Gary L. Cunningham

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Gary L. Cunningham is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary L. Cunningham has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gary L. Cunningham's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (4 papers). Gary L. Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (4 papers). Gary L. Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Gary L. Cunningham's co-authors include Walter G. Whitford, James F. Reynolds, W. M. Jarrell, William H. Schlesinger, Ross A. Virginia, Laura Huenneke, Edith B. Allen, Boyd R. Strain, Paul R. Kemp and Steven M. Wondzell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Gary L. Cunningham

31 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification

1990 2.0k citations James F. Reynolds, Gary L. Cunningham et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary L. Cunningham United States	18	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	733	615	35	2.8k
Anne E. Hartley United States	13	712 0.6×	947 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	708 1.0×	714 1.2×	14	2.6k
Peter F. Ffolliott United States	17	773 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	1.3k 1.3×	876 1.2×	315 0.5×	187	3.0k
Carole Coe Klopatek United States	10	611 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	986 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	350 0.6×	12	2.4k
Elgene O. Box United States	24	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	996 1.0×	440 0.6×	533 0.9×	45	2.9k
Dennis H. Knight United States	31	1.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	398 0.5×	461 0.7×	63	3.3k
Susana Bautista Spain	31	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	993 1.4×	745 1.2×	73	3.6k
O. W. Van Auken United States	22	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	322 0.4×	696 1.1×	93	2.6k
F. N. Scatena United States	24	1.0k 0.9×	870 0.8×	798 0.8×	404 0.6×	268 0.4×	43	2.4k
Duncan T. Patten United States	28	957 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	777 1.1×	636 1.0×	66	3.0k
Joseph R. McAuliffe United States	25	1.4k 1.1×	625 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	231 0.3×	667 1.1×	60	2.4k

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Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (2000). Eradication of the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) in the United States - a successful multi-regional approach.. 153–157.

Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (1998). Boll weevil eradication--a beltwide prospectus.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2. 999–1000. 2 indexed citations

Fuchs, Thomas, et al.. (1997). Boll Weevil eradication update--Texas, 1999.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2. 1001–1006. 5 indexed citations

Wondzell, Steven M., Gary L. Cunningham, & Dominique Bachelet. (1996). Relationships between landforms, geomorphic processes, and plant communities on a watershed in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Landscape Ecology. 11(6). 351–362. 76 indexed citations

Nash, Maliha S., et al.. (1992). ESTIMATION OF VEGETATIVE COVER IN AN ARID RANGELAND BASED ON SOIL-MOISTURE USING COKRIGING. Soil Science. 154(1). 25–36. 5 indexed citations

Cornelius, Joe M., Paul R. Kemp, John A. Ludwig, & Gary L. Cunningham. (1991). The distribution of vascular plant species and guilds in space and time along a desert gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2(1). 59–72. 35 indexed citations

Neufeld, Howard S., et al.. (1988). Conopy architecture of Larrea tridentata (DC.) Cov., a desert shrub: foliage orientation and direct beam radiation interception. Oecologia. 75(1). 54–60. 31 indexed citations

Ludwig, J. A., et al.. (1988). Distribution of annual plants in North American deserts. Journal of Arid Environments. 15(3). 221–227. 18 indexed citations

Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (1987). The Fair But Frail: Prostitution in San Francisco, 1849-1900. Journal of American History. 74(1). 187–187. 3 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L. & Brian J. Shuter. (1986). Interaction of Low pH and starvation on Body Weight and Composition of Young-of-Year Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 43(4). 869–876. 15 indexed citations

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Hoy, Marjorie A., Gary L. Cunningham, & Lloyd Knutson. (1983). Biological control of pests by mites : proceedings of a conference held April 5-7, 1982 at the University of California, Berkeley jointly sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley, APHIS-PPQ, U.S.D.A., and Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

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Reynolds, James F. & Gary L. Cunningham. (1981). Validation of a primary production model of the desert shrub Larrea tridentata using soil-moisture augmentation experiments. Oecologia. 51(3). 357–363. 10 indexed citations

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Kemp, Paul R. & Gary L. Cunningham. (1981). Light, Temperature and Salinity Effects on Growth, Leaf Anatomy and Photosyntesis of Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene. American Journal of Botany. 68(4). 507–507. 30 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (1979). Some effects of soil-moisture availability on above-ground production and reproductive allocation in Larrea tridentata (DC) Cov. Oecologia. 40(2). 113–123. 41 indexed citations

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Syvertsen, J. P., et al.. (1976). Carbon Reduction Pathways and Standing Crop in Three Chihuahuan Desert Plant Communities. The Southwestern Naturalist. 21(3). 311–311. 33 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (1974). The Influence of Soil Water Potential on the Perennial Vegetation of a Desert Arroyo. The Southwestern Naturalist. 19(3). 241–241. 10 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L., et al.. (1973). Model of Net CO2 Exchange Rate for C-4 Grasses. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 4 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L. & Jack H. Burk. (1973). The Effect of Carbonate Deposition Layers ("Caliche") on the Water Status of Larrea divaricata. The American Midland Naturalist. 90(2). 474–474. 28 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L. & Harold C. Fritts. (1970). Variation in Water Stress of One-Year-Old Needles of a Ponderosa Pine. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 6(2). 117–117. 1 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Gary L. & Boyd R. Strain. (1969). An Ecologial Significance of Seasonal Leaf Variability in a Desert Shrub. Ecology. 50(3). 400–408. 71 indexed citations

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