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D-Index
76
Citations
29107
World Ranking
986
National Ranking
368

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Pleistocene megafaunal collapse, novel plant communities, and enhanced fire regimes. Science 326:1100–1103.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen T. Jackson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected fields, with a primary focus on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these main disciplines, their subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, particularly emphasizing Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Tree-ring climate responses. Other notable areas include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Stephen T. Jackson has contributed to publications in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Science
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global Change Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen T. Jackson provide insight into the scientist's current research directions. Notable publications include:

  • Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change (2020, Science)
  • The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Managing for RADical ecosystem change: applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
  • Responding to Ecosystem Transformation: Resist, Accept, or Direct? (2020, Fisheries)
  • Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses (2022, Fire Ecology)

Collaboration plays a significant role in Stephen T. Jackson's scientific career. Frequent co-authors include John W. Williams, James M. Russell, Erik A. Beever, David Lawrence, and Jay Peterson.

The scientist has received recognition within the ecological and scientific communities, including the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2010 for work related to Pleistocene megafaunal collapse, novel plant communities, and enhanced fire regimes. Stephen T. Jackson was also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Beyond Predictions: Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate

    Terence P. Dawson;Stephen T. Jackson;Joanna I. House;Iain Colin Prentice;Iain Colin Prentice;Iain Colin Prentice

  • Novel climates, no‐analog communities, and ecological surprises

    John W. Williams;Stephen T. Jackson

  • Projected distributions of novel and disappearing climates by 2100 AD

    John W. Williams;Stephen T. Jackson;John E. Kutzbach

  • Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

    Katharine N. Suding;Sandra Lavorel;F. S. Chapin;Johannes H. Cornelissen

  • Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration Dispersal theory and interpretation of paleoecological records

    James S. Clark;Chris Fastie;George Hurtt;Stephen T. Jackson

  • Space can substitute for time in predicting climate-change effects on biodiversity

    Jessica L. Blois;John W. Williams;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Stephen T. Jackson

  • Responses of plant populations and communities to environmental changes of the late Quaternary

    Stephen T. Jackson;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Ecological restoration in the light of ecological history.

    Stephen T. Jackson;Richard J. Hobbs

  • Balancing biodiversity in a changing environment: extinction debt, immigration credit and species turnover.

    Stephen T. Jackson;Dov F. Sax

  • Pleistocene megafaunal collapse, novel plant communities, and enhanced fire regimes in North America.

    Jacquelyn L. Gill;John W. Williams;Stephen T. Jackson;Katherine B. Lininger

  • Ecology and the ratchet of events: climate variability, niche dimensions, and species distributions.

    Stephen T. Jackson;Julio L. Betancourt;Robert K. Booth;Stephen T. Gray

  • The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States.

    James S. Clark;Louis Iverson;Christopher W. Woodall;Craig D. Allen

  • Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems

    Richard J Hobbs;Eric Higgs;Carol M Hall;Peter Bridgewater

  • MODERN ANALOGS IN QUATERNARY PALEOECOLOGY: Here Today, Gone Yesterday, Gone Tomorrow?

    Stephen T. Jackson;John W. Williams

  • Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation

    Toni Lyn Morelli;Toni Lyn Morelli;Christopher Daly;Solomon Z. Dobrowski;Deanna M. Dulen

  • Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

    Connor Nolan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Judy R.M. Allen;Patricia M. Anderson

  • The changing role of history in restoration ecology

    Eric Higgs;Donald A Falk;Anita Guerrini;Marcus Hall

  • A severe centennial-scale drought in midcontinental North America 4200 years ago and apparent global linkages

    Robert K. Booth;Stephen T. Jackson;Steven L. Forman;John E. Kutzbach

  • The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource

    John W. Williams;Eric C. Grimm;Jessica L. Blois;Donald F. Charles

  • Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium

    D. J. Charman;D. W. Beilman;M. Blaauw;R. K. Booth

  • Vegetation and environment in Eastern North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Stephen T. Jackson;Robert S. Webb;Katharine H. Anderson;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Projected Distributions of Novel and Disappearing Climates by 2100AD

    J. W. Williams;S. T. Jackson;J. E. Kutzbach

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Williams
John W. Williams University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert K. Booth
Robert K. Booth Lehigh University
Julio L. Betancourt
Julio L. Betancourt United States Geological Survey
Simon Brewer
Simon Brewer University of Utah
Jonathan T. Overpeck
Jonathan T. Overpeck University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael C. Dietze
Michael C. Dietze Boston University
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Maarten Blaauw
Maarten Blaauw Queen's University Belfast
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Jennifer R. Marlon
Jennifer R. Marlon Yale University

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