Thompson Webb

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Thompson Webb is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thompson Webb has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thompson Webb's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers). Thompson Webb is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers). Thompson Webb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Thompson Webb's co-authors include Patrick J. Bartlein, Bryan N. Shuman, John W. Williams, I. Colin Prentice, Yongsong Huang, Brian Huntley, I. Colin Prentice, Reid A. Bryson, Richard Bradshaw and J. Christopher Bernabo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Thompson Webb

69 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration

1998 547 citations James S. Clark, G. C. Hurtt et al. BioScience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Resolution of Respect: Margaret Bryan Davis (1931–2024) 2025 ·Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America ·Sara C. Hotchkiss, Stephen T. Jackson, (unknown), Thompson Webb	0
2	Climatic and environmental controls on the variation of C3 and C4 plant abundances in central Florida for the past 62,000 years 2006 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Yongsong Huang, Bryan N. Shuman, Yi Wang, Thompson Webb, Eric C. Grimm, George L. Jacobson	69
3	A backbarrier overwash record of intense storms from Brigantine, New Jersey 2004 ·Marine Geology ·Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Jessica Butler, (unknown), Micah Wengren, Thompson Webb	147
4	EVIDENCE FOR THE CLOSE CLIMATIC CONTROL OF NEW ENGLAND VEGETATION HISTORY 2004 ·Ecology ·Bryan N. Shuman, Paige Newby, Yongsong Huang, Thompson Webb	122
5	Dissimilarity Analyses of Late-Quarternary Vegetation and Climate in Eastern North America 2001 ·Ecology ·John W. Williams, Bryan N. Shuman, Thompson Webb	4
6	Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration breakdown → 1998 ·BioScience ·James S. Clark, (unknown), G. C. Hurtt, Stephen T. Jackson, (unknown), George A. King, Mark A. Lewis, Jason A. Lynch, Stephen W. Pacala, Colin Prentice, Eugene W. Schupp, Thompson Webb, Peter Wyckoff	547
7	BIOME 6000: reconstructing global mid‐Holocene vegetation patterns from palaeoecological records 1998 ·Journal of Biogeography ·I. Colin Prentice, Thompson Webb	250
8	Sensitivity of a general circulation model to changes in northern hemisphere ice sheets 1996 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·B. S. Felzer, Robert J. Oglesby, Thompson Webb, (unknown)	55
9	Radiocarbon-Dated Pollen and Sediment Records From Near the Boylston Street Fishweir Site in Boston, Massachusetts 1994 ·Quaternary Research ·Paige Newby, Thompson Webb	1
10	Pollen Response-Surface Estimates of Late-Quaternary Changes in the Moisture Balance of the Northeastern United States 1993 ·Quaternary Research ·Robert S. Webb, Katherine H. Anderson, Thompson Webb	79
11	Long-term forest dynamics of the temperate zone: A case study of late-quaternary forests. in Eastern North America 1988 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Thompson Webb	10
12	Late-Quaternary Paleoclimatic Data and Climate Models 1987 ·Episodes ·Thompson Webb, F. Alayne Street‐Perrott, John E. Kutzbach	7
13	Is vegetation in equilibrium with climate? How to interpret late-Quaternary pollen data 1986 ·Plant Ecology ·Thompson Webb	283
14	Selected Climatic Data for a Global Set of Standard Stations for Vegetation Science. 1983 ·Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ·Thompson Webb, (unknown)	2
15	Holocene Climatic Changes Estimated From Pollen Data From the Northern Midwest 1982 ·Patrick J. Bartlein, Thompson Webb	9
16	The Reconstruction of Climatic Sequences from Botanical Data 1980 ·The Journal of Interdisciplinary History ·Thompson Webb	13
17	British Quaternary studies 1978 ·Nature ·Thompson Webb	109
18	CALIBRATING MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL DATA IN CLIMATIC TERMS: A CRITICAL REVIEW* 1977 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Thompson Webb, (unknown)	67
19	Corresponding Patterns of Pollen and Vegetation in Lower Michigan: A Comparison of Quantitative Data 1974 ·Ecology ·Thompson Webb	98
20	Calibration of absolute pollen influx 1973 ·Margaret B. Davis, Linda B. Brubaker, Thompson Webb	112

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