R. Flint Hughes

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

R. Flint Hughes is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Flint Hughes has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in R. Flint Hughes's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Forest ecology and management (11 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers). R. Flint Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Forest ecology and management (11 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers). R. Flint Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and New Zealand. R. Flint Hughes's co-authors include Gregory P. Asner, J. Boone Kauffman, David Knapp, Joseph Mascaro, Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin, Roberta E. Martin, Peter M. Vitousek, Vı́ctor J. Jaramillo, Julie S. Denslow and Amanda Uowolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

R. Flint Hughes

60 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon

2010 515 citations Gregory P. Asner, Joseph Mascaro et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Flint Hughes United States	35	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	869	569	61	4.3k
Michiel van Breugel Panama	35	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	608 0.7×	982 1.7×	68	4.5k
Stephen H. Roxburgh Australia	33	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	348 0.4×	866 1.5×	110	4.0k
Eileen H. Helmer United States	27	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	319 0.6×	50	4.9k
Bruno Hérault France	42	3.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	602 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	150	5.5k
Thomas R. Crow United States	41	3.3k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.8×	785 0.9×	546 1.0×	90	5.9k
Jefferson S. Hall United States	36	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	618 0.7×	513 0.9×	105	3.7k
Ghislain Vieilledent France	29	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	769 0.9×	730 1.3×	54	3.5k
Tommaso Jucker United Kingdom	32	2.1k 1.0×	990 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	602 0.7×	435 0.8×	74	3.4k
Patrick J. Baker Australia	37	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	287 0.3×	623 1.1×	138	4.7k
José Natalino Macedo Silva Brazil	27	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	666 0.8×	366 0.6×	83	5.0k

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Hughes, R. Flint, et al.. (2024). Biology and Impacts of Pacific Islands Invasive Species: Falcataria falcata (Miquel) Barneby and Grimes (Fabaceae). Pacific Science. 78(1).

Vaughn, Nicholas R., R. Flint Hughes, & Gregory P. Asner. (2023). Multi-scale remote sensing-based landscape epidemiology of the spread of rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi. Forest Ecology and Management. 538. 120983–120983. 4 indexed citations

Potter, Kevin M., et al.. (2023). How invaded are Hawaiian forests? Non-native understory tree dominance signals potential canopy replacement. Landscape Ecology. 38(12). 3903–3923. 7 indexed citations

Hughes, R. Flint, et al.. (2018). Estimating aboveground carbon density across forest landscapes of Hawaii: Combining FIA plot-derived estimates and airborne LiDAR. Forest Ecology and Management. 424. 323–337. 17 indexed citations

Selmants, Paul C., Christian P. Giardina, James D. Jacobi, et al.. (2017). Executive Summary—Baseline and projected future carbon storage and carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Hawai‘i. 1834. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Asner, Gregory P., Sinan Sousan, David Knapp, et al.. (2016). Rapid forest carbon assessments of oceanic islands: a case study of the Hawaiian archipelago. Carbon Balance and Management. 11(1). 1–1. 49 indexed citations

Mortenson, Leif A., R. Flint Hughes, James B. Friday, et al.. (2016). Assessing spatial distribution, stand impacts and rate of Ceratocystis fimbriata induced ‘ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) mortality in a tropical wet forest, Hawai‘i Island, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 377. 83–92. 43 indexed citations

Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki, Bruce Dudley, R. Flint Hughes, et al.. (2015). Non‐native tree in a dry coastal area in Hawai'i has high transpiration but restricts water use despite phreatophytic trait. Ecohydrology. 9(7). 1166–1176. 11 indexed citations

Keith, Lisa M., et al.. (2015). First Report of Ceratocystis Wilt on ˋŌhiˋa (Metrosideros polymorpha). Plant Disease. 99(9). 1276–1276. 58 indexed citations

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Mascaro, Joseph, Creighton M. Litton, R. Flint Hughes, Amanda Uowolo, & Stefan A. Schnitzer. (2013). Is logarithmic transformation necessary in allometry? Ten, one-hundred,one-thousand-times yes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111(1). 230–233. 60 indexed citations

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Hughes, R. Flint, Gregory P. Asner, Joseph Mascaro, Amanda Uowolo, & James A. Baldwin. (2013). Carbon storage landscapes of lowland Hawaii: the role of native and invasive species through space and time. Ecological Applications. 24(4). 716–731. 22 indexed citations

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Hughes, R. Flint, et al.. (2012). Recovery of native forest after removal of an invasive tree, Falcataria moluccana, in American Samoa. Biological Invasions. 14(7). 1393–1413. 26 indexed citations

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D’Antonio, Carla M., R. Flint Hughes, & J. Timothy Tunison. (2010). Long-term impacts of invasive grasses and subsequent fire in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodlands. Ecological Applications. 21(5). 1617–1628. 67 indexed citations

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Asner, Gregory P., Matthew Jones, Roberta E. Martin, David Knapp, & R. Flint Hughes. (2008). Remote sensing of native and invasive species in Hawaiian forests. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(5). 1912–1926. 172 indexed citations

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Asner, Gregory P., David Knapp, Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin, et al.. (2008). Invasive species detection in Hawaiian rainforests using airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(5). 1942–1955. 161 indexed citations

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Denslow, Julie S., Amanda Uowolo, & R. Flint Hughes. (2006). Limitations to seedling establishment in a mesic Hawaiian forest. Oecologia. 148(1). 118–128. 71 indexed citations

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Clair, T. A., et al.. (2003). CHANGES IN ACID PRECIPITATION-RELATED WATER CHEMISTRY OF LAKES FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, 1986–2001. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 88(1-3). 39–52. 12 indexed citations

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Cummings, Dian L., J. Boone Kauffman, David A. Perry, & R. Flint Hughes. (2002). Aboveground biomass and structure of rainforests in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management. 163(1-3). 293–307. 90 indexed citations

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D’Antonio, Carla M., R. Flint Hughes, & Peter M. Vitousek. (2001). FACTORS INFLUENCING DYNAMICS OF TWO INVASIVE C₄GRASSES IN SEASONALLY DRY HAWAIIAN WOODLANDS. Ecology. 82(1). 89–104. 95 indexed citations

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Hughes, R. Flint, J. Boone Kauffman, & Vı́ctor J. Jaramillo. (1999). BIOMASS, CARBON, AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF SECONDARY FORESTS IN A HUMID TROPICAL REGION OF MÉXICO. Ecology. 80(6). 1892–1907. 252 indexed citations

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