David W. Stahle Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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54 h-index 174 pubs 12,084 cited

Research Areas

Climate Variability and Models Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Drought and Precipitation Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

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David W. Stahle's research investigates past and present climate variability, with a particular focus on drought and precipitation patterns across North America and South America. He has published work examining megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene, placing the east-west North American aridity gradient in a multi-century context. His studies also explore the summer precipitation response of latewood tree-ring chronologies and reconstruct heavy precipitation events in California using blue oak tree rings.

Stahle has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two projects. One award of $276,385 supports collaborative research on precipitation and streamflow reconstruction and analysis in the Amazon River Basin, where he serves as Principal Investigator (PI). Another NSF award of $198,130 is for collaborative research on medieval to modern climate variability and climate change in the Great Plains.

His work also includes studies on drought and flood extremes on the Amazon River and in Northeast Brazil. Stahle has collaborated with researchers such as Daniela Granato‐Souza, Ian P. Howard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. With a career h-index of 54 and over 12,000 citations, Stahle is recognized as a highly cited, high-impact researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 54
  • Publications: 174
  • Citations: 12,084

Selected Publications

  • Ecuadendro 2025: The 1st Ecuadorian Dendrochronology Conference (2025) DOI
  • Disruption of Drought Teleconnections Between ENSO‐Influenced Regions Around 1700 CE (2025) DOI
  • Lack of cold temperatures is driving recent high-summer warming in the southern Rocky Mountains (2025) DOI
  • Climatic response of <i>Juniperus monticola</i> Martinez, a multi-century alpine shrub from the high mountains of central Mexico (2024) DOI
  • Isotopic clumping in wood as a proxy for photorespiration in trees (2023) DOI
  • Drought and Flood Extremes on the Amazon River and in Northeast Brazil, 1790–1900 (2023) DOI
  • The Flood Risk and Water Supply Implications of Seasonal Precipitation Reconstructions in Northern California (2023) DOI
  • A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2023) DOI
  • A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2022) DOI
  • A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings (2022) DOI
  • Plant photorespiration reconstructed with isotopic clumping in wood methoxyl groups (2022) DOI
  • Pre‐instrumental perspectives on Arkansas River cross‐watershed flow variability (2022) DOI
  • Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene (2022) DOI
  • Climate and the Radial Growth of Conifers in Borderland Natural Areas of Texas and Northern Mexico (2022) DOI
  • High-fidelity representation of climate variations by Amburana cearensis tree-ring chronologies across a tropical forest transition in South America (2022) DOI

Federal Grants 2 $474,515 total

NSF PI

Collaborative Research: Precipitation and Streamflow Reconstruction and Analysis in the Amazon River Basin

P4CLIMATE $276,385
NSF PI

Collaborative Research: P2C2--Medieval to Modern Climate Variability and Climate Change in the Great Plains

Paleoclimate $198,130

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Daniela Granato‐Souza University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Ian P. Howard University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Malcolm K. Cleaveland University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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