Walter E. Westman

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Walter E. Westman is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter E. Westman has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Walter E. Westman's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (10 papers). Walter E. Westman is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (10 papers). Walter E. Westman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Walter E. Westman's co-authors include John F. O’Leary, George P. Malanson, Curtis Price, Jack F. Paris, Bruce A. Wilcox, Patrick J. Temple, Nathan L. Stephenson, Michael Spanner, Vincent G. Ambrosia and David L. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Walter E. Westman

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter E. Westman United States 23 865 841 813 421 254 38 2.0k
Robert G. Bailey United States 20 850 1.0× 957 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 229 0.5× 177 0.7× 40 2.4k
Robert G. Woodmansee United States 18 879 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 318 0.8× 196 0.8× 36 3.1k
Robert C. Szaro United States 21 744 0.9× 871 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 230 0.5× 173 0.7× 83 2.1k
Paul G. Risser United States 25 1.3k 1.5× 963 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 652 1.5× 470 1.9× 72 2.9k
J.R. Krummel United States 12 662 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 878 1.1× 177 0.4× 159 0.6× 28 2.2k
Francisco Díaz Pineda Spain 27 964 1.1× 944 1.1× 560 0.7× 544 1.3× 316 1.2× 101 2.2k
Eldon H. Franz United States 13 741 0.9× 512 0.6× 978 1.2× 342 0.8× 262 1.0× 19 2.1k
Paul T. Tueller United States 19 672 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 216 0.5× 92 0.4× 53 1.8k
Colin D. Meurk New Zealand 21 532 0.6× 762 0.9× 627 0.8× 361 0.9× 280 1.1× 52 1.7k
Thomas Wrbka Austria 27 848 1.0× 1.6k 1.9× 918 1.1× 474 1.1× 377 1.5× 58 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter E. Westman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter E. Westman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Westman, Walter E.. (1991). Measuring Realized Niche Spaces: Climatic Response of Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub. Ecology. 72(5). 1678–1684. 40 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1990). Structural and Floristic Attributes of Recolonizing Species in Large Rain Forest Gaps, North Queensland. Biotropica. 22(3). 226–226. 7 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E. & Patrick J. Temple. (1989). Acid mist and ozone effects on the leaf chemistry of two Western Conifer species. Environmental Pollution. 57(1). 9–26. 22 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E., et al.. (1989). Tropical deforestation and species endangerment: the role of remote sensing. Landscape Ecology. 3(2). 97–109. 36 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E. & Curtis Price. (1988). Detecting air pollution stress in southern California vegetation using Landsat Thematic Mapper band data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 54. 14 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E. & Curtis Price. (1988). Spectral changes in conifers subjected to air pollution and water stress: Experimental studies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 26(1). 11–21. 45 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1987). Monitoring the environment by remote sensing. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2(11). 333–337. 7 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E. & Curtis Price. (1987). Remote detection of air pollution stress to vegetation - Laboratory-level studies. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 6 indexed citations
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Price, Curtis & Walter E. Westman. (1987). Toward detecting California shrubland canopy chemistry with AIS data. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Peterson, David L., Walter E. Westman, Nathan L. Stephenson, et al.. (1986). Analysis of Forest Structure Using Thematic Mapper Simulator Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. GE-24(1). 113–121. 43 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E. & John F. O’Leary. (1986). Measures of resilience: the response of coastal sage scrub to fire. Plant Ecology. 65(3). 179–189. 65 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1985). Air pollution injury to coastal sage scrub in the Santa Monica Mountains, Southern California. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 26(1). 19–41. 13 indexed citations
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Malanson, George P. & Walter E. Westman. (1985). Postfire Succession in Californian Coastal Sage Scrub: The Role of Continual Basal Sprouting. The American Midland Naturalist. 113(2). 309–309. 34 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1984). Ecology, impact assessment, and environmental planning. Swarthmore College Works (Swarthmore College Libraries). 133 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1981). Seasonal dimorphism of foliage in Californian coastal sage scrub. Oecologia. 51(3). 385–388. 33 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1979). Oxidant Effects on Californian Coastal Sage Scrub. Science. 205(4410). 1001–1003. 39 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1978). Measuring the Inertia and Resilience of Ecosystems. BioScience. 28(11). 705–710. 244 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1978). Evidence for the Distinct Evolutionary Histories of Canopy and Understorey in the Eucalyptus Forest-Heath Alliance of Australia. Journal of Biogeography. 5(4). 365–365. 7 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E.. (1976). Vegetation conversion for fire control in Los Angeles. Urban Ecology. 2(2). 119–137. 7 indexed citations
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Westman, Walter E., et al.. (1975). Element Retention and Conservation. BioScience. 25(12). 770–772. 2 indexed citations

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