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David McClintock Newbery

David McClintock Newbery

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
33
Citations
5217
World Ranking
9534
National Ranking
212

David McClintock Newbery publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David McClintock Newbery sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

David McClintock Newbery D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David McClintock Newbery sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

David McClintock Newbery is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily centered around ecology, vegetation dynamics, and forest ecology and management.

Their work covers specific areas including nature and landscape conservation, forestry, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as global and planetary change. The main research topics they have addressed include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Publications by David M. Newbery are frequently found in several academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and contributions also published in Plant Ecology and Evolution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), PLoS ONE, and Ecosphere.

The following is a selection of notable recent papers authored by David M. Newbery:

  • The structure of Leguminosae-Detarioideae dominant rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon (2021, Plant Ecology and Evolution)
  • Change in liana density over 30 years in a Bornean rain forest supports the escape hypothesis (2021, Ecosphere)
  • Stem girth changes in response to soil water potential in lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo: An individualistic time-series analysis (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Change in liana density over 30 years in a Bornean rain forest supports the escape hypothesis (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Stem girth changes in response to soil water potential in lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo: a phenomenological and individualistic time-series analysis (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David M. Newbery include:

  • Julian M. Norghauer
  • Godlove A. Neba
  • Culbertson E. Etta
  • George B. Chuyong
  • Marcus Lingenfelder

Best Publications

  • M. A. Huston, Biological Diversity: the coexistence of species on changing landscapes . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36930-4 (pbk). 681 + xix. pages. £24.95.

    D. M. Newbery

  • Intra-annual radial growth and water relations of trees: implications towards a growth mechanism

    Roman Franz Zweifel;Lukas Zimmermann;Fabienne Zeugin;David McClintock Newbery

  • Modeling tree water deficit from microclimate: an approach to quantifying drought stress

    Roman Franz Zweifel;Lukas Zimmermann;David McClintock Newbery

  • The ecoclimatology of Danum, Sabah, in the context of the world's rainforest regions, with particular reference to dry periods and their impact.

    R. P. D. Walsh;David McClintock Newbery

  • Disturbance, phenology and life-history characteristics: factors influencing distance/density-dependent attack on tropical seeds and seedlings.

    D. S. Hammond;V. K. Brown;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins

  • Evidence of species-specific neighborhood effects in the dipterocarpaceae of a Bornean rain forest

    Peter Stoll;David McClintock Newbery

  • Ectomycorrhizal rain-forest legumes and soil phosphorus in Korup National Park, Cameroon

    D. M. Newbery;I. J. Alexander;D. W. Thomas;J. S. Gartlan

  • Dynamics of Tropical Communities

    D. M. Newbery

  • Ecological studies in four contrasting lowland rain forests in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak. IV: Associations between tree distribution and soil factors

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  • RECRUITMENT LIMITATION CONSTRAINS LOCAL SPECIES RICHNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN DRY GRASSLAND

    Michaela Zeiter;Andreas Stampfli;David McClintock Newbery

  • Primary forest dynamics in lowland dipterocarp forest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, and the role of the understorey

    David McClintock Newbery;D. N. Kennedy;G. H. Petol;L. Madani

  • Secondary succession and dipterocarp recruitment in Bornean rain forest after logging

    Wolfgang Bischoff;David McClintock Newbery;Marcus Lingenfelder;Rainer Schnaeckel

  • Rainfall input, throughfall and stemflow of nutrients in a central African rain forest dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees

    Georg Chuyong;David McClintock Newbery;N. C. Songwe

  • Drought avoidance and the effect of local topography on trees in the understorey of Bornean lowland rain forest

    J. M. Gibbons;David McClintock Newbery

  • Mast fruiting of large ectomycorrhizal African rain forest trees: importance of dry season intensity, and the resource-limitation hypothesis.

    David McClintock Newbery;George Chuyong;Lukas Zimmermann

  • Litter nutrients and retranslocation in a central African rain forest dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees

    George Chuyong;David McClintock Newbery;N. C. Songwe

  • Tree architecture in a Bornean lowland rain forest: intraspecific and interspecific patterns

    Frank J. Sterck;Frans Bongers;David McClintock Newbery

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant pollinator interactions in the tropics.

    S. S. Renner;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins;N. D. Brown

  • Does proximity to conspecific adults influence the establishment of ectomycorrhizal trees in rain forest

    David McClintock Newbery;I. J. Alexander;J. A. Rother

  • Does low phosphorus supply limit seedling establishment and tree growth in groves of ectomycorrhizal trees in a central African rainforest

    David McClintock Newbery;Georg Chuyong;J. J. Green;N. C. Songwe

  • Gap-size niche differentiation by tropical rainforest trees: a testable hypothesis or a broken-down bandwagon?

    N. D. Brown;S. Jennings;D. M. Newbery;H. H. T. Prins

  • Timing of extreme drought modifies reproductive output in semi-natural grassland

    Michaela Zeiter;Michaela Zeiter;Sara Schärrer;Roman Zweifel;Roman Zweifel;David M. Newbery

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Brown
Nick Brown University of Oxford
Herbert H. T. Prins
Herbert H. T. Prins Wageningen University & Research
George B. Chuyong
George B. Chuyong University of Buea
Roman Zweifel
Roman Zweifel Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Rory P. D. Walsh
Rory P. D. Walsh Swansea University
Gaétan Glauser
Gaétan Glauser University of Neuchâtel
Iain Robertson
Iain Robertson Swansea University
Susanne S. Renner
Susanne S. Renner Washington University in St. Louis
Ian J. Alexander
Ian J. Alexander University of Aberdeen
Frank J. Sterck
Frank J. Sterck Wageningen University & Research

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