M. D. Smith
Impact in
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Ecological Modeling top 0.1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Papers in
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 136
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- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 73
- Climate variability and models 23
- Co-authors
- Alan K. Knapp (102 shared papers)Scott L. Collins (51 shared papers)Philip A. Fay (9 shared papers)David L. Hoover (15 shared papers)Kimberly J. La Pierre (14 shared papers)John M. Blair (18 shared papers)Meghan L. Avolio (25 shared papers)Eric W. Seabloom (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Oecologia (21 papers)Ecology (18 papers)Journal of Ecology (17 papers)Global Change Biology (14 papers)Plant Ecology (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesChinaSouth Africa
In The Last Decade
M. D. Smith
202 papers receiving 19.7k citations
M. D. Smith's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 9.2k
- Ecological Modeling 2.1k
- Global and Planetary Change 9.7k
- Soil Science 3.1k
- Forestry 1.3k
Countries citing papers authored by M. D. Smith
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Fields of papers citing papers by M. D. Smith
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside M. D. Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Variation Among Biomes in Temporal Dynamics of Aboveground Primary Production Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1236 |
| 2 | Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1059 |
| 3 | Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1044 |
| 4 | Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 987 |
| 5 | THE INVASION PARADOX: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS IN SPECIES INVASIONS Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 816 |
| 6 | Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 718 |
| 7 | Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non‐random species loss Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 653 |
| 8 | An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 630 |
| 9 | Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 571 |
| 10 | An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 507 |
| 11 | 2009 | 485 | |
| 12 | Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation–productivity relationships: implications for climate change Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 381 |
| 13 | 2007 | 367 | |
| 14 | 2013 | 328 | |
| 15 | 2011 | 324 | |
| 16 | Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 316 |
| 17 | 2015 | 283 | |
| 18 | 2019 | 278 | |
| 19 | 2015 | 277 | |
| 20 | 2015 | 224 |
About M. D. Smith
M. D. Smith is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling, having authored 205 papers that have together received 20.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (136 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (73 papers), Plant and animal studies (45 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (37 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers), Climate variability and models (23 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (9.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (2.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (9.7k citations), Soil Science (3.1k citations) and Forestry (1.3k citations). M. D. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Alan K. Knapp, Scott L. Collins, Philip A. Fay, David L. Hoover, Kimberly J. La Pierre, John M. Blair, Meghan L. Avolio, Eric W. Seabloom, Stanley D. Smith and Kevin R. Wilcox. Their work appears in journals such as Oecologia, Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Global Change Biology and Plant Ecology.
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