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Nona R. Chiariello

Nona R. Chiariello

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
8208
World Ranking
7254
National Ranking
2442

Nona R. Chiariello 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 Nona R. Chiariello sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 59 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nona R. Chiariello 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 Nona R. Chiariello sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nona R. Chiariello is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including soil science, ecology, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

Their work centers around key topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and rangeland management and livestock ecology.

Recent publications by Nona R. Chiariello include the following:

  • "Long-term nitrogen deposition enhances microbial capacities in soil carbon stabilization but reduces network complexity" (2022, Microbiome)
  • "Long-term elevated precipitation induces grassland soil carbon loss via microbe-plant-soil interplay" (2023, Global Change Biology)
  • "Long-term warming in a Mediterranean-type grassland affects soil bacterial functional potential but not bacterial taxonomic composition" (2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes)
  • "Rapid shifts in grassland communities driven by climate change" (2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Correction: Long-term nitrogen deposition enhances microbial capacities in soil carbon stabilization but reduces network complexity" (2022, Microbiome)

Their frequent co-authors include Christopher B. Field, Bruce A. Hungate, Audrey Niboyet, Xavier Le Roux, and Kathryn M. Docherty.

Chiariello's work has been published in multiple outlets with repeated contributions in the journal Microbiome, as well as publications in Global Change Biology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, and Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Allocating Resources to Reproduction and DefenseNew assessments of the costs and benefits of allocation patterns in plants are relating ecological roles to resource use

    Fakhri A. Bazzaz;Nona R. Chiariello;Phyllis D. Coley;Louis F. Pitelka

  • Grassland responses to global environmental changes suppressed by elevated CO2.

    M. Rebecca Shaw;Erika S. Zavaleta;Erika S. Zavaleta;Nona R. Chiariello;Elsa E. Cleland;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Diverse responses of phenology to global changes in a grassland ecosystem.

    Elsa E. Cleland;Nona R. Chiariello;Scott R. Loarie;Harold A. Mooney

  • Nitrogen limitation of microbial decomposition in a grassland under elevated CO2.

    S. Hu;S. Hu;F. S. Chapin;F. S. Chapin;M. K. Firestone;C. B. Field

  • Additive effects of simulated climate changes, elevated CO2, and nitrogen deposition on grassland diversity

    Erika S. Zavaleta;M. Rebecca Shaw;Nona R. Chiariello;Harold A. Mooney

  • Grassland responses to three years of elevated temperature, CO2, precipitation, and N deposition

    Erika S. Zavaleta;Erika S. Zavaleta;M. Rebecca Shaw;Nona R. Chiariello;Brian D. Thomas;Brian D. Thomas

  • Responses of grassland production to single and multiple global environmental changes.

    Jeffrey S Dukes;Nona R Chiariello;Elsa E Cleland;Lisa A Moore

  • Feedbacks of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Climate Change

    Christopher B. Field;David B. Lobell;Halton A. Peters;Nona R. Chiariello

  • Endomycorrhizal role for interspecific transfer of phosphorus in a community of annual plants.

    Nona Chiariello;James C. Hickman;Harold A. Mooney

  • Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

    Kimberly J. Komatsu;Meghan L. Avolio;Nathan P. Lemoine;Forest Isbell

  • Growth, carbon allocation and cost of plant tissues

    Nona R. Chiariello;Harold A. Mooney;Kimberlyn Williams

  • Plants reverse warming effect on ecosystem water balance

    Erika S. Zavaleta;Brian D. Thomas;Nona R. Chiariello;Gregory P. Asner

  • Nonlinear, interacting responses to climate limit grassland production under global change.

    Kai Zhu;Nona R. Chiariello;Todd Tobeck;Tadashi Fukami

  • Strong response of an invasive plant species (Centaurea solstitialis L.) to global environmental changes

    Jeffrey S. Dukes;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Nona R. Chiariello;Scott R. Loarie;Christopher B. Field

  • Storage Allocation in Seasonal Races of an Annual Plant: Optimal Versus Actual Allocation

    N. Chiariello;J. Roughgarden

  • Phenology and resource use in three co-occurring grassland annuals.

    S. L. Gulmon;N. R. Chiariello;H. A. Mooney;C. C. Chu

  • Interactive Effects of Fire, Elevated Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Deposition, and precipitation on a California Annual Grassland

    Hugh A. L. Henry;Hugh A. L. Henry;Nona R. Chiariello;Peter M. Vitousek;Harold A. Mooney

  • CO2 effects on the water budget of grassland microcosm communities

    Christopher Field;Christopher Lund;Christopher Lund;Nona Chiariello;Barbara Mortimer

  • Midday wilting in a tropical pioneer tree

    N. R. Chiariello;C. B. Field;H. A. Mooney

  • Integrating teaching and research in undergraduate biology laboratory education.

    Matthew J. Kloser;Sara E. Brownell;Nona R. Chiariello;Tadashi Fukami

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Field
Christopher B. Field Stanford University
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego
Erika S. Zavaleta
Erika S. Zavaleta University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Rebecca Shaw
M. Rebecca Shaw World Wide Fund for Nature
Kirk A. Moloney
Kirk A. Moloney Iowa State University
Jeffrey S. Dukes
Jeffrey S. Dukes Purdue University West Lafayette
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
David B. Lobell
David B. Lobell Stanford University

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