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Michelle C. Mack

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
31435
World Ranking
939
National Ranking
351

Michelle C. Mack 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 Michelle C. Mack sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 271 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michelle C. Mack 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 Michelle C. Mack sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michelle C. Mack is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research spans across environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, ecology, soil science, and nature and landscape conservation. The main topics in their work include fire effects on ecosystems, climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, peatlands and wetlands ecology, tree-ring climate responses, geology and paleoclimatology research, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include Ecosphere, Environmental Research Letters, Global Change Biology, Ecosystems, and Earth System Science Data. Their work often addresses ecosystem carbon balance, wildfire impacts, and soil microbial dynamics.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance" (2021) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Carbon loss from boreal forest wildfires offset by increased dominance of deciduous trees" (2021) published in Science
  • "Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The temperature sensitivity of soil: microbial biodiversity, growth, and carbon mineralization" (2021) published in The ISME Journal
  • "Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Xanthe J. Walker, Jill F. Johnstone, Brendan M. Rogers, S. J. Goetz, and Merritt R. Turetsky.

Best Publications

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

    Jill F. Johnstone;Craig D. Allen;Jerry F. Franklin;Lee E. Frelich

  • The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

    David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

  • Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization

    Michelle C. Mack;Edward A. G. Schuur;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Gaius R. Shaver

  • The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming.

    J. T. Randerson;H. Liu;M. G. Flanner;S. D. Chambers

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • Impacts of biological invasions on disturbance regimes

    Michelle C. Mack;Caria M. D'Antonio

  • Changes in fire regime break the legacy lock on successional trajectories in Alaskan boreal forest

    Jill F. Johnstone;Jill F. Johnstone;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;F. Stuart Chapin;Michelle C. Mack

  • Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire

    Michelle C. Mack;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;Randi R. Jandt

  • Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils

    Xanthe J. Walker;Jennifer L. Baltzer;Steven G. Cumming;Nicola J. Day

  • Fire, climate change, and forest resilience in interior Alaska

    Jill F. JohnstoneJ.F. Johnstone;F. Stuart ChapinF.S. Chapin;Teresa N. HollingsworthT.N. Hollingsworth;Michelle C. MackM.C. Mack

  • The effect of nutrient deposition on bacterial communities in Arctic tundra soil

    Barbara J. Campbell;Shawn W. Polson;Thomas E. Hanson;Thomas E. Hanson;Michelle C. Mack

  • Plant Species Composition and Productivity following Permafrost Thaw and Thermokarst in Alaskan Tundra

    Edward A. G. Schuur;Kathryn G. Crummer;Jason G. Vogel;Michelle C. Mack

  • A shift of thermokarst lakes from carbon sources to sinks during the Holocene epoch

    K. M. Walter Anthony;S. A. Zimov;Guido Grosse;Guido Grosse;Miriam C. Jones;Miriam C. Jones

  • Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

    Zelalem A Mekonnen;William J Riley;Logan T Berner;Nicholas J Bouskill

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • The representation of arctic soils in the land surface model: The importance of mosses

    Jason Beringer;Amanda H. Lynch;F. Stuart Chapin;Michelle Mack

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Carbon loss from boreal forest wildfires offset by increased dominance of deciduous trees.

    Michelle C. Mack;Michelle C. Mack;Xanthe J. Walker;Xanthe J. Walker;Jill F. Johnstone;Jill F. Johnstone;Jill F. Johnstone;Heather D. Alexander;Heather D. Alexander

  • Postfire Soil N Cycling in Northern Conifer Forests Affected by Severe, Stand-Replacing Wildfires

    Erica A. H. Smithwick;Monica G. Turner;Michelle C. Mack;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Relationships among fires, fungi, and soil dynamics in Alaskan Boreal Forests

    Kathleen K. Treseder;Michelle C. Mack;Alison Cross

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Scott J. Goetz
Scott J. Goetz Northern Arizona University
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
F. Stuart Chapin
F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University
Teresa N. Hollingsworth
Teresa N. Hollingsworth German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Carla M. D'Antonio
Carla M. D'Antonio University of California, Santa Barbara
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte University of Alaska Fairbanks

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