Alan Buse

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Alan Buse is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Buse has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alan Buse's work include Plant responses to elevated CO2 (4 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (4 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (4 papers). Alan Buse is often cited by papers focused on Plant responses to elevated CO2 (4 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (4 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (4 papers). Alan Buse collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway. Alan Buse's co-authors include J. E. G. Good, C. M. Perrins, S. Dury, J. F. FARRAR, John Coulson, V. K. Brown, Jennifer Butterfield, Richard L. Lindroth, I. D. Hodkinson and Т. Martijn Bezemer and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alan Buse

23 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effec... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2002 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores
    2002 2.0k citations Gregory J. Masters, I. D. Hodkinson et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Effects of elevated temperature on multi‐species interactions: the case of Pedunculate Oak, Winter Moth and Tits
    1999 906 citations Alan Buse, S. Dury et al. Functional Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Buse United Kingdom 16 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 1.0k 1.0k 24 4.1k
J. E. G. Good United Kingdom 18 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 34 4.1k
Jennifer Butterfield United Kingdom 22 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 827 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 609 0.6× 36 3.4k
Wolfgang Rabitsch Austria 37 1.8k 1.1× 2.2k 1.5× 959 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 87 5.1k
I. D. Hodkinson United Kingdom 41 3.4k 2.1× 3.3k 2.2× 2.2k 1.7× 2.5k 2.4× 1.3k 1.3× 132 7.8k
Seppo Neuvonen Finland 37 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 259 0.3× 112 4.0k
Dietmar Moser Austria 36 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 741 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 116 4.4k
Gian‐Reto Walther Germany 18 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 979 0.8× 380 0.4× 1.7k 1.6× 36 4.2k
Rasmus Ejrnæs Denmark 30 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 919 0.7× 402 0.4× 764 0.7× 97 4.0k
C. S. Awmack United Kingdom 14 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.6× 2.6k 2.5× 478 0.5× 18 4.7k
Elena L. Zvereva Finland 31 1.4k 0.9× 801 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 747 0.7× 407 0.4× 108 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Buse

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Buse

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harmens, Harry, David Norris, Georgia R. Koerber, et al.. (2007). Temporal trends in the concentration of arsenic, chromium, copper, iron, nickel, vanadium and zinc in mosses across Europe between 1990 and 2000. Atmospheric Environment. 41(31). 6673–6687. 82 indexed citations
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Harmens, Harry, David Norris, Georgia R. Koerber, et al.. (2007). Temporal trends (1990–2000) in the concentration of cadmium, lead and mercury in mosses across Europe. Environmental Pollution. 151(2). 368–376. 105 indexed citations
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Mills, Gina, Alan Buse, Beatriz Gimeno, et al.. (2007). A synthesis of AOT40-based response functions and critical levels of ozone for agricultural and horticultural crops. Atmospheric Environment. 41(12). 2630–2643. 383 indexed citations
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Harmens, Harry, Alan Buse, David Norris, et al.. (2004). Heavy Metal Concentrations in European Mosses: 2000/2001 Survey. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 49(1-3). 425–436. 83 indexed citations
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Masters, Gregory J., I. D. Hodkinson, C. S. Awmack, et al.. (2002). Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores. Global Change Biology. 8(1). 1–16. 2024 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holland, Mike, Gina Mills, Felicity Hayes, et al.. (2002). Economic Assessment of Crop Yield Losses from Ozone Exposure. 27 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan, David Hadley, & Tim H. Sparks. (2001). Arthropod distribution on an alpine elevational gradient: the relationship with preferred temperature and cold tolerance. European Journal of Entomology. 98(3). 301–309. 14 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan, et al.. (1999). Effects of elevated temperature on multi‐species interactions: the case of Pedunculate Oak, Winter Moth and Tits. Functional Ecology. 13(s1). 74–82. 906 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dury, S., J. E. G. Good, C. M. Perrins, Alan Buse, & Thomas N. Kaye. (1998). The effects of increasing CO2 and temperature on oak leaf palatability and the implications for herbivorous insects. Global Change Biology. 4(1). 55–61. 94 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan, J. E. G. Good, S. Dury, & C. M. Perrins. (1998). Effects of elevated temperature and carbon dioxide on the nutritional quality of leaves of oak (Quercus robur L.) as food for the Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata L.). Functional Ecology. 12(5). 742–749. 79 indexed citations
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Sparks, Tim H., et al.. (1995). Life strategies of Carabus problematicus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) at different altitudes on Snowdon, north Wales. Journal of Zoology. 236(1). 1–10. 21 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan. (1992). Environmental effects of land use change, as identified by habitat recording: a case study in the Llŷn Peninsula, Wales. Journal of Environmental Management. 35(2). 131–151. 7 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan. (1990). Influence of earthworms on nitrogen fluxes and plant growth in cores taken from variously managed upland pastures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 22(6). 775–780. 10 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan. (1988). Habitat selection and grouping of beetles (Coleoptera). Ecography. 11(4). 241–247. 28 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan. (1986). Fluoride accumulation in invertebrates near an aluminium reduction plant in Wales. Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and Biological. 41(3). 199–217. 17 indexed citations
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Liddle, M.J., Christine M. Happey‐Wood, & Alan Buse. (1979). A survey of the biota, environment and use for recreation of twelve lakes in Snowdonia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 11(1). 77–101. 4 indexed citations
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Buse, Alan. (1972). Behavioural aspects of the relationship of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) with its gastropod host. Animal Behaviour. 20(2). 274–279. 13 indexed citations
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