Brian J. Wilsey

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Brian J. Wilsey is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian J. Wilsey has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 53 papers in Ecology and 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Brian J. Wilsey's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (44 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (33 papers). Brian J. Wilsey is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (44 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (33 papers). Brian J. Wilsey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Brian J. Wilsey's co-authors include H. Wayne Polley, Forest Isbell, Gray Stirling, Leanne M. Martin, Catherine Potvin, Justin Derner, Peter B. Reich, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Jasper van Ruijven and Kirk A. Moloney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Brian J. Wilsey

106 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian J. Wilsey United States	40	4.1k	2.8k	2.1k	1.8k	1.7k	107	6.9k
Robin J. Pakeman United Kingdom	46	4.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	215	7.0k
Amy J. Symstad United States	22	4.2k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	50	7.8k
Karl Grigulis France	28	4.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	42	6.7k
Dana M. Blumenthal United States	45	3.3k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	99	7.5k
Shahid Naeem United States	16	4.9k 1.2×	3.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	25	9.7k
William D. Stock Australia	41	3.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	124	6.9k
Béla Tóthmérész Hungary	52	4.0k 1.0×	3.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	256	8.6k
R.H. Marrs United Kingdom	44	3.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	287	7.2k
Anke Jentsch Germany	46	3.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	3.5k 2.0×	182	8.2k
David Ward South Africa	48	3.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	218	6.8k

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Meng, Bo, Michel Loreau, Pubin Hong, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing effects of biodiversity arise from species-specific dynamics rather than interspecific interactions in grasslands. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(10). 1837–1847. 3 indexed citations

Wilsey, Brian J., et al.. (2023). Recruitment limitation of early‐ and late‐flowering grassland forbs can be overcome with transplanting in prairie restorations. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(2). 223–235. 5 indexed citations

Wilsey, Brian J., Leanne M. Martin, Xia Xu, Forest Isbell, & H. Wayne Polley. (2023). Biodiversity: Net primary productivity relationships are eliminated by invasive species dominance. Ecology Letters. 27(1). e14342–e14342. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Chonghua, Xia Xu, Chenghui Ju, et al.. (2020). Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide. Global Change Biology. 27(6). 1170–1180. 174 indexed citations

Polley, H. Wayne, Chenghai Yang, Brian J. Wilsey, & Philip A. Fay. (2020). Temporal stability of grassland metacommunities is regulated more by community functional traits than species diversity. Ecosphere. 11(7). 15 indexed citations

Wilsey, Brian J., et al.. (2019). Monarch butterfly host plant (milkweed Asclepias spp.) abundance varies by habitat type across 98 prairies. Restoration Ecology. 27(6). 1274–1281. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Jushan, Xiaofei Li, Brian J. Wilsey, et al.. (2018). Reversal of nitrogen-induced species diversity declines mediated by change in dominant grass and litter. Oecologia. 188(3). 921–929. 21 indexed citations

Xu, Xia, H. Wayne Polley, Kirsten Hofmockel, Pedram P. Daneshgar, & Brian J. Wilsey. (2015). Plant invasions differentially affected by diversity and dominant species in native‐ and exotic‐dominated grasslands. Ecology and Evolution. 5(23). 5662–5670. 9 indexed citations

Martin, Leanne M., H. Wayne Polley, Pedram P. Daneshgar, Mary A. Harris, & Brian J. Wilsey. (2014). Biodiversity, photosynthetic mode, and ecosystem services differ between native and novel ecosystems. Oecologia. 175(2). 687–697. 33 indexed citations

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Cardinale, Bradley J., Kevin Gross, Keith J. Fritschie, et al.. (2013). Biodiversity simultaneously enhances the production and stability of community biomass, but the effects are independent. Ecology. 94(8). 1697–1707. 142 indexed citations

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Daneshgar, Pedram P., H. Wayne Polley, & Brian J. Wilsey. (2012). Simple plant traits explain functional group diversity decline in novel grassland communities of Texas. Plant Ecology. 214(2). 231–241. 9 indexed citations

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Dickson, Timothy L., Brian J. Wilsey, Ryan R. Busby, & Dick L. Gebhart. (2009). Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweetclover) causes large changes in community and ecosystem processes in both the presence and absence of a cover crop. Biological Invasions. 12(1). 65–76. 13 indexed citations

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Isbell, Forest, H. Wayne Polley, & Brian J. Wilsey. (2009). Biodiversity, productivity and the temporal stability of productivity: patterns and processes. Ecology Letters. 12(5). 443–451. 394 indexed citations

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Wilsey, Brian J.. (2008). Productivity and Subordinate Species Response to Dominant Grass Species and Seed Source during Restoration. Restoration Ecology. 18(5). 628–637. 42 indexed citations

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Dickson, Timothy L., Brian J. Wilsey, Ryan R. Busby, & Dick L. Gebhart. (2008). Grassland Plant Composition Alters Vehicular Disturbance Effects in Kansas, USA. Environmental Management. 41(5). 676–684. 14 indexed citations

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Polley, H. Wayne, Justin Derner, & Brian J. Wilsey. (2005). Patterns of Plant Species Diversity in Remnant and Restored Tallgrass Prairies. Restoration Ecology. 13(3). 480–487. 137 indexed citations

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Polley, H. Wayne, Brian J. Wilsey, & Justin Derner. (2003). Do species evenness and plant density influence the magnitude of selection and complementarity effects in annual plant species mixtures?. Ecology Letters. 6(3). 248–256. 122 indexed citations

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Wilsey, Brian J., Conchita Alonso, Timo Vuorisalo, & Tuija Honkanen. (2000). Yponomeuta evonymellus outbreaks in southern Finland: Spatial synchrony but different local magnitudes. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 37(3). 179–188. 7 indexed citations

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Wilsey, Brian J., et al.. (1998). Temporally Variable Rainfall Does Not Limit Yields of Serengeti Grasses. Oikos. 81(3). 463–463. 43 indexed citations

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Wilsey, Brian J.. (1996). Variation in use of green flushes following burns among African ungulate species: the importance of body size. African Journal of Ecology. 34(1). 32–38. 70 indexed citations

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