G. Bruce Williamson

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

G. Bruce Williamson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Bruce Williamson has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in G. Bruce Williamson's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (23 papers). G. Bruce Williamson is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (23 papers). G. Bruce Williamson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Netherlands. G. Bruce Williamson's co-authors include Rita C. G. Mesquita, Michael C. Wiemann, William F. Laurance, Michael C. Wiemann, Claude Gascon, Donald R. Richardson, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Nikolaus H. Fischer, Tony Vizcarra Bentos and Susan G. W. Laurance and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. Bruce Williamson

96 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation

2010 689 citations William F. Laurance, José Luís Camargo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Bruce Williamson United States	36	3.4k	2.4k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	97	5.8k
Stuart J. Davies United States	45	4.8k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	110	7.1k
J. H. C. Cornelissen Netherlands	20	3.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.8×	2.2k 1.9×	38	5.8k
I. M. Turner United Kingdom	33	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	176	4.9k
Nigel C. A. Pitman United States	29	3.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	752 0.6×	64	5.8k
Richard K. Kobe United States	34	4.7k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	57	6.0k
Christopher Baraloto United States	41	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	114	6.1k
Diego E. Gurvich Argentina	29	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	90	5.6k
Niels P. R. Anten Netherlands	48	2.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	3.4k 2.8×	178	6.7k
Pilar Castro‐Díez Spain	37	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	104	4.8k
Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio Spain	35	4.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	78	5.3k

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Bentos, Tony Vizcarra, et al.. (2020). Effects of experimental lightgaps and topography on enrichment plantings in a central Amazonian secondary forest. Acta Amazonica. 50(3). 192–198. 2 indexed citations

Costa, Flávia R. C., et al.. (2019). Alternative functional trajectories along succession after different land uses in central Amazonia. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(11). 2472–2481. 26 indexed citations

Laurance, William F., José Luís Camargo, Philip M. Fearnside, et al.. (2017). An A mazonian rainforest and its fragments as a laboratory of global change. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 93(1). 223–247. 202 indexed citations

Williamson, G. Bruce, Michael C. Wiemann, & James P. Geaghan. (2012). Radial wood allocation in Schizolobium parahyba. American Journal of Botany. 99(6). 1010–1019. 12 indexed citations

Wiemann, Michael C. & G. Bruce Williamson. (2012). Testing a Novel Method to Approximate Wood Specific Gravity of Trees. Forest Science. 58(6). 577–591. 15 indexed citations

Massoca, Paulo, et al.. (2012). Dynamics and trajectories of secondary succession in Central Amazonia. 2 indexed citations

Radtke, Meghan, Cláudio Ruy Vasconcelos da Fonseca, & G. Bruce Williamson. (2010). Dung beetle communities: a neotropical-north temperate comparison. Neotropical Entomology. 39(1). 19–27. 7 indexed citations

Radtke, Meghan, et al.. (2008). A Dung Beetle Assemblage in an Urban Park in Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist. 7(1). 101–110. 10 indexed citations

Williamson, G. Bruce, et al.. (2007). The distributions of howling monkeys (Alouatta pigra and A. palliata) in southeastern Mexico and Central America. Primates. 48(4). 310–315. 17 indexed citations

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Wiemann, Michael C. & G. Bruce Williamson. (2002). Geographic Variation in Wood Specific Gravity: Effects of Latitude, Temperature, and Precipitation. Wood and Fiber Science. 34(1). 96–107. 87 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce, et al.. (1995). Wood Specific Gravity and Anatomy in Heliocarpus appendiculatus (Tiliaceae). American Journal of Botany. 82(7). 855–855. 6 indexed citations

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Fischer, Nikolaus H., G. Bruce Williamson, Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer, & Donald R. Richardson. (1994). In search of allelopathy in the Florida scrub: The role of terpenoids. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20(6). 1355–1380. 120 indexed citations

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Weidenhamer, Jeffrey D., et al.. (1994). Allelopathic potential of menthofuran monoterpenes fromCalamintha ashei. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20(12). 3345–3359. 29 indexed citations

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Weidenhamer, Jeffrey D., Francisco A. Macı́as, Nikolaus H. Fischer, & G. Bruce Williamson. (1993). Just how insoluble are monoterpenes?. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 19(8). 1799–1807. 174 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce, et al.. (1992). Inhibition ofSchizachyrium scoparium (poaceae) by the allelochemical hydrocinnamic acid. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 18(11). 2095–2105. 33 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce, et al.. (1989). Chemical inhibition of fire-prone grasses by fire-sensitive shrub,Conradina canescens. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 15(5). 1567–1577. 20 indexed citations

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Wiemann, Michael C. & G. Bruce Williamson. (1988). EXTREME RADIAL CHANGES IN WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN SOME TROPICAL PIONEERS. Wood and Fiber Science. 20(3). 344–349. 87 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce, et al.. (1988). Allelopathic Effects of Shrubs of the Sand Pine Scrub on Pines and Grasses of the Sandhills. Forest Science. 34(3). 592–605. 56 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce & Donald R. Richardson. (1988). Bioassays for allelopathy: Measuring treatment responses with independent controls. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 14(1). 181–187. 204 indexed citations

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Williamson, G. Bruce. (1980). Conservation Biology. An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective.Michael E. Soule , Bruce A. Wilcox. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 55(4). 452–452. 2 indexed citations

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