Robert B. McKane

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert B. McKane is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. McKane has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Robert B. McKane's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Robert B. McKane is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Robert B. McKane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and Ukraine. Robert B. McKane's co-authors include Gaius R. Shaver, Anne E. Giblin, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Edward B. Rastetter, Loretta C. Johnson, James A. Laundre, Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, Knut Kielland, Brian Fry and Georgia Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. McKane

39 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

2002 731 citations Robert B. McKane, Loretta C. Johnson et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. McKane United States	22	924	743	686	623	611	39	2.3k
Heidi Steltzer United States	23	970 1.0×	774 1.0×	710 1.0×	704 1.1×	640 1.0×	34	2.6k
Teng‐Chiu Lin Taiwan	31	824 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	657 1.0×	657 1.1×	523 0.9×	101	2.5k
Anne Thimonier Switzerland	23	634 0.7×	978 1.3×	781 1.1×	424 0.7×	561 0.9×	59	2.1k
A. Joshua Leffler United States	28	938 1.0×	1.7k 2.3×	805 1.2×	618 1.0×	841 1.4×	70	2.9k
Zhenxi Shen China	30	1.1k 1.1×	858 1.2×	549 0.8×	810 1.3×	777 1.3×	75	2.5k
Anne E. Hartley United States	13	1.2k 1.3×	947 1.3×	712 1.0×	708 1.1×	333 0.5×	14	2.6k
Niles J. Hasselquist Sweden	22	635 0.7×	772 1.0×	476 0.7×	763 1.2×	449 0.7×	46	1.9k
F. Yoko Ishida Brazil	17	654 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	617 0.9×	792 1.3×	374 0.6×	25	2.2k
Karin Hansen Denmark	21	589 0.6×	637 0.9×	529 0.8×	720 1.2×	257 0.4×	51	1.8k
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur United States	31	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.8×	853 1.2×	829 1.3×	492 0.8×	65	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert B. McKane

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McKane, Robert B., Brad Barnhart, Allen Brookes, et al.. (2025). Estimation of flint hills tallgrass prairie productivity and fuel loads: a model-based synthesis and extrapolation of experimental data. Landscape Ecology. 40(2). 1–27. 1 indexed citations

McKane, Robert B., Brad Barnhart, Allen Brookes, et al.. (2024). Watershed analysis of urban stormwater contaminant 6PPD-Quinone hotspots and stream concentrations using a process-based ecohydrological model. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1–12. 16 indexed citations

McKane, Robert B., et al.. (2023). Improved urban runoff prediction using high-resolution land-use, imperviousness, and stormwater infrastructure data applied to a process-based ecohydrological model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(11). e0000155–e0000155. 2 indexed citations

Barnhart, Brad, et al.. (2020). Modeling the hydrologic effects of watershed-scale green roof implementation in the Pacific Northwest, United States. Journal of Environmental Management. 277. 111418–111418. 27 indexed citations

Barnhart, Brad, Heather E. Golden, Joseph Kasprzyk, et al.. (2018). Embedding co-production and addressing uncertainty in watershed modeling decision-support tools: Successes and challenges. Environmental Modelling & Software. 109. 368–379. 29 indexed citations

Kennedy, Robert E., et al.. (2018). Penumbra: A spatially distributed, mechanistic model for simulating ground-level incident solar energy across heterogeneous landscapes. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0206439–e0206439. 4 indexed citations

Barnhart, Brad, et al.. (2018). Improved Soil Temperature Modeling Using Spatially Explicit Solar Energy Drivers. Water. 10(10). 1398–1398. 3 indexed citations

Stieglitz, Marc, et al.. (2010). Catchment Hydro-biogeochemical Response to Climate Change and Future Land-use. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Busing, Richard T., Allen M. Solomon, Robert B. McKane, & Connie A. Burdick. (2007). FOREST DYNAMICS IN OREGON LANDSCAPES: EVALUATION AND APPLICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL‐BASED MODEL. Ecological Applications. 17(7). 1967–1981. 24 indexed citations

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Daly, Christopher, Jonathan W. N. Smith, Joseph I. Smith, & Robert B. McKane. (2007). High-Resolution Spatial Modeling of Daily Weather Elements for a Catchment in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 46(10). 1565–1586. 106 indexed citations

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McKane, Robert B., Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, & Edward B. Rastetter. (2006). Model analysis of riparian buffer effectiveness for reducing nutrient inputs to streams in agricultural landscapes. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Stieglitz, Marc, et al.. (2006). The Downslope Propagation of a Disturbance in a Forested Catchment: An Eco-Hydrologic Simulation Study. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Rastetter, Edward B., Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, & Robert B. McKane. (2005). A STABLE ISOTOPE SIMULATOR THAT CAN BE COUPLED TO EXISTING MASS BALANCE MODELS. Ecological Applications. 15(5). 1772–1782. 8 indexed citations

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McKane, Robert B., Loretta C. Johnson, Gaius R. Shaver, et al.. (2002). Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra. Nature. 415(6867). 68–71. 731 indexed citations breakdown →

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Norris, Mark D., John M. Blair, Loretta C. Johnson, & Robert B. McKane. (2001). Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores followingJuniperus virginianaforest expansion into tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(11). 1940–1946. 88 indexed citations

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Lewis, James D., Robert B. McKane, David T. Tingey, & Peter A. Beedlow. (2000). Vertical gradients in photosynthetic light response within an old-growth Douglas-fir and western hemlock canopy. Tree Physiology. 20(7). 447–456. 83 indexed citations

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Hobbie, John E., Bonnie L. Kwiatkowski, Edward B. Rastetter, Donald A. Walker, & Robert B. McKane. (1998). Carbon cycling in the Kuparuk basin: Plant production, carbon storage, and sensitivity to future changes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(D22). 29065–29073. 24 indexed citations

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Nadelhoffer, Knute J., Gaius R. Shaver, Brian Fry, et al.. (1996). 15N natural abundances and N use by tundra plants. Oecologia. 107(3). 386–394. 278 indexed citations

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McKane, Robert B., Edward B. Rastetter, Jerry M. Melillo, et al.. (1995). Effects of global change on carbon storage in tropical forests of South America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 9(3). 329–350. 35 indexed citations

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McKane, Robert B., Edward B. Rastetter, Gus Shaver, et al.. (1994). Effects of historical changes in climate on carbon storage in Alaskan arctic tundra. 1 indexed citations

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