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George P. Malanson

George P. Malanson

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
9597
World Ranking
3172
National Ranking
1125

George P. Malanson 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 George P. Malanson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 255 publications — 86th percentile

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

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

George P. Malanson 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 George P. Malanson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George P. Malanson is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Throughout their career, Malanson has published in several venues with frequent appearances in:

  • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers include:

  • Alpine plant community diversity in species-area relations at fine scale, 2020, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Post-glacial determinants of regional species pools in alpine grasslands, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global functional variation in alpine vegetation, 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Uppermost global tree elevations are primarily limited by low temperature or insufficient moisture, 2024, Global Change Biology

Frequent collaborators in Malanson's research include Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Riccardo Testolin, Elizabeth R. Pansing, Jozef Šibík, and Kiril Vassilev.

George P. Malanson was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Not seeing the ocean for the islands: the mediating influence of matrix-based processes on forest fragmentation effects.

    John A. Kupfer;George P. Malanson;Scott B. Franklin

  • Plant Migration and Climate Change

    L. F. Pitelka;R. H. Gardner;J. Ash;S. Berry

  • Riparian landscapes: Frontmatter

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  • The geomorphic influences of beaver dams and failures of beaver dams

    David R. Butler;George P. Malanson

  • An overview of scale, pattern, process relationships in geomorphology: a remote sensing and GIS perspective

    Stephen J. Walsh;David R. Butler;George P. Malanson

  • Sedimentation rates and patterns in beaver ponds in a mountain environment

    David R. Butler;George P. Malanson

  • Alpine treeline of western North America: Linking organism-to-landscape dynamics

    George P. Malanson;David R. Butler;Daniel B. Fagre;Stephen J. Walsh

  • Vigour of post-fire resprouting by Quercus coccifera L.

    George P. Malanson;Louis Trabaud

  • Influence of snow patterns and snow avalanches on the alpine treeline ecotone

    Stephen J. Walsh;David R. Butler;Thomas R. Allen;George P. Malanson

  • Land use change: complexity and comparisons

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;Barbara Entwisle;Stephen J. Walsh;Li An

  • TOPOGRAPHIC SHELTER AND CONIFER ESTABLISHMENT AND MORTALITY IN AN ALPINE ENVIRONMENT, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA

    Lynn M. Resler;David R. Butler;George P. Malanson

  • A HISTORY OF HIGH-MAGNITUDE SNOW AVALANCHES, SOUTHERN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA, U.S.A.

    David R. Butler;George P. Malanson

  • Directional positive feedback and pattern at an alpine tree line

    Kathryn J. Alftine;George P. Malanson

  • Landscape fragmentation and dispersal in a model of riparian forest dynamics

    Jeffrey S. Hanson;George P. Malanson;Marc P. Armstrong

  • Land Use Change on Household Farms in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Design and Implementation of an Agent-Based Model.

    Carlos F. Mena;Stephen J. Walsh;Brian G. Frizzelle;Yao Xiaozheng

  • Influences of geomorphology and geology on alpine treeline in the American West; more important than climatic influences?

    David R. Butler;George P. Malanson;Stephen J. Walsh;Daniel B. Fagre

  • Effects of feedbacks and seed rain on ecotone patterns

    George P. Malanson

  • Mountain Treelines: a Roadmap for Research Orientation

    George P. Malanson;Lynn M. Resler;Maaike Y. Bader;Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier

  • Realized versus fundamental niche functions in a model of chaparral response to climatic change

    George P. Malanson;Walter E. Westman;Yeuh-Lih Yan

  • Complexity theory, spatial simulation models, and land use dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

    Stephen J. Walsh;Joseph P. Messina;Carlos F. Mena;George P. Malanson

  • Environmental variables influencing the carbon balance at the alpine treeline: a modeling approach

    David M. Cairns;George P. Malanson

  • Stability of alpine treeline in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A.

    David R. Butler;George P. Malanson;David M. Cairns

  • Dispersal probability and forest diversity in a fragmented landscape

    George P. Malanson;Marc P. Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara Entwisle
Barbara Entwisle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel G. Brown
Daniel G. Brown University of Washington
Daniel J. Weiss
Daniel J. Weiss Telethon Kids Institute
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro University of Oviedo
Carlos Mena
Carlos Mena Portland State University
Fabio Attorre
Fabio Attorre Sapienza University of Rome
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu
Robert K. Peet
Robert K. Peet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emilio F. Moran
Emilio F. Moran Michigan State University

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