Monica G. Turner

54.8k total citations · 20 hit papers
296 papers, 37.4k citations indexed

About

Monica G. Turner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Monica G. Turner has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 37.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 140 papers in Ecology and 135 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Monica G. Turner's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (122 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (113 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (67 papers). Monica G. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (122 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (113 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (67 papers). Monica G. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Monica G. Turner's co-authors include Robert H. Gardner, William H. Romme, R. V. O’Neill, Virginia H. Dale, Brian J. Harvey, Stephen R. Carpenter, Robert V. O’Neill, Daniel C. Donato, Bruce T. Milne and Scott M. Pearson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Monica G. Turner

292 papers receiving 34.7k citations

Hit Papers

Landscape Ecology: The Effect of Pattern on Process 1988 2026 2000 2013 1989 2008 1988 2001 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Landscape Ecology: The Effect of Pattern on Process
    1989 2.2k citations Monica G. Turner profile →
  2. Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions
    2008 1.3k citations Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme et al. profile →
  3. Indices of landscape pattern
    1988 1.2k citations R. V. O’Neill, Robert H. Gardner et al. profile →
  4. Landscape ecology in theory and practice : pattern and process
    2001 1.1k citations Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner et al. TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University) profile →
  5. Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world
    2010 1.1k citations Monica G. Turner Ecology profile →
  6. The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management
    1996 1.1k citations Stephen R. Carpenter, Monica G. Turner et al. Ecological Applications profile →
  7. Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience
    2016 998 citations Monica G. Turner et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
  8. Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?
    2006 861 citations Garry Peterson, Monica G. Turner et al. Ecosystems profile →
  9. Effects of changing spatial scale on the analysis of landscape pattern
    1989 791 citations Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner et al. profile →
  10. Landscape Ecology: What Is the State of the Science?
    2005 717 citations Monica G. Turner profile →
  11. Factors Influencing Succession: Lessons from Large, Infrequent Natural Disturbances
    1998 591 citations Monica G. Turner et al. Ecosystems profile →
  12. Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions
    2020 587 citations Monica G. Turner et al. profile →
  13. Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice
    2015 559 citations Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner profile →
  14. Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes
    2017 557 citations Monica G. Turner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. Scale-dependent interactions between tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces reduce daytime urban heat during summer
    2019 529 citations Carly D. Ziter, Eric J. Pedersen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century
    2011 458 citations Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Spatial interactions among ecosystem services in an urbanizing agricultural watershed
    2013 380 citations Jiangxiao Qiu, Monica G. Turner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  18. Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates
    2013 361 citations William H. Romme, Monica G. Turner et al. profile →
  19. Unpacking ecosystem service bundles: Towards predictive mapping of synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services
    2017 271 citations Rebecca Spake, Rémy Lasseur et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
  20. Post-disturbance reorganization of forest ecosystems in a changing world
    2022 157 citations Rupert Seidl, Monica G. Turner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Monica G. Turner United States 96 23.8k 17.6k 13.8k 3.3k 3.0k 296 37.4k
Steward T. A. Pickett United States 94 15.2k 0.6× 10.8k 0.6× 13.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 5.6k 1.9× 245 33.4k
Osvaldo E. Sala United States 82 15.8k 0.7× 14.9k 0.8× 15.6k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 6.2k 2.1× 205 36.6k
Jerry F. Franklin United States 75 17.3k 0.7× 10.0k 0.6× 14.6k 1.1× 3.0k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 222 27.1k
Gretchen C. Daily United States 91 26.9k 1.1× 14.8k 0.8× 11.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 6.9k 2.4× 232 52.4k
Shahid Naeem United States 46 17.2k 0.7× 15.9k 0.9× 11.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 6.4k 2.2× 124 41.3k
Yadvinder Malhi United Kingdom 98 20.8k 0.9× 9.9k 0.6× 12.0k 0.9× 5.6k 1.7× 3.2k 1.1× 428 33.8k
William F. Laurance Australia 100 18.4k 0.8× 16.8k 1.0× 17.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 7.3k 2.5× 344 39.9k
