Mark E. Ledger

5.5k citations

48 papers · 2.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 26

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Ecological Modeling top 2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in ⓘ

Ecology 36
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 27
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 16
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 4
Nature and Landscape Conservation 34
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 30

Co-authors: Alexander M. Milner (17 shared papers)Guy Woodward (15 shared papers)Lee E. Brown (11 shared papers)François Edwards (7 shared papers)Alan G. Hildrew (5 shared papers)J. Iwan Jones (4 shared papers)F. J. Frank van Veen (1 shared paper)Thomas C. Ings (1 shared paper)
Journals: Freshwater Biology (11 papers)Global Change Biology (4 papers)Oecologia (2 papers)Nature Climate Change (2 papers)Hydrobiologia (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Ledger

47 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Review: Ecological networks – beyond food webs 2008 · 630 citations

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1	Review: Ecological networks – beyond food webs Journal of Animal Ecology ·Thomas C. Ings, José M. Montoya, Jordi Bascompte, Nico Blüthgen, Lee E. Brown, Carsten F. Dormann, François Edwards, David Figueroa, Ute Jacob, J. Iwan Jones, Rasmus B. Lauridsen, Mark E. Ledger, Hannah M. Lewis, Jens M. Olesen, F. J. Frank van Veen, Phil H. Warren, Guy Woodward Hit paper breakdown →	2008	630
2	Drought alters the structure and functioning of complex food webs Nature Climate Change ·Mark E. Ledger, Lee E. Brown, François Edwards, Alexander M. Milner, Guy Woodward	2012	195
3	The effects of climatic fluctuations and extreme events on running water ecosystems Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Guy Woodward, Núria Bonada‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, Lee E. Brown, Russell G. Death, Isabelle Durance, Clare Gray, Sally Hladyz, Mark E. Ledger, Alexander M. Milner, S. J. Ormerod, Ross M. Thompson, Samraat Pawar	2016	147
4	Impact of simulated drought on ecosystem biomass production: an experimental test in stream mesocosms Global Change Biology ·Mark E. Ledger, François Edwards, Lee E. Brown, Alexander M. Milner, Guy Woodward	2011	99
5	Cheddar: analysis and visualisation of ecological communities in R Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Lawrence N. Hudson, Rob Emerson, Gareth Jenkins, Katrin Layer, Mark E. Ledger, Doris E. Pichler, Murray S. A. Thompson, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Guy Woodward, Daniel C. Reuman	2012	95
6	Extreme events in running waters Freshwater Biology ·Mark E. Ledger, Alexander M. Milner	2015	89
7	Extreme drought pushes stream invertebrate communities over functional thresholds Global Change Biology ·Thomas W. H. Aspin, Kieran Khamis, Thomas J. Matthews, Alexander M. Milner, Matthew J. O’Callaghan, Mark Trimmer, Guy Woodward, Mark E. Ledger	2018	82
8	Ecological effects of extreme climatic events on riverine ecosystems: insights from Australia Freshwater Biology ·Catherine Leigh, Alex Bush, Evan Harrison, Susie Ho, Laurisse Luke, Robert J. Rolls, Mark E. Ledger	2014	81
9	Temporal and spatial variation in the epilithic biofilm of an acid stream Freshwater Biology ·Mark E. Ledger, Alan G. Hildrew	1998	80
10	The ecology of acidification and recovery: changes in herbivore-algal food web linkages across a stream pH gradient Environmental Pollution ·Mark E. Ledger, Alan G. Hildrew	2005	79
11	Disturbance frequency influences patch dynamics in stream benthic algal communities Oecologia ·Mark E. Ledger, Rebecca M. L. Harris, Patrick D. Armitage, Alexander M. Milner	2008	76
12	Local and landscape scale determinants of macroinvertebrate assemblages and their conservation value in ponds across an urban land-use gradient Biodiversity and Conservation ·Ian Thornhill, Lesley Batty, Russell G. Death, Nikolai Friberg, Mark E. Ledger	2017	73
13	Climate change impacts in multispecies systems: drought alters food web size structure in a field experiment Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Guy Woodward, Lee E. Brown, François Edwards, Lawrence N. Hudson, Alexander M. Milner, Daniel C. Reuman, Mark E. Ledger	2012	72
14	Drought intensification drives turnover of structure and function in stream invertebrate communities Ecography ·Thomas W. H. Aspin, Thomas J. Matthews, Kieran Khamis, Alexander M. Milner, Zining Wang, Matthew J. O’Callaghan, Mark E. Ledger	2018	55
15	Drought rewires the cores of food webs Nature Climate Change ·Xueke Lu, Clare Gray, Lee E. Brown, Mark E. Ledger, Alexander M. Milner, Raúl J. Mondragón, Guy Woodward, Athen Ma	2016	53
16	Gene‐to‐ecosystem impacts of a catastrophic pesticide spill: testing a multilevel bioassessment approach in a river ecosystem Freshwater Biology ·Murray S. A. Thompson, Claire Bankier, Thomas Bell, Alex J. Dumbrell, Clare Gray, Mark E. Ledger, Katja Lehmann, Boyd A. McKew, Carl D. Sayer, Felicity Shelley, Mark Trimmer, Scott L. Warren, Guy Woodward	2015	48
17	Herbivory in an acid stream Freshwater Biology ·Mark E. Ledger, Alan G. Hildrew	2000	47
18	Local contributions to beta diversity in urban pond networks: Implications for biodiversity conservation and management Diversity and Distributions ·Matthew J. Hill, James C. White, Jeremy Biggs, Robert A. Briers, David Gledhill, Mark E. Ledger, Ian Thornhill, Paul J. Wood, Chris Hassall	2021	44
19	Growth of an acid‐tolerant stonefly on epilithic biofilms from streams of contrasting pH Freshwater Biology ·Mark E. Ledger, Alan G. Hildrew	2001	34
20	Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale Landscape Ecology ·Matthew J. Hill, Jeremy Biggs, Ian Thornhill, Robert A. Briers, Mark E. Ledger, David Gledhill, P. J. Wood, Christopher Hassall	2018	30

About Mark E. Ledger

Mark E. Ledger is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 48 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (30 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (27 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (16 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (10 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (5 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (4 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (300 citations), Ecology (1.7k citations), Environmental Chemistry (322 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (570 citations). Mark E. Ledger has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Alexander M. Milner, Guy Woodward, Lee E. Brown, François Edwards, Alan G. Hildrew, J. Iwan Jones, F. J. Frank van Veen, Thomas C. Ings, Carsten F. Dormann and Ute Jacob. Their work appears in journals such as Freshwater Biology, Global Change Biology, Oecologia, Nature Climate Change and Hydrobiologia.

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