James K. McCarthy

Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research — New Zealand

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

36h-index6.3kcitations178works5.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(56), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(45), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(26), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies(17), Astro and Planetary Science(14)

Publications173 total

Crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring fills gaps in global plant trait mapping
Nature Communications·2026· 1 citedOpen Access
Global Wood Density Database v.2 (GWDD v.2)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Space use by waterfowl reveals scale mismatches in contemporary environmental management, including mitigation of human-wildlife conflict
Landscape Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A global map of wood density
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
2025Open Access
National‐scale mapping of potential floral resources for honeybees and native pollinators in New Zealand
Ecological Applications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Open data for biogeography research of the genus Metrosideros across the south-central Pacific region
Pacific Conservation Biology·2025Open Access
From smartphones to satellites: Uniting crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring and Earth observation to fill the gaps in global plant trait mapping
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Saved by My Specs: Incidental Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Uncovering Infective Endocarditis – A Case Report
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Environmental drivers of spatial variation in myrtle rust development on a critically endangered tree species
Biological Conservation·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
A Functional Assessment of Community Vulnerability to the Loss of Myrtaceae From Myrtle Rust
Diversity and Distributions·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A Functional Assessment of Community Vulnerability to the Loss of Myrtaceae From Myrtle Rust"
2024
Ecological succession shapes size–density scaling relationships of trees and soil invertebrates
Functional Ecology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Comparing forest carbon fluxes at locations with different land-use histories and restoration strategies
Plant and Soil·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Disturbance‐mediated community characteristics and anthropogenic pressure intensify understorey plant invasions in natural forests
Journal of Ecology·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Disturbance‐mediated community characteristics and anthropogenic pressure intensify understorey plant invasions in natural forests"
2024
Detecting Nonadditive Biotic Interactions and Assessing Their Biological Relevance among Temperate Rainforest Trees
The American Naturalist·2024· 6 cited
Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth
New Phytologist·2023· 28 citedOpen Access
Gender dimorphic species flower earlier than cosexuals
Journal of Ecology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Ecosourcing for resilience in a changing environment
New Zealand Journal of Botany·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Judith G. Cohen(7), D. J. Lennon(6), Kim A. Venn(5), Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki(4), S. G. Djorgovski(4), Sarah J. Richardson(4), Rachael V. Gallagher(3), Bradford B. Behr(3), J. Puls(3), Bradley M. Tebo(2), Martin Jung(2), Andy Arnell(2), Xavier De Lamo(2), Shaenandhoa García-Rangel(2), Matthew Lewis(2), Jennifer Mark(2), Cory Merow(2), Lera Miles(2), Ian Ondo(2), Samuel Pironon(2)