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Susan C. Cook-Patton

Susan C. Cook-Patton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
8076
World Ranking
6773
National Ranking
2282

Overview

Susan C. Cook-Patton is affiliated with The Nature Conservancy in the United States and has a research focus within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Ecological Modeling. The primary topics of their research include Forest Management and Policy, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Ecology and Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Their recent papers illustrate an emphasis on natural climate solutions and carbon cycle dynamics. Notable works include:

  • The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions, 2020, published in Nature Sustainability
  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth, 2020, published in Nature
  • National mitigation potential from natural climate solutions in the tropics, 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems, 2020, published in Nature Climate Change
  • The global potential for increased storage of carbon on land, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Peter W. Ellis, Bronson W. Griscom, Joseph Fargione, Sara M. Leavitt, and Timm Kroeger. These collaborations have supported a body of work published across various reputable venues.

Key publication venues for their research include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Sustainability
  • One Earth

Best Publications

  • Citizen science can improve conservation science, natural resource management, and environmental protection

    Duncan C. McKinley;Abe J. Miller-Rushing;Heidi L. Ballard;Rick Bonney

  • The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions

    D. A. Bossio;S. C. Cook-Patton;P. W. Ellis;J. Fargione

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Sara M. Leavitt;David Gibbs;Nancy L. Harris

  • Natural climate solutions for the United States.

    Joseph E. Fargione;Steven Bassett;Timothy Boucher;Scott D. Bridgham

  • Potential benefits of plant diversity on vegetated roofs: A literature review

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Taryn L. Bauerle

  • National mitigation potential from natural climate solutions in the tropics

    Bronson W Griscom;Bronson W Griscom;Jonah Busch;Susan C Cook-Patton;Peter W Ellis

  • Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

    Allie Goldstein;Will R. Turner;Seth A. Spawn;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira

  • A direct comparison of the consequences of plant genotypic and species diversity on communities and ecosystem function

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Scott H. McArt;Amy L. Parachnowitsch;Jennifer S. Thaler

  • The global potential for increased storage of carbon on land

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  • Potential for low-cost carbon dioxide removal through tropical reforestation

    Jonah Busch;Jens Engelmann;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Bronson W. Griscom

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada.

    C. Ronnie Drever;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Fardausi Akhter;Pascal H. Badiou

  • Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

    Monica L. Noon;Allie Goldstein;Juan Carlos Ledezma;Patrick R. Roehrdanz

  • Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;C. Ronnie Drever;Bronson W. Griscom;Kelley Hamrick

  • Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States

    Joseph Fargione;Diane L. Haase;Owen T. Burney;Olga A. Kildisheva

  • People plant trees for utility more often than for biodiversity or carbon

    Meredith P. Martin;David J. Woodbury;Danica A. Doroski;Eliot Nagele

  • Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species’ range expansion

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Kyle C. Cavanaugh;John D. Parker;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Ilka C. Feller

  • Rates and drivers of aboveground carbon accumulation in global monoculture plantation forests

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  • Estimating aboveground net biomass change for tropical and subtropical forests : refinement of IPCC default rates using forest plot data

    Daniela Requena Suarez;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Véronique De Sy;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Large climate mitigation potential from adding trees to agricultural lands.

    Melissa Chapman;Wayne S. Walker;Susan C. Cook‐Patton;Peter W. Ellis

  • Priority science can accelerate agroforestry as a natural climate solution

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  • Greater stability of carbon capture in species-rich natural forests compared to species-poor plantations

    Anand M Osuri;Anand M Osuri;Abhishek Gopal;T R Shankar Raman;Ruth DeFries

  • Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally

    Kristina J Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J Anderson-Teixeira;Valentine Herrmann;Rebecca Banbury Morgan;Rebecca Banbury Morgan;Ben Bond-Lamberty

  • Convergence of three mangrove species towards freeze-tolerant phenotypes at an expanding range edge

    Susan C. Cook‐Patton;Michael Lehmann;John D. Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Bronson W. Griscom
Bronson W. Griscom Conservation International
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
John D. Parker
John D. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Joseph Fargione
Joseph Fargione The Nature Conservancy
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Will R. Turner
Will R. Turner Conservation International
Nancy Lee Harris
Nancy Lee Harris World Resources Institute
Stephen A. Wood
Stephen A. Wood Yale University
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Jonathan Sanderman
Jonathan Sanderman Woods Hole Research Center

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