E. William Hamilton

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

E. William Hamilton is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, E. William Hamilton has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in E. William Hamilton's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers). E. William Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (9 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers). E. William Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Pakistan. E. William Hamilton's co-authors include Douglas A. Frank, Scott A. Heckathorn, Deepak Barua, James S. Coleman, S. J. McNaughton, Dawn S. Luthe, Dan Wang, Dan Wang, Dongfang Wang and Kumar P. Mainali and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

E. William Hamilton

21 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

CAN PLANTS STIMULATE SOIL MICROBES AND THEIR OWN NUTRIENT SUPPLY? EVIDENCE FROM A GRAZING TOLERANT GRASS

2001 522 citations E. William Hamilton, Douglas A. Frank Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. William Hamilton United States	16	865	522	370	349	280	21	1.6k
Jixun Guo China	25	930 1.1×	682 1.3×	521 1.4×	260 0.7×	326 1.2×	99	1.8k
Yanbao Lei China	22	1.2k 1.4×	413 0.8×	399 1.1×	438 1.3×	287 1.0×	56	1.9k
Albert Gargallo‐Garriga Spain	19	856 1.0×	322 0.6×	300 0.8×	263 0.8×	228 0.8×	43	1.5k
B. J. Hawkins Canada	26	1.0k 1.2×	283 0.5×	180 0.5×	548 1.6×	423 1.5×	88	1.6k
Fernando Alfredo Lattanzi Germany	21	935 1.1×	447 0.9×	241 0.7×	213 0.6×	513 1.8×	62	1.5k
Benjamin G. Jackson Sweden	12	695 0.8×	600 1.1×	495 1.3×	561 1.6×	243 0.9×	13	1.6k
Jonathan R. De Long Netherlands	20	948 1.1×	611 1.2×	546 1.5×	576 1.7×	208 0.7×	41	1.7k
Jim A. Nelson United States	19	467 0.5×	361 0.7×	309 0.8×	228 0.7×	443 1.6×	35	1.2k
Anne‐Marie Domenach France	22	607 0.7×	387 0.7×	335 0.9×	148 0.4×	118 0.4×	53	1.1k
Haiyan Ren China	20	574 0.7×	475 0.9×	415 1.1×	561 1.6×	338 1.2×	52	1.4k

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Geremia, Chris, E. William Hamilton, & Jerod A. Merkle. (2025). Yellowstone’s free-moving large bison herds provide a glimpse of their past ecosystem function. Science. 389(6763). 904–908. 1 indexed citations

Griffith, Daniel M., T. Michael Anderson, & E. William Hamilton. (2017). Ungulate grazing drives higher ramet turnover in sodium‐adapted Serengeti grasses. Journal of Vegetation Science. 28(4). 815–823. 7 indexed citations

Frank, Douglas A., et al.. (2017). Manipulating the system: How large herbivores control bottom‐up regulation of grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 106(1). 434–443. 38 indexed citations

Mainali, Kumar P., Scott A. Heckathorn, Dan Wang, et al.. (2014). Impact of a short-term heat event on C and N relations in shoots vs. roots of the stress-tolerant C4 grass, Andropogon gerardii. Journal of Plant Physiology. 171(12). 977–985. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Scott A. Heckathorn, E. William Hamilton, & Jonathan M. Frantz. (2013). Effects of CO₂ on the tolerance of photosynthesis to heat stress can be affected by photosynthetic pathway and nitrogen. American Journal of Botany. 101(1). 34–44. 15 indexed citations

Shakeel, Samina N., et al.. (2011). Ecotypic variation in chloroplast small heat-shock proteins and related thermotolerance in Chenopodium album. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 49(8). 898–908. 22 indexed citations

Augustine, David J., Feike A. Dijkstra, E. William Hamilton, & Jack A. Morgan. (2010). Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of two perennial North American grasses in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia. 165(3). 755–770. 29 indexed citations

Mishra, Sasmita, Scott A. Heckathorn, Deepak Barua, et al.. (2008). Interactive Effects of Elevated CO₂ and Ozone on Leaf Thermotolerance in Field‐grown Glycine max. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50(11). 1396–1405. 20 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Scott A. Heckathorn, Kumar P. Mainali, & E. William Hamilton. (2008). Effects of N on Plant Response to Heat‐wave: A Field Study with Prairie Vegetation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50(11). 1416–1425. 29 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William, et al.. (2008). Interactive Effects of Elevated CO₂ and Growth Temperature on the Tolerance of Photosynthesis to Acute Heat Stress in C₃ and C₄ Species. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50(11). 1375–1387. 66 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William, et al.. (2008). Defoliation induces root exudation and triggers positive rhizospheric feedbacks in a temperate grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(11). 2865–2873. 189 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, et al.. (2008). Effects of elevated CO₂ on the tolerance of photosynthesis to acute heat stress in C₃, C₄, and CAM species. American Journal of Botany. 95(2). 165–176. 102 indexed citations

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Heckathorn, Scott A., et al.. (2002). In vivo evidence from an Agrostis stolonifera selection genotype that chloroplast small heat-shock proteins can protect photosystem II during heat stress. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 29(8). 935–946. 88 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William & Douglas A. Frank. (2001). Can Plants Stimulate Soil Microbes and Their Own Nutrient Supply? Evidence from a Grazing Tolerant Grass. Ecology. 82(9). 2397–2397. 25 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William & Douglas A. Frank. (2001). CAN PLANTS STIMULATE SOIL MICROBES AND THEIR OWN NUTRIENT SUPPLY? EVIDENCE FROM A GRAZING TOLERANT GRASS. Ecology. 82(9). 2397–2402. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamilton, E. William, S. J. McNaughton, & James S. Coleman. (2001). Molecular, physiological, and growth responses to sodium stress in C₄ grasses from a soil salinity gradient in the Serengeti ecosystem. American Journal of Botany. 88(7). 1258–1265. 23 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William & Scott A. Heckathorn. (2001). Mitochondrial Adaptations to NaCl. Complex I Is Protected by Anti-Oxidants and Small Heat Shock Proteins, Whereas Complex II Is Protected by Proline and Betaine. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 126(3). 1266–1274. 270 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William, et al.. (1998). Biomass and mineral element responses of a Serengeti short-grass species to nitrogen supply and defoliation: compensation requires a critical [N]. Oecologia. 116(3). 407–407. 74 indexed citations

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Leppla, Norman C., et al.. (1974). Flight Ability of Plecia nearctica in the Laboratory1, 2. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67(5). 735–738. 11 indexed citations

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Hamilton, E. William. (1972). Pollen Substitute and Honey in Diet for Diabrotica12. Journal of Economic Entomology. 65(3). 887–887. 1 indexed citations

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