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Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree Diversity in a Neot... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1.1k
  1. Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree Diversity in a Neotropical Forest (1999)
    Stephen P. Hubbell, Robin B. Foster et al. Science
  2. Plant diversity in tropical forests: a review of mechanisms of species coexistence (2002)
    S. Joseph Wright‬ Oecologia
  3. The Phenology of Tropical Forests: Adaptive Significance and Consequences for Primary Consumers (1993)
    Carel P. van Schaik, John Terborgh et al. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
  4. Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest (2000)
    Kyle E. Harms, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Nature
  5. Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade‐off in tropical trees (2010)
    S. Joseph Wright‬, Kaoru Kitajima et al. Ecology
  6. PLASTIC PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE TO LIGHT OF 16 CONGENERIC SHRUBS FROM A PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST (2000)
    Fernando Valladares, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Ecology
  7. ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS (2008)
    Lourens Poorter, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. Ecology
  8. Tropical forests in a changing environment (2005)
    S. Joseph Wright‬ Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  9. Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest (2011)
    S. Joseph Wright‬, Joseph B. Yavitt et al. Ecology
  10. Relationships between phyllosphere bacterial communities and plant functional traits in a neotropical forest (2014)
    Steven W. Kembel, Timothy K. O’Connor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
S. Joseph Wright‬ 17844 10282 8963 9452 329 29.5k
Bernhard Schmid 19973 12896 12199 9621 478 38.8k
Mark Westoby 26096 16718 10998 12310 276 42.0k
William J. Bond 19169 7056 11439 16962 330 32.0k
Ian J. Wright 15796 8805 4929 11801 180 27.7k
Osvaldo E. Sala 14945 5924 13966 14875 195 34.2k
Scott L. Collins 12470 4724 10679 9359 311 23.2k
Fernando Valladares 14406 8169 5364 10087 308 25.7k
Éric Garnier 15689 8993 5524 7006 109 23.2k
Ragan M. Callaway 19985 13728 7905 5731 309 35.5k
Andy Hector 13431 6838 8633 7798 103 24.6k

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