Daniel L. Potts

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Daniel L. Potts is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel L. Potts has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Daniel L. Potts's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (6 papers). Daniel L. Potts is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (6 papers). Daniel L. Potts collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Daniel L. Potts's co-authors include Travis E. Huxman, Katharine N. Suding, David T. Tissue, W. Stanley Harpole, Kiona Ogle, Susan Schwinning, Keirith Snyder, William T. Pockman, Darren R. Sandquist and A. Joshua Leffler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Daniel L. Potts

27 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems

2004 952 citations Travis E. Huxman, Keirith Snyder et al. Oecologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel L. Potts United States	15	1.5k	647	647	610	409	28	2.2k
Jonathan D. Carlisle United States	11	1.5k 1.0×	721 1.1×	577 0.9×	979 1.6×	474 1.2×	15	2.4k
Liqing Sha China	26	849 0.6×	525 0.8×	627 1.0×	608 1.0×	367 0.9×	93	2.0k
Susan Schwinning United States	7	1.7k 1.1×	873 1.3×	496 0.8×	992 1.6×	419 1.0×	8	2.6k
Mikaell Ottosson‐Löfvenius Sweden	12	1.0k 0.7×	514 0.8×	883 1.4×	429 0.7×	609 1.5×	13	2.0k
Yongmei Huang China	28	1.3k 0.9×	606 0.9×	445 0.7×	440 0.7×	359 0.9×	86	2.3k
Niles J. Hasselquist Sweden	22	772 0.5×	635 1.0×	763 1.2×	476 0.8×	602 1.5×	46	1.9k
Zhenxi Shen China	30	858 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	810 1.3×	549 0.9×	358 0.9×	75	2.5k
Clément Stahl French Guiana	26	1.2k 0.8×	380 0.6×	428 0.7×	800 1.3×	506 1.2×	66	2.0k
Fawei Zhang China	24	817 0.5×	622 1.0×	535 0.8×	411 0.7×	241 0.6×	95	1.8k
Anwar Mohammat China	18	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.7×	644 1.1×	250 0.6×	32	2.7k

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Zhang, Fangyue, et al.. (2025). Differential phenological responses of plant functional types to the temporal repackaging of precipitation in a semiarid grassland. Plant and Soil. 513(2). 2433–2445.

Zhang, Fangyue, et al.. (2024). Direct and Legacy Effects of Varying Cool‐Season Precipitation Totals on Ecosystem Carbon Flux in a Semi‐Arid Mixed Grassland. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(2). 943–952. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Fangyue, Joel A. Biederman, Dong Yan, et al.. (2023). Using high frequency digital repeat photography to quantify the sensitivity of a semi-arid grassland ecosystem to the temporal repackaging of precipitation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 338. 109539–109539. 4 indexed citations

Javadian, Mostafa, Russell L. Scott, Joel A. Biederman, et al.. (2023). Thermography captures the differential sensitivity of dryland functional types to changes in rainfall event timing and magnitude. New Phytologist. 240(1). 114–126. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Fangyue, et al.. (2021). Precipitation temporal repackaging into fewer, larger storms delayed seasonal timing of peak photosynthesis in a semi‐arid grassland. Functional Ecology. 36(3). 646–658. 18 indexed citations

Potts, Daniel L., Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, Bradley J. Butterfield, Philip A. Fay, & Kevin R. Hultine. (2019). Bloom and Bust: ecological consequences of precipitation variability in aridlands. Plant Ecology. 220(2). 135–139. 14 indexed citations

Potts, Daniel L., Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, & Russell L. Scott. (2019). Ecosystem hydrologic and metabolic flashiness are shaped by plant community traits and precipitation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 279. 107674–107674. 4 indexed citations

Potts, Daniel L., et al.. (2017). Photosynthetic phenological variation may promote coexistence among co-dominant tree species in a Madrean sky island mixed conifer forest. Tree Physiology. 37(9). 1229–1238. 13 indexed citations

Potts, Daniel L., Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, & G. Darrel Jenerette. (2014). Metabolic acceleration quantifies biological systems' ability to up-regulate metabolism in response to episodic resource availability. Journal of Arid Environments. 104. 9–16. 6 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., Katharine N. Suding, G. Winston, Adrian V. Rocha, & Michael L. Goulden. (2012). Ecological effects of experimental drought and prescribed fire in a southern California coastal grassland. Journal of Arid Environments. 81. 59–66. 56 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., et al.. (2009). Woody plants modulate the temporal dynamics of soil moisture in a semi‐arid mesquite savanna. Ecohydrology. 3(1). 20–27. 52 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., Russell L. Scott, Jessica M. Cable, Travis E. Huxman, & David G. Williams. (2008). SENSITIVITY OF MESQUITE SHRUBLAND CO₂EXCHANGE TO PRECIPITATION IN CONTRASTING LANDSCAPE SETTINGS. Ecology. 89(10). 2900–2910. 40 indexed citations

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Harpole, W. Stanley, Daniel L. Potts, & Katharine N. Suding. (2007). Ecosystem responses to water and nitrogen amendment in a California grassland. Global Change Biology. 13(11). 2341–2348. 316 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., W. Stanley Harpole, Michael L. Goulden, & Katharine N. Suding. (2007). The impact of invasion and subsequent removal of an exotic thistle, Cynara cardunculus, on CO2 and H2O vapor exchange in a coastal California grassland. Biological Invasions. 10(7). 1073–1084. 19 indexed citations

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Cable, Jessica M., Daniel L. Potts, Danielle D. Ignace, et al.. (2006). Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia. 151(4). 704–718. 75 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., Travis E. Huxman, Russell L. Scott, David G. Williams, & David C. Goodrich. (2006). The sensitivity of ecosystem carbon exchange to seasonal precipitation and woody plant encroachment. Oecologia. 150(3). 453–463. 41 indexed citations

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Potts, Daniel L., Travis E. Huxman, Nathan B. English, et al.. (2006). Antecedent moisture and seasonal precipitation influence the response of canopy‐scale carbon and water exchange to rainfall pulses in a semi‐arid grassland. New Phytologist. 170(4). 849–860. 170 indexed citations

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Huxman, Travis E., Keirith Snyder, David T. Tissue, et al.. (2004). Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia. 15 indexed citations

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Huxman, Travis E., Keirith Snyder, David T. Tissue, et al.. (2004). Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems. Oecologia. 141(2). 254–268. 952 indexed citations breakdown →

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Potts, Daniel L. & David G. Williams. (2004). Response of tree ring holocellulose δ 13 C to moisutre availability in Populus fremontii at perennial and intermittent stream reaches. 64(1). 27–37. 12 indexed citations

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