John J. Ewel

18.4k citations

61 papers · 11.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
Ecology top 0.2%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
Plant Science top 1%

Co-authors: Pablo Inchausti John H. Lawton Michel Loreau Bernhard Schmid F. Stuart Chapin John Vandermeer Andy Hector Heikki Setälä
Topics: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers)Forest ecology and management (10 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecological Modeling Forestry
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ecology
Partner nations: United States Costa Rica Australia

In The Last Decade

John J. Ewel

61 papers receiving 11.0k 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.

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

2005 5.7k citations F. Stuart Chapin, John J. Ewel et al. profile →
Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order

2006 1.4k citations Richard J. Hobbs, Salvatore Aricò et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →
Don't judge species on their origins

2011 717 citations Mark A. Davis, Matthew K. Chew et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Resources for Crop Production: Accessing the Unavailable 2018 ·Trends in Plant Science ·John J. Ewel,Laura A. Schreeg,Thomas R. Sinclair	20
2	Don't judge species on their originsbreakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Mark A. Davis,Matthew K. Chew,Richard J. Hobbs,Ariel E. Lugo,John J. Ewel,Geerat J. Vermeij,James H. Brown,Michael L. Rosenzweig,Mark R. Gardener,Scott P. Carroll,Ken Thompson,Steward T. A. Pickett,Juliet C. Stromberg,Peter Del Tredici,Katharine N. Suding,Joan G. Ehrenfeld,J. Philip Grime,Joseph Mascaro,John C. Briggs	717
3	Tree species identity and interactions with neighbors determine nutrient leaching in model tropical forests 2011 ·Oecologia ·John J. Ewel,Seth W. Bigelow	14
4	Water use in four model tropical plant associations established in the lowlands of Costa Rica 2007 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·(unknown),John J. Ewel	3
5	Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world orderbreakdown → 2006 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Richard J. Hobbs,Salvatore Aricò,James Aronson,Jill S. Baron,Peter Bridgewater,Viki A. Cramer,Paul R. Epstein,John J. Ewel,Carlos Augusto Klink,Ariel E. Lugo,David A. Norton,Dennis S. Ojima,David M. Richardson,Eric W. Sanderson,Fernando Valladares,Montserrat Vilà,Regino Zamora,Martin Zobel	1417
6	Species And Rotation Frequency Influence Soil Nitrogen In Simplified Tropical Plant Communities 2006 ·Ecological Applications ·John J. Ewel	16
7	ENHANCING NUTRIENT RETENTION IN TROPICAL TREE PLANTATIONS: NO SHORT CUTS 2004 ·Ecological Applications ·Seth W. Bigelow,John J. Ewel,Jeremy Haggar	14
8	A place for alien species in ecosystem restoration 2004 ·Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ·John J. Ewel,Francis E. Putz	191
9	Global Patterns in Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction: A Latitudinal Gradient in Nitrogen Retention and Loss 2003 ·AGUFM ·Whendee L. Silver,Andrew W. Thompson,(unknown),F. Stuart Chapin,John J. Ewel,Mary K. Firestone	1
10	Nitrogen isotope ratios shift with plant size in tropical bromeliads 2003 ·Oecologia ·(unknown),John J. Ewel,Nalini M. Nadkarni,Todd E. Dawson,R. Evans	37
11	Nutrient Use Efficiency in Three Fast-Growing Tropical Trees 2002 ·Forest Science ·Ankila J. Hiremath,John J. Ewel,Thomas G. Cole	40
12	Natural systems as models for the design of sustainable systems of land use 1999 ·Agroforestry Systems ·John J. Ewel	170
13	Tropical Rainforest Research—Current Issues 1997 ·Forest Science ·John J. Ewel	15
14	Establishment, Resource Acquisition, and Early Productivity as Determined by Biomass Allocation Patterns of Three Tropical Tree Species 1995 ·Forest Science ·Jeremy Haggar,John J. Ewel	47
15	Efectos de una sucesion de cultivos en la fertilidad de suelos volcanicos respecto a la sucesion natural 1988 ·Turrialba ·Marı́a Julia Mazzarino,John J. Ewel,Cory W. Berish,(unknown)	3
16	Responses to defoliation of species-rich and monospecific tropical plant communities 1988 ·Oecologia ·Rebecca J. Brown,John J. Ewel	11
17	LEACHING FROM A TROPICAL ANDEPT DURING BIG STORMS 1985 ·Soil Science ·Ann E. Russell,John J. Ewel	40
18	Leaf‐Cutting Ant Herbivory in Successional and Agricultural Tropical Ecosystems 1985 ·Ecology ·(unknown),John J. Ewel	83
19	Leaf area, light transmission, roots and leaf damage in nine tropical plant communities 1982 ·Agro-Ecosystems ·John J. Ewel,(unknown),Cory W. Berish,Rebecca J. Brown,Stephen R. Gliessman,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Roberto Miranda,(unknown)	48
20	REMOTE SENSING SURVEY OF MELALEUCA 1977 ·Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·(unknown),John J. Ewel,(unknown),Ronald L. Myers	5

About John J. Ewel

John J. Ewel is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Forestry and Soil Science, having authored 61 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Forest ecology and management (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.0k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations) and Forestry (799 citations). John J. Ewel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Pablo Inchausti, John H. Lawton, Michel Loreau, Bernhard Schmid, F. Stuart Chapin, John Vandermeer, Andy Hector, Heikki Setälä, Sandra Lavorel and David M. Lodge. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ecology.

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