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Gaius R. Shaver

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
39742
World Ranking
346
National Ranking
135

Gaius R. Shaver publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 234 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gaius R. Shaver 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 Gaius R. Shaver sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gaius R. Shaver is affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to ecology, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's recent work addresses topics such as climate change and permafrost, ecology and vegetation dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, polar research and ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • Time lags: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Ecosystem Recovery from Disturbance is Constrained by N Cycle Openness, Vegetation-Soil N Distribution, Form of N Losses, and the Balance Between Vegetation and Soil-Microbial Processes, 2020, Ecosystems
  • Solar position confounds the relationship between ecosystem function and vegetation indices derived from solar and photosynthetically active radiation fluxes, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Cross-Site Comparisons of Dryland Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research Network, 2021, BioScience
  • Interannual, summer, and diel variability of CH4 and CO2 effluxes from Toolik Lake, Alaska, during the ice-free periods 2010-2015, 2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts

Frequent co-authors working alongside Shaver include:

  • E. S. Euskirchen
  • Edward B. Rastetter
  • Laura Gough
  • George W. Kling
  • Syndonia Bret-Harte

Shaver's contributions are often published in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecosystems
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • BioScience

Their research spans several subfields, including ecology, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and nature and landscape conservation. This multidisciplinary approach informs their studies on ecosystem dynamics, biogeochemical cycles, and environmental variability in sensitive polar and terrestrial systems.

Best Publications

  • Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate

    F. Stuart Chapin;Gaius R. Shaver;Anne E. Giblin;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age

    Hans Lambers;John A. Raven;Gaius R. Shaver;Sally E. Smith

  • Plant community responses to experimental warming across the tundra biome

    Marilyn D Walker;C Henrik Wahren;Robert D Hollister;Greg H R Henry

  • Changes in the Carbon Content of Terrestrial Biota and Soils between 1860 and 1980: A Net Release of CO"2 to the Atmosphere

    R. A. Houghton;J. E. Hobbie;J. M. Melillo;B. Moore

  • Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization

    Michelle C. Mack;Edward A. G. Schuur;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Gaius R. Shaver

  • Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Bjork

  • Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H.R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Björk

  • Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

    Robert B. McKane;Loretta C. Johnson;Gaius R. Shaver;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis

    Gaius R. Shaver;Josep Canadell;F. S. Chapin;Jessica Gurevitch

  • Individualistic Growth Response of Tundra Plant Species to Environmental Manipulations in the Field

    F. Stuart Chapin;Gaius R. Shaver

  • EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND SUBSTRATE QUALITY ON ELEMENT MINERALIZATION IN SIX ARCTIC SOILS

    K. J. Nadelhoffer;A. E. Giblin;G. R. Shaver;J. A. Laundre

  • Modelling the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in a Quercus-Acer stand at Harvard Forest : the regulation of stomatal conductance by light, nitrogen and soil/plant hydraulic properties

    M. Williams;E. B. Rastetter;D. N. Fernandes;M. L. Goulden;M. L. Goulden

  • Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic EcosystemsCarbon/nutrient interactions should act as major constraints on changes in global terrestrial carbon cycling

    Gaius R. Shaver;W. D. Billings;F. Stuart Chapin;Anne E. Giblin

  • Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

    Alan K. Knapp;John M. Briggs;Scott L. Collins;Steven R. Archer

  • Response to fertilization by various plant growth forms in an Alaskan tundra: nutrient accumulation and growth

    G. R. Shaver;F. S. Chapin

  • Arctic ecosystems in a changing climate : an ecophysiological perspective

    F.S. Chapin;R.L. Jefferies;J.F. Reynolds;G.R. Shaver

  • Production: Biomass Relationships and Element Cycling in Contrasting Arctic Vegetation Types

    Gaius R. Shaver;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change

    Philip A. Wookey;Rien Aerts;Richard D. Bardgett;Florence Baptist

  • Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire

    Michelle C. Mack;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;Randi R. Jandt

  • The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use: geographic distribution of the global flux

    R. A. Houghton;R. D. Boone;J. R. Fruci;J. E. Hobbie

  • Physiological and Growth Responses of Arctic Plants to a Field Experiment Simulating Climatic Change

    F. Stuart Chapin;Gaius R. Shaver

  • RESPONSES OF N‐LIMITED ECOSYSTEMS TO INCREASED CO2: A BALANCED‐NUTRITION, COUPLED‐ELEMENT‐CYCLES MODEL

    Edward B. Rastetter;Göran I. Ågren;Gaius R. Shaver

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward B. Rastetter
Edward B. Rastetter Marine Biological Laboratory
Anne E. Giblin
Anne E. Giblin Marine Biological Laboratory
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
F. Stuart Chapin
F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Fairbanks
Adrian V. Rocha
Adrian V. Rocha University of Notre Dame
Laura Gough
Laura Gough Towson University
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte University of Alaska Fairbanks
John E. Hobbie
John E. Hobbie Marine Biological Laboratory
Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield

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