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David M. Merritt

David M. Merritt

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
10475
World Ranking
6745
National Ranking
2273

David M. Merritt 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 M. Merritt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 84 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David M. Merritt 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 M. Merritt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David M. Merritt is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, focusing particularly on Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics in Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Notable recent publications include the following:

  • IMpower150 Final Exploratory Analyses for Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab and Chemotherapy in Key NSCLC Patient Subgroups With EGFR Mutations or Metastases in the Liver or Brain, 2021, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Effectiveness of PD-(L)1 inhibitors alone or in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy in first-line (1L) non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (Nsq-NSCLC) with PD-L1-high expression using real-world data, 2022, Annals of Oncology
  • Designing flow regimes to support entire river ecosystems, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Complex riparian habitats predict reptile and amphibian diversity, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management, 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Frequent co-authors of David M. Merritt include Heather L. Bateman, S. Morris, David A. Lytle, Erin S. Cubley, and Naoyuki Nogami.

Their research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Wetlands
  • Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Best Publications

  • The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

    N. Leroy Poff;Brian D. Richter;Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Homogenization of regional river dynamics by dams and global biodiversity implications.

    N. LeRoy Poff;Julian D. Olden;David M. Merritt;David M. Pepin

  • River restoration: OPINION

    Ellen Wohl;Paul L. Angermeier;Brian Bledsoe;G. Mathias Kondolf

  • The role of hydrochory in structuring riparian and wetland vegetation

    Christer Nilsson;Rebecca L. Brown;Roland Jansson;David M. Merritt

  • Theory, methods and tools for determining environmental flows for riparian vegetation: riparian vegetation‐flow response guilds

    David M. Merritt;Michael L. Scott;N. LeROY Poff;Gregor T. Auble

  • 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

  • PROCESSES GOVERNING HYDROCHORY ALONG RIVERS: HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, AND DISPERSAL PHENOLOGY

    David M. Merritt;Ellen E. Wohl

  • Flow regime alteration degrades ecological networks in riparian ecosystems

    Jonathan D. Tonkin;David. M. Merritt;Julian D. Olden;Lindsay V. Reynolds

  • HYDROLOGIC REGIMES AND RIPARIAN FORESTS: A STRUCTURED POPULATION MODEL FOR COTTONWOOD

    David A. Lytle;David M. Merritt

  • 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

  • Plant dispersal along rivers fragmented by dams

    David M. Merritt;Ellen E. Wohl

  • Shifting dominance of riparian Populus and Tamarix along gradients of flow alteration in western North American rivers.

    David M. Merritt;David M. Merritt;N. Le Roy Poff

  • Hydrochory increases riparian plant species richness: a comparison between a free‐flowing and a regulated river

    Roland Jansson;Ursula Zinko;David M. Merritt;David M. Merritt;Christer Nilsson

  • Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain future.

    Jonathan D. Tonkin;N. Le Roy Poff;Nick R. Bond;Avril Horne

  • DIFFERENCES IN RIPARIAN FLORA BETWEEN RIVERBANKS AND RIVER LAKESHORES EXPLAINED BY DISPERSAL TRAITS

    Christer Nilsson;Christer Nilsson;Elisabet Andersson;David M. Merritt;Mats E. Johansson

  • Consequences of propagule dispersal and river fragmentation for riparian plant community diversity and turnover

    David M. Merritt;David M. Merritt;Christer Nilsson;Roland Jansson

  • Riparian plant guilds of ephemeral, intermittent and perennial rivers

    Juliet C. Stromberg;David M. Merritt

  • Modeling the functional influence of vegetation type on streambank cohesion

    Lina E. Polvi;Lina E. Polvi;Ellen Wohl;David M. Merritt;David M. Merritt

  • Linking stream flow and groundwater to avian habitat in a desert riparian system

    David M. Merritt;Heather L. Bateman

  • Geomorphic and process domain controls on riparian zones in the Colorado Front Range

    Lina E. Polvi;Ellen E. Wohl;David M. Merritt;David M. Merritt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Wohl
Ellen Wohl Colorado State University
Patrick B. Shafroth
Patrick B. Shafroth United States Geological Survey
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Christer Nilsson
Christer Nilsson Umeå University
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
David A. Lytle
David A. Lytle Oregon State University
Jonathan D. Tonkin
Jonathan D. Tonkin University of Canterbury
Brian P. Bledsoe
Brian P. Bledsoe University of Georgia
David J. Cooper
David J. Cooper Colorado State University
Roland Jansson
Roland Jansson Umeå University

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