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Overview

Jim Buttle is affiliated with Trent University in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Water Science and Technology. Their scholarly output encompasses multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research primarily centers on topics related to Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, with substantial work in Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics. Additional topics covered in their publications include Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Tree-ring Climate Responses.

Jim Buttle has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • The Forestry Chronicle
  • Water
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Their recent papers cover a range of hydrological topics. Some notable publications are:

  • Stable isotopes of water reveal differences in plant - soil water relationships across northern environments, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Co-evolution of xylem water and soil water stable isotopic composition in a northern mixed forest biome, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Travel times for snowmelt-dominated headwater catchments: Influences of wetlands and forest harvesting, and linkages to stream water quality, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Long-term stream chemistry response to harvesting in a northern hardwood forest watershed experiencing environmental change, 2022, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Development of an inexpensive automated streamflow monitoring system, 2020, Hydrological Processes

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Jason A. Leach
  • Kara L. Webster
  • Ryan Bullock
  • Jiaxin Chen
  • Andrew Kenney

Best Publications

  • Isotope hydrograph separations and rapid delivery of pre-event water from drainage basins

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  • Runoff Production in a Forested, Shallow Soil, Canadian Shield Basin

    D. L. Peters;J. M. Buttle;C. H. Taylor;B. D. LaZerte

  • Hydrologic coupling of slopes, riparian zones and streams: an example from the Canadian Shield

    J.M Buttle;P.J Dillon;G.R Eerkes

  • Tracer-based assessment of flow paths, storage and runoff generation in northern catchments: a review

    Doerthe Tetzlaff;Jim Buttle;Sean K. Carey;Kevin McGuire

  • Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long‐term experimental watershed sites across North America

    Irena F. Creed;Adam T. Spargo;Julia A. Jones;Jim M. Buttle

  • Flood processes in Canada: Regional and special aspects

    James M. Buttle;Diana M. Allen;Daniel Caissie;Bruce Davison

  • Coupled vertical and lateral preferential flow on a forested slope

    J. M. Buttle;D. J. McDonald

  • Cross‐regional prediction of long‐term trajectory of stream water DOC response to climate change

    Hjalmar Laudon;Jim Buttle;Sean K. Carey;Jeff McDonnell;Jeff McDonnell

  • Influence of seasonal changes in runoff and extreme events on dissolved organic carbon trends in wetland- and upland-draining streams

    M Catherine Eimers;Jim Buttle;Shaun A Watmough

  • Measuring and Modeling Stable Isotopes of Mobile and Bulk Soil Water

    Matthias Sprenger;Doerthe Tetzlaff;Jim Buttle;Hjalmar Laudon

  • Advances in Canadian forest hydrology, 1995–1998

    J. M. Buttle;I. F. Creed;J. W. Pomeroy

  • Inter-comparison of hydro-climatic regimes across northern catchments: synchronicity, resistance and resilience

    Sean K. Carey;Doerthe Tetzlaff;Jan Seibert;Jan Seibert;Christopher Soulsby

  • Impacts of clearcut harvesting on snow accumulation and melt in a northern hardwood forest

    C.D. Murray;J.M. Buttle

  • Mapping first-order controls on streamflow from drainage basins: the T3 template

    Jim Buttle

  • Long-term trends in dissolved organic carbon concentration: a cautionary note

    M. Catherine Eimers;Shaun A. Watmough;James M. Buttle

  • Boreal forest disturbance and streamflow response, northeastern Ontario

    J M Buttle;R A Metcalfe

  • Spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity in shallow macroporous soils in a forested basin

    J.M. Buttle;D.A. House

  • An Overview of Temporary Stream Hydrology in Canada

    James M Buttle;Sarah Boon;D L Peters;Christopher Spence

  • Stable isotopes of water reveal differences in plant – soil water relationships across northern environments

    Doerthe Tetzlaff;Doerthe Tetzlaff;Doerthe Tetzlaff;James Buttle;Sean K. Carey;Matthew J. Kohn

  • Save northern high-latitude catchments

    Hjalmar Laudon;Christopher Spence;Jim Buttle;Sean K. Carey

  • Thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradients.

    Keunyea Song;Marguerite A. Xenopoulos;James M. Buttle;Jiri Marsalek

  • INFERRING HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN A TEMPERATE BASIN USING ISOTOPIC AND GEOCHEMICAL HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION: A RE-EVALUATION

    J. M. Buttle;D. L. Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Chris Soulsby
Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen
Hjalmar Laudon
Hjalmar Laudon Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sean K. Carey
Sean K. Carey McMaster University
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Kevin J. McGuire
Kevin J. McGuire Virginia Tech
Irena F. Creed
Irena F. Creed University of Toronto
James P. McNamara
James P. McNamara Boise State University
Christopher Spence
Christopher Spence Environment and Climate Change Canada

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