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Lee E. Frelich

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
15850
World Ranking
1789
National Ranking
654

Lee E. Frelich publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lee E. Frelich 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 Lee E. Frelich sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lee E. Frelich is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focuses broadly on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, plant science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their scholarly work covers key topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest management and policy, rangeland and wildlife management, forest ecology and management, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, and botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Climate-change refugia in boreal North America: what, where, and for how long?" (2020) published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Natural Disturbance-Based Forest Management: Moving Beyond Retention and Continuous-Cover Forestry" (2021) published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Seven Ways a Warming Climate Can Kill the Southern Boreal Forest" (2021) published in Forests
  • "Earthworm invasion causes declines across soil fauna size classes and biodiversity facets in northern North American forests" (2021) published in Oikos
  • "Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century" (2024) published in BioScience

Frelich frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

  • Peter B. Reich
  • Kalev Jõgiste
  • John A. Stanturf
  • Timo Kuuluvainen
  • Marek Metslaid

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues, reflecting the diversity of their research interests. Key venues include:

  • Forests
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • BioScience
  • Restoration Ecology

Best Publications

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

    Jill F. Johnstone;Craig D. Allen;Jerry F. Franklin;Lee E. Frelich

  • How much does climate change threaten European forest tree species distributions

    Marcin K. Dyderski;Sonia Paź;Lee E. Frelich;Andrzej M. Jagodziński

  • Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes: Studies from Temperate Evergreen-Deciduous Forests

    Lee E. Frelich

  • A methodology for estimating canopy disturbance frequency and intensity in dense temperate forests

    Craig G. Lorimer;Lee E. Frelich

  • Natural Disturbance Regimes in Hemlock-Hardwood Forests of the Upper Great Lakes Region

    Lee E. Frelich;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Spatial Patterns and Succession in a Minnesota Southern-Boreal Forest

    Lee E. Frelich;Peter B. Reich

  • Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests

    Lee E Frelich;Cynthia M Hale;Stefan Scheu;Andrew R Holdsworth

  • Effects of white-tailed deer on populations of an understory forb in fragmented deciduous forests.

    David J. Augustine;Lee E. Frelich

  • Current and predicted long-term effects of deer browsing in hemlock forests in Michigan, USA

    Lee E. Frelich;Craig G. Lorimer

  • Changes in hardwood forest understory plant communities in response to European earthworm invasions.

    Cindy M. Hale;Lee E. Frelich;Peter B. Reich

  • Effects of European earthworm invasion on soil characteristics in Northern Hardwood Forests of Minnesota, USA

    Cindy M. Hale;Lee E Frelich;Peter B Reich;John J Pastor

  • Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome

    Andreas Sommerfeld;Cornelius Senf;Cornelius Senf;Brian Buma;Anthony W. D’Amato

  • Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes

    Lee E. Frelich

  • Patch Formation and Maintenance in an Old‐Growth Hemlock‐Hardwood Forest

    Lee E. Frelich;Randy R. Calcote;Margaret B. Davis;John Pastor

  • Are Large, Infrequent Disturbances Qualitatively Different from Small, Frequent Disturbances?

    William H. Romme;Edwin H. Everham;Lee E. Frelich;Max A. Moritz

  • EXOTIC EUROPEAN EARTHWORM INVASION DYNAMICS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS OF MINNESOTA, USA

    Cindy M. Hale;Lee E. Frelich;Peter B. Reich

  • Will environmental changes reinforce the impact of global warming on the prairie–forest border of central North America?

    Lee E Frelich;Peter B Reich

  • Neighborhood effects, disturbance severity, and community stability in forests

    Lee E. Frelich;Peter B. Reich

  • INFLUENCE OF LOGGING, FIRE, AND FOREST TYPE ON BIODIVERSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SOUTHERN BOREAL FORESTS

    Peter B. Reich;Peter Bakken;Daren Carlson;Lee E. Frelich

  • Wind-throw mortality in the southern boreal forest: effects of species, diameter and stand age

    Roy L. Rich;Lee E. Frelich;Peter B. Reich

  • Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests

    Lee E Frelich;Cindy M. Hale;Peter B Reich;Andrew R. Holdsworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Craig G. Lorimer
Craig G. Lorimer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Shinya Sugita
Shinya Sugita Tallinn University
Klaus J. Puettmann
Klaus J. Puettmann Oregon State University
Rebecca A. Montgomery
Rebecca A. Montgomery University of Minnesota
Margaret B. Davis
Margaret B. Davis University of Minnesota
John A. Stanturf
John A. Stanturf US Forest Service
Scott R. Loss
Scott R. Loss Oklahoma State University
Timo Kuuluvainen
Timo Kuuluvainen University of Helsinki

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Miroslav Svoboda

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Volodymyr Trotsiuk

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