Mark Westoby

85.3k total citations · 19 hit papers
282 papers, 43.3k citations indexed

About

Mark Westoby is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Westoby has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 43.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 118 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 76 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Westoby's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (184 papers), Plant and animal studies (104 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (45 papers). Mark Westoby is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (184 papers), Plant and animal studies (104 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (45 papers). Mark Westoby collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mark Westoby's co-authors include Ian J. Wright, Daniel S. Falster, Angela T. Moles, Michelle R. Leishman, Peter B. Reich, Peter A. Vesk, Brian J. McGill, Brian J. Enquist, Evan Weiher and David I. Warton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Westoby

279 papers receiving 40.8k citations

Hit Papers

Rebuilding community ecology fro... 1974 2026 1991 2008 2006 2002 2005 2006 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits
    2006 3.3k citations Mark Westoby et al. profile →
  2. Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species
    2002 2.3k citations Mark Westoby, Daniel S. Falster et al. profile →
  3. Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships
    2005 2.3k citations Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. New Phytologist profile →
  4. Bivariate line‐fitting methods for allometry
    2006 1.9k citations Ian J. Wright, Daniel S. Falster et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →
  5. A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme
    1998 1.5k citations Mark Westoby profile →
  6. Opportunistic Management for Rangelands Not at Equilibrium
    1989 1.4k citations Mark Westoby et al. profile →
  7. The Evolution of Plant Functional Variation: Traits, Spectra, and Strategies
    2003 1.1k citations Peter B. Reich, Ian J. Wright et al. profile →
  8. Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature
    2004 805 citations Angela T. Moles, Mark Westoby Journal of Ecology profile →
  9. Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits
    2006 761 citations Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright profile →
  10. Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate
    2005 700 citations Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →
  11. Strategy shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient content between species of high‐ and low‐rainfall and high‐ and low‐nutrient habitats
    2001 696 citations Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. profile →
  12. Global climatic drivers of leaf size
    2017 647 citations Ian J. Wright, Ning Dong et al. Science profile →
  13. Comparative ecology of seed size and dispersal
    1996 585 citations Mark Westoby, Michelle R. Leishman et al. profile →
  14. Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale
    2009 552 citations Mark Westoby, Peter Wilf et al. profile →
  15. Plant height and evolutionary games
    2003 551 citations Daniel S. Falster, Mark Westoby profile →
  16. Comparative evolutionary ecology of seed size
    1992 516 citations Mark Westoby, Michelle R. Leishman et al. profile →
  17. Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle
    2006 514 citations Angela T. Moles, Mark Westoby Oikos profile →
  18. Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum
    2017 486 citations Ian J. Wright, Ülo Niinemets et al. New Phytologist profile →
  19. An Analysis of Diet Selection by Large Generalist Herbivores
    1974 440 citations Mark Westoby profile →

Peers

Mark Westoby
Comparison fields: 5 of 189
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 26.7k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17.1k
  • Plant Science 14.7k
  • Global and Planetary Change 12.6k
  • Ecology 11.4k
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Bernhard Schmid Switzerland
David M. Richardson South Africa
Sandra Lavorel France
David D. Ackerly United States
Michel Loreau France
Ragan M. Callaway United States
S. Joseph Wright‬ Panama
Fernando Valladares Spain
John H. Lawton United Kingdom
Petr Pyšek Czechia
Bernhard Schmid Switzerland View profile →
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire‐prone heathland shrubs?
2025 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel S. Falster, Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright
1
2
Future Climate Shifts for Vegetation on Australia's Coastal Islands
2025 ·Global Change Biology ·David Coleman, Mark Westoby, Julian Schrader
1
3
Island Plant Species Distributions Contracted at the Cooler Edge Compared to Mainland
2025 ·Ecology Letters ·David Coleman, Mark Westoby, Julian Schrader
2
4
Is allocation among reproductive tissues coordinated with seed size?
2025 ·Oikos ·Elizabeth Wenk, (unknown), Daniel S. Falster, Mark Westoby
1
5
Species gain and loss per degree Celsius
2024 ·Oikos ·Mark Westoby, Samuel C. Andrew, Rachael V. Gallagher, Julian Schrader
4
6
Phylogenetically conservative trait correlation: Quantification and interpretation
2023 ·Journal of Ecology ·Mark Westoby, Luke A. Yates, Barbara R. Holland, (unknown)
19
7
Trait filtering in island floras: A conceptual framework
2023 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Julian Schrader, Ian J. Wright, Holger Kreft, Kingsley W. Dixon, Rachael V. Gallagher, Samuel C. Andrew, Patrick Weigelt, Mark Westoby
7
8
Trait ecology of startup plants
2022 ·New Phytologist ·Mark Westoby, Julian Schrader, Daniel S. Falster
20
9
Patterns and drivers of plant diversity across Australia
2022 ·Ecography ·Karel Mokany, James K. McCarthy, Daniel S. Falster, Rachael V. Gallagher, Thomas D. Harwood, Robert M. Kooyman, Mark Westoby
17
10
Trait dimensions in bacteria and archaea compared to vascular plants
2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Mark Westoby, Michael R. Gillings, Joshua S. Madin, Daniel A. Nielsen, Ian T. Paulsen, Sasha G. Tetu
34
11
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography
2021 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Julian Schrader, Ian J. Wright, Holger Kreft, Mark Westoby
57
12
Disentangling direct and indirect effects of island area on plant functional trait distributions
2021 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Julian Schrader, Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright, Holger Kreft
16
13
Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence
2018 ·New Phytologist ·John A. Raven, Hans Lambers, Sally E. Smith, Mark Westoby
181
14
Partitioning mortality into growth-dependent and growth-independent hazards across 203 tropical tree species
2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James Camac, Richard Condit, Richard G. FitzJohn, (unknown), Daniel Steinberg, Mark Westoby, S. Joseph Wright‬, Daniel S. Falster
23
15
Investment in reproduction for 14 iteroparous perennials is large and associated with other life‐history and functional traits
2018 ·Journal of Ecology ·Elizabeth Wenk, (unknown), Mark Westoby, Daniel S. Falster
12
16
Global climatic drivers of leaf size breakdown →
2017 ·Science ·Ian J. Wright, Ning Dong, Vincent Maire, I. Colin Prentice, Mark Westoby, Sandra Dı́az, Rachael V. Gallagher, Bonnie F. Jacobs, Robert M. Kooyman, Elizabeth A. Law, Michelle R. Leishman, Ülo Niinemets, Peter B. Reich, Lawren Sack, Rafael Villar, Han Wang, Peter Wilf
647
17
Multitrait successional forest dynamics enable diverse competitive coexistence
2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniel S. Falster, Åke Brännström, Mark Westoby, Ulf Dieckmann
91
18
The leaf economic spectrum drives litter decomposition within regional floras worldwide
2008 ·DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) ·William K. Cornwell, Óscar Godoy, Mark Westoby
1
19
Global patterns in seed size
2006 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Angela T. Moles, David D. Ackerly, John C. Tweddle, John Dickie, R. D. Smith, Michelle R. Leishman, Margaret M. Mayfield, A. J. Pitman, Jeff T. Wood, Mark Westoby
341
20
Why do more plant species use ants for dispersal on infertile compared with fertile soils?*
1991 ·Australian Journal of Ecology ·Mark Westoby, Kris French, Lesley Hughes, Barbara Rice, Louise Rodgerson
48

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