Cathy Whitlock

14.7k citations

140 papers · 8.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 49

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Tree-ring climate responses
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Fire effects on ecosystems

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 116
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 108
- Tree-ring climate responses 44
Global and Planetary Change 80
- Fire effects on ecosystems 76

Co-authors: Patrick J. Bartlein Sarah H. Millspaugh David B. McWethy Colin J. Long Christy E. Briles Philip E. Higuera Jennifer R. Marlon Virginia Iglesias
Journals: Quaternary Research (21 papers)Quaternary Science Reviews (17 papers)Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (13 papers)The Holocene (12 papers)Journal of Paleolimnology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Argentina

In The Last Decade

Cathy Whitlock

137 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes 2017 · 557 citations

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1	A 2000-year record of fecal biomarkers reveals past herbivore presence and impacts in a catchment in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA PLoS ONE ·Christine Beeck, Elena Argiriadis, Cathy Whitlock, Sun Soph Jung, Dario Battistel, David B. McWethy	2024	0
2	A Link Between Hydroclimate Variability and Biomass Burning During the Last Millennium in the Interior Pacific Northwest Geophysical Research Letters ·وعزيزة أبو دية, Mark B. Abbott, Byron A. Steinman, Abdulelah Alkahtani, Erika K. Wise, Megan Walsh, Cathy Whitlock	2023	1
3	Using crisis and emergency risk communication theory to inform online communication during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of brand strategy ·Cathy Whitlock, Zhao-feng Yin	2021	2
4	Lake sediment fecal and biomass burning biomarkers provide direct evidence for prehistoric human-lit fires in New Zealand Scientific Reports ·Elena Argiriadis, Dario Battistel, David B. McWethy, Marco Vecchiato, Torben Kirchgeorg, Natalie Kehrwald, Cathy Whitlock, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Carlo Barbante	2018	68
5	The changing role of fire in conifer-dominated temperate rainforest through the last 14,000 years Quaternary Science Reviews ·Michael‐Shawn Fletcher, David M. J. S. Bowman, Cathy Whitlock, Michela Mariani, Melahat Batu Ağırkaya	2018	20
6	Trends in catchment processes and lake evolution during the late-glacial and early- to mid-Holocene inferred from high-resolution XRF data in the Yellowstone region Journal of Paleolimnology ·Yanbin Lü, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Jeffery R. Stone, María Concepción Ávila Ordás, Cathy Whitlock, Erik T. Brown, M. Botrous	2017	28
7	Paleo records as a guide for ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation Past Global Change Magazine ·Danièle Colombaroli, Cathy Whitlock, Willy Tinner, Marco Conedera	2017	8
8	A walk on the wild side: Disturbance dynamics and the conservation and management of European mountain forest ecosystems Forest Ecology and Management ·Dominik Kulakowski, Rupert Seidl, Jan Holeksa, Timo Kuuluvainen, Thomas A. Nagel, Momchil Panayotov, Miroslav Svoboda, Simon Thorn, Giorgio Vacchiano, Cathy Whitlock, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Peter Bebi	2016	168
9	Interpreting modern and fossil pollen data along a steep environmental gradient in northern Patagonia The Holocene ·Virginia Iglesias, Justyna Gniazdowska, 董亚夏, Cathy Whitlock	2016	21
10	Modeling vegetation mosaics in sub-alpine Tasmania under various fire regimes Modeling Earth Systems and Environment ·宣生岩崎, 「雪氷研究週間in旭川」実行委員会, Andrés Holz, David M. J. S. Bowman, Robert E. Keane, Cathy Whitlock	2015	17
11	Complex Response of White Pines to Past Environmental Variability Increases Understanding of Future Vulnerability PLoS ONE ·Virginia Iglesias, María Concepción Ávila Ordás, Cathy Whitlock	2015	21
12	A High-Resolution Chronology of Rapid Forest Transitions following Polynesian Arrival in New Zealand PLoS ONE ·David B. McWethy, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Cathy Whitlock, Jamie R. Wood, Matt S. McGlone	2014	62
13	Rapid landscape transformation in South Island, New Zealand, following initial Polynesian settlement Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David B. McWethy, Cathy Whitlock, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Matt S. McGlone, Alessandra Prinelli, Xun Li, Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall, William O. Hobbs, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Edward R. Cook	2010	218
14	Paleoecological Perspectives on Fire Ecology: Revisiting the Fire-Regime Concept Cathy Whitlock, Philip E. Higuera, David B. McWethy, Christy E. Briles	2010	121
15	Holocene forest development and maintenance on different substrates in the Klamath Mountains, northern California, USA Ecology ·Christy E. Briles, Cathy Whitlock, Carl N. Skinner, Wilmer Robles-Espiritu	2010	33
16	Late Quaternary rapid morphological evolution of an endemic diatom in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Paleobiology ·Edward C. Theriot, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Cathy Whitlock, Daniel J. Conley	2006	34
17	Late Quaternary rapid morphological evolution of an endemic diatom in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Paleobiology ·Edward C. Theriot, 井戸田秀樹, Cathy Whitlock, Daniel J. Conley	2006	42
18	A paleoecologic perspective on past plant invasions in Yellowstone. Western North American Naturalist ·Cathy Whitlock, Sarah H. Millspaugh	2001	10
19	Postglacial Vegetation and Climate of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks Ecological Monographs ·Cathy Whitlock	1993	143
20	Paleoecological Troves. (Book Reviews: Packrat Middens. The Last 40,000 Years of Biotic Change.) Scientia Forestalis ·Cathy Whitlock	1990	2

About Cathy Whitlock

Cathy Whitlock is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 140 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (108 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (76 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (44 papers), Landslides and related hazards (31 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (12 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.4k citations), Paleontology (1.0k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (889 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.3k citations). Cathy Whitlock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Argentina. Frequent co-authors include Patrick J. Bartlein, Sarah H. Millspaugh, David B. McWethy, Colin J. Long, Christy E. Briles, Philip E. Higuera, Jennifer R. Marlon, Virginia Iglesias, Sarah L. Shafer and Vera Markgraf. Their work appears in journals such as Quaternary Research, Quaternary Science Reviews, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, The Holocene and Journal of Paleolimnology.

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