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David A. Orwig

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
12518
World Ranking
3579
National Ranking
1253

David A. Orwig publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 119 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Orwig 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 David A. Orwig sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David A. Orwig is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on forest ecology and related sub-disciplines.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Some of the recent publications by David A. Orwig are:

  • "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Carbon budget of the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to global change," 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Application of multidimensional structural characterization to detect and describe moderate forest disturbance," 2020, Ecosphere
  • "Tree Species Traits Determine the Success of LiDAR-Based Crown Mapping in a Mixed Temperate Forest," 2020, Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David A. Orwig include:

  • Neil Pederson
  • Jonathan A. Myers
  • Gregory S. Gilbert
  • James A. Lutz
  • Xugao Wang

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Forestry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ecology

Best Publications

  • Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems

    Aaron M. Ellison;Michael S. Bank;Barton D. Clinton;Elizabeth A. Colburn

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Forest response to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid in southern New England, USA.

    David A. Orwig;David R. Foster

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • Landscape patterns of hemlock decline in New England due to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid

    David A. Orwig;David R. Foster;David L. Mausel

  • Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options.

    Gary M. Lovett;Marissa S. Weiss;Andrew M. Liebhold;Thomas P. Holmes

  • Variation in radial growth responses to drought among species, site, and canopy strata

    David A. Orwig;Marc D. Abrams

  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.

    Joseph A. LaManna;Scott A. Mangan;Alfonso Alonso;Norman A. Bourg;Norman A. Bourg

  • Dendroecological analysis of successional dynamics for a presettlement-origin white-pine-mixed-oak forest in the southern Appalachians, USA.

    Marc D. Abrams;David A. Orwig;Thomas E. Demeo

  • Avian response to removal of a forest dominant: consequences of hemlock woolly adelgid infestations

    Morgan W. Tingley;David A. Orwig;Rebecca Field;Rebecca Field;Glenn Motzkin

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

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

  • Direct and indirect ecosystem consequences of an invasive pest on forests dominated by eastern hemlock

    Matthew L. Kizlinski;David A. Orwig;Richard C. Cobb;David R. Foster

  • A 300-year history of disturbance and canopy recruitment for co-occurring white pine and hemlock on the Allegheny Plateau, USA

    Marc D. Abrams;David A. Orwig;David A. Orwig

  • Preemptive and salvage harvesting of New England forests: when doing nothing is a viable alternative.

    David R. Foster;David A. Orwig

  • The Legacy of Episodic Climatic Events in Shaping Temperate, Broadleaf Forests

    Neil Pederson;James M. Dyer;Ryan W. McEwan;Amy E. Hessl

  • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in New England Forests: Canopy Impacts Transforming Ecosystem Processes and Landscapes

    Bernhard Stadler;Bernhard Stadler;Thomas Müller;David Orwig;Richard Cobb

  • Multi-year ecosystem response to hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in southern New England forests

    David A. OrwigD.A. Orwig;Richard C. CobbR.C. Cobb;Anthony W. D’AmatoA.W. D’Amato;Matthew L. KizlinskiM.L. Kizlinski

  • An invasive urban forest pest invades natural environments — Asian longhorned beetle in northeastern US hardwood forests

    Kevin J. Dodds;David A. Orwig

  • Fine-scale perspectives on landscape phenology from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photography

    Stephen Klosterman;Eli Melaas;Jonathan A. Wang;Arturo Martinez

  • Land-use history (1720–1992), composition, and dynamics of oak–pine forests within the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of northern Virginia

    David A. Orwig;Marc D. Abrams

  • Oak, chestnut and fire: climatic and cultural controls of long‐term forest dynamics in New England, USA

    David R. Foster;Susan Clayden;David A. Orwig;Brian Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Foster
David R. Foster Harvard University
Anthony W. D'Amato
Anthony W. D'Amato University of Vermont
Evan L. Preisser
Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island
Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Fangliang He
Fangliang He University of Alberta
Marc D. Abrams
Marc D. Abrams Pennsylvania State University
James A. Lutz
James A. Lutz Utah State University
Jonathan Myers
Jonathan Myers VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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J. Julio Camarero

J. Julio Camarero

Spanish National Research Council

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Aaron M. Ellison

Aaron M. Ellison

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Evan L. Preisser

Evan L. Preisser

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Andrew M. Liebhold

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