Nathan L. Stephenson

13.1k citations

72 papers · 8.4k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 34

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
Ecology top 0.5%
Atmospheric Science top 1%
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%

Co-authors: Constance I. Millar Phillip J. van Mantgem Scott L. Stephens Adrian J. Das Mark E. Harmon Jerry F. Franklin Lori D. Daniels John C. Byrne
Topics: Fire effects on ecosystems (43 papers)Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Global and Planetary Change Ecological Modeling
Journals: Science PLoS ONE Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

In The Last Decade

Nathan L. Stephenson

71 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: MANAGING IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY

2007 1.5k citations Constance I. Millar, Nathan L. Stephenson et al. Ecological Applications profile →
Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

2009 1.4k citations Phillip J. van Mantgem, Nathan L. Stephenson et al. profile →
Temperate forest health in an era of emerging megadisturbance

2015 715 citations Constance I. Millar, Nathan L. Stephenson profile →
Climatic Control of Vegetation Distribution: The Role of the Water Balance

1990 654 citations Nathan L. Stephenson profile →
Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

2015 648 citations William R. L. Anderegg, Jeffrey A. Hicke et al. New Phytologist profile →
Actual evapotranspiration and deficit: biologically meaningful correlates of vegetation distribution across spatial scales

1998 510 citations Nathan L. Stephenson profile →
Why is Tree Drought Mortality so Hard to Predict?

2021 174 citations Anna T. Trugman, Leander D. L. Anderegg et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Post-fire reference densities for giant sequoia seedlings in a new era of high-severity wildfires 2024 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Nathan L. Stephenson,Anthony C. Caprio,(unknown),Adrian J. Das,(unknown),Park Williams	5
2	Effects of recent wildfires on giant sequoia groves were anomalous at millennial timescales: a response to Hanson et al. 2024 ·Fire Ecology ·Nathan L. Stephenson,(unknown),(unknown),Anthony C. Caprio,Adrian J. Das	2
3	Why is Tree Drought Mortality so Hard to Predict?breakdown → 2021 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Anna T. Trugman,Leander D. L. Anderegg,William R. L. Anderegg,Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson	174
4	Crowding, climate, and the case for social distancing among trees 2021 ·Ecological Applications ·Tucker J. Furniss,Adrian J. Das,Phillip J. van Mantgem,Nathan L. Stephenson,James A. Lutz	35
5	Compounding effects of white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle, and fire threaten four white pine species 2020 ·Ecosphere ·Joan Dudney,Jonathan C. B. Nesmith,(unknown),(unknown),Dan M. Duriscoe,Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson,John J. Battles	29
6	Mortality predispositions of conifers across western USA 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Wenzhi Wang,Nathan B. English,Charlotte Grossiord,Arthur Geßler,Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson,Christopher H. Baisan,Craig D. Allen,Nate G. McDowell	17
7	Pre‐fire drought and competition mediate post‐fire conifer mortality in western U.S. National Parks 2018 ·Ecological Applications ·Phillip J. van Mantgem,Donald A. Falk,(unknown),Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson	60
8	Landscape-scale variation in canopy water content of giant sequoias during drought 2017 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Tarin Paz‐Kagan,Nicholas R. Vaughn,Roberta E. Martin,Philip G. Brodrick,Nathan L. Stephenson,Adrian J. Das,Koren R. Nydick,Gregory P. Asner	26
9	Why do trees die? Characterizing the drivers of background tree mortality 2016 ·Ecology ·Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson,(unknown)	113
10	Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climatebreakdown → 2015 ·New Phytologist ·William R. L. Anderegg,Jeffrey A. Hicke,Rosie A. Fisher,Craig D. Allen,Juliann E. Aukema,(unknown),Sharon M. Hood,Jeremy W. Lichstein,Alison K. Macalady,Nate G. McDowell,Yude Pan,Kenneth F. Raffa,Anna Sala,John D. Shaw,Nathan L. Stephenson,C. Tague,Melanie Zeppel	648
11	A Classification of Recent Widespread Tree Mortality in the Western US 2015 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Jeffrey A. Hicke,William R. L. Anderegg,Craig D. Allen,Nathan L. Stephenson	1
12	Climatic Correlates of Tree Mortality in Water- and Energy-Limited Forests 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Adrian J. Das,Nathan L. Stephenson,Alan L. Flint,Tapash Das,Phillip J. van Mantgem	80
13	A natural resource condition assessment for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Appendix 11a: giant sequoias 2013 ·R.A. York,Nathan L. Stephenson,Marc D. Meyer,Steven Hanna,(unknown),Anthony C. Caprio,John J. Battles	5
14	The climatic water balance in an ecological context 2011 ·AGUFM ·Nathan L. Stephenson	1
15	Long-term effects of prescribed fire on mixed conifer forest structure in the Sierra Nevada, California 2011 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Phillip J. van Mantgem,Nathan L. Stephenson,Eric E. Knapp,John J. Battles,Jon E. Keeley	83
16	SPATIAL ELEMENTS OF MORTALITY RISK IN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS 2008 ·Ecology ·Adrian J. Das,John J. Battles,Phillip J. van Mantgem,Nathan L. Stephenson	102
17	CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: MANAGING IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTYbreakdown → 2007 ·Ecological Applications ·Constance I. Millar,Nathan L. Stephenson,Scott L. Stephens	1473
18	Apparent climatically induced increase of tree mortality rates in a temperate forest 2007 ·Ecology Letters ·Phillip J. van Mantgem,Nathan L. Stephenson	295
19	Long-term dynamics of giant sequoia populations: implications for managing a pioneer species 1994 ·Nathan L. Stephenson	26
20	Quantitative variation and the ecological role of vulpinic acid and atranorin in thallus of Letharia vulpina 1979 ·Biochemical Systematics and Ecology ·Nathan L. Stephenson,Philip W. Rundel	31

About Nathan L. Stephenson

Nathan L. Stephenson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling, having authored 72 papers that have together received 8.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fire effects on ecosystems (43 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (6.5k citations) and Ecological Modeling (1.0k citations). Nathan L. Stephenson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Constance I. Millar, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Scott L. Stephens, Adrian J. Das, Mark E. Harmon, Jerry F. Franklin, Lori D. Daniels, John C. Byrne, J. M. B. Smith and Peter Z. Fulé. Their work appears in journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

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