Christopher K. Wright

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher K. Wright is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher K. Wright has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher K. Wright's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). Christopher K. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). Christopher K. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Christopher K. Wright's co-authors include Michael C. Wimberly, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Sarah K. McMenamin, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Nancy E. McIntyre, Holly Gibbs, Tyler J. Lark, Franklin W. Schwartz and P. Thompson Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

In The Last Decade

Christopher K. Wright

21 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands

2013 696 citations Christopher K. Wright, Michael C. Wimberly Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher K. Wright United States	16	733	718	235	222	198	21	1.5k
Germán Baldi Argentina	24	1.0k 1.4×	742 1.0×	158 0.7×	428 1.9×	206 1.0×	58	2.0k
Anthony R. Palmer South Africa	25	761 1.0×	763 1.1×	197 0.8×	678 3.1×	187 0.9×	95	1.9k
Gabriel del Barrio Spain	21	851 1.2×	798 1.1×	129 0.5×	342 1.5×	225 1.1×	52	2.0k
Alexa J. McKerrow United States	16	505 0.7×	798 1.1×	295 1.3×	306 1.4×	88 0.4×	34	1.4k
Colin S. Everson South Africa	22	682 0.9×	628 0.9×	105 0.4×	523 2.4×	167 0.8×	70	1.8k
Sonia A. Hall United States	17	944 1.3×	962 1.3×	171 0.7×	677 3.0×	183 0.9×	27	1.9k
Barbara Allen‐Diaz United States	19	592 0.8×	858 1.2×	187 0.8×	861 3.9×	213 1.1×	51	1.8k
Britta Tietjen Germany	26	1.1k 1.5×	616 0.9×	135 0.6×	616 2.8×	385 1.9×	73	2.0k
Peter R. Long United Kingdom	11	803 1.1×	553 0.8×	226 1.0×	332 1.5×	169 0.9×	28	1.3k
Jennifer M. Fraterrigo United States	19	488 0.7×	634 0.9×	145 0.6×	635 2.9×	269 1.4×	62	1.5k

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McIntyre, Nancy E., et al.. (2019). Simulating the effects of climate variability on waterbodies and wetland‐dependent birds in the Prairie Pothole Region. Ecosphere. 10(4). 19 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher K., et al.. (2017). Recent grassland losses are concentrated around U.S. ethanol refineries. Environmental Research Letters. 12(4). 44001–44001. 80 indexed citations

Liu, Ganming, Franklin W. Schwartz, Christopher K. Wright, & Nancy E. McIntyre. (2016). Characterizing the Climate-Driven Collapses and Expansions of Wetland Habitats with a Fully Integrated Surface–Subsurface Hydrologic Model. Wetlands. 36(S2). 287–297. 16 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher K., et al.. (2016). Environmental change in the equatorial Andes: Linking climate, land use, and land cover transformations. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. 8. 291–303. 19 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher K.. (2015). US agricultural policy, land use change, and biofuels: are we driving our way to the next dust bowl?. Environmental Research Letters. 10(5). 51001–51001. 5 indexed citations

McIntyre, Nancy E., Christopher K. Wright, Sharmistha Swain, et al.. (2014). Climate forcing of wetland landscape connectivity in the Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 12(1). 59–64. 60 indexed citations

Ruiz, Luis Fernando Chimelo, Steven Collins, Christopher K. Wright, et al.. (2014). Dynamic connectivity of temporary wetlands in the southern Great Plains. Landscape Ecology. 29(3). 507–516. 43 indexed citations

Collins, Steven, et al.. (2014). Hydrological dynamics of temporary wetlands in the southern Great Plains as a function of surrounding land use. Journal of Arid Environments. 109. 6–14. 41 indexed citations

Wright, Christopher K. & Michael C. Wimberly. (2013). Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(10). 4134–4139. 696 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wright, Christopher K., Kirsten M. de Beurs, & Geoffrey M. Henebry. (2012). Combined analysis of land cover change and NDVI trends in the Northern Eurasian grain belt. Frontiers of Earth Science. 6(2). 177–187. 46 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher K.. (2010). Spatiotemporal dynamics of prairie wetland networks: Power-law scaling and implications for conservation planning. Ecology. 1510488361–1510488361. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher K.. (2010). Spatiotemporal dynamics of prairie wetland networks: power‐law scaling and implications for conservation planning. Ecology. 91(7). 1924–1930. 38 indexed citations

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Beurs, Kirsten M. de, Christopher K. Wright, & Geoffrey M. Henebry. (2009). Dual Scale Trend Analysis Distinguishes Climatic from Anthropogenic Effects on the Vegetated Land Surface. Environmental Research Letters. 4(4). 7 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher K., Kirsten M. de Beurs, V. Kovalskyy, & Geoffrey M. Henebry. (2009). Contrasting Trends in Land Surface Phenologies since 2000 in Western Russia and Northern Kazakhstan. EGUGA. 2622. 1 indexed citations

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Beurs, Kirsten M. de, Christopher K. Wright, & Geoffrey M. Henebry. (2009). Dual scale trend analysis for evaluating climatic and anthropogenic effects on the vegetated land surface in Russia and Kazakhstan. Environmental Research Letters. 4(4). 45012–45012. 87 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher K., et al.. (2009). Reanalysis data underestimate significant changes in growing season weather in Kazakhstan. Environmental Research Letters. 4(4). 45020–45020. 18 indexed citations

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McMenamin, Sarah K., Elizabeth A. Hadly, & Christopher K. Wright. (2008). Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(44). 16988–16993. 221 indexed citations

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Wright, Christopher K.. (2008). Ecological community integration increases with added trophic complexity. Ecological Complexity. 5(2). 140–145. 9 indexed citations

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Wraith, Jon M. & Christopher K. Wright. (1998). Soil Water and Root Growth. HortScience. 33(6). 951–959. 24 indexed citations

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Andrews, John T., P. Thompson Davis, & Christopher K. Wright. (1976). Little Ice Age Permanent Snowcover in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: Extent Mapped from Landsat-1 Satellite Imagery. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 58(1-2). 71–81. 46 indexed citations

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