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D-Index
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2689
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W. Wallace Covington publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Wallace Covington sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

W. Wallace Covington D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where W. Wallace Covington sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

W. Wallace Covington is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, plant science, and aspects of management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist has contributed to several topics within environmental science, particularly:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Forest insect ecology and management
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Rangeland and wildlife management

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Covington are:

  • "Fire in our future," published in 2020 in Science
  • "Ecological restoration guided by historical reference conditions can increase resilience to climate change of southwestern U.S. Ponderosa pine forests," published in 2021 in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire," published in 2020 in Scientific Data
  • "Forest restoration treatments increased growth and did not change survival of ponderosa pines in severe drought, Arizona," published in 2022 in Ecological Applications
  • "Fire regimes over a 1070-m elevational gradient, San Francisco Peaks/Dook'o'oosłííd, Arizona, USA," published in 2023 in Fire Ecology

Covington frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • John P. Roccaforte
  • Peter Z. Fulé
  • Michael T. Stoddard
  • David W. Huffman
  • Andrew J. Sánchez Meador

Their work is often published in established scientific venues such as:

  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Scientific Data
  • Ecological Applications
  • Fire Ecology

Best Publications

  • Southwestern ponderosa forest structure: changes since Euro-American settlement.

    W. Wallace Covington;Margaret M. Moore

  • DETERMINING REFERENCE CONDITIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE FORESTS

    Peter Z. Fulé;W. Wallace Covington;Margaret M. Moore

  • Restoring Ecosystem Health in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwest

    W. Wallace Covington;Peter Z Fule;Margaret M Moore;Stephen C Hart

  • Changes in Forest Floor Organic Matter and Nutrient Content Following Clear Cutting in Northern Hardwoods

    W. Wallace Covington

  • REFERENCE CONDITIONS AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: A SOUTHWESTERN PONDEROSA PINE PERSPECTIVE

    Margaret M. Moore;W. Wallace Covington;Peter Z. Fulé

  • Postsettlement Changes in Natural Fire Regimes and Forest Structure: Ecological Restoration of Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests

    W. W. Covington;M. M. Moore

  • RESTORATION OF PRESETTLEMENT AGE STRUCTURE OF AN ARIZONA PONDEROSA PINE FOREST

    Joy Nystrom Mast;Peter Z. Fulé;Margaret M. Moore;W. Wallace Covington

  • Soil mineral nitrogen changes following prescribed burning in ponderosa pine

    W.Wallace Covington;S.S. Sackett

  • Historical and Anticipated Changes in Forest Ecosystems of the Inland West of the United States

    W. Wallace Covington;Richard L. Everett;Robert Steele;Larry L. Irwin

  • Slash Pile Burning Effects on Soil Biotic and Chemical Properties and Plant Establishment: Recommendations for Amelioration

    Julie E. Korb;Nancy C. Johnson;W. W. Covington

  • Influence of thinning and burning restoration treatments on presettlement ponderosa pines at the Gus Pearson Natural Area

    Shelly R. Feeney;Thomas E. Kolb;W. Wallace Covington;Michael R. Wagner

  • Concepts of forest health: Utilitarian and ecosystem perspectives

    T. E. Kolb;M. R. Wagner;W. W. Covington

  • The Effect of a Prescribed Burn in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine on Organic Matter and Nutrients in Woody Debris and Forest Floor

    W. Wallace Covington;Stephen S. Sackett

  • Measuring forest restoration effectiveness in reducing hazardous fuels

    P. Z. Fulé;A. E. M. Waltz;W. W. Covington;T. A. Heinlein

  • Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Forest Structure and Composition on Permanent Plots in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests

    Margaret M. Moore;David W. Huffman;Peter Z. Fulé;W. Wallace Covington

  • Mixed-severity fire regime in a high-elevation forest of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

    Peter Z. Fulé;Joseph E. Crouse;Thomas A. Heinlein;Margaret M. Moore

  • Comparing ecological restoration alternatives: Grand Canyon, Arizona

    Peter Z. Fulé;W.Wallace Covington;H.B. Smith;Judith D. Springer

  • Helping western forests heal.

    William Wallace Covington

  • Natural variability in forests of the Grand Canyon, USA

    Peter Z. Fule;W. Wallace Covington;Margaret M. Moore;Thomas A. Heinlein

  • Herbaceous Vegetation Responses (1992-2004) to Restoration Treatments in a Ponderosa Pine Forest

    Margaret Moore;Cheryl Casey;Jonathan Bakker;Judith Springer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Z. Fulé
Peter Z. Fulé Northern Arizona University
Margaret M. Moore
Margaret M. Moore Northern Arizona University
Scott R. Abella
Scott R. Abella University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel C. Laughlin
Daniel C. Laughlin University of Wyoming
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Thomas Kolb
Thomas Kolb Northern Arizona University
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Nancy Collins Johnson
Nancy Collins Johnson Northern Arizona University
Jason P. Kaye
Jason P. Kaye Pennsylvania State University
Edith B. Allen
Edith B. Allen University of California, Riverside

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