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Gerald E. Rehfeldt

Gerald E. Rehfeldt

US Forest Service
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
8056
World Ranking
4834
National Ranking
1672

Gerald E. Rehfeldt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 102 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerald E. Rehfeldt 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 Gerald E. Rehfeldt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerald E. Rehfeldt is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science with substantial contributions to global and planetary change, ecological modeling, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and forestry.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems

Rehfeldt has published in several notable venues, particularly:

  • Forests (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rehfeldt include the following:

  • "Species, Climatypes, Climate Change, and Forest Health: A Conversion of Science to Practice for Inland Northwest (USA) Forests," published in 2020 in Forests
  • "A climate analog approach to evaluate seed transfer and vegetation transitions," published in 2024 in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, coauthored by Bryce A. Richardson
  • "Strategic Application of Topoclimatic Niche Models in Managing Forest Change," published in 2021 in Forests, coauthored by James J. Worrall

Frequent collaborators include Marcus V. Warwell, Robert A. Monserud, Bryce A. Richardson, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, and Elizabeth R. Milano.

Best Publications

  • GENETIC RESPONSES TO CLIMATE IN PINUS CONTORTA: NICHE BREADTH, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND REFORESTATION

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Cheng C. Ying;David L. Spittlehouse;David A. Hamilton

  • Empirical Analyses of Plant‐Climate Relationships for the Western United States

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Nicholas L. Crookston;Marcus V. Warwell;Jeffrey S. Evans

  • Intraspecific responses to climate in Pinus sylvestris

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Nadejda M. Tchebakova;Yelena I. Parfenova;William R. Wykoff

  • Spline models of contemporary, 2030, 2060 and 2090 climates for Mexico and their use in understanding climate-change impacts on the vegetation.

    Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Nicholas L. Crookston;Pierre Duval

  • North American vegetation model for land-use planning in a changing climate: a solution to large classification problems.

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Nicholas L. Crookston;Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Elizabeth M. Campbell

  • Aspen, climate, and sudden decline in western USA

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Dennis E. Ferguson;Nicholas L. Crookston

  • Recent declines of Populus tremuloides in North America linked to climate

    James J. Worrall;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Andreas Hamann;Edward H. Hogg

  • Addressing climate change in the forest vegetation simulator to assess impacts on landscape forest dynamics.

    Nicholas L. Crookston;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Gary E. Dixon;Aaron R. Weiskittel

  • Physiologic Plasticity, Evolution, and Impacts of a Changing Climate on Pinus Contorta

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;William R. Wykoff;Cheng C. Ying

  • Abies religiosa habitat prediction in climatic change scenarios and implications for monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico

    Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Pierre Duval;Roberto A. Lindig-Cisneros

  • A spline model of climate for the Western United States

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt

  • Altitudinal genetic variation among Pinus oocarpa populations in Michoacán, Mexico: Implications for seed zoning, conservation, tree breeding and global warming

    Cuauhtemoc Saenz-Romero;R. Ricardo Guzman-Reyna;Gerald E. Rehfeldt

  • Ecological Adaptations in Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca): a Synthesis

    Gerald Rehfeldt

  • Height-growth response to climatic changes differs among populations of Douglas-fir: a novel analysis of historic data.

    Laura P. Leites;Andrew P. Robinson;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;John D. Marshall

  • Ecological impacts and management strategies for western larch in the face of climate-change

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Barry C. Jaquish

  • Projections of suitable habitat for rare species under global warming scenarios

    F. Thomas Ledig;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Celestino Flores-López

  • Assessing Population Responses to Climate in Pinus sylvestris and Larix spp. of Eurasia with Climate-Transfer Models

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Nadejda M. Tchebakova;Leonid I. Milyutin;Elena I. Parfenova

  • Comparative genetic responses to climate for the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: Realized climate niches

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Barry C. Jaquish;Javier López-Upton;Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero

  • Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: Reforestation

    Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Barry C. Jaquish;Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero;Dennis G. Joyce

  • Holocene records of Dendroctonus bark beetles in high elevation pine forests of Idaho and Montana, USA

    Andrea Brunelle;Gerald E. Rehfeldt;Barbara Bentz;A. Steven Munson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Beaulieu
Jean Beaulieu Université Laval
Aaron R. Weiskittel
Aaron R. Weiskittel University of Maine
John D. Marshall
John D. Marshall University of Gothenburg
Robert A. Monserud
Robert A. Monserud US Forest Service
Matthew J. Germino
Matthew J. Germino United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey S. Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans The Nature Conservancy
Susan E. Meyer
Susan E. Meyer US Forest Service
Andreas Hamann
Andreas Hamann University of Alberta
Isabelle Chuine
Isabelle Chuine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Barbara J. Bentz
Barbara J. Bentz US Forest Service

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