Andy Hector

53.6k total citations · 14 hit papers
105 papers, 26.1k citations indexed

About

Andy Hector is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy Hector has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 26.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Andy Hector's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (80 papers), Plant and animal studies (34 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Andy Hector is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (80 papers), Plant and animal studies (34 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Andy Hector collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Andy Hector's co-authors include Michel Loreau, Bernhard Schmid, David A. Wardle, David U. Hooper, Pablo Inchausti, John H. Lawton, Robert Bagchi, Andy Purvis, Yann Hautier and Pascal A. Niklaus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andy Hector

103 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSE... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2005 2001 2001 2011 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
    2005 5.7k citations Andy Hector, John H. Lawton et al. profile →
  2. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
    2001 3.4k citations Michel Loreau, Andy Hector et al. profile →
  3. Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments
    2001 2.4k citations Michel Loreau, Andy Hector Nature profile →
  4. High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services
    2011 1.1k citations Forest Isbell, Andy Hector et al. Nature profile →
  5. Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity
    2007 1.1k citations Bradley J. Cardinale, Justin P. Wright et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication
    2009 1.1k citations Yann Hautier, Pascal A. Niklaus et al. profile →
  7. Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions
    2015 987 citations Tom H. Oliver, Matthew S. Heard et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  8. Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality
    2007 940 citations Andy Hector, Robert Bagchi Nature profile →
  9. Getting the measure of biodiversity
    2000 902 citations Andy Purvis, Andy Hector Nature profile →
  10. Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions
    2014 662 citations Forest Isbell, Andy Hector et al. profile →
  11. Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats
    2015 548 citations Forest Isbell, Nico Eisenhauer et al. profile →
  12. Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales
    2017 490 citations Forest Isbell, Andrew Gonzalez et al. Nature profile →
  13. How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists
    2011 462 citations Mark Rees, Andy Hector et al. profile →
  14. Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels
    2014 390 citations Michael J. O’Brien, Christopher D. Philipson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andy Hector United Kingdom 50 14.1k 9.1k 8.3k 7.2k 5.1k 105 26.1k
David U. Hooper United States 31 13.0k 0.9× 11.0k 1.2× 8.4k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 41 27.0k
James B. Grace United States 74 13.3k 0.9× 14.1k 1.6× 8.1k 1.0× 6.0k 0.8× 6.0k 1.2× 210 28.7k
Sandra Dı́az Argentina 67 16.4k 1.2× 8.9k 1.0× 11.3k 1.4× 8.4k 1.2× 6.9k 1.4× 186 30.8k
Carla M. D’Antonio United States 59 12.7k 0.9× 12.0k 1.3× 8.1k 1.0× 6.2k 0.9× 6.4k 1.3× 172 24.6k
Bradley J. Cardinale United States 57 9.8k 0.7× 9.4k 1.0× 6.3k 0.8× 5.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 132 23.5k
Éric Garnier France 53 16.2k 1.1× 5.8k 0.6× 7.2k 0.9× 9.3k 1.3× 8.1k 1.6× 113 24.1k
Osvaldo E. Sala United States 82 15.6k 1.1× 14.9k 1.6× 15.8k 1.9× 6.2k 0.9× 6.2k 1.2× 205 36.6k
Scott L. Collins United States 81 12.9k 0.9× 11.1k 1.2× 9.7k 1.2× 4.9k 0.7× 4.8k 0.9× 325 24.3k
J. Philip Grime United Kingdom 47 15.0k 1.1× 8.8k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 8.7k 1.2× 8.6k 1.7× 74 24.4k
Diana H. Wall United States 69 8.1k 0.6× 15.5k 1.7× 5.4k 0.6× 5.5k 0.8× 6.0k 1.2× 194 29.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buckley, Yvonne M., Amy T. Austin, Richard D. Bardgett, et al.. (2024). The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate. Journal of Ecology. 112(11). 2424–2431. 2 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Michael J., Andy Hector, Robert C. Ong, & Christopher D. Philipson. (2024). Tree growth and survival are more sensitive to high rainfall than drought in an aseasonal forest in Malaysia. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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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
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Cesarz, Simone, Dylan Craven, Harald Auge, et al.. (2022). Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(5). 872–885. 29 indexed citations
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Schmid, Bernhard, Martin Schmitz, Michael Rzanny, et al.. (2022). Removing subordinate species in a biodiversity experiment to mimic observational field studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 53–62. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengfei, Mariet M. Hefting, Merel B. Soons, et al.. (2020). Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short‐term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution. 10(18). 10116–10129. 10 indexed citations
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Hautier, Yann, Eva Vojtech, & Andy Hector. (2018). The importance of competition for light depends on productivity and disturbance. Ecology and Evolution. 8(22). 10655–10661. 26 indexed citations
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Isbell, Forest, Andrew Gonzalez, Michel Loreau, et al.. (2017). Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales. Nature. 546(7656). 65–72. 490 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oliver, Tom H., Matthew S. Heard, Nick J. B. Isaac, et al.. (2015). Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30(11). 673–684. 987 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmid, Bernhard, Helge Bruelheide, Xiulian Chi, et al.. (2013). Biodiversity Promotes Tree Growth during Succession in Subtropical Forest. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e81246–e81246. 103 indexed citations
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Turnbull, Lindsay A., Jonathan M. Levine, Michel Loreau, & Andy Hector. (2012). Coexistence, niches and biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning. Ecology Letters. 16(s1). 116–127. 132 indexed citations
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Steudel, Bastian, Andy Hector, Thomas Friedl, et al.. (2012). Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients. Ecology Letters. 15(12). 1397–1405. 142 indexed citations
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Hector, Andy, D. Fowler, Ruth Nussbaum, M. Weilenmann, & R. P. D. Walsh. (2011). The future of South East Asian rainforests in a changing landscape and climate. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 366(1582). 3165–3167. 8 indexed citations
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Hautier, Yann, Philippe Saner, Christopher D. Philipson, et al.. (2010). Effects of Seed Predators of Different Body Size on Seed Mortality in Bornean Logged Forest. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11651–e11651. 24 indexed citations
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Felten, Stefanie von, Andy Hector, Nina Buchmann, et al.. (2009). Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness. Ecology. 90(5). 1389–1399. 116 indexed citations
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Vojtech, Eva, Michel Loreau, Shigeo Yachi, Eva Spehn, & Andy Hector. (2008). Light partitioning in experimental grass communities. Oikos. 117(9). 1351–1361. 48 indexed citations
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Cardinale, Bradley J., Justin P. Wright, Marc W. Cadotte, et al.. (2007). Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(46). 18123–18128. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loreau, Michel & Andy Hector. (2001). Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments. Nature. 412(6842). 72–76. 2368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Joshi, Jasmin, Bernhard Schmid, Maria C. Caldeira, et al.. (2001). Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species. Ecology Letters. 4(6). 536–544. 369 indexed citations
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Purvis, Andy & Andy Hector. (2000). Getting the measure of biodiversity. Nature. 405(6783). 212–219. 902 indexed citations breakdown →

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