Christopher L. Fastie

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher L. Fastie is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher L. Fastie has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christopher L. Fastie's work include Tree-ring climate responses (8 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). Christopher L. Fastie is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (8 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). Christopher L. Fastie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Christopher L. Fastie's co-authors include Andrea H. Lloyd, F. Stuart Chapin, Lawrence R. Walker, Edward E. Berg, Steven M. Matsuoka, Jason Henry, Stephen T. Jackson, Stephen T. Gray, Julio L. Betancourt and T. Scott Rupp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Ecology and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Christopher L. Fastie

16 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of Primary Succession Following Deglaciation a... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Mechanisms of Primary Succession Following Deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska
    1994 816 citations F. Stuart Chapin, Lawrence R. Walker et al. Ecological Monographs profile →

Peers

Christopher L. Fastie
Greger Hörnberg Sweden
M. Lisa Floyd United States
Kiyoko Miyanishi Canada
Richard P. Guyette United States
J. Pojar Canada
Clifton W. Meyer United States
Del Meidinger Canada
Dave Spittlehouse Canada
Elgene O. Box United States
Louise Filion Canada
Greger Hörnberg Sweden
Christopher L. Fastie
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher L. Fastie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher L. Fastie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher L. Fastie based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher L. Fastie. Christopher L. Fastie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Fastie, Christopher L.. (2018). Estimating stand basal area from forest panoramas. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 3 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H., et al.. (2007). Fire and substrate interact to control the northern range limit of black spruce (Picea mariana) in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12). 2480–2493. 15 indexed citations
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Milner, Alexander M., et al.. (2007). Interactions and Linkages among Ecosystems during Landscape Evolution. BioScience. 57(3). 237–247. 75 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H., et al.. (2005). Population dynamics of black spruce and white spruce near the arctic tree line in the southern Brooks Range, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35(9). 2073–2081. 23 indexed citations
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Gray, Stephen T., Christopher L. Fastie, Stephen T. Jackson, & Julio L. Betancourt. (2004). Tree-Ring-Based Reconstruction of Precipitation in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, since 1260a.d. Journal of Climate. 17(19). 3855–3865. 55 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H. & Christopher L. Fastie. (2003). Recent changes in treeline forest distribution and structure in interior Alaska. Ecoscience. 10(2). 176–185. 122 indexed citations
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Gray, Stephen T., Julio L. Betancourt, Christopher L. Fastie, & Stephen T. Jackson. (2003). Patterns and sources of multidecadal oscillations in drought‐sensitive tree‐ring records from the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(6). 143 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H., et al.. (2003). Effects of permafrost degradation on woody vegetation at arctic treeline on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 14(2). 93–101. 100 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H., et al.. (2002). Impacts of Changing Permafrost Extent on Vegetation Transitions on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H. & Christopher L. Fastie. (2002). Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Growth and Climate Response of Treeline Trees in Alaska. Climatic Change. 52(4). 481–509. 269 indexed citations
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Fastie, Christopher L., Andrea H. Lloyd, & Patricia Doak. (2002). Fire history and postfire forest development in an upland watershed of interior Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D1). 37 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Andrea H., T. Scott Rupp, Christopher L. Fastie, & Anthony M. Starfield. (2002). Patterns and dynamics of treeline advance on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D2). 88 indexed citations
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Fastie, Christopher L.. (1995). Causes and Ecosystem Consequences of Multiple Pathways of Primary Succession at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Ecology. 76(6). 1899–1916. 266 indexed citations
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Mann, Daniel H., Christopher L. Fastie, Erika Rowland, & Nancy H. Bigelow. (1995). Spruce succession, disturbance, and geomorphology on the Tanana River floodplain, Alaska. Ecoscience. 2(2). 184–199. 43 indexed citations
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Chapin, F. Stuart, et al.. (1994). Mechanisms of Primary Succession Following Deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Ecological Monographs. 64(2). 149–175. 816 indexed citations breakdown →

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