David M. Cairns

2.8k total citations
68 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David M. Cairns is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Cairns has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Atmospheric Science, 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David M. Cairns's work include Tree-ring climate responses (32 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). David M. Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (32 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). David M. Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Sweden. David M. Cairns's co-authors include Adam T. Naito, Jon Moen, George P. Malanson, John A. Kupfer, Parveen K. Chhetri, Charles W. Lafon, Daehyun Kim, Jesper Bartholdy, David R. Butler and Robert N. Coulson and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Global Change Biology and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

David M. Cairns

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David M. Cairns United States 26 1.2k 1.0k 902 514 261 68 2.0k
Jörg Löffler Germany 27 1.2k 1.0× 854 0.9× 584 0.6× 456 0.9× 272 1.0× 81 2.0k
Friedrich‐Karl Holtmeier Germany 20 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 816 0.9× 213 0.4× 156 0.6× 42 1.8k
Jesse Anderson United States 8 613 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 760 0.8× 747 1.5× 240 0.9× 14 2.0k
Dave Spittlehouse Canada 13 518 0.4× 911 0.9× 882 1.0× 912 1.8× 326 1.2× 21 2.1k
Jens Paulsen Switzerland 11 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 292 0.6× 427 1.6× 12 2.3k
Randy G. Balice United States 4 612 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 708 0.8× 534 1.0× 188 0.7× 5 1.8k
Udo Schickhoff Germany 22 801 0.7× 880 0.9× 515 0.6× 342 0.7× 241 0.9× 71 1.7k
Logan T. Berner United States 26 1.6k 1.4× 1.7k 1.7× 805 0.9× 887 1.7× 215 0.8× 58 3.0k
Ze’ev Gedalof Canada 18 748 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 475 0.5× 525 1.0× 133 0.5× 36 1.8k
Daniel B. Fagre United States 27 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 585 0.6× 557 1.1× 340 1.3× 78 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David M. Cairns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rees, Gareth, Annika Hofgaard, Stéphane Boudreau, et al.. (2020). Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change?. Global Change Biology. 26(7). 3965–3977. 83 indexed citations
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Bader, Maaike Y., Luis D. Llambí, Bradley S. Case, et al.. (2020). A global framework for linking alpine‐treeline ecotone patterns to underlying processes. Ecography. 44(2). 265–292. 66 indexed citations
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Chhetri, Parveen K. & David M. Cairns. (2018). Low recruitment above treeline indicates treeline stability under changing climate in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Western Nepal. Physical Geography. 39(4). 329–342. 13 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M., et al.. (2018). The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Facilitates Shrub Establishment in Northern Alaska. ARCTIC. 71(3). 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Jeremy S., Keith D. Gaddis, David M. Cairns, Kranti Konganti, & Konstantin V. Krutovsky. (2017). Landscape genomic insights into the historic migration of mountain hemlock in response to Holocene climate change. American Journal of Botany. 104(3). 439–450. 19 indexed citations
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Mamet, Steven D., David M. Cairns, Ryan K. Brook, & G. Peter Kershaw. (2015). Modeling the spatial distribution of subarctic forest in northern Manitoba using GIS-based terrain and climate data. Physical Geography. 36(2). 93–112. 5 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M.. (2013). Alpine Treelines: Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree LimitsALPINE TREELINES: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HIGH ELEVATION TREE LIMITS.. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 45(3). 420–421. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Daehyun, David M. Cairns, Jesper Bartholdy, & Cristine L.S. Morgan. (2011). Scale-Dependent Correspondence of Floristic and Edaphic Gradients across Salt Marsh Creeks. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102(2). 276–294. 28 indexed citations
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Coulson, Robert N., David M. Cairns, Charles W. Lafon, et al.. (2010). Evaluating the impact of invasive species in forest landscapes: the southern pine beetle and the hemlock woolly adelgid. 802. 687–698. 1 indexed citations
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Birt, Andrew, Richard M. Feldman, David M. Cairns, et al.. (2009). Stage‐structured matrix models for organisms with non‐geometric development times. Ecology. 90(1). 57–68. 12 indexed citations
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Moen, Jon, David M. Cairns, & Charles W. Lafon. (2008). Factors structuring the treeline ecotone in Fennoscandia. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 1(1). 77–87. 45 indexed citations
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Xi, Weimin, Robert N. Coulson, Maria D. Tchakerian, et al.. (2008). Landscape Modeling for Forest Restoration Planning and Assessment: Lessons from the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Forestry. 106(4). 191–197. 17 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M., Charles W. Lafon, Jon Moen, & Amanda Young. (2007). Influences of Animal Activity on Treeline Position and Pattern: Implications for Treeline Responses to Climate Change. Physical Geography. 28(5). 419–433. 48 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M. & Jon Moen. (2004). Herbivory influences tree lines. Journal of Ecology. 92(6). 1019–1024. 197 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M., et al.. (2003). Sigmoid wave transitions at alpine treeline. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 85(1). 115–126. 17 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M. & George P. Malanson. (1998). Environmental variables influencing the carbon balance at the alpine treeline: a modeling approach. Journal of Vegetation Science. 9(5). 679–692. 60 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M. & George P. Malanson. (1997). EXAMINATION OF THE CARBON BALANCE HYPOTHESIS OF ALPINE TREELINE LOCATION IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA. Physical Geography. 18(2). 125–145. 28 indexed citations
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Malanson, George P. & David M. Cairns. (1997). Effects of dispersal, population delays, and forest fragmentation on tree migration rates. Plant Ecology. 131(1). 67–79. 59 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M.. (1994). DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGICALLY MECHANISTIC MODEL FOR USE AT THE ALPINE TREELINE ECOTONE. Physical Geography. 15(2). 104–124. 15 indexed citations
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Cairns, David M.. (1994). Spatial pattern analysis of witches’ broom disease of cacao at a landscape scale in Rondônia Brazil. Tropical Agriculture. 71(1). 31–35.

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