Marcel C. Vaz

563 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 411 citations indexed

About

Marcel C. Vaz is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel C. Vaz has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 411 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Marcel C. Vaz's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers), Plant and animal studies (4 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Marcel C. Vaz is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers), Plant and animal studies (4 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Marcel C. Vaz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Spain. Marcel C. Vaz's co-authors include Alexandre A. Oliveira, Geovana Carreño‐Rocabado, Lourens Poorter, M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte, Leda Lorenzo Montero, Beatriz Salgado‐Negret, Fernando Casanoves, Paúl Eguiguren, Fernando Fernández‐Méndez and Juan Carlos Licona and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Marcel C. Vaz

8 papers receiving 406 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.

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 →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel C. Vaz United States	6	303	202	96	70	48	9	411
Daniel Zuleta United States	9	234 0.8×	165 0.8×	97 1.0×	70 1.0×	51 1.1×	17	359
Leda Lorenzo Montero Brazil	5	289 1.0×	196 1.0×	64 0.7×	70 1.0×	40 0.8×	5	359
Dingliang Xing China	12	295 1.0×	151 0.7×	116 1.2×	103 1.5×	50 1.0×	22	384
Jaime Uria‐Diez Spain	8	201 0.7×	100 0.5×	61 0.6×	67 1.0×	53 1.1×	15	282
Alice Cristina Rodrigues Brazil	12	249 0.8×	180 0.9×	107 1.1×	61 0.9×	45 0.9×	21	412
Adam Kimberley Sweden	12	250 0.8×	128 0.6×	129 1.3×	141 2.0×	100 2.1×	26	392
Yan-Tao Zhao China	7	256 0.8×	187 0.9×	40 0.4×	54 0.8×	66 1.4×	15	362
Narayanan Ayyappan India	11	273 0.9×	181 0.9×	80 0.8×	140 2.0×	57 1.2×	30	426
Sumedha Madawala Sri Lanka	7	204 0.7×	74 0.4×	117 1.2×	51 0.7×	69 1.4×	18	299
Pascal Petronelli French Guiana	8	143 0.5×	124 0.6×	71 0.7×	48 0.7×	61 1.3×	9	271

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel C. Vaz

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Nunes, Matheus Henrique, Marcel C. Vaz, José Luís Camargo, et al.. (2023). Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8129–8129. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Gui‐Qing, Gaurav S. Kandlikar, & Marcel C. Vaz. (2022). Evolutionary lability underlies drought adaptation of Australian shrubs along aridity gradients. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 949531–949531. 2 indexed citations

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Vaz, Marcel C., et al.. (2022). EcoEvoApps: Interactive apps for theoretical models in ecology and evolutionary biology. Ecology and Evolution. 12(12). e9556–e9556. 5 indexed citations

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Amarasekare, Priyanga, et al.. (2022). Surviving Racism and Sexism in Academia: Sharing Experiences, Insights, and Perspectives. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 104(1). 4 indexed citations

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Vaz, Marcel C., et al.. (2021). Human Dimensions: The Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter of ESA. Embracing Our Diversity During Adverse Times. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 102(3).

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Kandlikar, Gaurav S., Marcel C. Vaz, Ricardo Kriebel, et al.. (2018). Contrasting patterns of taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional variation along a Costa Rican altitudinal gradient in the plant family Melastomataceae. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 34(3). 204–208. 6 indexed citations

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Bastías, Cristina C., Claire Fortunel, Fernando Valladares, et al.. (2017). Intraspecific leaf trait variability along a boreal-to-tropical community diversity gradient. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172495–e0172495. 35 indexed citations

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Finegan, Bryan, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Alexandre A. Oliveira, et al.. (2014). Does functional trait diversity predict above‐ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses. Journal of Ecology. 103(1). 191–201. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andrade, Ana, Tania Brenes‐Arguedas, Alexandre A. Oliveira, et al.. (2012). Local plant species delimitation in a highly diverse Amazonian forest: do we all see the same species?. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24(1). 70–79. 33 indexed citations

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