Matthew K. Lau

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Matthew K. Lau is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew K. Lau has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Matthew K. Lau's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers). Matthew K. Lau is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers). Matthew K. Lau collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Matthew K. Lau's co-authors include Aaron M. Ellison, Alison Ochs, Ahmed A. H. Siddig, Thomas G. Whitham, Stuart R. Borrett, Stephen M. Shuster, Gerard J. Allan, Tamara Max, Louis J. Lamit and Catherine A. Gehring and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Matthew K. Lau

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators

2015 389 citations Ahmed A. H. Siddig, Aaron M. Ellison et al. Ecological Indicators profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew K. Lau United States	18	515	416	398	342	277	33	1.5k
Christian Wehenkel Mexico	20	373 0.7×	219 0.5×	626 1.6×	337 1.0×	195 0.7×	120	1.3k
Matthew I. Palmer United States	15	468 0.9×	382 0.9×	587 1.5×	378 1.1×	189 0.7×	29	1.4k
Shurong Zhou China	23	464 0.9×	550 1.3×	658 1.7×	230 0.7×	178 0.6×	84	1.8k
Emily K. Meineke United States	20	459 0.9×	675 1.6×	428 1.1×	281 0.8×	627 2.3×	29	1.6k
Alastair Potts South Africa	22	297 0.6×	325 0.8×	394 1.0×	201 0.6×	142 0.5×	60	1.3k
László Nagy Hungary	21	682 1.3×	506 1.2×	849 2.1×	482 1.4×	415 1.5×	64	2.0k
Charles J. Marsh United Kingdom	16	520 1.0×	234 0.6×	367 0.9×	251 0.7×	259 0.9×	28	1.1k
Kevin M. Potter United States	28	785 1.5×	383 0.9×	966 2.4×	735 2.1×	398 1.4×	87	2.0k
John Kanowski Australia	23	804 1.6×	432 1.0×	879 2.2×	604 1.8×	327 1.2×	47	1.7k
Daniel C. I. Walsh United States	13	756 1.5×	259 0.6×	388 1.0×	363 1.1×	103 0.4×	20	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew K. Lau

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All Works

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Lerner, Barbara, Emery R. Boose, Aaron M. Ellison, et al.. (2023). Making Provenance Work for You. The R Journal. 14(4). 141–159. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Tianxiao, et al.. (2023). Projected effects of climate change and urban expansion on species-level biodiversity of plants in main city clusters of Northern China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, et al.. (2022). Diversification and phylogenetic correlation of functional traits for co‐occurring understory species in the Chinese boreal forest. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 61(2). 369–382. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Tianxiao, et al.. (2021). Quantifying the relative importance of potential evapotranspiration and timescale selection in assessing extreme drought frequency in conterminous China. Atmospheric Research. 263. 105797–105797. 11 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., Aaron M. Ellison, Andrew Nguyen, et al.. (2019). Draft Aphaenogaster genomes expand our view of ant genome size variation across climate gradients. PeerJ. 7. e6447–e6447. 3 indexed citations

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Keith, Arthur R., Joseph K. Bailey, Matthew K. Lau, & Thomas G. Whitham. (2017). Genetics-based interactions of foundation species affect community diversity, stability and network structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1854). 20162703–20162703. 30 indexed citations

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Pasquier, Thomas, Matthew K. Lau, A. Trisovic, et al.. (2017). If these data could talk. Scientific Data. 4(1). 170114–170114. 21 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., Stuart R. Borrett, Benjamin Baiser, Nicholas J. Gotelli, & Aaron M. Ellison. (2017). Ecological network metrics: opportunities for synthesis. Ecosphere. 8(8). 79 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., Arthur R. Keith, Stuart R. Borrett, Stephen M. Shuster, & Thomas G. Whitham. (2015). Genotypic variation in foundation species generates network structure that may drive community dynamics and evolution. Ecology. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, David Solance, et al.. (2015). Rapid plant evolution in the presence of an introduced species alters community composition. Oecologia. 179(2). 563–572. 12 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., Arthur R. Keith, Stuart R. Borrett, Stephen M. Shuster, & Thomas G. Whitham. (2015). Genotypic variation in foundation species generates network structure that may drive community dynamics and evolution. Ecology. 97(3). 733–742. 23 indexed citations

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Siddig, Ahmed A. H., et al.. (2015). How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators. Ecological Indicators. 60. 223–230. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lamit, Louis J., Posy E. Busby, Matthew K. Lau, et al.. (2015). Tree genotype mediates covariance among communities from microbes to lichens and arthropods. Journal of Ecology. 103(4). 840–850. 57 indexed citations

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Flores‐Rentería, Lluvia, Matthew K. Lau, Louis J. Lamit, & Catherine A. Gehring. (2014). An elusive ectomycorrhizal fungus reveals itself: a new species of Geopora (Pyronemataceae) associated with Pinus edulis. Mycologia. 106(3). 553–563. 15 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., A. Elizabeth Arnold, & Nancy Collins Johnson. (2013). Factors influencing communities of foliar fungal endophytes in riparian woody plants. Fungal ecology. 6(5). 365–378. 57 indexed citations

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Bothwell, Helen M., et al.. (2013). A genetics‐based Universal Community Transfer Function for predicting the impacts of climate change on future communities. Functional Ecology. 28(1). 65–74. 25 indexed citations

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Bowker, Matthew A., et al.. (2011). Rare drought-induced mortality of juniper is enhanced by edaphic stressors and influenced by stand density. Journal of Arid Environments. 76. 9–16. 26 indexed citations

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Lau, Matthew K., Thomas G. Whitham, Louis J. Lamit, & Nancy Collins Johnson. (2010). Ecological and Evolutionary Interaction Network Exploration: Addressing the Complexity of Biological Interactions in Natural Systems with Community Genetics and Statistics. 7. 19–27. 3 indexed citations

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Price, Lance B., Cindy M. Liu, Kristine Johnson, et al.. (2010). The Effects of Circumcision on the Penis Microbiome. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8422–e8422. 186 indexed citations

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Souza, Renan P., Gary Remington, Nabilah I. Chowdhury, et al.. (2010). Association study of the GSK-3B gene with tardive dyskinesia in European Caucasians. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 20(10). 688–694. 14 indexed citations

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