Steven W. Leavitt

12.7k citations

180 papers · 9.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 51

Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
Plant Science top 0.5%
Ecology top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%

Co-authors: Austin Long Shelley Danzer Bruce A. Kimball E. A. Paul Paul J. Pinter R. L. LaMorte Julio L. Betancourt Gerard W. Wall
Topics: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (110 papers)Tree-ring climate responses (102 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers)
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Soil Science
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States China Canada

In The Last Decade

Steven W. Leavitt

176 papers receiving 8.8k citations

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Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Decoupling of temperature and growth of white spruce at western treeline, Alaska, is unrelated to intrinsic water stress 2025 ·Ecology ·Amy E. Miller,Adam Csank,Michael Hannam,Rosemary L. Sherriff,Steven W. Leavitt	1
2	Testing and assessment of high-precision and high-accuracy AMS-radiocarbon measurements at Nanjing University, China 2024 ·Radiocarbon ·(unknown),Huayu Lu,(unknown),(unknown),Jiangfeng Shi,Shiyuan Shi,(unknown),Xianyan Wang,Wenling An,Tao Ma,Steven W. Leavitt	4
3	Water use strategies determine divergent growth trends of spruce and juniper on the southeastern Tibetan plateau 2024 ·Forest Ecosystems ·(unknown),Hongyan Liu,Liang Shi,Xianliang Zhang,Boyi Liang,Ru Huang,Jussi Grießinger,Steven W. Leavitt,Yuemin Yue,Kelin Wang	2
4	The 1820s Marks a Shift to Hotter‐Drier Summers in Western Europe Since 1360 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown),Hongyan Liu,Deliang Chen,Peng Zhang,Steven W. Leavitt,Yu Liu,(unknown),Changfeng Sun,Qiufang Cai,(unknown),Boyi Liang,Liang Shi,Feng Liu,(unknown),Jussi Grießinger	7
5	Terminal bud size, spring and summer temperatures regulate the timing of height-growth cessation of Smith fir on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau 2022 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Jingtian Zhang,Xiaoxia Li,Ping Ren,Steven W. Leavitt,Sergio Rossi,Eryuan Liang	4
6	Data from the Arizona (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) Experiments on Cotton at Ample and Limiting Levels of Water Supply and Nitrogen Fertilization and at various Plant Densities 2022 ·Bruce A. Kimball,Kelly R. Thorp,Edward M. Barnes,Christopher Y. Choi,Thomas R. Clarke,Paul D. Colaizzi,Glenn J. Fitzgerald,Julio Haberland,George R. Hendrey,Douglas J. Hunsaker,(unknown),R. L. LaMorte,Steven W. Leavitt,Keith F. Lewin,(unknown),John A. Nagy,Paul J. Pinter,P. Waller	0
7	Intra-annual tree-ring isotope variations: do they occur when environment remains constant? 2022 ·Trees ·Steven W. Leavitt,Paul Szejner	4
8	Soil Organic Carbon Isotope Tracing in Sorghum under Ambient CO2 and Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) 2022 ·Land ·Steven W. Leavitt,Cheng Li,David G. Williams,T. J. Brooks,Bruce A. Kimball,Paul J. Pinter,Gerard W. Wall,Michael J. Ottman,A. D. Matthias,Eldor A. Paul,Thomas Thompson,Neal R. Adam	1
9	Douglas Fir Multiproxy Tree-Ring Data Glimpse MIS 5 Environment in the U.S. Pacific Northwest 2022 ·Forests ·Irina P. Panyushkina,Steven W. Leavitt,David M. Meko,Bryan A. Black,A. J. T. Jull,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	1
10	DENDROCHRONOLOGY AND RADIOCARBON DATING 2021 ·Radiocarbon ·Charlotte Pearson,Steven W. Leavitt,Bernd Kromer,S. K. Solanki,Ilya Usoskin	7
11	Tree-ring δ18O identifies similarity in timing but differences in depth of soil water uptake by trees in mesic and arid climates 2021 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·(unknown),Hongyan Liu,Steven W. Leavitt,Elizabeth L. Cressey,Timothy A. Quine,Jiangfeng Shi,Shiyuan Shi	8
12	Tree Ring‐Based Historic Hydroclimatic Variability of the Baja California Peninsula 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown),Steven W. Leavitt,Valérie Trouet,José D. Carriquiry	4
13	Moisture-Limited Tree Growth for a Subtropical Himalayan Conifer Forest in Western Nepal 2018 ·Forests ·Shalik Ram Sigdel,Binod Dawadi,J. Julio Camarero,Eryuan Liang,Steven W. Leavitt	38
14	Performance of induction module cavity ring‐down spectroscopy (IM‐CRDS) for measuring δ ¹⁸ O and δ ² H values of soil, stem, and leaf waters 2016 ·Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Jennifer E. Johnson,(unknown),David L. Dettman,(unknown),Steven W. Leavitt,Russell K. Monson,S. A. Papuga	18
15	Teasing Foggy Memories out of Pines on the California Channel Islands Using Tree-Ring Width and Stable Isotope Approaches 2006 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Park Williams,C. J. Still,Douglas T. Fischer,Steven W. Leavitt	9
16	The Potential use of Soil-C Isotope Analyses to Evaluate Paleoclimate 2002 ·AGUFM ·R. F. Follett,J. M. Kimble,Steven W. Leavitt,Elizabeth Pruessner	2
17	Seasonal temperature reconstruction from Central China based on Tree-Ring data 2001 ·Journal of Palaeosciences ·Yu Liu,Limin Ma,Qiufang Cai,Zhisheng An,Malcolm K. Hughes,Gregg M. Garfin,Steven W. Leavitt	6
18	Preliminary relationships between climate and the apical extension, needle production and ring width of Pinus ponderosa in Arizona, USA 2001 ·Journal of Palaeosciences ·Debbie Hemming,Risto Jalkanen,Steven W. Leavitt	2
19	North American Monsoonal Moisture Sources Revealed Using Temperature, Precipitation, and Precipitation Stable Isotope Time Series 2001 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Andrew C. Comrie,Steven W. Leavitt,(unknown),Christopher J. Eastoe	1
20	Stable Carbon Isotopes as a Potential Supplemental Tool in Dendrochronology 1982 ·UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) ·Steven W. Leavitt,Austin Long	24

About Steven W. Leavitt

Steven W. Leavitt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology, having authored 180 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (110 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (102 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.6k citations) and Soil Science (1.4k citations). Steven W. Leavitt has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Austin Long, Shelley Danzer, Bruce A. Kimball, E. A. Paul, Paul J. Pinter, R. L. LaMorte, Julio L. Betancourt, Gerard W. Wall, Peter K. Van de Water and R. F. Follett. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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