Walter P. Carson

University of Nevada, Reno — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

49h-index11.1kcitations170works0.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(92), Plant and animal studies(50), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(28), Fire effects on ecosystems(23), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(22)

Publications170 total

Steep Slopes and Cliff Edges Are Browsing Refugia for Woody Species within Temperate Deciduous Forest
Natural Areas Journal·2025
Large Boulders Provide Refuge for Browse‐Sensitive Species and Reveal a Legacy of Overbrowsing and Shifting Baselines
Applied Vegetation Science·2025Open Access
Multiple disturbances, multiple legacies: Fire, canopy gaps and deer jointly change the forest seed bank
Journal of Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Ecology of Lianas in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024Open Access
Foliar Microbes as Drivers of Plant Performance and Trophic Dynamics
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024Open Access
Author response for "Multiple disturbances, multiple legacies: Fire, canopy gaps and deer jointly change the forest seed bank"
2024
Multiple Disturbances, Multiple Legacies: Fire, Canopy Gaps, and Deer Jointly Change the Forest Seed Bank
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Top-down effects of intraspeciflic predator behavioral variation
Oecologia·2024· 2 cited
Native tree species prosper while exotics falter during gap-phase regeneration, but only where deer densities are near historical levels
New Forests·2023· 3 cited
Top-down effects of intraspecific predator behavioral variation
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Native tree species prosper while exotics falter during gap-phase regeneration, but only where deer densities are near historical levels
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Understory plant growth forms respond independently to combined natural and anthropogenic disturbances
Forest Ecology and Management·2023· 10 cited
Top-down effects of intraspecific predator behavioral variation
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Multiple and contrasting pressures determine intraspecific phytochemical variation in a tropical shrub
Oecologia·2023· 5 cited
Understory plant communities fail to recover species diversity after excluding deer for nearly 20 years
Canadian Journal of Forest Research·2023· 11 cited
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Figshare·2023Open Access
A legacy of fire emerges from multiple disturbances to most shape microbial and nitrogen dynamics in a deciduous forest
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Substrate texture and natural removal processes mediate vascular epiphyte establishment: Experimental evidence from a Panamanian cloud forest1, 2
The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society·2022· 3 cited
Multiple and contrasting pressures determine intraspecific phytochemical variation in a tropical shrub
Research Square (Research Square)·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Do invasive species provide a refuge from browsers? A test of associational resistance in a peri-urban habitat plagued by deer
Forest Ecology and Management·2022· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Stefan A. Schnitzer(13), Alejandro A. Royo(10), Chris J. Peterson(6), M. Henry H. Stevens(4), Daniel E. Bunker(4), Thomas H. Pendergast(4), Joseph Mascaro(4), Steward T. A. Pickett(3), Richard B. Root(3), Mary Beth Adams(3), Zachary T. Long(3), Rachel J. Collins(2), Chad Kirschbaum(2), Susan G. Letcher(2), Michael Begon(1), John L. Harper(1), Colin R. Townsend(1), James W. Dalling(1), A. Joy Belsky(1), C. Jensen(1)