Scott Mensing

3.3k citations

65 papers · 1.9k indexed · h-index 26

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Tree-ring climate responses
Paleontology top 2%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Papers in ⓘ

Atmospheric Science 47
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 38
- Tree-ring climate responses 28
Global and Planetary Change 23
- Fire effects on ecosystems 14

Co-authors: Larry Benson (6 shared papers)Steve P. Lund (6 shared papers)Roger Byrne (3 shared papers)Michaele Kashgarian (3 shared papers)Gianluca Piovesan (18 shared papers)Joseph P. Smoot (4 shared papers)Irene Tunno (7 shared papers)Robert O. Rye (2 shared papers)
Journals: Quaternary Science Reviews (7 papers)Quaternary Research (5 papers)The Holocene (4 papers)Journal of Quaternary Science (2 papers)Landscape Ecology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy United Kingdom

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Scott Mensing

61 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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1	Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada Quaternary Science Reviews ·Larry Benson, Michaele Kashgarian, Robert O. Rye, Steve P. Lund, Fred Paillet, Joseph P. Smoot, Cynthia L. Kester, Scott Mensing, Dave Meko, Susan Lindström	2002	223
2	Nearly synchronous climate change in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial termination Nature ·Larry Benson, James W. Burdett, Steve P. Lund, Michaele Kashgarian, Scott Mensing	1997	124
3	A 560-Year Record of Santa Ana Fires Reconstructed from Charcoal Deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin, California Quaternary Research ·Scott Mensing, Joel Michaelsen, Roger Byrne	1999	94
4	LONG-TERM FIRE HISTORY IN GREAT BASIN SAGEBRUSH RECONSTRUCTED FROM MACROSCOPIC CHARCOAL IN SPRING SEDIMENTS, NEWARK VALLEY, NEVADA Western North American Naturalist ·Scott Mensing, Stephanie D. Livingston, Pat Barker	2006	76
5	A Holocene pollen record of persistent droughts from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA Quaternary Research ·Scott Mensing, Larry Benson, Michaele Kashgarian, Steve P. Lund	2004	70
6	Insights from a synthesis of old and new climate-proxy data from the Pyramid and Winnemucca lake basins for the period 48 to 11.5 cal ka Quaternary International ·Larry Benson, Joseph P. Smoot, Steve P. Lund, Scott Mensing, Franklin F. Foit, Robert O. Rye	2012	65
7	The Late Holocene Dry Period: multiproxy evidence for an extended drought between 2800 and 1850 cal yr BP across the central Great Basin, USA Quaternary Science Reviews ·Scott Mensing, Saxon E. Sharpe, Irene Tunno, Don Sada, Jim M. Thomas, Scott W. Starratt, J. M. B. Smith	2013	65
8	Pre‐mission invasion of Erodium cicutarium in California Journal of Biogeography ·Scott Mensing, Roger Byrne	1998	64
9	Land management explains major trends in forest structure and composition over the last millennium in California’s Klamath Mountains Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Clarke A. Knight, L. Anderson, M. Jane Bunting, Marie Champagne, Rosie M. Clayburn, Jeffrey N. Crawford, Anna Klimaszewski‐Patterson, Eric E. Knapp, Frank K. Lake, Scott Mensing, David Wahl, James A. Wanket, Alex Watts-Tobin, Matthew D. Potts, John J. Battles	2022	60
10	Late-Glacial and Early Holocene Vegetation and Climate Change near Owens Lake, Eastern California Quaternary Research ·Scott Mensing	2001	60
11	2700 years of Mediterranean environmental change in central Italy: a synthesis of sedimentary and cultural records to interpret past impacts of climate on society Quaternary Science Reviews ·Scott Mensing, Irene Tunno, Leonardo Sagnotti, Fabio Florindo, Paula J. Noble, Claire Archer, Susan Zimmerman, Fco. Javier Pavón–Carrasco, Gabriele Cifani, Susanna Passigli, Gianluca Piovesan	2015	56
12	Extended drought in the Great Basin of western North America in the last two millennia reconstructed from pollen records Quaternary International ·Scott Mensing, J. M. B. Smith, Kelly Burkle Norman, Marie Allan	2007	51
13	Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the climate of the Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada Quaternary Research ·Larry Benson, Braddock K. Linsley, Joseph P. Smoot, Scott Mensing, Steve P. Lund, Scott Stine, Andre Sarna-Wojcicki	2003	47
14	Tropical Pacific forcing of Late-Holocene hydrologic variability in the coastal southwest United States Quaternary Science Reviews ·Matthew E. Kirby, Sarah J. Feakins, C. Hiner, Joanna M. Fantozzi, Susan Zimmerman, Theodore Dingemans, Scott Mensing	2014	45
15	From Landsat to leafhoppers: A multidisciplinary approach for sustainable stocking assessment and ecological monitoring in mountain grasslands Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Riccardo Primi, Goffredo Filibeck, A. Amici, Christoph Bückle, Laura Cancellieri, Alfredo Di Filippo, Carmelo Gentile, Adalgisa Guglielmino, Roberta Latini, Leone Davide Mancini, Scott Mensing, Carlo Maria Rossi, Francesco Rossini, Anna Scoppola, Cinzia Sulli, Rachele Venanzi, Bruno Ronchi, Gianluca Piovesan	2016	44
16	Land of Chamise and Pines: Historical Accounts and Current Status of Northern Baja California's Vegetation Geographical Review ·Scott Mensing, Richard A. Minnich, Ernesto Franco Vizcaíno	2000	43
17	A Simple Method to Separate Pollen for AMS Radiocarbon Dating and its Application to Lacustrine and Marine Sediments Radiocarbon ·Scott Mensing, John Southon	1999	40
18	THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT ON BLUE OAK (QUERCUS DOUGLASII) REGENERATION AND RECRUITMENT IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Scott Mensing	1992	38
19	Human and climatically induced environmental change in the Mediterranean during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: A case from central Italy Anthropocene ·Scott Mensing, Irene Tunno, Gabriele Cifani, Susanna Passigli, Paula J. Noble, Claire Archer, Gianluca Piovesan	2016	37
20	Tyrrhenian central Italy: Holocene population and landscape ecology The Holocene ·Simon Stoddart, Jessie Woodbridge, Alessio Palmisano, Anna Maria Mercuri, Scott Mensing, Danièle Colombaroli, Laura Sadori, Donatella Magri, Federico Di Rita, Marco Giardini, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Carlo Montanari, Cristina Bellini, Assunta Florenzano, Paola Torri, Andrew Bevan, Stephen Shennan, Ralph Fyfe, C. Neil Roberts	2019	36

About Scott Mensing

Scott Mensing is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Paleontology and Anthropology, having authored 65 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (38 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (28 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (14 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (8 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (6 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (1.2k citations), Paleontology (345 citations), Earth-Surface Processes (296 citations), Global and Planetary Change (625 citations) and Anthropology (246 citations). Scott Mensing has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Larry Benson, Steve P. Lund, Roger Byrne, Michaele Kashgarian, Gianluca Piovesan, Joseph P. Smoot, Irene Tunno, Robert O. Rye, Joel Michaelsen and Susan Zimmerman. Their work appears in journals such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Quaternary Research, The Holocene, Journal of Quaternary Science and Landscape Ecology.

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