Michael F. Clarke

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Clarke is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Clarke has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Ecology, 63 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 59 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Clarke's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (49 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (42 papers). Michael F. Clarke is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (49 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (42 papers). Michael F. Clarke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael F. Clarke's co-authors include Andrew F. Bennett, Luke T. Kelly, Dale G. Nimmo, Simon J. Watson, Rick S. Taylor, Steve Leonard, Richard Loyn, Merilyn J. Grey, Lisa M. Spence‐Bailey and Angie Haslem and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Clarke

125 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

The 2019/2020 mega-fires exposed Australian ecosystems to an unprecedented extent of high-severity fire

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael F. Clarke Australia	43	3.6k	2.8k	2.5k	1.1k	991	129	5.1k
Jukka Jokimäki Finland	36	3.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	810 0.8×	115	4.9k
Carla P. Catterall Australia	40	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	707 0.7×	140	4.5k
Claude Gascon Brazil	28	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	54	5.7k
Richard L. Hutto United States	36	3.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	896 0.8×	958 1.0×	72	5.1k
Ian J. Burfield United Kingdom	24	3.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	899 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	41	4.9k
Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow Canada	34	4.1k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	533 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	103	5.5k
Philip C. Stouffer United States	38	4.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.5×	2.2k 2.0×	1.6k 1.6×	124	6.7k
James W. Pearce‐Higgins United Kingdom	41	3.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	2.6k 2.6×	146	5.3k
Philippe Clergeau France	33	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	995 0.9×	618 0.6×	102	4.9k
Therese M. Donovan United States	34	4.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	739 0.7×	869 0.9×	102	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael F. Clarke

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Schwing, Patrick, et al.. (2025). Thorium-234 as a tracer for deep-sea mining sediment plume deposition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10633–10633.

Morales, Ethel, Umberta Tinivella, Michela Giustiniani, et al.. (2024). New insights into the marine minerals and energy resources of the Chilean continental shelf with an environmental approach. Earth-Science Reviews. 255. 104850–104850. 2 indexed citations

Haslem, Angie, et al.. (2024). Measuring the ecological outcomes of fire: metrics to guide fire management. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 1 indexed citations

Katona, Steven K., Saleem H. Ali, Michael F. Clarke, et al.. (2023). Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts. Biodiversity and Conservation. 32(4). 1125–1164. 10 indexed citations

Hall, Mark, et al.. (2021). Fire, drought and flooding rains: The effect of climatic extremes on bird species’ responses to time since fire. Diversity and Distributions. 28(3). 417–438. 14 indexed citations

Reside, April E., Jeremy S. Simmonds, Paul G. McDonald, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the evidence of culling a native species for conservation benefits. Conservation Science and Practice. 3(12). 10 indexed citations

Mitchell, William F., et al.. (2021). Can flexible timing of harvest for translocation reduce the impact on fluctuating source populations?. Wildlife Research. 48(5). 458–469. 9 indexed citations

Clarke, Michael F., et al.. (2017). No short‐term change in avian assemblage following removal of Yellow‐throated Miner (Manorina flavigula) colonies. Ecological Management & Restoration. 18(1). 83–87. 4 indexed citations

Robinson, Natasha M., Steve Leonard, Andrew F. Bennett, & Michael F. Clarke. (2016). Are forest gullies refuges for birds when burnt? The value of topographical heterogeneity to avian diversity in a fire-prone landscape. Biological Conservation. 200. 1–7. 12 indexed citations

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Taylor, Rick S., Simon J. Watson, Dale G. Nimmo, et al.. (2011). Landscape‐scale effects of fire on bird assemblages: does pyrodiversity beget biodiversity?. Diversity and Distributions. 18(5). 519–529. 117 indexed citations

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Kelly, Luke T., Dale G. Nimmo, Lisa M. Spence‐Bailey, et al.. (2011). Influence of fire history on small mammal distributions: insights from a 100‐year post‐fire chronosequence. Diversity and Distributions. 17(3). 462–473. 85 indexed citations

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Bennett, Andrew F., Angie Haslem, David Cheal, et al.. (2009). Ecological processes: A key element in strategies for nature conservation. Ecological Management & Restoration. 10(3). 192–199. 65 indexed citations

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McDonald, Paul G., Anahita J.N. Kazem, Michael F. Clarke, & Jonathan Wright. (2008). Helping as a signal: does removal of potential audiences alter helper behavior in the bell miner?. Behavioral Ecology. 19(5). 1047–1055. 37 indexed citations

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Outwater, Maren, et al.. (2007). Los Angeles Cargo Forecasting Model Development. 11th World Conference on Transport ResearchWorld Conference on Transport Research Society. 1 indexed citations

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Clarke, Michael F., et al.. (2007). Challenges in managing miners. The Victorian naturalist. 124(2). 102. 2 indexed citations

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Clarke, Rohan H., et al.. (2003). Biometrics and sexing criteria of the yellow-faced honeyeater lichenostomus chrysops. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 27. 106–108. 1 indexed citations

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Boulton, Rebecca L., et al.. (2003). Nest site selection by yellow‐faced honeyeaters Lichenostomus chrysops. Journal of Avian Biology. 34(3). 267–274. 23 indexed citations

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Abbott, Cathryn L., et al.. (2002). Hierarchical Analysis of Genetic Population Structure in the Noisy Miner Using DNA Microsatellite Markers. Ornithological Applications. 104(3). 652–656. 2 indexed citations

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Clarke, Michael F.. (1995). CO-OPERATIVE BREEDING IN AUSTRALASIAN BIRDS: A REVIEW OF HYPOTHESES AND EVIDENCE. 73–90. 18 indexed citations

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McMahon, Robert, et al.. (1993). Use of Emersion as a Zebra Mussel Control Method. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 23 indexed citations

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