Heidi Asbjornsen

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Heidi Asbjornsen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Asbjornsen has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 43 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 39 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Heidi Asbjornsen's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (60 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (34 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers). Heidi Asbjornsen is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (60 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (34 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers). Heidi Asbjornsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Spain. Heidi Asbjornsen's co-authors include Matthew J. Helmers, Kristiina A. Vogt, Daniel J. Vogt, F. Holwerda, Todd E. Dawson, Jennifer L. O’Hara, Peter A. Palmiotto, Paul I. Boon, Lyssette E. Muñoz‐Villers and Gregory R. Goldsmith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Asbjornsen

127 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review of root dynamics in forest ecosystems grouped by climate, climatic forest type and species

1995 551 citations Heidi Asbjornsen et al. profile →
Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands

2017 253 citations Lisa A. Schulte, Jarad Niemi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heidi Asbjornsen United States	40	3.2k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	129	5.3k
Olivier Roupsard France	35	3.2k 1.0×	965 0.6×	708 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	647 0.6×	105	4.8k
Chris B. Zou United States	36	3.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	732 0.7×	118	5.0k
Peili Shi China	39	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	638 0.6×	201	5.8k
Francis M. Kelliher New Zealand	45	4.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	609 0.6×	102	6.9k
Leena Finér Finland	46	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	651 0.6×	2.4k 2.2×	665 0.7×	176	6.7k
Jesse B. Nippert United States	36	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	804 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	288 0.3×	126	5.2k
Christopher Neill United States	46	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	682 0.6×	2.2k 2.0×	863 0.8×	139	6.4k
William K. Smith United States	43	4.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	2.4k 2.2×	465 0.5×	117	6.8k
Randall K. Kolka United States	45	2.0k 0.6×	862 0.6×	805 0.7×	3.0k 2.7×	702 0.7×	231	6.7k
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Brazil	50	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	2.8k 2.6×	841 0.8×	234	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Asbjornsen

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Gotsch, Sybil G., Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Daniel B. Metcalfe, et al.. (2025). Trait plasticity and adaptive strategies of vascular epiphytes to a large‐scale experimental reduction of fog immersion in a tropical montane cloud forest. American Journal of Botany. 112(5). e70042–e70042.

Metcalfe, Daniel B., David Álvarez, Walter Huaraca Huasco, et al.. (2024). The Wayqecha Amazon Cloud Curtain Ecosystem Experiment: A new experimental method to manipulate fog water inputs in terrestrial systems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(2). 400–413. 1 indexed citations

Briones, Oscar, et al.. (2024). Assemblage of forest communities in subtropical montane forests of western Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 40.

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., et al.. (2023). Physiological response of mature red spruce trees to partial and complete sapwood severing. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology. 2 indexed citations

Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., Heidi Asbjornsen, Shawn Fraver, et al.. (2023). Temporary thinning shock in previously shaded red spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 53(7). 491–502. 1 indexed citations

Brum, Mauro, et al.. (2023). Ecophysiological controls on water use of tropical cloud forest trees in response to experimental drought. Tree Physiology. 43(9). 1514–1532. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiqiang, Lu Zhang, Hang Xu, et al.. (2023). Forest water-use efficiency: Effects of climate change and management on the coupling of carbon and water processes. Forest Ecology and Management. 534. 120853–120853. 60 indexed citations

Martin, Meredith P., Charles M. Peters, Heidi Asbjornsen, & Mark S. Ashton. (2021). Diversity and niche differentiation of a mixed pine–oak forest in the Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico. Ecosphere. 12(4). 11 indexed citations

Berry, Z. Carter, et al.. (2019). Linking coordinated hydraulic traits to drought and recovery responses in a tropical montane cloud forest. American Journal of Botany. 106(10). 1316–1326. 7 indexed citations

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Guerrieri, Rossella, Soumaya Belmecheri, Scott V. Ollinger, et al.. (2019). Disentangling the role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on rising forest water-use efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(34). 16909–16914. 213 indexed citations

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Brum, Mauro, et al.. (2018). ENSO effects on the transpiration of eastern Amazon trees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1760). 20180085–20180085. 27 indexed citations

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Brum, Mauro, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, V. Y. Ivanov, et al.. (2018). Hydrological niche segregation defines forest structure and drought tolerance strategies in a seasonal Amazon forest. Journal of Ecology. 107(1). 318–333. 157 indexed citations

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Schulte, Lisa A., Jarad Niemi, Matthew J. Helmers, et al.. (2017). Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(42). 11247–11252. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berry, Z. Carter, Jaivime Evaristo, Georgianne W. Moore, et al.. (2017). The two water worlds hypothesis: Addressing multiple working hypotheses and proposing a way forward. Ecohydrology. 11(3). 111 indexed citations

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Asbjornsen, Heidi, Virginia Hernández‐Santana, Matt Liebman, et al.. (2013). Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 29(2). 101–125. 232 indexed citations

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Asbjornsen, Heidi, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Karin T. Rebel, et al.. (2011). Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 115 indexed citations

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Asbjornsen, Heidi, Gregory R. Goldsmith, M. S. Alvarado-Barrientos, et al.. (2011). Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review. Journal of Plant Ecology. 4(1-2). 3–22. 259 indexed citations

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Helmers, Matthew J., Xiaobo Zhou, Heidi Asbjornsen, Randall K. Kolka, & Mark D. Tomer. (2011). Water quality benefits of perennial filter strips in row-cropped watersheds. Proceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Santana, Virginia, et al.. (2010). Effectiveness of Perennial Vegetation Strips in Reducing Runoff in Annual Crop Production Systems. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Holwerda, F., et al.. (2009). Water budgets of old-growth and regenerating montane cloud forests in central Veracruz, Mexico. VU Research Portal. 2 indexed citations

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