Daniel Spalink

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Spalink is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Spalink has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Daniel Spalink's work include Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (11 papers). Daniel Spalink is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies (11 papers). Daniel Spalink collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Daniel Spalink's co-authors include Ricardo Kriebel, Thomas J. Givnish, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Kenneth M. Cameron, Alejandro Zuluaga, Stephanie P. Lyon, Mercedes Ames, Brent Berger, William J. D. Iles and Mark A. Clements and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Spalink

32 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Orchid phylogenomics and multiple drivers of their extraordinary diversification

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Spalink United States	18	930	570	536	285	169	32	1.3k
Mark A. Clements Australia	17	914 1.0×	468 0.8×	502 0.9×	283 1.0×	124 0.7×	49	1.2k
Richard C. Winkworth New Zealand	18	827 0.9×	486 0.9×	531 1.0×	234 0.8×	185 1.1×	30	1.3k
Stephan Nylinder Sweden	20	569 0.6×	411 0.7×	390 0.7×	145 0.5×	154 0.9×	33	1.0k
Alison G. Nazareno Brazil	18	433 0.5×	346 0.6×	258 0.5×	208 0.7×	428 2.5×	37	973
Marlien van der Merwe Australia	18	339 0.4×	510 0.9×	439 0.8×	147 0.5×	276 1.6×	47	975
Andrea Weeks United States	18	657 0.7×	350 0.6×	339 0.6×	154 0.5×	120 0.7×	42	943
Rafael G. Albaladejo Spain	19	480 0.5×	245 0.4×	392 0.7×	230 0.8×	283 1.7×	44	821
Lone Aagesen Argentina	16	557 0.6×	277 0.5×	254 0.5×	180 0.6×	127 0.8×	37	878
Caroline Scotti‐Saintagne France	19	360 0.4×	426 0.7×	462 0.9×	268 0.9×	724 4.3×	40	1.3k
Amanda Gillies United Kingdom	11	412 0.4×	382 0.7×	399 0.7×	155 0.5×	515 3.0×	12	1.1k

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Nerlekar, Ashish N., Daniel Spalink, & Joseph W. Veldman. (2025). Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas. American Journal of Botany. 112(10). e70013–e70013. 2 indexed citations

Krieg, Christopher P., Daniel Spalink, Alan R. Lemmon, et al.. (2024). Chromosomal evolution, environmental heterogeneity, and migration drive spatial patterns of species richness in Calochortus (Liliaceae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2305228121–e2305228121. 4 indexed citations

Krupnick, Gary A., et al.. (2024). Turnover importance: Operationalizing beta diversity to quantify the generalism continuum. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(5). 951–964. 2 indexed citations

Spalink, Daniel, et al.. (2022). A global analysis of mosses reveals low phylogenetic endemism and highlights the importance of long‐distance dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 49(4). 654–667. 11 indexed citations

Larridon, Isabel, Daniel Spalink, Pedro Jiménez‐Mejías, et al.. (2021). The evolutionary history of sedges (Cyperaceae) in Madagascar. Journal of Biogeography. 48(4). 917–932. 19 indexed citations

Benítez‐Benítez, Carmen, Santiago Martín‐Bravo, Charlotte Sletten Bjorå, et al.. (2021). Geographical vs. ecological diversification inCarexsectionPhacocystis(Cyperaceae): Patterns hidden behind a twisted taxonomy. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59(4). 642–667. 16 indexed citations

Márquez‐Corro, José Ignacio, Santiago Martín‐Bravo, Pedro Jiménez‐Mejías, et al.. (2021). Macroevolutionary insights into sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae): The effects of rapid chromosome number evolution on lineage diversification. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59(4). 776–790. 21 indexed citations

Givnish, Thomas J., Ricardo Kriebel, Jeffrey P. Rose, et al.. (2020). Adaptive associations among life history, reproductive traits, environment, and origin in the Wisconsin angiosperm flora. American Journal of Botany. 107(12). 1677–1692. 5 indexed citations

Spalink, Daniel, et al.. (2019). Phylogeography, population genetics and distribution modelling reveal vulnerability of Scirpus longii (Cyperaceae) and the Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora to climate change. Molecular Ecology. 28(8). 2046–2061. 7 indexed citations

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Márquez‐Corro, José Ignacio, Santiago Martín‐Bravo, Daniel Spalink, Modesto Luceño, & Marcial Escudero. (2019). Inferring hypothesis-based transitions in clade-specific models of chromosome number evolution in sedges (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 135. 203–209. 30 indexed citations

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Alyamani, Essam J., Sarah A. Marcus, Amani El‐Kholy, et al.. (2019). Genomic analysis of the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Middle East. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4474–4474. 12 indexed citations

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Spalink, Daniel, et al.. (2019). Genomic Polymorphism Associated with the Emergence of Virulent Isolates of Mycobacterium bovis in the Nile Delta. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11657–11657. 19 indexed citations

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Alyamani, Essam J., Sarah A. Marcus, Amani El‐Kholy, et al.. (2019). Publisher Correction: Genomic analysis of the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Middle East. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 20268–20268. 1 indexed citations

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Kitanovic, Smiljka, Teri J. Orr, Daniel Spalink, et al.. (2018). Role of cytochrome P450 2B sequence variation and gene copy number in facilitating dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores. Molecular Ecology. 27(3). 723–736. 19 indexed citations

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Spalink, Daniel, Marcial Escudero, Andrew L. Hipp, et al.. (2018). The spatial structure of phylogenetic and functional diversity in the United States and Canada: An example using the sedge family (Cyperaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56(5). 449–465. 23 indexed citations

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Spalink, Daniel, Ricardo Kriebel, Pan Li, et al.. (2018). Spatial phylogenetics reveals evolutionary constraints on the assembly of a large regional flora. American Journal of Botany. 105(11). 1938–1950. 19 indexed citations

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Spalink, Daniel, Kevin Stoffel, Genevieve K. Walden, et al.. (2018). Comparative transcriptomics and genomic patterns of discordance in Capsiceae (Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126. 293–302. 14 indexed citations

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Givnish, Thomas J., Daniel Spalink, Mercedes Ames, et al.. (2016). Orchid historical biogeography, diversification, Antarctica and the paradox of orchid dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 43(10). 1905–1916. 127 indexed citations

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Spalink, Daniel, Bryan T. Drew, Pan Li, et al.. (2015). Evolution of geographical place and niche space: Patterns of diversification in the North American sedge (Cyperaceae) flora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 95. 183–195. 38 indexed citations

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Berger, Brent, Ricardo Kriebel, Daniel Spalink, & Kenneth J. Sytsma. (2015). Divergence times, historical biogeography, and shifts in speciation rates of Myrtales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 95. 116–136. 115 indexed citations

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