Emma Pharo

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Emma Pharo is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Pharo has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emma Pharo's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (15 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (14 papers). Emma Pharo is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (15 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (14 papers). Emma Pharo collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and United States. Emma Pharo's co-authors include Gretchen C. Daily, Andrew J. Beattie, Charles E. Zartman, Doug Binns, JB Kirkpatrick, David B. Lindenmayer, Aidan Davison, Dale H. Vitt, Robert L. Pressey and Helen McGregor and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Journal of Applied Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Emma Pharo

36 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
    1998 3.7k citations Emma Pharo, Gretchen C. Daily The Bryologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Emma Pharo Australia 20 2.5k 1.0k 960 921 902 38 4.8k
José A. González Spain 32 2.5k 1.0× 974 1.0× 645 0.7× 525 0.6× 649 0.7× 75 4.2k
Liba Pejchar United States 25 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 532 0.6× 646 0.7× 692 0.8× 81 4.7k
Marc J. Metzger United Kingdom 39 3.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 760 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 610 0.7× 128 6.5k
Walter V. Reid United States 28 3.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 846 0.9× 734 0.8× 797 0.9× 59 5.8k
Patrick O’Farrell South Africa 32 2.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 776 0.8× 409 0.4× 500 0.6× 101 4.6k
Jan Hanspach Germany 35 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 738 0.8× 813 0.9× 371 0.4× 90 4.7k
Fabien Quétier France 26 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 964 1.0× 837 0.9× 53 4.6k
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg Brazil 35 3.7k 1.5× 1.7k 1.7× 901 0.9× 702 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 69 6.5k
Gary Luck Australia 36 2.8k 1.1× 2.3k 2.3× 722 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 680 0.8× 90 6.2k
David Hole United States 25 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 376 0.4× 740 0.8× 428 0.5× 39 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Emma Pharo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Pharo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Pharo

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2017). Wheels of change in higher education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 18(2). 171–184. 28 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2013). Distributed leadership. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 15(1). 98–110. 46 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2013). Using communities of practice to enhance interdisciplinary teaching: lessons from four Australian institutions. Higher Education Research & Development. 33(2). 341–354. 58 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, Aidan Davison, Melissa Nursey‐Bray, et al.. (2012). Can teacher collaboration overcome barriers to interdisciplinary learning in a disciplinary university? A case study using climate change. Teaching in Higher Education. 17(5). 497–507. 43 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2011). A robin s nest made (almost) entirely of moss. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2011). Demonstrating distributed leadership through cross-disciplinary peer networks: Responding to climate change complexity. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 4 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, JB, et al.. (2011). Dependence of bryophyte species on young, mature and old growth wet eucalypt forest. Biological Conservation. 144(12). 2951–2957. 10 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2011). Epiphytic bryophytes and habitat variation in montane rainforest, Peru. The Bryologist. 114(4). 720–720. 28 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, JB, et al.. (2010). Variability in the incidence and characteristics of animal paths in montane vegetation. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 3(1). 9–17. 10 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma & Kristy de Salas. (2009). Implementing Student Peer Review: Opportunity versus Change Management. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 33(2). 199–207. 12 indexed citations
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McMullan-Fisher, S, JB Kirkpatrick, Tom W. May, & Emma Pharo. (2009). Surrogates for Macrofungi and Mosses in Reservation Planning. Conservation Biology. 24(3). 730–736. 25 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2009). Successional patterns of terrestrial bryophytes along a wildfire chronosequence in the wet eucalypt forests of southern Tasmania.. 18. 67–76. 3 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2009). The early effects of fire and grazing on bryophytes and lichens in tussock grassland and hummock sedgeland in north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Botany. 57(7). 556–561. 8 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma. (2009). Salvage Logging and Its Ecological Consequences. Austral Ecology. 34(6). 717–718. 86 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma. (2007). Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis [Book Review]. 20. 79. 1 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, JB, et al.. (2006). Bryophyte relationships with environmental and structural variables in Tasmanian old-growth mixed eucalypt forest. Australian Journal of Botany. 54(3). 239–247. 17 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma & Charles E. Zartman. (2006). Bryophytes in a changing landscape: The hierarchical effects of habitat fragmentation on ecological and evolutionary processes. Biological Conservation. 135(3). 315–325. 97 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma, et al.. (2005). Predicting bryophyte diversity in grassland and eucalypt‐dominated remnants in subhumid Tasmania. Journal of Biogeography. 32(11). 2015–2024. 31 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma & Dale H. Vitt. (2000). Local Variation in Bryophyte and Macro-lichen Cover and Diversity in Montane Forests of Western Canada. The Bryologist. 103(3). 455–466. 43 indexed citations
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Pharo, Emma & Gretchen C. Daily. (1998). Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. The Bryologist. 101(3). 475–475. 3663 indexed citations breakdown →

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