2026 Todd E. Dawson: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	103	140	133	47	43	330	40135
Ecology and Evolution	105	213	200	89	83	360	42872

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Todd E. Dawson is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a primary focus on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The work notably covers subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, and plant science.

The scientist's research topics include plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, fern and epiphyte biology, hydrology and watershed management studies, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Todd E. Dawson are:

Leander D. L. Anderegg
Robert P. Skelton
Cameron Williams
David D. Ackerly
Sally Thompson

Frequent publication venues include:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ecology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Global Change Biology
New Phytologist

Selected recent publications are:

Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: Some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Digging deeper: what the critical zone perspective adds to the study of plant ecophysiology, 2020, New Phytologist
Evolutionary relationships between drought-related traits and climate shape large hydraulic safety margins in western North American oaks, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Representing plant diversity in land models: An evolutionary approach to make "Functional Types" more functional, 2021, Global Change Biology
Oak Transpiration Drawn From the Weathered Bedrock Vadose Zone in the Summer Dry Season, 2020, Water Resources Research

Awards earned by Todd E. Dawson include fellowships from notable scientific organizations:

Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2018
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015

Best Publications

Stable Isotopes in Plant Ecology

Todd E. Dawson;Stefania Mambelli;Agneta H. Plamboeck;Pamela H. Templer

2379
Citations
Water uptake by plants: perspectives from stable isotope composition

J. R. Ehleringer;T. E. Dawson

1336
Citations
Hydraulic lift: consequences of water efflux from the roots of plants.

Martyn M. Caldwell;Todd E. Dawson;James H. Richards

1234
Citations
A macroscope in the redwoods

Gilman Tolle;Joseph Polastre;Robert Szewczyk;David Culler

1177
Citations
Streamside trees that do not use stream water

Todd E. Dawson;Todd E. Dawson;James R. Ehleringer

1150
Citations
Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen-Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms

Dirk Sachse;Isabelle Billault;Gabriel J. Bowen;Yoshito Chikaraishi

1090
Citations
Hydraulic lift and water use by plants: implications for water balance, performance and plant-plant interactions.

Todd E. Dawson

1023
Citations
Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

1021
Citations
Root water uptake and transport: using physiological processes in global predictions.

Robert B. Jackson;John S. Sperry;Todd E. Dawson

847
Citations
Fog in the California redwood forest: ecosystem inputs and use by plants.

T. E. Dawson

760
Citations
Gender and sexual dimorphism in flowering plants

Monica A. Geber;Todd E. Dawson;Lynda F. Delph

723
Citations
The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future Directions

David D. Ackerly;Susan A. Dudley;Sonia E. Sultan;Johanna Schmitt

684
Citations
Seasonal water uptake and movement in root systems of Australian phraeatophytic plants of dimorphic root morphology: a stable isotope investigation

Todd E. Dawson;John S Pate

640
Citations
The contribution of fog to the water relations of Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don): foliar uptake and prevention of dehydration

S. S. O. Burgess;T. E. Dawson

591
Citations
Urbanization effects on tree growth in the vicinity of New York City

Jillian W Gregg;Jillian W Gregg;Clive G Jones;Todd E Dawson;Todd E Dawson

561
Citations
Determining water use by trees and forests from isotopic, energy balance and transpiration analyses: the roles of tree size and hydraulic lift

Todd E. Dawson

539
Citations
Gender-Specific Physiology, Carbon Isotope Discrimination, and Habitat Distribution in Boxelder, Acer Negundo

Todd E. Dawson;James R. Ehleringer

531
Citations
Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems.

Todd E. Dawson;Stephen S. O. Burgess;Kevin P. Tu;Rafael S. Oliveira

526
Citations
Modeling Root Water Uptake in Hydrological and Climate Models

R.A. Feddes;H. Hoff;M. Bruen;T.E. Dawson

507
Citations
Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses.

Lucas A. Cernusak;Guillaume Tcherkez;Claudia Keitel;William K. Cornwell

461
Citations
Hydraulic redistribution in three Amazonian trees

Rafael S. Oliveira;Todd E. Dawson;Stephen S. O. Burgess;Stephen S. O. Burgess;Daniel C. Nepstad

441
Citations
Patterns of water use and the tissue water relations in the dioecious shrub, Salix arctica: the physiological basis for habitat partitioning between the sexes.

Todd E. Dawson;L. C. Bliss

415
Citations