David Walmsley

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 682 citations indexed

About

David Walmsley is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David Walmsley has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 682 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David Walmsley's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). David Walmsley is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). David Walmsley collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. David Walmsley's co-authors include Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Werner Härdtle, Henrik von Wehrden, Jan Hanspach, Harald Heinrichs, Pim Martens, Daniel J. Lang, David J. Abson, Stefan Baumgärtner and Joern Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

David Walmsley

20 papers receiving 664 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.

Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

2014 304 citations David J. Abson, Henrik von Wehrden et al. Ecological Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Walmsley Germany	12	345	153	139	85	83	22	682
Fabrizio Albanito United Kingdom	14	230 0.7×	162 1.1×	178 1.3×	94 1.1×	30 0.4×	24	659
Lívia Cristina Pinto Dias Brazil	10	436 1.3×	165 1.1×	140 1.0×	38 0.4×	81 1.0×	17	872
M. van Eupen Netherlands	16	608 1.8×	164 1.1×	65 0.5×	34 0.4×	106 1.3×	44	1.1k
A. A. Romanovskaya Russia	9	296 0.9×	211 1.4×	160 1.2×	51 0.6×	36 0.4×	31	735
G. Tuck United Kingdom	5	337 1.0×	134 0.9×	72 0.5×	39 0.5×	50 0.6×	6	753
Birgitta Putzenlechner Germany	8	225 0.7×	176 1.2×	76 0.5×	26 0.3×	67 0.8×	18	557
Christiane Cavalcante Leite Brazil	5	324 0.9×	165 1.1×	121 0.9×	23 0.3×	79 1.0×	6	577
Chunxia Lu China	14	433 1.3×	141 0.9×	84 0.6×	25 0.3×	92 1.1×	56	744
Avery Cohn United States	19	519 1.5×	275 1.8×	184 1.3×	43 0.5×	130 1.6×	27	1.1k
Benjamin DeAngelo United States	11	242 0.7×	177 1.2×	231 1.7×	101 1.2×	29 0.3×	15	730

Countries citing papers authored by David Walmsley

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Walmsley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Walmsley

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

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Temperton, Vicky M., et al.. (2025). How to promote spider diversity of heathlands: impact of management intensity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 34(3). 1057–1070.

Fichtner, Andreas, et al.. (2022). Competitive interactions shape plant responses to nitrogen fertilization and drought: evidence from a microcosm experiment with Lilium bulbiferum L. and Secale cereale L.. Plant Ecology. 223(4). 437–451.

Walmsley, David, Benjamin M. Delory, I. Alonso, Vicky M. Temperton, & Werner Härdtle. (2021). Ensuring the Long-Term Provision of Heathland Ecosystem Services—The Importance of a Functional Perspective in Management Decision Frameworks. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 7 indexed citations

Ibe, K. M., David Walmsley, Andreas Fichtner, et al.. (2020). Provenance- and life-history stage-specific responses of the dwarf shrub Calluna vulgaris to elevated vapour pressure deficit. Plant Ecology. 221(12). 1219–1232. 5 indexed citations

Camino‐Serrano, Marta, Bertrand Guenet, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, et al.. (2018). ORCHIDEE-SOM: modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe. Geoscientific model development. 11(3). 937–957. 60 indexed citations

Friedlingstein, Pierre, Ronny Lauerwald, Jing Tang, et al.. (2018). Representation of dissolved organic carbon in the JULES land surface model (vn4.4_JULES-DOCM). Geoscientific model development. 11(2). 593–609. 28 indexed citations

Walmsley, David, Jan Siemens, Reimo Kindler, et al.. (2018). Reduced nitrate leaching from an Irish cropland soil under non-inversion tillage with cover cropping greatly outweighs increased dissolved organic nitrogen leaching. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 265. 340–349. 19 indexed citations

Niemeyer, Thomas, Andreas Fichtner, Kirstin Jansen, et al.. (2017). Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition alters growth responses of European beech (Fagus sylvativa L.) to climate change. Environmental Pollution. 233. 92–98. 19 indexed citations

Fichtner, Andreas, Leonor Calvo, Elena Marcos, et al.. (2017). Phenotypic Plasticity Explains Response Patterns of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Saplings to Nitrogen Fertilization and Drought Events. Forests. 8(3). 91–91. 16 indexed citations

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Walmsley, David, Rob Bailis, & Alexandra‐Maria Klein. (2016). A Global Synthesis of Jatropha Cultivation: Insights into Land Use Change and Management Practices. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(17). 8993–9002. 11 indexed citations

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Bailis, Rob, Patric Brandt, Heidi Hirsch, et al.. (2016). A novel bioenergy feedstock in Latin America? Cultivation potential of Acrocomia aculeata under current and future climate conditions. Biomass and Bioenergy. 91. 186–195. 36 indexed citations

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Härdtle, Werner, Thomas Niemeyer, Andreas Fichtner, et al.. (2014). Climate imprints on tree-ring δ15N signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water availability. Ecological Indicators. 45. 45–50. 8 indexed citations

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Abson, David J., Henrik von Wehrden, Stefan Baumgärtner, et al.. (2014). Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability. Ecological Economics. 103. 29–37. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lüdeke‐Freund, Florian, Rob Bailis, Roger Burritt, et al.. (2013). Insights into Jatropha Projects Worldwide - Key Facts & Figures from a Global Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations

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Lüdeke‐Freund, Florian, Rob Bailis, Roger Burritt, et al.. (2012). Insights into Jatropha Projects Worldwide. 5 indexed citations

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Lüdeke‐Freund, Florian, et al.. (2012). Sustainable Plant Oil Production for Aviation Fuels - Assessment Challenges and Consequences for New Feedstock Concepts. 4 indexed citations

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Lüdeke‐Freund, Florian, et al.. (2012). Sustainable plant oil production for aviation fuels. Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal. 3(2). 186–217. 17 indexed citations

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Walmsley, David, Jan Siemens, Reimo Kindler, et al.. (2011). Dissolved carbon leaching from an Irish cropland soil is increased by reduced tillage and cover cropping. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 142(3-4). 393–402. 41 indexed citations

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Preston, T. R., et al.. (1993). Feed resources for milk production in the tropics.. 139–152. 1 indexed citations

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Walmsley, David & Tobago. (1978). Effect of fertilizers on growth and composition of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) in Tobago, West Indies. 9 indexed citations

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