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D-Index
49
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19517
World Ranking
3940
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1376

Bruce McCune 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 Bruce McCune sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 226 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce McCune 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 Bruce McCune sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruce McCune is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences field, with 64 publications. Within this broader area, they focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Cell Biology; Atmospheric Science; and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

McCune's publication record includes papers in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Bryologist (15 publications)
  • Evansia (7 publications)
  • Plant and Fungal Systematics (3 publications)
  • The Lichenologist (3 publications)
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2 publications)

Among recent papers, notable titles and publication details are:

  • "Erosion of tropical bird diversity over a century is influenced by abundance, diet and subtle climatic tolerances" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "The weight of the crust: Biomass of crustose lichens in tropical dry forest represents more than half of foliar biomass" (2020, Biotropica)
  • "Biodiversity and ecology of lichens of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska" (2020, Plant and Fungal Systematics)
  • "Climate and epiphytic macrolichen communities in the Four Corners region of the U.S.A." (2022, The Bryologist)
  • "The potential use of elemental content of saxicolous lichens as bioindicators of nitrogen deposition in the central and southern California mountains" (2022, Ecological Indicators)

Frequent collaborators of McCune include:

  • Sarah Jovan
  • Daphne Stone
  • Heather T. Root
  • Ricardo Miranda-González
  • Adrienne Kovasi

Best Publications

  • Analysis of Ecological Communities

    Bruce McCune;James B. Grace

  • Differences in lichen and bryophyte communities between old-growth and managed second-growth forests in the Swan Valley, Montana

    Peter Lesica;Bruce McCune;Stephen V. Cooper;Won Shic Hong

  • Gradients in Epiphyte Biomass in Three Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Forests of Different Ages in Western Oregon and Washington

    Bruce Mccune

  • DISPERSAL LIMITATIONS OF EPIPHYTIC LICHENS RESULT IN SPECIES DEPENDENT ON OLD-GROWTH FORESTS

    Stephen C. Sillett;Bruce McCune;Jerilynn E. Peck;Thomas R. Rambo

  • Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

    Bruce McCune;Linda Geiser

  • INFLUENCE OF NOISY ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ON CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS

    Bruce McCune

  • Lichen Communities as Indicators of Forest Health

    Bruce McCune

  • Non-parametric habitat models with automatic interactions

    Bruce McCune

  • One hundred new species of lichenized fungi : a signature of undiscovered global diversity

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Teuvo Ahti;Susanne Altermann;Guillermo Amo de Paz

  • Hotspots of Epiphytic Lichen Diversity in Two Young Managed Forests

    Peter N. Neitlich;Bruce McCune

  • Will similar forests develop on similar sites

    Bruce McCune;T. F. H. Allen

  • ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN NORTH AMERICAN PINES

    Bruce McCune

  • Decline of arctic-alpine plants at the southern margin of their range following a decade of climatic warming

    P. Lesica;B. McCune

  • Epiphyte habitats in an old conifer forest in western Washington, U.S.A.

    Bruce McCune;Roger Rosentreter;Jeanne M. Ponzetti;David C. Shaw

  • Repeatability of Community Data: Species Richness Versus Gradient Scores in Large-scale Lichen Studies

    Bruce McCune;Jonathan P. Dey;JeriLynn E. Peck;David Cassell

  • REMNANT TREES AND CANOPY LICHEN COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN OREGON: A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH

    JeriLynn E. Peck;Bruce McCune

  • Diversity and succession of epiphytic macrolichen communities in low-elevation managed conifer forests in Western Oregon

    Eric B. Peterson;B. McCune

  • Evolution of complex symbiotic relationships in a morphologically derived family of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K Divakar;Ana Crespo;Mats Wedin;Steven D Leavitt

  • The Trade-off between Species Capture and Quantitative Accuracy in Ecological Inventory of Lichens and Bryophytes in Forests in Montana

    Bruce McCune;Peter Lesica

  • Vertical profile of epiphytes in a Pacific Northwest old-growth forest

    T. Rambo;R. Harris;B. Larson;S. Majors

  • Regional Gradients in Lichen Communities of the Southeast United States

    Bruce McCune;Jonathan Dey;Jeri Peck;Karin Heiman

Frequent Co-Authors

Pradeep K. Divakar
Pradeep K. Divakar Complutense University of Madrid
H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
Conrad L. Schoch
Conrad L. Schoch National Institutes of Health
Joseph A. Antos
Joseph A. Antos University of Victoria
Steven D. Leavitt
Steven D. Leavitt Brigham Young University
Harrie J. M. Sipman
Harrie J. M. Sipman Freie Universität Berlin
Andrew N. Gray
Andrew N. Gray US Forest Service
Ana Crespo
Ana Crespo Complutense University of Madrid
Mats Wedin
Mats Wedin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin

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