Frank M. Thomas

3.8k total citations
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Frank M. Thomas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank M. Thomas has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 34 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Frank M. Thomas's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (39 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (30 papers) and Forest ecology and management (25 papers). Frank M. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (39 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (30 papers) and Forest ecology and management (25 papers). Frank M. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Frank M. Thomas's co-authors include Mascha Jacob, Richard W. Blank, Christoph Leuschner, Michael C. Runge, Andrea Foetzki, Dirk Gries, Helge Bruelheide, Andrea Polle, Stefan K. Arndt and Andreas Gattinger and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Environmental Pollution and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Frank M. Thomas

65 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank M. Thomas Germany 27 1.2k 1.1k 969 662 659 65 2.6k
Norikazu Yamanaka Japan 27 879 0.7× 518 0.5× 776 0.8× 487 0.7× 515 0.8× 123 2.2k
Roma Żytkowiak Poland 23 966 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 927 1.0× 370 0.6× 443 0.7× 47 2.3k
Piotr Karolewski Poland 26 798 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 358 0.5× 527 0.8× 100 2.6k
José Ignacio Querejeta Spain 38 1.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 1.9k 2.0× 843 1.3× 548 0.8× 86 4.1k
Ina C. Meier Germany 27 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.8× 442 0.7× 614 0.9× 42 3.3k
Seth G. Pritchard United States 26 1.5k 1.3× 792 0.7× 2.6k 2.7× 634 1.0× 616 0.9× 41 3.9k
C. L. Beadle Australia 36 2.1k 1.8× 2.0k 1.8× 1.5k 1.5× 714 1.1× 445 0.7× 129 3.7k
Koichi Takahashi Japan 26 739 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 612 0.6× 528 0.8× 527 0.8× 103 2.1k
Michael J. Clearwater New Zealand 30 1.6k 1.4× 800 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 773 1.2× 390 0.6× 84 3.0k
Jorge Curiel Yuste Spain 30 2.1k 1.7× 869 0.8× 897 0.9× 638 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 75 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank M. Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank M. Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank M. Thomas

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

All Works

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Eichberg, Carsten, et al.. (2024). Tetracycline but not sulfamethazine inhibits early root growth of wild grassland species, while seed germination is hardly affected by either antibiotic. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 1). 125178–125178. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2023). Legacy Effects in Buds and Leaves of European Beech Saplings (Fagus sylvatica) after Severe Drought. Plants. 12(3). 568–568. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2021). Anatomical and blue intensity methods to determine wood density converge in contributing to explain different distributions of three palaeotropical pine species. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 43(1-2). 178–196. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2021). Non-native Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Central Europe: Ecology, performance and nature conservation. Forest Ecology and Management. 506. 119956–119956. 52 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2020). Growth and water relations of riparian poplar forests under pressure in Central Asia's Tarim River Basin. River Research and Applications. 37(2). 233–240. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, X., et al.. (2019). Belowground inter‐ramet water transport capacity in Populus euphratica, a Central Asian desert phreatophyte. Plant Biology. 22(1). 38–46. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2019). Growth of the tropical Pinus kesiya as influenced by climate and nutrient availability along an elevational gradient. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(1). 97–106. 10 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2018). Growth and wood isotopic signature of Norway spruce (Picea abies) along a small-scale gradient of soil moisture. Tree Physiology. 38(12). 1855–1870. 6 indexed citations
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Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons, Melissa A. Dawes, Frank Hagedorn, et al.. (2018). Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone. Journal of Ecology. 107(2). 768–780. 26 indexed citations
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Pérez, Cecilia A., et al.. (2018). How competitive is the ‘pioneer-climax’ tree speciesNothofagus alpinain pristine temperate forests of Chile?. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(1). 144–156. 1 indexed citations
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Kramp, Katja, Thomas Schmitt, Michael Jeschke, et al.. (2018). Clones or no clones: genetic structure of riparian Populus euphratica forests in Central Asia. Journal of Arid Land. 10(5). 750–766. 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2016). Stand structure and productivity ofPopulus euphraticaalong a gradient of groundwater distances at the Tarim River (NW China). Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw078–rtw078. 17 indexed citations
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Pérez, Cecilia A., et al.. (2015). Weather or weathering? Growth ofNothofagus dombeyion volcanic soils differing in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. Journal of Plant Ecology. 9(5). 596–607. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangyi, et al.. (2010). Influence of groundwater depth on species composition and community structure in the transition zone of Cele oasis. Journal of Arid Land. 2(4). 235–242. 17 indexed citations
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Jacob, Mascha, et al.. (2010). Leaf litter decomposition in temperate deciduous forest stands with a decreasing fraction of beech (Fagus sylvatica). Oecologia. 164(4). 1083–1094. 182 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., Andrea Foetzki, Dirk Gries, et al.. (2008). Regulation of the water status in three co-occurring phreatophytes at the southern fringe of the Taklamakan Desert. Journal of Plant Ecology. 1(4). 227–235. 38 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M.. (2008). Recent advances in cause-effect research on oak decline in Europe.. CABI Reviews. 59 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., et al.. (2008). Responses of two closely related oak species, Quercus robur and Q. petraea, to excess manganese concentrations in the rooting medium. Tree Physiology. 28(3). 343–353. 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, Frank M., Stefan K. Arndt, Helge Bruelheide, et al.. (2000). Ecological basis for a sustainable management of the indigenous vegetation in a Central-Asian desert: Presentation and first results. Lanzhou University Institutional Repository. 74(40669). 212–219. 49 indexed citations

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