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D-Index
47
Citations
8416
World Ranking
4435
National Ranking
1549

Robert M. Scheller 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 Robert M. Scheller sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 149 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert M. Scheller 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 Robert M. Scheller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert M. Scheller is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a specialization in areas such as global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, and ecological modeling.

Their research topics include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Forest management and policy
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Forest insect ecology and management

Robert M. Scheller has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Ecology and Society
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Conservation Science and Practice

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Scheller include:

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Walking through the forests of the future: using data-driven virtual reality to visualize forests under climate change, 2020, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems
  • Warming increased bark beetle-induced tree mortality by 30% during an extreme drought in California, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • How robust are future projections of forest landscape dynamics? Insights from a systematic comparison of four forest landscape models, 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Forecasting for intended consequences, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice

Scheller has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Zachary Robbins
  • Melissa S. Lucash
  • Charles Maxwell
  • Tina G. Mozelewski
  • Patricia N. Manley

Among book publications, Scheller has authored "Managing Landscapes for Change," published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Effects of climate warming on fish thermal habitat in streams of the United States

    John G. Eaton;Robert M. Scheller

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

    Kendra K. McLauchlan;Philip E. Higuera;Jessica Miesel;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Design, development, and application of LANDIS-II, a spatial landscape simulation model with flexible temporal and spatial resolution

    Robert M. Scheller;James B. Domingo;Brian R. Sturtevant;Jeremy S. Williams

  • An Individual-Based Process Model to Simulate Landscape-Scale Forest Ecosystem Dynamics

    Rupert Seidl;Rupert Seidl;Werner Rammer;Robert M. Scheller;Thomas A. Spies

  • A field information-based system for estimating fish temperature tolerances

    J. G. Eaton;J. H. McCormick;B. E. Goodno;D. G. O'Brien

  • A forest growth and biomass module for a landscape simulation model, LANDIS: design, validation, and application

    Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff

  • A spatially interactive simulation of climate change, harvesting, wind, and tree species migration and projected changes to forest composition and biomass in northern Wisconsin, USA

    Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff

  • UNDERSTORY SPECIES PATTERNS AND DIVERSITY IN OLD-GROWTH AND MANAGED NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS

    Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff

  • An ecological classification of forest landscape simulation models: tools and strategies for understanding broad-scale forested ecosystems

    Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff

  • Predicting global change effects on forest biomass and composition in south-central Siberia

    Eric J. Gustafson;Anatoly Z. Shvidenko;Brian R. Sturtevant;Robert M. Scheller

  • The influence of land use and climate change on forest biomass and composition in Massachusetts, USA

    Jonathan R. Thompson;Jonathan R. Thompson;David Russell Foster;Robert M Scheller;David B. Kittredge;David B. Kittredge

  • Simulating dynamic and mixed-severity fire regimes: A process-based fire extension for LANDIS-II

    Brian R. Sturtevant;Robert M. Scheller;Brian R. Miranda;Douglas Shinneman;Douglas Shinneman

  • The effects of forest harvest intensity in combination with wind disturbance on carbon dynamics in Lake States Mesic Forests

    Robert M. Scheller;Dong Hua;Paul V. Bolstad;Richard A. Birdsey

  • Uncertainties in the response of a forest landscape to global climatic change

    Chonggang Xu;George Z. Gertner;Robert M. Scheller

  • Simulated effects of climate change, fragmentation, and inter-specific competition on tree species migration in northern Wisconsin, USA

    Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff

  • Forest restoration in a mixed-ownership landscape under climate change.

    Catherine Ravenscroft;Robert M. Scheller;David J. Mladenoff;Mark A. White

  • Simulating landscape-scale effects of fuels treatments in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Robert M. Scheller;Brendan C. Ward;Wayne D. Spencer

  • Carbon dynamics in the future forest: the importance of long-term successional legacy and climate-fire interactions.

    E. Louise Loudermilk;Robert M. Scheller;Peter J. Weisberg;Jian Yang

  • Disequilibrium of fire-prone forests sets the stage for a rapid decline in conifer dominance during the 21st century

    Josep M. Serra-Diaz;Charles Maxwell;Melissa S. Lucash;Robert M. Scheller

  • Minnesota forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework project

    Stephen Handler;Matthew J. Duveneck;Louis Iverson;Emily Peters

  • Using stochastic simulation to evaluate competing risks of wildfires and fuels management on an isolated forest carnivore

    Robert M. Scheller;Wayne D. Spencer;Heather Rustigian-Romsos;Alexandra D. Syphard

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Mladenoff
David J. Mladenoff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric J. Gustafson
Eric J. Gustafson US Forest Service
Brian R. Sturtevant
Brian R. Sturtevant US Forest Service
Peter J. Weisberg
Peter J. Weisberg University of Nevada Reno
Kenneth L. Clark
Kenneth L. Clark US Forest Service
Matthew D. Hurteau
Matthew D. Hurteau University of New Mexico
Anatoly Shvidenko
Anatoly Shvidenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Alexandra D. Syphard
Alexandra D. Syphard Conservation Biology Institute
Chonggang Xu
Chonggang Xu Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mark H. Johnson
Mark H. Johnson University of Cambridge

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