Vernon Meentemeyer

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Vernon Meentemeyer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Vernon Meentemeyer has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Vernon Meentemeyer's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Forest ecology and management (7 papers). Vernon Meentemeyer is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Forest ecology and management (7 papers). Vernon Meentemeyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Vernon Meentemeyer's co-authors include Björn Berg, Maj‐Britt Johansson, Gerald D. Bell, Alan Basist, Elgene O. Box, Richard C. Thompson, Andrew Grundstein, John F. Dowd, John E. Pinder and Douglas W. Gamble and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Climate and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Vernon Meentemeyer

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Macroclimate and Lignin Control of Litter Decomposition R... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Macroclimate and Lignin Control of Litter Decomposition Rates
    1978 1.1k citations Vernon Meentemeyer Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vernon Meentemeyer United States 18 1.1k 1.1k 967 906 472 38 2.9k
D. F. Grigal United States 33 734 0.7× 947 0.9× 836 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 473 1.0× 87 3.8k
Bernard T. Bormann United States 27 823 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 635 0.7× 896 1.0× 491 1.0× 52 2.8k
Helga Van Miegroet United States 29 1.5k 1.3× 725 0.7× 773 0.8× 898 1.0× 275 0.6× 77 2.8k
G.J. Reinds Netherlands 29 923 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 791 0.8× 841 0.9× 595 1.3× 77 2.8k
James W. Fyles Canada 29 1.3k 1.2× 865 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 852 0.9× 270 0.6× 81 3.1k
C. Wayne Martin United States 24 883 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 746 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 708 1.5× 46 3.3k
Jeroen Staelens Belgium 32 985 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 639 0.7× 657 0.7× 637 1.3× 67 3.0k
P. M. Attiwill Australia 31 1.4k 1.2× 1.8k 1.7× 1.9k 2.0× 1.4k 1.5× 277 0.6× 83 4.1k
Andrew M. Gordon Canada 37 1.2k 1.0× 962 0.9× 968 1.0× 641 0.7× 160 0.3× 114 3.6k
Mathieu Jonard Belgium 28 811 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 963 1.0× 598 0.7× 414 0.9× 80 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vernon Meentemeyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vernon Meentemeyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grundstein, Andrew, Vernon Meentemeyer, & John F. Dowd. (2009). Maximum vehicle cabin temperatures under different meteorological conditions. International Journal of Biometeorology. 53(3). 255–261. 92 indexed citations
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Akselsson, Cecilia, Björn Berg, Vernon Meentemeyer, & Olle Westling. (2004). Carbon sequestration rates in organic layers of boreal and temperate forest soils — Sweden as a case study. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 14(1). 77–84. 53 indexed citations
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Berg, Björn & Vernon Meentemeyer. (2002). Litter quality in a north European transect versus carbon storage potential. Plant and Soil. 242(1). 83–92. 174 indexed citations
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Berg, Björn, Maj‐Britt Johansson, & Vernon Meentemeyer. (2000). Litter decomposition in a transect of Norway spruce forests: substrate quality and climate control. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30(7). 1136–1147. 7 indexed citations
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Gamble, Douglas W. & Vernon Meentemeyer. (1997). A SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY OF EXTREME UNSEASONABLE FLOODS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, 1950–1990. Physical Geography. 18(6). 496–524. 24 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1995). Hydrology of a carolina bay located on the upper coastal plain of western South Carolina. Wetlands. 15(1). 47–57. 73 indexed citations
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Basist, Alan, Gerald D. Bell, & Vernon Meentemeyer. (1994). Statistical Relationships between Topography and Precipitation Patterns. Journal of Climate. 7(9). 1305–1315. 249 indexed citations
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Travis, David J., et al.. (1990). STRESSED TREES PRODUCE A BETTER CLIMATIC SIGNAL THAN HEALTHY TREES. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 50. 29–32. 10 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon. (1989). Geographical perspectives of space, time, and scale. Landscape Ecology. 3(3-4). 163–173. 208 indexed citations
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Soulé, Peter T. & Vernon Meentemeyer. (1989). The Drought of 1988: Historical Rank and Recurrence Interval. Southeastern geographer. 29(1). 17–25. 13 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1989). A regional analysis of total nitrogen in an agricultural landscape. Landscape Ecology. 2(3). 151–163. 15 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1987). Climatic Control of the Geography of Clay Minerals Genesis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 77(4). 635–650. 22 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon & Björn Berg. (1986). Regional variation in rate of mass loss of Pinus sylvestris needle litter in Swedish pine forests as influenced by climate and litter quality. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 1(1-4). 167–180. 91 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1985). Climatic control of the assemblages of secondary clay minerals in the A‐horizon of United States soils. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 10(6). 621–633. 13 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon. (1984). The Geography of Organic Decomposition Rates. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 74(4). 551–560. 87 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1980). Monthly Solar Radiation in the Southeast Based on Solmet Data. Southeastern geographer. 20(2). 134–144. 2 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1979). Environmental Locations of the Largest Trees of Eastern Deciduous Species. The American Midland Naturalist. 101(1). 182–182.
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Meentemeyer, Vernon. (1978). Macroclimate and Lignin Control of Litter Decomposition Rates. Ecology. 59(3). 465–472. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1978). Seasonal and Regional Variation in the Correlation of Thunderstorm Days with Tornado Frequency. Journal of applied meteorology. 17(11). 1741–1746. 4 indexed citations
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Meentemeyer, Vernon, et al.. (1977). THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES IN BIOGEOGRAPHY. The Professional Geographer. 29(3). 266–271. 7 indexed citations

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