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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Woodland expansion in the Platte River, Nebraska: patterns and causes. Ecological Monographs 64:45–84.
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

W. Carter Johnson is affiliated with South Dakota State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable concentration in the subfields of Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Pollution.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Expansion of woody vegetation on a Missouri River reservoir delta-backwater, 2021, published in Ecohydrology
  • Contents, 2022, published by Yale University Press eBooks
  • A study on fuelwood consumption in two villages of Bhaderwah forest division (J&K), India, 2025, published in International Journal of Research in Medical Science

The recurring topics in their work are:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Frequent co-authors include Dennis H. Knight, Catherine C. Beall, Mark D. Dixon, Nadeesha D. Illeperuma, and Mark R. Sweeney.

Publications are often found in venues such as Ecohydrology, Yale University Press eBooks, and the International Journal of Research in Medical Science.

W. Carter Johnson has contributed multiple books published by Yale University Press, including two editions of "Ecology of Dakota Landscapes" in 2022.

Awards received by Johnson include the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1996 for research on woodland expansion in the Platte River, Nebraska. Johnson is also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems.

    Christopher D. G. Harley;A. Randall Hughes;Kristin M. Hultgren;Benjamin G. Miner

  • Woodland Expansions in the Platte River, Nebraska: Patterns and Causes

    W. Carter Johnson

  • Forest Overstory Vegetation and Environment on the Missouri River Floodplain in North Dakota

    W. Carter Johnson;Robert L. Burgess;Warren R. Keammerer

  • Vulnerability of Northern Prairie Wetlands to Climate Change

    W. Carter Johnson;Bruce V. Millett;Tagir Gilmanov;Richard A. Voldseth

  • Acorn dispersal by the blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata).

    Susan Darley-Hill;W. Carter Johnson

  • Prairie Wetland Complexes as Landscape Functional Units in a Changing Climate

    W. Carter Johnson;Brett Werner;Glenn R. Guntenspergen;Glenn R. Guntenspergen;Richard A. Voldseth

  • Tree recruitment and survival in rivers: influence of hydrological processes.

    W. Carter Johnson

  • Dispersal of beech nuts by blue jays in fragmented landscapes.

    W. Carter Johnson;Curtis S. Adkisson

  • Scale-dependent habitat use in three species of prairie wetland birds

    David E. Naugle;Kenneth F. Higgins;Sarah M. Nusser;W. Carter Johnson

  • Nutrient additions by waterfowl to lakes and reservoirs: predicting their effects on productivity and water quality

    Bruce A. Manny;W.C. Johnson;R.G. Wetzel

  • The effects of altered hydrologic regime on tree growth along the Missouri River in North Dakota

    Peggy W. Reily;W. Carter Johnson

  • Climate trends of the North American prairie pothole region 1906–2000

    Bruce Millett;W. Carter Johnson;Glenn R. Guntenspergen

  • The role of blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata L.) in the postglacial dispersal of fagaceous trees in eastern North America

    W. Carter Johnson;Thompson Webb

  • Riparian vegetation diversity along regulated rivers: contribution of novel and relict habitats

    W. Carter Johnson

  • INFLUENCE OF WEATHER EXTREMES ON THE WATER LEVELS OF GLACIATED PRAIRIE WETLANDS

    W. Carter Johnson;Susan E. Boettcher;Karen A. Poiani;Glenn Guntenspergen

  • Global warming and prairie wetlands: potential consequences for waterfowl habitat

    Karen A. Poiani;W. Carter Johnson

  • A Spatial Simulation Model of Hydrology and Vegetation Dynamics in Semi-Permanent Prairie Wetlands.

    Karen A. Poiani;W. Carter Johnson

  • Adjustment of riparian vegetation to river regulation in the Great Plains, USA

    W. Carter Johnson

  • The ratio of total to merchantable forest biomass and its application to the global carbon budget

    W. Carter Johnson;David M. Sharpe

  • Evaluation of the emergence method in estimating seed bank composition of prairie wetlands

    Karen A. Poiani;W. Carter Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Glenn R. Guntenspergen United States Fish and Wildlife Service
David E. Naugle
David E. Naugle University of Montana
Thomas E. Schumacher
Thomas E. Schumacher South Dakota State University
David W. Archer
David W. Archer Agricultural Research Service
Philip A. Fay
Philip A. Fay Agricultural Research Service
Richard M. Adams
Richard M. Adams Oregon State University
Thomas C. Winter
Thomas C. Winter United States Geological Survey
Thompson Webb
Thompson Webb Brown University
Timothy G. F. Kittel
Timothy G. F. Kittel University of Colorado Boulder
Lucinda B. Johnson
Lucinda B. Johnson University of Minnesota, Duluth

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