Alison D. Munson

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alison D. Munson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison D. Munson has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 42 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Alison D. Munson's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (41 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers). Alison D. Munson is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (41 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (27 papers). Alison D. Munson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Alison D. Munson's co-authors include Vincent Poirier, Catherine Roumet, V. R. Timmer, David G. Brand, Nelson Thiffault, Hank A. Margolis, David Paré, Patricia Raymond, Pierre Y. Bernier and Robert L. Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Alison D. Munson

95 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

The root of the matter: Linking root traits and soil organic matter stabilization processes

2018 301 citations Vincent Poirier, Catherine Roumet et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function

2021 200 citations Carlos P. Carmona, C. Guillermo Bueno et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison D. Munson Canada	34	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	788	785	99	3.4k
Wenhua Xiang China	37	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	990 1.3×	159	4.1k
Peter W. Clinton New Zealand	32	1.1k 0.7×	832 0.6×	817 0.7×	777 1.0×	784 1.0×	116	3.0k
Johan Stendahl Sweden	24	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	859 0.8×	804 1.0×	372 0.5×	60	3.1k
Elena Vanguelova United Kingdom	23	872 0.6×	899 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	704 0.9×	783 1.0×	59	2.9k
Jyoti Singh India	34	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	96	4.4k
Tomas Lundmark Sweden	32	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	536 0.5×	541 0.7×	668 0.9×	90	3.0k
E. K. S. Nambiar Australia	39	2.7k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	560 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	108	4.5k
Robert Jandl Austria	31	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	2.2k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	407 0.5×	95	4.3k
Lisa A. Schulte United States	33	957 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	452 0.4×	916 1.2×	525 0.7×	116	3.5k
Sally A. Power Australia	37	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	1.9k 2.5×	149	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Munson, Alison D., et al.. (2025). Economic potential of biochar for the nursery production of two tropical agroforestry species (Eucalyptus grandis and Dacryodes edulis). New Forests. 56(6).

Poirier, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Impact of single and combined soil amendments on the growth and foliar nutrients of white spruce (Picea glauca) on a poorly regenerated logged site. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 55. 1–15.

Munson, Alison D., et al.. (2024). Production and characterization of eight biochars originating from agricultural waste in Cameroon. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 26(5). 3280–3290. 3 indexed citations

Raymond, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Public perception of forest assisted migration (FAM): a useful approach which requires cautious implementation?. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 7.

Urli, Morgane, Catherine Périé, Nelson Thiffault, et al.. (2023). Experimental drier climates affect hydraulics and induce high mortality of seedlings of three northern conifer species. Forest Ecology and Management. 544. 121127–121127. 2 indexed citations

Urli, Morgane, Catherine Périé, Nelson Thiffault, et al.. (2023). On the need to report the variability and data used in the determination of xylem vulnerability curve parameters. 9. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Royo, Alejandro A., Patricia Raymond, Christel C. Kern, et al.. (2023). Desired REgeneration through Assisted Migration (DREAM): Implementing a research framework for climate-adaptive silviculture. Forest Ecology and Management. 546. 121298–121298. 18 indexed citations

Martin‐Guay, Marc‐Olivier, Michaël Belluau, Benoît Côté, et al.. (2022). Tree identity and diversity directly affect soil moisture and temperature but not soil carbon ten years after planting. Ecology and Evolution. 12(1). e8509–e8509. 14 indexed citations

Huys, Raoul, Vincent Poirier, Catherine Roumet, et al.. (2022). Plant litter chemistry controls coarse‐textured soil carbon dynamics. Journal of Ecology. 110(12). 2911–2928. 31 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Tania L., Nicolas Fanin, William C. Parker, et al.. (2022). Tree species identity drives nutrient use efficiency in young mixed‐species plantations, at both high and low water availability. Functional Ecology. 36(8). 2069–2083. 5 indexed citations

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Carmona, Carlos P., C. Guillermo Bueno, Aurèle Toussaint, et al.. (2021). Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature. 597(7878). 683–687. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Munson, Alison D., et al.. (2019). Adoption of an improved fallow practice using Acacia auriculiformis on the Batéké Plateau in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Agroforestry Systems. 94(3). 1047–1058. 5 indexed citations

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Bradley, Robert L., et al.. (2012). Physico-chemical and functional characteristics of soil charcoal produced at five different temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 58. 140–146. 40 indexed citations

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Maillard, Émilie, David Paré, & Alison D. Munson. (2010). Soil Carbon Stocks and Carbon Stability in a Twenty‐Year‐Old Temperate Plantation. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74(5). 1775–1785. 13 indexed citations

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Boudreau, Stephanie A., et al.. (2008). Fertiliser Addition Is Important for Tree Growth on Cut-Over Peatlands in Eastern Canada. Mires and Peat. 3. 12 indexed citations

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Boucher, Jean‐François, Pierre Y. Bernier, Hank A. Margolis, & Alison D. Munson. (2007). Growth and physiological response of eastern white pine seedlings to partial cutting and site preparation. Forest Ecology and Management. 240(1-3). 151–164. 18 indexed citations

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Raymond, Patricia, et al.. (2000). Impact of precommercial thinning in balsam fir stands on soil nitrogen dynamics, microbial biomass, decomposition, and foliar nutrition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30(2). 229–238. 143 indexed citations

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Smith, C. Ken, Marie R. Coyea, & Alison D. Munson. (2000). Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Stocks and Dynamics under Disturbed Black Spruce Forests. Ecological Applications. 10(3). 775–775. 5 indexed citations

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Munson, Alison D. & V. R. Timmer. (1991). Site-specific growth and nutrition of planted Piceamariana in the Ontario Clay Belt. V. Humus Nitrogen Availability. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 21(8). 1194–1199. 7 indexed citations

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