Benjamin Gilbert

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Gilbert is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Gilbert has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 58 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 44 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Gilbert's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (63 papers), Plant and animal studies (52 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Benjamin Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (63 papers), Plant and animal studies (52 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (28 papers). Benjamin Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Brazil and United States. Benjamin Gilbert's co-authors include Martin J. Lechowicz, Jonathan M. Levine, Charles J. Krebs, Joseph Bennett, Mary I. O’Connor, Tess Nahanni Grainger, Andrew S. MacDougall, Stan Boutin, John P. DeLong and David A. Vasseur and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Gilbert

143 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming
    2014 752 citations Benjamin Gilbert et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Benjamin Gilbert 2.8k 2.8k 2.2k 1.3k 1.0k 146 6.7k
Joseph K. Bailey 3.5k 1.2× 2.5k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 874 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 119 7.6k
Joseph A. Veech 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 894 0.7× 615 0.6× 93 4.2k
Tomas Roslin 2.4k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 3.3k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 764 0.7× 187 6.9k
Frédéric Mèdail 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 673 0.6× 131 6.5k
Denis Vile 3.8k 1.3× 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.8k 1.7× 78 8.1k
Marc T. J. Johnson 2.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 3.6k 1.6× 674 0.5× 863 0.8× 111 7.7k
Thomas A. Kursar 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 2.9k 1.3× 549 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 104 7.4k
Lindsay A. Turnbull 2.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 1.0× 432 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 62 5.7k
Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet 3.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 4.1k 1.9× 742 0.6× 930 0.9× 123 7.7k
Gottfried Jetschke 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 754 0.6× 499 0.5× 33 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Gilbert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Gilbert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Gilbert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Gilbert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Gilbert 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 Benjamin Gilbert. Benjamin Gilbert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Song, Chuliang, et al.. (2025). A geometric approach to beta diversity. Ecological Monographs. 95(1).
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Krebs, Charles J., Alice J. Kenney, Benjamin Gilbert, & Rudy Boonstra. (2023). Long‐term monitoring of cycles in Clethrionomys rutilus in the Yukon boreal forest. Integrative Zoology. 19(1). 27–36. 11 indexed citations
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Oli, Madan K., Alice J. Kenney, Rudy Boonstra, et al.. (2023). Does coat colour influence survival? A test in a cyclic population of snowshoe hares. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1996). 20221421–20221421. 8 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Stan Boutin, Rudy Boonstra, et al.. (2023). Long-term monitoring in the boreal forest reveals high spatio-temporal variability among primary ecosystem constituents. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 11 indexed citations
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Hallett, Lauren M., György Barabás, Benjamin Gilbert, et al.. (2023). Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(11). 1085–1096. 11 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Parallel responses of species diversity and functional diversity to changes in patch size are driven by distinct processes. Journal of Ecology. 109(2). 793–805. 7 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Tsukushi, et al.. (2019). Temperature-dependent variation in the extrinsic incubation period elevates the risk of vector-borne disease emergence. Epidemics. 30. 100382–100382. 43 indexed citations
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Start, Denon, et al.. (2018). Abiotic heterogeneity underlies trait‐based competition and assembly. Journal of Ecology. 107(2). 747–756. 8 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Rudy Boonstra, Alice J. Kenney, & Benjamin Gilbert. (2018). Hares and Small Rodent Cycles: a 45-year Perspective on Predator-prey Dynamics in the Yukon Boreal Forest. Australian Zoologist. 39(4). 724–732. 18 indexed citations
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Germain, Rachel M., Sharon Y. Strauss, & Benjamin Gilbert. (2017). Experimental dispersal reveals characteristic scales of biodiversity in a natural landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(17). 4447–4452. 32 indexed citations
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Start, Denon & Benjamin Gilbert. (2017). Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades. Ecology Letters. 20(3). 366–374. 65 indexed citations
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Start, Denon, et al.. (2017). Cannibalism by damselflies increases with rising temperature. Biology Letters. 13(5). 21 indexed citations
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Grainger, Tess Nahanni, et al.. (2017). An invasive herbivore structures plant competitive dynamics. Biology Letters. 13(11). 20170374–20170374. 5 indexed citations
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Start, Denon & Benjamin Gilbert. (2016). Host–parasitoid evolution in a metacommunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1831). 20160477–20160477. 18 indexed citations
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Thomson, James D., et al.. (2014). Taraxacum officinale pollen depresses seed set of montane wildflowers through pollen allelopathy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Benjamin & Jonathan M. Levine. (2013). Plant invasions and extinction debts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(5). 1744–1749. 157 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Benjamin, S. Joseph Wright‬, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Kaoru Kitajima, & Andrés Hernández. (2006). LIFE HISTORY TRADE-OFFS IN TROPICAL TREES AND LIANAS. Ecology. 87(5). 1281–1288. 186 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Benjamin, et al.. (2003). Synergy in Plant Medicines. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 10(1). 13–20. 112 indexed citations
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Krebs, Charles J., Stan Boutin, & Benjamin Gilbert. (1986). A natural feeding experiment on a declining snowshoe hare population. Oecologia. 70(2). 194–197. 27 indexed citations

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