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Mitchel P. McClaran

Mitchel P. McClaran

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5271
World Ranking
6889
National Ranking
2321

Mitchel P. McClaran 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 Mitchel P. McClaran sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 120 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mitchel P. McClaran 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 Mitchel P. McClaran sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mitchel P. McClaran is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences through their research. Their work primarily focuses on soil science, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation, addressing topics within environmental chemistry, management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their research spans key areas including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, rangeland and wildlife management, soil and water nutrient dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, rangeland management and livestock ecology, soil and unsaturated flow, and soil management and crop yield.

Recent publications by Mitchel P. McClaran include the following papers:

  • "An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments," 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health," 2022, Geoderma
  • "Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water," 2022, Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • "Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics," 2022, Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • "Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands," 2024, Nature Climate Change

Frequent co-authors of McClaran include:

  • Justin Derner
  • Daniel Liptzin
  • Shannon B. Cappellazzi
  • G. Mac Bean
  • Kelsey L.H. Greub

Publications by McClaran often appear in the following venues:

  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Nature Plants
  • Geoderma
  • Nature Climate Change

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

    Guillermo E. Ponce Campos;M. Susan Moran;Alfredo Huete;Yongguang Zhang

  • The Desert Grassland

    Mitchel P. McClaran;Thomas R. Van Devender

  • Theory in Practice: Applying Participatory Democracy Theory to Public Land Planning

    Margaret A. Moote;Mitchel P. Mcclaran;Donna K. Chickering

  • UAV hyperspectral and lidar data and their fusion for arid and semi-arid land vegetation monitoring

    Temuulen T. Sankey;Jason McVay;Tyson L. Swetnam;Mitchel P. McClaran

  • WOODY PLANTS IN GRASSLANDS: POST‐ENCROACHMENT STAND DYNAMICS

    Dawn M. Browning;Steven R. Archer;Gregory P. Asner;Mitchel P. McClaran

  • Spread of introduced Lehmann lovegrass Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees. in Southern Arizona, USA

    Michael E. Anable;Mitchel P. McClaran;George B. Ruyle

  • Effect of check dams on runoff, sediment yield, and retention on small semiarid watersheds

    V. O. Polyakov;M. H. Nichols;M. P. McClaran;M. A. Nearing

  • Isotopic analysis of tooth enamel carbonate from modern North American feral horses: implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

    Kathryn A Hoppe;Ronald Amundson;Martin Vavra;Mitchel P McClaran

  • Functional response of U.S. grasslands to the early 21st-century drought

    M. Susan Moran;Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos;Alfredo Huete;Mitchel P. McClaran

  • A century of vegetation change on the Santa Rita Experimental Range

    Mitchel P. McClaran

  • Extreme precipitation patterns and reductions of terrestrial ecosystem production across biomes

    Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;M. Susan Moran;Mark A. Nearing;Guillermo E. Ponce Campos

  • Soil carbon and nitrogen in relation to shrub size and death in a semi-arid grassland

    Mitchel P. McClaran;Jennifer Moore-Kucera;Dean A. Martens;Joost van Haren

  • Sonoran Desert Ecosystem transformation by a C4 grass without the grass/fire cycle

    Aaryn D. Olsson;Aaryn D. Olsson;Julio Betancourt;Mitchel P. McClaran;Stuart E. Marsh

  • Landscape patterns of vegetation change indicated by soil carbon isotope composition

    Sharon H. Biedenbender;Mitchel P. McClaran;Jay Quade;Mark A. Weltz

  • Long-term runoff and sediment yields from small semiarid watersheds in southern Arizona

    V. O. Polyakov;M. A. Nearing;M. H. Nichols;R. L. Scott

  • Desert grasslands and grasses

    M. P. McClaran

  • Fire-related recruitment in stagnant Quercus douglasii populations

    Mitchel P. McClaran;James W. Bartolome

  • SPREAD OF INTRODUCED LEHMANN LOVEGRASS ALONG A GRAZING INTENSITY GRADIENT

    Mitchel P. McClaran;Michael E. Anable

  • Viewpoint: Implications of participatory democracy for public land planning

    Margaret A. Moote;Mitchel P. Mcclaran

  • Desert grassland dynamics estimated from carbon isotopes in grass phytoliths and soil organic matter.

    Mitchel P. McClaran;Marcelle Umlauf

  • Empirical assessment of state-and-transition models with a long-term vegetation record from the Sonoran Desert.

    Sumanta Bagchi;David D. Briske;X. B. Wu;Mitchel P. McClaran

Frequent Co-Authors

Debra P. C. Peters
Debra P. C. Peters United States Department of Agriculture
Steven R. Archer
Steven R. Archer University of Arizona
Stacey A. Gunter
Stacey A. Gunter Agricultural Research Service
Alfredo Huete
Alfredo Huete University of Technology Sydney
Anthony R. Buda
Anthony R. Buda Agricultural Research Service
David D. Bosch
David D. Bosch Agricultural Research Service
Mark A. Nearing
Mark A. Nearing Agricultural Research Service
Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service
David N. Cole
David N. Cole US Forest Service

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