Konrad Wessels

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Konrad Wessels is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Konrad Wessels has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Konrad Wessels's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (53 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers). Konrad Wessels is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (53 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers). Konrad Wessels collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Konrad Wessels's co-authors include Stephen D. Prince, F. van den Bergh, Robert J. Scholes, Johan Malherbe, Barend Erasmus, J. Small, Renaud Mathieu, S. D. Prince, Dirk van Zyl and Gregory P. Asner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Konrad Wessels

84 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers

2012 654 citations Robert J. Scholes, Konrad Wessels et al. profile →
Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South Africa

2006 542 citations Konrad Wessels et al. profile →

Peers

Konrad Wessels

ECOLO

GPC

NLC

P. S. Roy India

Carol A. Wessman United States

Kevin P. Price United States

Dirk Pflugmacher Germany

Kirsten M. de Beurs United States

Patrick Griffiths Germany

C.A. Mücher Netherlands

Renaud Mathieu South Africa

Patrick Danielson United States

J.A. Fry United States

P. S. Roy India

Konrad Wessels

2.2k ×0.8

ECOLO

2.2k ×0.9

GPC

853 ×0.9

NLC

953 ×1.1

936 ×1.3

Citations per year, relative to Konrad Wessels Konrad Wessels (= 1×) peers P. S. Roy

Countries citing papers authored by Konrad Wessels

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Konrad Wessels

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Konrad Wessels

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wessels, Konrad, John Armston, Laura Duncanson, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of GEDI footprint level biomass models in Southern African Savannas using airborne LiDAR and field measurements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100161–100161. 3 indexed citations

Wessels, Konrad, et al.. (2023). Training Strategies of Cnn for Land Cover Mapping with High Resolution Multi-Spectral Imagery in Senegal. Edge Hill University Research Information Repository (Edge Hill University). 6358–6361.

Wessels, Konrad, John Armston, Renaud Mathieu, et al.. (2020). First Validation of GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics in South African Savannas.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

Mathieu, Renaud, et al.. (2018). A radar- and LiDAR-based earth observation system for monitoring savanna woody structure in southern Africa. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 355–359. 2 indexed citations

Witkowski, E.T.F., et al.. (2018). Fuelwood extraction intensity drives compensatory regrowth in African savanna communal lands. Land Degradation and Development. 30(2). 190–201. 6 indexed citations

Erasmus, Barend, E.T.F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, et al.. (2015). Biomass Increases Go under Cover: Woody Vegetation Dynamics in South African Rangelands. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127093–e0127093. 37 indexed citations

Steenkamp, Karen, et al.. (2012). Quantitative comparison of fire danger index performance using fire activity. 3375–3378. 1 indexed citations

Wessels, Konrad, Renaud Mathieu, Barend Erasmus, et al.. (2011). Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results. 342. d635–d635. 3 indexed citations

Wessels, Konrad, et al.. (2009). Influence of composite period and date of observation on phenological metrics extracted from MODIS data. 7 indexed citations

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Steenkamp, Karen, Konrad Wessels, Sally Archibald, & Graham von Maltitz. (2009). Satellite derived phenology of southern Africa for 1985-2000 and functional classification of vegetation based on phenometrics. 3 indexed citations

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Mathieu, Renaud, Konrad Wessels, Gregory P. Asner, et al.. (2009). Tree cover, tree height and bare soil cover differences along a land use degradation gradient in semi-arid savannas, South Africa. 1. II–194. 4 indexed citations

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Salmon, B.P., J.C. Olivier, W. Kleynhans, Konrad Wessels, & F. van den Bergh. (2009). The quest for automated land cover change detection using satellite time series data. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). IV–244. 9 indexed citations

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Deppe, Jill L., Konrad Wessels, & James A. Smith. (2007). Alaska at the Crossroads of Migration: Space-Based Ornithology. The Keep (Eastern Illinois University). 6. 53. 4 indexed citations

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Wessels, Konrad, et al.. (2006). Relationship between herbaceous biomass and 1‐km² Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) NDVI in Kruger National Park, South Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(5). 951–973. 109 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Jenny, et al.. (2003). Flooding Patterns of the Okavango Wetland in Botswana between 1972 and 2000. AMBIO. 32(7). 453–457. 104 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Jenny, Thomas Gumbricht, T.S. McCarthy, et al.. (2003). Flooding Patterns of the Okavango Wetland in Botswana between 1972 and 2000. AMBIO. 32(7). 453–453. 11 indexed citations

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Wessels, Konrad, et al.. (2003). Identification of potential conflict areas between land transformation and biodiversity conservation in north-eastern South Africa. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 95(1). 157–178. 44 indexed citations

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Gumbricht, Thomas, T.S. McCarthy, Jenny McCarthy, et al.. (2002). Remote sensing to detect sub-surface peat fires and peat fire scars in the Okavango Delta, Botswana : research article. South African Journal of Science. 98. 351–358. 15 indexed citations

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Wessels, Konrad, et al.. (1998). An evaluation of the gradsect biological survey method. Biodiversity and Conservation. 7(8). 1093–1121. 62 indexed citations

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Wessels, Konrad & M. van der Merwe. (1997). Facultative storage of spermatozoa by the female Geoffroy's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus clivosus). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 75(12). 2142–2146. 1 indexed citations

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