Aaron M. Ellison

31.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
291 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Aaron M. Ellison is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron M. Ellison has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 96 papers in Ecology and 76 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Aaron M. Ellison's work include Plant and animal studies (84 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (70 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers). Aaron M. Ellison is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (84 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (70 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (44 papers). Aaron M. Ellison collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Aaron M. Ellison's co-authors include Nicholas J. Gotelli, Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, T. C. Hsieh, Elizabeth L. Sander, Anne Chao, Robert K. Colwell, K. H., Mark D. Bertness, Julie S. Denslow and Matthew C. Fitzpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aaron M. Ellison

283 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: a framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies

2013 2.8k citations Nicholas J. Gotelli, Aaron M. Ellison et al. profile →
Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems

2005 1.5k citations Aaron M. Ellison, David R. Foster et al. profile →
A Primer of Ecological Statistics

2004 1.1k citations Nicholas J. Gotelli, Aaron M. Ellison profile →
Methods for Detecting Early Warnings of Critical Transitions in Time Series Illustrated Using Simulated Ecological Data

2012 636 citations Vasilis Dakos, Stephen R. Carpenter et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Determinants of Pattern in a New England Salt Marsh Plant Community

1987 563 citations Aaron M. Ellison et al. profile →
Bayesian inference in ecology

2004 546 citations Aaron M. Ellison profile →
How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators

2015 389 citations Aaron M. Ellison et al. profile →
Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization

2017 277 citations Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park et al. New Phytologist profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bridging data silos to holistically model plant macrophenology 2025 ·New Phytologist ·(unknown), (unknown), Isaac Park, Susan J. Mazer, Aaron M. Ellison, Margaret O’Brien, Eric R. Sokol, C.A. Smith, Charles C. Davis, Sydne Record	0
2	Climate change intensifies plant–pollinator mismatch and increases secondary extinction risk for plants in northern latitudes 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shijia Peng, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis	1
3	Incorporating responses of traits to changing climates into species distribution models: a path forward 2025 ·New Phytologist ·Shijia Peng, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis	1
4	Incorporating plant phenological responses into species distribution models reduces estimates of future species loss and turnover 2024 ·New Phytologist ·Shijia Peng, (unknown), Susan J. Mazer, Sydne Record, Isaac Park, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis	12
5	Plasticity and not adaptation is the primary source of temperature-mediated variation in flowering phenology in North America 2024 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), Isaac Park, Sydne Record, Charles C. Davis, Aaron M. Ellison, Susan J. Mazer	18
6	Complex climate‐mediated effects of urbanization on plant reproductive phenology and frost risk 2023 ·New Phytologist ·Daniel Park, Yingying Xie, Aaron M. Ellison, Goia de Mattos Lyra, Charles C. Davis	11
7	Herbarium records provide reliable phenology estimates in the understudied tropics 2022 ·Journal of Ecology ·Daniel Park, Goia de Mattos Lyra, Aaron M. Ellison, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin I. Cook, Charles C. Davis	21
8	Designing (for) Urban Food Webs 2021 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Alexander J. Felson, Aaron M. Ellison	10
9	Phenological displacement is uncommon among sympatric angiosperms 2021 ·New Phytologist ·Daniel Park, Ian Breckheimer, Aaron M. Ellison, Goia de Mattos Lyra, Charles C. Davis	22
10	Scaling in Ecology with a Model System 2021 ·Princeton University Press eBooks ·Aaron M. Ellison, Nicholas J. Gotelli	2
11	Ecological Art: Art with a Purpose 2019 ·Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University) ·Aaron M. Ellison, (unknown)	2
12	Species Diversity Associated with Foundation Species in Temperate and Tropical Forests 2019 ·Forests ·Aaron M. Ellison, Hannah L. Buckley, Bradley S. Case, Dairón Cárdenas, Álvaro Duque, James A. Lutz, Jonathan A. Myers, David A. Orwig, Jess K. Zimmerman	23
13	Ten years of Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Robert P. Freckleton, Aaron M. Ellison, Lee Hsiang Liow, Robert B. O’Hara	0
14	Mating system does not predict niche breath 2018 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Daniel Park, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis	12
15	Sensitivity of Codispersion to Noise and Error in Ecological and Environmental Data 2018 ·Forests ·Ronny Vallejos, Hannah L. Buckley, Bradley S. Case, (unknown), Aaron M. Ellison	2
16	Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization breakdown → 2017 ·New Phytologist ·Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park, Richard B. Primack, Charles G. Willis, David S. Barrington, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld, Tristram G. Seidler, Patrick W. Sweeney, David R. Foster, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis	277
17	Using codispersion analysis to quantify temporal changes in the spatial patterns of forest structure 2016 ·Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) ·Bradley S. Case, Hannah L. Buckley, (unknown), Aaron M. Ellison	2
18	Methods for Detecting Early Warnings of Critical Transitions in Time Series Illustrated Using Simulated Ecological Data breakdown → 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Vasilis Dakos, Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock, Aaron M. Ellison, Vishwesha Guttal, Anthony R. Ives, Sonia Kéfi, Valerie Livina, David A. Seekell, Egbert H. van Nes, Marten Scheffer	636
19	Spatial Distribution and Impacts of Moth Herbivory on Northern Pitcher Plants 2006 ·Northeastern Naturalist ·Daniel Z. Atwater, Jessica L. Butler, Aaron M. Ellison	19
20	The global conservation status of mangroves 1997 ·Oceanographic literature review ·Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, Aaron M. Ellison	71

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