Alison Downing

1.1k total citations
25 papers, 652 citations indexed

About

Alison Downing is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Downing has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 652 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 7 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alison Downing's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (13 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (11 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (10 papers). Alison Downing is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (13 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (11 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (10 papers). Alison Downing collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Alison Downing's co-authors include Yuanming Zhang, Xiaobing Zhou, Nan Wu, Bingchang Zhang, Jing Zhang, P. M. Selkirk, Junhui Cheng, Marcelo D. Serpe, Ye Tao and Jiayi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Hydrology and Annals of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Alison Downing

24 papers receiving 614 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alison Downing Australia 14 416 212 148 118 117 25 652
Edmund E. Grote United States 11 518 1.2× 290 1.4× 96 0.6× 184 1.6× 131 1.1× 14 821
X. R. Li China 10 310 0.7× 139 0.7× 91 0.6× 113 1.0× 130 1.1× 12 567
Laura Concostrina‐Zubiri Spain 11 385 0.9× 143 0.7× 86 0.6× 113 1.0× 67 0.6× 20 593
Mónica Ladrón de Guevara Spain 10 384 0.9× 205 1.0× 47 0.3× 77 0.7× 61 0.5× 15 501
Bingchang Zhang China 15 489 1.2× 260 1.2× 101 0.7× 175 1.5× 80 0.7× 25 669
Yevgeniy Marusenko United States 9 263 0.6× 158 0.7× 135 0.9× 245 2.1× 139 1.2× 10 618
Stefanie Maier Austria 14 489 1.2× 227 1.1× 121 0.8× 229 1.9× 37 0.3× 19 704
Xinrong Li China 7 230 0.6× 95 0.4× 71 0.5× 53 0.4× 87 0.7× 10 443
Raúl Román Spain 16 619 1.5× 429 2.0× 90 0.6× 111 0.9× 162 1.4× 27 829
Kirstin Deutschewitz Germany 5 431 1.0× 198 0.9× 105 0.7× 117 1.0× 21 0.2× 5 618

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Downing

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All Works

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Seppelt, R. D., et al.. (2018). Trematodon (Bryopsida: Bruchiaceae) in Australia: unravelling the conundrum. Telopea. 21. 101–119. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuanming, Xiaobing Zhou, Benfeng Yin, & Alison Downing. (2016). Sensitivity of the xerophytic mossSyntrichia caninervisto prolonged simulated nitrogen deposition. Annals of Botany. 117(7). 1153–1161. 28 indexed citations
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Fike, John H., et al.. (2016). Creating Silvopastures: Some Considerations When Thinning Existing Timber Stands. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech). 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Lin, Yuanming Zhang, Jıng Zhang, & Alison Downing. (2015). Precipitation intensity is the primary driver of moss crust-derived CO2 exchange: Implications for soil C balance in a temperate desert of northwestern China. European Journal of Soil Biology. 67. 27–34. 24 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison, et al.. (2014). The influence of biological soil crusts on15N translocation in soil and vascular plant in a temperate desert of northwestern China. Journal of Plant Ecology. 8(4). 420–428. 16 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison, et al.. (2014). Some new and noteworthy bryophytes from Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus moorei) forests of north-eastern New South Wales. Telopea. 17. 239–250. 3 indexed citations
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Tao, Ye, Yuanming Zhang, & Alison Downing. (2013). Similarity and difference in vegetation structure of three desert shrub communities under the same temperate climate but with different microhabitats. Botanical studies. 54(1). 59–59. 22 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaobing, Yuanming Zhang, & Alison Downing. (2011). Non-linear response of microbial activity across a gradient of nitrogen addition to a soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 47. 67–77. 95 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison & Yuanming Zhang. (2010). Mosses from marginal desert lands of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, north-western China. 15(4). 477–484. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, Yuanming Zhang, & Alison Downing. (2009). Comparative study of nitrogenase activity in different types of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Journal of Arid Environments. 73(9). 828–833. 69 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing, et al.. (2009). The influence of biological soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology. 379(3-4). 220–228. 107 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison, et al.. (2000). Rainforest bryophytes in karst landformos of south-eastern South Australia. 13(2). 225–233. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison, et al.. (1997). The mosses of the Yarrangobilly Caves District,New South Wales,Australia--A review of the mosses collected by the Reverend W.W.Watts in 1906 (Bryological and Lichenological Papers Presented to Wilfred Borden Schofield on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday). Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 105–121. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison, et al.. (1997). THE MOSSES OF THE YARRANGOBILLY CAVES DISTRICT, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA A REVIEW OF THE MOSSES COLLECTED BY THE REVEREND W. W. WATTS IN 1906. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 82. 105–121. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison & P. M. Selkirk. (1993). BRYOPHYTES ON THE CALCAREOUS SOILS OF MUNGO NATIONAL PARK, AN ARID AREA OF SOUTHERN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 53(1). 13–23. 36 indexed citations
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Downing, Alison. (1992). Distribution of Bryophytes on Limestones in Eastern Australia. The Bryologist. 95(1). 5–5. 16 indexed citations

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