Scott L. Collins

37.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
325 papers, 24.3k citations indexed

About

Scott L. Collins is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott L. Collins has authored 325 papers receiving a total of 24.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 138 papers in Ecology and 134 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Scott L. Collins's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (204 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (75 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (74 papers). Scott L. Collins is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (204 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (75 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (74 papers). Scott L. Collins collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Scott L. Collins's co-authors include Alan K. Knapp, Melinda D. Smith, John M. Blair, Susan M. Glenn, John M. Briggs, Steward T. A. Pickett, J. J. Armesto, Katherine L. Gross, Laura Gough and Ernest M. Steinauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott L. Collins

316 papers receiving 22.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

2002 957 citations Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair et al. profile →
Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie

1998 818 citations Scott L. Collins, Alan K. Knapp et al. profile →
Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization

2005 816 citations Katharine N. Suding, Scott L. Collins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Ecological Forecasts: An Emerging Imperative

2001 699 citations Scott L. Collins et al. profile →
Species diversity enhances ecosystem functioning through interspecific facilitation

2002 642 citations Scott L. Collins et al. profile →
The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

1999 639 citations Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair et al. BioScience profile →
Models, mechanisms and pathways of succession

1987 498 citations Scott L. Collins et al. profile →
An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research

2010 449 citations Scott L. Collins, Nancy B. Grimm et al. profile →
Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

2011 411 citations Jesse B. Nippert, Scott L. Collins et al. Ecology profile →
Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents

2018 288 citations Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Scott L. Collins et al. Global Change Biology profile →
A global meta-analysis on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on grasslands and croplands

2024 70 citations Scott L. Collins, Kailiang Yu et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott L. Collins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott L. Collins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott L. Collins based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Scott L. Collins. Scott L. Collins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Grassland bud and shoot demographic responses to single and recurrent droughts vary across an aridity gradient 2025 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan, Ingrid J. Slette, (unknown), (unknown), Jiaqi Chen, (unknown), Jianqiang Qian, Qiang Yu, Zhengwen Wang, Xiao‐Tao Lü, Xingguo Han, Jitka Klimešová, Scott L. Collins, Wentao Luo	1
2	Plant use of water across soil depths regulates species dominance under nitrogen addition 2025 ·Plant Diversity ·(unknown), Josep Peñuelas, Jordi Sardans, Scott L. Collins, Kailiang Yu, (unknown), Jiu-Ying Pei, (unknown), Jian‐Sheng Ye	1
3	Sensitivity of root production to long‐term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Lauren E. Baur, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Scott L. Collins	3
4	Water limitation drives species loss in grassland communities after nitrogen addition and warming 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Hailing Li, Juan Chen, Josep Peñuelas, Jordi Sardans, Scott L. Collins, Kailiang Yu, Chao Song, Jian‐Sheng Ye	6
5	Potential expansion of plants with crassulacean acid metabolism in the Anthropocene 2024 ·BioScience ·Kailiang Yu, Paolo D’Odorico, Ana Novoa, Scott L. Collins, (unknown), Heng Huang, Hui Liu, Patrick Weigelt, Amilcare Porporato	4
6	Infrastructure to factorially manipulate the mean and variance of precipitation in the field 2023 ·Ecosphere ·Jennifer A. Rudgers, (unknown), (unknown), Lauren E. Baur, Scott L. Collins, (unknown), Enqing Hou, M. E. Litvak, Yiqi Luo, Tom E. X. Miller, Seth D. Newsome, William T. Pockman, Andrew D. Richardson, Alex Rinehart, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yu Zhou	5
7	Soil nematode assemblages respond to interacting environmental changes 2023 ·Oecologia ·(unknown), Shuqi Wu, Lauren E. Baur, (unknown), (unknown), Scott L. Collins, Jennifer A. Rudgers	6
8	Demography and dispersal at a grass‐shrub ecotone: A spatial integral projection model for woody plant encroachment 2023 ·Ecological Monographs ·(unknown), Brad M. Ochocki, Scott L. Collins, Tom E. X. Miller	10
9	Seasonal Rainfall, Shrub Cover and Soil Properties Drive Production of Winter Annuals in the Northern Sonoran Desert 2023 ·Ecosystems ·(unknown), Scott L. Collins, Timothy Ohlert, (unknown), Elizabeth M. Cook, Megan M. Wheeler, Nancy B. Grimm, Sharon J. Hall	5
10	Interspecific and intraspecific trait variability differentially affect community‐weighted trait responses to and recovery from long‐term drought 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Wentao Luo, Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan, (unknown), (unknown), Jiaqi Chen, (unknown), Taofeek O. Muraina, Zhengwen Wang, Melinda D. Smith, Qiang Yu, Alan K. Knapp, Xingguo Han, Scott L. Collins	10
11	Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Scott L. Collins, Jesse B. Nippert, John M. Blair, John M. Briggs, (unknown), (unknown)	3
12	Extreme drought has limited effects on soil seed bank composition in desert grasslands 2021 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·Alejandro Loydi, Scott L. Collins	17
13	Experimental drought re‐ordered assemblages of root‐associated fungi across North American grasslands 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Ari Jumpponen, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro, José Herrera, Y. Anny Chung, Lauren E. Baur, Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp, Scott L. Collins, Jennifer A. Rudgers	28
14	A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves 2019 ·Ecosphere ·Meghan L. Avolio, Ian T. Carroll, Scott L. Collins, Gregory R. Houseman, Lauren M. Hallett, Forest Isbell, Sally E. Koerner, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Melinda D. Smith, Kevin R. Wilcox	101
15	Minimal mortality and rapid recovery of the dominant shrub Larrea tridentata following an extreme cold event in the northern Chihuahuan Desert 2019 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·Laura M. Ladwig, Scott L. Collins, Daniel Krofcheck, William T. Pockman	11
16	Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents breakdown → 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Scott L. Collins, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Kelly Hamonts, William T. Pockman, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp, Sally A. Power	288
17	Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing 2013 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·Sally E. Koerner, Scott L. Collins, John M. Blair, Alan K. Knapp, Melinda D. Smith	32
18	Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization breakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Katharine N. Suding, Scott L. Collins, Laura Gough, Christopher M. Clark, Elsa E. Cleland, Katherine L. Gross, Daniel G. Milchunas, Steven C. Pennings	816
19	Long-Term Research and the Dynamics of Bird Populations and Communities 2001 ·The Auk ·Scott L. Collins	5
20	Long-Term Research and the Dynamics of Bird Populations and Communities 2001 ·The Auk ·Scott L. Collins	9

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