Brandon E. McNellis

522 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 337 citations indexed

About

Brandon E. McNellis is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon E. McNellis has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 337 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brandon E. McNellis's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (4 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Brandon E. McNellis is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (4 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Brandon E. McNellis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Brandon E. McNellis's co-authors include Sasha C. Reed, Jayne Belnap, Raymond Dempsey, Michael F. Hutchinson, Sami W. Rifai, Matt Bradford, Imma Oliveras Menor, Oliver L. Phillips, Lucas A. Cernusak and Claire Fortunel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Global Change Biology and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Brandon E. McNellis

11 papers receiving 330 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

2022 139 citations D.E. Bauman, Claire Fortunel et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Brandon E. McNellis

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Cesar Dionisio Jiménez‐Rodríguez Costa Rica

Cristina Antunes Portugal

Jianyong Ma China

Sébastien Devidal France

Martin Lorenz Germany

Manon Sabot Australia

Jhon del Águila Pasquel Peru

William A. Rutherford United States

L. C. de Barros Brazil

Mario Bretfeld United States

Cesar Dionisio Jiménez‐Rodríguez Costa Rica

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240 ×1.2

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138 ×0.9

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121 ×1.6

AS

76 ×1.1

ECOLO

58 ×1.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Brandon E. McNellis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brandon E. McNellis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brandon E. McNellis

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Juzwik, Jennifer, Brandon E. McNellis, Douglass F. Jacobs, et al.. (2025). The In Vitro and In Vivo Fungal Volatile Organic Compounds Associated with Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death and the Response of Xyleborine Ambrosia Beetles to those Compounds. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 51(3). 59–59.

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Crawford, Ben, et al.. (2024). Urban tree cover provides consistent mitigation of extreme heat in arid but not humid cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105677–105677. 22 indexed citations

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McNellis, Brandon E., Anna C. Knight, Travis Nauman, et al.. (2023). Livestock removal increases plant cover across a heterogeneous dryland landscape on the Colorado Plateau. Environmental Research Letters. 2 indexed citations

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Knight, Anna C., Brandon E. McNellis, John B. Bradford, et al.. (2023). Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development. Land Degradation and Development. 34(17). 5438–5453. 4 indexed citations

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Bauman, D.E., Claire Fortunel, Guillaume Delhaye, et al.. (2022). Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress. Nature. 608(7923). 528–533. 139 indexed citations breakdown →

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McNellis, Brandon E., et al.. (2022). Biocrusts mediate a new mechanism for land degradation under a changing climate. Nature Climate Change. 12(1). 71–76. 55 indexed citations

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Bauman, D.E., Claire Fortunel, Lucas A. Cernusak, et al.. (2021). Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits. Global Change Biology. 28(4). 1414–1432. 32 indexed citations

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McNellis, Brandon E., Alistair M. S. Smith, Andrew T. Hudak, & Eva K. Strand. (2021). Tree mortality in western U.S. forests forecasted using forest inventory and Random Forest classification. Ecosphere. 12(3). 23 indexed citations

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Winkler, Daniel E., et al.. (2020). Experimental Warming Changes Phenology and Shortens Growing Season of the Dominant Invasive Plant Bromus tectorum (Cheatgrass). Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 570001–570001. 18 indexed citations

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McNellis, Brandon E., et al.. (2019). Differences in root phenology and water depletion by an invasive grass explains persistence in a Mediterranean ecosystem. American Journal of Botany. 106(9). 1210–1218. 12 indexed citations

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McCulloh, Katherine A., et al.. (2015). A comparison of hydraulic architecture in three similarly sized woody species differing in their maximum potential height. Tree Physiology. 35(7). 723–731. 25 indexed citations

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McNellis, Brandon E. & Ava R. Howard. (2015). Phylogenetic and ecological patterns in nighttime transpiration among five members of the genus Rubus co‐occurring in western Oregon. Ecology and Evolution. 5(17). 3557–3569. 5 indexed citations

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