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40
Citations
18404
World Ranking
5959
National Ranking
2023

Overview

Michael B. Walters is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, and Anthropology.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Sustainability and Climate Change Governance; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development; Environmental Education and Sustainability; Forest Management and Policy; and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Among Walters' recent papers are:

  • COVID-19, Indigenous peoples, local communities and natural resource governance (2021), published in PARKS
  • Navigating power in conservation (2023), published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • Territories of life as key to global environmental sustainability (2023), published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • Glocal woodlands - The rescaling of forest governance in Scotland (2022), published in Land Use Policy
  • Analysing and Applying Stakeholder Perceptions to Improve Protected Area Governance in Ugandan Conservation Landscapes (2020), published in Land

Frequent publication venues for Walters include PARKS and Land, with multiple publications in these journals. Other venues where their work has appeared include Landscape Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management, and Conservation Science and Practice.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Samantha S. Sithole, Frank Matose, Marina Cracco, Olivier Hymas, and K.C. Sharma.

Best Publications

  • From tropics to tundra: global convergence in plant functioning

    Peter B. Reich;Michael B. Walters;David S. Ellsworth

  • Leaf Life-Span in Relation to Leaf, Plant, and Stand Characteristics among Diverse Ecosystems

    Peter B Reich;M B Walters;D S Ellsworth

  • The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies

    P. B. Reich;I. J. Wright;J. Cavender-Bares;J. M. Craine

  • GENERALITY OF LEAF TRAIT RELATIONSHIPS: A TEST ACROSS SIX BIOMES

    Peter B. Reich;David S. Ellsworth;Michael B. Walters;James M. Vose

  • Leaf lifespan as a determinant of leaf structure and function among 23 amazonian tree species.

    P. B. Reich;C. Uhl;M. B. Walters;D. S. Ellsworth

  • Leaf structure (specific leaf area) modulates photosynthesis–nitrogen relations: evidence from within and across species and functional groups

    P. B. Reich;D. S. Ellsworth;M. B. Walters

  • Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span: a test across biomes and functional groups.

    Peter B. Reich;Michael B. Walters;David S. Ellsworth;James M. Vose

  • Photosynthesis and respiration rates depend on leaf and root morphology and nitrogen concentration in nine boreal tree species differing in relative growth rate

    Peter B Reich;M. B. Walters;M. G. Tjoelker;D. Vanderklein

  • Close association of RGR, leaf and root morphology, seed mass and shade tolerance in seedlings of nine boreal tree species grown in high and low light

    Peter B Reich;M. G. Tjoelker;M. B. Walters;D. W. Vanderklein

  • Different photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in deciduous hardwood and evergreen coniferous tree species.

    P. B. Reich;M. B. Walters;B. D. Kloeppel;D. S. Ellsworth

  • Are shade tolerance, survival, and growth linked? Low light and nitrogen effects on hardwood seedlings

    Michael B. Walters;Peter B. Reich

  • Low-light carbon balance and shade tolerance in the seedlings of woody plants: Do winter deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen species differ?

    Michael B. Walters;Peter B. Reich

  • SEED SIZE, NITROGEN SUPPLY, AND GROWTH RATE AFFECT TREE SEEDLING SURVIVAL IN DEEP SHADE

    Michael B. Walters;Peter B. Reich

  • Leaf age and season influence the relationships between leaf nitrogen, leaf mass per area and photosynthesis in maple and oak trees

    P. B. Reich;M. B. Walters;D. S. Ellsworth

  • Growth, biomass distribution and CO2 exchange of northern hardwood seedlings in high and low light: relationships with successional status and shade tolerance.

    M. B. Walters;E. L. Kruger;P. B. Reich

  • Photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in Amazonian tree species : I. Patterns among species and communities.

    P. B. Reich;M. B. Walters;D. S. Ellsworth;C. Uhl

  • Photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in Amazonian tree species : II. Variation in nitrogen vis-a-vis specific leaf area influences mass- and area-based expressions.

    Peter B Reich;M. B. Walters

  • Relative growth rate in relation to physiological and morphological traits for northern hardwood tree seedlings: species, light environment and ontogenetic considerations.

    M. B. Walters;E. L. Kruger;P. B. Reich

  • Growth, nutrition and gas exchange of Pinus resinosa following artificial defoliation

    Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;M. B. Walters;M. B. Walters;S. C. Krause;D. W. Vanderklein;D. W. Vanderklein

  • Photosynthetic light acclimation in two rainforest Piper species with different ecological amplitudes.

    M. B. Walters;C. B. Field

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianguo Liu
Jianguo Liu Michigan State University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Richard K. Kobe
Richard K. Kobe Michigan State University
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Frank Lupi
Frank Lupi Michigan State University
Kristine Y. Crous
Kristine Y. Crous Western Sydney University
Laura R. Prugh
Laura R. Prugh University of Washington
Lee E. Frelich
Lee E. Frelich University of Minnesota
Michael A. Jenkins
Michael A. Jenkins Purdue University West Lafayette
Hugues B. Massicotte
Hugues B. Massicotte University of Northern British Columbia

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