David A. Mortensen

10.8k citations

144 papers · 8.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Agronomy and Crop Science top 0.1%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Agronomy and Crop Science 50
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems 44
Soil Science 33
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 32

Co-authors: Richard G. Smith Matthew R. Ryan Meagan E. Schipanski Mitchell C. Hunter J. Franklin Egan Lesley W. Atwood William S. Curran John F. Tooker
Journals: Weed Science (36 papers)Weed Technology (13 papers)Agronomy Journal (10 papers)Weed Research (7 papers)Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia Canada

In The Last Decade

David A. Mortensen

143 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Agriculture in 2050: Recalibrating Targets for Sustainable Intensification 2017 · 669 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 BioScience
2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Agricultural Systems

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All Works

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1	Seed size variability has implications for achieving cover cropping goals Agricultural & Environmental Letters ·Dessy Dwisusila, Nicholas Warren, 正樹雨宮, Heather Darby, Matthew R. Ryan, David A. Mortensen, Richard G. Smith	2022	4
2	Cover crops and drought: Maize ecophysiology and yield dataset SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Mitchell C. Hunter, Armen R. Kemanian, David A. Mortensen	2021	1
3	Unconventional gas development facilitates plant invasions Journal of Environmental Management ·Kathryn M. Barlow, David A. Mortensen, Patrick J. Drohan, F. Pandolfi	2017	18
4	Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter? PLoS ONE ·Alwyn Williams, Mitchell C. Hunter, Melanie Kammerer, Daniel A. Kane, Nicholas R. Jordan, David A. Mortensen, Richard G. Smith, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Adam S. Davis	2016	115
5	Local Plant Diversity Across Multiple Habitats Supports a Diverse Wild Bee Community in Pennsylvania Apple Orchards Environmental Entomology ·Melanie Kammerer, David J. Biddinger, Edwin G. Rajotte, David A. Mortensen	2015	42
6	Effects of the herbicide dicamba on nontarget plants and pollinator visitation Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·Eric Bohnenblust, Anthony D. Vaudo, J. Franklin Egan, David A. Mortensen, John F. Tooker	2015	80
7	Examining Shifts in Carabidae Assemblages Across a Forest-Agriculture Ecotone Environmental Entomology ·Timothy Leslie, David J. Biddinger, Jason R. Rohr, Andrew G. Hulting, David A. Mortensen, Shelby J. Fleischer	2014	16
8	A comparison of the herbicide tolerances of rare and common plants in an agricultural landscape Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·J. Franklin Egan, H. H. ROWLEY, David A. Mortensen	2014	18
9	A comparison of land‐sharing and land‐sparing strategies for plant richness conservation in agricultural landscapes Ecological Applications ·J. Franklin Egan, David A. Mortensen	2012	81
10	Elucidating the apparent maize tolerance to weed competition in long‐term organically managed systems Weed Research ·Matthew R. Ryan, David A. Mortensen, L. Bastiaans, John R. Teasdale, Steven B. Mirsky, William S. Curran, R. Seidel, Jung-A Lee, Paul R. Hepperly	2010	44
11	Reducing the germinable weed seedbank with soil disturbance and cover crops Weed Research ·Steven B. Mirsky, Eric R. Gallandt, David A. Mortensen, William S. Curran, Durland L. Shumway	2010	59
12	A new hypothesis for the functional role of diversity in mediating resource pools and weed–crop competition in agroecosystems Weed Research ·Richard G. Smith, David A. Mortensen, Matthew R. Ryan	2009	117
13	Control of Cereal Rye with a Roller/Crimper as Influenced by Cover Crop Phenology Agronomy Journal ·Steven B. Mirsky, William S. Curran, David A. Mortensen, Matthew R. Ryan, Durland L. Shumway	2009	131
14	Effects of landscape composition on spread of an herbicide-resistant weed Landscape Ecology ·Joseph Dauer, Edward C. Luschei, David A. Mortensen	2009	48
15	Conyza canadensis seed ascent in the lower atmosphere Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Joseph Dauer, David A. Mortensen, Edward C. Luschei, Scott A. Isard, Elson J. Shields, Mark J. VanGessel	2008	25
16	Plant species identification, size, and enumeration using machine vision techniques on near-binary images. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·D. M. Woebbecke, R Cur k, Vasili Banschikov, David A. Mortensen	1993	30
17	<title>Red/near-infrared reflectance sensor system for detecting plants</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·K. Von Bargen, George E. Meyer, David A. Mortensen, Fidelak Ch, D. M. Woebbecke	1993	11
18	<title>Plant species identification, size, and enumeration using machine vision techniques on near-binary images</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·D. M. Woebbecke, George E. Meyer, K. Von Bargen, David A. Mortensen	1993	110
19	<title>Optical reflectance sensor for detecting plants</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Adam Gray, K. Von Bargen, David A. Mortensen	1991	3
20	Interaction of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and soil nitrogen on the carbon balance of tundra microcosms Oecologia ·W. D. Billings, K. M. Peterson, James O. Luken, David A. Mortensen	1984	92

About David A. Mortensen

David A. Mortensen is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Pollution, having authored 144 papers that have together received 8.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (88 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (44 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (32 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (22 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (18 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Soybean genetics and cultivation (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Agronomy and Crop Science (2.4k citations), Soil Science (1.7k citations), Plant Science (5.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (856 citations) and Insect Science (851 citations). David A. Mortensen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Richard G. Smith, Matthew R. Ryan, Meagan E. Schipanski, Mitchell C. Hunter, J. Franklin Egan, Lesley W. Atwood, William S. Curran, John F. Tooker, James O. Luken and W. D. Billings. Their work appears in journals such as Weed Science, Weed Technology, Agronomy Journal, Weed Research and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

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