Daniel L. Childers

12.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
131 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel L. Childers is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel L. Childers has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Daniel L. Childers's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (75 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (27 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers). Daniel L. Childers is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (75 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (27 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers). Daniel L. Childers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Daniel L. Childers's co-authors include Gregory B. Noe, Benjamin S. Halpern, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Thomas J. Minello, Kenneth W. Able, Robert J. Orth, Michael P. Weinstein, Michael W. Beck, Kenneth L. Heck and Peter F. Sheridan and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Daniel L. Childers

130 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

The Identification, Conservation, and Management of Estuarine and Marine Nurseries for Fish and Invertebrates

2001 2.1k citations Daniel L. Childers et al. BioScience profile →
Trees Grow on Money: Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Environmental Justice

2015 478 citations Kirsten Schwarz, Michail Fragkias et al. PLoS ONE profile →
An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research

2010 449 citations Daniel L. Childers, J. Morgan Grove et al. profile →
Sustainability Challenges of Phosphorus and Food: Solutions from Closing the Human Phosphorus Cycle

2011 411 citations Daniel L. Childers, Jessica R. Corman et al. BioScience profile →

Peers

Daniel L. Childers

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OCEAN

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Marjan van den Belt New Zealand

Jon Brodie Australia

Monica Grasso United States

R. Kerry Turner United Kingdom

Mary Ruckelshaus United States

Pamela Green United States

Patrick Meire Belgium

C. Max Finlayson Australia

Karin E. Limburg United States

Kathleen C. Weathers United States

Marjan van den Belt New Zealand

Daniel L. Childers

5.5k ×1.1

ECOLO

10.4k ×2.7

GPC

1.8k ×1.1

OCEAN

1.5k ×1.1

NLC

1.7k ×1.7

HTM

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Countries citing papers authored by Daniel L. Childers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel L. Childers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel L. Childers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel L. Childers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel L. Childers 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 Daniel L. Childers. Daniel L. Childers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pickett, Steward T. A., AbdouMaliq Simone, Pippin Anderson, et al.. (2024). The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures. AMBIO. 53(6). 845–870. 7 indexed citations

Frantzeskaki, Niki, Daniel L. Childers, Steward T. A. Pickett, et al.. (2024). A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities. AMBIO. 53(6). 871–889. 15 indexed citations

Pickett, Steward T. A., Niki Frantzeskaki, Erik Andersson, et al.. (2024). Shifting forward: Urban ecology in perspective. AMBIO. 53(6). 890–897. 3 indexed citations

Bunn, David, Bram Büscher, Melissa R. McHale, et al.. (2022). Golden Wildebeest Days: Fragmentation and Value in South Africa’s Wildlife Economy After Apartheid. Journal of Southern African Studies. 48(6). 1013–1035. 2 indexed citations

Gaiser, Evelyn E., David M. Bell, Max C. N. Castorani, et al.. (2019). Long-Term Ecological Research and Evolving Frameworks of Disturbance Ecology. BioScience. 70(2). 141–156. 48 indexed citations

Pisani, Oliva, et al.. (2017). Compositional aspects of herbaceous litter decomposition in the freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. Plant and Soil. 423(1-2). 87–98. 11 indexed citations

Muñoz‐Erickson, Tischa A., Lindsay K. Campbell, Daniel L. Childers, et al.. (2016). Demystifying governance and its role for transitions in urban social–ecological systems. Ecosphere. 7(11). 42 indexed citations

Childers, Daniel L., Mary L. Cadenasso, J. Morgan Grove, et al.. (2015). An Ecology for Cities: A Transformational Nexus of Design and Ecology to Advance Climate Change Resilience and Urban Sustainability. Sustainability. 7(4). 3774–3791. 191 indexed citations

McHale, Melissa R., Steward T. A. Pickett, Olga Barbosa, et al.. (2015). The New Global Urban Realm: Complex, Connected, Diffuse, and Diverse Social-Ecological Systems. Sustainability. 7(5). 5211–5240. 69 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Kirsten, Michail Fragkias, Christopher G. Boone, et al.. (2015). Trees Grow on Money: Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Environmental Justice. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122051–e0122051. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

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Metson, Geneviève S., Rimjhim Aggarwal, & Daniel L. Childers. (2012). Efficiency Through Proximity. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(6). 914–927. 28 indexed citations

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Metson, Geneviève S., Rebecca L. Hale, David M. Iwaniec, et al.. (2011). Phosphorus in Phoenix: a budget and spatial representation of phosphorus in an urban ecosystem. Ecological Applications. 22(2). 705–721. 51 indexed citations

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Ewe, Sharon M. L., Leonel da Silveira Lobo Sternberg, & Daniel L. Childers. (2007). Seasonal plant water uptake patterns in the saline southeast Everglades ecotone. Oecologia. 152(4). 607–616. 73 indexed citations

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Anderson, William T., et al.. (2005). Carbon isotopic composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrologic conditions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005.

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Childers, Daniel L., et al.. (2004). Ecological effects of low-level phosphorus additions on two plant communities in a neotropical freshwater wetland ecosystem. Oecologia. 141(4). 672–686. 40 indexed citations

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Rivera‐Monroy, Víctor H., Robert R. Twilley, David Bone, et al.. (2004). A Conceptual Framework to Develop Long-Term Ecological Research and Management Objectives in the Wider Caribbean Region. BioScience. 54(9). 843–843. 49 indexed citations

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Mitchell‐Bruker, Sherry, et al.. (2002). Determining the Role of Sediment Deposition and Transport in the Formation and Maintenance of Tree Islands in the Florida Everglades. AGUSM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Childers, Daniel L., et al.. (1998). Gulf Estuarine Research Society Spring 1998 Meeting Abstracts. Gulf Research Reports. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Childers, Daniel L., et al.. (1994). Statistical treatment and comparative analysis of scale-dependent aquatic transect data in estuarine landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 9(2). 127–141. 9 indexed citations

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Childers, Daniel L., Fred H. Sklar, Bert G. Drake, & Thomas E. Jordan. (1993). Seasonal Measurements of Sediment Elevation in Three Mid-Atlantic Estuaries. Journal of Coastal Research. 9(4). 986–1003. 46 indexed citations

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