Robert E. Keane

16.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
162 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Keane is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Keane has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 85 papers in Ecology and 67 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Keane's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (131 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (56 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers). Robert E. Keane is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (131 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (56 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers). Robert E. Keane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Robert E. Keane's co-authors include Paul F. Hessburg, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, Russell A. Parsons, Stephen F. Arno, Jan van Wagtendonk, Robert E. Burgan, Kevin C. Ryan, Geoffrey J. Cary, Kathy Gray and James K. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Keane

157 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Exotic plant invasions and the enemy release hypothesis

2002 2.7k citations Robert E. Keane profile →
Simulating the impacts of disturbances on forest carbon cycling in North America: Processes, data, models, and challenges

2011 407 citations Robert E. Keane et al. profile →
Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

2021 209 citations Susan J. Prichard, Paul F. Hessburg et al. Ecological Applications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Keane United States	46	6.4k	4.0k	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	162	9.9k
José María Rey Beñayas Spain	47	5.6k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	5.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	165	11.0k
David J. Mladenoff United States	60	6.5k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	5.5k 1.4×	786 0.5×	827 0.6×	180	10.8k
James M. Vose United States	57	6.9k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	209	11.3k
Jeffrey A. Hicke United States	44	7.5k 1.2×	6.1k 1.5×	2.9k 0.7×	921 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	89	11.1k
Sylvie Gauthier Canada	57	7.8k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	863 0.6×	679 0.5×	196	9.9k
Timothy R. Seastedt United States	54	3.5k 0.6×	4.7k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	2.4k 1.7×	174	10.9k
R. J. Fensham Australia	46	8.4k 1.3×	4.6k 1.1×	6.9k 1.8×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	211	13.3k
Lee E. Frelich United States	53	5.0k 0.8×	3.5k 0.9×	5.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	136	9.6k
Bethany A. Bradley United States	47	4.1k 0.6×	5.2k 1.3×	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	132	9.1k
William H. Romme United States	52	11.1k 1.7×	7.1k 1.8×	5.9k 1.5×	820 0.5×	975 0.7×	133	13.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert E. Keane

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Liu, Wenjie, Okke Batelaan, David Bruce, et al.. (2025). Integrating the Maximum Entropy Production model and airborne imagery for understorey evapotranspiration mapping. Journal of Hydrology. 657. 133076–133076.

Kobziar, Leda N., J. Kevin Hiers, Claire M. Belcher, et al.. (2024). Principles of fire ecology. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 12 indexed citations

Fettig, Christopher J., James M. Vose, Therese M. Poland, et al.. (2023). America's changing biophysical and socioeconomic context. 20–20. 1 indexed citations

Schoettle, Anna W., et al.. (2022). Restoring a forest keystone species: A plan for the restoration of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management. 522. 120282–120282. 10 indexed citations

Prichard, Susan J., Paul F. Hessburg, R. Keala Hagmann, et al.. (2021). Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions. Ecological Applications. 31(8). e02433–e02433. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

Keane, Robert E., et al.. (2019). Drying rates of saturated masticated fuelbeds from Rocky Mountain mixed-conifer stands. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 29(1). 57–69. 2 indexed citations

Keane, Robert E., Rachel A. Loehman, Lisa M. Holsinger, et al.. (2018). Use of landscape simulation modeling to quantify resilience for ecological applications. Ecosphere. 9(9). 48 indexed citations

Keane, Robert E., et al.. (2017). Surface fuel changes after severe disturbances in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management. 400. 38–47. 10 indexed citations

Hoffman, Chad M., et al.. (2016). Spatial variability of surface fuels in treated and untreated ponderosa pine forests of the southern Rocky Mountains. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25(11). 1156–1168. 13 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Chad M., et al.. (2016). Fine woody fuel particle diameters for improved planar intersect fuel loading estimates in Southern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25(7). 780–784.

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Cary, Geoffrey J., Ian D. Davies, Ross A. Bradstock, Robert E. Keane, & Mike Flannigan. (2016). Importance of fuel treatment for limiting moderate-to-high intensity fire: findings from comparative fire modelling. Landscape Ecology. 32(7). 1473–1483. 25 indexed citations

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Holz, Andrés, et al.. (2015). Modeling vegetation mosaics in sub-alpine Tasmania under various fire regimes. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. 1(3). 17 indexed citations

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Karau, Eva C., Pamela G. Sikkink, Robert E. Keane, & Gregory K. Dillon. (2014). Integrating Satellite Imagery with Simulation Modeling to Improve Burn Severity Mapping. Environmental Management. 54(1). 98–111. 5 indexed citations

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Moore, Margaret M., et al.. (2014). Slow lifelong growth predisposes Populus tremuloides trees to mortality. Oecologia. 175(3). 847–859. 24 indexed citations

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Sala, Anna, Eileen V. Carey, Robert E. Keane, & Ragan M. Callaway. (2001). Water use by whitebark pine and subalpine fir: potential consequences of fire exclusion in the northern Rocky Mountains. Tree Physiology. 21(11). 717–725. 17 indexed citations

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Hann, Wendel J., et al.. (1998). ICBEMP: Landscape Dynamics. Journal of Forestry. 96(10). 10–15. 5 indexed citations

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White, Joseph D., Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna Nemani, Robert E. Keane, & Kevin C. Ryan. (1997). Measurement and remote sensing of LAI in Rocky Mountain montane ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 27(11). 1714–1727. 141 indexed citations

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Keane, Robert E., Kevin C. Ryan, & S. W. Running. (1996). Simulating effects of fire on northern Rocky Mountain landscapes with the ecological process model FIRE-BGC. Tree Physiology. 16(3). 319–331. 79 indexed citations

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Keane, Robert E., James P. Menakis, & Penelope Morgan. (1994). Landscape Assessment of the Decline of Whitebark pine (pinusa tbi caulis) in the Bob Marshal Wilderness Complex, Montana, USA. Research Exchange (Washington State University). 28 indexed citations

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Keane, Robert E., Stephen F. Arno, James K. Brown, & Diana F. Tomback. (1990). Modelling stand dynamics in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests. Ecological Modelling. 51(1-2). 73–95. 54 indexed citations

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