Daniel G. Gavin

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel G. Gavin is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel G. Gavin has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Daniel G. Gavin's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (17 papers). Daniel G. Gavin is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (17 papers). Daniel G. Gavin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Daniel G. Gavin's co-authors include Philip E. Higuera, Patrick J. Bartlein, Feng Sheng Hu, Kenneth P. Lertzman, Linda B. Brubaker, Douglas J. Hallett, Jennifer R. Marlon, Mitchell J. Power, David L. Peterson and Danièle Colombaroli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Daniel G. Gavin

86 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia

2008 630 citations Patrick J. Bartlein, Daniel G. Gavin et al. profile →
Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA

2012 435 citations Patrick J. Bartlein, Daniel G. Gavin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel G. Gavin United States	30	3.0k	3.0k	1.1k	1.0k	770	89	4.9k
Christopher Carcaillet France	42	3.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	809 1.1×	129	6.0k
Feng Sheng Hu United States	47	2.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.5×	743 0.7×	639 0.8×	130	7.3k
Linda B. Brubaker United States	46	3.0k 1.0×	4.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	728 0.9×	90	7.2k
Philip E. Higuera United States	44	6.6k 2.2×	4.2k 1.4×	2.6k 2.3×	1.9k 1.9×	1.3k 1.6×	83	8.6k
Ricardo Villalba Argentina	53	5.7k 1.9×	6.7k 2.3×	1.3k 1.2×	2.3k 2.3×	641 0.8×	232	9.1k
Henri D. Grissino‐Mayer United States	34	4.6k 1.5×	3.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	512 0.7×	118	5.7k
Christelle Hély France	30	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	714 0.6×	593 0.6×	394 0.5×	86	3.1k
Connie A. Woodhouse United States	39	6.3k 2.1×	5.2k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	364 0.5×	99	8.1k
Valérie Trouet United States	42	4.8k 1.6×	5.6k 1.9×	870 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	302 0.4×	100	7.1k
Serge Payette Canada	51	4.0k 1.3×	5.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.8×	2.4k 2.4×	479 0.6×	221	8.3k

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Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2025). Chironomid-inferred postglacial temperature reconstruction from Gold Lake, Oregon, USA. Quaternary Research. 125. 104–117.

Norton, Brian, et al.. (2024). Assessing thermal performance: Dataset from an experimental study on U-value variability. Data in Brief. 57. 111067–111067. 7 indexed citations

Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2024). Multi-proxy paleoenvironmental data from Paulina Marsh inform human-environmental dynamics in the Northern Great Basin U.S.A.. Quaternary Science Advances. 14. 100184–100184.

Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2024). Interplay of Climate, Fires, Floods, and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Peat Formation and Carbon Dynamic of Coastal and Inland Tropical Peatlands in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ecosystems. 27(3). 361–375.

Morey, A. E., Mark D. Shapley, Daniel G. Gavin, Alan R. Nelson, & C. Goldfinger. (2024). Sedimentary record of historical seismicity in a small, southern Oregon lake. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 24(12). 4523–4561. 2 indexed citations

Anshari, Gusti Z., et al.. (2024). Fire in the rainforest: A 3200‐year history of fire in a West Kalimantan, Indonesia, tropical rainforest. Ecosphere. 15(6). 3 indexed citations

Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2024). Holocene Lake Sediments Reveal Alluvial Fan History With Links to Climate, Wildfire, and Earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 129(11). 1 indexed citations

Herring, Erin M., et al.. (2023). Late glacial through Early Holocene environments inferred using pollen from coprolites and sediments recovered from Paisley Caves, Oregon. Quaternary Research. 116. 78–95. 2 indexed citations

Silva, Lucas C. R., Daniel G. Gavin, Gilvan Coimbra Martins, et al.. (2021). A new hypothesis for the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths. Nature Communications. 12(1). 127–127. 28 indexed citations

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Fernandez, Matias, Feng Sheng Hu, Daniel G. Gavin, Guillaume de Lafontaine, & Katy D. Heath. (2021). A tale of two conifers: Migration across a dispersal barrier outpaced regional expansion from refugia. Journal of Biogeography. 48(9). 2133–2143. 11 indexed citations

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Gavin, Daniel G.. (2021). ANNUALLY-LAMINATED LAKE SEDIMENT REVEALS LATE HOLOCENE ALLUVIAL CHANNEL HISTORY AND A RECORD FLOOD IN 1867, TOLT RIVER, WESTERN WASHINGTON. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Weldon, Ray J., et al.. (2019). NEW INSIGHTS IN TO PALEOSEISMIC AGE MODELS ON THE NORTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT: AND UPDATED EARTHQUAKE CORRELATIONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Roering, Joshua J., et al.. (2016). Using a paleo perspective to demonstrate climate controls on glacial-interglacial weathering: insights from Little Lake, OR.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Marshall, Jill, Joshua J. Roering, Patrick J. Bartlein, et al.. (2015). Frost for the trees: Did climate increase erosion in unglaciated landscapes during the late Pleistocene?. Science Advances. 1(10). e1500715–e1500715. 75 indexed citations

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Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2014). Western Spruce Budworm Outbreaks Did Not Increase Fire Risk over the Last Three Centuries: A Dendrochronological Analysis of Inter-Disturbance Synergism. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114282–e114282. 20 indexed citations

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Gavin, Daniel G., et al.. (2013). POSTGLACIAL CLIMATE AND FIRE‐MEDIATED VEGETATION CHANGE ON THE WESTERN OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 94(4). 386–387. 3 indexed citations

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Dawson, Michael N, Adam C. Algar, Alexandre Antonelli, et al.. (2013). An horizon scan of biogeography. Frontiers of Biogeography. 5(2). 12 indexed citations

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Morey, A. E., et al.. (2012). A Comparison of Disturbance Events in Cascadia Lakes to Marine Seismogenic Turbidites. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Gavin, Daniel G.. (2009). The coastal‐disjunct mesic flora in the inland Pacific Northwest of USA and Canada: refugia, dispersal and disequilibrium. Diversity and Distributions. 15(6). 972–982. 21 indexed citations

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Bigler, Christof, et al.. (2007). Drought induces lagged tree mortality in a subalpine forest in the Rocky Mountains. Oikos. 116(12). 1983–1994. 267 indexed citations

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