P. R. Dowty

1.4k total citations
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

P. R. Dowty is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. R. Dowty has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in P. R. Dowty's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (3 papers). P. R. Dowty is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (3 papers). P. R. Dowty collaborates with scholars based in United States, Zimbabwe and Botswana. P. R. Dowty's co-authors include Herman H. Shugart, Robert J. Scholes, Robert Swap, Stephen A. Macko, K. K. Caylor, Julieta N. Aranibar, P. G. H. Frost, D.A.B. Parsons, William Gilhooly and C. O. Justice and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Change Biology and Ecosystems.

In The Last Decade

P. R. Dowty

14 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Yu, Mei, Qiusheng Gao, Howard E. Epstein, & P. R. Dowty. (2009). Quantification of leaf gas exchange characteristics of dominant C3/C4 plants at the Kalahari transect. South African Journal of Botany. 75(3). 518–525. 2 indexed citations
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Hély, Christelle, K. K. Caylor, P. R. Dowty, et al.. (2007). A Temporally Explicit Production Efficiency Model for Fuel Load Allocation in Southern Africa. Ecosystems. 10(7). 1116–1132. 14 indexed citations
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Shugart, Herman H., et al.. (2004). The SAFARI 2000 – Kalahari Transect Wet Season Campaign of year 2000. Global Change Biology. 10(3). 273–280. 32 indexed citations
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Swap, Robert, Julieta N. Aranibar, P. R. Dowty, William Gilhooly, & Stephen A. Macko. (2003). Natural abundance of 13C and 15N in C3 and C4 vegetation of southern Africa: patterns and implications. Global Change Biology. 10(3). 350–358. 227 indexed citations
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Caylor, K. K., Herman H. Shugart, P. R. Dowty, & Thomas M. Smith. (2003). Tree spacing along the Kalahari transect in southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments. 54(2). 281–296. 58 indexed citations
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Caylor, K. K., P. R. Dowty, Herman H. Shugart, & Susan Ringrose. (2003). Relationship between small‐scale structural variability and simulated vegetation productivity across a regional moisture gradient in southern Africa. Global Change Biology. 10(3). 374–382. 25 indexed citations
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Hély, Christelle, P. R. Dowty, Samuel Alleaume, et al.. (2003). Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(D13). 36 indexed citations
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Aranibar, Julieta N., L. Otter, Stephen A. Macko, et al.. (2003). Nitrogen cycling in the soil–plant system along a precipitation gradient in the Kalahari sands. Global Change Biology. 10(3). 359–373. 241 indexed citations
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Otter, L., Robert J. Scholes, P. R. Dowty, et al.. (2002). The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) : wet season campaigns. South African Journal of Science. 98. 131–137. 35 indexed citations
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Scholes, Robert J., P. R. Dowty, K. K. Caylor, et al.. (2002). Trends in savanna structure and composition along an aridity gradient in the Kalahari. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(3). 419–428. 137 indexed citations
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Scholes, Robert J., P. R. Dowty, K. K. Caylor, et al.. (2002). Trends in savanna structure and composition along an aridity gradient in the Kalahari. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(3). 419–419. 133 indexed citations
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Dowty, P. R.. (1999). Modeling biophysical processes in the Savannas of Southern Africa. 7 indexed citations
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Justice, C. O., Jackie D. Kendall, P. R. Dowty, & Robert J. Scholes. (1996). Satellite remote sensing of fires during the SAFARI campaign using NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(D19). 23851–23863. 171 indexed citations
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Bosselmann, Peter, Juan Flores, William Gray, et al.. (1984). Sun, Wind, and Comfort A Study of Open Spaces and Sidewalks in Four Downtown Areas. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 29 indexed citations

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