altaf Arain, T. Andrew Black, Peter D. Blanken, Rosvel Bracho, Rachhpal S. Jassal, David Y. Hollinger, B. E. Law, Zoran Nesic, Andrew D. Richardson	38
7	Land use strategies to mitigate climate change in carbon dense temperate forests 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·B. E. Law, T. W. Hudiburg, Logan T. Berner, Jeffrey Kent, Polly C. Buotte, Mark E. Harmon	178
8	Divergent apparent temperature sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem respiration 2014 ·Journal of Plant Ecology ·Bing Song, Shuli Niu, (unknown), Yiqi Luo, Jiquan Chen, Guirui Yu, Janusz Olejnik, Georg Wohlfahrt, Gerard Kiely, Asko Noormets, Leonardo Montagnani, Alessandro Cescatti, Vincenzo Magliulo, B. E. Law, Magnus Lund, Andrej Varlagin, A. Raschi, Matthias Peichl, Mats B. Nilsson, Lutz Merbold	17
9	Response: complexities of sustainable forest use 2012 ·GCB Bioenergy ·Helmut Haberl, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Christian Körner, B. E. Law, Bjart Holtsmark, Sebastiaan Luyssaert	19
10	Relating LANDSAT ETM+ and forest inventory data for mapping successional stages in a tropical wet forest / Relacionando LANDSAT ETM+ e dados de inventário florestal para mapeamento estádios sucessionais em uma floresta tropical úmida 2010 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·F. G. Gonçalves, Mikhail Yatskov, Joáo Roberto dos Santos, R. N. Treuhaft, B. E. Law	1
11	Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2010 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), B. E. Law	6
12	Reliable estimation of biochemical parameters from C₃ leaf photosynthesis–intercellular carbon dioxide response curves 2010 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Lianhong Gu, Stephen G. Pallardy, Kevin Tu, B. E. Law, Stan D. Wullschleger	148
13	Temporal and among‐site variability of inherent water use efficiency at the ecosystem level 2009 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Christian Beer, Philippe Ciais, Markus Reichstein, Dennis Baldocchi, B. E. Law, Dario Papale, Jean‐François Soussana, Christof Ammann, Nina Buchmann, D. Frank, Damiano Gianelle, Ivan A. Janssens, Alexander Knohl, Barbara Köstner, Eddy Moors, Olivier Roupsard, Hans Verbeeck, Timo Vesala, C. A. Williams, Georg Wohlfahrt	476
14	Potential biogeochemical and biogeophysical consequences of afforestation in North America 2009 ·AGUFM ·T. L. O’Halloran, B. E. Law, Dennis Baldocchi, Gordon B. Bonan, J. T. Randerson	1
15	Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes breakdown → 2007 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Wenping Yuan, Shuguang Liu, Guangsheng Zhou, Guoyi Zhou, Larry L. Tieszen, Dennis Baldocchi, Christian Bernhofer, Henry L. Gholz, Allen H. Goldstein, Michael L. Goulden, David Y. Hollinger, Yueming Hu, B. E. Law, Paul C. Stoy, Timo Vesala, Steven C. Wofsy	570
16	Handbook of micrometeorology : a guide for surface flux measurement and analysis breakdown → 2004 ·DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) ·Xuhui Lee, W. J. Massman, B. E. Law	662
17	The Influence of Stand Development on Annual Carbon Exchange in Ponderosa Pine in Eastern Oregon 2003 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·M. R. Kurpius, J. E. Irvine, B. E. Law, M. H. Unsworth	2
18	Water limitations to carbon exchange in old-growth and young ponderosa pine stands 2002 ·Tree Physiology ·J. E. Irvine, B. E. Law, Peter Anthoni, Frederick C. Meinzer	92
19	Transpiration and whole-tree conductance in ponderosa pine trees of different heights 2000 ·Oecologia ·Michael G. Ryan, B. J. Bond, B. E. Law, Robert M. Hubbard, David R. Woodruff, Emil Cienciala, Jiří Kučera	182
20	Growth in Relation to Canopy Light Interception in a Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) Thinning Study 1992 ·Forest Science ·B. E. Law, Kurt H. Riitters, Lewis F. Ohmann	3

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