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Steven I. Higgins

Steven I. Higgins

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
21463
World Ranking
1839
National Ranking
108

Overview

Steven I. Higgins is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focuses particularly on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and plant science.

The primary topics in their work include:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Forest ecology and management

Recent publications by Steven I. Higgins exemplify their contributions to these fields. Notable papers include:

  • "Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends," 2023, published in Nature Geoscience
  • "The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset," 2022, Scientific Data
  • "Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database," 2022, Global Change Biology
  • "Large uncertainties in future biome changes in Africa call for flexible climate adaptation strategies," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "An operational definition of the biome for global change research," 2020, New Phytologist

Steven I. Higgins frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • New Phytologist
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Communications

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Timo Conradi
  • Ben Bond-Lamberty
  • David A. Coomes
  • Glenn R. Moncrieff
  • Casey M. Ryan

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

    Mahesh Sankaran;Niall P. Hanan;Robert J. Scholes;Jayashree Ratnam

  • Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass–tree coexistence in savanna

    Steven I. Higgins;William J. Bond;Winston S. W. Trollope

  • Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

    Caroline E. R. Lehmann;Caroline E. R. Lehmann;T. Michael Anderson;Mahesh Sankaran;Mahesh Sankaran;Steven I. Higgins;Steven I. Higgins

  • Predicting Plant Migration Rates in a Changing World: The Role of Long-Distance Dispersal.

    Steven I. Higgins;David M. Richardson

  • ARE LONG‐DISTANCE DISPERSAL EVENTS IN PLANTS USUALLY CAUSED BY NONSTANDARD MEANS OF DISPERSAL?

    S. I. Higgins;R. Nathan;M. L. Cain

  • Effects of four decades of fire manipulation on woody vegetation structure in Savanna.

    Steven I. Higgins;William J. Bond;Edmund C. February;Andries Bronn

  • Next‐generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

    Simon Scheiter;Liam Langan;Steven I. Higgins

  • When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

    Jayashree Ratnam;Jayashree Ratnam;William J. Bond;Rod J. Fensham;William A. Hoffmann

  • Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa: an adaptive dynamic vegetation modelling approach

    Simon Scheiter;Steven I. Higgins

  • Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

    Tommaso Jucker;John Caspersen;Jérôme Chave;Cécile Antin;Cécile Antin

  • Predicting the Landscape‐Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity

    Steven I. Higgins;David M. Richardson;Richard M. Cowling;Terry H. Trinder-Smith

  • Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally.

    Steven I. Higgins;Simon Scheiter

  • Ecology of invasive plants: state of the art.

    M. Rejmánek;D. M. Richardson;S. I. Higgins;M. J. Pitcairn

  • Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology

    Robert Buitenwerf;Laura Rose;Laura Rose;Steven I. Higgins

  • Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

    Sally Archibald;Sally Archibald;C. E. R. Lehmann;C. E. R. Lehmann;Claire M. Belcher;William J. Bond

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates

    Jens-Christian Svenning;Dominique Gravel;Robert D. Holt;Frank M. Schurr;Frank M. Schurr

  • A review of models of alien plant spread.

    S.I. Higgins;D.M. Richardson

  • Modeling invasive plant spread: the role of plant-environment interactions and model structure.

    Steven I. Higgins;David M. Richardson;Richard M. Cowling

  • Forecasting plant migration rates: managing uncertainty for risk assessment

    S. I. Higgins;J. S. Clark;R. Nathan;T. Hovestadt

  • Pine invasions in the southern hemisphere: modelling interactions between organism, environment and disturbance

    Steven I. Higgins;David M. Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town
Thomas Hickler
Thomas Hickler Goethe University Frankfurt
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Frank M. Schurr
Frank M. Schurr University of Hohenheim
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Caroline E. R. Lehmann University of Edinburgh
Robert B. O'Hara
Robert B. O'Hara Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sally Archibald
Sally Archibald University of the Witwatersrand

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