David B. Clark

18.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

David B. Clark is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Clark has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 40 papers in Ecology and 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David B. Clark's work include Forest ecology and management (56 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (27 papers). David B. Clark is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (56 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (27 papers). David B. Clark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Finland. David B. Clark's co-authors include Deborah A. Clark, Matthew L. Clark, Steven F. Oberbauer, Dar A. Roberts, Ralph Dubayah, J. B. Blair, Robert G. Knox, Jane M. Read, M. A. Hofton and Robin L. Chazdon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David B. Clark

123 papers receiving 11.2k citations

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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.

Life History Diversity of Canopy and Emergent Trees in a Neotropical Rain Forest

1992 619 citations Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark Ecological Monographs profile →
Landscape-scale variation in forest structure and biomass in a tropical rain forest

2000 614 citations David B. Clark, Deborah A. Clark et al. profile →
Hyperspectral discrimination of tropical rain forest tree species at leaf to crown scales

2005 583 citations Matthew L. Clark, David B. Clark et al. profile →
Spacing Dynamics of a Tropical Rain Forest Tree: Evaluation of the Janzen-Connell Model

1984 476 citations Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial and temporal scales of canopy disturbance and recovery across an old‐growth tropical rain forest landscape 2021 ·Ecological Monographs ·David B. Clark, Deborah A. Clark, James R. Kellner	4
2	Canopy area of large trees explains aboveground biomass variations across neotropical forest landscapes 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Victoria Meyer, Sassan Saatchi, David B. Clark, Michael Keller, Grégoire Vincent, António Ferraz, Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo, Marcus Vinício Neves d'Oliveira, (unknown), Jérôme Chave	45
3	Three decades of annual growth, mortality, physical condition, and microsite for ten tropical rainforest tree species 2018 ·Ecology ·Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, Susan G. Letcher	3
4	Multidecadal stability in tropical rain forest structure and dynamics across an old-growth landscape 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·David B. Clark, (unknown), (unknown), Steven F. Oberbauer, James R. Kellner	9
5	Tropical Rain Forest Structure, Tree Growth and Dynamics along a 2700-m Elevational Transect in Costa Rica 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·David B. Clark, Johanna Hurtado, Sassan Saatchi	54
6	Field‐quantified responses of tropical rainforest aboveground productivity to increasing CO₂ and climatic stress, 1997–2009 2013 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Deborah A. Clark, (unknown), David B. Clark, Steven F. Oberbauer	103
7	Assessing Tropical Forests' Climatic Sensitivities with Long-term Data 2010 ·Biotropica ·Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, (unknown), (unknown)	32
8	Local technicians in long-term research projects: evaluation of 25 years experience in an active tropical research station 2010 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·Johanna Hurtado, David B. Clark	2
9	A Forest Fire Sensor Web Concept with UAVSAR 2008 ·AGUFM ·Yunling Lou, Stanley Chien, David B. Clark, (unknown), R. Muellerschoen, (unknown)	1
10	First direct landscape‐scale measurement of tropical rain forest Leaf Area Index, a key driver of global primary productivity 2007 ·Ecology Letters ·David B. Clark, Paulo Olivas, Steven F. Oberbauer, Deborah A. Clark, Michael G. Ryan	135
11	Analysis of Tropical Forest Vertical and Spatial Structural Dynamics Using Large-footprint Lidar 2006 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sage Sheldon, Ralph Dubayah, David B. Clark, M. A. Hofton, J. B. Blair	0
12	APPLICATION OF 1-M AND 4-M RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA TO ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS 2004 ·Ecological Applications ·David B. Clark, Jane M. Read, Matthew L. Clark, (unknown), (unknown), Deborah A. Clark	90
13	TREE GROWTH, MORTALITY, PHYSICAL CONDITION, AND MICROSITE IN OLD-GROWTH LOWLAND TROPICAL RAIN FORESTEcological Archives E081-003 2000 ·Ecology ·David B. Clark, Deborah A. Clark, (unknown), (unknown)	8
14	Assessing the Growth of Tropical Rain Forest Trees: Issues for Forest Modeling and Management 1999 ·Ecological Applications ·Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, (unknown), (unknown)	9
15	Edaphic Factors and the Landscape-Scale Distributions of Tropical Rain Forest Trees 1999 ·Ecology ·David B. Clark, Michael W. Palmer, Deborah A. Clark	16
16	ASSESSING THE GROWTH OF TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TREES: ISSUES FOR FOREST MODELING AND MANAGEMENT 1999 ·Ecological Applications ·Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, (unknown), (unknown)	163
17	Comparative analysis of photosynthetic light environments within the crowns of juvenile rain forest trees 1989 ·Tree Physiology ·S. F. Oberbauer, Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, Miguel A. Quesada	20
18	Confronting the Linear Imperialism of the Austrians: Lowe's Contribution to Capital and Growth Theory 1984 ·Eastern Economic Journal ·David B. Clark	1
19	Effects of seed dispersal by animals on the regeneration of Bursera graveolens (Burseraceae) on Santa Fe Island, Gal�pagos 1981 ·Oecologia ·Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark	42
20	Phenylketonuria: some observations on reflex activity 1961 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Joseph H. French, David B. Clark, (unknown), Robert D. Teasdall	10

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