2026 Matthias M. Boer: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	48	5538	5309	197	191	120	8660

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

770
Citations
Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires

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

638
Citations
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

445
Citations
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

434
Citations
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

421
Citations
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

363
Citations
Fire regimes of Australia: A pyrogeographic model system

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

278
Citations
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

233
Citations
Effects of Spatially Structured Vegetation Patterns on Hillslope Erosion in a Semiarid Mediterranean Environment: A Simulation Study

Matthias M Boer;Juan Puigdefábregas

203
Citations
Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

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164
Citations
Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demand

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157
Citations
Fire-induced deforestation in drought-prone Mediterranean forests: drivers and unknowns from leaves to communities

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

156
Citations
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

148
Citations
What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?

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139
Citations
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

130
Citations
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

127
Citations
Divergent responses of fire to recent warming and drying across south-eastern Australia

Ross Bradstock;Trent Penman;Matthias Boer;Owen Price

125
Citations
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

120
Citations
Linking Forest Flammability and Plant Vulnerability to Drought

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

119
Citations
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

115
Citations
Mapping soil depth classes in dry Mediterranean areas using terrain attributes derived from a digital elevation model

Matthias Boer;Gabriel Del Barrio;Juan Puigdefábres

106
Citations
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

102
Citations
PAN-EUROPEAN SOIL EROSION RISK ASSESSMENT:

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

102
Citations
Greenhouse impact in Fennoscandia-preliminary findings of a European workshop on the effects of climatic change.

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

102
Citations
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

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross A. Bradstock University of Wollongong

Pauline F. Grierson University of Western Australia

Owen Price University of Wollongong

Juan Puigdefábregas Spanish National Research Council

Trent D. Penman University of Melbourne

Elise Pendall Western Sydney University

Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University

Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University

Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University

Teresa E. Gimeno Basque Centre for Climate Change

External Links

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