Caitlin E. Littlefield

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Caitlin E. Littlefield is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Caitlin E. Littlefield has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Caitlin E. Littlefield's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Caitlin E. Littlefield is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Caitlin E. Littlefield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. Caitlin E. Littlefield's co-authors include Joshua J. Lawler, Julia Michalak, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Carlos Carroll, Meade Krosby, Sean A. Parks, John T. Abatzoglou, Brett G. Dickson, Brad H. McRae and Nathan H. Schumaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Caitlin E. Littlefield

24 papers receiving 891 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.

Circuit‐theory applications to connectivity science and conservation

2018 287 citations Brett G. Dickson, Christine M. Albano et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers

Caitlin E. Littlefield

ECOLO

GPC

NLC

EEBS

Patricia N. Manley United States

Julia Michalak United States

Scott Jarvie China

Heather L. Bateman United States

John M. Morton United States

William V. DeLuca United States

Dawn R. Magness United States

Chloe F. Sato Australia

Francis Isselin‐Nondedeu France

Adrián Regos Spain

Patricia N. Manley United States

Caitlin E. Littlefield

425 ×0.8

ECOLO

383 ×0.8

GPC

146 ×0.5

306 ×1.3

NLC

113 ×1.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Caitlin E. Littlefield

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Caitlin E. Littlefield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caitlin E. Littlefield

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20 of 20 papers shown

Oldfather, Meagan F., et al.. (2025). Climate change impacts and adaptation in U.S. Rocky Mountain high-elevation ecosystems. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 57(1). 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Alexander V., David E. Naugle, Elissa M. Olimpi, et al.. (2024). Closing the Conservation Gap: Spatial Targeting and Coordination are Needed for Conservation to Keep Pace with Sagebrush Losses. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 97. 12–24. 11 indexed citations

Olimpi, Elissa M., et al.. (2024). An Interactive Tool to Promote Stepping Down the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Local Conservation Planning. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 97. 107–114. 3 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., et al.. (2024). Informing proactive wildfire management that benefits vulnerable communities and ecological values. People and Nature. 7(1). 52–66.

Littlefield, Caitlin E., Justin P. Suraci, Julia Kintsch, et al.. (2024). Evaluating and elevating the role of wildlife road crossings in climate adaptation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23(1). 2 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., et al.. (2023). Mapping connectivity and conservation opportunity on agricultural lands across the conterminous United States. Biological Conservation. 278. 109896–109896. 15 indexed citations

Parks, Sean A., Lisa M. Holsinger, John T. Abatzoglou, Caitlin E. Littlefield, & Katherine A. Zeller. (2023). Response to concerns raised about the likelihood of protected areas serving as steppingstones for species responding to climate change. Global Change Biology. 29(23). e7–e8. 2 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., Laura S. Farwell, Caitlin E. Littlefield, et al.. (2023). Achieving conservation targets by jointly addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. Ecosphere. 14(4). 8 indexed citations

Suraci, Justin P., et al.. (2023). Management of U.S. Agricultural Lands Differentially Affects Avian Habitat Connectivity. Land. 12(4). 746–746. 1 indexed citations

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Parks, Sean A., Lisa M. Holsinger, John T. Abatzoglou, Caitlin E. Littlefield, & Katherine A. Zeller. (2023). Protected areas not likely to serve as steppingstones for species undergoing climate‐induced range shifts. Global Change Biology. 29(10). 2681–2696. 40 indexed citations

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D’Amato, Anthony W., Christopher W. Woodall, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Caitlin E. Littlefield, & Lara T. Murray. (2022). Carbon conundrums: Do United States' current carbon market baselines represent an undesirable ecological threshold?. Global Change Biology. 28(13). 3991–3994. 8 indexed citations

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Littlefield, Caitlin E. & Anthony W. D’Amato. (2022). Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(4). 25 indexed citations

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Gourevitch, Jesse D., et al.. (2021). Projected losses of ecosystem services in the US disproportionately affect non-white and lower-income populations. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3511–3511. 29 indexed citations

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Dobrowski, Solomon Z., Caitlin E. Littlefield, Carlos Carroll, et al.. (2021). Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 95 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Jennifer, Caitlin E. Littlefield, Julia Michalak, Joshua J. Lawler, & Solomon Z. Dobrowski. (2020). Topographic, soil, and climate drivers of drought sensitivity in forests and shrublands of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18486–18486. 56 indexed citations

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Littlefield, Caitlin E.. (2019). Topography and post-fire climatic conditions shape spatio-temporal patterns of conifer establishment and growth. Fire Ecology. 15(1). 32 indexed citations

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Littlefield, Caitlin E., Meade Krosby, Julia Michalak, & Joshua J. Lawler. (2019). Connectivity for species on the move: supporting climate‐driven range shifts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17(5). 270–278. 107 indexed citations

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Dickson, Brett G., Christine M. Albano, Ranjan Anantharaman, et al.. (2018). Circuit‐theory applications to connectivity science and conservation. Conservation Biology. 33(2). 239–249. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Littlefield, Caitlin E., Brad H. McRae, Julia Michalak, Joshua J. Lawler, & Carlos Carroll. (2017). Connecting today's climates to future climate analogs to facilitate movement of species under climate change. Conservation Biology. 31(6). 1397–1408. 94 indexed citations

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Littlefield, Caitlin E. & William S. Keeton. (2012). Bioenergy harvesting impacts on ecologically important stand structure and habitat characteristics. Ecological Applications. 22(7). 1892–1909. 23 indexed citations

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