Christopher H. Lusk

16.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher H. Lusk is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher H. Lusk has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Christopher H. Lusk's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (85 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (43 papers) and Forest ecology and management (28 papers). Christopher H. Lusk is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (85 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (43 papers) and Forest ecology and management (28 papers). Christopher H. Lusk collaborates with scholars based in Chile, New Zealand and Australia. Christopher H. Lusk's co-authors include Peter B. Reich, Ian J. Wright, David I. Warton, Mark Westoby, Daniel S. Falster, Alfredo Saldaña, Frida I. Piper, Hendrik Poorter, Mylthon Jiménez‐Castillo and Ülo Niinemets and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Christopher H. Lusk

113 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

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Noriyuki Osada Japan

Pilar Castro‐Díez Spain

Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht Panama

Kihachiro Kikuzawa Japan

Horacio Paz Mexico

Pieter Poot Australia

T. Matthew Robson Finland

J. H. C. Cornelissen Netherlands

Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini Italy

Luís Balaguer Spain

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Lusk, Christopher H., Ian A. Dickie, Kathryn Allen, et al.. (2025). Soil carbon:nitrogen ratios explain successional trajectories in the mycorrhizal makeup of south‐temperate humid forests. Ecology. 106(7). e70169–e70169. 1 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., Roberto Godoy, Pablo J. Donoso, & Ian A. Dickie. (2024). Soil nutrient availability and understorey composition beneath plantations of ecto- and arbuscular mycorrhizal Chilean native trees. Plant and Soil. 501(1-2). 657–668. 1 indexed citations

McCarthy, James K., et al.. (2024). Ecological succession shapes size–density scaling relationships of trees and soil invertebrates. Functional Ecology. 38(10). 2156–2168. 2 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., et al.. (2023). Canopy structure and understorey light availability in Nothofagus and podocarp-broadleaf stands in a New Zealand forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 62(4). 549–559. 2 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., et al.. (2021). Dynamics of southern beech (Nothofagaceae) stands in the lowland North Island of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 60(3). 227–254. 4 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., Susan K. Wiser, & Daniel C. Laughlin. (2020). Climate influences the value of a plant structural defence against browsing. Journal of Ecology. 109(3). 1411–1423. 4 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., et al.. (2019). Differential effects of elevation on leaf size of overstorey and understorey species in a temperate rainforest. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57(1). 39–49. 6 indexed citations

Hamilton, David P., et al.. (2019). Long‐term changes in the water quality of a deep temperate oligotrophic lake in response to catchment disturbance: evidence from sediment cores. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 53(4). 571–587. 2 indexed citations

Lusk, Christopher H., et al.. (2018). Evidence that emergent Nothofagus dombeyi do not depress carbon sequestration rates of canopy species in an old‐growth Chilean temperate forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 56(3). 311–322. 3 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H., et al.. (2017). Independent contrasts reveal climatic relationships of divaricate plants in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 55(3). 225–240. 3 indexed citations

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Piper, Frida I., et al.. (2017). Global patterns of insect herbivory in gap and understorey environments, and their implications for woody plant carbon storage. Oikos. 127(4). 483–496. 13 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H., Mylthon Jiménez‐Castillo, Roxana Aragón, et al.. (2016). Testing for functional convergence of temperate rainforest tree assemblages in Chile and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 175–203. 10 indexed citations

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McGlone, Matt S., Christopher H. Lusk, & Juan J. Armestó. (2016). Biogeography and ecology of south‐temperate forests. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 94–99. 4 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H. & Michael J. Clearwater. (2015). Leaf temperatures of divaricate and broadleaved tree species during a frost in a North Island lowland forest remnant, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 53(4). 202–209. 8 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H., Richard P. Duncan, & Peter J. Bellingham. (2009). Light environments occupied by conifer and angiosperm seedlings in a New Zealand podocarp-broadleaved forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 33(1). 83–89. 19 indexed citations

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Royer, Dana L., Lawren Sack, Peter Wilf, et al.. (2007). Fossil leaf economics quantified: calibration, Eocene case study, and implications. Paleobiology. 33(4). 574–589. 111 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H. & David I. Warton. (2007). Global meta‐analysis shows that relationships of leaf mass per area with species shade tolerance depend on leaf habit and ontogeny. New Phytologist. 176(4). 764–774. 106 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H. & Colleen K. Kelly. (2003). Interspecific variation in seed size and safe sites in a temperate rain forest. New Phytologist. 158(3). 535–541. 49 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H.. (2002). Basal area in a New Zealand podocarp‐broadleaved forest: Are coniferous and angiosperm components independent?. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 40(1). 143–147. 20 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H.. (1996). Gradient analysis and disturbance history of temperate rain forests of the coast range summit plateau, valdivia, chile. Revista chilena de historia natural. 69(3). 401–411. 29 indexed citations

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