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77
Citations
23468
World Ranking
954
National Ranking
357

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary M. Lovett was affiliated with the New York Botanical Garden in the United States. Their research primarily focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, contributing significantly across these fields.

Their published work covered various subfields, including ecology, insect science, plant science, global and planetary change, and environmental chemistry. Key topics explored in their research comprised forest insect ecology and management, peatlands and wetlands ecology, plant responses to elevated CO2, soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, lichen and fungal ecology, and forest management and policy.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Gary M. Lovett were:

  • The impact of air pollution on terrestrial managed and natural vegetation, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States, 2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Depth patterns and connections between gross nitrogen cycling and soil exoenzyme activities in three northern hardwood forests, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • The Global Forest Health Crisis: A Public-Good Social Dilemma in Need of International Collective Action, 2023, Annual Review of Phytopathology

Frequent coauthors included Charles T. Driscoll, Christopher M. Clark, Peter M. Groffman, Emma J. Rosi, and Michael L. Pace.

Gary M. Lovett published regularly in venues such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Hydrological Processes, Annual Review of Phytopathology, and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Throughout their career, Gary M. Lovett received several recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems

    Aaron M. Ellison;Michael S. Bank;Barton D. Clinton;Elizabeth A. Colburn

  • Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

    F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

  • Who needs environmental monitoring

    Gary M. Lovett;Douglas A. Burns;Charles T. Driscoll;Jennifer C. Jenkins

  • Atmospheric deposition and canopy interactions of major ions in a forest.

    S. E. Lindberg;G. M. Lovett;D. D. Richter;D. W. Johnson

  • Belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal community change over a nitrogen deposition gradient in Alaska

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Timothy J. Fahey;Thomas R. Horton;Gary M. Lovett

  • The biogeochemistry of calcium at Hubbard Brook

    G.E. Likens;C.T. Driscoll;D.C. Buso;T.G. Siccama

  • Forest Ecosystem Responses to Exotic Pests and Pathogens in Eastern North America

    Gary M. Lovett;Charles D. Canham;Mary A. Arthur;Kathleen C. Weathers

  • Atmospheric Deposition of Nutrients and Pollutants in North America: An Ecological Perspective

    Gary M. Lovett

  • Nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest: Do species matter?

    Gary M. Lovett;Kathleen C. Weathers;Mary A. Arthur;Jack C. Schultz

  • Dry deposition and canopy exchange in a mixed oak forest as determined by analysis of throughfall

    G. M. Lovett;S. E. Lindberg

  • Cloud Droplet Deposition in Subalpine Balsam Fir Forests: Hydrological and Chemical Inputs

    Gary M. Lovett;William A. Reiners;Richard K. Olson

  • A Spatial Model of Atmospheric Deposition for the Northeastern U.S.

    Scott V. Ollinger;John D. Aber;Gary M. Lovett;Sarah E. Millham

  • Atmospheric deposition and canopy interactions of nitrogen in forests

    Gary M. Lovett;Steven E. Lindberg

  • Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options.

    Gary M. Lovett;Marissa S. Weiss;Andrew M. Liebhold;Thomas P. Holmes

  • Long-term sodium chloride retention in a rural watershed: legacy effects of road salt on streamwater concentration.

    Victoria R. Kelly;Gary M. Lovett;Kathleen C. Weathers;Stuart E. G. Findlay

  • Control of Nitrogen Loss from Forested Watersheds by Soil Carbon:Nitrogen Ratio and Tree Species Composition

    Gary M. Lovett;Kathleen C. Weathers;Mary A. Arthur

  • Atmospheric deposition to oak forests along an urban - rural gradient.

    Gary M. Lovett;Martin M. Traynor;Richard V. Pouyat;Margaret M. Carreiro

  • A New Conceptual Model of Nitrogen Saturation Based on Experimental Nitrogen Addition to an Oak Forest

    Gary M. Lovett;Christine L. Goodale

  • Rates and mechanisms of cloud water deposition to a subalpine balsam fir forest

    Gary M. Lovett

  • Biomass allocation and multiple resource limitation in tree seedlings

    C. D. Canham;A. R. Berkowitz;V. R. Kelly;Gary M. Lovett

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
William A. Reiners
William A. Reiners University of Wyoming
Douglas A. Burns
Douglas A. Burns United States Geological Survey
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Clive G. Jones
Clive G. Jones Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Dale W. Johnson
Dale W. Johnson University of Nevada Reno
Scott V. Ollinger
Scott V. Ollinger University of New Hampshire
Mary A. Arthur
Mary A. Arthur University of Kentucky

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