Mart Vlam

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mart Vlam is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mart Vlam has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Mart Vlam's work include Tree-ring climate responses (14 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Mart Vlam is often cited by papers focused on Tree-ring climate responses (14 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). Mart Vlam collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and United States. Mart Vlam's co-authors include Pieter A. Zuidema, Peter Groenendijk, Peter van der Sleen, Patrick J. Baker, Frans Bongers, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Arnoud Boom, Niels P. R. Anten, Thijs L. Pons and Peter Schippers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, New Phytologist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mart Vlam

20 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased

2014 339 citations Peter van der Sleen, Peter Groenendijk et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mart Vlam Netherlands	14	865	589	570	220	100	21	1.1k
Asier Herrero Spain	14	662 0.8×	503 0.9×	489 0.9×	177 0.8×	112 1.1×	26	909
Pei‐Li Fu China	19	742 0.9×	412 0.7×	449 0.8×	444 2.0×	105 1.1×	46	1.1k
Emanuele Ziaco United States	17	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	874 1.5×	169 0.8×	191 1.9×	36	1.6k
Juliano Morales de Oliveira Brazil	14	398 0.5×	326 0.6×	371 0.7×	75 0.3×	94 0.9×	42	651
Tobias Scharnweber Germany	17	779 0.9×	792 1.3×	616 1.1×	106 0.5×	107 1.1×	31	1.0k
G. A. Duff Australia	13	614 0.7×	193 0.3×	492 0.9×	285 1.3×	264 2.6×	16	955
Д. В. Санданов Russia	13	485 0.6×	507 0.9×	398 0.7×	136 0.6×	121 1.2×	52	945
James S. Rentch United States	18	568 0.7×	214 0.4×	534 0.9×	156 0.7×	434 4.3×	43	1.0k
Camila Pizano Colombia	12	269 0.3×	198 0.3×	249 0.4×	113 0.5×	148 1.5×	27	645
Filio Farfán Amézquita United Kingdom	5	639 0.7×	153 0.3×	314 0.6×	116 0.5×	216 2.2×	5	803

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mart Vlam

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Sterck, Frank J., Jürgen Schleucher, Niels P. R. Anten, et al.. (2025). Centennial‐scale atmospheric CO ₂ rise increased photosynthetic efficiency in a tropical tree species. New Phytologist. 246(1). 131–143.

Xu, Xiangtao, Peter van der Sleen, Peter Groenendijk, et al.. (2023). Constraining long‐term model predictions for woody growth using tropical tree rings. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17075–e17075. 2 indexed citations

Sass‐Klaassen, Ute, et al.. (2022). Clay and soil organic matter drive wood multi-elemental composition of a tropical tree species: Implications for timber tracing. The Science of The Total Environment. 849. 157877–157877. 11 indexed citations

Sass‐Klaassen, Ute, Mart Vlam, Rob N.J. Comans, et al.. (2022). Clay and Soil Organic Matter Drive Wood Multi-Elemental Composition of a Tropical Tree Species: Implications for Timber Tracing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Zuidema, Pieter A., et al.. (2020). Recent CO₂ rise has modified the sensitivity of tropical tree growth to rainfall and temperature. Global Change Biology. 26(7). 4028–4041. 35 indexed citations

Vlam, Mart, Arnoud Boom, G.A. de Groot, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2018). Tropical timber tracing and stable isotopes: A response to Horacek et al.. Biological Conservation. 226. 335–336. 2 indexed citations

Vlam, Mart, G.A. de Groot, Arnoud Boom, et al.. (2018). Developing forensic tools for an African timber: Regional origin is revealed by genetic characteristics, but not by isotopic signature. Biological Conservation. 220. 262–271. 38 indexed citations

Vlam, Mart, Peter van der Sleen, Peter Groenendijk, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2017). Tree Age Distributions Reveal Large-Scale Disturbance-Recovery Cycles in Three Tropical Forests. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1984–1984. 35 indexed citations

Sheil, Douglas, Chris S. Eastaugh, Mart Vlam, et al.. (2016). Does biomass growth increase in the largest trees? Flaws, fallacies and alternative analyses. Functional Ecology. 31(3). 568–581. 58 indexed citations

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Sleen, Peter van der, Mart Vlam, Peter Groenendijk, et al.. (2015). 15N in tree rings as a bio-indicator of changing nitrogen cycling in tropical forests: an evaluation at three sites using two sampling methods. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 229–229. 19 indexed citations

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Schippers, Peter, Frank J. Sterck, Mart Vlam, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2015). Tree growth variation in the tropical forest: understanding effects of temperature, rainfall and CO₂. Global Change Biology. 21(7). 2749–2761. 52 indexed citations

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Schippers, Peter, Mart Vlam, Pieter A. Zuidema, & Frank J. Sterck. (2015). Sapwood allocation in tropical trees: a test of hypotheses. Functional Plant Biology. 42(7). 697–709. 16 indexed citations

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Groenendijk, Peter, Peter van der Sleen, Mart Vlam, et al.. (2015). No evidence for consistent long‐term growth stimulation of 13 tropical tree species: results from tree‐ring analysis. Global Change Biology. 21(10). 3762–3776. 43 indexed citations

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Vlam, Mart, et al.. (2014). Understanding recruitment failure in tropical tree species: Insights from Cross Mark a tree-ring study. Forest Ecology and Management. 312. 1 indexed citations

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Peters, Richard L., Peter Groenendijk, Mart Vlam, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2014). Detecting long‐term growth trends using tree rings: a critical evaluation of methods. Global Change Biology. 21(5). 2040–2054. 136 indexed citations

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Sleen, Peter van der, Peter Groenendijk, Mart Vlam, et al.. (2014). No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased. Nature Geoscience. 8(1). 24–28. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zuidema, Pieter A., Patrick J. Baker, Peter Groenendijk, et al.. (2013). Tropical forests and global change: filling knowledge gaps. Trends in Plant Science. 18(8). 413–419. 120 indexed citations

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Vlam, Mart, Patrick J. Baker, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2013). Temperature and rainfall strongly drive temporal growth variation in Asian tropical forest trees. Oecologia. 174(4). 1449–1461. 115 indexed citations

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Vlam, Mart, Patrick J. Baker, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, G.M.J. Mohren, & Pieter A. Zuidema. (2013). Understanding recruitment failure in tropical tree species: Insights from a tree-ring study. Forest Ecology and Management. 312. 108–116. 25 indexed citations

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Zuidema, Pieter A., et al.. (2010). Ages and long-term growth patterns of four threatened Vietnamese tree species. Trees. 25(1). 29–38. 28 indexed citations

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