John H. Lawton

72.0k citations
280 papers · 47.8k indexed · 25 hit papers · h-index 101
Topics
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (100 papers)Plant and animal studies (83 papers)Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (53 papers)

In The Last Decade

John H. Lawton

271 papers receiving 42.6k citations

Hit Papers

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John H. Lawton
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
  • Ecology 21.6k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 21.1k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 18.0k
  • Global and Planetary Change 9.2k
  • Insect Science 7.7k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John H. Lawton

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All Works

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Comparative Losses of British Butterflies, Birds, and Plants and the Global Extinction Crisisbreakdown →
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Comparing studies of artificial and natural ecosystem responses to CO2 enrichment.
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4 248
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Why More Productive Sites Have More Species: An Experimental Test of Theory Using Tree‐Hole Communitiesbreakdown →
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The impacts of elevated CO2 on aphid-plant interactions
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First survey of insects feeding on Pteridium aquilinum in Brazil.
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8 283
9 183
10 62
11 29
12 57
13 82
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Herbivory and the evolution of leaf size and shape. Discussion
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The U.K. biological control programme for bracken.
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prospects of biological control of bracken in Britain
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18 25
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The life history of Lestes sponsa (Hansemann): larval growth (Zygoptera: Lestidae)
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The systematic formulation of tractable single-species models incorporating age structure
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About John H. Lawton

John H. Lawton is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 280 papers that have together received 47.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (100 papers), Plant and animal studies (83 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (53 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (21.1k citations), Ecological Modeling (6.7k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (18.0k citations). John H. Lawton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Clive G. Jones, Moshe Shachak, Stuart L. Pimm, Kevin J. Gaston, Donald R. Strong, Robert D. Holt, Tim M. Blackburn, J. R. Beddington, Andy Hector and M. P. Hassell. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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