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Plant Science and Agronomy

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59
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15374
World Ranking
1255
National Ranking
328

Ecology and Evolution

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66
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Samuel D. Fuhlendorf publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel D. Fuhlendorf sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 222 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel D. Fuhlendorf sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology and related subfields. The major areas of study include ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main research topics encompass rangeland and wildlife management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, avian ecology and behavior, and remote sensing in agriculture.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Strategies for global rangeland stewardship: Assessment through the lens of the equilibrium-non-equilibrium debate (2020), published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Saving imperiled grassland biomes by recoupling fire and grazing: a case study from the Great Plains (2021), published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Using airborne and DESIS imaging spectroscopy to map plant diversity across the largest contiguous tract of tallgrass prairie on earth (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Mapping invasive alien species in grassland ecosystems using airborne imaging spectroscopy and remotely observable vegetation functional traits (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Craig A. Davis, R. Dwayne Elmore, Dirac Twidwell, Robert G. Hamilton, and Evan P. Tanner.

Among publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple works are:

  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Restoring Heterogeneity on Rangelands: Ecosystem Management Based on Evolutionary Grazing Patterns

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Engle

  • Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence

    D. D. Briske;J. D. Derner;J. R. Brown;S. D. Fuhlendorf

  • Application of the fire–grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie

    S. D. Fuhlendorf;D. M. Engle

  • Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing.

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Wade C. Harrell;David M. Engle;Robert G. Hamilton

  • Pyric Herbivory: Rewilding Landscapes through the Recoupling of Fire and Grazing

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Engle;Jay Kerby;Robert Hamilton

  • State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: A synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives

    D. D. Briske;S. D. Fuhlendorf;F. E. Smeins

  • Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms

    D. D. Briske;S. D. Fuhlendorf;F. E. Smeins

  • Ecosystem services lost to oil and gas in North America

    Brady W. Allred;W. Kolby Smith;W. Kolby Smith;Dirac Twidwell;Julia H. Haggerty

  • Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

    J. E. Houlahan;D. J. Currie;K. Cottenie;G. S. Cumming

  • A Unified Framework for Assessment and Application of Ecological Thresholds

    D.D. Briske;S.D. Fuhlendorf;F.E. Smeins

  • Ungulate preference for burned patches reveals strength of fire–grazing interaction

    Brady W. Allred;Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Engle;R. Dwayne Elmore

  • Multi-scale effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on lesser prairie-chicken populations of the US Southern Great Plains

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Alan J.W. Woodward;David M. Leslie;John S. Shackford

  • Avian community response to vegetation and structural features in grasslands managed with fire and grazing

    Bryan. R. Coppedge;Samuel. D. Fuhlendorf;Wade. C. Harrell;David. M. Engle

  • Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty

    Brady W. Allred;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Chad S. Boyd;Christopher Brown

  • The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens' response to woody plant encroachment

    Dirac Twidwell;William E Rogers;Samuel D Fuhlendorf;Carissa L Wonkka

  • Herbaceous vegetation change in variable rangeland environments: The relative contribution of grazing and climatic variability

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David D. Briske;Fred E. Smeins

  • Conservation of Pattern and Process: Developing an Alternative Paradigm of Rangeland Management

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Engle;R. Dwayne Elmore;Ryan F. Limb

  • Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities.

    Torre J. Hovick;R. Dwayne Elmore;Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David M. Engle

  • Long-term vegetation dynamics mediated by herbivores, weather and fire in a Juniperus-Quercus savanna

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Fred E. Smeins

  • Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs.

    David M. J. S. Bowman;George L. W. Perry;Steve I. Higgins;Chris N. Johnson

  • Simulation of a fire-sensitive ecological threshold: a case study of Ashe juniper on the Edwards Plateau of Texas, USA.

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;Fred E. Smeins;William E. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Engle
David M. Engle Oklahoma State University
Dirac Twidwell
Dirac Twidwell University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Brady W. Allred
Brady W. Allred University of Montana
Diane M. Debinski
Diane M. Debinski Montana State University
James R. Miller
James R. Miller University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David D. Briske
David D. Briske Texas A&M University
Robert B. Mitchell
Robert B. Mitchell US Department of Agriculture
David M. Leslie
David M. Leslie Oklahoma State University
Tyson Ochsner
Tyson Ochsner Oklahoma State University
Joel R. Brown
Joel R. Brown United States Department of Agriculture

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