Erika L. Geiger

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Erika L. Geiger is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Erika L. Geiger has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Erika L. Geiger's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Erika L. Geiger is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). Erika L. Geiger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Taiwan. Erika L. Geiger's co-authors include Augusto C. Franco, Sybil G. Gotsch, William A. Hoffmann, M. Haridasan, Davi Rodrigo Rossatto, Lucas C. R. Silva, Miréia Aparecida Bezerra Pereira, Theresa M. Crimmins, Cho‐ying Huang and Guy R. McPherson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Erika L. Geiger

19 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.

Ecological thresholds at the savanna‐forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

2012 636 citations William A. Hoffmann, Erika L. Geiger et al. Ecology Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erika L. Geiger United States	15	1.2k	1.1k	622	385	226	20	1.7k
Joanna S. Hsu United States	6	792 0.7×	503 0.5×	389 0.6×	372 1.0×	232 1.0×	8	1.2k
Zuoqiang Yuan China	26	1.3k 1.1×	776 0.7×	505 0.8×	411 1.1×	392 1.7×	86	2.0k
Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Mexico	18	1.3k 1.2×	734 0.7×	466 0.7×	783 2.0×	325 1.4×	42	1.9k
Estela Raffaele Argentina	25	1.0k 0.9×	980 0.9×	764 1.2×	342 0.9×	334 1.5×	75	1.7k
Abel Monteagudo United Kingdom	17	1.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	432 0.7×	457 1.2×	225 1.0×	23	2.3k
Esteban Muldavin United States	16	816 0.7×	806 0.8×	855 1.4×	264 0.7×	123 0.5×	36	1.5k
Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos Mexico	18	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	535 0.9×	849 2.2×	333 1.5×	22	2.3k
Robert John India	14	1.2k 1.1×	549 0.5×	495 0.8×	680 1.8×	234 1.0×	33	1.8k
Alexandra J. Wright United States	20	994 0.9×	789 0.7×	380 0.6×	417 1.1×	563 2.5×	35	1.8k
Rolando Pérez United States	17	1.6k 1.4×	927 0.9×	442 0.7×	534 1.4×	271 1.2×	28	2.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Higgens, Rebecca Finger, Jayne Belnap, Erika L. Geiger, et al.. (2023). Droughting a megadrought: Ecological consequences of a decade of experimental drought atop aridification on the Colorado Plateau. Global Change Biology. 29(12). 3364–3377. 16 indexed citations

Duniway, Michael C., Rebecca Finger Higgens, Erika L. Geiger, et al.. (2023). Ecosystem resilience to invasion and drought: Insights after 24 years in a rare never‐grazed grassland. Global Change Biology. 29(20). 5866–5880. 8 indexed citations

Osborne, Brooke B., et al.. (2022). Biogeochemical and ecosystem properties in three adjacent semi‐arid grasslands are resistant to nitrogen deposition but sensitive to edaphic variability. Journal of Ecology. 110(7). 1615–1631. 20 indexed citations

Higgens, Rebecca Finger, Michael C. Duniway, Stephen E. Fick, et al.. (2022). Decline in biological soil crust N-fixing lichens linked to increasing summertime temperatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(16). e2120975119–e2120975119. 30 indexed citations

Duniway, Michael C., et al.. (2018). Insights from Long-Term Ungrazed and Grazed Watersheds in a Salt Desert Colorado Plateau Ecosystem. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 71(4). 492–505. 27 indexed citations

Hoffmann, William A., Erika L. Geiger, Sybil G. Gotsch, et al.. (2012). Ecological thresholds at the savanna‐forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes. Ecology Letters. 15(7). 759–768. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2011). Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna–forest boundaries. Austral Ecology. 37(6). 634–643. 178 indexed citations

Geiger, Erika L., et al.. (2011). Additions to the Flora of the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, Northeastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona. 43(1). 12–15. 2 indexed citations

Geiger, Erika L., Sybil G. Gotsch, Gabriel Damasco, et al.. (2011). Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science. 22(2). 312–321. 77 indexed citations

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Gotsch, Sybil G., Erika L. Geiger, Augusto C. Franco, et al.. (2010). Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees. Oecologia. 163(2). 291–301. 55 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, William A., M. Haridasan, Erika L. Geiger, et al.. (2009). Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil. Ecology. 90(5). 1326–1337. 355 indexed citations

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Huang, Cho‐ying, Erika L. Geiger, Willem van Leeuwen, & Stuart E. Marsh. (2009). Discrimination of invaded and native species sites in a semi‐desert grassland using MODIS multi‐temporal data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30(4). 897–917. 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Cho‐ying & Erika L. Geiger. (2008). Climate anomalies provide opportunities for large‐scale mapping of non‐native plant abundance in desert grasslands. Diversity and Distributions. 14(5). 875–884. 31 indexed citations

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Geiger, Erika L., et al.. (2006). Spread and current potential distribution of an alien grass, Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees, in the southwestern USA: comparing historical data and ecological niche models. Diversity and Distributions. 12(5). 582–592. 46 indexed citations

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Geiger, Erika L.. (2006). The Role of Fire and a Nonnative Grass as Disturbances in Semi-Desert Grasslands. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 8 indexed citations

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Huang, Cho‐ying, Erika L. Geiger, & John A. Kupfer. (2006). Sensitivity of landscape metrics to classification scheme. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(14). 2927–2948. 42 indexed citations

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Crimmins, Theresa M., et al.. (2005). Can the invaded range of a species be predicted sufficiently using only native-range data?. Ecological Modelling. 193(3-4). 736–746. 84 indexed citations

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Geiger, Erika L. & Guy R. McPherson. (2005). Response of semi‐desert grasslands invaded by non‐native grasses to altered disturbance regimes. Journal of Biogeography. 32(5). 895–902. 29 indexed citations

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Geiger, Erika L. & Guy R. McPherson. (2005). No positive feedback between fire and a nonnative perennial grass. 36.

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Geiger, Erika L., et al.. (2003). Spread of a nonnative grass across southern Arizona: Multiple data sources to monitor change. 30. 116–120. 3 indexed citations

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