David P. Helmers

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

David P. Helmers is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Helmers has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David P. Helmers's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). David P. Helmers is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). David P. Helmers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. David P. Helmers's co-authors include Volker C. Radeloff, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Todd J. Hawbaker, Susan I. Stewart, Andrew J. Plantinga, Miranda H. Mockrin, David J. Lewis, John C. Withey, Van Butsic and Avi Bar‐Massada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David P. Helmers

29 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk

2018 730 citations Volker C. Radeloff, David P. Helmers et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States

2014 631 citations Joshua J. Lawler, David J. Lewis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The global wildland–urban interface

2023 88 citations Franz Schug, Avi Bar‐Massada et al. Nature profile →

Peers

David P. Helmers

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ECOLO

NLC

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Jeremy S. Fried United States

Avi Bar‐Massada Israel

Chao Yue China

Sofia Bajocco Italy

Sebastián Martinuzzi United States

Anna Barbati Italy

Jessica E. Halofsky United States

Woo‐Kyun Lee South Korea

Matthew D. Hurteau United States

Todd J. Hawbaker United States

Jeremy S. Fried United States

David P. Helmers

2.1k ×1.0

GPC

691 ×0.6

ECOLO

617 ×1.6

NLC

288 ×0.8

MMPL

245 ×0.7

HTM

Citations per year, relative to David P. Helmers David P. Helmers (= 1×) peers Jeremy S. Fried

Countries citing papers authored by David P. Helmers

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Fields of papers citing papers by David P. Helmers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. Helmers

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schug, Franz, Avi Bar‐Massada, Amanda R. Carlson, et al.. (2023). The global wildland–urban interface. Nature. 621(7977). 94–99. 88 indexed citations breakdown →

Radeloff, Volker C., Miranda H. Mockrin, David P. Helmers, et al.. (2023). Rising wildfire risk to houses in the United States, especially in grasslands and shrublands. Science. 382(6671). 702–707. 53 indexed citations

Kaim, Dominik, et al.. (2023). The wildland-urban interface in Poland reflects legacies of historical national borders. Landscape Ecology. 38(9). 2399–2415. 7 indexed citations

Carlson, Amanda R., David P. Helmers, Todd J. Hawbaker, Miranda H. Mockrin, & Volker C. Radeloff. (2022). The wildland–urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations. Ecological Applications. 32(5). e2597–e2597. 49 indexed citations

Carroll, Kathleen A., Laura S. Farwell, Anna M. Pidgeon, et al.. (2022). Mapping breeding bird species richness at management‐relevant resolutions across the United States. Ecological Applications. 32(6). e2624–e2624. 15 indexed citations

Mockrin, Miranda H., David P. Helmers, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Todd J. Hawbaker, & Volker C. Radeloff. (2021). Growth of the wildland-urban interface within and around U.S. National Forests and Grasslands, 1990–2010. Landscape and Urban Planning. 218. 104283–104283. 14 indexed citations

Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Andrew J. Allstadt, Simona A. Ceriani, et al.. (2020). Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA. Regional Environmental Change. 20(3). 24 indexed citations

Yin, He, Amintas Brandão, Johanna Buchner, et al.. (2020). Monitoring cropland abandonment with Landsat time series. Remote Sensing of Environment. 246. 111873–111873. 157 indexed citations

Carter, Sarah K., et al.. (2019). Assessing vulnerability and threat from housing development to Conservation Opportunity Areas in State Wildlife Action Plans across the United States. Landscape and Urban Planning. 185. 237–245. 8 indexed citations

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Radeloff, Volker C., David P. Helmers, H. Anu Kramer, et al.. (2018). Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3314–3319. 730 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martinuzzi, Sebastián, et al.. (2017). Declining human population but increasing residential development around protected areas in Puerto Rico. Biological Conservation. 209. 473–481. 32 indexed citations

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Carter, Sarah K., et al.. (2016). Prioritizing land management efforts at a landscape scale: a case study using prescribed fire inWisconsin. Ecological Applications. 26(4). 1018–1029. 13 indexed citations

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Baumann, Matthias, Anna M. Pidgeon, David P. Helmers, et al.. (2016). Past and predicted future effects of housing growth on open space conservation opportunity areas and habitat connectivity around National Wildlife Refuges. Landscape Ecology. 31(9). 2175–2186. 10 indexed citations

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Wood, Eric M., Anna M. Pidgeon, Volker C. Radeloff, et al.. (2015). Long‐term avian community response to housing development at the boundary of US protected areas: effect size increases with time. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52(5). 1227–1236. 16 indexed citations

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Carter, Sarah K., et al.. (2015). Prioritizing land management efforts at a landscape scale: a case study using prescribed fire in Wisconsin. Ecological Applications. 2 indexed citations

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Lawler, Joshua J., David J. Lewis, Erik Nelson, et al.. (2014). Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(20). 7492–7497. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wood, Eric M., Anna M. Pidgeon, Volker C. Radeloff, et al.. (2014). Housing development erodes avian community structure in U.S. protected areas. Ecological Applications. 24(6). 1445–1462. 35 indexed citations

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Martinuzzi, Sebastián, Volker C. Radeloff, Jonathan Higgins, et al.. (2013). Key areas for conserving United States' biodiversity likely threatened by future land use change. Ecosphere. 4(5). 1–13. 20 indexed citations

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Radeloff, Volker C., Erik Nelson, Andrew J. Plantinga, et al.. (2011). Economic‐based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios. Ecological Applications. 22(3). 1036–1049. 118 indexed citations

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Townsend, Philip A., David P. Helmers, Clayton C. Kingdon, et al.. (2008). Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians detected using a 1976–2006 Landsat time series. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113(1). 62–72. 227 indexed citations

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