Elsa E. Cleland

26.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
79 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Elsa E. Cleland is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elsa E. Cleland has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 33 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Elsa E. Cleland's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (54 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers). Elsa E. Cleland is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (54 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers). Elsa E. Cleland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Elsa E. Cleland's co-authors include Harold A. Mooney, W. Stanley Harpole, Eric W. Seabloom, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Helmut Hillebrand, Daniel S. Gruner, James J. Elser, Jonathan B. Shurin and E. M. Wolkovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Elsa E. Cleland

77 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems

2007 3.6k citations James J. Elser, Matthew E. S. Bracken et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change

2007 1.8k citations Elsa E. Cleland, Isabelle Chuine et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
The evolutionary impact of invasive species

2001 1.3k citations Harold A. Mooney, Elsa E. Cleland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization

2005 816 citations Katharine N. Suding, Scott L. Collins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nutrient co‐limitation of primary producer communities

2011 776 citations W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T. Ngai et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change

2012 729 citations E. M. Wolkovich, Benjamin I. Cook et al. Nature profile →
Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California

2004 697 citations Christopher B. Field, Elsa E. Cleland et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

2008 570 citations Jennifer L. Funk, Elsa E. Cleland et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elsa E. Cleland

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Successful Alien Plant Species Exhibit Functional Dissimilarity From Natives Under Varied Climatic Conditions but Not Under Increased Nutrient Availability 2025 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·(unknown), Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori Biederman, Elizabeth T. Borer, Jane A. Catford, Elsa E. Cleland, Nicole Hagenah, Sylvia Haider, W. Stanley Harpole, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Andrew S. MacDougall, Christine Römermann, Eric W. Seabloom, Sonja Knapp, Ingolf Kühn	2
2	When the neighborhood matters: contextual selection on seedling traits in native and non-native California grasses 2023 ·Evolution ·(unknown), Susan J. Mazer, Elsa E. Cleland	0
3	Trade‐off drives Pareto optimality of within‐ and among‐year emergence timing in response to increasing aridity 2020 ·Evolutionary Applications ·(unknown), Susan J. Mazer, Justin R. Meyer, Elsa E. Cleland	4
4	A Range-Expanding Shrub Species Alters Plant Phenological Response to Experimental Warming 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Christopher W. Kopp, Elsa E. Cleland	13
5	Biotic mechanisms of community stability shift along a precipitation gradient 2013 ·Ecology ·Lauren M. Hallett, Joanna S. Hsu, Elsa E. Cleland, Scott L. Collins, Timothy L. Dickson, Emily C. Farrer, Laureano Gherardi, Katherine L. Gross, Richard J. Hobbs, Laura Turnbull, Katharine N. Suding	188
6	Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·E. M. Wolkovich, Benjamin I. Cook, Jenica M. Allen, Theresa M. Crimmins, Julio L. Betancourt, Steven E. Travers, Stephanie Pau, Jim Regetz, T. Jonathan Davies, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Toby R. Ault, Kjell Bolmgren, Susan J. Mazer, Gregory J. McCabe, Brian J. McGill, Camille Parmesan, Nicolas Salamin, Mark D. Schwartz, Elsa E. Cleland	729
7	Seasonal priority effects: implications for invasion and restoration in a semi‐arid system 2011 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Claire E. Wainwright, E. M. Wolkovich, Elsa E. Cleland	139
8	Nutrient co‐limitation of primary producer communities breakdown → 2011 ·Ecology Letters ·W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Elsa E. Cleland, Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, Matthew E. S. Bracken, James J. Elser, Daniel S. Gruner, Helmut Hillebrand, Jonathan B. Shurin, Jennifer E. Smith	776
9	Warming experiments under-predict plant phenological responses to climate change 2011 ·RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·E. M. Wolkovich, Benjamin I. Cook, John T. Allen, Theresa M. Crimmins, Steven E. Travers, Stephanie Pau, Elsa E. Cleland	1
10	Phylogenetic patterns differ for native and exotic plant communities across a richness gradient in Northern California 2010 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Marc W. Cadotte, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, W. Stanley Harpole, Elsa E. Cleland, Kendi F. Davies	57
11	Herbivore metabolism and stoichiometry each constrain herbivory at different organizational scales across ecosystems 2009 ·Ecology Letters ·Helmut Hillebrand, Elizabeth T. Borer, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Bradley J. Cardinale, Just Cebrián, Elsa E. Cleland, James J. Elser, Daniel S. Gruner, W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Stuart A. Sandin, Eric W. Seabloom, Jonathan B. Shurin, Jennifer E. Smith, Melinda D. Smith	130
12	Diverse responses of phenology to global changes in a grassland ecosystem 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Elsa E. Cleland, Nona R. Chiariello, Scott R. Loarie, Christopher B. Field, Harold A. Mooney	1
13	SCALE-DEPENDENT RESPONSES OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY TO NITROGEN ENRICHMENT 2008 ·Ecology ·David R. Chalcraft, Stephen B. Cox, Christopher M. Clark, Elsa E. Cleland, Katharine N. Suding, Evan Weiher, Deana Pennington	91
14	Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance breakdown → 2008 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Jennifer L. Funk, Elsa E. Cleland, Katharine N. Suding, Erika S. Zavaleta	570
15	Consumer versus resource control of producer diversity depends on ecosystem type and producer community structure 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Helmut Hillebrand, Daniel S. Gruner, Elizabeth T. Borer, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Elsa E. Cleland, James J. Elser, W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Eric W. Seabloom, Jonathan B. Shurin, Jennifer E. Smith	279
16	Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment 2007 ·Ecology Letters ·Chris M. Clark, Elsa E. Cleland, Scott L. Collins, Joseph Fargione, Laura Gough, Katherine L. Gross, Steven C. Pennings, Katharine N. Suding, James B. Grace	281
17	Shifting plant phenology in response to global change breakdown → 2007 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Elsa E. Cleland, Isabelle Chuine, Annette Menzel, H.A. Mooney, Michael K. Schwartz	1753
18	Diverse responses of phenology to global changes in a grassland ecosystem 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elsa E. Cleland, Nona R. Chiariello, Scott R. Loarie, Harold A. Mooney, Christopher B. Field	393
19	Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization breakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Katharine N. Suding, Scott L. Collins, Laura Gough, Christopher M. Clark, Elsa E. Cleland, Katherine L. Gross, Daniel G. Milchunas, Steven C. Pennings	816
20	Responses of Grassland Production to Single and Multiple Global Environmental Changes 2005 ·PLoS Biology ·Jeffrey S. Dukes, Nona R. Chiariello, Elsa E. Cleland, Lisa A. Schulte Moore, M. Rebecca Shaw, Susan S. Thayer, (unknown), Harold A. Mooney, Christopher B. Field	312

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