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Douglas A. Wilcox 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 Douglas A. Wilcox sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 127 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas A. Wilcox 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 Douglas A. Wilcox sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Douglas A. Wilcox is affiliated with the College at Brockport in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a specialization in ecology. Wilcox's work contributes to various subfields, including ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, soil science, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their main topics of research encompass coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil erosion and sediment transport, fire effects on ecosystems, environmental conservation and management, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Wilcox has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Wetlands
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Wetlands Ecology and Management
  • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
  • Ecological Indicators

Notable recent publications by Wilcox include:

  • Wetland vegetation response to record-high Lake Ontario water levels, 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Development of a preliminary vegetation-based indicator of ecosystem health for coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Hydrogeology and Landform Morphology Affect Plant Communities in a Great Lakes Ridge-and-Swale Wetland Complex, 2020, Wetlands
  • Testing restoration methods for Lake Ontario wetlands at a wetland scale, 2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Restoration of a Lake Ontario-connected fen through invasive Typha removal, 2021, Restoration Ecology

Frequent collaborators in Wilcox's research include Eli L. Polzer, Andie Graham, Kurt P. Kowalski, Donald G Uzarski, and Martha L. Carlson Mazur.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear dynamics in ecosystem response to climatic change: Case studies and policy implications

    Virginia R. Burkett;Douglas A. Wilcox;Robert Stottlemyer;Wylie Barrow

  • Hydrogeomorphic factors and ecosystem responses in coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes

    Janet R. Keough;Todd A. Thompson;Glenn R. Guntenspergen;Douglas A. Wilcox

  • HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY AND THE APPLICATION OF INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY METRICS TO WETLANDS: A GREAT LAKES EVALUATION

    Douglas A. Wilcox;James E. Meeker;Patrick L. Hudson;Brian J. Armitage

  • Typha (Cattail) Invasion in North American Wetlands: Biology, Regional Problems, Impacts, Ecosystem Services, and Management

    Sheel Bansal;Shane C. Lishawa;Sue Newman;Brian A. Tangen

  • Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

    Dennis A. Albert;Douglas A. Wilcox;Joel W. Ingram;Todd A. Thompson

  • Disturbance effects on aquatic vegetation in regulated and unregulated lakes in northern Minnesota

    Douglas A. Wilcox;James E. Meeker

  • The effects of water-level fluctuations on vegetation in a Lake Huron wetland

    Douglas A. Wilcox;S. Jerrine Nichols

  • LINKING ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES WITH WETLAND MANAGEMENT GOALS: CHARTING A COURSE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

    Ned H. Euliss;Loren M. Smith;Douglas A. Wilcox;Bryant A. Browne

  • Implications for faunal habitat related to altered macrophyte structure in regulated lakes in northern Minnesota

    Douglas A. Wilcox;James E. Meeker

  • Techniques for Restoration of Disturbed Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes

    Douglas A. Wilcox;Thomas H. Whillans

  • Advancing the science of microbial symbiosis to support invasive species management: a case study on Phragmites in the Great Lakes

    Kurt P. Kowalski;Charles R. Bacon;Wesley A. Bickford;Heather A. Braun

  • Standardized Measures of Coastal Wetland Condition: Implementation at a Laurentian Great Lakes Basin-Wide Scale

    Donald G. Uzarski;Valerie J. Brady;Matthew J. Cooper;Matthew J. Cooper;Douglas A. Wilcox

  • Implications of hydrologic variability on the succession of plants in Great Lakes wetlands

    Douglas A. Wilcox

  • Hydrology, Water Chemistry and Ecological Relations in the Raised Mound of Cowles Bog

    Douglas A. Wilcox;Robert J. Shedlock;William H. Hendrickson

  • The effects of deicing salts on vegetation in Pinhook Bog, Indiana

    Douglas A. Wilcox

  • A PALEOECOLOGICAL TEST OF A CLASSICAL HYDROSERE IN THE LAKE MICHIGAN DUNES

    Stephen T. Jackson;Richard P. Futyma;Douglas A. Wilcox

  • Burrowing saves Lake Erie clams

    S. Jerrine Nichols;Douglas A. Wilcox

  • Cattail Invasion of Sedge/Grass Meadows in Lake Ontario: Photointerpretation Analysis of Sixteen Wetlands over Five Decades

    Douglas A. Wilcox;Kurt P. Kowalski;Holly L. Hoare;Martha L. Carlson

  • Interactions between ground water and wetlands, southern shore of Lake Michigan, USA

    Robert J. Shedlock;Douglas A. Wilcox;Todd A. Thompson;David A. Cohen

  • Migration and control of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) along highway corridors

    Douglas A. Wilcox

Frequent Co-Authors

Loren M. Smith
Loren M. Smith Oklahoma State University
Mark M. Brinson
Mark M. Brinson East Carolina University
Jan J. H. Ciborowski
Jan J. H. Ciborowski University of Windsor
Robert K. Booth
Robert K. Booth Lehigh University
Stephen T. Jackson
Stephen T. Jackson United States Geological Survey
Lucinda B. Johnson
Lucinda B. Johnson University of Minnesota, Duluth
Gary A. Lamberti
Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
Steven L. Forman
Steven L. Forman Baylor University
Steven W. Effler
Steven W. Effler Syracuse University
Robert W. Howe
Robert W. Howe University of Wisconsin–Green Bay

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