Constantin M. Zohner

7.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
63 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Constantin M. Zohner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Constantin M. Zohner has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 26 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Constantin M. Zohner's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Constantin M. Zohner is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (29 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers). Constantin M. Zohner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and Germany. Constantin M. Zohner's co-authors include Susanne S. Renner, Thomas W. Crowther, Jean‐François Bastin, Devin Routh, Danilo Mollicone, Marcelo Rezende, Yelena Finegold, Claude García, Lidong Mo and Yann Vitasse and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Constantin M. Zohner

58 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The global tree restorati... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2020 2022 2021 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The global tree restoration potential
    2019 1.3k citations Jean‐François Bastin, Yelena Finegold et al. Science profile →
  2. Climate Change and Phenological Mismatch in Trophic Interactions Among Plants, Insects, and Vertebrates
    2018 413 citations Susanne S. Renner, Constantin M. Zohner profile →
  3. Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees
    2020 254 citations Thomas W. Crowther, Lidong Mo et al. Science profile →
  4. Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities
    2022 230 citations Lei Zhang, Lin Yang et al. profile →
  5. The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass
    2021 190 citations Haozhi Ma, Lidong Mo et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
  6. Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice
    2023 83 citations Constantin M. Zohner, Susanne S. Renner et al. Science profile →
  7. Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation
    2025 15 citations Xinyi Zhang, Xiaoyue Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Constantin M. Zohner Switzerland 26 2.3k 1.3k 1.1k 714 694 63 4.0k
Junhu Dai China 29 2.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 649 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 843 1.2× 114 4.4k
Antonio Trabucco Italy 31 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 878 0.8× 545 0.8× 682 1.0× 69 4.4k
Jan Wild Czechia 31 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.9× 613 0.9× 943 1.4× 78 4.8k
Robert J. Zomer China 23 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 814 0.7× 509 0.7× 605 0.9× 44 4.4k
Jingyun Fang China 36 1.9k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 2.0k 1.8× 970 1.4× 959 1.4× 85 4.7k
Mark S. Ashton United States 38 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 2.2k 2.0× 294 0.4× 639 0.9× 152 4.7k
Nicole Estrella Germany 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 941 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 1.2k 1.8× 58 4.2k
Guillermo Martínez Pastur Argentina 32 2.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 2.3k 2.1× 312 0.4× 628 0.9× 245 4.8k
Anna Barbati Italy 30 3.4k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 1.8k 1.6× 273 0.4× 308 0.4× 79 4.7k
Erich Tasser Italy 45 3.7k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 319 0.4× 473 0.7× 130 5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tombeur, Félix de, Susan E. Hartley, Constantin M. Zohner, et al.. (2025). Convergent evidence for the temperature-dependent emergence of silicification in terrestrial plants. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1155–1155. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinyi, Xiaoyue Wang, Constantin M. Zohner, et al.. (2025). Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 910–910. 15 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crowther, Thomas W., et al.. (2025). A globally consistent negative effect of edge on aboveground forest biomass. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(11). 2036–2045.
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Zhang, Lei, Lin Yang, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2025). Mapping global distributions, environmental controls, and uncertainties of apparent topsoil and subsoil organic carbon turnover times. Earth system science data. 17(6). 2605–2623. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhaofei, Constantin M. Zohner, Yann Vitasse, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing mechanisms enable dioecious trees to maintain synchrony in spring budburst under climate warming. New Phytologist. 247(4). 1655–1665.
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Crowther, Thomas W., T. Bruce Lauber, Sebastian Schemm, et al.. (2025). Forest edges are globally warmer than interiors and exceed optimal temperatures for vegetation productivity. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 635–635. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Yongshuo H., Deliang Chen, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2025). Increased early-season productivity drives earlier peak of vegetation photosynthesis across the Northern Hemisphere. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Yunpeng, Constantin M. Zohner, Thomas W. Crowther, et al.. (2024). Internal physiological drivers of leaf development in trees: Understanding the relationship between non‐structural carbohydrates and leaf phenology. Functional Ecology. 4 indexed citations
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Yun, Hanbo, Philippe Ciais, Qing Zhu, et al.. (2024). Changes in above- versus belowground biomass distribution in permafrost regions in response to climate warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(25). e2314036121–e2314036121. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Jialing, Jun Wang, Chaoyang Wu, et al.. (2024). Earlier peak photosynthesis timing potentially escalates global wildfires. National Science Review. 11(9). nwae292–nwae292. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yongzhe, Xiaoming Feng, Bojie Fu, et al.. (2023). Maps with 1 km resolution reveal increases in above- and belowground forest biomass carbon pools in China over the past 20 years. Earth system science data. 15(2). 897–910. 48 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhaofei, Shuxin Wang, Yongshuo H. Fu, et al.. (2022). Spatial Difference of Interactive Effect Between Temperature and Daylength on Ginkgo Budburst. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 887226–887226. 4 indexed citations
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Vitasse, Yann, Frederik Baumgarten, Constantin M. Zohner, et al.. (2022). The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts. Nature Climate Change. 12(4). 300–302. 76 indexed citations
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Zohner, Constantin M., et al.. (2021). How changes in spring and autumn phenology translate into growth‐experimental evidence of asymmetric effects. Journal of Ecology. 109(7). 2717–2728. 22 indexed citations
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Baumgarten, Frederik, Constantin M. Zohner, Arthur Geßler, & Yann Vitasse. (2021). Chilled to be forced: the best dose to wake up buds from winter dormancy. New Phytologist. 230(4). 1366–1377. 67 indexed citations
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Fu, Yongshuo H., Xuan Zhang, Shilong Piao, et al.. (2019). Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf‐out at the optimal time. Global Change Biology. 25(7). 2410–2418. 96 indexed citations
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Bastin, Jean‐François, Yelena Finegold, Claude García, et al.. (2019). The global tree restoration potential. Science. 365(6448). 76–79. 1345 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fu, Yongshuo H., Xiaojun Geng, Fanghua Hao, et al.. (2019). Shortened temperature‐relevant period of spring leaf‐out in temperate‐zone trees. Global Change Biology. 25(12). 4282–4290. 21 indexed citations
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Zohner, Constantin M., et al.. (2019). Rising air humidity during spring does not trigger leaf‐out in temperate woody plants. New Phytologist. 225(1). 16–20. 5 indexed citations
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Zohner, Constantin M., Lidong Mo, & Susanne S. Renner. (2018). Global warming reduces leaf-out and flowering synchrony among individuals. eLife. 7. 61 indexed citations

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