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35
Citations
6874
World Ranking
7289
National Ranking
2451

Overview

V. Thomas Parker is affiliated with San Francisco State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields including plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and ecology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to ecology and vegetation dynamics, botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies, plant and animal interactions, plant diversity and evolution, fire effects on ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, and animal ecology and behavior.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Reproductive phenological shifts and other phylogenetic trait changes in the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae) in the context of drought, seed predation, and fire (2021, Botany)
  • Allopatry, hybridization, and reproductive isolation in Arctostaphylos (2020, American Journal of Botany)
  • Absence of flowering shifts in Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus over the past century of climate warming (2021, Madroño)
  • Seed size-seed number trade-offs: influence of seed size on the density of fire-stimulated persistent soil seed banks (2022, American Journal of Botany)
  • The morphological and ecological variation of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) fruit: A link between plant ecology and animal foraging behavior (2023, Ecology and Evolution)

V. Thomas Parker has frequently published in venues such as the American Journal of Botany, Madroño, Botany, Ecology and Evolution, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent coauthors who have participated in multiple projects together. These include Morgan A. Stickrod and Michael C. Vasey with three joint publications each, Jon E. Keeley and Amy Litt with two each, and Christina Y. Rodriguez with one collaboration.

Best Publications

  • Ecology of Soil Seed Banks

    Mary Allessio Leck;V. Thomas Parker;Robert L. Simpson

  • The New Paradigm in Ecology: Implications for Conservation Biology Above the Species Level

    Steward T. A. Pickett;V. Thomas Parker;Peggy L. Fiedler

  • Ecological Scale: Theory and Applications

    David L. Peterson;V. Thomas Parker

  • COMPARATIVE SEED SHADOWS OF BIRD-, MONKEY-, AND WIND-DISPERSED TREES

    C. J. Clark;J. R. Poulsen;B. M. Bolker;E. F. Connor

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Arctostaphylos contribute to Pseudotsuga menziesii establishment

    Thomas R Horton;Thomas D Bruns;V Thomas Parker

  • Seedling ecology and evolution

    Mary Allessio Leck;V. Thomas Parker;Robert L. Simpson

  • Avoiding the Old Pitfalls: Opportunities in a New Discipline

    S. T. A. Pickett;V. Thomas Parker

  • Modeling Tidal Marsh Distribution with Sea-Level Rise: Evaluating the Role of Vegetation, Sediment, and Upland Habitat in Marsh Resiliency

    Lisa M. Schile;Lisa M. Schile;John C. Callaway;James T. Morris;Diana Stralberg

  • Evaluating Tidal Marsh Sustainability in the Face of Sea- Level Rise: A Hybrid Modeling Approach Applied to San Francisco Bay

    Diana Stralberg;Matthew Brennan;John C. Callaway;Julian K. Wood

  • CHAPTER 11 – Seed Banks in California Chaparral and Other Mediterranean Climate Shrublands

    V. Thomas Parker

  • The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1

    C. J. Clark;J. R. Poulsen;V. T. Parker

  • CHAPTER 17 – Pattern and Process in the Dynamics of Seed Banks

    V. Thomas Parker

  • The Scale of Successional Models and Restoration Objectives

    V. Thomas Parker

  • RELATIONSHIPS OF SEED BANKS TO PLANT DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN A FRESHWATER TIDAL WETLAND

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  • A study of the seed bank of a salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay

    Dale R. Hopkins;V. Thomas Parker

  • Seed dispersal by Ceratogymna hornbills in the Dja Reserve, Cameroon

    Kenneth D. Whitney;Mark K. Fogiel;Aaron M. Lamperti;Kimberly M. Holbrook

  • Fruiting trees as dispersal foci in a semi-deciduous tropical forest

    C. J. Clark;J. R. Poulsen;E. F. Connor;V. T. Parker

  • Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae): Implications for the Madrean-Tethyan Hypothesis

    Lena C. Hileman;Michael C. Vasey;V. Thomas Parker

  • The influence of clear-cutting on ectomycorrhizal fungus diversity in a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stand, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and Gallatin National Forest, Montana

    Kristin B Byrd;V Thomas Parker;Detlev R Vogler;Ken W Cullings

  • EMERGING ISSUES FOR THE RESTORATION OF TIDAL MARSH ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE

    John C. Callaway;V. Thomas Parker;Michael C. Vasey;Lisa M. Schile

  • Species-mediated soil moisture availability and patchy establishment of Pseudotsuga menziesii in chaparral

    Jennifer A. Dunne;V. Thomas Parker

  • The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest 1

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jon E. Keeley
Jon E. Keeley United States Geological Survey
Britta Denise Hardesty
Britta Denise Hardesty CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Kenneth D. Whitney
Kenneth D. Whitney University of New Mexico
Michael E. Loik
Michael E. Loik University of California, Santa Cruz
Thomas B. Smith
Thomas B. Smith University of California, Los Angeles
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Maggi Kelly
Maggi Kelly University of California, Berkeley
Carol C. Baskin
Carol C. Baskin University of Kentucky
Scott William Roy
Scott William Roy San Francisco State University
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal San Francisco State University

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