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Rodney A. Chimner 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 Rodney A. Chimner sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rodney A. Chimner 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 Rodney A. Chimner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rodney A. Chimner is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, atmospheric science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The core areas of Chimner's scientific work include peatlands and wetlands ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, botany and plant ecology studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and plant responses to water stress.

Selected recent publications by Chimner include:

  • Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • The effect of water table levels and short-term ditch restoration on mountain peatland carbon cycling in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru (2020, Wetlands Ecology and Management)
  • Peatland microbial community responses to plant functional group and drought are depth-dependent (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant-mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees (2023, New Phytologist)

Chimner has frequent collaborations with several co-authors, including Erik A. Lilleskov, Randall K. Kolka, Evan S. Kane, John A. Hribljan, and Louis J. Lamit.

The researcher often publishes in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Wetlands Ecology and Management
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Chimner has contributed to book publications, including:

  • Mountain Peatland Restoration: Assessment, Goals, and Approaches (2024, Michigan Technological University eBooks)
  • ¿Qué sabemos sobre las turberas peruanas? (2020, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks)

Best Publications

  • Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming

    Angela V. Gallego-Sala;Daniel J. Charman;Simon Brewer;Susan E. Page

  • Influence of water table levels on CO2 emissions in a Colorado subalpine fen: an in situ microcosm study

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper

  • CO2 exchange in three Canadian High Arctic ecosystems: response to long-term experimental warming

    Jeffrey M. Welker;Jace T. Fahnestock;Greg H. R. Henry;Kevin W. O'Dea

  • Factors controlling the establishment of fremont cottonwood seedlings on the upper Green River, USA

    David J. Cooper;David M. Merritt;Douglas C. Andersen;Rodney A. Chimner

  • Multiple pathways for woody plant establishment on floodplains at local to regional scales

    David J. Cooper;Douglas C. Andersen;Rodney A. Chimner

  • Using stable oxygen isotopes to quantify the water source used for transpiration by native shrubs in the San Luis Valley, Colorado U.S.A.

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper

  • Nutrient and carbon dynamics in a replacement series of Eucalyptus and Albizia trees

    Jason P. Kaye;Sigrid C. Resh;Margot W. Kaye;Rodney A. Chimner

  • An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper;Frederic C. Wurster;Line Rochefort

  • Temperature and Microtopography Interact to Control Carbon Cycling in a High Arctic Fen

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Seth J. T. Arens;Rodney A. Chimner;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • A tropical freshwater wetland: II. Production, decomposition, and peat formation

    Rodney A. Chimner;Rodney A. Chimner;Katherine C. Ewel

  • Leaf mineral nutrition of Arctic plants in response to warming and deeper snow in northern Alaska

    J. M. Welker;J. T. Fahnestock;P. F. Sullivan;R. A. Chimner

  • Long-term carbon accumulation in two tropical mountain peatlands, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

    R. A. Chimner;J. M. Karberg

  • Soil respiration rates of tropical peatlands in Micronesia and Hawaii

    Rodney A. Chimner

  • Carbon dynamics of pristine and hydrologically modified fens in the southern Rocky Mountains

    Rodney A Chimner;David J Cooper

  • Effects of water table position and plant functional group on plant community, aboveground production, and peat properties in a peatland mesocosm experiment (PEATcosm)

    Lynette R. Potvin;Evan S. Kane;Evan S. Kane;Rodney A. Chimner;Randall K. Kolka

  • Peatland carbon stocks and accumulation rates in the Ecuadorian páramo

    John A. Hribljan;Esteban Suárez;Katherine A. Heckman;Erik A. Lilleskov

  • MODELING CARBON ACCUMULATION IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FENS

    Rodney A. Chimner;David J. Cooper;William J. Parton

  • Mountain Fen Distribution, Types and Restoration Priorities, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA

    Rod A. Chimner;Joanna M. Lemly;David J. Cooper

  • Ecosystem respiration responses to experimental manipulations of winter and summer precipitation in a Mixedgrass Prairie, WY, USA

    R.A. Chimner;J.M. Welker

  • Increased snow facilitates plant invasion in mixedgrass prairie.

    D. Blumenthal;R. A. Chimner;J. M. Welker;J. M. Welker;J. A. Morgan

  • Long-term water table manipulations alter peatland gaseous carbon fluxes in Northern Michigan

    Drew M. Ballantyne;John A. Hribljan;Thomas G. Pypker;Rodney A. Chimner

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane Michigan Technological University
Erik A. Lilleskov
Erik A. Lilleskov US Forest Service
David J. Cooper
David J. Cooper Colorado State University
Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
Thomas G. Pypker
Thomas G. Pypker Thompson Rivers University
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez Michigan Technological University
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of Alaska Anchorage
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila University of Eastern Finland
Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service

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