Michael J. Osland

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Osland is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Osland has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 17 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Osland's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (59 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (25 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). Michael J. Osland is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (59 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (25 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). Michael J. Osland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Costa Rica. Michael J. Osland's co-authors include Nicholas M. Enwright, Richard H. Day, Camille L. Stagg, Ken W. Krauss, Laura C. Feher, Kereen T. Griffith, James B. Grace, Christopher A. Gabler, Andrew S. From and Thomas W. Doyle and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Osland

63 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures

2021 157 citations Michael J. Osland, Philip W. Stevens et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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Michael J. Osland

ECOLO

GPC

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Thomas W. Doyle United States

Thomas J. Smith United States

Keryn B. Gedan United States

Camille L. Stagg United States

Jeffrey J. Kelleway Australia

Nicholas M. Enwright United States

Trisha B. Atwood United States

Karen Diele United Kingdom

Katherine C. Ewel United States

Andrew H. Altieri United States

Thomas W. Doyle United States

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735 ×0.9

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536 ×0.9

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Alemu, Jahson B., et al.. (2025). Waterfront property owners' shoreline preferences amid salt marsh to mangrove transitions. People and Nature. 7(3). 668–683.

Thorne, Karen M., Kevin J. Buffington, Michael J. Osland, et al.. (2025). Nature-based solutions could offset coastal squeeze of tidal wetlands from sea-level rise on the U.S. Pacific coast. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 11443–11443.

Kaplan, David, et al.. (2024). Mangrove freeze resistance and resilience across a tropical‐temperate transitional zone. Journal of Ecology. 113(1). 94–111. 1 indexed citations

Osland, Michael J., Jahson B. Alemu, Laura C. Feher, et al.. (2024). Projected changes in mangrove distribution and vegetation structure under climate change in the southeastern United States. Journal of Biogeography. 51(11). 2285–2297. 5 indexed citations

Kaplan, David, et al.. (2024). Linking temperature sensitivity of mangrove communities, populations and individuals across a tropical‐temperate transitional zone. Journal of Ecology. 112(6). 1256–1274. 7 indexed citations

Hughes, A. Randall, et al.. (2024). Marshes to mangroves: Residential surveys reveal perceived wetland trade-offs for ecosystem services. Landscape and Urban Planning. 253. 105203–105203. 2 indexed citations

Guntenspergen, Glenn R., et al.. (2024). A Conterminous United States–Wide Validation of Relative Tidal Elevation Products. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(8). 2227–2237.

Osland, Michael J., James B. Grace, Nicholas M. Enwright, et al.. (2024). Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United States. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 6 indexed citations

Enwright, Nicholas M., Michael J. Osland, Karen M. Thorne, et al.. (2023). Observing coastal wetland transitions using national land cover products. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 48(1). 113–135. 3 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Plant migration due to winter climate change: range expansion of tropical invasive plants in response to warming winters. Biological Invasions. 25(9). 2813–2830. 9 indexed citations

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Feher, Laura C., Michael J. Osland, Darren Johnson, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear Patterns of Surface Elevation Change in Coastal Wetlands: the Value of Generalized Additive Models for Quantifying Rates of Change. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(7). 1893–1902. 7 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., Philip W. Stevens, Margaret M. Lamont, et al.. (2021). Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures. Global Change Biology. 27(13). 3009–3034. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

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Breithaupt, Joshua L., Joseph M. Smoak, Thomas S. Bianchi, et al.. (2020). Increasing Rates of Carbon Burial in Southwest Florida Coastal Wetlands. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(2). 46 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., Richard H. Day, & Thomas C. Michot. (2020). Frequency of extreme freeze events controls the distribution and structure of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) near their northern range limit in coastal Louisiana. Diversity and Distributions. 26(10). 1366–1382. 39 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J. & Laura C. Feher. (2019). Winter climate change and the poleward range expansion of a tropical invasive tree (Brazilian pepper—Schinus terebinthifolius). Global Change Biology. 26(2). 607–615. 30 indexed citations

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Yando, Erik S., et al.. (2019). Jump‐starting coastal wetland restoration: a comparison of marsh and mangrove foundation species. Restoration Ecology. 27(5). 1145–1154. 40 indexed citations

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Yando, Erik S., Michael J. Osland, & Mark W. Hester. (2018). Microspatial ecotone dynamics at a shifting range limit: plant–soil variation across salt marsh–mangrove interfaces. Oecologia. 187(1). 319–331. 25 indexed citations

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Krauss, Ken W., Nicole Cormier, Michael J. Osland, et al.. (2017). Created mangrove wetlands store belowground carbon and surface elevation change enables them to adjust to sea-level rise. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1030–1030. 69 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., et al.. (2014). Aboveground Allometric Models for Freeze-Affected Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans): Equations for a Climate Sensitive Mangrove-Marsh Ecotone. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99604–e99604. 48 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., Eugenio González, & Curtis J. Richardson. (2010). Restoring diversity after cattail expansion: disturbance, resilience, and seasonality in a tropical dry wetland. Ecological Applications. 21(3). 715–728. 31 indexed citations

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