John D. Parker

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

John D. Parker is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Parker has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John D. Parker's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (18 papers). John D. Parker is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (18 papers). John D. Parker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Australia. John D. Parker's co-authors include Mark E. Hay, Deron E. Burkepile, Ilka C. Feller, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, J. Emmett Duffy, Nathan P. Lemoine, Wilfrid Rodriguez, James R. Kellner, Alexander J. Forde and Daniel S. Gruner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John D. Parker

67 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Opposing Effects of Native and Exotic Herbivores on Plant Invasions

2006 492 citations John D. Parker, Deron E. Burkepile et al. Science profile →
Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events

2013 422 citations Kyle C. Cavanaugh, James R. Kellner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Luke P. Miller United States

Carol Eunmi Lee United States

Allan E. Strand United States

Elizabeth J. Farnsworth United States

Klaus Schwenk Germany

Jean‐Pierre Maelfait Belgium

Igor A. Grigorovich Canada

Ian Oliver Australia

Kristina A. Stinson United States

William G. Lee New Zealand

Luke P. Miller United States

John D. Parker

1.7k ×0.8

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842 ×0.7

NLC

644 ×0.7

EEBS

893 ×1.2

OCEAN

392 ×0.6

Citations per year, relative to John D. Parker John D. Parker (= 1×) peers Luke P. Miller

Countries citing papers authored by John D. Parker

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Fields of papers citing papers by John D. Parker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Parker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John D. Parker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John D. Parker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John D. Parker. John D. Parker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fahey, Catherine, Karin T. Burghardt, Eric A. Griffin, et al.. (2025). Chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth. Journal of Ecology. 113(7). 1606–1621. 1 indexed citations

Fahey, Catherine, Jianmin Wang, Grant M. Domke, et al.. (2025). Canopy complexity drives positive effects of tree diversity on productivity in two tree diversity experiments. Ecology. 106(1). e4500–e4500. 3 indexed citations

Cavanaugh, Kyle C., et al.. (2024). Effects of cold water and aridity on Baja California mangrove survival and ecophysiological traits. Journal of Ecology. 112(5). 985–997. 4 indexed citations

Tian, Amy Wei, et al.. (2023). Media myopia distorts public interest in US invasive plants. Biological Invasions. 25(10). 3193–3205. 5 indexed citations

Maynard, Lauren, W. Mark Ford, John D. Parker, & Susan R. Whitehead. (2023). Biotic and abiotic factors shaping bat activity in Maryland soybean fields. Ecosphere. 14(7).

Lang, Ashley K., Elizabeth A. LaRue, Stephanie N. Kivlin, et al.. (2023). Forest structural diversity is linked to soil microbial diversity. Ecosphere. 14(11). 16 indexed citations

Cook‐Patton, Susan C., et al.. (2023). Diversity stabilizes but does not increase sapling survival in a tree diversity experiment. Restoration Ecology. 31(5). 3 indexed citations

Parker, John D.. (2023). Periodical cicadas disrupt forest food webs. Science. 382(6668). 268–268. 1 indexed citations

Edwards, Joseph D., Richard P. Phillips, Songlin Fei, et al.. (2023). Soil Microbiomes are Generally Robust to Multiple Short- and Long-Term Storage Methods. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hayes, Matthew A., Samantha Chapman, Elizabeth O’Brien, et al.. (2020). Foliar water uptake by coastal wetland plants: A novel water acquisition mechanism in arid and humid subtropical mangroves. Journal of Ecology. 108(6). 2625–2637. 40 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Emily M. Dangremond, Cheryl L. Doughty, et al.. (2019). Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove–salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(43). 21602–21608. 132 indexed citations

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Lemoine, Nathan P., Deron E. Burkepile, & John D. Parker. (2017). Insect herbivores increase mortality and reduce tree seedling growth of some species in temperate forest canopy gaps. PeerJ. 5. e3102–e3102. 11 indexed citations

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Lemoine, Nathan P., et al.. (2015). Effects of in situ climate warming on monarch caterpillar ( Danaus plexippus ) development. PeerJ. 3. e1293–e1293. 7 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Kyle C., John D. Parker, Susan C. Cook‐Patton, et al.. (2014). Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species’ range expansion. Global Change Biology. 21(5). 1928–1938. 96 indexed citations

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Cook‐Patton, Susan C., Daniel L. Weller, Torben C. Rick, & John D. Parker. (2014). Ancient experiments: forest biodiversity and soil nutrients enhanced by Native American middens. Landscape Ecology. 29(6). 979–987. 25 indexed citations

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Parker, John D., Deron E. Burkepile, Marc J. Lajeunesse, & Eric M. Lind. (2011). Phylogenetic isolation increases plant success despite increasing susceptibility to generalist herbivores. Diversity and Distributions. 18(1). 1–9. 46 indexed citations

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Parker, John D., Juha‐Pekka Salminen, & Anurag A. Agrawal. (2010). Herbivory enhances positive effects of plant genotypic diversity. Ecology Letters. 13(5). 553–563. 50 indexed citations

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Lind, Eric M. & John D. Parker. (2010). Novel Weapons Testing: Are Invasive Plants More Chemically Defended than Native Plants?. PLoS ONE. 5(5). e10429–e10429. 61 indexed citations

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Parker, John D., et al.. (2006). Chemical Defenses Promote Persistence of the Aquatic Plant Micranthemum umbrosum. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32(4). 815–833. 19 indexed citations

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Parker, John D. & Mark E. Hay. (2005). Biotic resistance to plant invasions? Native herbivores prefer non‐native plants. Ecology Letters. 8(9). 959–967. 246 indexed citations

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