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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
18123
World Ranking
2038
National Ranking
740

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Eville Gorham was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing notably within several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work addressed key scientific topics such as Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Bryophyte Studies and Records, and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Among their recent published papers were:

  • Ecology of the Anthropocene signals hope for consciously managing the planetary ecosystem, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Growth and productivity of the moss Sphagnum fuscum in bogs of northeastern North America, 2025, Botany

Frequent collaborators in Gorham's research included Clarence Lehman, Shelby Loberg, Michael L. Wilson, Mary V. Santelmann, and Kyler Casper.

The scientist published regularly in venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Botany.

Throughout their career, Eville Gorham received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1990
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1990

Best Publications

  • Northern Peatlands: Role in the Carbon Cycle and Probable Responses to Climatic Warming.

    Eville Gorham

  • Litter production in forests of the world

    J. Roger Bray;Eville Gorham

  • Magnitude and significance of carbon burial in lakes, reservoirs, and peatlands

    Walter E. Dean;Eville Gorham

  • Methane flux from Minnesota Peatlands

    P. M. Crill;K. B. Bartlett;R. C. Harriss;E. Gorham

  • THE REGULATION OF CHEMICAL BUDGETS OVER THE COURSE OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM SUCCESSION

    Eville Gorham;Peter M. Vitousek;William A. Reiners

  • Factors Influencing Supply of Major Ions to Inland Waters, with Special Reference to the Atmosphere

    Eville Gorham

  • The patterned mires of the Red Lake Peatland, northern Minnesota: vegetation, water chemistry, and landforms

    Paul H. Glaser;Gerald A. Wheeler;Eville Gorham;Herbert E. Wright

  • Influence of Lake Surface Area and Depth Upon Thermal Stratification and the Depth of the Summer Thermocline

    Eville Gorham;Farrell M. Boyce

  • Environmental Factors Controlling Methane Emissions from Peatlands in Northern Minnesota

    Nancy B. Dise;Eville Gorham;Elon S. Verry

  • The Development of Peat Lands

    Eville Gorham

  • Chemistry of bog waters

    Eville Gorham;Steven J. Eisenreich;Jesse Ford;Mary V. Santelmann

  • Methane flux from northern peatlands

    Robert C. Harriss;Eville Gorham;Daniel I. Sebacher;Karen B. Bartlett

  • The biogeochemistry of northern peatlands and its possible responses to global warming

    Eville Gorham

  • BIOTIC FEEDBACKS IN THE WARMING OF THE EARTH

    George M. Woodwell;Fred T. Mackenzie;Richard A. Houghton;Michael J. Apps

  • Some relationships between algal standing crop, water chemistry, and sediment chemistry in the English Lakes1

    Eville Gorham;John W. G. Lund;Jon E. Sanger;Walter E. Dean

  • Ecological effects of acid deposition upon peatlands: a neglected field in «acid-rain» research

    Eville Gorham;Suzanne E. Bayley;David W. Schindler

  • Shoot height, weight and standing crop in relation to density of monospecific plant stands

    Eville Gorham

  • Peatland restoration: A brief assessment with special reference to Sphagnum bogs.

    Eville Gorham;Line Rochefort

  • The Influence and Importance of Daily Weather Conditions in the Supply of Chloride, Sulphate and Other Ions to Fresh Waters from Atmospheric Precipitation

    Eville Gorham

  • Ecological aspects of air pollution from an iron sintering plant at Wawa, Ontario

    Alan G. Gordon;Eville Gorham

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Eisenreich
Steven J. Eisenreich Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Paul H. Glaser
Paul H. Glaser University of Minnesota
Herbert E. Wright
Herbert E. Wright University of Minnesota
Walter E. Dean
Walter E. Dean United States Geological Survey
Robert C. Harriss
Robert C. Harriss University of New Hampshire
Arthur S. Dyke
Arthur S. Dyke McGill University
Patrick M. Crill
Patrick M. Crill Stockholm University
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Richard A. Houghton
Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center
David W. Hird
David W. Hird University of California, Davis

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