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David U. Hooper 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 U. Hooper sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David U. Hooper 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 U. Hooper sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

David U. Hooper is affiliated with Western Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a specialization in related subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers several research topics, emphasizing Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David U. Hooper include:

  • Grazing regime alters plant community structure via patch-scale diversity in semiarid grasslands (2021, Ecosphere)
  • Key Components and Contrasts in the Nitrogen Budget Across a U.S.-Canadian Transboundary Watershed (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences)
  • Hydrologic and Nutrient Fluxes in a Small Watershed with Changing Agricultural Practices (2021, Northwest Science)

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Wenhuai Li
  • Liji Wu
  • Jonathan D. Bakker
  • Andros T. Gianuca
  • X. Ben Wu

The primary publication venues where the scientist's work has appeared include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Northwest Science

David U. Hooper received the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2000, an award recognizing notable contributions in ecological research.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

    Bradley J. Cardinale;J. Emmett Duffy;Andrew Gonzalez;David U. Hooper

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges

    M. Loreau;S. Naeem;P. Inchausti;J. Bengtsson

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

    David U. Hooper;E. Carol Adair;E. Carol Adair;Bradley J. Cardinale;Jarrett E. K. Byrnes

  • The Effects of Plant Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Processes

    David U. Hooper;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems

    F. Stuart Chapin;Brian H. Walker;Richard J. Hobbs;David U. Hooper

  • The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Kristin L. Matulich;David U. Hooper;Jarrett E. Byrnes

  • Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

    Katharine N. Suding;Sandra Lavorel;F. S. Chapin;Johannes H. Cornelissen

  • Effects of plant composition and diversity on nutrient cycling

    David U. Hooper;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks

    David U. Hooper;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown;Lijbert Brussard

  • Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions

    Jarrett E. K. Byrnes;Lars Gamfeldt;Forest Isbell;Jonathan S. Lefcheck

  • THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY AND COMPETITION IN ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO VARIATION IN PLANT DIVERSITY

    David U. Hooper

  • Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: Responses to geographical and temporal variation in precipitation

    David U. Hooper;Loretta Johnson

  • Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin;Osvaldo E. Sala;Ingrid C. Burke;J. Phillip Grime

  • Species diversity, functional diversity, and ecosystem functioning

    D. Hooper;N. Buchmann;V. Degrange;S. M. Díaz

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Maintaining Natural Life Support Processes

    Shahid Naeem;Robert Costanza;Paul R. Ehrlich;Frank B. Golley

  • Overyielding among plant functional groups in a long‐term experiment

    David U. Hooper;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity.

    Andrew Gonzalez;Bradley J. Cardinale;Ginger R. H. Allington;Jarrett Byrnes

  • Vegetation and climate controls on potential CO2, DOC and DON production in northern latitude soils

    Jason C. Neff;David U. Hooper

  • Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: Responses to geographical and temporal variation in precipitation

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  • Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge: Ecological Monog

    David Hooper;F. Stuart Chapin;John J. Ewel;Andy Hector

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley J. Cardinale
Bradley J. Cardinale Pennsylvania State University
David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Shahid Naeem
Shahid Naeem Columbia University
Jana E. Compton
Jana E. Compton Environmental Protection Agency
Bruce A. Hungate
Bruce A. Hungate Northern Arizona University
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez McGill University
Peter M. Kiffney
Peter M. Kiffney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lars Gamfeldt
Lars Gamfeldt University of Gothenburg

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