Lingfeng Mao

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lingfeng Mao is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingfeng Mao has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 33 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Lingfeng Mao's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (33 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Lingfeng Mao is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (33 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Lingfeng Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Lingfeng Mao's co-authors include Jiangshan Lai, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Yi Zou, Xiaoguang Zhang, Shuang Zhang, Shengbin Chen, Hong Qian, Gang Feng, Nathan G. Swenson and Brody Sandel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Lingfeng Mao

83 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

glmm.hp: an R package for computing individual effect of predictors in generalized linear mixed models

2022 273 citations Lingfeng Mao et al. profile →
Extension of theglmm.hppackage to zero-inflated generalized linear mixed models and multiple regression

2023 81 citations Lingfeng Mao et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lingfeng Mao

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Different hydrothermal conditions drive the radial growth pattern of larch (Larix spp.) species on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau 2025 ·Journal of Forestry Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lingfeng Mao	1
2	Genome and Metagenome Skimming: Future Sequencing Methods for Environmental DNA (eDNA) Studies 2025 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·(unknown), (unknown), Min Zhang, Lingfeng Mao	0
3	Fragmentation effects on β-diversity: The role of abundance and intraspecific trait variation in shaping taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic patterns 2025 ·Plant Diversity ·Aiying Zhang, (unknown), Donghao Wu, (unknown), Mingjian Yu, Lingfeng Mao	0
4	Impacts of Natural Environmental Factors and Anthropogenic Activities on the Distribution of Threatened Orchid Species in China 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Lingfeng Mao, Miao Lü, Yue‐Hong Yan, Shicheng Li, Gang Feng	0
5	The evolutionary adaptation of wood‐decay macrofungi to host gymnosperms differs from that to host angiosperms 2024 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Xuetong Zhang, (unknown), Yuying Li, Xiuping Wu, Siyu Chen, (unknown), Yao Li, (unknown), Min Zhang, Lingfeng Mao	4
6	Optimized Plant Diversity and Carbon Storage for Priority Protection Areas in China 2023 ·Forests ·(unknown), (unknown), Lingfeng Mao	4
7	EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS ON RUNOFF REDUCTION AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS REMOVAL IN RAIN GARDENS 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management ·Chuan Li, Lingling Chen, Huan Li, (unknown), (unknown), Lei Chu, Lingfeng Mao	2
8	Transcriptome sequencing reveals the senescence mechanism of ethylene-insensitive cut Rhododendron flowers 2023 ·Postharvest Biology and Technology ·(unknown), Fang Zheng, (unknown), Zhili Jiang, Lingfeng Mao, (unknown)	2
9	Extensive sharing of chloroplast haplotypes among East Asian Cerris oaks: The imprints of shared ancestral polymorphism and introgression 2022 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Yao Li, (unknown), Xingwang Zhang, Hongzhang Kang, Chunjiang Liu, Lingfeng Mao, Yanming Fang	12
10	Endemic medicinal plant distribution correlated with stable climate, precipitation, and cultural diversity 2022 ·Plant Diversity ·Gang Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Yao Li, Lingfeng Mao	7
11	Environmental drivers of soil microbial activity and diversity along an elevational gradient 2022 ·Journal of Mountain Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Gangcai Liu, Lingfeng Mao	15
12	Spatial phylogenetics of the Chinese angiosperm flora provides insights into endemism and conservation 2021 ·Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ·Xiaoxia Zhang, Jianfei Ye, Shawn W. Laffan, Brent D. Mishler, Andrew H. Thornhill, Limin Lu, Lingfeng Mao, Bing Liu, Youhua Chen, An‐Ming Lu, Joseph T. Miller, Zhiduan Chen	18
13	Effects of climate and topography on the diversity anomaly of plants disjunctly distributed in eastern Asia and eastern North America 2021 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Xue Yin, Hong Qian, Xinghua Sui, Minhua Zhang, Lingfeng Mao, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Robert E. Ricklefs, Fangliang He	6
14	Effects of nitrogen addition on rhizospheric soil microbial communities of poplar plantations at different ages 2021 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Xing-Ye Yu, Yun‐Jia Zhu, Bo Wang, Dong Liu, Hua Bai, Long Jin, Bao‐Teng Wang, Honghua Ruan, Lingfeng Mao, Feng‐Jie Jin, Nan Yang	32
15	Landscape Attributes Best Explain the Population Trend of Wintering Greater White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) in the Yangtze River Floodplain 2021 ·Land ·Sheng Chen, Yong Zhang, Amaël Borzée, (unknown), Manyu Zhang, Hui Shi, Bin Chen, Wenbin Xu, Yunwei Song, Lingfeng Mao	5
16	Temporal and spatial comparisons of angiosperm diversity between eastern Asia and North America 2021 ·National Science Review ·Haihua Hu, Jianfei Ye, Bing Liu, Lingfeng Mao, Stephen A. Smith, Russell L. Barrett, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Zhiduan Chen, Limin Lu	15
17	Macro‐scale variation and environmental predictors of flowering and fruiting phenology in the Chinese angiosperm flora 2020 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Yanjun Du, Lingfeng Mao, Simon A. Queenborough, Richard B. Primack, Liza S. Comita, Arndt Hampe, Keping Ma	23
18	Species richness is a surrogate for rare plant occurrence, but not conservation value, in boreal plant communities 2019 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lingfeng Mao, Scott E. Nielsen	5
19	Using airborne laser scanning to predict plant species richness and assess conservation threats in the oil sands region of Alberta’s boreal forest 2017 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Lingfeng Mao, (unknown), Christopher W. Bater, Piotr Tompalski, Nicholas C. Coops, (unknown), (unknown), Barry White, J. John Stadt, Scott E. Nielsen	24
20	Vascular plant diversity on the roof of the world: Spatial patterns and environmental determinants 2012 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Lingfeng Mao, Shengbin Chen, Jinlong Zhang, (unknown), Guangsheng Zhou, Xinshi Zhang	20

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