2026 Lynda D. Prior: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	52	1854	1700	146	134	125	16745
Ecology and Evolution	52	3378	3249	260	255	139	16924

Lynda D. Prior publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lynda D. Prior sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 125 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Lynda D. Prior D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lynda D. Prior sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lynda D. Prior is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their work primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on areas including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Fire effects on ecosystems
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lynda D. Prior are:

Classification of Post-Fire Responses of Woody Plants to include Pyrophobic Communities, 2020, Fire
Soil moisture thresholds for combustion of organic soils in western Tasmania, 2020, International Journal of Wildland Fire
Fire risk and severity decline with stand development in Tasmanian giant Eucalyptus forest, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
Bioclimatic drivers of fire severity across the Australian geographical range of giant Eucalyptus forests, 2021, Journal of Ecology
Population collapse of a Gondwanan conifer follows the loss of Indigenous fire regimes in a northern Australian savanna, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Prior include:

David M. J. S. Bowman
Grant J. Williamson
Scott M. Foyster
Stefania Ondei
Ben J. French

The venues in which Lynda D. Prior frequently publishes their work are:

Forest Ecology and Management
Fire
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Australian Journal of Botany
Ecological Management & Restoration

Best Publications

The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

9978
Citations
Detecting trends in tree growth: not so simple

David M.J.S. Bowman;Roel J.W. Brienen;Emanuel Gloor;Oliver L. Phillips

349
Citations
Ecophysiology of trees of seasonally dry tropics: Comparisons among phenologies

Derek Eamus;Lynda Prior

287
Citations
Abrupt fire regime change may cause landscape-wide loss of mature obligate seeder forests

David M. J. S. Bowman;Brett P. Murphy;Dominic L. J. Neyland;Grant J. Williamson

266
Citations
Leaf trait relationships in Australian plant species

Ian J Wright;Philip K Groom;Byron B Lamont;Pieter Poot

220
Citations
Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

Angela T. Moles;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley;David I. Warton

197
Citations
Seasonal and Diurnal Patterns of Carbon Assimilation, Stomatal Conductance and Leaf Water Potential in Eucalyptus tetrodonta Saplings in a Wet–Dry Savanna in Northern Australia

LD Prior;D Eamus;GA Duff

192
Citations
AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

180
Citations
Landscape analysis of Aboriginal fire management in Central Arnhem Land, north Australia

David M. J. S. Bowman;Angie Walsh;Lynda D. Prior

175
Citations
Leaf attributes in the seasonally dry tropics: a comparison of four habitats in northern Australia

Lynda D. Prior;Derek Eamus;David M. J. S. Bowman

173
Citations
Frequent fires reduce tree growth in northern Australian savannas: implications for tree demography and carbon sequestration

Brett P. Murphy;Jeremy Russell-Smith;Lynda D. Prior;Lynda D. Prior

153
Citations
Why do evergreen trees dominate the Australian seasonal tropics

David Bowman;Lynda Dorothy Prior

150
Citations
Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

Fabien H. Wagner;Bruno Hérault;Damien Bonal;Clément Stahl;Clément Stahl

144
Citations
Sodium chloride and soil texture interactions in irrigated field grown sultana grapevines. II. Plant mineral content, growth and physiology

L. D Prior;A. M Grieve;Brian R Cullis

121
Citations
Tree growth rates in north Australian savanna habitats: seasonal patterns and correlations with leaf attributes

Lynda Dorothy Prior;Derek Eamus;David M. J. S. Bowman

115
Citations
Yield-salinity relationships of different grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) scion-rootstock combinations

Xike Zhang;Xike Zhang;Rob R. Walker;Rob R. Walker;Rob M. Stevens;Rob M. Stevens;Lynda D. Prior

111
Citations
Water Relations and Ion Concentrations of Leaves on Salt-stressed Citrus Plants

RR Walker;E Torokfalvy;AM Grieve;LD Prior

111
Citations
Have plants evolved to self-immolate?

David M. J. S. Bowman;Ben J. French;Lynda D. Prior

109
Citations
Demography and growth of subadult savanna trees: interactions of life history, size, fire season, and grassy understory

Patricia A. Werner;Lynda D. Prior

108
Citations
Conservative water management in the widespread conifer genus Callitris

Timothy J. Brodribb;David M. J. S. Bowman;Pauline F. Grierson;Brett P. Murphy;Brett P. Murphy

103
Citations
Ecological Models and Data in R

Lynda D. Prior

8
Citations
World-wide leaf economics spectrum

I. J. Wright;P. B. Reich;M. Westoby;David D. Ackerly

4
Citations