Lourens Poorter

48.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
190 papers, 19.2k citations indexed

About

Lourens Poorter is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lourens Poorter has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 19.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 88 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lourens Poorter's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (141 papers), Forest ecology and management (62 papers) and Plant and animal studies (56 papers). Lourens Poorter is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (141 papers), Forest ecology and management (62 papers) and Plant and animal studies (56 papers). Lourens Poorter collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Mexico and United States. Lourens Poorter's co-authors include Frans Bongers, Lars Markesteijn, Frank J. Sterck, Ian J. Wright, Rafael Villar, Hendrik Poorter, Ülo Niinemets, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Kaoru Kitajima and Marielos Peña‐Claros and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Lourens Poorter

184 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis

2009 2.1k citations Lourens Poorter, Ian J. Wright et al. New Phytologist profile →
LEAF TRAITS ARE GOOD PREDICTORS OF PLANT PERFORMANCE ACROSS 53 RAIN FOREST SPECIES

2006 714 citations Lourens Poorter, Frans Bongers profile →
ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

2008 593 citations Lourens Poorter, S. Joseph Wright‬ et al. profile →
Growth responses of 15 rain‐forest tree species to a light gradient: the relative importance of morphological and physiological traits

1999 583 citations Lourens Poorter profile →
The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

2009 519 citations Lourens Poorter, Marielos Peña‐Claros et al. New Phytologist profile →
Does functional trait diversity predict above‐ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses

2014 306 citations Bryan Finegan, Marielos Peña‐Claros et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Successional theories

2023 75 citations Lourens Poorter, Lucy Amissah et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Land use history and landscape forest cover determine tropical forest recovery 2024 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Iris Hordijk, Lourens Poorter, Jorge A. Meave, Frans Bongers, Masha T. van der Sande, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Miguel Martínez‐Ramos	1
2	A comprehensive framework for vegetation succession 2024 ·Ecosphere ·Lourens Poorter, Masha T. van der Sande, (unknown), Frans Bongers, Iris Hordijk, (unknown), Susan G. W. Laurance, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Tomonari Matsuo, Jorge A. Meave, Rodrigo Muñoz, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Michiel van Breugel, Bruno Hérault, Catarina C. Jakovac, Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos, Natalia Norden, Madelon Lohbeck	21
3	Feedback loops drive ecological succession: towards a unified conceptual framework 2024 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Michiel van Breugel, Frans Bongers, Natalia Norden, Jorge A. Meave, Lucy Amissah, Wirong Chanthorn, Robin L. Chazdon, Dylan Craven, Caroline E. Farrior, Jefferson S. Hall, Bruno Hérault, Catarina C. Jakovac, Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Rodrigo Muñoz, Lourens Poorter, Nadja Rüger, Masha T. van der Sande, Daisy H. Dent	15
4	Successional theories breakdown → 2023 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Lourens Poorter, Lucy Amissah, Frans Bongers, Iris Hordijk, (unknown), Susan G. W. Laurance, Madelon Lohbeck, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Tomonari Matsuo, Jorge A. Meave, Rodrigo Muñoz, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Masha T. van der Sande	75
5	Considering inner and outer bark as distinctive tissues helps to disentangle the effects of bark traits on decomposition 2022 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Yao‐Bin Song, Yikang Li, Leo Goudzwaard, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, (unknown), Rob Broekman, Jurgen van Hal, Juan Zuo, Frank J. Sterck, Lourens Poorter, Ute Sass‐Klaassen, Mariet M. Hefting, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen	3
6	Climate change induced elevational range shifts of Himalayan tree species 2022 ·Biotropica ·(unknown), Frank J. Sterck, Niels Raes, Yue Zhao, Lourens Poorter	22
7	Ecological integrity of tropical secondary forests: concepts and indicators 2022 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Milena Fermina Rosenfield, Catarina C. Jakovac, Daniel Luís Mascia Vieira, Lourens Poorter, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Paulo Massoca, Juliana Schietti, (unknown), Marciel José Ferreira, Rita C. G. Mesquita	32
8	Lianas have more acquisitive traits than trees in a dry but not in a wet forest 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Frans Bongers, Lourens Poorter, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Frank J. Sterck	31
9	Forest structure drives changes in light heterogeneity during tropical secondary forest succession 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Tomonari Matsuo, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Frans Bongers, Masha T. van der Sande, Lourens Poorter	101
10	Temperature and soils predict the distribution of plant species along the Himalayan elevational gradient 2021 ·Journal of Tropical Ecology ·(unknown), Frank J. Sterck, Niels Raes, Lourens Poorter	16
11	Functional traits shape tree species distribution in the Himalayas 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Frank J. Sterck, Bishnu P. Dhakal, (unknown), Lourens Poorter	41
12	Methodology matters for comparing coarse wood and bark decay rates across tree species 2020 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Leo Goudzwaard, Jurgen van Hal, Juan Zuo, Mariet M. Hefting, Ute Sass‐Klaassen, (unknown), Frank J. Sterck, Lourens Poorter, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen	17
13	Assessing the reliability of predicted plant trait distributions at the global scale 2020 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Coline C. F. Boonman, Ana Benítez‐López, Aafke M. Schipper, Wilfried Thuiller, Madhur Anand, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Andrés González‐Melo, Wesley Hattingh, Pedro Higuchi, Daniel C. Laughlin, V. G. Onipchenko, Josep Peñuelas, Lourens Poorter, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Luca Santini	46
14	Embolism resistance drives the distribution of Amazonian rainforest tree species along hydro‐topographic gradients 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Rafael S. Oliveira, Flávia R. C. Costa, (unknown), (unknown), Paulo Bittencourt, (unknown), Fernanda Barros, (unknown), Marina V. Fagundes, Sabrina García, (unknown), Mariana Fernandes Hertel, Juliana Schietti, (unknown), Lourens Poorter	124
15	Is there a tree economics spectrum of decomposability? 2018 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Juan Zuo, Mariet M. Hefting, Matty P. Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Jurgen van Hal, Leo Goudzwaard, (unknown), Ute Sass‐Klaassen, Frank J. Sterck, Lourens Poorter, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen	29
16	Testing for functional convergence of temperate rainforest tree assemblages in Chile and New Zealand 2016 ·New Zealand Journal of Botany ·Christopher H. Lusk, Mylthon Jiménez‐Castillo, Roxana Aragón, Tomás A. Easdale, Lourens Poorter, Luis Felipe Hinojosa, (unknown)	10
17	Genetic diversity of Kenyan Prosopis populations based on random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 2012 ·AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ·(unknown), (unknown), G.M.J. Mohren, Lourens Poorter, (unknown), (unknown)	1
18	Linking functional diversity and social actor strategies in a framework for interdisciplinary analysis of nature's benefits to society 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sandra Dı́az, Fabien Quétier, Daniel Cáceres, Sarah F. Trainor, Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy, M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte, Bryan Finegan, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Lourens Poorter	189
19	Diferencias, en las características edáficas y la estructura del bosque, de cuatro eco-regiones forestales de Bolivia 2008 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·(unknown), Lourens Poorter, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Claudio Leaño, (unknown)	8
20	Relationships Among Ecologically Important Dimensions of Plant Trait Variation in Seven Neotropical Forests 2006 ·Annals of Botany ·Ian J. Wright, David D. Ackerly, Frans Bongers, Kyle E. Harms, Guillermo Ibarra‐Manríquez, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Susan J. Mazer, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Horacio Paz, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Lourens Poorter, Miles R. Silman, Corine Vriesendorp, (unknown), Mark Westoby, S. Joseph Wright‬	320

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