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Scott A. Mangan Data-verified
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25 h-index
66 pubs
4,784 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Scott A. Mangan's research focuses on plant-soil interactions and their influence on plant community dynamics and ecosystem function. He investigates how soil microbial communities, particularly mycorrhizal fungi, contribute to plant establishment, diversity, and the success of ecological restoration efforts. His work examines the role of conspecific negative density dependence, a phenomenon where individuals of the same species inhibit each other's growth and survival, in shaping plant communities.
Mangan's recent publications explore these themes in diverse contexts, including tropical forests, oak woodlands, and the reintroduction of endangered legumes. He has also contributed to understanding plant-soil feedbacks on a global scale and the microbial dynamics within the plant rhizosphere, particularly in relation to disease interactions. His scholarship has been recognized with a designation as a highly cited researcher, evidenced by an h-index of 25 and over 4,750 citations across 66 publications.
His collaborations include work with researchers at Arkansas State University, such as Travis D. Marsico, Ben E. Benton, and Brendan J. Kosnik, as well as J. Richard Abbott from the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Mangan maintains an active laboratory website to share his research and findings.
Metrics
- h-index: 25
- Publications: 66
- Citations: 4,784
Selected Publications
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Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Provides Insights into the Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics in Soybean – <i>Fusarium virguliforme</i> Interaction (2026)
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Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume (2025)
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Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics (2024)
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Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland (2024)
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Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland (2023)
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Flora of six Lower Mississippi River islands (U.S.A.) (2023)
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Soil mutualisms potentially determine the reintroduction outcome of an endangered legume (2021)
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Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance (2021)
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Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Joseph A. LaManna
4 shared publications
- Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Jonathan A. Myers
4 shared publications
- Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Matthew A. Albrecht
Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
4 shared publications
- Soil mutualisms potentially determine the reintroduction outcome of an endangered legume
- Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume
Rachel A. Brant
Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
3 shared publications
- Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume
Christine E. Edwards
Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
3 shared publications
- Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume
Burgund Bassüner
Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
3 shared publications
- Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland
- Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume
Florian Härtig
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Robert P. Freckleton
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Matteo Detto
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Akshay Surendra
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Cole J. Doolittle
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Bénédicte Bachelot
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Robert Bagchi
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
Liza S. Comita
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
David M. DeFilippis
3 shared publications
- Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
- Author response for "Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics"
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