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D-Index
68
Citations
20820
World Ranking
1506
National Ranking
552

Matthew A. Bowker 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 Matthew A. Bowker sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 170 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew A. Bowker 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 Matthew A. Bowker sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matthew A. Bowker is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science fields, focusing extensively on ecology and microbial interactions in dryland environments.

The scientist has contributed to nearly 70 publications in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 41 in Environmental Science. Their subfields of study include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, environmental chemistry, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and biomedical engineering.

The main research topics addressed by Matthew A. Bowker cover a diverse set of ecological and microbial themes:

  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Aeolian processes and effects

The scientist's frequent publication venues provide insight into their active engagement in ecology-focused journals and interdisciplinary environmental research. These venues include:

  • Geoderma
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of Healthcare Simulation

Frequent collaborators have included Anita Antoninka, Sasha C. Reed, Oumarou Malam Issa, Bo Xiao, and David J. Eldridge, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Among the recent papers featuring topics closely aligned with their areas of expertise are:

  • "What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community" (2022), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands" (2022), Science
  • "The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands" (2020), Global Change Biology
  • "Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "To dry perchance to live: Insights from the genome of the desiccation-tolerant biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis" (2020), The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;José L. Quero;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Adrián Escudero

  • Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

    David J. Eldridge;Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre;Erin Roger

  • Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Thomas C. Jeffries;David J. Eldridge

  • Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses

    Nancy Collins Johnson;Gail W. T. Wilson;Matthew A. Bowker;Jacqueline A. Wilson

  • Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

    Franciska T. de Vries;Mira E. Liiri;Lisa Bjørnlund;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world.

    Fernando T. Maestre;David J. Eldridge;Santiago Soliveres;Sonia Kéfi

  • Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the Law of the Minimum

    Nancy Collins Johnson;Gail W. T. Wilson;Jacqueline A. Wilson;R. Michael Miller

  • Biological Soil Crust Rehabilitation in Theory and Practice: An Underexploited Opportunity

    Matthew A. Bowker

  • Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;María D. Puche;M. Belén Hinojosa;M. Belén Hinojosa

  • From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology

    Nico Eisenhauer;Matthew A. Bowker;James B. Grace;Jeff R. Powell

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Mortality Gradients within and among Dominant Plant Populations as Barometers of Ecosystem Change During Extreme Drought

    Alicyn R. Gitlin;Christopher M. Sthultz;Matthew A. Bowker;Stacy Stumpf

  • Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain.

    Fernando T. Maestre;Matthew A. Bowker;Yolanda Cantón;Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy

  • Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

    Felipe Bastida;Carlos García;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;David J. Eldridge

  • Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern

    Fernando T. Maestre;Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy;Matthew A. Bowker;Raúl Ochoa-Hueso

  • Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils

    Matthew A. Bowker;Fernando T. Maestre;Cristina Escolar

  • The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands.

    David J. Eldridge;Sasha Reed;Samantha K. Travers;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Richard D. Bardgett;Peter M. Vitousek;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

    V. Bala Chaudhary;Matthew A. Bowker;Matthew A. Bowker;Thomas E. O'Dell;James B. Grace

  • Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

    Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre;Werner Ulrich;Peter Manning

  • Correlates of biological soil crust abundance across a continuum of spatial scales: support for a hierarchical conceptual model

    Matthew A. Bowker;Jayne Belnap;Diane W. Davidson;Harland Goldstein

  • Temporal Variation in Community Composition, Pigmentation, and Fv/Fm of Desert Cyanobacterial Soil Crusts

    M.A. Bowker;S.C. Reed;J. Belnap;S.L. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David J. Eldridge
David J. Eldridge University of New South Wales
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante
Pablo García-Palacios
Pablo García-Palacios Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Gallardo
Antonio Gallardo Pablo de Olavide University
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Sasha C. Reed
Sasha C. Reed United States Geological Survey
Adrián Escudero
Adrián Escudero King Juan Carlos University

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