E. David Ford

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

E. David Ford is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, E. David Ford has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 25 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in E. David Ford's work include Forest ecology and management (41 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers). E. David Ford is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (41 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers). E. David Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. E. David Ford's co-authors include J.D. Deans, Hiroaki Ishii, Eric Renshaw, T. Persson, Peter J. Diggle, P. J. Newbould, Joel H. Reynolds, Maureen C. Kennedy, M. G. R. Cannell and P. Rothery and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Biometrics and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

E. David Ford

82 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

A Primer of Ecological Statistics

2005 1.3k citations E. David Ford The American Statistician profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. David Ford United States	35	2.7k	2.1k	1.2k	1.2k	784	85	5.0k
Toshihiko Hara Japan	35	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	800 0.7×	979 1.2×	146	3.9k
Henry S. Horn United States	23	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	2.4k 2.0×	1.8k 2.3×	32	5.8k
Hans Henrik Bruun Denmark	41	2.3k 0.9×	819 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	1.7k 2.2×	173	6.9k
Josep Piñol Spain	36	1.4k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	658 0.8×	90	6.0k
Thomas Wohlgemuth Switzerland	41	3.1k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	173	5.9k
Drew W. Purves United Kingdom	43	3.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	796 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	70	5.1k
Thomas R. Crow United States	41	3.3k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	694 0.6×	2.2k 1.8×	546 0.7×	90	5.9k
Robert B. Waide United States	30	3.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	787 0.7×	3.0k 2.5×	1.5k 1.9×	55	6.1k
William Platt United States	45	5.0k 1.9×	4.3k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	3.2k 2.7×	1.6k 2.1×	128	7.7k
J. J. Landsberg Australia	42	4.7k 1.7×	4.6k 2.1×	2.4k 2.0×	2.5k 2.1×	1.2k 1.6×	88	8.7k

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Evans, A., E. David Ford, & Leanne C. Cullen‐Unsworth. (2025). Connecting governance and practice views on the barriers and solutions to scaled seagrass restoration in the UK. Marine Policy. 180. 106781–106781.

Ford, E. David, et al.. (2014). The contribution of dynamic changes in photosynthesis to shade tolerance of two conifer species. Tree Physiology. 34(7). 730–743. 5 indexed citations

Kennedy, Maureen C. & E. David Ford. (2011). Using Multicriteria Analysis of Simulation Models to Understand Complex Biological Systems. BioScience. 61(12). 994–1004. 16 indexed citations

Ford, E. David, et al.. (2011). Detecting bimodality in plant size distributions and its significance for stand development and competition. Oecologia. 167(4). 991–1003. 6 indexed citations

Ford, E. David, et al.. (2009). Definition and calculation of uncertainty in ecological process models. Ecological Modelling. 220(17). 1968–1983. 34 indexed citations

Kennedy, Maureen C., E. David Ford, & T. M. Hinckley. (2009). Defining how aging Pseudotsuga and Abies compensate for multiple stresses through multi-criteria assessment of a functional-structural model. Tree Physiology. 30(1). 3–22. 10 indexed citations

Ishii, Hiroaki, E. David Ford, & Maureen C. Kennedy. (2007). Physiological and ecological implications of adaptive reiteration as a mechanism for crown maintenance and longevity. Tree Physiology. 27(3). 455–462. 41 indexed citations

Aumann, Craig & E. David Ford. (2006). Simulation of effects of wood microstructure on water transport. Tree Physiology. 26(3). 285–301. 8 indexed citations

Ford, E. David. (2005). A Primer of Ecological Statistics. The American Statistician. 59(4). 350–350. 1271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ishii, Hiroaki, E. David Ford, & Douglas G. Sprugel. (2003). Comparative Crown Form and Branching Pattern of Four Coexisting Tree Species in an Old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Forest. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University). 6(2). 99–109. 6 indexed citations

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Aumann, Craig & E. David Ford. (2002). Modeling Tree Water Flow as an Unsaturated Flow through a Porous Medium. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 219(4). 415–429. 31 indexed citations

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Ishii, Hiroaki, Joel H. Reynolds, E. David Ford, & David C. Shaw. (2000). Height growth and vertical development of an old-growth <i>Pseudotsuga</i>-<i>Tsuga</i> forest in southwestern Washington State, U.S.A.. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30(1). 17–24. 46 indexed citations

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Bormann, Bernard T., Martha H. Brookes, E. David Ford, A. Ross Kiester, & Chadwick Dearing Oliver. (1994). Volume 5: A framework for sustainable-ecosystem management. eastside forest ecosystem health assessment. Forest Service general technical report. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Ford, E. David, J.D. Deans, & R. Milne. (1987). Shoot Extension in Picea sitchensis I. Seasonal Variation Within a Forest Canopy. Annals of Botany. 60(5). 531–542. 15 indexed citations

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Deans, J.D. & E. David Ford. (1986). Seasonal patterns of radial root growth and starch dynamics in plantation-grown Sitka spruce trees of different ages. Tree Physiology. 1(3). 241–251. 24 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Lucy J. & E. David Ford. (1986). Genetic and environmental control of crown development in Picea sitchensis and its relation to stem wood production. Tree Physiology. 1(3). 341–354. 14 indexed citations

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Ford, E. David & Eric Renshaw. (1984). The interpretation of process from pattern using two-dimensional spectral analysis: modelling single species patterns in vegetation. Vegetatio. 56(2). 113–123. 43 indexed citations

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Ford, E. David & Peter J. Diggle. (1981). Competition for Light in a Plant Monoculture Modelled as a Spatial Stochastic Process. Annals of Botany. 48(4). 481–500. 181 indexed citations

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Ford, E. David & J.D. Deans. (1978). The Effects of Canopy Structure on Stemflow, Throughfall and Interception Loss in a Young Sitka Spruce Plantation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 15(3). 905–905. 185 indexed citations

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Ford, E. David & P. J. Newbould. (1971). The Leaf Canopy of a Coppiced Deciduous Woodland: I. Development and Structure. Journal of Ecology. 59(3). 843–843. 52 indexed citations

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