C. E. Timothy Paine

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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C. E. Timothy Paine is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, C. E. Timothy Paine has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in C. E. Timothy Paine's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). C. E. Timothy Paine is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). C. E. Timothy Paine collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and French Guiana. C. E. Timothy Paine's co-authors include Christopher Baraloto, Jérôme Chave, Charles W. Fox, Bruno Hérault, Andy Hector, Lindsay A. Turnbull, Kyle E. Harms, Drew W. Purves, Toby R. Marthews and Mark Rees and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

C. E. Timothy Paine

54 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

2013 681 citations David Mouillot, David R. Bellwood et al. PLoS Biology profile →
How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists

2011 462 citations C. E. Timothy Paine, Andy Hector et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. E. Timothy Paine United States	31	2.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	732	54	4.2k
Vigdis Vandvik Norway	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	690 0.9×	135	4.3k
Carlos Alfredo Joly Brazil	37	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	473 0.6×	126	5.2k
Drew W. Purves United Kingdom	43	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	971 1.3×	70	5.1k
Jane A. Catford Australia	29	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	940 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	630 0.9×	80	4.0k
Anthony G. Rebelo South Africa	31	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	974 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	69	4.1k
Kevin J. Walker United Kingdom	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	595 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	719 1.0×	72	3.4k
Zaal Kikvidze Georgia	26	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	985 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	749 1.0×	83	4.9k
José Maria Cardoso da Silva Brazil	29	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	700 1.0×	74	4.4k
Elizabeth Losos United States	13	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.8×	796 1.1×	17	4.6k
Fernando Casanoves Costa Rica	28	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	482 0.7×	117	4.6k

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Elliott, Todd F., C. E. Timothy Paine, Guy Ballard, et al.. (2023). The dingo (Canis familiaris) as a secondary disperser of mycorrhizal fungal spores. Wildlife Research. 51(1). 4 indexed citations

Beck, Harald, et al.. (2021). Negative density dependence in the mortality and growth of tropical tree seedlings is strong, and primarily caused by fungal pathogens. Journal of Ecology. 109(4). 1909–1918. 14 indexed citations

Krachler, Anne Marie, et al.. (2021). Defective phagocyte association during infection of Galleria mellonella with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is detrimental to both insect host and microbe. Virulence. 12(1). 638–653. 12 indexed citations

Both, Sabine, Terhi Riutta, C. E. Timothy Paine, et al.. (2018). Logging and soil nutrients independently explain plant trait expression in tropical forests. New Phytologist. 221(4). 1853–1865. 63 indexed citations

Paine, C. E. Timothy, et al.. (2018). Natural selection and outbreeding depression suggest adaptive differentiation in the invasive range of a clonal plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1882). 20181091–20181091. 10 indexed citations

Li, Xuefei, Bernhard Schmid, Fei Wang, & C. E. Timothy Paine. (2016). Net Assimilation Rate Determines the Growth Rates of 14 Species of Subtropical Forest Trees. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150644–e0150644. 49 indexed citations

Mouillot, David, David R. Bellwood, Christopher Baraloto, et al.. (2013). Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems. PLoS Biology. 11(5). e1001569–e1001569. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

Courtois, Élodie A., Christopher Baraloto, C. E. Timothy Paine, et al.. (2012). Differences in volatile terpene composition between the bark and leaves of tropical tree species. Phytochemistry. 82. 81–88. 31 indexed citations

Paine, C. E. Timothy, Christopher D. Philipson, Philippe Saner, et al.. (2012). Differential growth responses in seedlings of ten species of Dipterocarpaceae to experimental shading and defoliation. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 28(4). 377–384. 14 indexed citations

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Baraloto, Christopher, Olivier J. Hardy, C. E. Timothy Paine, et al.. (2012). Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities. Journal of Ecology. 100(3). 690–701. 187 indexed citations

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Paine, C. E. Timothy, Natalia Norden, Jérôme Chave, et al.. (2011). Phylogenetic density dependence and environmental filtering predict seedling mortality in a tropical forest. Ecology Letters. 15(1). 34–41. 117 indexed citations

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Shipley, Bill, C. E. Timothy Paine, & Christopher Baraloto. (2011). Quantifying the importance of local niche‐based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assembly. Ecology. 93(4). 760–769. 84 indexed citations

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Sarmiento, Carolina, et al.. (2010). Within-individual variation of trunk and branch xylem density in tropical trees. American Journal of Botany. 98(1). 140–149. 40 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Paul R., Heather A. Passmore, William Platt, et al.. (2010). Does pyrogenicity protect burning plants?. Ecology. 91(12). 3481–3486. 78 indexed citations

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Paine, C. E. Timothy, Clément Stahl, Élodie A. Courtois, et al.. (2010). Functional explanations for variation in bark thickness in tropical rain forest trees. Functional Ecology. 24(6). 1202–1210. 133 indexed citations

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Paine, C. E. Timothy & Kyle E. Harms. (2009). Quantifying the effects of seed arrival and environmental conditions on tropical seedling community structure. Oecologia. 160(1). 139–150. 36 indexed citations

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Courtois, Élodie A., C. E. Timothy Paine, Didier Stien, et al.. (2009). Diversity of the Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by 55 Species of Tropical Trees: a Survey in French Guiana. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35(11). 1349–1362. 64 indexed citations

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Terborgh, John, Gabriela Núñez-Iturri, Nigel C. A. Pitman, et al.. (2008). TREE RECRUITMENT IN AN EMPTY FOREST. Ecology. 89(6). 1757–1768. 354 indexed citations

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Paine, C. E. Timothy & Harald Beck. (2007). SEED PREDATION BY NEOTROPICAL RAIN FOREST MAMMALS INCREASES DIVERSITY IN SEEDLING RECRUITMENT. Ecology. 88(12). 3076–3087. 90 indexed citations

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Harms, Kyle E. & C. E. Timothy Paine. (2003). Regeneración de árboles tropicales e implicaciones para el manejo de bosques naturales. Ecosistemas: Revista científica y técnica de ecología y medio ambiente. 12(3). 1–16. 3 indexed citations

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