Emma C. Underwood

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Emma C. Underwood is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma C. Underwood has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emma C. Underwood's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers). Emma C. Underwood is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers). Emma C. Underwood collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Emma C. Underwood's co-authors include Neil Burgess, Eric Dinerstein, Taylor H. Ricketts, David M. Olson, Thomas F. Allnutt, John F. Lamoreux, Yumiko Kura, Prashant Hedao, Colby Loucks and Holly Strand and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Emma C. Underwood

39 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth

2001 6.2k citations David M. Olson, Eric Dinerstein et al. BioScience profile →
Conservation Planning for Ecosystem Services

2006 907 citations M. Rebecca Shaw, Emma C. Underwood et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma C. Underwood United States	22	4.0k	3.5k	3.1k	2.2k	2.2k	41	9.3k
Colby Loucks United States	21	3.3k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	27	8.4k
María Uriarte United States	55	4.9k 1.2×	3.5k 1.0×	5.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	165	11.6k
Eric Wikramanayake United States	24	3.0k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	46	8.6k
Michel Bakkenes Netherlands	20	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	4.1k 1.8×	2.0k 0.9×	30	8.4k
Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa Canada	57	5.6k 1.4×	5.3k 1.5×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	233	11.9k
John F. Lamoreux United States	19	4.4k 1.1×	5.4k 1.5×	4.6k 1.5×	3.9k 1.7×	3.4k 1.6×	27	13.0k
Barend Erasmus South Africa	31	2.5k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	3.9k 1.7×	1.9k 0.9×	97	8.5k
Mar Cabeza Finland	43	2.7k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	3.9k 1.8×	1.8k 0.8×	111	8.0k
Robert M. Ewers United Kingdom	43	4.0k 1.0×	5.2k 1.5×	5.3k 1.7×	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	140	10.9k
George V. N. Powell United States	33	3.1k 0.8×	5.6k 1.6×	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	61	10.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma C. Underwood

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Underwood, Emma C., Allan D. Hollander, & Beth Hahn. (2024). Assessing Trends in Tree Cover, Wildfire and Population Growth in Zimbabwe since 2000. Land. 13(2). 160–160. 1 indexed citations

Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2024). Identifying Drivers of Shrubland Biomass in Southern California. Diversity and Distributions. 31(1).

Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2024). SoCal EcoServe: an online mapping tool to estimate wildfire impacts in southern California. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33(3). 1 indexed citations

Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2023). Assessing spatial and temporal variation in obligate resprouting, obligate seeding, and facultative seeding shrub species in California’s Mediterranean-type climate region. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 2 indexed citations

Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2021). New Biomass Estimates for Chaparral-Dominated Southern California Landscapes. Remote Sensing. 13(8). 1581–1581. 7 indexed citations

Blyth, S.C., Leon Bennun, Stuart H. M. Butchart, et al.. (2018). Global screening for Critical Habitat in the terrestrial realm. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193102–e0193102. 25 indexed citations

Underwood, Emma C., Hugh D. Safford, Nicole A. Molinari, & Jon E. Keeley. (2018). Valuing Chaparral. 18 indexed citations

Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2017). Quantifying Trade-Offs Among Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Agricultural Returns in an Agriculturally Dominated Landscape Under Future Land‑Management Scenarios. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 15(2). 10 indexed citations

Allen, Benjamin L., Kristen M. Hart, Graeme Tucker, et al.. (2015). Biodiversity protection through results based remuneration of ecological achievement. 1–167. 13 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., David M. Olson, Allan D. Hollander, & James Quinn. (2014). Ever-wet tropical forests as biodiversity refuges. Nature Climate Change. 4(9). 740–741. 13 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2011). The Importance of Conserving Biodiversity Outside of Protected Areas in Mediterranean Ecosystems. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e14508–e14508. 115 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., Joshua H. Viers, James Quinn, & Malcolm P. North. (2010). Using Topography to Meet Wildlife and Fuels Treatment Objectives in Fire-Suppressed Landscapes. Environmental Management. 46(5). 809–819. 26 indexed citations

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Bode, Michael, Kerrie A. Wilson, Thomas M. Brooks, et al.. (2008). Cost-effective global conservation spending is robust to taxonomic group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(17). 6498–6501. 130 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., Kirk R. Klausmeyer, Scott A. Morrison, Michael Bode, & M. Rebecca Shaw. (2008). Evaluating conservation spending for species return: A retrospective analysis in California. Conservation Letters. 2(3). 130–137. 29 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., M. Rebecca Shaw, Kerrie A. Wilson, et al.. (2008). Protecting Biodiversity when Money Matters: Maximizing Return on Investment. PLoS ONE. 3(1). e1515–e1515. 73 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2008). Threats and biodiversity in the mediterranean biome. Diversity and Distributions. 15(2). 188–197. 310 indexed citations

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Underwood, Emma C., et al.. (2008). Expanding the Global Network of Protected Areas to Save the Imperiled Mediterranean Biome. Conservation Biology. 23(1). 43–52. 53 indexed citations

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Wilson, Kerrie A., Emma C. Underwood, Scott A. Morrison, et al.. (2007). Conserving Biodiversity Efficiently: What to Do, Where, and When. PLoS Biology. 5(9). e223–e223. 358 indexed citations

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Klinger, R, et al.. (2006). The role of environmental gradients in non‐native plant invasion into burnt areas of Yosemite National Park, California. Diversity and Distributions. 12(2). 139–156. 21 indexed citations

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Olson, David M., Eric Dinerstein, Eric Wikramanayake, et al.. (2001). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth. BioScience. 51(11). 933–933. 6185 indexed citations breakdown →

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