Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

18.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
437 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes has authored 437 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 277 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 142 papers in Plant Science and 129 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Geraldo Wilson Fernandes's work include Plant and animal studies (194 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (120 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (116 papers). Geraldo Wilson Fernandes is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (194 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (120 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (116 papers). Geraldo Wilson Fernandes collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Mexico. Geraldo Wilson Fernandes's co-authors include Peter W. Price, Jean Carlos Santos, Daniel Negreiros, Gwendolyn L. Waring, Fernando A. O. Silveira, Frederico S. Neves, Silmary J. Gonçalves-Alvim, Mário M. Espírito‐Santo, Tatiana Cornelissen and Marco Antônio Alves Carneiro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

421 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Adaptive Nature of Insect Galls

1987 452 citations Geraldo Wilson Fernandes et al. profile →
Toward an old‐growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

2015 373 citations Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Daniel Negreiros et al. profile →
Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

2016 279 citations Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Fernando Figueiredo Goulart et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Brazil	50	7.0k	3.4k	3.3k	2.8k	2.8k	437	10.9k
Richard F. Pywell United Kingdom	50	4.8k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	220	10.4k
Daniel Prati Switzerland	43	4.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	4.2k 1.3×	3.8k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	116	9.0k
Carsten Thies Germany	36	6.3k 0.9×	4.7k 1.4×	4.1k 1.3×	4.0k 1.4×	2.3k 0.8×	54	10.4k
Jason M. Tylianakis New Zealand	51	6.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	5.2k 1.6×	4.1k 1.5×	4.0k 1.4×	131	12.7k
Evan Siemann United States	47	4.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	6.1k 1.8×	4.1k 1.5×	4.1k 1.4×	191	11.9k
Claudio Gratton United States	51	3.5k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	160	7.7k
Yann Clough Germany	43	3.6k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	100	8.8k
David Kleijn Netherlands	54	7.7k 1.1×	4.6k 1.3×	5.7k 1.7×	4.8k 1.7×	3.4k 1.2×	169	14.8k
Susan E. Hartley United Kingdom	54	3.4k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	6.1k 2.2×	2.6k 0.9×	196	11.6k
Ben A. Woodcock United Kingdom	41	3.7k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	125	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

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Oki, Yumi, et al.. (2025). Devastating Rio Doce mining disaster sends shockwaves through earthworm populations. Journal of Environmental Quality. 54(6). 1788–1803.

Lorenz, Camila, Renata Libonati, Aline Oliveira, et al.. (2024). Historical association between respiratory diseases hospitalizations and fire occurrence in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 15(8). 102182–102182. 3 indexed citations

Pereira, Israel Marinho, et al.. (2024). Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in two endemic species of the campo rupestre ecosystem. Applied Soil Ecology. 202. 105618–105618. 1 indexed citations

Pereira, Cássio Cardoso, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, & Tatiana Cornelissen. (2024). From leaves to whole plants: positive effects of shelter‐builders on arthropod communities are stronger in dry seasons. Biotropica. 56(5).

Souza, Camila Silveira, Daniel Negreiros, Yumi Oki, et al.. (2024). The Fate of Astronium urundeuva Monodominance in Reference Ecosystems Within Riparian Forests of the Rio Doce. Floresta e Ambiente. 31(4). 1 indexed citations

Pereira, Cássio Cardoso, Stephannie Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, & Fernando Figueiredo Goulart. (2024). Eight years after the Fundão tailings dam collapse: chaos on the muddy banks. Nature Conservation. 56. 77–82. 2 indexed citations

Negreiros, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Effects of Fire Frequency Regimes on Flammability and Leaf Economics of Non-Graminoid Vegetation. Fire. 6(7). 265–265. 3 indexed citations

Negreiros, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Glomalin mediation of plant functional traits unveiled in an extreme ecosystem. Flora. 305. 152337–152337. 4 indexed citations

Pereira, Eduardo Gusmão, Luzia V. Modolo, Advanio Inácio Siqueira‐Silva, et al.. (2023). Sunflower physiological adjustments to elevated CO2 and temperature do not improve reproductive performance and productivity. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 213. 105448–105448. 6 indexed citations

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Camarota, Flávio, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Lucas Neves Perillo, et al.. (2023). Differential response of fire on the community dynamics of five insect taxa in a tropical mountaintop forest archipelago. Ecology and Evolution. 13(12). e10806–e10806. 2 indexed citations

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Leite, Germano Leão Demolin, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Ronnie Von dos Santos Veloso, et al.. (2022). Free-feeding organisms and galling insects (Hymenoptera) interactions on Caryocar brasiliense (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) trees, a savanna plant from Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology. 84. e257975–e257975. 1 indexed citations

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Beirão, Marina do Vale, Frederico S. Neves, & Geraldo Wilson Fernandes. (2020). Climate and plant structure determine the spatiotemporal butterfly distribution on a tropical mountain. Biotropica. 53(1). 191–200. 22 indexed citations

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Metzger, Jean Paul, Mercedes Bustamante, Joice Ferreira, et al.. (2019). Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 17(3). 91–103. 136 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, et al.. (2018). Multitrophic interactions among fungal endophytes, bees, and Baccharis dracunculifolia: resin tapering for propolis production leads to endophyte infection. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 12(3). 329–337. 8 indexed citations

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Pezzini, Flávia Fonseca, Bernardo Ranieri, Diego Oliveira Brandão, et al.. (2014). Changes in tree phenology along natural regeneration in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 148(5). 965–974. 51 indexed citations

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Leite, Germano Leão Demolin, et al.. (2011). DISTRIBUTION OF A LEAF VEIN GALL IN Caryocar brasiliense (CARYOCARACEAE) TREE. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(4). 186–190. 11 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson & Daniel Negreiros. (2007). A comunidade de insetos galhadores da RPPN Fazenda Bulcão, Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 7(2). 111–120. 29 indexed citations

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Izzo, Thiago J., Genimar Rebouças Julião, Emmanuel Duarte Almada, & Geraldo Wilson Fernandes. (2006). Hiding from defenders: Localized chemical modification on the leaves of an Amazonian ant-plant induced by a gall-making insect (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Sociobiology. 48(2). 417–426. 9 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, et al.. (2006). Light and temperature influence on seed germination of Calliandra fasciculata Benth. (Leguminosae). 6(2). 95–97. 7 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Sílvia A., et al.. (1990). Biology and natural history of Euphaleurus ostreoides (Homoptera: Psyllidae), gall former on Lonchocarpus guilleminianus (Leguminosae).. Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 50(2). 417–423. 7 indexed citations

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