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David W. Stahle Data-verified
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54 h-index
177 pubs
12,186 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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David W. Stahle's research focuses on reconstructing and analyzing past climate variations, particularly droughts and precipitation patterns, using tree-ring data. His work contributes to understanding long-term climate dynamics and their implications for environmental and societal issues. He has investigated aridity gradients across North America and explored megadroughts within the Common Era and the Anthropocene.
Stahle has served as Principal Investigator on two NSF grants. One award of $276,385 supports collaborative research on precipitation and streamflow reconstruction and analysis in the Amazon River Basin. Another NSF grant, totaling $198,130, funds collaborative research examining climate variability and change in the Great Plains from the Medieval period to modern times.
His publication record includes studies on the summer precipitation response in the southwestern United States, the fidelity of tree-ring chronologies in representing climate variations in South America, and reconstructions of heavy precipitation in California. Stahle's scholarship has been recognized with a designation as a highly cited researcher, evidenced by an h-index of 54 and over 12,000 citations across 174 publications. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ian M. Howard and Daniela Granato‐Souza.
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- h-index: 54
- Publications: 177
- Citations: 12,186
Selected Publications
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Old-Growth Forests at the Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak Natural Area, Arkansas (2026)
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Ecuadendro 2025: The 1st Ecuadorian Dendrochronology Conference (2025)
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Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE (2025)
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The 1991 California “Miracle March”: Precipitation Myth or Miracle? (2025)
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Lack of cold temperatures is driving recent high-summer warming in the southern Rocky Mountains (2025)
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Climatic response of <i>Juniperus monticola</i> Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico (2024)
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Isotopic clumping in wood as a proxy for photorespiration in trees (2023)
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Drought and Flood Extremes on the Amazon River and in Northeast Brazil, 1790–1900 (2023)
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The Flood Risk and Water Supply Implications of Seasonal Precipitation Reconstructions in Northern California (2023)
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A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2023)
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A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2022)
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A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2022)
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Plant photorespiration reconstructed with isotopic clumping in wood methoxyl groups (2022)
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Pre‐instrumental perspectives on Arkansas River cross‐watershed flow variability (2022)
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Natural monuments <b>Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees</b> <i>Jared Farmer</i> Basic Books, 2022. 448 pp. (2022)
Federal Grants 2 $474,515 total
NSF
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Sep 2024 - Aug 2027
NSF
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Jul 2022 - Jun 2026
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Ian M. Howard
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
8 shared publications
- The summer precipitation response of latewood tree‐ring chronologies in the southwestern United States
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
- A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
- Climate and the Radial Growth of Conifers in Borderland Natural Areas of Texas and Northern Mexico
- Pre‐instrumental perspectives on Arkansas River cross‐watershed flow variability
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Max C. A. Torbenson
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
7 shared publications
- The summer precipitation response of latewood tree‐ring chronologies in the southwestern United States
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
- A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
- The Flood Risk and Water Supply Implications of Seasonal Precipitation Reconstructions in Northern California
- Lack of cold temperatures is driving recent high-summer warming in the southern Rocky Mountains
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Benjamin I. Cook
5 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Placing the east-west North American aridity gradient in a multi-century context
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
- Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
José Villanueva‐Díaz
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias (MX)
4 shared publications
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
- Modelado actual y futuro de la idoneidad de hábitat el ahuehuete ( Taxodium mucronatum Ten.): una propuesta para conservación en México
- Climatic response of Juniperus monticola Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico
- Climatic response of <i>Juniperus monticola</i> Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico
Edward R. Cook
4 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Placing the east-west North American aridity gradient in a multi-century context
- Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Michael D. Dettinger
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
4 shared publications
- A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
- A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
- A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings
- The 1991 California “Miracle March”: Precipitation Myth or Miracle?
Daniel Griffin
University of Minnesota (US)
3 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- The summer precipitation response of latewood tree‐ring chronologies in the southwestern United States
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
Park Williams
3 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Placing the east-west North American aridity gradient in a multi-century context
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Julián Cerano‐Paredes
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias (MX)
3 shared publications
- Climate and the Radial Growth of Conifers in Borderland Natural Areas of Texas and Northern Mexico
- Climatic response of Juniperus monticola Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico
- Climatic response of <i>Juniperus monticola</i> Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico
Dorian J. Burnette
University of Memphis (US)
2 shared publications
- Drought Relief and Reversal over North America from 1500 to 2016
- Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE
Aldo Rafael Martínez-Sifuentes
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias (MX)
2 shared publications
- Modelado actual y futuro de la idoneidad de hábitat el ahuehuete ( Taxodium mucronatum Ten.): una propuesta para conservación en México
- Climate and the Radial Growth of Conifers in Borderland Natural Areas of Texas and Northern Mexico
Mukund Palat Rao
2 shared publications
- Placing the east-west North American aridity gradient in a multi-century context
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Kevin J. Anchukaitis
2 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Justin Mankin
2 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Laia Andreu‐Hayles
2 shared publications
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
- Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
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