David P. Helmers

4.3k citations

29 papers · 3.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 19

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Ecology top 2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 5%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 1%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 2%

Co-authors: Volker C. Radeloff Sebastián Martinuzzi Todd J. Hawbaker Susan I. Stewart Andrew J. Plantinga Miranda H. Mockrin David J. Lewis John C. Withey
Topics: Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers)Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers)Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Ecological Modeling Ecology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Switzerland Canada

In The Last Decade

David P. Helmers

29 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The global wildland–urban interfacebreakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Franz Schug,Avi Bar‐Massada,Amanda R. Carlson,(unknown),Todd J. Hawbaker,David P. Helmers,Patrick Hostert,Dominik Kaim,(unknown),Sebastián Martinuzzi,Miranda H. Mockrin,(unknown),Volker C. Radeloff	88
2	Rising wildfire risk to houses in the United States, especially in grasslands and shrublands 2023 ·Science ·Volker C. Radeloff,Miranda H. Mockrin,David P. Helmers,Amanda R. Carlson,Todd J. Hawbaker,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Franz Schug,Patricia M. Alexandre,H. Anu Kramer,Anna M. Pidgeon	53
3	The wildland-urban interface in Poland reflects legacies of historical national borders 2023 ·Landscape Ecology ·Dominik Kaim,David P. Helmers,(unknown),(unknown),Volker C. Radeloff	7
4	The wildland–urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations 2022 ·Ecological Applications ·Amanda R. Carlson,David P. Helmers,Todd J. Hawbaker,Miranda H. Mockrin,Volker C. Radeloff	49
5	Mapping breeding bird species richness at management‐relevant resolutions across the United States 2022 ·Ecological Applications ·Kathleen A. Carroll,Laura S. Farwell,Anna M. Pidgeon,Elena Razenkova,(unknown),David P. Helmers,Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska,Paul R. Elsen,Volker C. Radeloff	15
6	Growth of the wildland-urban interface within and around U.S. National Forests and Grasslands, 1990–2010 2021 ·Landscape and Urban Planning ·Miranda H. Mockrin,David P. Helmers,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Todd J. Hawbaker,Volker C. Radeloff	14
7	Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA 2020 ·Regional Environmental Change ·Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,Andrew J. Allstadt,Simona A. Ceriani,Matthew H. Godfrey,Christian Gredzens,David P. Helmers,(unknown),(unknown),Volker C. Radeloff,Donna J. Shaver,Natalie Wildermann,(unknown),Brooke L. Bateman	24
8	Monitoring cropland abandonment with Landsat time series 2020 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·He Yin,Amintas Brandão,Johanna Buchner,David P. Helmers,Benjamin Iuliano,(unknown),Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska,Elena Razenkova,Afag Rizayeva,(unknown),S. Spawn,Yanhua Xie,Volker C. Radeloff	157
9	Assessing vulnerability and threat from housing development to Conservation Opportunity Areas in State Wildlife Action Plans across the United States 2019 ·Landscape and Urban Planning ·Sarah K. Carter,(unknown),(unknown),David P. Helmers,(unknown),Volker C. Radeloff	8
10	Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire riskbreakdown → 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Volker C. Radeloff,David P. Helmers,H. Anu Kramer,Miranda H. Mockrin,Patricia M. Alexandre,Avi Bar‐Massada,Van Butsic,Todd J. Hawbaker,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Alexandra D. Syphard,Susan I. Stewart	730
11	Declining human population but increasing residential development around protected areas in Puerto Rico 2017 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown),Sebastián Martinuzzi,Volker C. Radeloff,David P. Helmers,Maya Quiñones,William A. Gould	32
12	Prioritizing land management efforts at a landscape scale: a case study using prescribed fire inWisconsin 2016 ·Ecological Applications ·(unknown),Sarah K. Carter,(unknown),David P. Helmers,Volker C. Radeloff,Paul H. Zedler	13
13	Past and predicted future effects of housing growth on open space conservation opportunity areas and habitat connectivity around National Wildlife Refuges 2016 ·Landscape Ecology ·(unknown),Matthias Baumann,Anna M. Pidgeon,David P. Helmers,Wayne E. Thogmartin,Patricia J. Heglund,Volker C. Radeloff	10
14	Long‐term avian community response to housing development at the boundary of US protected areas: effect size increases with time 2015 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Eric M. Wood,Anna M. Pidgeon,Volker C. Radeloff,David P. Helmers,Patrick D. Culbert,Nicholas S. Keuler,Curtis H. Flather	16
15	Prioritizing land management efforts at a landscape scale: a case study using prescribed fire in Wisconsin 2015 ·Ecological Applications ·(unknown),Sarah K. Carter,(unknown),David P. Helmers,Volker C. Radeloff,Paul H. Zedler	2
16	Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United Statesbreakdown → 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joshua J. Lawler,David J. Lewis,Erik Nelson,Andrew J. Plantinga,Stephen Polasky,John C. Withey,David P. Helmers,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Derric Pennington,Volker C. Radeloff	631
17	Housing development erodes avian community structure in U.S. protected areas 2014 ·Ecological Applications ·Eric M. Wood,Anna M. Pidgeon,Volker C. Radeloff,David P. Helmers,Patrick D. Culbert,Nicholas S. Keuler,Curtis H. Flather	35
18	Key areas for conserving United States' biodiversity likely threatened by future land use change 2013 ·Ecosphere ·Sebastián Martinuzzi,Volker C. Radeloff,Jonathan Higgins,David P. Helmers,Andrew J. Plantinga,David J. Lewis	20
19	Economic‐based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios 2011 ·Ecological Applications ·Volker C. Radeloff,Erik Nelson,Andrew J. Plantinga,David J. Lewis,David P. Helmers,Joshua J. Lawler,John C. Withey,Frédéric Beaudry,Sebastián Martinuzzi,Van Butsic,Eric V. Lonsdorf,David A. White,Stephen Polasky	118
20	Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians detected using a 1976–2006 Landsat time series 2008 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Philip A. Townsend,David P. Helmers,Clayton C. Kingdon,Brenden E. McNeil,Kirsten M. de Beurs,Keith N. Eshleman	227

About David P. Helmers

David P. Helmers is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, having authored 29 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (18 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.1k citations), Ecological Modeling (283 citations) and Ecology (1.1k citations). David P. Helmers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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