Keith T. Killingbeck

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Keith T. Killingbeck is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith T. Killingbeck has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 25 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Keith T. Killingbeck's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers) and Forest ecology and management (7 papers). Keith T. Killingbeck is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers) and Forest ecology and management (7 papers). Keith T. Killingbeck collaborates with scholars based in United States. Keith T. Killingbeck's co-authors include Peter V. August, William F. Nichols, M. A. K. Lodhi, Jeffrey D. May, Walter G. Whitford, James H. Brown, Mohan K. Wali, David L. Smith, Martin E. Gurtz and J. Vaun McArthur and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Conservation Biology and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Keith T. Killingbeck

46 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Nutrients in Senesced Leaves: Keys to the Search for Potential Resorption and Resorption Proficiency

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Anne E. Hartley United States

Mónica B. Bertiller Argentina

Gary L. Cunningham United States

Robert B. McKane United States

Robert R. Blank United States

G.W.W. Wamelink Netherlands

W. K. Lauenroth United States

Marie‐Madeleine Coûteaux France

Minghua Song China

Cecilia Duprè Germany

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (2019). Stem succulence controls flower and fruit production but not stem growth in the desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). American Journal of Botany. 106(2). 223–230. 7 indexed citations

Killingbeck, Keith T.. (2017). Are growth rings accurate fingerprints of plant age in a stem-succulent, drought-deciduous shrub growing in the Chihuahuan Desert?. Journal of Arid Environments. 144. 220–223. 4 indexed citations

Housman, David C., Keith T. Killingbeck, R. Evans, Therese N. Charlet, & Stanley D. Smith. (2011). Foliar nutrient resorption in two Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE). Journal of Arid Environments. 78. 26–32. 11 indexed citations

Killingbeck, Keith T.. (2009). Flowers are Produced on Stems Shorter than One Meter in the Desert Shrub Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). The Southwestern Naturalist. 54(1). 55–57.

Soyza, Amrita G. de, Keith T. Killingbeck, & Walter G. Whitford. (2004). Plant water relations and photosynthesis during and after drought in a Chihuahuan desert arroyo. Journal of Arid Environments. 59(1). 27–39. 17 indexed citations

Killingbeck, Keith T., et al.. (2002). Nutrient Resorption Efficiency and Proficiency in Fronds and Trophopods of a Winter‐Deciduous Fern,Dennstaedtia punctilobula. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 163(1). 99–105. 20 indexed citations

Killingbeck, Keith T. & Walter G. Whitford. (2001). Nutrient resorption in shrubs growing by design, and by default in Chihuahuan Desert arroyos. Oecologia. 128(3). 351–359. 41 indexed citations

Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1998). Nutrients in Senesced Leaves: Reply. Ecology. 79(5). 1820–1820. 1 indexed citations

August, Peter V., et al.. (1998). The Influence of Geomorphological Heterogeneity on Biodiversity I. A Patch‐Scale Perspective. Conservation Biology. 12(2). 363–370. 50 indexed citations

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May, Jeffrey D. & Keith T. Killingbeck. (1995). Effects of herbivore-induced nutrient stress on correlates of fitness and on nutrient resorption in scrub oak (Quercusilicifolia). Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 25(11). 1858–1864. 22 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1993). Nutrient resorption in desert shrubs. Revista chilena de historia natural. 66(3). 345–355. 31 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1993). Inefficient nitrogen resorption in genets of the actinorhizal nitrogen fixing shrubComptonia peregrina: physiological ineptitude or evolutionary tradeoff?. Oecologia. 94(4). 542–549. 38 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1990). Leaf Production Can Be Decoupled from Root Activity in the Desert Shrub Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens Engelm.). The American Midland Naturalist. 124(1). 124–124. 4 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1988). Hurricane-induced modification of nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in an aspen clone: an example of diffuse disturbance. Oecologia. 75(2). 213–215. 11 indexed citations

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Gurtz, Martin E., G. Richard Marzolf, Keith T. Killingbeck, David L. Smith, & J. Vaun McArthur. (1988). Hydrologic and Riparian Influences on the Import and Storage of Coarse Particulate Organic Matter in a Prairie Stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 45(4). 655–665. 58 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T.. (1986). The Terminological Jungle Revisited: Making a Case for Use of the Term Resorption. Oikos. 46(2). 263–263. 65 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T., et al.. (1984). Two forms of adventitious growth on fertile shoots of the emergent macrophyte, Juncus militaris bigel.. Aquatic Botany. 20(3-4). 339–342. 1 indexed citations

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Lodhi, M. A. K. & Keith T. Killingbeck. (1982). Effects of pine-produced chemicals on selected understory species in aPinus ponderosa community. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 8(1). 275–283. 54 indexed citations

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Killingbeck, Keith T., et al.. (1982). Chemical Changes in Tree Leaves During Decomposition in a Tallgass Prairie Stream. Ecology. 63(2). 585–589. 15 indexed citations

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Lodhi, M. A. K. & Keith T. Killingbeck. (1980). ALLELOPATHIC INHIBITION OF NITRIFICATION AND NITRIFYING BACTERIA IN A PONDEROSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA DOUGL.) COMMUNITY. American Journal of Botany. 67(10). 1423–1429. 101 indexed citations

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