Alan R. Townsend
Impact in
- Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Environmental Chemistry top 0.02%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Papers in
- Ecology 58
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 24
- Soil Science 58
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 57
- Co-authors
- Cory C. Cleveland (58 shared papers)James N. Galloway (4 shared papers)Sybil P. Seitzinger (2 shared papers)Luiz Antônio Martinelli (8 shared papers)Elisabeth A. Holland (12 shared papers)Gregory P. Asner (20 shared papers)Mark A. Sutton (1 shared paper)J. R. Freney (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Biogeochemistry (18 papers)Ecology (12 papers)Ecological Applications (8 papers)Regional Studies (7 papers)Ecosystems (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomBrazil
In The Last Decade
Alan R. Townsend
171 papers receiving 24.7k citations
Alan R. Townsend's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 183
- Soil Science 11.0k
- Environmental Chemistry 6.3k
- Ecology 9.5k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 3.5k
- Global and Planetary Change 5.1k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 5153 |
| 2 | Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present, and Future Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 4011 |
| 3 | Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1083 |
| 4 | Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 841 |
| 5 | Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 736 |
| 6 | Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 662 |
| 7 | Functional Ecology of Free-Living Nitrogen Fixation: A Contemporary Perspective Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 483 |
| 8 | 2002 | 404 | |
| 9 | 2006 | 388 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 377 | |
| 11 | 2011 | 373 | |
| 12 | 2006 | 370 | |
| 13 | 2003 | 360 | |
| 14 | Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 351 |
| 15 | 2010 | 348 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 337 | |
| 17 | 1996 | 312 | |
| 18 | 1999 | 299 | |
| 19 | 1997 | 250 | |
| 20 | 2008 | 245 |
About Alan R. Townsend
Alan R. Townsend is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change and Urban Studies, having authored 174 papers that have together received 25.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (40 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (24 papers), Regional Development and Policy (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (12 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (11.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (6.3k citations), Ecology (9.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.5k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (5.1k citations). Alan R. Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Cory C. Cleveland, James N. Galloway, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Luiz Antônio Martinelli, Elisabeth A. Holland, Gregory P. Asner, Mark A. Sutton, J. R. Freney, Jan Willem Erisman and Mateete Bekunda. Their work appears in journals such as Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Regional Studies and Ecosystems.
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