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Christopher J. Still

Christopher J. Still

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
13703
World Ranking
3084
National Ranking
1092

Christopher J. Still 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 J. Still sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 212 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher J. Still 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 J. Still sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher J. Still is a researcher affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, and Climate Variability and Models.

Christopher J. Still has contributed to multiple publications across a range of scientific journals. Among their recent papers are:

  • No evidence of canopy-scale leaf thermoregulation to cool leaves below air temperature across a range of forest ecosystems (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Imaging canopy temperature: shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes (2021, New Phytologist)

Other related notable papers, although with different lead authors but closely connected to Still's research areas, include:

  • Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene (2022, PNAS Nexus)
  • Representing plant diversity in land models: An evolutionary approach to make "Functional Types" more functional (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Persistence and Plasticity in Conifer Water-Use Strategies (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences)

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as New Phytologist, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Global Change Biology, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, and Geophysical Research Letters. Their publication record shows repeated contributions to these journals, highlighting a consistent presence in their fields of study.

Christopher J. Still collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Daniel M. Griffith, Stephanie Pau, Gerald Page, Brent R. Helliker, and Bharat Rastogi. These collaborations have resulted in multiple co-authored works enhancing interdisciplinary approaches within environmental and ecological science.

Best Publications

  • Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

    J. Alan Pounds;Martín R. Bustamante;Luis A. Coloma;Jamie A. Consuegra

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • Global distribution of C3 and C4 vegetation: Carbon cycle implications

    Christopher J. Still;Christopher J. Still;Joseph A. Berry;G. James Collatz;Ruth S. DeFries

  • The application and interpretation of Keeling plots in terrestrial carbon cycle research

    D. E. Pataki;J. R. Ehleringer;L. B. Flanagan;D. Yakir

  • Simulating the effects of climate change on tropical montane cloud forests

    Christopher J. Still;Prudence N. Foster;Stephen H. Schneider

  • Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

    A. Park Williams;Craig D. Allen;Constance I. Millar;Thomas W. Swetnam

  • Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

    Joseph W. Veldman;Julie C. Aleman;Julie C. Aleman;Swanni T. Alvarado;T. Michael Anderson

  • Climate, phylogeny and the ecological distribution of C4 grasses

    Erika J. Edwards;Christopher J. Still

  • Seasonal and episodic moisture controls on plant and microbial contributions to soil respiration

    Mariah S. Carbone;Christopher J. Still;Anthony R. Ambrose;Todd E. Dawson

  • Significance of summer fog and overcast for drought stress and ecological functioning of coastal California endemic plant species

    Douglas T. Fischer;Christopher J. Still;A. Park Williams

  • Simulation of carbon isotope discrimination of the terrestrial biosphere

    N. S. Suits;A. S. Denning;J. A. Berry;C. J. Still

  • Fire emissions from C3 and C4 vegetation and their influence on interannual variability of atmospheric CO2 and δ13CO2

    J. T. Randerson;G. R. van der Werf;G. R. van der Werf;G. J. Collatz;L. Giglio

  • Plant community composition mediates both large transient decline and predicted long‐term recovery of soil carbon under climate warming

    Scott R. Saleska;Scott R. Saleska;M. Rebecca Shaw;M. Rebecca Shaw;Marc L. Fischer;Jennifer A. Dunne;Jennifer A. Dunne

  • Thermal Imaging in Plant and Ecosystem Ecology: Applications and Challenges

    Christopher Still;Rebecca L. Powell;Donald Aubrecht;Youngil Kim

  • A mechanistic model of H218O and C18OO fluxes between ecosystems and the atmosphere: Model description and sensitivity analyses

    W. J. Riley;C. J. Still;C. J. Still;M. S. Torn;J. A. Berry

  • The relevance of phylogeny to studies of global change

    Erika J. Edwards;Christopher J. Still;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Influence of clouds and diffuse radiation on ecosystem‐atmosphere CO2 and CO18O exchanges

    C J Still;W J Riley;S C Biraud;D C Noone

  • Continuous, long-term, high-frequency thermal imaging of vegetation: Uncertainties and recommended best practices

    Donald M. Aubrecht;Brent R. Helliker;Michael L. Goulden;Dar A. Roberts

  • Tropical forest temperature thresholds for gross primary productivity

    Stephanie Pau;Matteo Detto;Matteo Detto;Youngil Kim;Christopher J. Still

  • A multi‐isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H) feather isoscape to assign Afrotropical migrant birds to origins

    K. A. Hobson;S. L. Van Wilgenburg;L. I. Wassenaar;R. L. Powell

  • Constraining surface carbon fluxes using in situ measurements of carbonyl sulfide and carbon dioxide

    M. Berkelhammer;M. Berkelhammer;D. Asaf;C. Still;S. Montzka

  • Continental-Scale Distributions of Vegetation Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios

    Christopher J. Still;Rebecca L. Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

David Noone
David Noone University of Auckland
Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
Joseph A. Berry
Joseph A. Berry Carnegie Institution for Science
William J. Riley
William J. Riley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Colin P. Osborne
Colin P. Osborne University of Sheffield
Max Berkelhammer
Max Berkelhammer University of Illinois at Chicago
Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Caroline E. R. Lehmann University of Edinburgh
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
A. Park Williams
A. Park Williams Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Erika J. Edwards
Erika J. Edwards Yale University

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