Charles G. Willis

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Charles G. Willis is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles G. Willis has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 19 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Charles G. Willis's work include Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Charles G. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Charles G. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Charles G. Willis's co-authors include Charles C. Davis, Richard B. Primack, Rafael Rubio de Casas, Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing, Kathleen Donohue, Liana T. Burghardt, Katherine Kovach, Brad R. Ruhfel, Aaron M. Ellison and Jeannine Cavender‐Bares and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Charles G. Willis

36 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

2010 699 citations Kathleen Donohue, Rafael Rubio de Casas et al. profile →
Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization

2017 277 citations Barnabas H. Daru, Daniel Park et al. New Phytologist profile →

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Bo Dalsgaard Denmark

Şerban Procheş South Africa

Patrick Weigelt Germany

François Munoz France

Keith L. McDougall Australia

Karl Hülber Austria

Anne Dubuis Switzerland

Alexander Zizka Germany

Dennis M. Hansen Switzerland

Kjell Bolmgren Sweden

Bo Dalsgaard Denmark

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Countries citing papers authored by Charles G. Willis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles G. Willis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles G. Willis

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Daru, Barnabas H., T. Jonathan Davies, Charles G. Willis, et al.. (2021). Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6983–6983. 100 indexed citations

Chiarucci, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Scale‐dependent shifts in functional and phylogenetic structure of Mediterranean island plant communities over two centuries. Journal of Ecology. 109(10). 3513–3523. 7 indexed citations

Park, Daniel, Charles G. Willis, Zhenxiang Xi, et al.. (2020). Machine learning predicts large scale declines in native plant phylogenetic diversity. New Phytologist. 227(5). 1544–1556. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunhui, Junyong Li, Charles G. Willis, & Zhen Ma. (2020). Among-population variation in seed mass for 190 Tibetan plant species: Phylogenetic pattern and ecological correlates. Global Ecology and Conservation. 23. e01163–e01163. 10 indexed citations

Fowler, Rachael M., Michael J. Bayly, Josquin Tibbits, et al.. (2020). Explaining the worldwide distributions of two highly mobile species: Cakile edentula and Cakile maritima. Journal of Biogeography. 48(3). 603–615. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Zhen, Charles G. Willis, Chunhui Zhang, et al.. (2019). Direct and indirect effect of seed size on seedling survival along an experimental light availability gradient. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 281. 64–71. 11 indexed citations

Gallinat, Amanda S., Luca Russo, E. K. Melaas, Charles G. Willis, & Richard B. Primack. (2018). Herbarium specimens show patterns of fruiting phenology in native and invasive plant species across New England. American Journal of Botany. 105(1). 31–41. 38 indexed citations

Daru, Barnabas H., Daniel Park, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2017). Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization. New Phytologist. 217(2). 939–955. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

Willis, Charles G., Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2017). Old Plants, New Tricks: Phenological Research Using Herbarium Specimens. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(7). 531–546. 235 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chunhui, Charles G. Willis, Julia A. Klein, et al.. (2017). Recovery of plant species diversity during long-term experimental warming of a species-rich alpine meadow community on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Biological Conservation. 213. 218–224. 57 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G. & Kathleen Donohue. (2016). The evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in the genus Cakile (Brassicaceae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(2). 361–376. 6 indexed citations

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Davis, Charles C., Charles G. Willis, Bryan A. Connolly, Courtland Kelly, & Aaron M. Ellison. (2015). Herbarium records are reliable sources of phenological change driven by climate and provide novel insights into species' phenological cueing mechanisms. American Journal of Botany. 102(10). 1599–1609. 187 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G., et al.. (2014). Reply to Angelo: Climate change and species loss in Thoreau's woods (Concord, Massachusetts, USA). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G., et al.. (2014). The establishment of Central American migratory corridors and the biogeographic origins of seasonally dry tropical forests in Mexico. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 433–433. 35 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G., et al.. (2014). Diversification and the evolution of dispersal ability in the tribe Brassiceae (Brassicaceae). Annals of Botany. 114(8). 1675–1686. 38 indexed citations

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Wolkovich, E. M., T. Jonathan Davies, Hanno Schaefer, et al.. (2013). Temperature‐dependent shifts in phenology contribute to the success of exotic species with climate change. American Journal of Botany. 100(7). 1407–1421. 138 indexed citations

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Schneider, Bertrand, et al.. (2012). WALDEN. 387–390. 10 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G., Marcus T. Brock, & Cynthia Weinig. (2010). Genetic variation in tolerance of competition and neighbour suppression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(7). 1412–1424. 22 indexed citations

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Willis, Charles G., Brad R. Ruhfel, Richard B. Primack, et al.. (2010). Favorable Climate Change Response Explains Non-Native Species' Success in Thoreau's Woods. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8878–e8878. 202 indexed citations

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Weinig, Cynthia, Jill A. Johnston, Charles G. Willis, & Julin Maloof. (2007). ANTAGONISTIC MULTILEVEL SELECTION ON SIZE AND ARCHITECTURE IN VARIABLE DENSITY SETTINGS. Evolution. 61(1). 58–67. 39 indexed citations

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