Michael R. Saunders

1.7k total citations
85 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael R. Saunders is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael R. Saunders has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael R. Saunders's work include Forest ecology and management (38 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Michael R. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (38 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Michael R. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malawi and Canada. Michael R. Saunders's co-authors include Klaus J. Puettmann, Robert G. Wagner, Michael A. Jenkins, Charles H. Michler, Robert S. Seymour, Robert K. Swihart, Christopher R. Webster, Yvette L. Dickinson, Andrew S. Nelson and Christel C. Kern and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael R. Saunders

80 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael R. Saunders United States 19 851 743 392 334 191 85 1.3k
W. Keith Moser United States 22 840 1.0× 814 1.1× 422 1.1× 288 0.9× 209 1.1× 88 1.3k
Sven Wagner Germany 19 878 1.0× 590 0.8× 396 1.0× 392 1.2× 330 1.7× 71 1.4k
Timothy B. Harrington United States 22 993 1.2× 807 1.1× 363 0.9× 271 0.8× 256 1.3× 103 1.4k
Linda M. Nagel United States 19 635 0.7× 687 0.9× 215 0.5× 265 0.8× 179 0.9× 51 1.1k
W. L. Mason United Kingdom 21 961 1.1× 757 1.0× 247 0.6× 356 1.1× 281 1.5× 58 1.4k
Mark C. Vanderwel Canada 21 789 0.9× 861 1.2× 450 1.1× 378 1.1× 182 1.0× 43 1.4k
Hervé Jactel France 2 557 0.7× 650 0.9× 328 0.8× 247 0.7× 128 0.7× 6 1.2k
Christopher M. Oswalt United States 17 859 1.0× 661 0.9× 484 1.2× 259 0.8× 272 1.4× 45 1.4k
Anne Oxbrough United Kingdom 16 634 0.7× 643 0.9× 469 1.2× 528 1.6× 144 0.8× 36 1.4k
Nelson Thiffault Canada 23 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 410 1.0× 356 1.1× 258 1.4× 130 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael R. Saunders

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dey, Daniel C., et al.. (2025). Regeneration Response to Shelterwood-Burn Treatments in a Dry Oak-Dominated Forest. Forest Science. 71(3). 371–396.
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Ochs, Alison, Robert K. Swihart, & Michael R. Saunders. (2024). A comprehensive review of the effects of roads on salamanders. Landscape Ecology. 39(4). 3 indexed citations
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Fraser, Jacob S., Lauren S. Pile, Michael A. Jenkins, et al.. (2023). Carbon dynamics in old-growth forests of the Central Hardwoods Region, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 537. 120958–120958. 7 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R., et al.. (2023). Prescribed Fire Causes Wounding and Minor Tree Quality Degradation in Oak Forests. Forests. 14(2). 227–227. 2 indexed citations
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Woeste, Keith, Michael R. Saunders, James R. McKenna, et al.. (2021). Rapid growth in clonal Juglans nigra L. is most closely associated with early foliation, robust branch architecture, and protandry. Forest Ecology and Management. 499. 119590–119590. 4 indexed citations
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Kane, Jeffrey M., J. Morgan Varner, Michael C. Stambaugh, & Michael R. Saunders. (2020). Reconsidering the fire ecology of the iconic American chestnut. Ecosphere. 11(10). 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2020). Diversity of seed and seed oil physicochemical traits of Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 96. 103705–103705. 9 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R., et al.. (2018). Short-term, spatial regeneration patterns following expanding group shelterwood harvests and prescribed fire in the Central Hardwood Region. Forest Ecology and Management. 432. 1053–1063. 10 indexed citations
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Shao, Gang, et al.. (2017). Improving Lidar-based aboveground biomass estimation of temperate hardwood forests with varying site productivity. Remote Sensing of Environment. 204. 872–882. 41 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Douglass F., et al.. (2017). Individual and interactive effects of white-tailed deer and an exotic shrub on artificial and natural regeneration in mixed hardwood forests. AoB Plants. 9(4). plx024–plx024. 14 indexed citations
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Spetich, Martín A., et al.. (2015). Two decades of compositional and structural change in deciduous old-growth forests of Indiana, USA. Journal of Plant Ecology. 9(3). 256–271. 8 indexed citations
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Russell, Matthew B., Anthony W. D’Amato, Christopher W. Woodall, et al.. (2015). Performance of the Forest Vegetation Simulator in Managed White Spruce Plantations Influenced by Eastern Spruce Budworm in Northern Minnesota. Forest Science. 61(4). 723–730. 9 indexed citations
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Nelson, Andrew S., Robert G. Wagner, & Michael R. Saunders. (2014). Silvicultural options for early-successional stands in Maine: 6-year results of the Silvicultural Intensity and Species Composition Experiment. Der Unfallchirurg. 112(2). 91–102. 1 indexed citations
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Morrissey, Robert C., Michael A. Jenkins, & Michael R. Saunders. (2014). Accumulation and Connectivity of Coarse Woody Debris in Partial Harvest and Unmanaged Relict Forests. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113323–e113323. 16 indexed citations
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Rosa, Cristina, et al.. (2014). Gut Microbes Contribute to Nitrogen Provisioning in a Wood-Feeding Cerambycid. Environmental Entomology. 43(4). 903–912. 54 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R., Robert S. Seymour, & Robert G. Wagner. (2014). The Acadian Forest Ecosystem Research Program: an example of natural disturbance-based silviculture in the northeast. Acta Haematologica. 47(4). 71–80. 2 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R. & Robert K. Swihart. (2013). Science in the hardwood ecosystem experiment: accomplishments and the road ahead. 315–332. 1 indexed citations
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Swihart, Robert K., et al.. (2013). The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: a framework for studying responses to forest management. 108. 1–350. 45 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R., et al.. (2011). A COST COMPARISON OF FIVE MIDSTORY REMOVAL METHODS. 78. 535–543. 6 indexed citations
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Saunders, Michael R. & Klaus J. Puettmann. (1999). Use of Vegetational Characteristics and Browsing Patterns to Predict Deer Damage in Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) Plantations. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 16(2). 96–102. 33 indexed citations

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