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Craig D. Allen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
48939
World Ranking
1144
National Ranking
424

Craig D. Allen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 167 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Craig D. Allen 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 Craig D. Allen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Craig D. Allen is a researcher affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on understanding the dynamics and health of forest ecosystems under changing environmental conditions.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science

Craig D. Allen has contributed to research topics including:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

The scientist has published work in several frequent venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Global Change Biology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Significant recent papers by Craig D. Allen include:

  • "Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world" (2020, Science)
  • "Global field observations of tree die-off reveal hotter-drought fingerprint for Earth's forests" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit" (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide" (2022, Annual Review of Plant Biology)
  • "Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests" (2021, Global Change Biology)

Craig D. Allen frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • William M. Hammond
  • Matthew D. Hurteau
  • Nate G. McDowell
  • Henrik Hartmann
  • Hongyan Liu

Best Publications

  • A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

    Craig D. Allen;Alison K. Macalady;Haroun Chenchouni;Dominique Bachelet

  • Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

    Nate G. McDowell;William T. Pockman;Craig D. Allen;David D. Breshears

  • Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought

    David D. Breshears;Neil S. Cobb;Paul M. Rich;Kevin P. Price

  • On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

    Craig D. Allen;David D. Breshears;Nathan G. McDowell

  • Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

    A. Park Williams;Craig D. Allen;Alison K. Macalady;Daniel Griffin

  • APPLIED HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: USING THE PAST TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE

    Thomas W. Swetnam;Craig D. Allen;Julio L. Betancourt

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

    Jill F. Johnstone;Craig D. Allen;Jerry F. Franklin;Lee E. Frelich

  • Drought-induced shift of a forest–woodland ecotone:Rapid landscape response to climate variation

    Craig D. Allen;David D. Breshears

  • ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEMS: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE

    Craig D. Allen;Melissa Savage;Donald A. Falk;Kieran F. Suckling

  • Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Brian H. Aukema

  • A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Henry D. Adams;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;William R.L. Anderegg;Henrik Hartmann

  • Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

    William R.L. Anderegg;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Rosie A. Fisher;Craig D. Allen

  • Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

    Amy C. Bennett;Amy C. Bennett;Nathan G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira

  • Darcy's law predicts widespread forest mortality under climate warming

    Nathan G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen

  • Global field observations of tree die-off reveal hotter-drought fingerprint for Earth’s forests

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  • Tree die-off in response to global change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements.

    David D Breshears;Orrin B Myers;Clifton W Meyer;Fairley J Barnes

  • The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States.

    James S. Clark;Louis Iverson;Christopher W. Woodall;Craig D. Allen

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide.

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  • Cross-scale interactions, nonlinearities, and forecasting catastrophic events.

    Debra P. C. Peters;Roger A. Pielke;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Craig D. Allen

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

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

  • Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the United States and Canada

    Jeffrey A. Hicke;Craig D. Allen;Ankur R. Desai;Michael C. Dietze

Frequent Co-Authors

David D. Breshears
David D. Breshears University of Arizona
Nate G. McDowell
Nate G. McDowell Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas W. Swetnam
Thomas W. Swetnam University of Arizona
Josef P. Werne
Josef P. Werne University of Pittsburgh
Nathan L. Stephenson
Nathan L. Stephenson United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey A. Hicke
Jeffrey A. Hicke University of Idaho
Donald A. Falk
Donald A. Falk University of Arizona
Henry D. Adams
Henry D. Adams Washington State University
Bradford P. Wilcox
Bradford P. Wilcox Texas A&M University
William T. Pockman
William T. Pockman University of New Mexico

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