Éric Garnier

61.9k total citations · 11 hit papers
113 papers, 24.1k citations indexed

About

Éric Garnier is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Garnier has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 24.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 49 papers in Plant Science and 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Éric Garnier's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers), Plant and animal studies (43 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Éric Garnier is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers), Plant and animal studies (43 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers). Éric Garnier collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Germany. Éric Garnier's co-authors include Sandra Lavorel, Denis Vile, Marie‐Laure Navas, Cyrille Violle, Elena Kazakou, Claire Fortunel, Marie‐Laure Navas, Hendrik Poorter, Irène Hummel and Catherine Roumet and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Éric Garnier

110 papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

Let the concept of trait be functional! 1999 2026 2008 2017 2007 2003 2002 2005 2004 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. Let the concept of trait be functional!
    2007 3.4k citations Cyrille Violle, Marie‐Laure Navas et al. Oikos profile →
  2. A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide
    2003 3.1k citations Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier et al. profile →
  3. Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail
    2002 2.5k citations Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier Functional Ecology profile →
  4. Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships
    2005 2.3k citations Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Éric Garnier et al. New Phytologist profile →
  5. PLANT FUNCTIONAL MARKERS CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION
    2004 1.7k citations Éric Garnier, Marie‐Laure Navas et al. profile →
  6. Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants
    2008 934 citations Katharine N. Suding, Sandra Lavorel et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  7. Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology
    1999 811 citations Éric Garnier et al. profile →
  8. A standardized protocol for the determination of specific leaf area and leaf dry matter content
    2001 564 citations Éric Garnier, Catherine Roumet et al. Functional Ecology profile →
  9. A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review
    2011 364 citations Éric Garnier, Marie‐Laure Navas profile →
  10. Plant Functional Diversity: Organism traits, community structure, and ecosystem properties
    2016 280 citations Éric Garnier, Marie‐Laure Navas et al. profile →
  11. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle
    2021 167 citations Francesco de Bello, Sandra Lavorel et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Éric Garnier France 53 16.2k 9.3k 8.1k 7.2k 5.8k 113 24.1k
Andy Hector United Kingdom 50 14.1k 0.9× 7.2k 0.8× 5.1k 0.6× 8.3k 1.1× 9.1k 1.6× 105 26.1k
Fernando Valladares Spain 75 14.9k 0.9× 8.5k 0.9× 10.5k 1.3× 10.5k 1.4× 5.6k 1.0× 317 26.8k
J. Philip Grime United Kingdom 47 15.0k 0.9× 8.7k 0.9× 8.6k 1.1× 5.4k 0.7× 8.8k 1.5× 74 24.4k
Hendrik Poorter Netherlands 66 11.8k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 15.4k 1.9× 9.9k 1.4× 4.1k 0.7× 120 27.6k
Ken Thompson United Kingdom 68 10.7k 0.7× 7.1k 0.8× 11.1k 1.4× 4.1k 0.6× 5.7k 1.0× 145 21.5k
J. P. Grime United Kingdom 58 15.0k 0.9× 9.2k 1.0× 12.3k 1.5× 4.1k 0.6× 7.5k 1.3× 108 24.8k
Ragan M. Callaway United States 91 20.4k 1.3× 14.0k 1.5× 19.5k 2.4× 5.9k 0.8× 8.2k 1.4× 316 36.6k
Jan Lepš Czechia 59 10.8k 0.7× 7.2k 0.8× 5.4k 0.7× 3.2k 0.4× 7.1k 1.2× 232 18.8k
Alan K. Knapp United States 84 12.3k 0.8× 4.0k 0.4× 7.0k 0.9× 15.6k 2.2× 11.4k 2.0× 303 29.1k
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Netherlands 65 9.5k 0.6× 5.6k 0.6× 6.3k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 6.6k 1.1× 231 20.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peyron, Odile, Cyrille Violle, Sébastien Joannin, et al.. (2025). Functional Signatures of Surface Pollen and Vegetation Are Broadly Similar: Good News for Past Reconstructions of Vegetation. Journal of Biogeography. 52(5). 3 indexed citations
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Garnier, Éric, et al.. (2025). Defining biodiversity data. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(8). 731–735.
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Terral, Jean‐Frédéric, Sarah Ivorra, Mohammed Ater, et al.. (2024). The potential of sap conduction in the olive tree is linked to aridity conditions of the main cultivation area of varieties and allow to uncover their sensitivity to ongoing climate change.. Scientia Horticulturae. 339. 113856–113856. 2 indexed citations
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Mahaut, Lucie, Philippe Choler, Pierre Denelle, et al.. (2023). Trade‐offs and synergies between ecosystem productivity and stability in temperate grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(4). 561–572. 14 indexed citations
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Segrestin, Jules, et al.. (2021). PhenoSpace: A Shiny application to visualize trait data in the phenotypic space of the global spectrum of plant form and function. Ecology and Evolution. 11(4). 1526–1534. 9 indexed citations
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Bello, Francesco de, Sandra Lavorel, Lauren M. Hallett, et al.. (2021). Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(9). 822–836. 167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Violle, Cyrille, Philippe Choler, Benjamin Borgy, et al.. (2015). Vegetation ecology meets ecosystem science: Permanent grasslands as a functional biogeography case study. The Science of The Total Environment. 534. 43–51. 38 indexed citations
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Flores, Olivier, et al.. (2014). Functional Traits Help Predict Post-Disturbance Demography of Tropical Trees. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e105022–e105022. 16 indexed citations
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Pérez-Ramos, Ignacio Manuel, Catherine Roumet, Pablo Cruz, et al.. (2012). Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France. Journal of Ecology. 100(6). 1315–1327. 184 indexed citations
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Navas, Marie‐Laure, et al.. (2009). Suites of plant traits in species from different stages of a Mediterranean secondary succession. Plant Biology. 12(1). 183–196. 100 indexed citations
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Suding, Katharine N., Sandra Lavorel, F. Stuart Chapin, et al.. (2008). Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants. Global Change Biology. 14(5). 1125–1140. 934 indexed citations breakdown →
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Violle, Cyrille, Marie‐Laure Navas, Denis Vile, et al.. (2007). Let the concept of trait be functional!. Oikos. 116(5). 882–892. 3396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Violle, Cyrille, Marie‐Laure Navas, Denis Vile, et al.. (2007). Let the concept of trait be functional!. Oikos. 116(5). 882–892. 292 indexed citations
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Vile, Denis, Bill Shipley, & Éric Garnier. (2006). Ecosystem productivity can be predicted from potential relative growth rate and species abundance. Ecology Letters. 9(9). 1061–1067. 145 indexed citations
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Navas, Marie‐Laure, et al.. (2003). Leaf life span, dynamics and construction cost of species from Mediterranean old‐fields differing in successional status. New Phytologist. 159(1). 213–228. 108 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra & Éric Garnier. (2002). Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail. Functional Ecology. 16(5). 545–556. 2451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wardle, David A., Michael A. Huston, J. P. Grime, et al.. (2000). Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: An Issue in Ecology. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 81(3). 235–239. 91 indexed citations
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Garnier, Éric, J. F. FARRAR, Hendrik Poorter, & J. E. DALE. (1999). Variation in leaf structure: an ecophysiological perspective.. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Garnier, Éric. (1991). Resource capture, biomass allocation and growth in herbaceous plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 6(4). 126–131. 176 indexed citations

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