Stephen D. Davis

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
98 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen D. Davis is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen D. Davis has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 42 papers in Plant Science and 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Stephen D. Davis's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (38 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (16 papers). Stephen D. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (38 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (16 papers). Stephen D. Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Stephen D. Davis's co-authors include Frank W. Ewers, John S. Sperry, Anna L. Jacobsen, R. Brandon Pratt, Uwe G. Hacke, William T. Pockman, Katherine A. McCulloh, V. H. Heywood, Alan Hamilton and Stephen C. Sillett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Stephen D. Davis

95 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure

2001 1.2k citations Stephen D. Davis et al. Oecologia profile →
The limits to tree height

2004 823 citations George W. Koch, Stephen C. Sillett et al. Nature profile →
Centres of plant diversity : a guide and strategy for their conservation

1995 652 citations Stephen D. Davis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen D. Davis United States	40	5.2k	3.3k	3.1k	2.3k	1.2k	98	7.9k
Luis Gil Spain	53	3.3k 0.6×	3.9k 1.2×	3.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	275	9.5k
Marco Conedera Switzerland	47	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 1.1×	653 0.5×	256	7.6k
Jorge Castro Spain	41	6.7k 1.3×	6.1k 1.8×	3.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	150	11.8k
Dietrich Hertel Germany	49	2.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	644 0.5×	128	6.9k
Sylvain Delzon France	65	10.5k 2.0×	6.0k 1.8×	5.7k 1.8×	5.3k 2.3×	1.8k 1.5×	206	14.7k
Sergio Rossi Canada	55	8.6k 1.7×	5.7k 1.7×	1.6k 0.5×	7.7k 3.3×	386 0.3×	244	10.3k
Kaoru Kitajima United States	47	3.7k 0.7×	5.4k 1.6×	3.6k 1.2×	676 0.3×	2.8k 2.3×	126	9.4k
Gregory J. Jordan Australia	50	3.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	4.0k 3.3×	224	9.2k
Miroslav Svoboda Czechia	42	3.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	874 0.7×	155	6.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Davis, Stephen D., et al.. (2023). Plant communication across different environmental contexts suggests a role for stomata in volatile perception. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(7). 2017–2030. 15 indexed citations

Trueba, Santiago, Ruihua Pan, Christine Scoffoni, et al.. (2019). Thresholds for leaf damage due to dehydration: declines of hydraulic function, stomatal conductance and cellular integrity precede those for photochemistry. New Phytologist. 223(1). 134–149. 144 indexed citations

Pratt, R. Brandon, et al.. (2019). High‐resolution computed tomography reveals dynamics of desiccation and rehydration in fern petioles of a desiccation‐tolerant fern. New Phytologist. 224(1). 97–105. 22 indexed citations

Davis, Stephen D., et al.. (2015). Comparative Foliar Water Uptake and Leaf Hydrophobicity among Eight Species of California Ferns. Pepperdine Digital Commons (Pepperdine University). 1 indexed citations

Perrault, David, et al.. (2013). Isolation of microsatellite markers in a chaparral species endemic to southern California, Ceanothus megacarpus (Rhamnaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 1(5). 3 indexed citations

Jacobsen, Anna L., R. Brandon Pratt, Stephen D. Davis, & Frank W. Ewers. (2008). Comparative community physiology: nonconvergence in water relations among three semi‐arid shrub communities. New Phytologist. 180(1). 100–113. 90 indexed citations

Jacobsen, Anna L., R. Brandon Pratt, Stephen D. Davis, & Frank W. Ewers. (2007). Cavitation resistance and seasonal hydraulics differ among three arid Californian plant communities. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(12). 1599–1609. 124 indexed citations

Pratt, R. Brandon, et al.. (2005). Mechanisms for tolerating freeze–thaw stress of two evergreen chaparral species: Rhus ovata and Malosma laurina (Anacardiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 92(7). 1102–1113. 38 indexed citations

Koch, George W., et al.. (2004). The limits to tree height. Nature. 428(6985). 851–854. 823 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ewers, Frank W., et al.. (2003). Freeze/thaw stress in Ceanothus of southern California chaparral. Oecologia. 136(2). 213–219. 29 indexed citations

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Balsamo, Ronald A., et al.. (2003). Leaf biomechanics, morphology, and anatomy of the deciduous mesophyte Prunus serrulata (Rosaceae) and the evergreen sclerophyllous shrub Heteromeles arbutifolia (Rosaceae). American Journal of Botany. 90(1). 72–77. 48 indexed citations

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Fidanza, Michael A., et al.. (2000). 013 Investigations of Curative and Peventive Control Strategies for Fairy Ring Disease in Turfgrass. HortScience. 35(3). 390B–390. 1 indexed citations

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Ewers, Frank W., et al.. (1995). The mechanism of water‐stress‐induced embolism in two species of chaparral shrubs. Plant Cell & Environment. 18(2). 189–196. 160 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D., et al.. (1988). Differential survival of chaparral seedlings during the first summer drought after wildfire. Oecologia. 76(2). 215–221. 102 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D., et al.. (1986). Responses of Adaxial and Abaxial Stomata of Normally Oriented and Inverted Leaves of Vicia faba L. to Light. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 82(2). 384–389. 26 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D. & Harold A. Mooney. (1986). Water use patterns of four co-occurring chaparral shrubs. Oecologia. 70(2). 172–177. 98 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D. & Harold A. Mooney. (1986). Tissue water relations of four co-occurring chaparral shrubs. Oecologia. 70(4). 527–535. 69 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D., et al.. (1986). Comparative physiology of burned and unburned Rhus laurina after chaparral wildfire. Oecologia. 71(1). 63–68. 74 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D. & Harold A. Mooney. (1985). Comparative water relations of adjacent california shrub and grassland communities. Oecologia. 66(4). 522–529. 71 indexed citations

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Davis, Stephen D.. (1973). Interpretation of In Vivo Tests of Susceptiltility to Antibiotics. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 128(5). 672–673. 1 indexed citations

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