Mark D. Bertness

30.6k citations

193 papers · 24.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 78

Ecology top 0.01%
Oceanography top 0.02%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.1%

Co-authors: Brian R. Silliman Steven D. Gaines John F. Bruno Patrick J. Ewanchuk John J. Stachowicz Andrew H. Altieri Mark E. Hay George H. Leonard
Topics: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (124 papers)Marine and coastal plant biology (82 papers)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States China Argentina

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Bertness

192 papers receiving 22.7k 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.

Inclusion of facilitation into ecological theory

2003 2.2k citations John F. Bruno, Mark D. Bertness et al. profile →
Marine community ecology

2001 1.3k citations Mark D. Bertness, Steven D. Gaines et al. profile →
Centuries of Human-Driven Change in Salt Marsh Ecosystems

2008 730 citations Keryn B. Gedan, Brian R. Silliman et al. profile →
Global shifts towards positive species interactions with increasing environmental stress

2013 673 citations Qiang He, Mark D. Bertness et al. profile →
Determinants of Pattern in a New England Salt Marsh Plant Community

1987 563 citations Mark D. Bertness et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark D. Bertness

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark D. Bertness

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark D. Bertness. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark D. Bertness 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 Mark D. Bertness. Mark D. Bertness 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Where consumers control plant reproduction in coastal wetlands: The environmental stress model in plants' versus consumers' perspectives 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown),(unknown),Hanchen Wang,Mark D. Bertness,Jihua Wu,Bo Li,Qiang He	1
2	Shorebirds-driven trophic cascade helps restore coastal wetland multifunctionality 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Chunming Li,(unknown),Xiaolin Liao,(unknown),Christine Angelini,Lingli Liu,Brian R. Silliman,Mark D. Bertness,Qiang He	18
3	Long-distance facilitation of coastal ecosystem structure and resilience 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),(unknown),Quan‐Xing Liu,Qiang He,Johan van de Koppel,Shuqing N. Teng,Xinyu Miao,Maosong Liu,Mark D. Bertness,Chi Xu	28
4	An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas 2021 ·Science Advances ·(unknown),Jianshe Chen,Changlin Xu,Johan van de Koppel,Mads S. Thomsen,Shiyun Qiu,Fangyan Cheng,Wanjuan Song,Quan‐Xing Liu,Chi Xu,Junhong Bai,Yihui Zhang,Baoshan Cui,Mark D. Bertness,Brian R. Silliman,Bo Li,Qiang He	75
5	Flowering and biomass allocation in U.S. Atlantic coast Spartina alterniflora 2015 ·American Journal of Botany ·Sarah C. Crosby,(unknown),Mark D. Bertness,Earl Davey,Linda A. Deegan,Heather M. Leslie	40
6	Indirect Human Impacts Reverse Centuries of Carbon Sequestration and Salt Marsh Accretion 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Tyler C. Coverdale,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jeffrey P. Donnelly,Mark D. Bertness	68
7	Economic development and coastal ecosystem change in China 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Qiang He,Mark D. Bertness,John F. Bruno,Bo Li,Guoqian Chen,Tyler C. Coverdale,Andrew H. Altieri,Junhong Bai,Tao Sun,Steven C. Pennings,Jianguo Liu,Paul R. Ehrlich,Baoshan Cui	229
8	Non-Linear Interactions between Consumers and Flow Determine the Probability of Plant Community Dominance on Maine Rocky Shores 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Brian R. Silliman,Michael McCoy,Geoffrey C. Trussell,Caitlin M. Crain,Patrick J. Ewanchuk,Mark D. Bertness	4
9	Whole-Community Facilitation Regulates Biodiversity on Patagonian Rocky Shores 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Brian R. Silliman,Mark D. Bertness,Andrew H. Altieri,John N. Griffin,María Cielo Bazterrica,Fernando J. Hidalgo,Caitlin M. Crain,(unknown)	105
10	Small‐mammal herbivore control of secondary succession in New England tidal marshes 2009 ·Ecology ·Keryn B. Gedan,Caitlin M. Crain,Mark D. Bertness	32
11	Consumer Control of Salt Marshes Driven by Human Disturbance 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Mark D. Bertness,Brian R. Silliman	50
12	Local and geographic variation in grazing intensity by herbivorous crabs in SW Atlantic salt marshes 2007 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Juan Alberti,Mauricio Escapa,Pedro Daleo,Oscar Iribarne,Brian R. Silliman,Mark D. Bertness	66
13	Hierarchical Organization via a Facilitation Cascade in Intertidal Cordgrass Bed Communities 2007 ·The American Naturalist ·Andrew H. Altieri,Brian R. Silliman,Mark D. Bertness	167
14	LARVAL TOLERANCE, GENE FLOW, AND THE NORTHERN GEOGRAPHIC RANGE LIMIT OF FIDDLER CRABS 2006 ·Ecology ·Eric Sanford,Samuel B. Holzman,Robert A. Haney,David M. Rand,Mark D. Bertness	105
15	A trophic cascade regulates salt marsh primary production 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian R. Silliman,Mark D. Bertness	378
16	Marine community ecologybreakdown → 2001 ·Mark D. Bertness,Steven D. Gaines,Mark E. Hay	1312
17	A Herbivore Paradox: Why Salt Marsh Aphids Live on Poor-Quality Plants 1995 ·The American Naturalist ·Sally D. Hacker,Mark D. Bertness	52
18	The Ecology of a New England Salt Marsh 1992 ·Mark D. Bertness	63
19	Flood tolerance and the distribution of Iva frutescens across New England salt marshes 1992 ·Oecologia ·Mark D. Bertness,(unknown),(unknown)	49
20	Salt stress limitation of seedling recruitment in a salt marsh plant community 1992 ·Oecologia ·Scott W. Shumway,Mark D. Bertness	132

About Mark D. Bertness

Mark D. Bertness is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 193 papers that have together received 24.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (124 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (82 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (9.6k citations), Ecology (17.1k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.8k citations). Mark D. Bertness has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Argentina. Frequent co-authors include Brian R. Silliman, Steven D. Gaines, John F. Bruno, Patrick J. Ewanchuk, John J. Stachowicz, Andrew H. Altieri, Mark E. Hay, George H. Leonard, Caitlin M. Crain and Qiang He. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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