Lydia Olander

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Lydia Olander is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lydia Olander has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Lydia Olander's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (12 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers). Lydia Olander is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (12 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers). Lydia Olander collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Lydia Olander's co-authors include Peter M. Vitousek, Gregory P. Asner, Roberta E. Martin, Andrew J. Elmore, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Steven Allison, Stephen Polasky, James S. Kagan, Lisa Wainger and James Boyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Lydia Olander

50 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

GRAZING SYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES, AND GLOBAL CHANGE

2004 880 citations Lydia Olander et al. profile →
Regulation of soil phosphatase and chitinase activityby N and P availability

2000 701 citations Lydia Olander, Peter M. Vitousek profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lydia Olander United States	28	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	667	630	51	3.6k
Franz Makeschin Germany	36	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	718 1.1×	712 1.1×	109	4.8k
Xiaoyong Cui China	39	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	516 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	173	5.1k
Laurence Jones United Kingdom	42	2.5k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	844 0.7×	795 1.2×	963 1.5×	158	5.7k
Fei Lu China	28	2.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	829 0.7×	379 0.6×	404 0.6×	67	4.0k
Henry Neufeldt Kenya	39	1.3k 0.9×	661 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	586 0.9×	597 0.9×	90	4.2k
H. Clark New Zealand	33	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	770 0.7×	798 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	88	4.3k
John R. Healey United Kingdom	44	2.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 2.4×	1.2k 1.9×	141	5.7k
Shikui Dong China	40	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	856 1.3×	610 1.0×	93	4.3k
Andreas Heinemeyer United Kingdom	31	2.3k 1.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	854 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	59	4.2k
Annette Freibauer Germany	36	2.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	2.6k 2.3×	613 0.9×	739 1.2×	84	5.8k

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Fenichel, Eli P., Lydia Olander, & Heather Tallis. (2025). Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit–Cost Analysis. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. 19(2). 238–247.

Olander, Lydia, Rachel Karasik, Heather Tallis, et al.. (2024). Advancing consistent socio-economic monitoring of coastal ecosystem restoration through collaborative metric development. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Russell, Marc, Charles Rhodes, Kenneth J. Bagstad, et al.. (2020). Testing ecosystem accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast. Ecosystem Services. 43. 101099–101099. 45 indexed citations

Calder, Ryan S. D., et al.. (2019). Forecasting ecosystem services to guide coastal wetland rehabilitation decisions. Ecosystem Services. 39. 101007–101007. 22 indexed citations

Losos, Elizabeth, et al.. (2019). Reducing Environmental Risks from Belt and Road Initiative Investments in Transportation Infrastructure. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 44 indexed citations

Ruhl, J. B., et al.. (2018). Ecosystem services and judge-made law: A review of legal cases in common law countries. Ecosystem Services. 32. 9–21. 11 indexed citations

Duncan, J. M., Lindsey S. Smart, John P. Fay, et al.. (2018). Leveraging Big Data Towards Functionally-Based, Catchment Scale Restoration Prioritization. Environmental Management. 62(6). 1007–1024. 7 indexed citations

Game, Edward T., Heather Tallis, Lydia Olander, et al.. (2018). Cross-discipline evidence principles for sustainability policy. Nature Sustainability. 1(9). 452–454. 46 indexed citations

BenDor, Todd K., Vivek Shandas, Brian Miles, Kenneth T. Belt, & Lydia Olander. (2018). Ecosystem services and U.S. stormwater planning: An approach for improving urban stormwater decisions. Environmental Science & Policy. 88. 92–103. 49 indexed citations

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Galik, Christopher S. & Lydia Olander. (2017). Facilitating markets and mitigation: A systematic review of early-action incentives in the U.S.. Land Use Policy. 72. 1–11. 3 indexed citations

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Olander, Lydia, Robert J. Johnston, Heather Tallis, et al.. (2015). Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 27 indexed citations

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Salzman, James, et al.. (2014). The Most Important Current Research Questions in Urban Ecosystem Services. Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum. 25(1). 1–47. 5 indexed citations

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Olander, Lydia, Eva Wollenberg, Francesco N. Tubiello, & Martin Herold. (2014). Synthesis and Review: Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification. Environmental Research Letters. 9(7). 75003–75003. 9 indexed citations

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Ogle, Stephen M., Lydia Olander, Lini Wollenberg, et al.. (2013). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting agricultural management for climate change in developing countries: providing the basis for action. Global Change Biology. 20(1). 1–6. 98 indexed citations

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Olander, Lydia, David Cooley, & Christopher S. Galik. (2012). The Potential Role for Management of U.S. Public Lands in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Climate Policy. Environmental Management. 49(3). 523–533. 15 indexed citations

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Olander, Lydia, Christopher S. Galik, & Gabrielle Kissinger. (2012). Operationalizing REDD+: scope of reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 4(6). 661–669. 37 indexed citations

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Eagle, Alison J., et al.. (2011). Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of agricultural land management in the United States: a synthesis of the literature. Third Edition. 38 indexed citations

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Olander, Lydia & Peter M. Vitousek. (2004). Short-term controls over inorganic phosphorus during soil and ecosystem development. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37(4). 651–659. 59 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Peter M., Stephan Hättenschwiler, Lydia Olander, & Steven Allison. (2002). Nitrogen and Nature. AMBIO. 31(2). 97–101. 211 indexed citations

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Ashton, P. Mark S., et al.. (1998). Changes in leaf structure in relation to crown position and tree size of <I>Betula</I> <I>papyrifera</I> within fire-origin stands of interior cedar-hemlock. Canadian Journal of Botany. 76(7). 1180–1187. 5 indexed citations

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