D. A. Crossley

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

D. A. Crossley is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Crossley has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 44 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in D. A. Crossley's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (25 papers) and Study of Mite Species (24 papers). D. A. Crossley is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (25 papers) and Study of Mite Species (24 papers). D. A. Crossley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. D. A. Crossley's co-authors include David C. Coleman, Paul F. Hendrix, Wayne T. Swank, Timothy R. Seastedt, Robert W. Parmelee, Weixin Cheng, John M. Blair, Timothy D. Schowalter, Mike Beare and William W. Hargrove and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Crossley

145 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta

1988 470 citations Wayne T. Swank, D. A. Crossley profile →
Detritus Food Webs in Conventional and No-Tillage Agroecosystems

1986 465 citations Paul F. Hendrix, D. A. Crossley et al. profile →
Microbial and Faunal Interactions and Effects on Litter Nitrogen and Decomposition in Agroecosystems

1992 458 citations Mike Beare, Paul F. Hendrix et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. A. Crossley United States	43	2.5k	2.5k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	149	6.7k
O. W. Heal United Kingdom	28	3.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	76	7.3k
H. W. Hunt United States	33	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	983 0.5×	976 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	61	4.9k
Jean‐François Ponge France	45	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	196	6.4k
John C. Moore United States	28	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	42	5.7k
Timothy R. Seastedt United States	54	3.0k 1.2×	4.7k 1.9×	2.1k 1.1×	4.4k 2.4×	2.4k 1.4×	174	10.9k
H.A. Verhoef Netherlands	33	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	76	4.5k
E. V. J. Tanner United Kingdom	43	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	63	6.1k
Dieter Mueller‐Dombois United States	33	1.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.6×	3.2k 1.7×	5.6k 3.0×	3.5k 2.1×	113	11.1k
Shahid Naeem United States	16	1.2k 0.5×	3.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	4.9k 2.6×	2.2k 1.3×	25	9.7k
Paul F. Hendrix United States	43	4.8k 1.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	802 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	106	7.3k

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Fu, Shenglei, et al.. (2000). 14C distribution in soil organisms and respiration after the decomposition of crop residue in conventional tillage and no-till agroecosystems at Georgia Piedimont. Soil and Tillage Research. 57(1-2). 31–41. 28 indexed citations

Holland, J. Nathaniel, Weixin Cheng, & D. A. Crossley. (1996). Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14. Oecologia. 107(1). 87–94. 243 indexed citations

Coleman, David C., D. A. Crossley, & Eileen Ingham. (1994). Use of Sulfamethoxazole-Penicillin, Oxytetracycline, Carbofuran, Carbaryl, Naphthalene and Temik to Remove Key Organism Groups in Soil in a Corn Agroecosystem. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 4(3). 7–30. 12 indexed citations

Crossley, D. A., David C. Coleman, Paul F. Hendrix, et al.. (1992). Modern Techniques in Soil Ecology. 1991. Soil Science. 154(5). 426–427. 3 indexed citations

Coleman, David C., D. A. Crossley, Mike Beare, & Paul F. Hendrix. (1988). Interactions of organisms at root/soil and litter/ soil interfaces in terrestrial ecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 24(1-3). 117–134. 24 indexed citations

Groffman, Peter M., Garfield J. House, Paul F. Hendrix, David E. Scott, & D. A. Crossley. (1986). Nitrogen Cycling as Affected by Interactions of Components in a Georgia Piedmont Agroecosystem. Ecology. 67(1). 80–87. 28 indexed citations

House, Garfield J., Benjamin R. Stinner, D. A. Crossley, & E. P. Odum. (1984). Nitrogen Cycling in Conventional and No-Tillage Agro-Ecosystems: Analysis of Pathways and Processes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 21(3). 991–991. 40 indexed citations

Swank, Wayne T., J. B. Waide, D. A. Crossley, & Robert L. Todd. (1981). Insect defoliation enhances nitrate export from forest ecosystems. Oecologia. 51(3). 297–299. 171 indexed citations

Seastedt, Timothy R. & D. A. Crossley. (1981). Sodium Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems and the Animal Starvation Hypothesis. The American Naturalist. 117(6). 1029–1034. 27 indexed citations

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Seastedt, Timothy R., et al.. (1980). A simplified gelatine embedding technique for sectioning litter and soil samples. Pedobiologia. 20(1). 55–59. 5 indexed citations

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Best, G. Ronnie, et al.. (1978). Response of microarthropod populations to naphthalene in three contrasting habitats. Pedobiologia. 18(3). 189–201. 8 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A., et al.. (1971). The Ingestion Rates of Microarthropods in Pine Mor, Estimated with Radioactive Calcium. Ecology. 52(3). 444–452. 19 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A., et al.. (1971). Feeding by Caeculid Mites1 on Fungus Demonstrated with Radioactive Tracers2. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 64(4). 760–762. 8 indexed citations

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Coulson, Robert N., et al.. (1971). Patterns of Coleoptera Species Diversity in Contrasting White Pine and Coppice Canopy Communities. The American Midland Naturalist. 86(1). 145–145. 4 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A., David E. Reichle, & C. A. Edwards. (1971). Intake and turnover of radioactive cesium by earthworms (Lumbricidae). Pedobiologia. 11(1). 71–76. 20 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A.. (1964). BIOLOGICAL ELIMINATION OF RADIONUCLIDES. 1 indexed citations

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Loomis, Richard B. & D. A. Crossley. (1963). New species and new records of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Texas. Acarologia. 5(3). 371–383. 19 indexed citations

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Strandtmann, R. W. & D. A. Crossley. (1962). A NEW SPECIES OF SOIL-INHABITING MITE, HYPOASPIS MARKSI. (Acarina, Laelaptidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A., et al.. (1961). Comparative Elimination of Radiocesium and Radiostrontium by Grasshoppers1. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 54(3). 459–461. 4 indexed citations

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Crossley, D. A., et al.. (1960). Long‐Term Ecological Study in the Oak Ridge Area: III. The Oribatid Mite Fauna in Pine Litter. Ecology. 41(4). 628–638. 23 indexed citations

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