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Matt S. McGlone

Matt S. McGlone

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Ecology and Evolution
New Zealand
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
71
Citations
18723
World Ranking
1308
National Ranking
8

Matt S. McGlone publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matt S. McGlone sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 190 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matt S. McGlone 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 Matt S. McGlone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Matt S. McGlone is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields with a focus on ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, plant science, and paleontology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Matt S. McGlone has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • New Zealand Journal of Botany (9 publications)
  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology (5 publications)
  • Science (3 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (1 publication)
  • Biological Invasions (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago" (2021) published in Science
  • "Human impact and ecological changes during prehistoric settlement on the Canary Islands" (2020) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Naturalised plants transform the composition and function of the New Zealand flora" (2020) published in Biological Invasions
  • "Implementing integrated measurements of Essential Biodiversity Variables at a national scale" (2020) published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • "The diets of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)" (2020) published in New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matt S. McGlone include:

  • Sarah J. Richardson
  • Peter B. Heenan
  • James K. McCarthy
  • Janet M. Wilmshurst
  • Peter J. Bellingham

Among awards, Matt S. McGlone was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Are treelines advancing? A global meta‐analysis of treeline response to climate warming

    Melanie A. Harsch;Philip E. Hulme;Matt S. McGlone;Richard P. Duncan;Richard P. Duncan

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale

    Michael D. Crisp;Mary T. K. Arroyo;Lyn G. Cook;Maria A. Gandolfo

  • Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

    Connor Nolan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Judy R.M. Allen;Patricia M. Anderson

  • Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography

    Daniel G. Gavin;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Paul F. Gugger;Katy D. Heath

  • Plant Migration and Climate Change

    L. F. Pitelka;R. H. Gardner;J. Ash;S. Berry

  • Rapid development of phosphorus limitation in temperate rainforest along the Franz Josef soil chronosequence

    Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer;Robert B. Allen;Matt S. McGlone

  • The Polynesian settlement of New Zealand in relation to environmental and biotic changes

    M. S. Mcglone

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ‐INTIMATE project)

    Brent V. Alloway;David J. Lowe;David J.A. Barrell;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Stereotype threat, identity salience, and spatial reasoning

    Matthew S. McGlone;Joshua Aronson

  • Polynesian Deforestation of New Zealand: A Preliminary Synthesis

    M. S. McGlone

  • Rapid landscape transformation in South Island, New Zealand, following initial Polynesian settlement

    David B. McWethy;Cathy Whitlock;Janet M. Wilmshurst;Matt S. McGlone

  • Plant biogeography and the late Cenozoic history of New Zealand

    M. S. McGlone

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Dating initial Maori environmental impact in New Zealand

    Matt S. McGlone;Janet M. Wilmshurst

  • Neogene paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change in southern temperate ecosystems — a southern perspective

    Vera Markgraf;Matt McGlone;Geoff Hope

  • Endemism, species selection and the origin and distribution of the vascular plant flora of New Zealand.

    M.S. McGlone;R. P. Duncan;P. B. Heenan

  • El Nino/Southern Oscillation climatic variability in Australasian and South American paleoenvironmental records

    M. S. McGlone;A. P. Kershaw;V. Markgraf

  • The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the Australasian sector over the last glacial cycle: a synthesis

    J. Shulmeister;I. Goodwin;J. Renwick;K. Harle

  • History of vegetation and habitat change in the Austral-Asian region

    Geoffrey S Hope;Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;Sander van der Kaars;Sun Xiangjun

  • Evolution of late Pleistocene and Holocene climates in the circum-South Pacific land areas

    Vera Markgraf;John R. Dodson;A. Peter Kershaw;Matt S. McGlone

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet M. Wilmshurst
Janet M. Wilmshurst Landcare Research
Sarah J. Richardson
Sarah J. Richardson Landcare Research
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Peter J. Bellingham
Peter J. Bellingham Landcare Research
George L. W. Perry
George L. W. Perry University of Auckland
Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Brad Pillans
Brad Pillans Australian National University
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra

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