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Doria R. Gordon is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on global and planetary change, ecology, plant science, nature and landscape conservation, and agronomy and crop science.

Their scholarly work concentrates on several main topics, including bioenergy crop production and management, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, species distribution and climate change, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, CRISPR and genetic engineering, genetically modified organisms research, and plant and animal studies.

Recent publications by Gordon cover a range of themes in environmental and agricultural sciences. Key papers include:

  • "Future warming from global food consumption," 2023, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Crediting agricultural soil carbon sequestration," 2022, published in Science
  • "Expert review of the science underlying nature-based climate solutions," 2024, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Responsible governance of gene editing in agriculture and the environment," 2021, published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Identifying invasive species threats, pathways, and impacts to improve biosecurity," 2023, published in Ecosphere

Gordon has published multiple papers in several notable venues, including Nature Climate Change, Science, Carbon Management, NeoBiota, and Conservation Science and Practice.

Among frequent coauthors are Deah Lieurance, Susan Canavan, S. Luke Flory, Tabitha Petri, and Emily E. Oldfield, indicating collaborative work spanning multiple research topics.

Best Publications

  • Effects of invasive, non-indigenous plant species on ecosystem processes: lessons from Florida.

    Doria R. Gordon

  • How successful are plant species reintroductions

    Sandrine Godefroid;Sandrine Godefroid;Carole Piazza;Graziano Rossi;Stéphane Buord

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • Restoring Fire to Long‐Unburned Pinus palustris Ecosystems: Novel Fire Effects and Consequences for Long‐Unburned Ecosystems

    J. Morgan Varner;Doria R. Gordon;Francis E. Putz;J. Kevin Hiers

  • Competition for soil water between annual plants and blue oak (Quercus douglasii) seedlings.

    D. R. Gordon;J. M. Menke;K. J. Rice

  • Consistent accuracy of the Australian weed risk assessment system across varied geographies

    Doria R. Gordon;Daphne A. Onderdonk;Alison M. Fox;Randall K. Stocker

  • Roadside Soils: A Corridor for Invasion of Xeric Shrub by Nonindigenous Plants

    Cathryn H. Greenberg;Stanley H. Crownover;Doria R. Gordon

  • Science Priorities for Reducing the Threat of Invasive Species to Sustainable Forestry

    Elizabeth A. Chornesky;Ann M. Bartuska;Gregory H. Aplet;Kerry O. Britton

  • Effects of Hardwood Reduction Techniques on Longleaf Pine Sandhill Vegetation in Northwest Florida

    Louis Provencher;Brenda J. Herring;Doria R. Gordon;H. Leroy Rodgers

  • Competitive Effects of Grassland Annuals on Soil Water and Blue Oak (Quercus Douglasii) Seedlings

    Doria R. Gordon;Kevin J. Rice

  • Post-fire tree stress and growth following smoldering duff fires

    J. Morgan Varner;Francis E. Putz;Joseph J. O’Brien;J. Kevin Hiers

  • Assessing the invasive potential of biofuel species proposed for Florida and the United States using the Australian Weed Risk Assessment.

    D.R. Gordon;K.J. Tancig;D.A. Onderdonk;C.A. Gantz

  • Overstory tree mortality resulting from reintroducing fire to long-unburned longleaf pine forests: the importance of duff moisture

    J.M. Varner;J.K. Hiers;R.D. Ottmar;D.R. Gordon

  • Guidance for addressing the Australian Weed Risk Assessment questions

    Doria R Gordon;Belinda Mitterdorfer;Paul C Pheloung;Shahin Ansari

  • Predicting Invasive Plants in Florida Using the Australian Weed Risk Assessment

    Doria R. Gordon;Daphne A. Onderdonk;Alison M. Fox;Randall K. Stocker

  • Retrospective and prospective model simulations of sea level rise impacts on Gulf of Mexico coastal marshes and forests in Waccasassa Bay, Florida

    Laura Geselbracht;Kathleen Freeman;Eugene Kelly;Doria R. Gordon

  • Longleaf pine and oak responses to hardwood reduction techniques in fire-suppressed sandhills in northwest Florida

    Louis Provencher;Brenda J Herring;Doria R Gordon;H.LeRoy Rodgers

  • Reproductive biology of three sympatric endangered plants endemic to Florida scrub

    Margaret E.K. Evans;Eric S. Menges;Doria R. Gordon

  • Competitive suppression of Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) seedling emergence and growth.

    Doria R. Gordon;Kevin J. Rice

  • Weed risk assessment for aquatic plants: modification of a New Zealand system for the United States.

    Doria R. Gordon;Crysta A. Gantz;Christopher L. Jerde;W. Lindsay Chadderton

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Luke Flory
S. Luke Flory University of Florida
Kevin J. Rice
Kevin J. Rice University of California, Davis
Eric S. Menges
Eric S. Menges Archbold Biological Station
Francis E. Putz
Francis E. Putz University of Florida
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Richard N. Mack
Richard N. Mack Washington State University
J. Morgan Varner
J. Morgan Varner US Forest Service
Robert C. Venette
Robert C. Venette University of Minnesota
Andrew M. Liebhold
Andrew M. Liebhold Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Sandrine Godefroid
Sandrine Godefroid Université Libre de Bruxelles

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