Nichole N. Barger

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nichole N. Barger is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nichole N. Barger has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nichole N. Barger's work include Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (32 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (21 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). Nichole N. Barger is often cited by papers focused on Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (32 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (21 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). Nichole N. Barger collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Nichole N. Barger's co-authors include Jayne Belnap, Miranda D. Redmond, Michael D. Cramer, Cho‐ying Huang, Michael C. Duniway, Sarah C. Castle, Akasha M. Faist, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Ana Giraldo‐Silva and Ferrán García‐Pichel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Nichole N. Barger

76 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands

2020 193 citations David J. Eldridge, Sasha C. Reed et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Wind erosion and dust from US drylands: a review of causes, consequences, and solutions in a changing world

2019 184 citations Michael C. Duniway, Stephen E. Fick et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nichole N. Barger United States	35	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	858	853	79	3.5k
Roberto Lázaro Spain	27	1.7k 1.1×	828 0.6×	617 0.6×	824 1.0×	400 0.5×	75	3.1k
Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald Mexico	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	435 0.5×	798 0.9×	66	3.8k
Emilio Rodríguez‐Caballero Spain	31	2.3k 1.5×	606 0.5×	591 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	157 0.2×	87	3.3k
Jordi Cortina Spain	41	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	452 0.5×	2.8k 3.3×	87	5.2k
Santiago Soliveres Spain	39	2.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.8×	399 0.5×	3.1k 3.6×	73	6.1k
David J. Tongway Australia	31	614 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	255 0.3×	1.8k 2.1×	69	3.9k
Pablo García‐Palacios Spain	37	989 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	585 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	78	5.1k
Miguel Angel Ayarza Colombia	11	491 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	839 0.8×	253 0.3×	473 0.6×	27	2.9k
Seth M. Munson United States	32	516 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	179 0.2×	1.1k 1.3×	105	3.2k
John A. Ludwig Australia	35	701 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	230 0.3×	1.6k 1.9×	73	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barger, Nichole N., et al.. (2025). Developing biocrust field cultivation techniques for soil restoration: An assessment of bacterial communities. Applied Soil Ecology. 206. 105861–105861.

Barger, Nichole N., et al.. (2023). Seasonal effects of granivory on broadcast seeding restoration in a degraded semiarid grassland. Restoration Ecology. 32(2). 2 indexed citations

Barger, Nichole N., et al.. (2023). Cultivating Resilience in Dryland Soils: An Assisted Migration Approach to Biological Soil Crust Restoration. Microorganisms. 11(10). 2570–2570. 6 indexed citations

Caster, Joshua, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Joel B. Sankey, et al.. (2021). Biocrust and the soil surface: Influence of climate, disturbance, and biocrust recovery on soil surface roughness. Geoderma. 403. 115369–115369. 19 indexed citations

Eldridge, David J., Sasha C. Reed, Samantha K. Travers, et al.. (2020). The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 6003–6014. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

Willemen, Louise, Nichole N. Barger, Ben ten Brink, et al.. (2020). How to halt the global decline of lands. Nature Sustainability. 3(3). 164–166. 44 indexed citations

Havrilla, Caroline A., V. Bala Chaudhary, Scott Ferrenberg, et al.. (2019). Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Ecology. 107(6). 2789–2807. 111 indexed citations

Havrilla, Caroline A., et al.. (2019). Biocrusts are associated with increased plant biomass and nutrition at seedling stage independently of root-associated fungal colonization. Plant and Soil. 446(1-2). 331–342. 18 indexed citations

Barger, Nichole N., et al.. (2019). Ecophysiological traits of invasive alien Acacia cyclops compared to co‐occuring native species in Strandveld vegetation of the Cape Floristic Region. Austral Ecology. 45(1). 48–59. 11 indexed citations

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Fick, Stephen E., Nichole N. Barger, John Tatarko, & Michael C. Duniway. (2019). Induced biological soil crust controls on wind erodibility and dust (PM10) emissions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(1). 224–236. 31 indexed citations

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Cramer, Michael D., Nichole N. Barger, & Wälter R. Tschinkel. (2016). Edaphic properties enable facilitative and competitive interactions resulting in fairy circle formation. Ecography. 40(10). 1210–1220. 27 indexed citations

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Churchill, Amber C., et al.. (2015). Transforming Graduate Training in STEM Education. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 96(2). 317–323. 18 indexed citations

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Gillan, Jeffrey K., et al.. (2015). Spatially Explicit Rangeland Erosion Monitoring Using High-Resolution Digital Aerial Imagery. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 69(2). 95–107. 21 indexed citations

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Barger, Nichole N. & Connie A. Woodhouse. (2015). Piñon pine (Pinus edulis Engelm.) growth responses to climate and substrate in southern Utah, U.S.A.. Plant Ecology. 216(7). 913–923. 12 indexed citations

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Cramer, Michael D. & Nichole N. Barger. (2013). Are Namibian “Fairy Circles” the Consequence of Self-Organizing Spatial Vegetation Patterning?. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e70876–e70876. 62 indexed citations

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Barger, Nichole N., et al.. (2011). Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116. 261 indexed citations

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Barger, Nichole N., A. Stuart Grandy, null null, & null null. (2010). Implementing Active Learning Strategies: Tales from Two New Life Science Professors at Research Universities. Academic Leadership The Online Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Neff, Jason C., Nichole N. Barger, W. T. Baisden, D. Palacios, & Gregory P. Asner. (2009). Soil carbon storage responses to expanding pinyon–juniper populations in southern Utah. Ecological Applications. 19(6). 1405–1416. 38 indexed citations

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Huang, Cho‐ying, Gregory P. Asner, Roberta E. Martin, Nichole N. Barger, & Jason C. Neff. (2009). Multiscale analysis of tree cover and aboveground carbon stocks in pinyon–juniper woodlands. Ecological Applications. 19(3). 668–681. 48 indexed citations

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Barger, Nichole N., Jayne Belnap, Dennis S. Ojima, & A. R. Mosier. (2005). NO Gas Loss from Biologically Crusted Soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Biogeochemistry. 75(3). 373–391. 57 indexed citations

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