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Sean C. Thomas

Sean C. Thomas

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
73
Citations
28671
World Ranking
582
National Ranking
17

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
29340
World Ranking
1033
National Ranking
60

Overview

Sean C. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work often intersects key subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

Their scholarly output includes numerous studies published in journals such as Preprints.org, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Biochar, and Journal of Environmental Management. These venues reflect a focus on environmental processes, soil dynamics, and biochar applications.

Among recent publications, Sean C. Thomas authored a paper titled "Post-processing of biochars to enhance plant growth responses: a review and meta-analysis" published in 2021 in Biochar. Other notable papers closely related by subject matter but authored by frequent collaborators include:

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests, 2020, Nature
  • High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests, 2021, Nature
  • Carbon fractions in the world's dead wood, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Biochar Effects on Soil Physiochemical Properties in Degraded Managed Ecosystems in Northeastern Bangladesh, 2020, Soil Systems

Frequent co-authors in Sean C. Thomas' body of work include Wenxi Liao, Md Abdul Halim, Jennifer Drake, Md. Rezaul Karim, and Adam Gorgolewski. Collaborative efforts with these researchers suggest a strong network contributing to multidisciplinary environmental and soil science studies.

Key research topics addressed by Sean C. Thomas encompass:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Publication venues where Sean C. Thomas' work appears most frequently are:

  • Preprints.org
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biochar
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Their scholarly contributions emphasize understanding the complex interactions between soil properties, vegetation, carbon cycling, and environmental changes, often integrating empirical data with meta-analytical approaches. This research supports insights into ecosystem dynamics and sustainable management practices within degraded or changing ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests

    Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez;Bonaventure Sonké;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Size variability and competition in plant monocultures

    Jacob Weiner;Sean C. Thomas

  • PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION

    Sean C. Thomas;Charles B. Halpern;Donald A. Falk;Denise A. Liguori

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Carbon Content of Tree Tissues: A Synthesis

    Sean C. Thomas;Adam R. Martin

  • Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests.

    Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Bonaventure Sonké;Terry Sunderland;Serge K. Begne;Serge K. Begne

  • Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests

    Helene C Muller-Landau;Richard S Condit;Jerome Chave;Sean C Thomas

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • A reassessment of carbon content in tropical trees

    Adam R. Martin;Sean C. Thomas

  • Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests

    Ryan A. Chisholm;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Kassim Abdul Rahman;Daniel P. Bebber

  • Asymptotic height as a predictor of growth and allometric characteristics in malaysian rain forest trees

    Sean C. Thomas

  • Biochar mitigates negative effects of salt additions on two herbaceous plant species

    Sean C. Thomas;Susan Frye;Nigel Gale;Matthew Garmon

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity.

    Richard Condit;Richard Condit;Peter Ashton;Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin;H. S. Dattaraja

  • Competition and Allometry in Three Species of Annual Plants

    Jacob Weiner;Sean C. Thomas

  • Photosynthetic differences between saplings and adult trees: an integration of field results by meta-analysis.

    Sean C. Thomas;William E. Winner

  • Assessing Evidence for a Pervasive Alteration in Tropical Tree Communities

    Jérôme Chave;Richard Condit;Helene C Muller-Landau;Sean C Thomas

  • Biochar and forest restoration: a review and meta-analysis of tree growth responses

    Sean C. Thomas;Nigel Gale

  • Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models

    Helene C Muller-Landau;Richard S Condit;Kyle E Harms;Kyle E Harms;Christian O Marks

  • ASYMPTOTIC HEIGHT AS A PREDICTOR OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS IN MALAYSIAN RAIN FOREST TREES

    S. C. Thomas;F. A. Bazzaz

  • World-wide leaf economics spectrum

    I. J. Wright;P. B. Reich;M. Westoby;David D. Ackerly

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Sylvester Tan
Sylvester Tan Smithsonian Institution
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Terese B. Hart
Terese B. Hart Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Inc.
Jon C. Lovett
Jon C. Lovett University of Leeds
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

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