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52
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10860
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3453
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140

Christopher Carcaillet 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 Christopher Carcaillet sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 158 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher Carcaillet 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 Christopher Carcaillet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher Carcaillet is primarily affiliated with the École Pratique des Hautes Études in France. Their research expertise lies within the broad field of Environmental Science, with 43 publications contributing to this area.

Their work covers several subfields within Environmental Science, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The main topics addressed throughout their research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Fire dynamics and safety research

Christopher Carcaillet has published in frequent venues that include:

  • Plant Ecology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Forest Ecosystems
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher Carcaillet include:

  • Assessing changes in global fire regimes, 2024, Fire Ecology
  • The reconstruction of burned area and fire severity using charcoal from boreal lake sediments, 2020, The Holocene
  • For a few years more: reductions in plant diversity 70 years after the last fire in Mediterranean forests, 2020, Plant Ecology
  • Fire-vegetation interactions during the last 11,000 years in boreal and cold temperate forests of Fennoscandia, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity, 2025, Nature

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Julie C. Aleman
  • Frédérique Carcaillet
  • Boris Vannière
  • Bérangère Leys
  • Olivier Blarquez

Best Publications

  • Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia

    J. R. Marlon;P. J. Bartlein;C. Carcaillet;D. G. Gavin

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America

    Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;M. K. Walsh;Sandy P. Harrison

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Forest management is driving the eastern North American boreal forest outside its natural range of variability

    Dominic Cyr;Sylvie Gauthier;Yves Bergeron;Christopher Carcaillet

  • Change of fire frequency in the eastern Canadian boreal forests during the Holocene: does vegetation composition or climate trigger the fire regime?

    Christopher Carcaillet;Christopher Carcaillet;Yves Bergeron;Pierre J. H. Richard;Bianca Fréchette

  • Comparison of pollen-slide and sieving methods in lacustrine charcoal analyses for local and regional fire history

    Christopher Carcaillet;Martine Bouvier;Bianca Fréchette;Alayn C. Larouche

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Future fire in Canada's boreal forest: paleoecology results and general circulation model--regional climate model simulations

    Mike Flannigan;Ian Campbell;Mike Wotton;Christopher Carcaillet

  • Holocene biomass burning and global dynamics of the carbon cycle.

    C Carcaillet;H Almquist;H Asnong;R H W Bradshaw

  • Patterns of Land-use Abandonment Control Tree-recruitment and Forest Dynamics in Mediterranean Mountains

    Sandrine Chauchard;Sandrine Chauchard;Christopher Carcaillet;Frédéric Guibal

  • Pedoanthracological contribution to the study of the evolution of the upper treeline in the Maurienne valley (North French Alps): methodology and preliminary data

    Christopher Carcaillet;Michel Thinon

  • Post-fire Mediterranean vegetation dynamics and diversity: A discussion of succession models §

    Raimondo Capitanio;Christopher Carcaillet

  • A spatially precise study of Holocene fire history, climate and human impact within the Maurienne valley, North French Alps

    Christopher Carcaillet

  • Are Holocene wood-charcoal fragments stratified in alpine and subalpine soils? Evidence from the Alps based on AMS 14C dates

    Christopher Carcaillet

  • Holocene changes in seasonal precipitation highlighted by fire incidence in eastern Canada

    C. Carcaillet;P. J. H.. Richard

  • Adsorption of allelopathic compounds by wood-derived charcoal : the role of wood porosity

    Olivier Keech;Olivier Keech;Christopher Carcaillet;Marie Charlotte Nilsson

  • Will climate change drive 21st century burn rates in Canadian boreal forest outside of its natural variability: collating global climate model experiments with sedimentary charcoal data.

    Yves Bergeron;Dominic Cyr;Martin P. Girardin;Christopher Carcaillet

  • LONG-TERM FIRE FREQUENCY NOT LINKED TO PREHISTORIC OCCUPATIONS IN NORTHERN SWEDISH BOREAL FOREST

    Christopher Carcaillet;Christopher Carcaillet;Ingela Bergman;Séverine Delorme;Greger Hornberg

  • Variability in Fire Frequency and Forest Composition in Canada'sSoutheastern Boreal Forest: A Challenge for Sustainable ForestManagement

    Yves Bergeron;Pierre J.H. Richard;Christopher Carcaillet;Sylvie Gauthier

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Bergeron
Yves Bergeron Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Martin P. Girardin
Martin P. Girardin Natural Resources Canada
Pierre J. H. Richard
Pierre J. H. Richard University of Montreal
Sylvie Gauthier
Sylvie Gauthier Natural Resources Canada
Jennifer R. Marlon
Jennifer R. Marlon Yale University
Richard H. W. Bradshaw
Richard H. W. Bradshaw University of Liverpool
Patrick J. Bartlein
Patrick J. Bartlein University of Oregon
Philip E. Higuera
Philip E. Higuera University of Montana
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Jérôme Poulenard
Jérôme Poulenard Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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