Michelle C. Mack

27.8k citations

186 papers · 17.9k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 62

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 103
- Climate change and permafrost 84
- Cryospheric studies and observations 37
- Tree-ring climate responses 23
Global and Planetary Change 105
- Fire effects on ecosystems 92

Co-authors: F. Stuart Chapin Edward A. G. Schuur Jill F. Johnstone M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte Peter M. Vitousek Gaius R. Shaver Teresa N. Hollingsworth Sarah E. Hobbie
Journals: Ecosystems (20 papers)Global Change Biology (13 papers)Environmental Research Letters (10 papers)Ecosphere (9 papers)Journal of Ecology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Russia

In The Last Decade

Michelle C. Mack

184 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance 2021 · 196 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Environmental Research Letters
2021 Science
2019 Nature
2016 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2011 Journal of Biogeography
2009 New Phytologist
2009 Global Change Biology
2006 Science
2004 Nature
2000 Nature
1998 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michelle C. Mack, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	A Meta‐Regression of 18 Wildfire Chronosequences Reveals Key Environmental Drivers and Knowledge Gaps in the Boreal Nitrogen Balance Global Change Biology ·Stefan F. Hupperts, Frank Berninger, Han Y. H. Chen, Nicole J. Fenton, Mélanie Jean, Kajar Köster, Markku Larjavaara, Michelle C. Mack, Marie‐Charlotte Nilsson, Marjo Palviainen, Anatoly Prokushkin, Jukka Pumpanen, Meelis Seedre, M. Simard, Michael J. Gundale	2025	1
2	Root‐associated fungi and acquisitive root traits facilitate permafrost nitrogen uptake from long‐term experimentally warmed tundra New Phytologist ·Rebecca E. Hewitt, M. Rae DeVan, D. Lee Taylor, Michelle C. Mack	2024	3
3	Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests Ecosystems ·Xanthe J. Walker, Kunihiro Okano, Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack	2023	9
4	Black spruce (Picea mariana) seed availability and viability in boreal forests after large wildfires Annals of Forest Science ·Kirsten A. Reid, Nicola J. Day, Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez, Jill F. Johnstone, Steven G. Cumming, Michelle C. Mack, Merritt R. Turetsky, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2023	10
5	Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests Fungal ecology ·M. Rae DeVan, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, D. Lee Taylor	2023	5
6	Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone Journal of Ecology ·Rebecca E. Hewitt, Heather D. Alexander, Samantha N. Miller, Michelle C. Mack	2022	8
7	Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains Environmental Research Letters ·Salvatore R. Curasi, Ned Fetcher, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Peter M. Lafleur, M. M. Loranty, Michelle C. Mack, Jeremy L. May, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Susan M. Natali, Steven F. Oberbauer, Thomas C. Parker, Oliver Sonnentag, S. A. Vargas, Stan D. Wullschleger, Adrian V. Rocha	2022	9
8	Plant foliar nutrient response to active layer and water table depth in warming permafrost soils Journal of Ecology ·Briana L. Jasinski, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Marguerite Mauritz, Samantha N. Miller, Edward A. G. Schuur, M. Taylor, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack	2022	10
9	Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type Ecosystems ·Nicola J. Day, Jill F. Johnstone, Kirsten A. Reid, Steven G. Cumming, Michelle C. Mack, Merritt R. Turetsky, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2022	4
10	Does fire always accelerate shrub expansion in Arctic tundra? Examining a novel grass-dominated successional trajectory on the Seward Peninsula Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Amy Breen, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Michelle C. Mack	2021	11
11	Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions Nature Climate Change ·Xanthe J. Walker, Brendan M. Rogers, Sander Veraverbeke, Jill F. Johnstone, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Kirsten Barrett, Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez, Nicola J. Day, William J. de Groot, Catherine M. Dieleman, S. J. Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Liza K. Jenkins, Evan S. Kane, Marc‐André Parisien, Stefano Potter, Edward A. G. Schuur, Merritt R. Turetsky, Ellen Whitman, Michelle C. Mack	2020	119
12	Wildfire combustion and carbon stocks in the southern Canadian boreal forest: Implications for a warming world Global Change Biology ·Catherine M. Dieleman, Brendan M. Rogers, Stefano Potter, Sander Veraverbeke, Jill F. Johnstone, Jocelyne Laflamme, Kylen Solvik, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack, Merritt R. Turetsky	2020	55
13	Fire characteristics and environmental conditions shape plant communities via regeneration strategy Ecography ·Nicola J. Day, Alison L. White, Jill F. Johnstone, Geneviève É. Degré‐Timmons, Steven G. Cumming, Michelle C. Mack, Merritt R. Turetsky, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2020	29
14	Identifying Functional Impacts of Heat-Resistant Fungi on Boreal Forest Recovery After Wildfire Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ·Nicola J. Day, Steven G. Cumming, Kari E. Dunfield, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack, Kirsten A. Reid, Merritt R. Turetsky, Xanthe J. Walker, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2020	18
15	Frequent burning causes large losses of carbon from deep soil layers in a temperate savanna Journal of Ecology ·Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Kendra K. McLauchlan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Michelle C. Mack, Abbey L. Marcotte, David M. Nelson, Steven S. Perakis, Peter B. Reich, K. A. Whittinghill	2020	23
16	Wildfire severity reduces richness and alters composition of soil fungal communities in boreal forests of western Canada Global Change Biology ·Nicola J. Day, Kari E. Dunfield, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack, Merritt R. Turetsky, Xanthe J. Walker, Alison L. White, Jennifer L. Baltzer	2019	88
17	Cross‐scale controls on carbon emissions from boreal forest megafires Global Change Biology ·Xanthe J. Walker, Brendan M. Rogers, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Steven G. Cumming, Nicola J. Day, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Edward A. G. Schuur, Merritt R. Turetsky, Michelle C. Mack	2018	78
18	Mapping boreal forest deciduous fractional cover across Alaska and Western Canada AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Richard Massey, S. J. Goetz, Logan T. Berner, Michelle C. Mack, Brendan M. Rogers	2018	0
19	Centennial-scale reductions in nitrogen availability in temperate forests of the United States Scientific Reports ·Kendra K. McLauchlan, Laci Gerhart, John J. Battles, Joseph M. Craine, Andrew J. Elmore, Philip E. Higuera, Michelle C. Mack, B. E. McNeil, David M. Nelson, Neil Pederson, Steven S. Perakis	2017	60
20	Succession Stages of Tundra Plant Communities Following Wildfire Disturbance in Arctic Alaska AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Amy Breen, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Michelle C. Mack, Benjamin Jones	2015	1

About Michelle C. Mack

Michelle C. Mack is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, having authored 186 papers that have together received 17.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fire effects on ecosystems (92 papers), Climate change and permafrost (84 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (39 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (38 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (23 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (8.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (5.9k citations), Ecology (7.1k citations) and Soil Science (2.6k citations). Michelle C. Mack has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Frequent co-authors include F. Stuart Chapin, Edward A. G. Schuur, Jill F. Johnstone, M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte, Peter M. Vitousek, Gaius R. Shaver, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Sarah E. Hobbie, Sandra Dı́az and Valerie T. Eviner. Their work appears in journals such as Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, Environmental Research Letters, Ecosphere and Journal of Ecology.

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