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Crystal N. H. McMichael

Crystal N. H. McMichael

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
4015
World Ranking
7445
National Ranking
168

Overview

Crystal N. H. McMichael is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans environmental science, arts and humanities, and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on historical and ecological perspectives.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study encompass:

  • History
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Geography, Planning and Development

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Crystal N. H. McMichael's research include:

  • Mark B. Bush
  • William D. Gosling
  • Majoi N. Nascimento
  • Nina H. Witteveen
  • Dolores R. Piperno

The scientist's work has been published primarily in these venues:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Quaternary International
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Biogeography

Some recent notable papers include:

  • "People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity," 2021, Nature
  • "Ecological legacies of past human activities in Amazonian forests," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity," 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Long-term ecological legacies in western Amazonia," 2020, Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

    Erle C. Ellis;Nicolas Gauthier;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Rebecca Bliege Bird

  • Sparse pre-Columbian human habitation in western Amazonia.

    C. H. McMichael;D. R. Piperno;M. B. Bush;M. R. Silman

  • Fire, climate change and biodiversity in Amazonia: a Late-Holocene perspective.

    M.B Bush;M.R Silman;C McMichael;S Saatchi

  • How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity

    Xiao Feng;Cory Merow;Zhihua Liu;Daniel S. Park

  • Predicting pre-Columbian anthropogenic soils in Amazonia

    Crystal H. McMichael;Michael W. Palace;Mark B. Bush;B. Braswell

  • Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre-history: An ecological perspective

    Mark B. Bush;Crystal H. McMichael;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno;Miles R. Silman

  • Amazonia and the Anthropocene: What was the spatial extent and intensity of human landscape modification in the Amazon Basin at the end of prehistory?

    Dolores R Piperno;Dolores R Piperno;Crystal McMichael;Mark B Bush

  • Ancient human disturbances may be skewing our understanding of Amazonian forests.

    Crystal N. H. McMichael;Frazer Matthews-Bird;William Farfan-Rios;Kenneth J. Feeley

  • Spatial and temporal scales of pre-Columbian disturbance associated with western Amazonian lakes

    Crystal H. McMichael;Mark B. Bush;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno;Miles R. Silman

  • A 6900-year history of landscape modification by humans in lowland Amazonia

    M.B. Bush;A. Correa-Metrio;C.H. McMichael;C.H. McMichael;S. Sully;S. Sully

  • Uncovering spatial patterns in the natural and human history of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) across the Amazon Basin

    E. Thomas;C. Alcázar Caicedo;C.H. McMichael;R. Corvera

  • Comment on “Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition”

    Crystal H. McMichael;Kenneth J. Feeley;Christopher W. Dick;Christopher W. Dick;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Holocene fires, forest stability and human occupation in south-western Amazonia

    Dunia H. Urrego;Mark B. Bush;Miles R. Silman;Brittany A. Niccum

  • Bamboo-dominated forests and pre-Columbian earthwork formations in south-western Amazonia

    Crystal H. McMichael;Crystal H. McMichael;Michael W. Palace;Megan Golightly

  • Phytolith assemblages along a gradient of ancient human disturbance in western Amazonia

    Crystal H. McMichael;Crystal H. McMichael;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno;Eduardo Goes Neves;Mark B. Bush

  • Ecological legacies of past human activities in Amazonian forests.

    Crystal N.H. McMichael

  • Ancient Amazonian populations left lasting impacts on forest structure

    Michael W. Palace;Crystal H.H. McMichael;Bobby H. Braswell;Stephen C. Hagen

  • Palm Phytoliths of Mid-Elevation Andean Forests

    Seringe N. Huisman;M. F. Raczka;Crystal N. H. McMichael

  • Reconstructing past fire temperatures from ancient charcoal material

    W.D. Gosling;H.L. Cornelissen;C.N.H. McMichael

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of pre-Columbian people in Amazonia

    Crystal N.H. McMichael;Mark B. Bush

  • Historical fire and bamboo dynamics in western Amazonia

    Crystal H. McMichael;Crystal H. McMichael;Mark B. Bush;Miles R. Silman;Dolores R. Piperno;Dolores R. Piperno

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark B. Bush
Mark B. Bush Florida Institute of Technology
Dolores R. Piperno
Dolores R. Piperno National Museum of Natural History
William D. Gosling
William D. Gosling University of Amsterdam
Michael W. Palace
Michael W. Palace University of New Hampshire
Miles R. Silman
Miles R. Silman Wake Forest University
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Maarten A. Prins
Maarten A. Prins Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrew R. Zimmerman
Andrew R. Zimmerman University of Florida
Francis E. Mayle
Francis E. Mayle University of Reading

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