Scott L. Stephens

24.4k citations
249 papers · 17.2k · 9 hit papers · h-index 66

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Papers in

    • Fire effects on ecosystems 228
    • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 41
    • Forest Management and Policy 21
    • Rangeland and Wildlife Management 126

Scott L. Stephens

242 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Scott L. Stephens's Hit Papers

Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s 2023 · 88 citations
880+8+16Years since publication4008001.2k

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Scott L. Stephens
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  • Global and Planetary Change 14.9k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 6.0k
  • Ecology 7.7k
  • Ecological Modeling 932
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.9k
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All Works

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: MANAGING IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY
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20071489
2
THE DROUGHT MONITOR
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2002993
3
How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar
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2021669
4 2005447
5
REVIEW: Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services
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2015389
6
Reform forest fire management
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2015378
7
Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates
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2013364
8 2009345
9 2012314
10 2005301
11 2014283
12
Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire
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2017265
13 2012263
14 2011250
15 2008240
16 2015238
17 2009232
18
Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity
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2021230
19 1998219
20 2011210

About Scott L. Stephens

Scott L. Stephens is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Atmospheric Science, having authored 249 papers that have together received 17.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fire effects on ecosystems (228 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (126 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (73 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (41 papers), Landslides and related hazards (33 papers), Forest ecology and management (33 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (22 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (14.9k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.0k citations), Ecology (7.7k citations), Ecological Modeling (932 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.9k citations). Scott L. Stephens has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Brandon M. Collins, Constance I. Millar, Nathan L. Stephenson, Jason J. Moghaddas, Malcolm P. North, Danny L. Fry, Carl N. Skinner, Peter Z. Fulé, A. Malcolm Gill and Mark A. Finney. Their work appears in journals such as Forest Ecology and Management, Fire Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecosphere and International Journal of Wildland Fire.

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