B. H. Walker

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

B. H. Walker is a scholar working on Forestry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, B. H. Walker has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Forestry, 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in B. H. Walker's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (6 papers). B. H. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (6 papers). B. H. Walker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa. B. H. Walker's co-authors include Robert J. Scholes, F Bourlière, Monica M. Cole, Robert D. Kelly, Peter Dye, Norman Owen‐Smith, R.H. Emslie, R. T. Coupland, H.N. le Houérou and Josiane Seghieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

B. H. Walker

29 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Interactions of Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation in a Southern African Savanna

1985 423 citations B. H. Walker et al. Journal of Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. H. Walker South Africa	20	1.4k	977	901	447	438	29	2.5k
Phillip L. Sims United States	23	895 0.6×	929 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	343 0.8×	290 0.7×	58	2.8k
W.S.W. Trollope South Africa	25	2.1k 1.5×	2.0k 2.0×	1.4k 1.6×	533 1.2×	321 0.7×	47	3.1k
Fred E. Smeins United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	745 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	574 1.3×	406 0.9×	63	2.4k
O. W. Van Auken United States	22	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	253 0.6×	340 0.8×	93	2.6k
James W. Bartolome United States	25	1.1k 0.8×	609 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	208 0.5×	353 0.8×	82	2.0k
Rolando J.C. León Argentina	27	1.4k 1.0×	563 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	211 0.5×	882 2.0×	47	2.7k
A. Soriano Argentina	22	1.2k 0.8×	673 0.7×	898 1.0×	140 0.3×	612 1.4×	40	2.5k
KC Hodgkinson Australia	24	916 0.6×	627 0.6×	721 0.8×	292 0.7×	310 0.7×	49	1.8k
W. A. Laycock United States	20	1.0k 0.7×	687 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	299 0.7×	198 0.5×	53	1.9k
Margaret H. Friedel Australia	25	1.1k 0.8×	572 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	658 1.5×	330 0.8×	70	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by B. H. Walker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. H. Walker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. H. Walker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. H. Walker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. H. Walker. B. H. Walker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tongway, David J., Christian Valentin, Josiane Seghieri, J.C. Menaut, & B. H. Walker. (2001). Banded vegetation patterning in arid and semiarid environments : ecological processes and consequences for management. Springer eBooks. 95 indexed citations

Walker, B. H., et al.. (1997). Grass Growth in Response to Time of Rainfall and Season Along a Climate Gradient in Australian Rangelands.. The Rangeland Journal. 19(1). 95–108. 2 indexed citations

Stuart‐Hill, Greg, Robert J. Scholes, & B. H. Walker. (1994). An African Savanna: Synthesis of the Nylsvley Study.. Journal of Applied Ecology. 31(4). 791–791. 51 indexed citations

Walker, B. H., et al.. (1993). Rangelands and Global Change.. The Rangeland Journal. 15(1). 95–103. 11 indexed citations

Scholes, Robert J. & B. H. Walker. (1993). An African Savanna: Community and landscape pattern and change. 379 indexed citations

Walker, B. H.. (1988). Autecology, synecology, climate and livestock as agents of rangeland dynamics.. The Rangeland Journal. 10(2). 69–75. 29 indexed citations

Walker, B. H.. (1987). Determinants of tropical savannas : presentations made by savanna researchers at a workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 1985. 3 indexed citations

Walker, B. H., R.H. Emslie, Norman Owen‐Smith, & Robert J. Scholes. (1987). To Cull or Not to Cull: Lessons from a Southern African Drought. Journal of Applied Ecology. 24(2). 381–381. 153 indexed citations

Dye, Peter & B. H. Walker. (1987). Patterns of Shoot Growth in a Semi-Arid Grassland in Zimbabwe. Journal of Applied Ecology. 24(2). 633–633. 35 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H., et al.. (1985). Interactions of Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation in a Southern African Savanna. Journal of Ecology. 73(1). 235–235. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Timothy M. & B. H. Walker. (1983). The role of competition in the spacing of savanna trees. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 18(1). 159–164. 26 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H. & H.N. le Houérou. (1980). A review of browse and its role in livestock production in southern Africa.. 287(19). 7–24. 50 indexed citations

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Dye, Peter & B. H. Walker. (1980). Vegetation-Environment Relations on Sodic Soils of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Journal of Ecology. 68(2). 589–589. 52 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H., et al.. (1979). The performance of Stylosanthes guianensis accessions at two sites in coastal north and central Queensland.. Tropical grasslands. 13(1). 38–44. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H., G. A. Norton, Gordon Conway, H. N. Comins, & Martin Birley. (1978). A Procedure for Multidisciplinary Ecosystem Research: With Reference to the South African Savanna Ecosystem Project. Journal of Applied Ecology. 15(2). 481–481. 15 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H., et al.. (1978). Comparisons of Vegetation Use and Herbivore Biomass on a Rhodesian Game and Cattle Ranch. Journal of Applied Ecology. 15(2). 565–565. 43 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H.. (1976). The utilization and management of veld, with special reference to the role of the browsing animal. 1. An assessment of the ecological basis of game ranching in southern African savannas.. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 11(1). 125–130. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H.. (1974). Some Problems Arising from the Preliminary Manipulation of Plant Ecological Data For Subsequent Numerical Analysis. Journal of South African Botany. 40(1). 1–13. 6 indexed citations

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Ernst, W. H. O. & B. H. Walker. (1973). Studies on the Hydrature of Trees in Miombo Woodland in South Central Africa. Journal of Ecology. 61(3). 667–667. 20 indexed citations

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Walker, B. H. & R. T. Coupland. (1970). Herbaceous wetland vegetation in the aspen grove and grassland regions of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Botany. 48(10). 1861–1878. 29 indexed citations

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