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D-Index
53
Citations
9597
World Ranking
3323
National Ranking
1173

David J. Cooper publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 219 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Cooper 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 J. Cooper sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J. Cooper is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Clinical Psychology as subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of ecological and environmental topics. Key areas include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Recent scholarly contributions include papers published between 2020 and 2024. Notable works are:

  • "Defining and Measuring Meditation-Related Adverse Effects in Mindfulness-Based Programs" (2021, Clinical Psychological Science)
  • "Can long-lived species keep pace with climate change? Evidence of local persistence potential in a widespread conifer" (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • "Does restoring apex predators to food webs restore ecosystems? Large carnivores in Yellowstone as a model system" (2024, Ecological Monographs)
  • "Metal mobilization from thawing permafrost to aquatic ecosystems is driving rusting of Arctic streams" (2024, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • "Differences in tree and shrub growth responses to climate change in a boreal forest in China" (2020, Dendrochronologia)

Cooper has worked with several frequent coauthors, including Xiaochun Wang, Liangjun Zhu, Willoughby B. Britton, Jared R. Lindahl, and Zongshan Li. Collaboration with these researchers appears consistently across publications.

The scientist publishes regularly in specific academic journals, with multiple contributions in:

  • Wetlands
  • Ecohydrology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Ecological Monographs

In addition to journal articles, Cooper has a book publication titled Mountain Peatland Restoration: Assessment, Goals, and Approaches released in 2024 by Michigan Technological University eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Sedimentation and Transformation in Organizational Change: The Case of Canadian Law Firms:

    David J. Cooper;Bob Hinings;Royston Greenwood;John L. Brown

  • Case Study Research in Accounting

    David J. Cooper;Wayne Morgan

  • Riparian vegetation and channel change in response to river regulation : a comparative study of regulated and unregulated streams in the Green River Basin, USA

    David M. Merritt;David J. Cooper

  • Beaver dams and overbank floods influence groundwater–surface water interactions of a Rocky Mountain riparian area

    Cherie J. Westbrook;Cherie J. Westbrook;David J. Cooper;Bruce W. Baker

  • Influence of water table levels on CO2 emissions in a Colorado subalpine fen: an in situ microcosm study

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper

  • Factors controlling the establishment of fremont cottonwood seedlings on the upper Green River, USA

    David J. Cooper;David M. Merritt;Douglas C. Andersen;Rodney A. Chimner

  • Multiple pathways for woody plant establishment on floodplains at local to regional scales

    David J. Cooper;Douglas C. Andersen;Rodney A. Chimner

  • HYDROLOGIC REGIME AND HERBIVORY STABILIZE AN ALTERNATIVE STATE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

    Evan C. Wolf;David J. Cooper;N. Thompson Hobbs

  • Effects of long-term water table drawdown on evapotranspiration and vegetation in an arid region phreatophyte community

    David J. Cooper;John S. Sanderson;David I. Stannard;David P. Groeneveld

  • Large decrease in ocean-surface CO 2 fugacity in response to in situ iron fertilization

    D.J. Cooper;A.J. Watson;P.D. Nightingale

  • Using stable oxygen isotopes to quantify the water source used for transpiration by native shrubs in the San Luis Valley, Colorado U.S.A.

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper

  • Beaver assisted river valley formation

    Cherie J. Westbrook;D.J. Cooper;Bruce W. Baker

  • An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper;Frederic C. Wurster;Line Rochefort

  • Processes Of Tamarix Invasion And Floodplain Development Along The Lower Green River, Utah

    Adam S. Birken;David J. Cooper

  • Alpine Peatlands of the Andes, Cajamarca, Peru

    David J. Cooper;Evan C. Wolf;Evan C. Wolf;Christopher Colson;Walter Vering

  • Physiological and morphological response patterns of Populus deltoides to alluvial groundwater pumping.

    David J. Cooper;Donald R. D'amico;Michael L. Scott

  • Linking Accounting, Organizations, and Institutions

    Christopher S. Chapman;David J. Cooper;Peter B. Miller

  • A framework for understanding the hydroecology of impacted wet meadows in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges, California, USA

    Steven P. Loheide;Richard S. Deitchman;David J. Cooper;Evan C. Wolf

  • Stream hydrology limits recovery of riparian ecosystems after wolf reintroduction

    Kristin N. Marshall;N. Thompson Hobbs;David J. Cooper

  • Annual groundwater evapotranspiration mapped from single satellite scenes

    David P. Groeneveld;William M. Baugh;John S. Sanderson;David J. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric S. Saltzman
Eric S. Saltzman University of California, Irvine
Rodney A. Chimner
Rodney A. Chimner Michigan Technological University
N. Thompson Hobbs
N. Thompson Hobbs Colorado State University
Ellen Wohl
Ellen Wohl Colorado State University
David M. Merritt
David M. Merritt US Forest Service
Stephanie K. Kampf
Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University
Maria Strack
Maria Strack University of Waterloo
Rod G. Zika
Rod G. Zika University of Miami
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
Jessica D. Lundquist
Jessica D. Lundquist University of Washington

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