Hao Ran Lai

1.2k total citations
26 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Hao Ran Lai is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Ran Lai has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 8 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Hao Ran Lai's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers). Hao Ran Lai is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers). Hao Ran Lai collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Hao Ran Lai's co-authors include Margaret M. Mayfield, Michiel van Breugel, Jefferson S. Hall, Benjamin L. Turner, Hugh Tiang Wah Tan, Daniel B. Stouffer, Xingwen Loy, Claire E. Wainwright, Xiao Ping Song and Malyon D. Bimler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Hao Ran Lai

22 papers receiving 576 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hao Ran Lai Singapore 12 379 215 161 143 141 26 584
Johannes Metz Germany 11 304 0.8× 209 1.0× 156 1.0× 205 1.4× 86 0.6× 22 513
Cynthia Chang United States 13 333 0.9× 202 0.9× 154 1.0× 173 1.2× 242 1.7× 22 634
Nicole L. Kinlock United States 10 242 0.6× 199 0.9× 141 0.9× 118 0.8× 171 1.2× 17 548
Timo Conradi Germany 14 248 0.7× 105 0.5× 265 1.6× 86 0.6× 211 1.5× 28 552
Leen Depauw Belgium 14 418 1.1× 133 0.6× 358 2.2× 147 1.0× 151 1.1× 20 722
Gabriele Midolo Italy 9 279 0.7× 141 0.7× 145 0.9× 188 1.3× 159 1.1× 16 581
Gillian L. Rapson New Zealand 15 487 1.3× 279 1.3× 191 1.2× 276 1.9× 337 2.4× 37 856
Marie‐Lise Benot France 16 255 0.7× 177 0.8× 230 1.4× 191 1.3× 200 1.4× 24 602
Jan Van Uytvanck Belgium 11 350 0.9× 130 0.6× 327 2.0× 183 1.3× 183 1.3× 17 727
Steffi Heinrichs Germany 16 434 1.1× 135 0.6× 368 2.3× 187 1.3× 148 1.0× 38 786

Countries citing papers authored by Hao Ran Lai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hao Ran Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Ran Lai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dehling, D. Matthias, Hao Ran Lai, & Daniel B. Stouffer. (2025). Eltonian Niche Modelling: Applying Joint Hierarchical Niche Models to Ecological Networks. Ecology Letters. 28(6). e70120–e70120.
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Lai, Hao Ran. (2025). Model‐based ordination for phenological studies: From controlling sampling bias to inferring temporal associations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(7). 1542–1546.
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Tomscha, Stephanie A., et al.. (2025). Identifying potentially suitable and accessible refugia to mitigate impacts of an emerging disease on a rare tree. Conservation Biology. 39(6). e70088–e70088.
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Tylianakis, Jason M., Dean P. Anderson, Andrea Larissa Boesing, et al.. (2025). Mobile species’ responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature’s contributions to people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2505401122–e2505401122.
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Anderson, Dean P., et al.. (2024). Landscape patterns drive provision of nature's contributions to people by mobile species. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(11). 2666–2678. 2 indexed citations
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García‐Callejas, David, et al.. (2024). The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(6). 558–570. 13 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, et al.. (2024). A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities. Ecology Letters. 27(11). e70014–e70014. 3 indexed citations
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Hall, Jefferson S., et al.. (2022). Deforestation scenarios show the importance of secondary forest for meeting Panama’s carbon goals. Landscape Ecology. 37(3). 673–694. 14 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, Dylan Craven, Jefferson S. Hall, Francis K. C. Hui, & Michiel van Breugel. (2021). Successional syndromes of saplings in tropical secondary forests emerge from environment‐dependent trait–demography relationships. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1776–1787. 12 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, Kwek Yan Chong, Alex Thiam Koon Yee, Margaret M. Mayfield, & Daniel B. Stouffer. (2021). Non‐additive biotic interactions improve predictions of tropical tree growth and impact community size structure. Ecology. 103(2). e03588–e03588. 10 indexed citations
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Chiam, Zhongyu, Srishti Arora, Hao Ran Lai, et al.. (2021). Habitat Adaptation Mediates the Influence of Leaf Traits on Canopy Productivity: Evidence from a Tropical Freshwater Swamp Forest. Ecosystems. 25(5). 1006–1019. 4 indexed citations
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Song, Xiao Ping, Hao Ran Lai, Lahiru S. Wijedasa, et al.. (2020). Height–diameter allometry for the management of city trees in the tropics. Environmental Research Letters. 15(11). 114017–114017. 10 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, Kwek Yan Chong, Alex Thiam Koon Yee, Hugh Tiang Wah Tan, & Michiel van Breugel. (2020). Functional traits that moderate tropical tree recruitment during post‐windstorm secondary succession. Journal of Ecology. 108(4). 1322–1333. 20 indexed citations
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Chiam, Zhongyu, Xiao Ping Song, Hao Ran Lai, & Hugh Tiang Wah Tan. (2019). Particulate matter mitigation via plants: Understanding complex relationships with leaf traits. The Science of The Total Environment. 688. 398–408. 75 indexed citations
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Breugel, Michiel van, et al.. (2018). Soil nutrients and dispersal limitation shape compositional variation in secondary tropical forests across multiple scales. Journal of Ecology. 107(2). 566–581. 76 indexed citations
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Bimler, Malyon D., Daniel B. Stouffer, Hao Ran Lai, & Margaret M. Mayfield. (2018). Accurate predictions of coexistence in natural systems require the inclusion of facilitative interactions and environmental dependency. Journal of Ecology. 106(5). 1839–1852. 76 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, Stephen P. Bonser, Peter A. Vesk, et al.. (2017). Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26(10). 1165–1176. 8 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, Jefferson S. Hall, Benjamin L. Turner, & Michiel van Breugel. (2017). Liana effects on biomass dynamics strengthen during secondary forest succession. Ecology. 98(4). 1062–1070. 35 indexed citations
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Lai, Hao Ran, et al.. (2015). Distinct invasion strategies operating within a natural annual plant system. Ecology Letters. 18(4). 336–346. 49 indexed citations

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