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Monica G. Turner 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 Monica G. Turner sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 379 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Monica G. Turner 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 Monica G. Turner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 121 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Monica G. Turner is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecological modeling, and mechanics of materials.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Forest management and policy
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Monica G. Turner has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world (2020), Science
  • Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Post-disturbance reorganization of forest ecosystems in a changing world (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Monica G. Turner's work include:

  • Rupert Seidl
  • Kristin H. Braziunas
  • Werner Rammer
  • Zak Ratajczak
  • Winslow D. Hansen

Monica G. Turner has received several awards in recognition of their contributions to science, including:

  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2020)
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)

Best Publications

  • Landscape Ecology: The Effect of Pattern on Process

    Monica Goigel Turner

  • Indices of landscape pattern

    R. V. O'Neill;J. R. Krummel;R. H. Gardner;G. Sugihara

  • The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management

    Norman L. Christensen;Ann M. Bartuska;James H Brown;Stephen M Carpenter

  • Landscape ecology in theory and practice : pattern and process

    Monica Goigel Turner;R. H. Gardner;R. V. O'Neill

  • Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

    Kenneth F. Raffa;Brian H. Aukema;Barbara J. Bentz;Allan L. Carroll

  • Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world

    Monica G. Turner

  • Quantitative Methods in Landscape Ecology

    Monica G. Turner;Robert H. Gardner

  • Effects of changing spatial scale on the analysis of landscape pattern

    Monica G. Turner;Robert V. O'Neill;Robert H. Gardner;Bruce T. Milne

  • Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

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

  • Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

    Peter M. Groffman;Jill S. Baron;Tamara Blett;Arthur J. Gold

  • Landscape ecology: what is the state of the science?

    Monica G. Turner

  • Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Brian H. Aukema

  • Factors Influencing Succession: Lessons from Large, Infrequent Natural Disturbances

    Monica G. Turner;William L. Baker;Christopher J. Peterson;Robert K. Peet

  • Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions.

    Yadvinder Malhi;Janet Franklin;Nathalie Seddon;Martin Solan

  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Monica G. Turner;Robert H. Gardner

  • Spatial and temporal analysis of landscape patterns

    Monica G. Turner

  • Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land

    Virginia H Dale;Sandra Brown;R A Haeuber;N T Hobbs

  • Landscape dynamics in crown fire ecosystems

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme

  • Ecology for a Crowded Planet

    Margaret Palmer;Emily S. Bernhardt;Elizabeth A. Chornesky;Scott L. Collins

  • Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

    Tania Schoennagel;Jennifer K. Balch;Hannah Brenkert-Smith;Philip E. Dennison

  • EFFECTS OF FIRE SIZE AND PATTERN ON EARLY SUCCESSION IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

    Monica G. Turner;William H. Romme;Robert H. Gardner;William W. Hargrove

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Romme
William H. Romme Colorado State University
Robert H. Gardner
Robert H. Gardner University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Erica A. H. Smithwick
Erica A. H. Smithwick Pennsylvania State University
Robert V. O'Neill
Robert V. O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniel C. Donato
Daniel C. Donato University of Washington
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Virginia H. Dale
Virginia H. Dale University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sarah E. Gergel
Sarah E. Gergel University of British Columbia
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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