Julie Messier

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Julie Messier is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Cognitive Neuroscience and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Julie Messier has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Julie Messier's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Julie Messier is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Julie Messier collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Julie Messier's co-authors include Brian J. McGill, Martin J. Lechowicz, Brian J. Enquist, Cyrille Violle, John Kalaska, Vincent Jung, Catherine M. Hulshof, Cécile H. Albert, Lin Jiang and Daniel C. Laughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Julie Messier

29 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

2012 1.3k citations Cyrille Violle, Brian J. Enquist et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait‐based ecology

2010 629 citations Julie Messier, Brian J. McGill et al. Ecology Letters profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Julie Messier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julie Messier

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julie Messier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Julie Messier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Julie Messier based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Julie Messier. Julie Messier is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	An integrative urban tree risk index as a novel framework for risk assessment: A case study of Montreal, Canada 2025 ·Urban forestry & urban greening ·Manuel Esperón‐Rodríguez, (unknown), Julie Messier, Rachael V. Gallagher, Mark G. Tjoelker, Christian Messier	0
2	Root and biomass allocation traits predict changes in plant species and communities over four decades of global change 2024 ·Ecology ·Julie Messier, Antoine Becker‐Scarpitta, Yuanzhi Li, (unknown), Mark Vellend	2
3	Bootstrapping outperforms community‐weighted approaches for estimating the shapes of phenotypic distributions 2023 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Brian Maitner, Aud H. Halbritter, Richard J. Telford, Tanya Strydom, Julia Chacón‐Labella, Christine Lamanna, Lindsey Sloat, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Julie Messier, Nick L. Rasmussen, Francesco Pomati, (unknown), Vigdis Vandvik, Brian J. Enquist	13
4	Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation 2022 ·PLoS Biology ·Samuel E. Wuest, Nuno D. Pires, Shan Luo, François Vasseur, Julie Messier, Ueli Grossniklaus, Pascal A. Niklaus	12
5	Adaptation and spatial generalization to a triaxial visuomotor perturbation in a virtual reality environment 2019 ·Experimental Brain Research ·(unknown), Julie Messier	4
6	Trait covariance: the functional warp of plant diversity? 2017 ·New Phytologist ·Anthony P. Walker, Michael McCormack, Julie Messier, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Stan D. Wullschleger	21
7	Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes 2015 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Daniel C. Laughlin, Julie Messier	232
8	Impact of Parkinson’s disease and dopaminergic medication on adaptation to explicit and implicit visuomotor perturbations 2013 ·Brain and Cognition ·David Mongeon, Pierre J. Blanchet, Julie Messier	34
9	The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology breakdown → 2012 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Cyrille Violle, Brian J. Enquist, Brian J. McGill, Lin Jiang, Cécile H. Albert, Catherine M. Hulshof, Vincent Jung, Julie Messier	1274
10	How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait‐based ecology breakdown → 2010 ·Ecology Letters ·Julie Messier, Brian J. McGill, Martin J. Lechowicz	629
11	Evidence for a Proprioception-Based Rapid On-Line Error Correction Mechanism for Hand Orientation during Reaching Movements in Blind Subjects 2009 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), John Kalaska, Julie Messier	35
12	Brain function decline in healthy retired athletes who sustained their last sports concussion in early adulthood 2009 ·Brain ·Louis De Beaumont, Hugo Théoret, David Mongeon, Julie Messier, Suzanne Leclerc, Sébastien Tremblay, Dave Ellemberg, Maryse Lassonde	333
13	Evidence for Continuous Processing of Visual Information in a Manual Video-Aiming Task 2009 ·Journal of Motor Behavior ·Luc Proteau, (unknown), Julie Messier	38
14	Evidence for Automatic On-Line Adjustments of Hand Orientation During Natural Reaching Movements to Stationary Targets 2008 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·(unknown), Julie Messier, John Kalaska	28
15	Impact of Parkinson's disease and dopaminergic medication on proprioceptive processing 2008 ·Neuroscience ·David Mongeon, Pierre J. Blanchet, Julie Messier	50
16	Visuomotor learning in immersive 3D virtual reality in Parkinson’s disease and in aging 2006 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Julie Messier, Sergei Adamovich, David Jack, Wayne A. Hening, Jacob Sage, Howard Poizner	52
17	Arm?trunk coordination in the absence of proprioception 2003 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Eugene Tunik, Howard Poizner, Mindy F. Levin, S. V. Adamovich, Julie Messier, Y. Lamarre, Anatol G. Feldman	35
18	Influence of movement speed on accuracy and coordination of reaching movements to memorized targets in three-dimensional space in a deafferented subject 2003 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Julie Messier, Sergei Adamovich, M. B. Berkinblit, Eugene Tunik, Howard Poizner	67
19	Covariation of Primate Dorsal Premotor Cell Activity With Direction and Amplitude During a Memorized-Delay Reaching Task 2000 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Julie Messier, John Kalaska	153
20	Comparison of variability of initial kinematics and endpoints of reaching movements 1999 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Julie Messier, John Kalaska	177

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