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99
Citations
30532
World Ranking
298
National Ranking
123

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Thomas G. Whitham is a researcher affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The main subfields they contribute to include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research focuses on diverse topics related to ecology, plant dynamics, and climate impacts. Key areas of study include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree-ring Climate Responses, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Among recent significant publications featuring Thomas G. Whitham are:

  • Intraspecific Genetic Variation and Species Interactions Contribute to Community Evolution, 2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East, 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery, 2022, Nature Communications

Thomas G. Whitham has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors. These include Catherine A. Gehring, Gerard J. Allan, Kevin R. Hultine, Hillary F. Cooper, and Michał Bogdziewicz.

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several academic venues. Prominent publication outlets include Forests, Restoration Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and Ecology and Evolution.

The scientist has been recognized with distinctions such as the Fellow of the Ecological Society of America awarded in 2012, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011, and the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1980.

Best Publications

  • A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems

    Thomas G. Whitham;Joseph K. Bailey;Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Stephen M. Shuster

  • The Continuum of Plant Responses to Herbivory: The Influence of Plant Association, Nutrient Availability, and Timing

    Joyce Maschinski;Thomas G. Whitham

  • Overcompensation in response to mammalian herbivory - the advantage of being eaten

    Ken N. Paige;Thomas G. Whitham

  • COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM GENETICS: A CONSEQUENCE OF THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE

    Thomas G. Whitham;William P. Young;Gregory D. Martinsen;Catherine A. Gehring

  • Differential tree mortality in response to severe drought: evidence for long‐term vegetation shifts

    Rebecca C. Mueller;Crescent M. Scudder;Marianne E. Porter;R. Talbot Trotter

  • Hybrid populations selectively filter gene introgression between species.

    Gregory D. Martinsen;Thomas G. Whitham;Richard J. Turek;Paul Keim

  • Complex Species Interactions and the Dynamics of Ecological Systems: Long-Term Experiments

    James H. Brown;Thomas G. Whitham;S. K. Morgan Ernest;Catherine A. Gehring

  • Plant-soil microorganism interactions: heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms.

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Dylan G. Fischer;Carri J. LeRoy

  • Genetically based trait in a dominant tree affects ecosystem processes

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Gregory D. Martinsen;Stephen C. Hart

  • Evolution by individuals, plant-herbivore interactions, and mosaics of genetic variability: The adaptive significance of somatic mutations in plants.

    Thomas G. Whitham;C. N. Slobodchikoff

  • Habitat Selection by Pemphigus Aphids in Response to Response Limitation and Competition

    Thomas G. Whitham

  • Manipulation of food resources by a gall-forming aphid: the physiology of sink-source interactions

    Katherine C. Larson;Thomas G. Whitham

  • The theory of habitat selection: Examined and extended using Pemphigus aphids

    Thomas G. Whitham

  • Mortality Gradients within and among Dominant Plant Populations as Barometers of Ecosystem Change During Extreme Drought

    Alicyn R. Gitlin;Christopher M. Sthultz;Matthew A. Bowker;Stacy Stumpf

  • From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of the effects of plant genetic factors across levels of organization

    Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Francisco Úbeda;Julia Koricheva

  • Plant Hybrid Zones as Sinks for Pests

    Thomas G. Whitham

  • Genetic Analysis of an Interspecific Hybrid Swarm of Populus: Occurrence of Unidirectional Introgression

    P. Keim;Ken N Paige;T. G. Whitham;K. G. Lark

  • Developmental Changes in Resistance to Herbivory: Implications for Individuals and Populations

    Michael J. C. Kearsley;Thomas G. Whitham

  • Extending Genomics to Natural Communities and Ecosystems

    Thomas G. Whitham;Stephen P. DiFazio;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Stephen M. Shuster

  • Mycorrhizae-Herbivore Interactions: Population and Community Consequences

    Catherine A. Gehring;Thomas G. Whitham

  • Chronic herbivory: impacts on architecture and sex expression of pinyon pine.

    Thomas G. Whitham;Susan Mopper

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph K. Bailey
Joseph K. Bailey University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Catherine A. Gehring
Catherine A. Gehring Northern Arizona University
Jennifer A. Schweitzer
Jennifer A. Schweitzer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gerard J. Allan
Gerard J. Allan Northern Arizona University
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Richard L. Lindroth
Richard L. Lindroth University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen M. Shuster
Stephen M. Shuster Northern Arizona University
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University
Neil S. Cobb
Neil S. Cobb Northern Arizona University
Brad M. Potts
Brad M. Potts University of Tasmania

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