A. Shmida

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 871 citations indexed

About

A. Shmida is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Shmida has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 871 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 10 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in A. Shmida's work include Plant and animal studies (7 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers). A. Shmida is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (7 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers). A. Shmida collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. A. Shmida's co-authors include Stephen P. Ellner, R. H. Whittaker, James Aronson, Jaime Kigel, Yosef Steinberger, Walter G. Whitford, Claus Holzapfel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Uzi Plitmann and Avinoam Danin and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Oecologia and Journal of Arid Environments.

In The Last Decade

A. Shmida

13 papers receiving 807 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Coexistence of plant species with similar niches

1984 442 citations A. Shmida, Stephen P. Ellner Vegetatio profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Shmida Israel	10	603	429	317	279	146	13	871
Linda Olsvig‐Whittaker Israel	16	503 0.8×	359 0.8×	324 1.0×	347 1.2×	155 1.1×	34	957
Susanne Bonn Germany	6	743 1.2×	421 1.0×	361 1.1×	448 1.6×	123 0.8×	7	960
Gillian L. Rapson New Zealand	15	487 0.8×	279 0.7×	337 1.1×	276 1.0×	191 1.3×	37	856
Peggy L. Fiedler United States	14	517 0.9×	499 1.2×	319 1.0×	334 1.2×	120 0.8×	35	1.1k
R. F. Parsons Australia	18	514 0.9×	320 0.7×	300 0.9×	352 1.3×	186 1.3×	44	950
Marek Sammul Estonia	20	585 1.0×	384 0.9×	290 0.9×	387 1.4×	154 1.1×	35	981
Mario Fariñas Venezuela	9	418 0.7×	326 0.8×	213 0.7×	130 0.5×	285 2.0×	16	792
A. Wallace United States	4	395 0.7×	315 0.7×	310 1.0×	149 0.5×	148 1.0×	5	733
Ejvind Rosén Sweden	17	793 1.3×	385 0.9×	558 1.8×	662 2.4×	112 0.8×	23	1.1k
Bengt Å. Carlsson Sweden	17	510 0.8×	552 1.3×	429 1.4×	589 2.1×	116 0.8×	29	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Shmida

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Motro, Uzi, et al.. (2022). Earlier Morning Arrival to Pollen-Rewarding Flowers May Enable Feral Bumble Bees to Successfully Compete with Local Bee Species and Expand Their Distribution Range in a Mediterranean Habitat. Insects. 13(9). 816–816. 2 indexed citations

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Holzapfel, Claus, Hadas A. Parag, & A. Shmida. (2009). Resilience of Mediterranean and desert vegetation after disturbance. 80(5). 297–304. 2 indexed citations

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Aronson, James, Jaime Kigel, & A. Shmida. (1993). Reproductive allocation strategies in desert and Mediterranean populations of annual plants grown with and without water stress. Oecologia. 93(3). 336–342. 82 indexed citations

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Holzapfel, Claus, Wolfgang Schmidt, & A. Shmida. (1993). The role of seed bank and seed rain in the recolonization of disturbed sites along an aridity gradient. Phytocoenologia. 23(1-4). 561–580. 15 indexed citations

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Aronson, James & A. Shmida. (1992). Plant species diversity along a Mediterranean-desert gradient and its correlation with interannual rainfall fluctuations. Journal of Arid Environments. 23(3). 235–247. 65 indexed citations

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Steinberger, Yosef, et al.. (1992). Activity pattern of harvester ants (Messor spp.) in the Negev desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments. 23(2). 169–176. 32 indexed citations

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Holzapfel, Claus, Wolfgang Schmidt, & A. Shmida. (1992). Effects of Human-Caused Disturbances on the Flora along a Mediterranean-Desert Gradient. Flora. 186(3-4). 261–270. 11 indexed citations

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Steinberger, Yosef, A. Shmida, & Walter G. Whitford. (1990). Decomposition along a rainfall gradient in the Judean desert, Israel. Oecologia. 82(3). 322–324. 37 indexed citations

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Shmida, A., et al.. (1986). Sudanian Elements in the Flora of Israel. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 73(1). 1–1. 14 indexed citations

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Shmida, A. & Stephen P. Ellner. (1984). Coexistence of plant species with similar niches. Vegetatio. 58(1). 29–55. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plitmann, Uzi, et al.. (1983). Pictorial flora of Israel. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations

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Shmida, A. & R. H. Whittaker. (1981). Pattern and Biological Microsite Effects in Two Shrub Communities, Southern California. Ecology. 62(1). 234–251. 144 indexed citations

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Shmida, A.. (1978). Relationships betweenParacaryum intermedium andP. boissieri on Sinai, and the generic separation ofParacaryum andMattiastrum (Boraginaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 129(4). 323–326. 6 indexed citations

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