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33
Citations
8289
World Ranking
7758
National Ranking
141

Overview

Dan F. B. Flynn is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans the intersection of engineering and environmental science, with notable contributions in the subfields of safety, risk, reliability and quality, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, social psychology, and building and construction.

Their scholarly output includes studies related to traffic and road safety, plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, traffic prediction and management techniques, species distribution and climate change, safety warnings and signage, and human-automation interaction and safety.

Recent publications by Flynn cover a range of topics primarily centered on transportation research and traffic safety. Key papers include:

  • Dynamic Speed Feedback Signs Are Effective in Reducing Driver Speeds, 2020, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Using Crowdsourced Data to Improve Models of Traffic Crash Propensity: Tennessee Highway Patrol Case Study, 2022, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Other frequently published works in Flynn's coauthor network and recurring journal venues further emphasize expertise in transportation and environmental topics. Venues with multiple publications include Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Journal of Dairy Science, Nature Climate Change, Grassland Research, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Flynn has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, including Olivia Gillham, C Heffernan, Tom F. O'Callaghan, Eleonora Serra, and Maria Frizzarin.

Some of the primary research areas Flynn engages with are:

  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Safety Warnings and Signage
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Their involvement in both environmental science and engineering reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex systems, including resilient infrastructure and biodiversity within transportation and ecological contexts.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa.

    Dan F. B. Flynn;Melanie Gogol-Prokurat;Theresa Nogeire;Nicole Molinari

  • Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

    Peter B. Reich;David Tilman;David Tilman;Forest Isbell;Kevin E. Mueller

  • Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem‐function relationships

    Dan F. B. Flynn;Nicholas Mirotchnick;Meha Jain;Matthew I. Palmer

  • Leaf nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometry across Chinese grassland biomes

    Jin-Sheng He;Liang Wang;Dan F. B. Flynn;Dan F. B. Flynn;Xiangping Wang

  • Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

    Debra Zuppinger-Dingley;Bernhard Schmid;Jana S. Petermann;Varuna Yadav

  • Stoichiometry and large-scale patterns of leaf carbon and nitrogen in the grassland biomes of China

    Jin Sheng He;Jingyun Fang;Zhiheng Wang;Dali Guo

  • Temperature and photoperiod drive spring phenology across all species in a temperate forest community

    D. F. B. Flynn;E. M. Wolkovich

  • codyn: An r package of community dynamics metrics

    Lauren M. Hallett;Lauren M. Hallett;Sydney K. Jones;A. Andrew M. MacDonald;Matthew B. Jones

  • The importance of rare species: a trait-based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall-grass prairies

    Meha Jain;Dan Fb B. Flynn;Dan Fb B. Flynn;Case M. Prager;Georgia M. Hart;Georgia M. Hart

  • Assessing Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems in African Villages

    Roseline Remans;Dan F. B. Flynn;Fabrice DeClerck;Willy Diru

  • Functional richness and ecosystem services: bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems.

    Stacy M. Philpott;Oliver Soong;Jacob H. Lowenstein;Jacob H. Lowenstein;Astrid Luz Pulido

  • Forest recovery in a tropical landscape: what is the relative importance of biophysical, socioeconomic, and landscape variables?

    Tanja Crk;María Uriarte;Fabio Corsi;Dan Flynn

  • Land use impacts on biodiversity in LCA: proposal of characterization factors based on functional diversity

    Danielle Maia de Souza;Danielle Maia de Souza;Dan F. B. Flynn;Fabrice DeClerck;Ralph K. Rosenbaum

  • Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

    Alexandru Milcu;Alexandru Milcu;Eric Allan;Christiane Roscher;Christiane Roscher;Tania Jenkins

  • Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant–soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi‐arid grassland

    Xiao‐Tao Lü;Grégoire T. Freschet;Dan F. B. Flynn;Xing‐Guo Han

  • Expansion of sugarcane production in São Paulo, Brazil: Implications for fire occurrence and respiratory health

    María Uriarte;Charles B. Yackulic;Tamar Cooper;Dan Flynn

  • A functional guide to functional diversity measures

    Owen L. Petchey;Eoin J. O’Gorman;Dan F. B. Flynn

  • Winter temperatures predominate in spring phenological responses to warming

    Ailene K. Ettinger;C. J. Chamberlain;Ignacio Morales‐Castilla;Ignacio Morales‐Castilla;D. M. Buonaiuto

  • Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and environmental trade-offs between leaf productivity and persistence

    Jin-Sheng He;Xiangping Wang;Dan F. B. Flynn;Dan F. B. Flynn;Liang Wang

  • Taxonomic identity, phylogeny, climate and soil fertility as drivers of leaf traits across Chinese grassland biomes

    Jin Sheng He;Xiangping Wang;Xiangping Wang;Bernhard Schmid;Dan F.B. Flynn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Jingyun Fang
Jingyun Fang Peking University
Gerlinde B. De Deyn
Gerlinde B. De Deyn Wageningen University & Research
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Lauren M. Hallett
Lauren M. Hallett University of Oregon
Shahid Naeem
Shahid Naeem Columbia University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Cameron Wagg
Cameron Wagg Environment and Climate Change Canada
Fabrice DeClerck
Fabrice DeClerck Bioversity International

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