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47
Citations
9750
World Ranking
4384
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1529

William S. Keeton 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 William S. Keeton sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 102 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William S. Keeton 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 William S. Keeton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William S. Keeton is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientist's main topics of work cover diverse aspects of forest and ecosystem studies. These include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

William S. Keeton has contributed to several recent publications, with papers published in recognized scientific venues. Some notable works include:

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada, 2021, Science Advances
  • Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe, 2022, Ecological Applications
  • Impacts of Climate Variability and Change, Pacific Northwest, 2021, ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington)
  • No complementarity no gain-Net diversity effects on tree productivity occur once complementarity emerges during early stand development, 2022, Ecology Letters

William S. Keeton frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Miroslav Svoboda, Martin Mikoláš, Dominik Thom, Daniel Kozák, and Jeňýk Hofmeister. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications.

Research conducted by Keeton has appeared in a range of publication venues. The most frequent among these are Forest Ecology and Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, Functional Ecology, Science Advances, and Diversity and Distributions.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized within the scientific community, marked by receiving the fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963.

Best Publications

  • Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example

    Jerry F Franklin;Thomas A Spies;Robert Van Pelt;Andrew B Carey

  • Preparing for Climatic Change: The Water, Salmon, and Forests of the Pacific Northwest

    Philip W. Mote;Edward A. Parson;Alan F. Hamlet;William S. Keeton

  • Where are Europe's last primary forests?

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Sabina Burrascano;William S. Keeton;Christian Levers

  • Forest cover change and illegal logging in the Ukrainian Carpathians in the transition period from 1988 to 2007

    Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Oleh Chaskovskyy;Jan Knorn;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Forest carbon storage in the northeastern United States: Net effects of harvesting frequency, post-harvest retention, and wood products

    Jared S. Nunery;William S. Keeton

  • Managing for late-successional/old-growth characteristics in northern hardwood-conifer forests

    William S. Keeton

  • Commonality and variability in the structural attributes of moist temperate old-growth forests: A global review

    Sabina Burrascano;William S. Keeton;Francesco M. Sabatini;Carlo Blasi

  • Post-Soviet farmland abandonment, forest recovery, and carbon sequestration in western Ukraine

    Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Pontus Olofsson;Oleh Chaskovskyy;Matthias Baumann

  • Environmental and economic effects of reducing pesticide use in agriculture

    David Pimentel;Lori McLaughlin;Andrew Zepp;Benyamin Lakitan

  • Forest restitution and protected area effectiveness in post-socialist Romania

    Jan Knorn;Tobias Kuemmerle;Volker C. Radeloff;Alina Szabo

  • Carbon storage, timber production, and biodiversity: comparing ecosystem services with multi-criteria decision analysis

    W. Scott Schwenk;Therese M. Donovan;William S. Keeton;Jared S. Nunery

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada.

    C. Ronnie Drever;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Fardausi Akhter;Pascal H. Badiou

  • Environmental and Economic Effects of Reducing Pesticide UseA substantial reduction in pesticides might increase food costs only slightly

    David Pimentel;Lori McLaughlin;Andrew Zepp;Benyamin Lakitan

  • Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America

    Christel C. Kern;Julia I. Burton;Patricia Raymond;Anthony W. D'Amato

  • MATURE AND OLD-GROWTH RIPARIAN FORESTS: STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND EFFECTS ON ADIRONDACK STREAM HABITATS

    William S. Keeton;Clifford E. Kraft;Dana R. Warren

  • Environmental and Economic Impacts of Reducing U.S. Agricultural Pesticide Use

    David Pimentel;Lori McLaughlin;Andrew Zepp;Benyamin Lakitan

  • Effects of structural complexity enhancement on eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) populations in northern hardwood forests

    Heather C. McKenny;William S. Keeton;Therese M. Donovan

  • DO REMNANT OLD-GROWTH TREES ACCELERATE RATES OF SUCCESSION IN MATURE DOUGLAS-FIR FORESTS?

    William S. Keeton;Jerry F. Franklin

  • Continued loss of temperate old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians despite an increasing protected area network

    Jan Knorn;Tobias Kuemmerle;Volker C. Radeloff;William S. Keeton

  • Emulating Natural Disturbance Regimes: an Emerging Approach for Sustainable Forest Management

    Malcolm P. North;William S. Keeton

Frequent Co-Authors

Miroslav Svoboda
Miroslav Svoboda Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Volodymyr Trotsiuk
Volodymyr Trotsiuk Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Clifford E. Kraft
Clifford E. Kraft Cornell University
Jerry F. Franklin
Jerry F. Franklin University of Washington
Kristiina A. Vogt
Kristiina A. Vogt University of Washington
Sabina Burrascano
Sabina Burrascano Sapienza University of Rome
Patrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Heidi Asbjornsen
Heidi Asbjornsen University of New Hampshire
Peter J. A. Kleinman
Peter J. A. Kleinman Agricultural Research Service

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