Karl Grigulis

9.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
42 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Karl Grigulis is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Grigulis has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Karl Grigulis's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers). Karl Grigulis is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers). Karl Grigulis collaborates with scholars based in France, Austria and United Kingdom. Karl Grigulis's co-authors include Sandra Lavorel, Fabien Quétier, Montserrat Vilà, Francesco de Bello, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Jonathan M. Levine, T. Matthew Robson, Sandra Dı́az, Éric Garnier and D. L. Garden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Karl Grigulis

40 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2007 2007 2010 2016 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions
    2003 1.4k citations Montserrat Vilà, Karl Grigulis et al. profile →
  2. Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments
    2007 1.3k citations Sandra Dı́az, Sandra Lavorel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters!
    2007 740 citations Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis et al. profile →
  4. Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services
    2010 509 citations Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
  5. Plant Functional Diversity: Organism traits, community structure, and ecosystem properties
    2016 280 citations Éric Garnier, Karl Grigulis et al. profile →

Peers

Karl Grigulis
Brian J. Wilsey United States
Robin J. Pakeman United Kingdom
Dana M. Blumenthal United States
Daniel C. Laughlin United States
Amy J. Symstad United States
Peter J. Bellingham New Zealand
William D. Stock Australia
Marie‐Laure Navas France
Christiane Roscher Germany
Diego E. Gurvich Argentina
Brian J. Wilsey United States
Karl Grigulis
Citations per year, relative to Karl Grigulis Karl Grigulis (= 1×) peers Brian J. Wilsey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karl Grigulis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Grigulis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karl Grigulis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karl Grigulis 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 Karl Grigulis. Karl Grigulis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grigulis, Karl, Marie‐Pascale Colace, Christiane Gallet, et al.. (2025). Shrub encroachment modifies soil properties through plant resource economics traits. Plant and Soil. 514(2). 2083–2104.
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Binet, Marie-Noëlle, Karl Grigulis, Marie‐Pascale Colace, et al.. (2025). Ericaceous shrub encroachment influences the structure of soil fungal communities in subalpine grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105985–105985. 2 indexed citations
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Poulenard, Jérôme, Lauric Cécillon, François Baudin, et al.. (2022). Soil organic matter changes under experimental pedoclimatic modifications in mountain grasslands of the French Alps. Geoderma. 429. 116238–116238. 8 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Templates for multifunctional landscape design. Landscape Ecology. 37(3). 913–934. 33 indexed citations
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Grigulis, Karl, et al.. (2022). Community-Based Institutions Shape Cheese Co-Production in a French Alpine Valley. Mountain Research and Development. 42(3). 3 indexed citations
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Szukics, Ute, Karl Grigulis, Nicolas Legay, et al.. (2018). Management versus site effects on the abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in European mountain grasslands. The Science of The Total Environment. 648. 745–753. 21 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Karl Grigulis, Georg Leitinger, et al.. (2017). Historical trajectories in land use pattern and grassland ecosystem services in two European alpine landscapes. Regional Environmental Change. 17(8). 2251–2264. 80 indexed citations
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Mayor, Jordan R., Nathan J. Sanders, Aimée T. Classen, et al.. (2017). Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally. Nature. 542(7639). 91–95. 222 indexed citations
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Kohler, Marina, et al.. (2016). Plant functional assemblages as indicators of the resilience of grassland ecosystem service provision. Ecological Indicators. 73. 118–127. 28 indexed citations
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Legay, Nicolas, Catherine Baxendale, Karl Grigulis, et al.. (2014). Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Annals of Botany. 114(5). 1011–1021. 139 indexed citations
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Cantarel, Amélie, Thomas Pommier, Marie Desclos-Theveniau, et al.. (2014). Using plant traits to explain plant–microbe relationships involved in nitrogen acquisition. Ecology. 96(3). 788–799. 128 indexed citations
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Duparc, Antoine, Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis, et al.. (2012). Estimating herbaceous plant biomass in mountain grasslands: a comparative study using three different methods. Alpine Botany. 122(1). 57–63. 29 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Francesco de Bello, Karl Grigulis, et al.. (2011). Response of herbaceous vegetation functional diversity to land use change across five sites in Europe and Israel. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 57(1-2). 53–72. 20 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Karl Grigulis, Pénélope Lamarque, et al.. (2010). Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services. Journal of Ecology. 99(1). 135–147. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dı́az, Sandra, Sandra Lavorel, Francesco de Bello, et al.. (2007). Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20684–20689. 1250 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grigulis, Karl, et al.. (2005). Landscape‐scale positive feedbacks between fire and expansion of the large tussock grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanica in Catalan shrublands. Global Change Biology. 11(7). 1042–1053. 89 indexed citations
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Prieur‐Richard, Anne‐Hélène, Sandra Lavorel, A. dos Santos, & Karl Grigulis. (2002). Mechanisms of resistance of Mediterranean annual communities to invasion by Conyza bonariensis : effects of native functional composition. Oikos. 99(2). 338–346. 39 indexed citations
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Prieur‐Richard, Anne‐Hélène, Sandra Lavorel, Karl Grigulis, & A. dos Santos. (2000). Plant community diversity and invasibility by exotics: invasion of Mediterranean old fields by Conyza bonariensis and Conyza canadensis. Ecology Letters. 3(5). 412–422. 117 indexed citations
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Lavorel, Sandra, Anne‐Hélène Prieur‐Richard, & Karl Grigulis. (1999). Invasibility and diversity of plant communities:from patterns to processes. Diversity and Distributions. 5(1-2). 41–49. 86 indexed citations
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Reader, R. J., Scott D. Wilson, Irene C. Wisheu, et al.. (1994). Plant Competition in Relation to Neighbor Biomass: An Intercontinental Study with POA Pratensis. Ecology. 75(6). 1753–1760. 127 indexed citations

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