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6037
National Ranking
2055

Overview

Christopher W. Dick is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their scientific contributions encompass a range of topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Forest Ecology and Management, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Christopher W. Dick include:

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity, 2023, Communications Biology
  • By Animal, Water, or Wind: Can Dispersal Mode Predict Genetic Connectivity in Riverine Plant Species?, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • allodb: An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots, 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Chemical Similarity of Co-occurring Trees Decreases With Precipitation and Temperature in North American Forests, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Christopher W. Dick has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Pamela S. Soltis, Oscar M. Vargas, Stephen A. Smith, David Allen, and Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira.

The scientist has published multiple articles in several scientific journals, with notable recurring appearances in New Phytologist, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Biotropica, Biological Conservation, and Communications Biology.

In addition to journal articles, Christopher W. Dick has authored books, including a publication with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor titled THE MICHIGAN BIG WOODS RESEARCH PLOT AT THE EDWIN S. GEORGE RESERVE, PINCKNEY, MI, USA, published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Pollen dispersal of tropical trees (Dinizia excelsa: Fabaceae) by native insects and African honeybees in pristine and fragmented Amazonian rainforest

    Christopher W. Dick;Gabriela Etchelecu;Frédéric Austerlitz

  • Using genetic markers to estimate the pollen dispersal curve

    Frederic Austerlitz;Christopher W. Dick;Cyril Dutech;Cyril Dutech;Etienne K. Klein;Etienne K. Klein

  • Pervasive alteration of tree communities in undisturbed Amazonian forests

    William F. Laurance;Alexandre A. Oliveira;Susan G. Laurance;Susan G. Laurance;Richard S. Condit

  • Minimum sample sizes for population genomics: an empirical study from an Amazonian plant species

    Alison G. Nazareno;Jordan B. Bemmels;Christopher W. Dick;Lúcia G. Lohmann

  • Spatial Scales of Pollen and Seed-Mediated Gene Flow in Tropical Rain Forest Trees

    Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick;Olivier J. Hardy;F. Andrew Jones;Rémy J. Petit

  • Forests of the past: a window to future changes.

    Rémy J. Petit;Rémy J. Petit;Feng Sheng Hu;Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick

  • Why Do Some Tropical Forests Have So Many Species of Trees

    Egbert Giles Leigh;Priya Davidar;Salim Ali;Christopher W. Dick

  • Genetic rescue of remnant tropical trees by an alien pollinator

    Christopher W. Dick

  • To self, or not to self... A review of outcrossing and pollen-mediated gene flow in neotropical trees

    M Ward;Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick;Rogerio Gribel;Andrew J. Lowe

  • The role of immigrants in the assembly of the South American rainforest tree flora

    R. Toby Pennington;Christopher W. Dick

  • Molecular Systematic Analysis Reveals Cryptic Tertiary Diversification of a Widespread Tropical Rain Forest Tree

    Christopher W. Dick;Kobinah Abdul-Salim;Eldredge Bermingham

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Why Do Some Tropical Forests Have So Many Species of Trees?

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  • Genetic structure of Mesoamerican populations of Big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) inferred from microsatellite analysis.

    Rachel Roth Novick;Christopher w. Dick;Maristerra R. Lemes;Carlos Navarro

  • Extreme long-distance dispersal of the lowland tropical rainforest tree Ceiba pentandra L. (Malvaceae) in Africa and the Neotropics.

    Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick;Eldredge Bermingham;Maristerra R. Lemes;Rogerio Gribel

  • Long‐distance gene flow and cross‐Andean dispersal of lowland rainforest bees (Apidae: Euglossini) revealed by comparative mitochondrial DNA phylogeography

    Christopher W. Dick;David Ward Roubik;Karl F. Gruber;Karl F. Gruber;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Vulnerability and Resilience of Tropical Forest Species to Land‐Use Change

    Nigel E. Stork;Jonathan A. Coddington;Robert K. Colwell;Robin L. Chazdon

  • Phylogenetic relationships among megabats, microbats, and primates

    David P. Mindell;Christopher W. Dick;Robert J. Baker

  • Spatial genetic structure of Simarouba amara Aubl. (Simaroubaceae), a dioecious, animal-dispersed Neotropical tree, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

    Britta D. Hardesty;Britta D. Hardesty;Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick;Antoine Kremer;Stephen Hubbell;Stephen Hubbell

  • Native bees mediate long-distance pollen dispersal in a shade coffee landscape mosaic

    Shalene Jha;Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick

  • The emerging field of geogenomics: Constraining geological problems with genetic data

    Paul A. Baker;Paul A. Baker;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Christopher W. Dick;Andrew J. Eckert

  • The complex biogeographic history of a widespread tropical tree species.

    Christopher C.W. Dick;Christopher C.W. Dick;Myriam Heuertz;Myriam Heuertz

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Britta Denise Hardesty
Britta Denise Hardesty CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Rogério Gribel
Rogério Gribel National Institute of Amazonian Research
Lúcia G. Lohmann
Lúcia G. Lohmann Universidade de São Paulo
Alexandre A. de Oliveira
Alexandre A. de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Ana Andrade
Ana Andrade National Institute of Amazonian Research
Paul A. Baker
Paul A. Baker Duke University

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