William J. Bond South Africa 86 18.1k 0.8× 12.2k 0.7× 20.3k 1.5× 3.0k 0.9× 7.5k 2.5× 342 34.1k
Jiquan Chen United States 80 15.5k 0.6× 8.6k 0.5× 6.7k 0.5× 4.2k 1.3× 1.9k 0.6× 500 26.3k
Jonathan A. Foley United States 73 24.4k 1.0× 13.4k 0.8× 6.3k 0.5× 6.3k 1.9× 5.7k 1.9× 134 49.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monica G. Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Braziunas, Kristin H., et al.. (2025). Can fire exclusion zones enhance postfire tree regeneration? A simulation study in subalpine conifer forests. Ecological Applications. 35(7). e70121–e70121.
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Turner, Monica G., et al.. (2025). Reburning Before Recovery: Effects of Short-Interval Fire on Subalpine Forest Nitrogen Stocks and Fluxes. Ecosystems. 28(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ramiadantsoa, Tanjona, Zak Ratajczak, & Monica G. Turner. (2023). Regeneration strategies and forest resilience to changing fire regimes: Insights from a Goldilocks model. Ecology. 104(6). e4041–e4041. 5 indexed citations
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Kucharik, Christopher J., Eric G. Booth, Steven P. Loheide, et al.. (2023). Building US food‐energy‐water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 21(5). 234–243.
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Cleveland, Cory C., Carla Roberta Gonçalves Reis, Steven S. Perakis, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Role of Cryptic Nitrogen Fixers in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Frontier in Nitrogen Cycling Research. Ecosystems. 25(8). 1653–1669. 25 indexed citations
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Qiu, Jiangxiao, Cibele Queiroz, Elena M. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Land-use intensity mediates ecosystem service tradeoffs across regional social-ecological systems. Ecosystems and People. 17(1). 264–278. 34 indexed citations
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Albrich, Katharina, Werner Rammer, Monica G. Turner, et al.. (2020). Simulating forest resilience: A review. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(12). 2082–2096. 78 indexed citations
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Ziter, Carly D., Eric J. Pedersen, Christopher J. Kucharik, & Monica G. Turner. (2019). Reply to Drescher: Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to understand and implement climate-resilient strategies in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 26155–26156. 3 indexed citations
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Qiu, Jiangxiao, Stephen R. Carpenter, Eric G. Booth, et al.. (2018). Understanding relationships among ecosystem services across spatial scales and over time. Environmental Research Letters. 13(5). 54020–54020. 97 indexed citations
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Gergel, Sarah E. & Monica G. Turner. (2017). Learning landscape ecology : a practical guide to concepts and techniques. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 49 indexed citations
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Turner, Monica G., et al.. (2017). Simulated fire behaviour in young, postfire lodgepole pine forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 26(10). 852–865. 13 indexed citations
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Spake, Rebecca, Rémy Lasseur, Émilie Crouzat, et al.. (2017). Unpacking ecosystem service bundles: Towards predictive mapping of synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change. 47. 37–50. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiu, Jiangxiao & Monica G. Turner. (2013). Spatial interactions among ecosystem services in an urbanizing agricultural watershed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(29). 12149–12154. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Jianguo, Jianguo Liu, Eugene P. Odum, et al.. (2002). Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 231 indexed citations
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Turner, Monica G., Robert H. Gardner, & R. V. O’Neill. (2001). Landscape ecology in theory and practice : pattern and process. TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University). 1136 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pearson, Scott M., et al.. (1998). Forest Patch Size, Land Use, and Mesic Forest Herbs in the French Broad River Basin, North Carolina. Castanea. 63(3). 382–395. 35 indexed citations
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Romme, William H., Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner, et al.. (1997). A rare episode of sexual reproduction in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) following the 1988 Yellowstone fires. Natural Areas Journal. 17(1). 17–25. 73 indexed citations
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Turner, Monica G. & Robert H. Gardner. (1991). Quantitative methods in landscape ecology : the analysis and interpretation of landscape heterogeneity. Springer eBooks. 229 indexed citations
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Turner, Monica G.. (1990). Landscape changes in nine rural counties in Georgia.. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 56(3). 379–386. 96 indexed citations

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