Aelys M. Humphreys

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Aelys M. Humphreys is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aelys M. Humphreys has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Aelys M. Humphreys's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (12 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Aelys M. Humphreys is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (12 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Aelys M. Humphreys collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Aelys M. Humphreys's co-authors include Timothy G. Barraclough, H. Peter Linder, Lesley T. Lancaster, Rafaël Govaerts, Maria S. Vorontsova, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Michael D. Pirie, Diego Fontaneto, H. P. Linder and Cuong Q. Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New Phytologist and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Aelys M. Humphreys

34 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aelys M. Humphreys Sweden	19	816	428	422	334	253	35	1.4k
Alexander N. Schmidt‐Lebuhn Australia	21	683 0.8×	435 1.0×	344 0.8×	287 0.9×	172 0.7×	77	1.2k
Renske E. Onstein Germany	25	1.0k 1.3×	387 0.9×	626 1.5×	387 1.2×	334 1.3×	52	1.6k
Gabriele Casazza Italy	20	702 0.9×	608 1.4×	322 0.8×	276 0.8×	226 0.9×	77	1.3k
Katia Diadema France	11	548 0.7×	546 1.3×	314 0.7×	203 0.6×	394 1.6×	27	1.2k
Gábor Sramkó Hungary	21	692 0.8×	558 1.3×	285 0.7×	283 0.8×	282 1.1×	85	1.2k
Florian C. Boucher France	17	710 0.9×	327 0.8×	764 1.8×	197 0.6×	233 0.9×	28	1.3k
Alexandre K. Monro United Kingdom	12	519 0.6×	223 0.5×	390 0.9×	200 0.6×	149 0.6×	46	998
Adrien Favre Germany	22	1.0k 1.3×	388 0.9×	401 1.0×	859 2.6×	532 2.1×	48	1.8k
Jan Schnitzler Germany	22	650 0.8×	267 0.6×	462 1.1×	323 1.0×	318 1.3×	32	1.5k
Brad R. Ruhfel United States	13	1.2k 1.5×	522 1.2×	412 1.0×	891 2.7×	208 0.8×	22	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Humphreys, Aelys M., et al.. (2025). Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions. New Phytologist.

Fjellheim, Siri, et al.. (2025). Drought tolerance as an evolutionary precursor to frost and winter tolerance in grasses. Evolution. 79(4). 541–556. 1 indexed citations

Preston, Jill C., et al.. (2024). Evolution of drought and frost responses in cool season grasses (Pooideae): was drought tolerance a precursor to frost tolerance?. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(20). 6405–6422. 1 indexed citations

Fisher, Diana O. & Aelys M. Humphreys. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation. 298. 110772–110772. 5 indexed citations

Puglielli, Giacomo, Enrico Tordoni, Lauri Laanisto, et al.. (2023). Abiotic stress tolerance can explain range size and filling in temperate woody plants. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 59. 125734–125734. 4 indexed citations

Kadereit, Gudrun, et al.. (2023). Evolution of cold tolerance in the highly stress-tolerant samphires and relatives (Salicornieae: Amaranthaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 203(1). 20–36. 4 indexed citations

Preston, Jill C., et al.. (2023). Convergent evolution of the annual life history syndrome from perennial ancestors. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1048656–1048656. 19 indexed citations

Kainulainen, Kent, et al.. (2023). Phylogeography of Icelandic Agrostis (Poaceae) Reveals a New Geothermal Lineage. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 184(6). 413–428. 2 indexed citations

Abrahamczyk, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Evolution of brood-site mimicry in Madagascan Impatiens (Balsaminaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 49. 125590–125590. 7 indexed citations

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Vorontsova, Maria S., Porter P. Lowry, Sylvie Andriambololonera, et al.. (2020). Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar. Plants People Planet. 3(1). 45–60. 18 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Aelys M., et al.. (2020). ToColdlyGo Where No Grass has Gone Before: A Multidisciplinary Review of Cold Adaptation in Poaceae. 523–562. 18 indexed citations

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Lancaster, Lesley T. & Aelys M. Humphreys. (2020). Global variation in the thermal tolerances of plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(24). 13580–13587. 136 indexed citations

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Garwood, Nancy C., et al.. (2018). Trema domingensis rises like a Phoenix from the ashes of Trema integerrima: a reassessment of the entire-leaved species of neotropical Tream (Cannabaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 12(2). 555–577. 1 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Aelys M. & Timothy G. Barraclough. (2014). The evolutionary reality of higher taxa in mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1783). 20132750–20132750. 58 indexed citations

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Linder, H. Peter, Alexandre Antonelli, Aelys M. Humphreys, Michael D. Pirie, & Rafael O. Wüest. (2013). What determines biogeographical ranges? Historical wanderings and ecological constraints in the danthonioid grasses. Journal of Biogeography. 40(5). 821–834. 40 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Aelys M., Alexandre Antonelli, Michael D. Pirie, & H. Peter Linder. (2010). ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE DIASPORE “BURIAL SYNDROME”. Evolution. 65(4). 1163–1180. 25 indexed citations

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Linder, H. Peter, Carlos M. Baeza, Nigel P. Barker, et al.. (2009). A classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 3 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Aelys M., Michael D. Pirie, & H. P. Linder. (2009). A plastid tree can bring order to the chaotic generic taxonomy of Rytidosperma Steud. s.l. (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(3). 911–928. 9 indexed citations

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Pirie, Michael D., Aelys M. Humphreys, Chloé Wüst‐Galley, et al.. (2008). A novel supermatrix approach improves resolution of phylogenetic relationships in a comprehensive sample of danthonioid grasses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(3). 1106–1119. 63 indexed citations

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Trinci, Anthony P. J., et al.. (1990). Optimization of cultural conditions for the production and longevity of entomopathogenic fungi.. 116–120. 4 indexed citations

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