Brent R. Helliker

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Brent R. Helliker is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent R. Helliker has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brent R. Helliker's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (40 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). Brent R. Helliker is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (40 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). Brent R. Helliker collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Mongolia. Brent R. Helliker's co-authors include James R. Ehleringer, Thure E. Cerling, Erin Wiley, Emma L. Aronson, Suzanna L. Richter, Brenda B. Casper, Xin Song, Christopher J. Still, Francesca A. McInerney and Joseph A. Berry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Brent R. Helliker

68 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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C 4 photosynthesis, atmospheric CO 2 , and climate

1997 1.1k citations James R. Ehleringer, Brent R. Helliker et al. Oecologia profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hyperspectral leaf reflectance of grasses varies with evolutionary lineage more than with site 2025 ·Ecosphere ·Stephanie Pau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brent R. Helliker, Jesse B. Nippert, W. J. Riley, Christopher J. Still, (unknown), Daniel M. Griffith	1
2	Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·Rachel M. Keen, Brent R. Helliker, Katherine A. McCulloh, Jesse B. Nippert	6
3	Evolutionary lineage explains trait variation among 75 coexisting grass species 2023 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jesse B. Nippert, Brent R. Helliker, W. J. Riley, Christopher J. Still, Daniel M. Griffith	11
4	The carbon economics of vegetative phase change 2022 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·(unknown), Clint J. Springer, Brent R. Helliker, R. Scott Poethig	9
5	No evidence of canopy-scale leaf thermoregulation to cool leaves below air temperature across a range of forest ecosystems 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher J. Still, Gerald Page, Bharat Rastogi, Daniel M. Griffith, Donald M. Aubrecht, Youngil Kim, Sean P. Burns, Chad Hanson, Hyojung Kwon, (unknown), Frederick C. Meinzer, Sanna Sevanto, Dar A. Roberts, (unknown), Stephanie Pau, Matteo Detto, Brent R. Helliker, Andrew D. Richardson	54
6	Imaging canopy temperature: shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes 2021 ·New Phytologist ·Christopher J. Still, Bharat Rastogi, Gerald Page, Daniel M. Griffith, Adam Sibley, Mark Schulze, (unknown), Stephanie Pau, Matteo Detto, Brent R. Helliker	55
7	Poor relationships between NEON Airborne Observation Platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland 2021 ·Ecology ·Stephanie Pau, Jesse B. Nippert, (unknown), Daniel M. Griffith, (unknown), Brent R. Helliker, Rory C. O’Connor, W. J. Riley, Christopher J. Still, (unknown)	12
8	MicroRNA156‐mediated changes in leaf composition lead to altered photosynthetic traits during vegetative phase change 2020 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), Clint J. Springer, Brent R. Helliker, R. Scott Poethig	30
9	Lineage‐based functional types: characterising functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behaviour in Land Surface Models 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Daniel M. Griffith, Colin P. Osborne, Erika J. Edwards, (unknown), David J. Beerling, William J. Bond, Timothy Gallaher, Brent R. Helliker, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, (unknown), Jesse B. Nippert, Stephanie Pau, (unknown), W. J. Riley, Melinda D. Smith, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Lyla L. Taylor, Mark C. Ungerer, Christopher J. Still	21
10	C ₄ photosynthesis and climate through the lens of optimality 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Haoran Zhou, Brent R. Helliker, Matthew Huber, (unknown), Erol Akçay	51
11	Assessing the interplay between canopy energy balance and photosynthesis with cellulose δ18O: large-scale patterns and independent ground-truthing 2018 ·Oecologia ·Brent R. Helliker, Xin Song, Michael L. Goulden, (unknown), Paul V. Bolstad, J. William Munger, Jiquan Chen, Asko Noormets, David Y. Hollinger, S. C. Wofsy, Timothy A. Martin, Dennis Baldocchi, (unknown), Ankur R. Desai, Sean P. Burns	11
12	Environmental impacts on the diversity of methane-cycling microbes and their resultant function 2013 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Brent R. Helliker	83
13	Plant response to climate change varies with topography, interactions with neighbors, and ecotype 2012 ·Ecology ·Pierre Liancourt, (unknown), Daniel S. Song, Ariuntsetseg Lkhagva, Anarmaa Sharkhuu, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Brent R. Helliker, Peter S. Petraitis, Brenda B. Casper	110
14	Legumes mitigate ecological consequences of a topographic gradient in a northern Mongolian steppe 2011 ·Oecologia ·Brenda B. Casper, Robert Goldman, Ariuntsetseg Lkhagva, Brent R. Helliker, Alain F. Plante, (unknown), Pierre Liancourt, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Peter S. Petraitis	14
15	Regional Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange via Atmospheric Inversions and Flux-Tower Upscaling 2005 ·AGUFM ·K. J. Davis, A. E. Andrews, Joseph A. Berry, P. V. Bolstad, (unknown), Bruce D. Cook, Scott Denning, (unknown), Faith Ann Heinsch, Brent R. Helliker, N. L. Miles, Asko Noormets, Daniel Ricciuto, (unknown), M. Uliasz, (unknown)	1
16	Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Leaf Waxes in C3 and C4 Grasses Record Meteoric Water and Aridity Signatures 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Francesca A. Smith, Katherine H. Freeman, James R. Ehleringer, Brent R. Helliker	1
17	Estimates of ABL-scale net carbon dioxide flux in Central Wisconsin 2003 ·AGUFM ·Brent R. Helliker, Joseph A. Berry, Alan K. Betts, K. J. Davis, Peter S. Bakwin	2
18	Range expansions of raccoons in western Utah and central Nevada 2003 ·Western North American Naturalist ·Jan F. Kamler, Warren B. Ballard, Brent R. Helliker, San J. Stiver	5
19	The contribution of C 3 and C 4 plants to the carbon cycle of a tallgrass prairie: an isotopic approach 2003 ·Oecologia ·Christopher J. Still, Joseph A. Berry, Miquel Ribas‐Carbó, Brent R. Helliker	61
20	Grass blades as tree rings: environmentally induced changes in the oxygen isotope ratio of cellulose along the length of grass blades 2002 ·New Phytologist ·Brent R. Helliker, James R. Ehleringer	67

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