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Robert J. Mitchell

Robert J. Mitchell

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
13258
World Ranking
1721
National Ranking
141

Overview

Robert J. Mitchell is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The main topics addressed in their work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Frailty in Older Adults, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, and Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications.

Robert J. Mitchell has contributed to several recent papers, notable among them:

  • Safety and efficacy of pioglitazone for the delay of cognitive impairment in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease (TOMMORROW): a prognostic biomarker study and a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Adapting UK Biobank imaging for use in a routine memory clinic setting: The Oxford Brain Health Clinic, 2022, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Oxford brain health clinic: protocol and research database, 2023, BMJ Open
  • Adapting UK Biobank imaging for use in a routine memory clinic setting: the Oxford Brain Health Clinic, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • MODELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEAK FLOWS IN THE STILLAGUAMISH RIVER, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Robert J. Mitchell has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • BMJ Open

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with colleagues including Ludovica Griffanti, Grace Gillis, M Clare O'Donoghue, Jasmine Blane, and Lola Martos, each appearing multiple times as coauthors in their publications.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the patterns and controls of fine root dynamics: an empirical test and methodological review

    Joseph J. Hendricks;Ronald L. Hendrick;Carlos A. Wilson;Robert J. Mitchell

  • Fine root branch orders respond differentially to carbon source-sink manipulations in a longleaf pine forest.

    Dali L. Guo;Robert J. Mitchell;Joseph J. Hendricks

  • Natural disturbance and stand development principles for ecological forestry

    Jerry F. Franklin;Robert J. Mitchell;Brian J. Palik

  • Root to shoot ratio of crops as influenced by CO2

    Hugo H. Rogers;Stephen A. Prior;G. Brett Runion;Robert J. Mitchell

  • Gaps in a gappy forest: plant resources, longleaf pine regeneration, and understory response to tree removal in longleaf pine savannas

    John P. McGuire;Robert J. Mitchell;E. Barry Moser;Stephen D. Pecot

  • Fine root heterogeneity by branch order: exploring the discrepancy in root turnover estimates between minirhizotron and carbon isotopic methods.

    Dali Guo;Harbin Li;Robert J. Mitchell;Wenxuan Han

  • Silviculture that sustains: the nexus between silviculture, frequent prescribed fire, and conservation of biodiversity in longleaf pine forests of the southeastern United States

    R J Mitchell;J K Hiers;J J O'Brien;S B Jack

  • Assessing variation in the radial profile of sap flux density in Pinus species and its effect on daily water use.

    Chelcy R. Ford;Mary Anne McGuire;Robert J. Mitchell;Robert O. Teskey

  • Endogenous and exogenous controls of root life span, mortality and nitrogen flux in a longleaf pine forest: root branch order predominates

    Dali Guo;Robert J. Mitchell;Jennifer M. Withington;Ping‐Ping Fan

  • Future climate and fire interactions in the southeastern region of the United States

    Robert J. Mitchell;Yongqiang Liu;Joseph J. O’Brien;Katherine J. Elliott

  • Adjustments in hydraulic architecture of Pinus palustris maintain similar stomatal conductance in xeric and mesic habitats

    R.N. Addington;L.A. Donovan;R.J. Mitchell;J.M. Vose

  • Productivity and species richness across an environmental gradient in a fire‐dependent ecosystem

    L. Katherine Kirkman;Robert J. Mitchell;R. Carol Helton;Mark B. Drew

  • Effects of canopy structure on resource availability and seedling responses in a longleaf pine ecosystem

    Brian J. Palik;Robert J. Mitchell;Greg Houseal;Neil Pederson

  • FOREST FLOOR DEPTH MEDIATES UNDERSTORY VIGOR IN XERIC PINUS PALUSTRIS ECOSYSTEMS

    J. Kevin Hiers;Joseph J. O'Brien;Rodney E. Will;Robert J. Mitchell

  • Ecological Forestry in the Southeast: Understanding the Ecology of Fuels

    R.J. Mitchell;J.K. Hiers;J. O’Brien;G. Starr

  • Stomatal sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit and its relationship to hydraulic conductance in Pinus palustris.

    Robert N Addington;Robert J Mitchell;Ram Oren;Lisa A Donovan

  • Diurnal and seasonal variability in the radial distribution of sap flow: predicting total stem flow in Pinus taeda trees.

    Chelcy R Ford;Carol E Goranson;Robert J Mitchell;Rodney E Will

  • Modeling silviculture after natural disturbance to sustain biodiversity in the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem: balancing complexity and implementation

    Brian J. Palik;Robert J. Mitchell;J.Kevin Hiers

  • Ground-based LIDAR: a novel approach to quantify fine-scale fuelbed characteristics

    E.L. Loudermilk;J.K. Hiers;J.J. O’Brien;R.J. Mitchell

  • Post-fire tree stress and growth following smoldering duff fires

    J. Morgan Varner;Francis E. Putz;Joseph J. O’Brien;J. Kevin Hiers

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Palik
Brian J. Palik US Forest Service
J. Kevin Hiers
J. Kevin Hiers Texas A&M University
Hugo H. Rogers
Hugo H. Rogers Agricultural Research Service
Joseph J. O'Brien
Joseph J. O'Brien US Forest Service
Stephen A. Prior
Stephen A. Prior Agricultural Research Service
Robert O. Teskey
Robert O. Teskey University of Georgia
Gregory Starr
Gregory Starr University of Alabama
Henry W. Loescher
Henry W. Loescher National Ecological Observatory Network
Dali Guo
Dali Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
G. Brett Runion
G. Brett Runion United States Department of Agriculture

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