Anna Sala

13.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
84 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Anna Sala is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Sala has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Anna Sala's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (53 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (28 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (27 papers). Anna Sala is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (53 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (28 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (27 papers). Anna Sala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Anna Sala's co-authors include Francisco Lloret, Günter Hoch, Eric G. Keeling, Frida I. Piper, Frederick C. Meinzer, David R. Woodruff, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Sharon M. Hood, John Tenhunen and Josep Piñol and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Anna Sala

84 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Components of tree resilience: effects of successive low‐... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2012 2015 2013 2016 200 400 600
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. Components of tree resilience: effects of successive low‐growth episodes in old ponderosa pine forests
    2011 722 citations Francisco Lloret, Eric G. Keeling et al. profile →
  2. Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?
    2012 653 citations Anna Sala et al. Tree Physiology profile →
  3. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate
    2015 648 citations William R. L. Anderegg, Jeffrey A. Hicke et al. New Phytologist profile →
  4. Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants
    2013 605 citations Anna Sala et al. profile →
  5. Dynamics of non‐structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: a global synthesis
    2016 506 citations Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Anna Sala et al. Ecological Monographs profile →
  6. Physiological mechanisms of drought‐induced tree mortality are far from being resolved
    2010 505 citations Anna Sala, Frida I. Piper et al. New Phytologist profile →
  7. Wildfires and climate change push low-elevation forests across a critical climate threshold for tree regeneration
    2019 343 citations Kimberley T. Davis, Solomon Z. Dobrowski et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi?
    2024 36 citations Anna Sala et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna Sala United States 42 6.4k 3.8k 3.0k 2.5k 2.0k 84 8.3k
Alison K. Macalady United States 11 6.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 3.6k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 16 8.8k
M. Vennetier France 20 5.0k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 53 6.8k
Thomas E. Kolb United States 57 9.7k 1.5× 5.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 3.6k 1.8× 182 12.5k
Frank Berninger Finland 44 4.3k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 192 6.4k
Matthias Dobbertin Switzerland 45 4.5k 0.7× 4.2k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 92 7.3k
B. E. Ewers United States 46 6.3k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 3.2k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 123 8.2k
Günter Hoch Switzerland 50 5.3k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 956 0.5× 106 7.6k
Romà Ogaya Spain 43 3.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 2.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 107 6.8k
Н.А. Демидова Russia 5 4.4k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 14 5.7k
Frank J. Sterck Netherlands 48 4.6k 0.7× 4.9k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 936 0.5× 163 8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Sala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cabon, Antoine, Richard L. Peters, Patrick Fonti, et al.. (2025). Generalized Stomatal Optimization of Evolutionary Fitness Proxies for Predicting Plant Gas Exchange Under Drought, Heatwaves, and Elevated CO2. Global Change Biology. 31(1). e70049–e70049. 4 indexed citations
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Tepley, Alan J., et al.. (2024). Long-term sensitivity of ponderosa pine axial resin ducts to harvesting and prescribed burning. Forest Ecology and Management. 572. 122301–122301. 1 indexed citations
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Moss, Wynne E., Shelley D. Crausbay, Imtiaz Rangwala, et al.. (2024). Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century. BioScience. 74(8). 524–538. 15 indexed citations
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Sapes, Gerard & Anna Sala. (2021). Relative water content consistently predicts drought mortality risk in seedling populations with different morphology, physiology and times to death. Plant Cell & Environment. 44(10). 3322–3335. 58 indexed citations
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Tepley, Alan J., Sharon M. Hood, Christopher R. Keyes, & Anna Sala. (2020). Forest Restoration Treatments in a Ponderosa Pine Forest Enhance Physiological Activity and Growth Under Climatic Stress. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 101(4). 2 indexed citations
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Sala, Anna. (2020). Psicoterapia multifamiliar en la psicosis incipiente: Un enfoque interdisciplinar y comunitario. 63–83. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Kimberley T., Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Philip E. Higuera, et al.. (2019). Wildfires and climate change push low-elevation forests across a critical climate threshold for tree regeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(13). 6193–6198. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davis, Kimberley T., Philip E. Higuera, & Anna Sala. (2018). Anticipating fire‐mediated impacts of climate change using a demographic framework. Functional Ecology. 32(7). 1729–1745. 64 indexed citations
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Nelson, Cara R., et al.. (2018). Ecological effects and effectiveness of silvicultural restoration treatments in whitebark pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 429. 534–548. 16 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Vilalta, Jordi, Anna Sala, Dolores Asensio, et al.. (2016). Dynamics of non‐structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: a global synthesis. Ecological Monographs. 86(4). 495–516. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anderegg, William R. L., Jeffrey A. Hicke, Rosie A. Fisher, et al.. (2015). Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate. New Phytologist. 208(3). 674–683. 648 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hood, Sharon M. & Anna Sala. (2015). Ponderosa pine resin defenses and growth: metrics matter. Tree Physiology. 35(11). tpv098–tpv098. 100 indexed citations
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Gremer, Jennifer R. & Anna Sala. (2012). It is risky out there: the costs of emergence and the benefits of prolonged dormancy. Oecologia. 172(4). 937–947. 23 indexed citations
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Gremer, Jennifer R., Anna Sala, & Elizabeth E. Crone. (2010). Disappearing plants: why they hide and how they return. Ecology. 91(11). 3407–3413. 33 indexed citations
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Sala, Anna, et al.. (2010). Interactive effects of historical logging and fire exclusion on ponderosa pine forest structure in the northern Rockies. Ecological Applications. 20(7). 1851–1864. 133 indexed citations
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DeLuca, Thomas H. & Anna Sala. (2006). FREQUENT FIRE ALTERS NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS IN PONDEROSA PINE STANDS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. Ecology. 87(10). 2511–2522. 115 indexed citations
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Sala, Anna, et al.. (2003). Xylem vulnerability to cavitation in Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus ponderosa from contrasting habitats. Tree Physiology. 23(1). 43–50. 70 indexed citations
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Sala, Anna, Eileen V. Carey, Robert E. Keane, & Ragan M. Callaway. (2001). Water use by whitebark pine and subalpine fir: potential consequences of fire exclusion in the northern Rocky Mountains. Tree Physiology. 21(11). 717–725. 17 indexed citations
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Oberbauer, Steven F., et al.. (1996). Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns of Ecosystem CO 2 Efflux from Upland Tundra in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska, U.S.A.. Arctic and Alpine Research. 28(3). 328–338. 3 indexed citations
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Sala, Anna & John Tenhunen. (1994). Site-specific water relations and stomatal response of Quercus ilex in a Mediterranean watershed. Tree Physiology. 14(6). 601–617. 103 indexed citations

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