Evan Weiher

24.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
34 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Evan Weiher is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Evan Weiher has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Evan Weiher's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Evan Weiher is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers). Evan Weiher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Evan Weiher's co-authors include Brian J. Enquist, Mark Westoby, Brian J. McGill, Paul A. Keddy, Geoffrey D Clarke, Éric Garnier, Ove Eriksson, Michael L. Roderick, Adrie van der Werf and Ken Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Evan Weiher

34 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits

2006 3.3k citations Brian J. McGill, Brian J. Enquist et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology

1999 811 citations Evan Weiher, Adrie van der Werf et al. Journal of Vegetation Science profile →
Assembly Rules, Null Models, and Trait Dispersion: New Questions from Old Patterns

1995 647 citations Evan Weiher, Paul A. Keddy Oikos profile →
Ecological Assembly Rules

1999 615 citations Evan Weiher et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Advances, challenges and a developing synthesis of ecological community assembly theory

2011 491 citations Evan Weiher, Deborah A. Freund et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Evan Weiher United States	24	5.6k	3.5k	3.0k	1.9k	1.6k	34	8.0k
Marcelo Cabido Argentina	46	6.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.7×	118	10.1k
Liza S. Comita United States	40	6.2k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	97	8.6k
Laura Gough United States	41	4.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	4.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	97	9.0k
Amy J. Symstad United States	22	4.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	3.2k 1.1×	859 0.4×	2.6k 1.6×	50	7.8k
Shahid Naeem United States	16	4.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	882 0.5×	3.0k 1.8×	25	9.7k
Curtis C. Daehler United States	39	4.4k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	999 0.6×	111	8.0k
Norman W. H. Mason New Zealand	32	7.3k 1.3×	3.4k 1.0×	4.7k 1.6×	2.5k 1.3×	3.4k 2.1×	91	11.0k
Katja Tielbörger Germany	36	4.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	114	6.5k
Kyle E. Harms United States	42	7.7k 1.4×	3.9k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	3.3k 2.0×	86	10.6k
Étienne Laliberté Canada	42	5.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	96	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evan Weiher

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Prinzing, Andréas, Sandrine Pavoine, Hervé Jactel, et al.. (2021). Disturbed habitats locally reduce the signal of deep evolutionary history in functional traits of plants. New Phytologist. 232(4). 1849–1862. 6 indexed citations

Wellnitz, Todd, et al.. (2020). Campsites, forest fires, and entry point distance affect earthworm abundance in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. PeerJ. 8. e8656–e8656. 3 indexed citations

Hipp, Andrew L., Daniel J. Larkin, Rebecca S. Barak, et al.. (2015). Phylogeny in the Service of Ecological Restoration. American Journal of Botany. 102(5). 647–648. 49 indexed citations

Negoita, Luka, et al.. (2015). Isolation‐driven functional assembly of plant communities on islands. Ecography. 39(11). 1066–1077. 27 indexed citations

Weiher, Evan, et al.. (2011). Advances, challenges and a developing synthesis of ecological community assembly theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 366(1576). 2403–2413. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

Chalcraft, David R., Stephen B. Cox, Christopher M. Clark, et al.. (2008). SCALE-DEPENDENT RESPONSES OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY TO NITROGEN ENRICHMENT. Ecology. 89(8). 2165–2171. 91 indexed citations

Grace, James B., T. Michael Anderson, Melinda D. Smith, et al.. (2007). Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities?. Ecology Letters. 10(8). 680–689. 318 indexed citations

McGill, Brian J., Brian J. Enquist, Evan Weiher, & Mark Westoby. (2006). Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21(4). 178–185. 3334 indexed citations breakdown →

Weiher, Evan, et al.. (2003). Scale-dependence of environmental effects on species richness in oak savannas. Journal of Vegetation Science. 14(6). 917–917. 38 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan. (2003). Species richness along multiple gradients: testing a general multivariate model in oak savannas. Oikos. 101(2). 311–316. 48 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan, et al.. (2003). Scale‐dependence of environmental effects on species richness in oak savannas. Journal of Vegetation Science. 14(6). 917–920. 37 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan, et al.. (2002). A Gradient Analysis of Oak Savanna Community Composition in Western Wisconsin. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 129(2). 115–115. 23 indexed citations

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Keddy, Paul A., Knud Erik Nielsen, Evan Weiher, & Roger H. Lawson. (2002). Relative competitive performance of 63 species of terrestrial herbaceous plants. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(1). 5–16. 136 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan, et al.. (2001). Rarefaction does not eliminate the species richness‐biomass relationship in calcareous blackland prairies. Journal of Vegetation Science. 12(4). 525–532. 20 indexed citations

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Buddington, Randal K. & Evan Weiher. (1999). The Application of Ecological Principles and Fermentable Fibers to Manage the Gastrointestinal Tract Ecosystem. Journal of Nutrition. 129(7). 1446S–1450S. 29 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan, et al.. (1999). Ecological Assembly Rules. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weiher, Evan, Adrie van der Werf, Ken Thompson, et al.. (1999). Challenging Theophrastus: A common core list of plant traits for functional ecology. Journal of Vegetation Science. 10(5). 609–620. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weiher, Evan. (1999). The combined effects of scale and productivity on species richness. Journal of Ecology. 87(6). 1005–1011. 64 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan & Paul A. Keddy. (1999). Relative Abundance and Evenness Patterns along Diversity and Biomass Gradients. Oikos. 87(2). 355–355. 89 indexed citations

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Weiher, Evan & Charles W. Boylen. (1994). Patterns and prediction of α and β diversity of aquatic plants in Adirondack (New York) lakes. Canadian Journal of Botany. 72(12). 1797–1804. 27 indexed citations

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