Scott A. Mangan Source Confirmed

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High Impact

Researcher

Arkansas State University

faculty

25 h-index 66 pubs 4,711 cited

Research Areas

Plant-Soil Interactions Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Scott A. Mangan's research program investigates plant-soil interactions, focusing on how these relationships influence plant community dynamics, abundance, and the success of restoration efforts. His work examines the role of conspecific negative density dependence, a phenomenon where individuals of the same species negatively affect each other's growth and survival, and advocates for its continued study in understanding plant diversity.

Mangan's publications also explore the impact of soil mutualisms, such as those involving legumes, on reintroduction outcomes for endangered plant species. He investigates how soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback mechanisms and how factors like restoration age can alter these interactions within ecosystems, such as oak woodlands. Additionally, his recent work delves into the complex rhizosphere microbial dynamics in agricultural contexts, specifically examining interactions in soybean affected by pathogenic fungi, utilizing integrated multi-omics analysis.

With a career marked by 66 publications and over 4,700 citations, Mangan is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He collaborates with faculty at Arkansas State University, including Travis D. Marsico, Ben E. Benton, and Brendan J. Kosnik, as well as J. Richard Abbott from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, contributing to a network of ecological research.

Metrics

  • h-index: 25
  • Publications: 66
  • Citations: 4,711

Selected Publications

  • Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Provides Insights into the Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics in Soybean – <i>Fusarium virguliforme</i> Interaction (2026) DOI
  • Soil microbial communities contribute to plant-soil feedback in an endangered legume (2025) DOI
  • Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics (2024) DOI
  • Restoration age affects microbial‐herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland (2024) DOI
  • Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland (2023) DOI
  • Flora of six Lower Mississippi River islands (U.S.A.) (2023) DOI
  • Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance (2021) DOI
  • Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Travis D. Marsico Arkansas State University 1 shared publication Ben E. Benton Arkansas State University 1 shared publication J. Richard Abbott University of Arkansas at Monticello 1 shared publication Brendan J. Kosnik Arkansas State University 1 shared publication Brett Hale Arkansas State University 1 shared publication Asela Wijeratne Arkansas State University 1 shared publication

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