Donald R. Schoolmaster

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Donald R. Schoolmaster is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald R. Schoolmaster has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Donald R. Schoolmaster's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Donald R. Schoolmaster is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Donald R. Schoolmaster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Donald R. Schoolmaster's co-authors include Jay T. Lennon, Zachary T. Aanderud, James B. Grace, Brent K. Lehmkuhl, E. William Schweiger, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, B. R. Mitchell, Kathryn M. Miller, Amanda Little and Holly Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Donald R. Schoolmaster

33 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Guidelines for a graph‐theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling

2012 456 citations James B. Grace, Donald R. Schoolmaster et al. Ecosphere profile →

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ECOLO

NLC

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Jean‐Michel Gobat Switzerland

Jiang Jiang United States

Bertrand Fournier Switzerland

Samantha Chapman United States

Elise S. Gornish United States

Christopher A. Gabler United States

Chung‐Te Chang Taiwan

 Wang

Shekhar R. Biswas Canada

Henry Noël Le Houérou France

Jean‐Michel Gobat Switzerland

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861 ×0.9

ECOLO

348 ×0.9

NLC

282 ×0.8

GPC

496 ×1.6

561 ×2.4

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald R. Schoolmaster

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Chen, Luzhen, Donald R. Schoolmaster, Ken W. Krauss, et al.. (2025). Elevated CO2 enables brackish marsh transgression into freshwater forested wetlands while stimulating CH4 emissions. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 323. 109385–109385.

Schoolmaster, Donald R., Aaron R. Cupp, Alison A. Coulter, & Richard A. Erickson. (2024). Multi-scale effects of behavioral movement deterrents on invasive carp metapopulations. Biological Invasions. 26(6). 1957–1968. 1 indexed citations

Creamer, Courtney A., Mark P. Waldrop, Camille L. Stagg, et al.. (2024). Vegetation Loss Following Vertical Drowning of Mississippi River Deltaic Wetlands Leads to Faster Microbial Decomposition and Decreases in Soil Carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(4). 2 indexed citations

Glass, John I., Kim S. Wise, L. Sun, et al.. (2023). Evolution of a minimal cell. Nature. 620(7972). 122–127. 39 indexed citations

Schoolmaster, Donald R., et al.. (2023). A new method for bioassessment of ecosystems with complex communities and environmental gradients. Ecological Indicators. 158. 111413–111413.

Schoolmaster, Donald R., et al.. (2022). Analysis of per capita contributions from a spatial model provides strategies for controlling spread of invasive carp. Ecosphere. 13(12). 4 indexed citations

Schoolmaster, Donald R., Camille L. Stagg, Courtney A. Creamer, et al.. (2022). A Model of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Soil Carbon Following Coastal Wetland Loss Applied to a Louisiana Salt Marsh in the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(6). 10 indexed citations

Schoolmaster, Donald R., Chad R. Zirbel, & James Patrick Cronin. (2020). A graphical causal model for resolving species identity effects and biodiversity–ecosystem function correlations. Ecology. 101(8). e03070–e03070. 28 indexed citations

Schoolmaster, Donald R. & Sarai C. Piazza. (2019). Using maintenance records from a long-term sensor monitoring network to evaluate the relationship between maintenance schedule and data quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(1). 54–54. 1 indexed citations

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Cronin, James Patrick & Donald R. Schoolmaster. (2018). A causal partition of trait correlations: using graphical models to derive statistical models from theoretical language. Ecosphere. 9(9). 11 indexed citations

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Schoolmaster, Donald R., et al.. (2018). Vegetation Cover, Tidal Amplitude and Land Area Predict Short-Term Marsh Vulnerability in Coastal Louisiana. Ecosystems. 21(7). 1335–1347. 15 indexed citations

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Albert, James S., Donald R. Schoolmaster, Victor Alberto Tagliacollo., & Scott M. Duke‐Sylvester. (2016). Barrier Displacement on a Neutral Landscape: Toward a Theory of Continental Biogeography. Systematic Biology. 66(2). syw080–syw080. 39 indexed citations

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Hall, Ed K., Donald R. Schoolmaster, André Megali Amado, et al.. (2016). Scaling relationships among drivers of aquatic respiration in temperate lakes: from the smallest to the largest freshwater ecosystems. Inland Waters. 6(1). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

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Chamagne, Juliette, C. E. Timothy Paine, Donald R. Schoolmaster, et al.. (2016). Do the rich get richer? Varying effects of tree species identity and diversity on the richness of understory taxa. Ecology. 97(9). 2364–2373. 22 indexed citations

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Stagg, Camille L., Donald R. Schoolmaster, Sarai C. Piazza, et al.. (2016). A Landscape-Scale Assessment of Above- and Belowground Primary Production in Coastal Wetlands: Implications for Climate Change-Induced Community Shifts. Estuaries and Coasts. 40(3). 856–879. 41 indexed citations

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Grace, James B., Samuel M. Scheiner, & Donald R. Schoolmaster. (2015). Structural equation modeling: building and evaluating causal models: Chapter 8. 168–199. 9 indexed citations

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Schoolmaster, Donald R., James B. Grace, E. William Schweiger, B. R. Mitchell, & Glenn R. Guntenspergen. (2013). A causal examination of the effects of confounding factors on multimetric indices. Ecological Indicators. 29. 411–419. 20 indexed citations

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Lennon, Jay T., Zachary T. Aanderud, Brent K. Lehmkuhl, & Donald R. Schoolmaster. (2012). Mapping the niche space of soil microorganisms using taxonomy and traits. Ecology. 93(8). 1867–1879. 344 indexed citations

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Grace, James B., Donald R. Schoolmaster, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, et al.. (2012). Guidelines for a graph‐theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling. Ecosphere. 3(8). 1–44. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aanderud, Zachary T., Stuart E. Jones, Donald R. Schoolmaster, Noah Fierer, & Jay T. Lennon. (2012). Sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial communities to altered snowfall. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 57. 217–227. 111 indexed citations

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