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D-Index
58
Citations
13470
World Ranking
2542
National Ranking
903

Alan H. Taylor publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan H. Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 134 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alan H. Taylor D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan H. Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan H. Taylor is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions in global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's major topics of study include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Fire dynamics and safety research

Alan H. Taylor has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Fire Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Ecosphere
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Environmental Research Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Taylor include:

  • "Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses," 2022, Fire Ecology
  • "The North American tree-ring fire-scar network," 2022, Ecosphere
  • "Precipitation alters the CO2 effect on water-use efficiency of temperate forests," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Drivers of fire severity shift as landscapes transition to an active fire regime, Klamath Mountains, USA," 2021, Ecosphere

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lucas B. Harris
  • Arif Masrur
  • Erica A. H. Smithwick
  • Margot W. Kaye
  • Helen M. Poulos

Best Publications

  • Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States

    Phillip J. van Mantgem;Nathan L. Stephenson;John C. Byrne;Lori D. Daniels

  • Moderation of breastfeeding effects on the IQ by genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism

    Avshalom Caspi;Benjamin Williams;Julia Kim-Cohen;Ian W. Craig

  • SPATIAL PATTERNS AND CONTROLS ON HISTORICAL FIRE REGIMES AND FOREST STRUCTURE IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS

    Alan H. Taylor;Carl N. Skinner

  • Fire history and landscape dynamics in a late-successional reserve, Klamath Mountains, California, USA

    Alan H. Taylor;Carl N. Skinner

  • The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

    David A. Perry;Paul F. Hessburg;Carl N. Skinner;Thomas A. Spies

  • Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests.

    R. K. Hagmann;P. F. Hessburg;P. F. Hessburg;S. J. Prichard;N. A. Povak

  • Drought triggered tree mortality in mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

    Alejandro Guarín;Alan H. Taylor

  • Spatial and temporal variation of fire regimes in a mixed conifer forest landscape, Southern Cascades, California, USA

    R. Matthew Beaty;Alan H. Taylor

  • Fire regimes and forest changes in mid and upper montane forests of the southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, U.S.A.

    Alan H. Taylor

  • A replicated molecular genetic basis for subtyping antisocial behavior in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Avshalom Caspi;Kate Langley;Barry Milne;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of Western North American forests

    Paul F. Hessburg;Paul F. Hessburg;Carol L. Miller;Sean A. Parks;Nicholas A. Povak

  • Fire regimes, forest change, and self-organization in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest, Yosemite National Park, USA

    Andrew E. Scholl;Alan H. Taylor

  • Multi‐scale controls of historical forest‐fire regimes: new insights from fire‐scar networks

    Donald A Falk;Emily K Heyerdahl;Peter M Brown;Calvin Farris

  • The influence of fuels treatment and landscape arrangement on simulated fire behavior, Southern Cascade range, California

    David A. Schmidt;David A. Schmidt;Alan H. Taylor;Carl N. Skinner

  • Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE

    Alan H. Taylor;Valerie Trouet;Carl N. Skinner;Scott Stephens

  • Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

    Paul F. Hessburg;Thomas A. Spies;David A. Perry;Carl N. Skinner

  • Regeneration patterns in old-growth Abies-Betula forests in the Wolong Natural Reserve, Sichuan, China

    Alan H. Taylor;Qin Zisheng

  • Climate change, fire management, and ecological services in the southwestern US

    Matthew D. Hurteau;John B. Bradford;Peter Z. Fulé;Alan H. Taylor

  • IDENTIFYING FOREST REFERENCE CONDITIONS ON EARLY CUT‐OVER LANDS, LAKE TAHOE BASIN, USA

    Alan H. Taylor

  • Fire history and the structure and dynamics of a mixed conifer forest landscape in the northern Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Basin, California, USA

    R. Matthew Beaty;Alan H. Taylor

  • The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon,

    David A. Perry;Paul F. Hessburg;Carl N. Skinner;Thomas A. Spies

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl N. Skinner
Carl N. Skinner US Forest Service
Valerie Trouet
Valerie Trouet University of Arizona
Scott L. Stephens
Scott L. Stephens University of California, Berkeley
Paul F. Hessburg
Paul F. Hessburg United States Department of Agriculture
Jerry F. Franklin
Jerry F. Franklin University of Washington
Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Donald A. Falk
Donald A. Falk University of Arizona
Thomas W. Swetnam
Thomas W. Swetnam University of Arizona
Eric E. Knapp
Eric E. Knapp US Forest Service
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis

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