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48
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Matthias M. Boer publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias M. Boer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Matthias M. Boer D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias M. Boer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Matthias M. Boer is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research has extensively covered topics related to fire effects on ecosystems, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and forest ecology and management. Additional areas of focus include landslides and related hazards, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, rangeland and wildlife management, and fire dynamics and safety research.

Their work appears frequently in notable scientific journals, with multiple publications in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Global Change Biology, Scientific Reports, Forest Ecology and Management, and International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Recent papers coauthored by or associated with Matthias M. Boer include:

  • Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia (2021) - Communications Earth & Environment
  • Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires (2020) - Nature Climate Change
  • Causes and consequences of eastern Australia's 2019-20 season of mega-fires (2020) - Global Change Biology
  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment (2020) - Nature
  • Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die-back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought (2021) - New Phytologist

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Rachael H. Nolan
  • Ross A. Bradstock
  • Víctor Resco de Dios
  • Belinda E. Medlyn
  • Anne Griebel

The main fields and subfields of study highlight a broad focus on global environmental changes with an emphasis on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, and atmospheric science.

  • Environmental Science

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Atmospheric Science

The primary topics covered in their research are:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Fire dynamics and safety research

Best Publications

  • Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

    Nerilie J. Abram;Benjamin J. Henley;Benjamin J. Henley;Alex Sen Gupta;Tanya J. R. Lippmann

  • Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires

    Matthias M. Boer;Víctor Resco de Dios;Ross A. Bradstock

  • Scales and processes of water and sediment redistribution in drylands: results from the Rambla Honda field site in Southeast Spain

    J Puigdefabregas;A Sole;L Gutierrez;G del Barrio

  • Causes and consequences of eastern Australia's 2019-20 season of mega-fires.

    Rachael H Nolan;Matthias M Boer;Luke Collins;Luke Collins;Victor Resco de Dios

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • Long-term impacts of prescribed burning on regional extent and incidence of wildfires : evidence from 50 years of active fire management in SW Australian forests

    Matthias M Boer;Matthias M Boer;Rohan J Sadler;Roy S Wittkuhn;Roy S Wittkuhn;W. Lachlan McCaw;W. Lachlan McCaw

  • Fire regimes of Australia: A pyrogeographic model system

    Brett P. Murphy;Brett P. Murphy;Ross A. Bradstock;Matthias M. Boer;John Carter

  • Large‐scale, dynamic transformations in fuel moisture drive wildfire activity across southeastern Australia

    R. H. Nolan;R. H. Nolan;R. H. Nolan;M. M. Boer;V. Resco de Dios;G. Caccamo;G. Caccamo

  • Effects of Spatially Structured Vegetation Patterns on Hillslope Erosion in a Semiarid Mediterranean Environment: A Simulation Study

    Matthias M Boer;Juan Puigdefábregas

  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

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  • Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demand

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  • Fire-induced deforestation in drought-prone Mediterranean forests: drivers and unknowns from leaves to communities

    Asaf Karavani;Matthias M. Boer;Mara Baudena;Carlos Colinas

  • Differential responses of hillslope and channel elements to rainfall events in a semi-arid area

    Juan Puigdefabregas;Gabriel del Barrio;Matthias M Boer;Leonardo Gutiérrez

  • What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?

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  • Mapping burned areas and burn severity patterns in SW Australian eucalypt forest using remotely-sensed changes in leaf area index

    Matthias M Boer;Craig Macfarlane;Jaymie Norris;Jaymie Norris;Rohan J Sadler

  • A semi-mechanistic model for predicting the moisture content of fine litter

    Víctor Resco de Dios;Aaron W. Fellows;Rachael H. Nolan;Rachael H. Nolan;Matthias M. Boer

  • Divergent responses of fire to recent warming and drying across south-eastern Australia

    Ross Bradstock;Trent Penman;Matthias Boer;Owen Price

  • Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die-back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought

    Rachael H. Nolan;Rachael H. Nolan;Alice Gauthey;Adriano Losso;Adriano Losso;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • Linking Forest Flammability and Plant Vulnerability to Drought

    Rachael H. Nolan;Chris J. Blackman;Víctor Resco de Dios;Brendan Choat

  • Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability.

    Remko A. Duursma;Teresa E. Gimeno;Teresa E. Gimeno;Matthias M. Boer;Kristine Y. Crous

  • Mapping soil depth classes in dry Mediterranean areas using terrain attributes derived from a digital elevation model

    Matthias Boer;Gabriel Del Barrio;Juan Puigdefábres

  • Evaluating the long-term water balance of arid zone stream bed vegetation using evapotranspiration modelling and hillslope runoff measurements

    Francisco Domingo;Luis Villagarcía;Matthias M Boer;Lucas Alados Alados-Arboledas

  • PAN-EUROPEAN SOIL EROSION RISK ASSESSMENT:

    Michael J. Kirkby;Robert J. A. Jones;Brian Irvine;Anne Gobin

  • Greenhouse impact in Fennoscandia-preliminary findings of a European workshop on the effects of climatic change.

    M. M. Boer;E. A. Koster;H. Lundberg

  • Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment: The PESERA Map Version 1 October 2003, Explanation of: Special Publication Ispra 2004 no. 73, S.P.I.04.73

    M. J Kirkby;Robert J. A Jones;Brian Irvine;Anne Gobin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross A. Bradstock
Ross A. Bradstock University of Wollongong
Pauline F. Grierson
Pauline F. Grierson University of Western Australia
Owen Price
Owen Price University of Wollongong
Juan Puigdefábregas
Juan Puigdefábregas Spanish National Research Council
Trent D. Penman
Trent D. Penman University of Melbourne
Elise Pendall
Elise Pendall Western Sydney University
Craig V. M. Barton
Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Brett P. Murphy
Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University
Teresa E. Gimeno
Teresa E. Gimeno Basque Centre for Climate Change

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