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Edward A. Johnson

Edward A. Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
19063
World Ranking
1188
National Ranking
68

Edward A. Johnson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward A. Johnson 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 Edward A. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Edward A. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on ecosystem dynamics and species interactions.

The primary fields of study for Edward A. Johnson include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their work further specializes in the following subfields:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology

Johnson's main research topics focus on:

  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Their recent published papers reflect these interests and cover a diverse range of ecological and environmental questions. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Earthworm invasion causes declines across soil fauna size classes and biodiversity facets in northern North American forests" (2021, Oikos)
  • "Optimization of leaf morphology in relation to leaf water status: A theory" (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Aboveground impacts of a belowground invader: how invasive earthworms alter aboveground arthropod communities in a northern North American forest" (2022, Biology Letters)
  • "Invasive earthworms can change understory plant community traits and reduce plant functional diversity" (2024, iScience)
  • "Wildfire Pyroconvection and CAPE: Buoyancy's Drying and Atmospheric Intensification-Fort McMurray" (2020, Atmosphere)

Johnson has also contributed to book publications. One such work is:

  • Natural Science and Indigenous Knowledge (2024, Cambridge University Press)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Olga Ferlian
  • Nico Eisenhauer
  • Lise Thouvenot
  • Malte Jochum
  • Bernhard Klarner

Their research is disseminated in a variety of academic venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Oikos
  • Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Fire and Vegetation Dynamics: Studies from the North American Boreal Forest

    Edward A. Johnson

  • Compounded Perturbations Yield Ecological Surprises

    Robert T. Paine;Mia J. Tegner;Edward A. Johnson

  • The Relative Importance of Fuels and Weather on Fire Behavior in Subalpine Forests

    W. C. Bessie;E. A. Johnson

  • Testing the assumptions of chronosequences in succession

    Edward A. Johnson;Kiyoko Miyanishi

  • Fire Frequency Models, Methods and Interpretations*

    E.A. Johnson;S.L. Gutsell

  • A MODEL OF WIND DISPERSAL OF WINGED OR PLUMED SEEDS

    D. F. Greene;E. A. Johnson

  • Forest fires : behavior and ecological effects

    Edward A. Johnson;Kiyoko Miyanishi

  • CLIMATICALLY INDUCED CHANGE IN FIRE FREQUENCY IN THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN ROCKIES

    E. A. Johnson;C. P. S. Larsen

  • The theory and use of two fire history models

    E. A. Johnson;C. E. Van Wagner

  • Accurately ageing trees and examining their height‐growth rates: implications for interpreting forest dynamics

    S. L. Gutsell;E. A. Johnson

  • Seed mass and dispersal capacity in wind-dispersed diaspores

    D. F. Greene;E. A. Johnson

  • FIRE FREQUENCY AND THE SPATIAL AGE MOSAIC OF THE MIXED-WOOD BOREAL FOREST IN WESTERN CANADA

    J. M. H. Weir;E. A. Johnson;K. Miyanishi

  • Wind Dispersal of Seeds from a Forest Into a Clearing

    D. F. Greene;E. A. Johnson

  • Estimating the Mean Annual Seed Production of Trees

    D. F. Greene;E. A. Johnson

  • Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems

    Sang T. K. Vo;Edward A. Johnson

  • Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

    Alistair W. R. Seddon;Alistair W. R. Seddon;Anson W. Mackay;Ambroise G. Baker;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Wildfires in the western Canadian boreal forest: Landscape patterns and ecosystem management

    E.A. Johnson;K. Miyanishi;J.M.H. Weir

  • The hazards of interpretation of static age structures as shown by stand reconstructions in a Pinus contorta-Picea engelmannii forest

    E. A. Johnson;K. Miyanishi;H. Kleb

  • Wildfires in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains and their relationship to mid-tropospheric anomalies

    E.A. Johnson;D.R. Wowchuk

  • Plant Disturbance Ecology: The Process and the Response

    Edward A. Johnson;Kiyoko Miyanishi

  • VEGETATION DYNAMICS : STUDIES FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN BOREAL FOREST

    E. A. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

David F. Greene
David F. Greene Humboldt State University
Sean T. Michaletz
Sean T. Michaletz University of British Columbia
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Charles Tanford
Charles Tanford Duke University
Jon E. Keeley
Jon E. Keeley United States Geological Survey
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Dennis Parkinson
Dennis Parkinson University of Calgary
Hilary H. Birks
Hilary H. Birks University of Bergen
William E. N. Austin
William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews
Melvin T. Tyree
Melvin T. Tyree Zhejiang Normal University

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