Neil E. West

5.4k citations
125 papers · 4.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

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Papers in

    • Rangeland and Wildlife Management 74
    • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies 36
    • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies 17

Neil E. West

119 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Neil E. West's Hit Papers

Structure and Function of Microphytic Soil Crusts in Wildland Ecosystems of Arid to Semi-arid Regions 1990 · 505 citations
5050+12+24Years since publication100200300400500

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Neil E. West
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  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.0k
  • Ecology 2.5k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.6k
  • Environmental Chemistry 654
  • Soil Science 494
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Structure and Function of Microphytic Soil Crusts in Wildland Ecosystems of Arid to Semi-arid Regions
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1990505
2 1975350
3 1990332
4 2004218
5 2004192
6 1993180
7 1998127
8 1984102
9
Temperate deserts and semi-deserts
1983102
10 198495
11 200290
12 200688
13 197981
14 198575
15 199864
16 196861
17 200858
18 199456
19 198254
20 199954

About Neil E. West

Neil E. West is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 125 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (74 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (41 papers), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (36 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (17 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (12 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (12 papers) and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.0k citations), Ecology (2.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.6k citations), Environmental Chemistry (654 citations) and Soil Science (494 citations). Neil E. West has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include J. L. Charley, Charles D. Bonham, Eugene P. Odum, R. Douglas Ramsey, John A. Crawford, Robert Washington‐Allen, Chad S. Boyd, Michael A. Gregg, T.D. Whitson and Jeffrey C. Mosley. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology, Plant Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, The Holocene and Rangeland Ecology & Management.

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