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Environmental Sciences

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46
Citations
15413
World Ranking
5939
National Ranking
2148

Biology and Biochemistry

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44
Citations
15216
World Ranking
19196
National Ranking
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Overview

Mark D. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. The core of their research lies within Environmental Science, contributing to 45 publications in this field.

Their work encompasses several vital subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The diversity of subfields highlights a broad engagement with both ecological and biological systems.

Mark D. Schwartz's research addresses specific topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Plant and Animal Studies. These topics collectively form a comprehensive perspective on environmental interactions and ecosystem dynamics.

Notable recent publications by Mark D. Schwartz include:

  • Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Evaluating autumn phenology derived from field observations, satellite data, and carbon flux measurements in a northern mixed forest, USA, 2020, International Journal of Biometeorology
  • How well do the spring indices predict phenological activity across plant species?, 2020, International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Ten best practices for effective phenological research, 2023, International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Diverging Northern Hemisphere Trends in Meteorological Versus Ecological Indicators of Spring Onset in CMIP6, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark D. Schwartz include Theresa M. Crimmins, Ankur R. Desai, Amanda S. Gallinat, Alison Donnelly, and Xiaolu Li.

The most common venues publishing Mark D. Schwartz's work are the International Journal of Biometeorology, Diabetes, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Geophysical Research Letters. This range of journals illustrates an engagement with both ecological and broader biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Shifting plant phenology in response to global change

    Elsa E. Cleland;Isabelle Chuine;Annette Menzel;Harold A. Mooney

  • Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemisphere

    Mark D. Schwartz;Rein Ahas;Anto Aasa

  • Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982-2006

    Michael A. White;Kirsten M. de Beurs;Kamel Didan;David W. Inouye

  • Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

    E. M. Wolkovich;B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;J. M. Allen;T. M. Crimmins

  • Past and future changes in climate and hydrological indicators in the US Northeast

    Katharine Hayhoe;Cameron P Wake;Thomas G Huntington;Lifeng Luo

  • Phenology : an integrative environmental science

    Mark Donald Schwartz

  • Changes in North American spring

    Mark D. Schwartz;Bernhard E. Reiter

  • Climate change and shifts in spring phenology of three horticultural woody perennials in northeastern USA

    David W. Wolfe;Mark D. Schwartz;Alan N. Lakso;Yuka Otsuki

  • Green-wave phenology

    Mark D. Schwartz

  • Assessing satellite-derived start-of-season measures in the conterminous USA

    Mark D. Schwartz;Bradley C. Reed;Michael A. White

  • Advancing to full bloom: planning phenological research for the 21st century

    M. D. Schwartz

  • Validating satellite phenology through intensive ground observation and landscape scaling in a mixed seasonal forest

    Liang Liang;Mark D. Schwartz;Songlin Fei

  • Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology

    T. Jonathan Davies;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nicolas Salamin;Nicolas Salamin

  • Temperature and snowfall trigger alpine vegetation green-up on the world's roof

    Xiaoqiu Chen;Shuai An;David W. Inouye;Mark D. Schwartz

  • Standardized phenology monitoring methods to track plant and animal activity for science and resource management applications

    Ellen G. Denny;Katharine L. Gerst;Abraham J. Miller-Rushing;Geraldine L. Tierney

  • Surface phenology and satellite sensor-derived onset of greenness: an initial comparison

    Mark D. Schwartz;Bradley C. Reed

  • Phenology of temperate trees in tropical climates

    Rolf Borchert;Kevin Robertson;Mark D. Schwartz;Guadalupe Williams-Linera

  • From Caprio's lilacs to the USA National Phenology Network

    Mark D Schwartz;Julio L Betancourt;Jake F Weltzin

  • Determining the growing season of land vegetation on the basis of plant phenology and satellite data in Northern China.

    Xiaoqiu Chen;Zhongjun Tan;Mark D. Schwartz;Chengxin Xu

  • Sensitivity of Spring Phenology to Warming Across Temporal and Spatial Climate Gradients in Two Independent Databases

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;T. Jonathan Davies;Toby R. Ault

  • Monitoring global change with phenology: The case of the spring green wave

    Mark D. Schwartz

  • Landscape phenology: an integrative approach to seasonal vegetation dynamics

    Liang Liang;Mark D. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Toby R. Ault
Toby R. Ault Cornell University
Julio L. Betancourt
Julio L. Betancourt United States Geological Survey
Benjamin I. Cook
Benjamin I. Cook Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Gregory J. McCabe
Gregory J. McCabe United States Geological Survey
Jake F. Weltzin
Jake F. Weltzin United States Geological Survey
Susan J. Mazer
Susan J. Mazer University of California, Santa Barbara
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich University of British Columbia
Camille Parmesan
Camille Parmesan The University of Texas at Austin
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego

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