John A. Silander

16.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
123 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

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John A. Silander is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Silander has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 38 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 37 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in John A. Silander's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (74 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers) and Plant and animal studies (35 papers). John A. Silander is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (74 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers) and Plant and animal studies (35 papers). John A. Silander collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Japan. John A. Silander's co-authors include Stephen W. Pacala, Cory Merow, Matthew J. Smith, Charles D. Canham, Richard K. Kobe, Andrew M. Latimer, Eric Ribbens, Daniel L. Civco, Jiliu Zhou and Adam M. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John A. Silander

122 papers receiving 11.8k 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.

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

2013 2.8k citations Cory Merow, John A. Silander et al. profile →
Forest Models Defined by Field Measurements: Estimation, Error Analysis and Dynamics

1996 931 citations Stephen W. Pacala, John A. Silander et al. profile →
Juvenile Tree Survivorship as a Component of Shade Tolerance

1995 840 citations Stephen W. Pacala, John A. Silander et al. Ecological Applications profile →
A wavelet transform method to merge Landsat TM and SPOT panchromatic data

1998 750 citations Daniel L. Civco, John A. Silander et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Silander United States	54	6.6k	4.5k	3.9k	3.8k	3.5k	123	12.8k
Janet Franklin United States	57	5.2k 0.8×	6.9k 1.5×	5.4k 1.4×	4.8k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	227	13.8k
Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa Canada	57	3.2k 0.5×	5.3k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	5.6k 1.5×	2.1k 0.6×	233	11.9k
David A. Coomes United Kingdom	70	11.6k 1.8×	6.0k 1.3×	2.3k 0.6×	8.7k 2.3×	3.5k 1.0×	248	19.4k
H.H.T. Prins Netherlands	68	5.4k 0.8×	9.2k 2.0×	1.4k 0.4×	4.3k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	407	16.8k
Bethany A. Bradley United States	47	3.8k 0.6×	5.2k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	4.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	132	9.1k
Carlo Ricotta Italy	44	3.4k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	234	7.6k
Ronen Kadmon Israel	43	5.8k 0.9×	6.2k 1.4×	5.1k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	83	12.2k
Emma C. Underwood United States	22	3.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	41	9.3k
Marie‐Josée Fortin Canada	65	7.0k 1.1×	8.6k 1.9×	3.6k 0.9×	6.2k 1.6×	2.9k 0.8×	274	17.2k
Jeremy T. Kerr Canada	45	5.0k 0.8×	4.3k 0.9×	4.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	106	9.3k

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Silander, John A., et al.. (2024). Zero-inflated multivariate tobit regression modeling. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 236. 106229–106229. 3 indexed citations

Gelfand, Alan E., et al.. (2024). Good modelling practice in ecology, the hierarchical Bayesian perspective. Ecological Modelling. 496. 110847–110847. 1 indexed citations

Silander, John A., William J. Bond, & Joelisoa Ratsirarson. (2023). The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation. Plants People Planet. 6(1). 94–115. 9 indexed citations

Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E., Douglas Euston‐Brown, Cynthia S. Jones, et al.. (2021). Plant spectral diversity as a surrogate for species, functional and phylogenetic diversity across a hyper‐diverse biogeographic region. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(7). 1403–1417. 32 indexed citations

Schliep, Erin M., Alan E. Gelfand, Rachel M. Mitchell, Matthew E. Aiello‐Lammens, & John A. Silander. (2017). Assessing the joint behaviour of species traits as filtered by environment. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(3). 716–727. 10 indexed citations

Xie, Yingying, Xiaojing Wang, Adam M. Wilson, & John A. Silander. (2017). Predicting autumn phenology: How deciduous tree species respond to weather stressors. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 250-251. 127–137. 109 indexed citations

Mitchell, Nora, Timothy E. Moore, Jane E. Carlson, et al.. (2015). Functional Traits in Parallel Evolutionary Radiations and Trait-Environment Associations in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. The American Naturalist. 185(4). 525–537. 31 indexed citations

Allen, Jenica M., Mark H. Brand, John A. Silander, et al.. (2012). Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Berberis thunbergii (Berberidaceae). American Journal of Botany. 99(5). e220–2. 4 indexed citations

Merow, Cory, et al.. (2011). Developing Dynamic Mechanistic Species Distribution Models: Predicting Bird-Mediated Spread of Invasive Plants across Northeastern North America. The American Naturalist. 178(1). 30–43. 62 indexed citations

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Latimer, Andrew M., et al.. (2009). Hierarchical models facilitate spatial analysis of large data sets: a case study on invasive plant species in the northeastern United States. Ecology Letters. 12(2). 144–154. 119 indexed citations

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Latimer, Andrew M., John A. Silander, Anthony G. Rebelo, & Guy F. Midgley. (2009). Experimental biogeography: the role of environmental gradients in high geographic diversity in Cape Proteaceae. Oecologia. 160(1). 151–162. 43 indexed citations

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Ibáñez, Inés, et al.. (2009). Multivariate forecasts of potential distributions of invasive plant species. Ecological Applications. 19(2). 359–375. 96 indexed citations

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Leicht‐Young, Stacey A., John A. Silander, & Andrew M. Latimer. (2007). Comparative performance of invasive and native Celastrus species across environmental gradients. Oecologia. 154(2). 273–282. 64 indexed citations

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Rozzi, Ricardo, et al.. (2006). Ten Principles for Biocultural Conservation at the Southern Tip of the Americas: the Approach of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park. Ecology and Society. 11(1). 104 indexed citations

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Rozzi, Ricardo, et al.. (2003). Árboles Nativos y Exóticos en las Plazas de Magallanes. Native and Exotic tree Species in the Squares of the Magellan Region.. Anales Del Instituto De La Patagonia. 31. 27–42. 1 indexed citations

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Silander, John A., et al.. (2002). Geometric constraints and spatial pattern of species richness: critique of range‐based null models. Diversity and Distributions. 8(6). 351–364. 40 indexed citations

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Rozzi, Ricardo, Eugene C. Hargrove, Juan J. Armestó, Steward T. A. Pickett, & John A. Silander. (1998). "Natural drift" as a post-modern evolutionary metaphor. Revista chilena de historia natural. 71(1). 5–17. 9 indexed citations

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Civco, Daniel L., et al.. (1998). Delineating forest canopy species in the northeastern united states using multi-temporal TM imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 64(9). 891–904. 92 indexed citations

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Silander, John A. & Stephen W. Pacala. (1985). Neighborhood predictors of plant performance. Oecologia. 66(2). 256–263. 180 indexed citations

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Silander, John A.. (1983). Demographic variation in the Australian desert cassia under grazing pressure. Oecologia. 60(2). 227–233. 26 indexed citations

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