J. Morgan Varner

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

J. Morgan Varner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Morgan Varner has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 73 papers in Ecology and 69 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in J. Morgan Varner's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (122 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (56 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers). J. Morgan Varner is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (122 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (56 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers). J. Morgan Varner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and South Africa. J. Morgan Varner's co-authors include Eric E. Knapp, Jeffrey M. Kane, J. Kevin Hiers, Jesse K. Kreye, Kevin C. Ryan, Eamon A. Engber, Doria R. Gordon, Francis E. Putz, Sharon M. Hood and Phillip J. van Mantgem and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

J. Morgan Varner

129 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.

Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges

2013 520 citations Kevin C. Ryan, Eric E. Knapp et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Morgan Varner United States	37	4.2k	2.2k	2.2k	485	461	132	4.6k
J. Kevin Hiers United States	39	3.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	322 0.7×	403 0.9×	95	3.8k
Geoffrey J. Cary Australia	33	3.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	271 0.6×	409 0.9×	93	4.4k
Kevin C. Ryan United States	26	2.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	220 0.5×	298 0.6×	54	3.3k
Eric E. Knapp United States	27	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	283 0.6×	190 0.4×	50	3.0k
W. L. McCaw Australia	32	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	199 0.4×	533 1.2×	99	3.2k
Carl N. Skinner United States	38	6.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	192 0.4×	447 1.0×	71	6.5k
Owen Price Australia	43	3.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	162 0.3×	607 1.3×	135	5.0k
Jeffrey M. Kane United States	26	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	444 0.9×	129 0.3×	66	3.0k
Joseph B. Fontaine Australia	33	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	511 1.1×	75 0.2×	89	4.1k
Lori D. Daniels Canada	30	2.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	309 0.6×	107 0.2×	104	3.7k

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Cansler, C. Alina, et al.. (2024). Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire. Ecosphere. 15(12). 8 indexed citations

Pile, Lauren S., Daniel C. Dey, Michael C. Stambaugh, Frank R. Thompson, & J. Morgan Varner. (2024). Managing forward while looking back: reopening closed forests to open woodlands and savannas. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 6 indexed citations

Hoffman, Chad M., Rodman Linn, Wade T. Tinkham, et al.. (2024). Forest structural complexity and ignition pattern influence simulated prescribed fire effects. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 5 indexed citations

Varner, J. Morgan, et al.. (2024). Future increases in fire should inform present management of fire-infrequent forests: A post-smoke critique of “asbestos” paradigms in the northeastern USA and beyond. Biological Conservation. 296. 110703–110703. 2 indexed citations

Kobziar, Leda N., J. Kevin Hiers, Claire M. Belcher, et al.. (2024). Principles of fire ecology. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 12 indexed citations

Crandall, Raelene M., et al.. (2024). Pine trees structure plant biodiversity patterns in savannas. Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e70021–e70021. 1 indexed citations

Siegert, Courtney M., et al.. (2023). Bark and crown morphology drive differences in rainwater distribution in an upland oak forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 553. 121642–121642. 8 indexed citations

Kreye, Jesse K., Jeffrey M. Kane, & J. Morgan Varner. (2023). Multivariate roles of litter traits on moisture and flammability of temperate northeastern North American tree species. Fire Ecology. 19(1). 9 indexed citations

McLaughlin, Daniel L., et al.. (2023). Hydrologic‐based modelling of burn depth potentials in degraded peat soils. Hydrological Processes. 37(1). 2 indexed citations

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Kane, Jeffrey M., Michael R. Gallagher, J. Morgan Varner, & Nicholas S. Skowronski. (2022). Evidence of local adaptation in litter flammability of a widespread fire‐adaptive pine. Journal of Ecology. 110(5). 1138–1148. 10 indexed citations

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Varner, J. Morgan, et al.. (2022). Understanding flammability and bark thickness in the genus Pinus using a phylogenetic approach. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7384–7384. 19 indexed citations

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Varner, J. Morgan, et al.. (2020). Long-term changes in masticated woody fuelbeds in northern California and southern Oregon, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 29(9). 807–819. 9 indexed citations

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Varner, J. Morgan, et al.. (2019). Allometry of the pyrophytic Aristida in fire‐maintained longleaf pine–wiregrass ecosystems. American Journal of Botany. 106(1). 18–28. 5 indexed citations

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Sherriff, Rosemary L., et al.. (2018). Age and stand structure of oak woodlands along a gradient of conifer encroachment in northwestern California. Ecosphere. 9(10). 20 indexed citations

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Kreye, Jesse K., et al.. (2016). The impact of aging on laboratory fire behaviour in masticated shrub fuelbeds of California and Oregon, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25(9). 1002–1008. 8 indexed citations

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Varner, J. Morgan, et al.. (2015). Finding balance between fire hazard reduction and erosion control in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California–Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management. 360. 40–51. 16 indexed citations

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Metz, Margaret R., J. Morgan Varner, Kerri M. Frangioso, Ross K. Meentemeyer, & David M. Rizzo. (2013). Unexpected redwood mortality from synergies between wildfire and an emerging infectious disease. Ecology. 94(10). 2152–2159. 53 indexed citations

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Jolly, W. Matt, et al.. (2012). Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests? Comment.. PubMed. 93(4). 941–5; discussion 946. 33 indexed citations

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Kreye, Jesse K., J. Morgan Varner, & Eric E. Knapp. (2012). Moisture desorption in mechanically masticated fuels: effects of particle fracturing and fuelbed compaction. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 21(7). 894–904. 29 indexed citations

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Varner, J. Morgan, John S. Kush, & Ralph S. Meldahl. (2006). Characteristics of Sap Trees Used by Overwintering Sphyrapicus varius (Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers) in an Old-growth Pine Forest. Southeastern Naturalist. 5(1). 127–134. 10 indexed citations

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