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Richard V. Pouyat

Richard V. Pouyat

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
17027
World Ranking
3737
National Ranking
1308

Overview

Richard V. Pouyat is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, encompassing a range of subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, soil science, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The primary topics in Richard V. Pouyat's body of work include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health

Frequent coauthors in their research are:

  • Heikki Setälä
  • Katalin Szlávecz
  • Ian D. Yesilonis
  • D. Johan Kotze
  • Tara L. E. Trammell

Richard V. Pouyat has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Some of the notable recent publications are:

  • The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Earthworm assemblages in urban habitats across biogeographical regions, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Urbanization minimizes the effects of plant traits on soil provisioned ecosystem services across climatic regions, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Urbanisation shapes microbial community composition and functional attributes more so than vegetation type in urban greenspaces across climatic zones, 2024, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Spatial variability and uncertainty of soil nitrogen across the conterminous United States at different depths, 2022, Ecosphere

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

Richard V. Pouyat's work contributes extensively to understanding relationships within environmental science fields, focusing on urban ecosystems, soil biogeochemistry, and the ecological effects of land use changes across different climatic zones.

Best Publications

  • Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas

    S. T. A. Pickett;M. L. Cadenasso;J. M. Grove;C. H. Nilon

  • Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

    S.T.A. Pickett;M.L. Cadenasso;J.M. Grove;Christopher G. Boone

  • Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions

    Diane E. Pataki;Margaret M. Carreiro;Jennifer Cherrier;Nancy E. Grulke

  • A distinct urban biogeochemistry

    Jason P. Kaye;Peter M. Groffman;Nancy B. Grimm;Lawrence A. Baker

  • Down by the riverside: urban riparian ecology

    Peter M. Groffman;Daniel J. Bain;Lawrence E. Band;Kenneth T. Belt

  • Ecosystem Processes Along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient

    Mark J. McDonnell;Steward T.A. Pickett;Peter Groffman;Patrick Bohlen

  • Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle

    D. E. Pataki;R. J. Alig;A. S. Fung;N. E. Golubiewski

  • Carbon storage by urban soils in the United States

    Richard V. Pouyat;Ian D. Yesilonis;David J. Nowak

  • Soil carbon pools and fluxes in urban ecosystems

    R Pouyat;P Groffman;I Yesilonis;L Hernandez

  • Beyond Urban Legends: An Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

    Steward T. A. Pickett;Mary L. Cadenasso;J. Morgan Grove;Peter M. Groffman

  • Soil Chemical and Physical Properties That Differentiate Urban Land-Use and Cover Types

    R. V. Pouyat;I. D. Yesilonis;J. Russell-Anelli;N. K. Neerchal

  • Soil nitrogen cycle processes in urban riparian zones

    Peter M. Groffman;Natalie J. Boulware;Wayne C. Zipperer;Richard V. Pouyat

  • Atmospheric deposition to oak forests along an urban - rural gradient.

    Gary M. Lovett;Martin M. Traynor;Richard V. Pouyat;Margaret M. Carreiro

  • Heavy metal accumulations in forest soils along an urban- rural gradient in Southeastern New York, USA

    R. V. Pouyat;M. J. McDonnell

  • THE APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO URBAN AND URBANIZING LANDSCAPES

    Wayne C. Zipperer;Jianguo Wu;Richard V. Pouyat;Steward T. A. Pickett

  • A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turf grass and native soil

    Richard V. Pouyat;Ian D. Yesilonis;Nancy E. Golubiewski

  • Chemical, Physical, and Biological Characteristics of Urban Soils

    Richard V. Pouyat;Katalin Szlavecz;Ian D. Yesilonis;Peter M. Groffman

  • The genesis, classification, and mapping of soils in urban areas

    William R. Effland;Richard V. Pouyat

  • Accumulation of Carbon and Nitrogen in Residential Soils with Different Land-Use Histories

    Steve M. Raciti;Steve M. Raciti;Peter M. Groffman;Jennifer C. Jenkins;Richard V. Pouyat

  • Urban tree cover: an ecological perspective

    Wayne C. Zipperer;Susan M. Sisinni;Richard V. Pouyat;Timothy W. Foresman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Katalin Szlavecz
Katalin Szlavecz Johns Hopkins University
Mary L. Cadenasso
Mary L. Cadenasso University of California, Davis
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Heikki Setälä
Heikki Setälä University of Helsinki
Mark J. McDonnell
Mark J. McDonnell University of Melbourne
David J. Nowak
David J. Nowak US Forest Service
Anthony C. Janetos
Anthony C. Janetos Boston University
Diane E. Pataki
Diane E. Pataki Arizona State University

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