Alain Paquette

14.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Alain Paquette is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Paquette has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alain Paquette's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers), Forest ecology and management (36 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (26 papers). Alain Paquette is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers), Forest ecology and management (36 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (26 papers). Alain Paquette collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Alain Paquette's co-authors include Christian Messier, Peter B. Reich, Jérôme Dupras, David Rivest, Laura Williams, Marc‐Olivier Martin‐Guay, André Bouchard, Alain Cogliastro, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares and Steven W. Kembel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alain Paquette

106 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

2010 695 citations Alain Paquette, Christian Messier Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →
The new Green Revolution: Sustainable intensification of agriculture by intercropping

2017 391 citations Marc‐Olivier Martin‐Guay, Alain Paquette et al. profile →
Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures

2017 314 citations Laura Williams, Alain Paquette et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships

2017 265 citations Alain Paquette, Christian Messier et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alain Paquette Canada	37	3.4k	3.0k	1.1k	1.1k	814	110	5.9k
G.M.J. Mohren Netherlands	38	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	459 0.6×	141	5.7k
Catherine Potvin Canada	37	2.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	816 1.0×	131	5.6k
David I. Forrester Germany	51	6.1k 1.8×	5.2k 1.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	439 0.5×	126	8.5k
Haroun Chenchouni Algeria	31	3.1k 0.9×	4.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.6×	762 0.9×	136	8.0k
Jennifer S. Powers United States	45	3.4k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	136	7.2k
Richard K. Kobe United States	34	4.7k 1.4×	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	57	6.0k
Dietrich Hertel Germany	49	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	644 0.8×	128	6.9k
Lars Gamfeldt Sweden	26	3.3k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	882 0.8×	2.8k 2.6×	1.4k 1.8×	39	7.1k
Frank J. Sterck Netherlands	48	4.9k 1.5×	4.6k 1.5×	2.4k 2.1×	936 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	163	8.3k
Suzanne M. Prober Australia	38	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	2.5k 2.4×	939 1.2×	162	5.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Paquette, Alain, et al.. (2024). Urban tree diversity fosters bird insectivory despite a loss in bird diversity with urbanization. Landscape and Urban Planning. 256. 105274–105274. 4 indexed citations

Birhane, Emiru, et al.. (2023). Shading and species diversity act as safety nets for seedling survival and vitality of native trees in dryland forests: Implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management. 552. 121559–121559. 3 indexed citations

Handa, I. Tanya, et al.. (2023). Young temperate tree species show different fine root acclimation capacity to growing season water availability. Plant and Soil. 496(1-2). 485–504. 5 indexed citations

Fahey, Catherine, William C. Parker, Alain Paquette, Christian Messier, & Pedro M. Antunes. (2023). Soil fungal communities contribute to the positive diversity–productivity relationship of tree communities under contrasting water availability. Journal of Ecology. 111(9). 2023–2037. 3 indexed citations

Searle, Eric B., et al.. (2023). It takes a village to grow a tree: Most tree species benefit from dissimilar neighbors. Ecology and Evolution. 13(12). e10804–e10804. 3 indexed citations

Cook‐Patton, Susan C., Owen T. Lewis, Nick Brown, et al.. (2023). Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 29 indexed citations

Messier, Christian, et al.. (2023). Functional diversity and identity influence the self‐thinning process in young forest communities. Journal of Ecology. 111(9). 2010–2022. 9 indexed citations

Hajek, Peter, Roman M. Link, Charles A. Nock, et al.. (2022). Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought‐induced tree mortality. Global Change Biology. 28(10). 3365–3378. 62 indexed citations

Williams, Laura, Ethan E. Butler, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, et al.. (2021). Enhanced light interception and light use efficiency explain overyielding in young tree communities. Ecology Letters. 24(5). 996–1006. 38 indexed citations

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Belluau, Michaël, Valentina Vitali, William C. Parker, Alain Paquette, & Christian Messier. (2021). Overyielding in young tree communities does not support the stress‐gradient hypothesis and is favoured by functional diversity and higher water availability. Journal of Ecology. 109(4). 1790–1803. 27 indexed citations

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Paquette, Alain, et al.. (2021). Praise for diversity: A functional approach to reduce risks in urban forests. Urban forestry & urban greening. 62. 127157–127157. 61 indexed citations

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Giamellaro, Michael, et al.. (2021). Exploring the impacts of contextualised outdoor science education on learning: the case of primary school students learning about ecosystem relationships. Journal of Biological Education. 57(2). 277–294. 13 indexed citations

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Martin‐Guay, Marc‐Olivier, Alain Paquette, Peter B. Reich, & Christian Messier. (2019). Implications of contrasted above‐ and below‐ground biomass responses in a diversity experiment with trees. Journal of Ecology. 108(2). 405–414. 21 indexed citations

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Paquette, Alain, et al.. (2019). Evergreenness influences fine root growth more than tree diversity in a common garden experiment. Oecologia. 189(4). 1027–1039. 18 indexed citations

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Lecina‐Diaz, Judit, Albert Alvarez, Adrián Regos, et al.. (2018). The positive carbon stocks–biodiversity relationship in forests: co‐occurrence and drivers across five subclimates. Ecological Applications. 28(6). 1481–1493. 50 indexed citations

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Lecina‐Diaz, Judit, Albert Alvarez, Adrián Regos, et al.. (2018). The Positive Carbon Stocks–Biodiversity Relationship in Forests: Co‐Occurrence and Drivers Across Five SubClimates. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 99(4). 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Laura, Alain Paquette, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Christian Messier, & Peter B. Reich. (2017). Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(4). 63–63. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Houle, Daniel, Alain Paquette, Benoît Côté, et al.. (2015). Impacts of Climate Change on the Timing of the Production Season of Maple Syrup in Eastern Canada. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144844–e0144844. 31 indexed citations

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Paquette, Alain & Christian Messier. (2010). The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 20(1). 170–180. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paquette, Alain, et al.. (2010). Homogeneous light in shade-house experiment overestimates carbon gains in Norway maple seedlings. Journal of Horticulture and Forestry. 2(6). 117–121. 2 indexed citations

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