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Melinda D. Smith | Researchclopedia

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Melinda D. Smith

Colorado State University ORCID

341

Works

32,887

Citations

84

h-index

206

i10-index

Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Plant and animal studies

Affiliations

Google (United States)2017–2017

U.S. National Science Foundation2012–2012

Girls Incorporated2010–2010

South African National Parks2016–2016

University of California, Santa Barbara2002–2016

Top Works

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

Forest Isbell,Dylan Craven,et al.

20151,698 citations

Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Species Distribution and Climate Change

Variation Among Biomes in Temporal Dynamics of Aboveground Primary Production

Alan K. Knapp,Melinda D. Smith

20011,434 citations

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

Alan K. Knapp,Claus Beier,et al.

20081,226 citations

Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

Travis E. Huxman,Melinda D. Smith,et al.

20041,221 citations

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

Alan K. Knapp,Philip A. Fay,et al.

20021,150 citations

THE INVASION PARADOX: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS IN SPECIES INVASIONS

Jason D. Fridley,John J. Stachowicz,et al.

2007982 citations

Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

Elizabeth T. Borer,Eric W. Seabloom,et al.

2014936 citations

Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation

Jake F. Weltzin,Michael E. Loik,et al.

2003849 citations

Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non‐random species loss

Melinda D. Smith,Alan K. Knapp

2003815 citations