Ross A. Virginia

17.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
192 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Ross A. Virginia is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross A. Virginia has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Ecology, 86 papers in Atmospheric Science and 38 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ross A. Virginia's work include Polar Research and Ecology (88 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (54 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (44 papers). Ross A. Virginia is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (88 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (54 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (44 papers). Ross A. Virginia collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Ross A. Virginia's co-authors include Diana H. Wall, W. M. Jarrell, James F. Reynolds, Walter G. Whitford, J. Barrett, Laura Huenneke, William H. Schlesinger, Gary L. Cunningham, Diana W. Freckman and Andrew G. Fountain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ross A. Virginia

190 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification

1990 2.0k citations James F. Reynolds, W. M. Jarrell et al. profile →
Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

2009 715 citations Ross A. Virginia et al. profile →
Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems

1997 614 citations Diana W. Freckman, Ross A. Virginia et al. profile →
The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world

2019 337 citations M. N. Gooseff, Ross A. Virginia et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Declining freshwater habitats in Greenland may shift diets of the ubiquitous wolf spider Pardosa glacialis 2024 ·Polar Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ross A. Virginia, Matthew P. Ayres, Lauren E. Culler	0
2	Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance 2022 ·Ecological Entomology ·(unknown), Rebecca Finger Higgens, Matthew P. Ayres, Ross A. Virginia, Lauren E. Culler	1
3	Increasing shrub damage by invertebrate herbivores in the warming and drying tundra of West Greenland 2021 ·Oecologia ·Rebecca Finger Higgens, (unknown), Matthew P. Ayres, Ross A. Virginia	3
4	Emerging mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) as a resource subsidy for wolf spiders (Pardosa glacialis) in western Greenland 2021 ·Polar Biology ·Lauren E. Culler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ross A. Virginia, Matthew P. Ayres	5
5	Trade-offs Between Wood and Leaf Production in Arctic Shrubs Along a Temperature and Moisture Gradient in West Greenland 2020 ·Ecosystems ·Rebecca Finger Higgens, Caitlin Hicks Pries, Ross A. Virginia	7
6	Consumer–resource dynamics in Arctic ponds 2020 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Matthew P. Ayres, Ross A. Virginia, Lauren E. Culler	8
7	Changing Lake Dynamics Indicate a Drier Arctic in Western Greenland 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Rebecca Finger Higgens, Jonathan Chipman, David A. Lutz, Lauren E. Culler, Ross A. Virginia, Laura A. Ogden	40
8	Pollen limitation and reproduction of three plant species across a temperature gradient in western Greenland 2018 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Christine Urbanowicz, Ross A. Virginia, Rebecca E. Irwin	22
9	The Fulbright Arctic Initiative:An Innovative Model for Policy Relevant Research and Public Outreach 2016 ·VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) ·Ross A. Virginia, (unknown), Tom Arnbom, (unknown), Susan Chatwood, (unknown), (unknown), Anne Merrild Hansen, Tamara K. Harms, (unknown), Noor Johnson, Trevor C. Lantz, (unknown), (unknown), Gregory Poelzer, Laura Sokka, Maria Tysiachniouk, Øystein Varpe, Niels Vestergaard	1
10	The Spatial Distribution and Ecological Impacts of Aeolian Soil Erosion in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland 2015 ·Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·(unknown), Jonathan Chipman, Ross A. Virginia	32
11	The Past as a Window to the Future - What Does Long Term Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Tell Us About the Trajectory of Polar Ecosystems? 2015 ·2015 AGU Fall Meeting ·M. N. Gooseff, Byron J. Adams, J. Barrett, Peter T. Doran, Andrew G. Fountain, W. Berry Lyons, Diane M. McKnight, Cristina Takacs‐Vesbach, John C. Priscu, Eric R. Sokol, Ross A. Virginia, (unknown)	2
12	Isotopic Compositions of Evaporative Fluxes 2013 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), (unknown), Ben Kopec, W. Brian Dade, Ross A. Virginia, Eric S. Posmentier	1
13	Land cover heterogeneity and soil respiration in a west Greenland tundra landscape 2011 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ross A. Virginia	1
14	Tracking Radioactive Fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident in Arctic Snow 2011 ·AGUFM ·E. C. Osterberg, Julian R. Thompson, Joshua D. Landis, M. R. Albert, (unknown), R. L. Hawley, Ross A. Virginia	1
15	Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response 2002 ·Nature ·Peter T. Doran, John C. Priscu, W. Berry Lyons, John E. Walsh, Andrew G. Fountain, Diane M. McKnight, Daryl Moorhead, Ross A. Virginia, Diana H. Wall, Gary D. Clow, Christian H. Fritsen, Christopher P. McKay, Andrew N. Parsons	346
16	Growth and Root NO3 - and PO4 3- Uptake Capacity of Three Desert Species in Response to Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment 1997 ·Australian Journal of Plant Physiology ·Hormoz BassiriRad, James F. Reynolds, Ross A. Virginia, (unknown)	56
17	Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil 1997 ·AMBIO ·L. Brussaard, V. M. Behan-Pelletier, David E. Bignell, V. K. Brown, W.A.M. Didden, Patricia J. Folgarait, Carlos Fragoso, Diana W. Freckman, V. V. S. R. Gupta, Tsutomu Hattori, David L. Hawksworth, Carole Coe Klopatek, Patrick Lavelle, David W. Malloch, Josef Rusek, Bengt Söderström, James M. Tiedje, Ross A. Virginia	411
18	Carbon isotopes reveal soil organic matter dynamics following arid land shrub expansion 1997 ·Oecologia ·(unknown), Ross A. Virginia, C. Page Chamberlain	119
19	Salt tolerance of mesquite 1984 ·California Agriculture ·W. M. Jarrell, Ross A. Virginia	6
20	Natural abundance of nitrogen-15 in selected ecosystems. 1980 ·Dissertation Abstracts International, B ·Ross A. Virginia	4

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