Chris A. Maier

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Chris A. Maier is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris A. Maier has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Chris A. Maier's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (39 papers), Forest ecology and management (30 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (16 papers). Chris A. Maier is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (39 papers), Forest ecology and management (30 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (16 papers). Chris A. Maier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Finland. Chris A. Maier's co-authors include Kurt H. Johnsen, Ram Oren, David S. Ellsworth, Heather R. McCarthy, Gabriel G. Katul, George R. Hendrey, N. Phillips, Steven G. McNulty, B. E. Ewers and K. V. Schäfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Chris A. Maier

49 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2-enriched atmosphere

2001 839 citations Ram Oren, David S. Ellsworth et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris A. Maier United States	25	1.8k	1.0k	807	781	581	51	2.6k
José M. Grünzweig Israel	29	1.7k 0.9×	947 0.9×	672 0.8×	755 1.0×	779 1.3×	63	2.8k
Lisa J. Samuelson United States	31	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	815 1.0×	350 0.6×	86	2.7k
Dexin Guan China	28	2.0k 1.1×	686 0.7×	532 0.7×	703 0.9×	803 1.4×	117	3.0k
Ensheng Weng United States	27	2.4k 1.3×	653 0.6×	901 1.1×	787 1.0×	735 1.3×	44	3.5k
Bert Gielen Belgium	28	1.7k 0.9×	540 0.5×	505 0.6×	706 0.9×	241 0.4×	47	2.2k
M. T. Sykes Sweden	13	2.3k 1.2×	580 0.6×	905 1.1×	871 1.1×	422 0.7×	17	3.5k
Joanne Ledford United States	8	1.4k 0.8×	965 0.9×	401 0.5×	494 0.6×	893 1.5×	8	2.1k
Jonathan D. Carlisle United States	11	1.5k 0.8×	474 0.5×	979 1.2×	409 0.5×	577 1.0×	15	2.4k
Anthony P. O’Grady Australia	40	3.1k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	349 0.6×	88	4.1k
Teresa S. David Portugal	28	1.9k 1.0×	865 0.9×	711 0.9×	960 1.2×	515 0.9×	50	2.6k

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Domec, Jean‐Christophe, et al.. (2025). Leaf transpiration decreases similarly among five pine species as height increases over stand development. Tree Physiology. 46(3). 1 indexed citations

Albaugh, Timothy J., Chris A. Maier, Otávio Camargo Campoe, et al.. (2025). Quantifying above- and belowground biomass improved our understanding of site differences and demonstrated the importance of management decisions in sequestering carbon in Pinus taeda. Forest Ecology and Management. 593. 122901–122901.

Albaugh, Timothy J., Jake J. Grossman, Otávio Camargo Campoe, et al.. (2025). Crown complementarity rather than crown selection contributes to stem complementarity in genetic mixtures of Pinus taeda L. Acta Oecologica. 126. 104058–104058.

Domec, Jean‐Christophe, et al.. (2025). Similar response of canopy conductance to increasing vapor pressure deficit and decreasing soil conductivity with drought among five morphologically contrasting but co-occurring pine species. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 366. 110479–110479. 2 indexed citations

Domec, Jean‐Christophe, Sari Palmroth, Chris A. Maier, et al.. (2025). Xylem Hydraulic Properties of Five Pinus Species Grown in Common Environment Vary From Needles to Roots With Needle Length and Native‐Range Climate. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(10). 7225–7239. 1 indexed citations

Palmroth, Sari, Dohyoung Kim, Chris A. Maier, et al.. (2024). Increased leaf area index and efficiency drive enhanced production under elevated atmospheric [CO₂] in a pine‐dominated stand showing no progressive nitrogen limitation. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17190–e17190. 2 indexed citations

Rubilar, Rafael, et al.. (2018). Economic assessment of Eucalyptus globulus short rotation energy crops under contrasting silvicultural intensities on marginal agricultural land. Land Use Policy. 76. 329–337. 22 indexed citations

Maier, Chris A., Timothy J. Albaugh, Rachel L. Cook, et al.. (2017). Comparative water use in short-rotation Eucalyptus benthamii and Pinus taeda trees in the Southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 397. 126–138. 32 indexed citations

Palmroth, Sari, Gabriel G. Katul, Chris A. Maier, et al.. (2013). On the complementary relationship between marginal nitrogen and water-use efficiencies among Pinus taeda leaves grown under ambient and CO2-enriched environments. Annals of Botany. 111(3). 467–477. 52 indexed citations

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Palmroth, Sari, Gabriel G. Katul, Chris A. Maier, et al.. (2009). On the Complementary Relationship Between Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiencies Among Pinus taeda L. Leaves Grown Under Ambient and Enriched CO2 Environments. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Domec, Jean‐Christophe, Sari Palmroth, Eric J. Ward, et al.. (2009). Acclimation of leaf hydraulic conductance and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) to long‐term growth in elevated CO₂ (free‐air CO₂ enrichment) and N‐fertilization. Plant Cell & Environment. 32(11). 1500–1512. 129 indexed citations

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Maier, Chris A. & Barton D. Clinton. (2006). Relationship between stem CO₂ efflux, stem sap velocity and xylem CO₂ concentration in young loblolly pine trees. Plant Cell & Environment. 29(8). 1471–1483. 56 indexed citations

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Butnor, John R., Kurt H. Johnsen, & Chris A. Maier. (2005). Soil properties differently influence estimates of soil CO2 efflux from three chamber-based measurement systems. Biogeochemistry. 73(1). 283–301. 37 indexed citations

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Johnsen, Kurt H., John E. Major, & Chris A. Maier. (2003). Selfing results in inbreeding depression of growth but not of gas exchange of surviving adult black spruce trees. Tree Physiology. 23(14). 1005–1008. 15 indexed citations

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Lai, Chun‐Ta, Gabriel G. Katul, John R. Butnor, et al.. (2002). Modelling the limits on the response of net carbon exchange to fertilization in a south‐eastern pine forest. Plant Cell & Environment. 25(9). 1095–1120. 73 indexed citations

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Sampson, David A., Kurt H. Johnsen, Kim H. Ludovici, Timothy J. Albaugh, & Chris A. Maier. (2001). Stand-Scale Correspondence in Empirical and Simulated Labile Carbohydrates in Loblolly Pine. Forest Science. 47(1). 60–68. 29 indexed citations

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Maier, Chris A.. (2001). Stem growth and respiration in loblolly pine plantations differing in soil resource availability. Tree Physiology. 21(16). 1183–1193. 67 indexed citations

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Oren, Ram, David S. Ellsworth, Kurt H. Johnsen, et al.. (2001). Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2-enriched atmosphere. Nature. 411(6836). 469–472. 839 indexed citations breakdown →

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Groninger, John W., Kurt H. Johnsen, John R. Seiler, et al.. (1999). Elevated Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere: What Might It Mean for Loblolly Pine Plantation Forestry?. Journal of Forestry. 97(7). 4–10. 14 indexed citations

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Maier, Chris A., Stanley J. Zarnoch, & Phillip M. Dougherty. (1998). Effects of temperature and tissue nitrogen on dormant season stem and branch maintenance respiration in a young loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation. Tree Physiology. 18(1). 11–20. 77 indexed citations

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