Charles G. Willis

5.0k citations

36 papers · 3.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 23

Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 19
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 24
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
- Plant and animal studies 28
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 3
Plant Science top 1%
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance 3
- Seed Germination and Physiology 3
Ecology top 2%
Social Psychology
- Animal and Plant Science Education 3
Atmospheric Science
- Tree-ring climate responses 2

Co-authors: Charles C. Davis Richard B. Primack Rafael Rubio de Casas Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing Kathleen Donohue Liana T. Burghardt Katherine Kovach Brad R. Ruhfel
Cited by: Ecological Modeling Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Partner nations: United States China Canada

In The Last Decade

Charles G. Willis

36 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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2017 Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitization
2010 Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

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1	Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene Barnabas H. Daru,T. Jonathan Davies,Charles G. Willis,Emily K. Meineke,Argo Ronk,Martin Zobel,Meelis Pärtel,Alexandre Antonelli,Charles C. Davis	2021	100
2	Scale‐dependent shifts in functional and phylogenetic structure of Mediterranean island plant communities over two centuries Chunhui Zhang,Marc W. Cadotte,Alessandro Chiarucci,Michel Loreau,Charles G. Willis,Xingfeng Si,Lanping Li,Marcus Vinícius Cianciaruso	2021	7
3	Machine learning predicts large scale declines in native plant phylogenetic diversity Daniel Park,Charles G. Willis,Zhenxiang Xi,John Kartesz,Charles C. Davis,Steven Worthington	2020	19
4	Among-population variation in seed mass for 190 Tibetan plant species: Phylogenetic pattern and ecological correlates Chunhui Zhang,Junyong Li,Charles G. Willis,Zhen Ma	2020	10
5	Explaining the worldwide distributions of two highly mobile species: Cakile edentula and Cakile maritima Elliot C. Shaw,Rachael M. Fowler,Sara Ohadi,Michael J. Bayly,Rosemary A. Barrett,Josquin Tibbits,Allan E. Strand,Charles G. Willis,Kathleen Donohue,Philipp Robeck,Roger Cousens	2020	2
6	Direct and indirect effect of seed size on seedling survival along an experimental light availability gradient Zhen Ma,Charles G. Willis,Chunhui Zhang,Huakun Zhou,Xinquan Zhao,Shikui Dong,Buqing Yao,Xiaotao Huang,Feng-Yu Zhao,Guang-Jin Yin,Dengxian Wei,Guozhen Du	2019	11
7	Herbarium specimens show patterns of fruiting phenology in native and invasive plant species across New England Amanda S. Gallinat,Luca Russo,E. K. Melaas,Charles G. Willis,Richard B. Primack	2018	38
8	Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large‐scale digitizationbreakdown → Barnabas H. Daru,Daniel Park,Richard B. Primack,Charles G. Willis,David S. Barrington,Timothy J. S. Whitfeld,Tristram G. Seidler,Patrick W. Sweeney,David R. Foster,Aaron M. Ellison,Charles C. Davis	2017	277
9	Old Plants, New Tricks: Phenological Research Using Herbarium Specimens Charles G. Willis,Elizabeth R. Ellwood,Richard B. Primack,Charles C. Davis,Katelin D. Pearson,Amanda S. Gallinat,Jenn Yost,Gil Nelson,Susan J. Mazer,Natalie L. Rossington,Tim H. Sparks,Pamela S. Soltis	2017	235
10	Recovery of plant species diversity during long-term experimental warming of a species-rich alpine meadow community on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau Chunhui Zhang,Charles G. Willis,Julia A. Klein,Zhen Ma,Junyong Li,Huakun Zhou,Xinquan Zhao	2017	57
11	The evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in the genus Cakile (Brassicaceae) Charles G. Willis,Kathleen Donohue	2016	6
12	Herbarium records are reliable sources of phenological change driven by climate and provide novel insights into species' phenological cueing mechanisms Charles C. Davis,Charles G. Willis,Bryan A. Connolly,Courtland Kelly,Aaron M. Ellison	2015	187
13	Reply to Angelo: Climate change and species loss in Thoreau's woods (Concord, Massachusetts, USA) Charles G. Willis,Carlton Davis	2014	1
14	The establishment of Central American migratory corridors and the biogeographic origins of seasonally dry tropical forests in Mexico Charles G. Willis,Brian F. Franzone,Zhenxiang Xi,Charles C. Davis	2014	35
15	Diversification and the evolution of dispersal ability in the tribe Brassiceae (Brassicaceae) Charles G. Willis,Jocelyn C. Hall,Rafael Rubio de Casas,T. Y. Wang,Kathleen Donohue	2014	38
16	Temperature‐dependent shifts in phenology contribute to the success of exotic species with climate change E. M. Wolkovich,T. Jonathan Davies,Hanno Schaefer,Elsa E. Cleland,Benjamin I. Cook,Steven E. Travers,Charles G. Willis,Charles C. Davis	2013	138
17	WALDEN Bertrand Schneider,Matthew Tobiasz,Charles G. Willis,Chia Shen	2012	10
18	Genetic variation in tolerance of competition and neighbour suppression in Arabidopsis thaliana Charles G. Willis,Marcus T. Brock,Cynthia Weinig	2010	22
19	Favorable Climate Change Response Explains Non-Native Species' Success in Thoreau's Woods Charles G. Willis,Brad R. Ruhfel,Richard B. Primack,Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing,Jonathan B. Losos,Charles C. Davis	2010	202
20	ANTAGONISTIC MULTILEVEL SELECTION ON SIZE AND ARCHITECTURE IN VARIABLE DENSITY SETTINGS Cynthia Weinig,Jill A. Johnston,Charles G. Willis,Julin Maloof	2007	39

About Charles G. Willis

Charles G. Willis is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 36 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (3 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (3 papers), Seed Germination and Physiology (3 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.8k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.0k citations). Charles G. Willis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Frequent 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.

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