Standout Papers

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology 2002 2026 2010 2018 4.5k
  1. Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology (2010)
    Steven W. Kembel, Peter D. Cowan et al. Bioinformatics
  2. Phylogenies and Community Ecology (2002)
    Campbell O. Webb, David D. Ackerly et al. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
  3. The velocity of climate change (2009)
    Scott R. Loarie, Philip B. Duffy et al. Nature
  4. Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution (2008)
    Campbell O. Webb, David D. Ackerly et al. Bioinformatics
  5. Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology (2010)
    John J. Wiens, David D. Ackerly et al. Ecology Letters
  6. A TRAIT-BASED TEST FOR HABITAT FILTERING: CONVEX HULL VOLUME (2006)
    William K. Cornwell, Dylan W. Schwilk et al. Ecology
  7. Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California (2009)
    William K. Cornwell, David D. Ackerly Ecological Monographs
  8. Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest (2008)
    Nathan J. B. Kraft, Renato Valencia et al. Science
  9. Phylogenetic Overdispersion in Floridian Oak Communities (2004)
    Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, David D. Ackerly et al. The American Naturalist
  10. Community Assembly, Niche Conservatism, and Adaptive Evolution in Changing Environments (2003)
    David D. Ackerly International Journal of Plant Sciences
  11. A trait‐based approach to community assembly: partitioning of species trait values into within‐ and among‐community components (2007)
    David D. Ackerly, William K. Cornwell Ecology Letters
  12. ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS (2008)
    Lourens Poorter, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Ecology
  13. Trait Evolution, Community Assembly, and the Phylogenetic Structure of Ecological Communities (2007)
    Nathan J. B. Kraft, William K. Cornwell et al. The American Naturalist
  14. Interpreting phenotypic variation in plants (1994)
    James S. Coleman, K. D. M. McConnaughay et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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The velocity of climate change
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David D. Ackerly 19098 14235 8189 9541 173 33.1k
Robert K. Colwell 15291 12832 5984 15977 131 35.9k
Robert J. Hijmans 10774 9481 7536 12357 116 36.8k
Mark Westoby 26096 16718 12310 10998 276 42.0k
Russell A. Mittermeier 9746 9842 9329 10989 138 31.3k
Nicholas J. Gotelli 13193 11093 4756 11893 219 27.3k
Michel Loreau 24112 14151 13752 20320 283 47.8k
Niklaus E. Zimmermann 15527 7726 11424 13634 261 36.2k
Carsten Rahbek 12424 8321 4640 11326 249 24.8k
Sandra Lavorel 26082 13755 16082 15002 301 45.9k
Miguel B. Araújo 21855 11493 10484 21790 231 45.2k

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