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43
Citations
7552
World Ranking
5297
National Ranking
1807

Overview

James H. Thorne is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans across multiple disciplines, including environmental science and computer science, with a significant focus on artificial intelligence and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work covers several subfields such as ecological modeling, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation. Their primary research topics include species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, as well as topic modeling and natural language processing techniques. Additionally, they engage in plant and animal studies and rangeland and wildlife management.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by James H. Thorne include:

  • Insects and recent climate change, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate-change refugia: biodiversity in the slow lane, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Effects of postfire climate and seed availability on postfire conifer regeneration, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • FEVEROUS: Fact Extraction and VERification Over Unstructured and Structured information, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Intensified burn severity in California's northern coastal mountains by drier climatic condition, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent collaborators with James H. Thorne include:

  • Hyeyeong Choe
  • Ryan Boynton
  • Na An
  • Christopher A. Halsch
  • Arthur M. Shapiro

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, most notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 22 publications
  • The Science of The Total Environment with 3 publications
  • Environmental Research Letters with 3 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 2 publications
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment with 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Using species distribution models to predict new occurrences for rare plants

    John N. Williams;Changwan Seo;James Thorne;Julie K. Nelson

  • Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity

    Matthew L. Forister;Andrew C. McCall;Nathan J. Sanders;James A. Fordyce

  • Insects and recent climate change

    Christopher A. Halsch;Arthur M. Shapiro;James A. Fordyce;Chris C. Nice

  • Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks

    Patrick J. McIntyre;James H. Thorne;Christopher R. Dolanc;Alan L. Flint

  • Scale effects in species distribution models: implications for conservation planning under climate change

    Changwan Seo;James H Thorne;Lee Hannah;Wilfried Thuiller

  • Climate‐change refugia: biodiversity in the slow lane

    Toni Lyn Morelli;Cameron W Barrows;Aaron R Ramirez;Jennifer M Cartwright

  • Fine-scale hydrologic modeling for regional landscape applications: the California Basin Characterization Model development and performance

    Lorraine E Flint;Alan L Flint;James H Thorne;Ryan Boynton

  • Integration of landscape fragmentation analysis into regional planning: A statewide multi-scale case study from California, USA

    Evan H. Girvetz;James H. Thorne;Alision M. Berry;Jochen A. G. Jaeger;Jochen A. G. Jaeger

  • Biotic homogenization of the California flora in urban and urbanizing regions.

    Mark W. Schwartz;James H. Thorne;Joshua H. Viers

  • PREDICTING OCCURRENCES AND IMPACTS OF SMALLMOUTH BASS INTRODUCTIONS IN NORTH TEMPERATE LAKES

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Julian D. Olden;James H. Thorne;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Modeling plant ranges over 75 years of climate change in California, USA: temporal transferability and species traits

    Solomon Z. Dobrowski;James H. Thorne;Johnathan A. Greenberg;Hugh D. Safford

  • Increasing neonicotinoid use and the declining butterfly fauna of lowland California.

    Matthew L. Forister;Bruce Cousens;Joshua G. Harrison;Kayce Anderson

  • Fragmentation of China's landscape by roads and urban areas

    Taian Li;Fraser Shilling;James H. Thorne;Fengmin Li

  • BioMove – an integrated platform simulating the dynamic response of species to environmental change

    Guy F. Midgley;Ian D. Davies;Cécile H. Albert;Res Altwegg

  • New concepts, models, and assessments of climate-wise connectivity

    Annika T H Keeley;David D Ackerly;D Richard Cameron;Nicole E Heller

  • Widespread shifts in the demographic structure of subalpine forests in the Sierra Nevada, California, 1934 to 2007

    Christopher R. Dolanc;James H. Thorne;Hugh D. Safford;Hugh D. Safford

  • Revisiting the past to foretell the future: summer temperature and habitat area predict pika extirpations in California

    Joseph A. E. Stewart;Joseph A. E. Stewart;John D. Perrine;Lyle B. Nichols;James H. Thorne

  • A Conservation Design for the Central Coast of California and the Evaluation of Mountain Lion as an Umbrella Species

    James H. Thorne;Dick Cameron;James F. Quinn

  • Spatial scale effects on conservation network design: trade-offs and omissions in regional versus local scale planning

    Patrick R. Huber;Steven E. Greco;James H. Thorne

  • Assessing the influence of rapid urban growth and regional policies on biological resources

    Karen Beardsley;James H. Thorne;Nathaniel E. Roth;Shengyi Gao

  • Plant Diversity and Endemism in the California Floristic Province

    Dylan O. Burge;James H. Thorne;Susan P. Harrison;Bart C. O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Schwartz
Mark W. Schwartz University of California, Davis
James F. Quinn
James F. Quinn University of California, Davis
Hugh D. Safford
Hugh D. Safford University of California, Davis
Matthew L. Forister
Matthew L. Forister University of Nevada Reno
Chris C. Nice
Chris C. Nice Texas State University
Alan L. Flint
Alan L. Flint United States Geological Survey
James A. Fordyce
James A. Fordyce University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Lee Hannah
Lee Hannah Conservation International
Joshua H. Viers
Joshua H. Viers University of California, Merced
David D. Ackerly
David D. Ackerly University of California, Berkeley

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