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Jeremy W. Lichstein

Jeremy W. Lichstein

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
11004
World Ranking
6255
National Ranking
2114

Overview

Jeremy W. Lichstein is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and have appeared in prominent scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • "Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world," 2020, published in Science
  • "Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics," 2020, published in Science
  • "Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic," 2022, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests," 2024, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The function-dominance correlation drives the direction and strength of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships," 2021, published in Ecology Letters

Jeremy W. Lichstein frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Caroline E. Farrior
  • Nadja Rüger
  • Christian Wirth
  • Elizabeth E. Webb
  • M. M. Loranty

Their articles have been published repeatedly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Nature Climate Change, and Ecology Letters.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The focus of their work addresses dynamic aspects of ecosystems, especially forests, integrating demographic, climatic, and ecological processes to understand and predict environmental changes. Their contributions span studies of forest dynamics, biodiversity and ecosystem functionality, permafrost thaw impacts, and forest productivity under climate change scenarios.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Brian H. Aukema

  • Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology

    Jeremy W. Lichstein;Theodore R. Simons;Susan A. Shriner;Kathleen E. Franzreb

  • Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

    William R.L. Anderegg;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Rosie A. Fisher;Craig D. Allen

  • Multiple regression on distance matrices: a multivariate spatial analysis tool

    Jeremy W. Lichstein

  • Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities.

    Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;William R. L. Anderegg;Bradley O. Christoffersen

  • Global Leaf Trait Relationships: Mass, Area, and the Leaf Economics Spectrum

    Jeanne L D Osnas;Jeremy W. Lichstein;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Stephen Wilson Pacala

  • Predicting and understanding forest dynamics using a simple tractable model.

    Drew W. Purves;Jeremy W. Lichstein;Nikolay Strigul;Stephen W. Pacala

  • Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics

    Nadja Rüger;Nadja Rüger;Richard Condit;Richard Condit;Daisy H. Dent;Daisy H. Dent;Saara J. DeWalt

  • Crown plasticity and competition for canopy space: a new spatially implicit model parameterized for 250 North American tree species.

    Drew W. Purves;Drew W. Purves;Jeremy W. Lichstein;Stephen W. Pacala

  • LANDSCAPE EFFECTS ON BREEDING SONGBIRD ABUNDANCE IN MANAGED FORESTS

    Jeremy W. Lichstein;Theodore R. Simons;Kathleen E. Franzreb

  • Local and global approaches to spatial data analysis in ecology

    Walter Jetz;Walter Jetz;Carsten Rahbek;Jeremy W. Lichstein

  • Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups

    Jeanne L.D. Osnas;Jeanne L.D. Osnas;Masatoshi Katabuchi;Masatoshi Katabuchi;Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;Kaoru Kitajima;S. Joseph Wright

  • Shifts in tree functional composition amplify the response of forest biomass to climate

    Tao Zhang;Ülo Niinemets;Justin Sheffield;Jeremy W. Lichstein

  • Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages.

    T. Trevor Caughlin;Jake M. Ferguson;Jeremy W. Lichstein;Pieter A. Zuidema

  • Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance

    Martijn Slot;Camilo Rey-Sánchez;Camilo Rey-Sánchez;Stefan Gerber;Jeremy W Lichstein

  • Scaling from individual trees to forests in an Earth system modeling framework using a mathematically tractable model of height-structured competition

    Ensheng Weng;Sergey Malyshev;J. W. Lichstein;Caroline E. Farrior

  • Recruitment limitation in secondary forests dominated by an exotic tree

    Jeremy W. Lichstein;H. Ricardo Grau;Roxana Aragón

  • Intraspecific variation and species coexistence.

    Jeremy W. Lichstein;Jonathan Dushoff;Simon Asher Levin;Stephen Wilson Pacala

  • Quantifying Leaf Phenology of Individual Trees and Species in a Tropical Forest Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Images

    John Y. Park;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Jeremy W. Lichstein;Sami W. Rifai

  • Linking dispersal, immigration and scale in the neutral theory of biodiversity.

    Ryan A. Chisholm;Jeremy W. Lichstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Kaoru Kitajima
Kaoru Kitajima Kyoto University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Stephanie A. Bohlman
Stephanie A. Bohlman University of Florida
Richard A. Birdsey
Richard A. Birdsey US Forest Service
Anja Rammig
Anja Rammig Technical University of Munich
Drew W. Purves
Drew W. Purves DeepMind (United Kingdom)
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
Martijn Slot
Martijn Slot Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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