Max Debussche

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Max Debussche is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Debussche has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 32 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Max Debussche's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (20 papers). Max Debussche is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (20 papers). Max Debussche collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Max Debussche's co-authors include Éric Garnier, Jacques Lepart, John D. Thompson, Paul Isenmann, Sébastien Lavergne, Catherine Roumet, Cathy Neill, Marie‐Laure Navas, G. Billès and Alain Blanchard and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Global Change Biology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Max Debussche

61 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

PLANT FUNCTIONAL MARKERS CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION

2004 1.7k citations Éric Garnier, G. Billès et al. Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Max Debussche France	33	3.4k	2.3k	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	62	5.2k
Roy Turkington Canada	41	3.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	155	6.7k
Tomáš Herben Czechia	40	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	699 0.6×	158	4.6k
Jason D. Fridley United States	39	3.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	93	5.5k
Elena Kazakou France	23	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	49	5.5k
Lindsay A. Turnbull United Kingdom	35	2.9k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	62	5.7k
M. C. Rutherford South Africa	23	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	978 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	41	4.9k
Stephen D. Hopper Australia	42	3.3k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	966 0.9×	185	6.8k
Christopher Baraloto United States	41	3.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	114	6.1k
Qinfeng Guo United States	43	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	170	5.0k
Marie‐Laure Navas France	29	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	39	6.4k

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Vimal, Ruppert, Jocelyn Fonderflick, John D. Thompson, et al.. (2017). Integrating habitat diversity into species conservation in the Mediterranean mosaic landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology. 22. 36–43. 8 indexed citations

Schatz, Bertrand, Perrine Gauthier, Max Debussche, & John D. Thompson. (2013). A decision tool for listing species for protection on different geographic scales and administrative levels. Journal for Nature Conservation. 22(1). 75–83. 33 indexed citations

Andrieu, Émilie, Hélène Fréville, Aurélien Besnard, et al.. (2012). Forest‐cutting rapidly improves the demographic status of Paeonia officinalis , a species threatened by forest closure. Population Ecology. 55(1). 147–158. 7 indexed citations

Thompson, John D., Myriam Gaudeul, & Max Debussche. (2009). Conservation Value of Sites of Hybridization in Peripheral Populations of Rare Plant Species. Conservation Biology. 24(1). 236–245. 49 indexed citations

Andrieu, Émilie, Max Debussche, Marta Galloni, & John D. Thompson. (2007). The interplay of pollination, costs of reproduction and plant size in maternal fertility limitation in perennial Paeonia officinalis. Oecologia. 152(3). 515–524. 11 indexed citations

Garnier, Éric, et al.. (2007). Plant traits, litter quality and decomposition in a Mediterranean old-field succession. Plant and Soil. 296(1-2). 19–34. 91 indexed citations

Garnier, Éric, G. Billès, Marie‐Laure Navas, et al.. (2004). PLANT FUNCTIONAL MARKERS CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION. Ecology. 85(9). 2630–2637. 1733 indexed citations breakdown →

Debussche, Max, et al.. (2004). Limitations on reproductive success in endemic Aquilegia viscosa (Ranunculaceae) relative to its widespread congener Aquilegia vulgaris: the interplay of herbivory and pollination. Oecologia. 142(2). 212–220. 42 indexed citations

Quilichini, Angélique, Max Debussche, & John D. Thompson. (2001). Evidence for local outbreeding depression in the Mediterranean island endemic Anchusa crispa Viv. (Boraginaceae). Heredity. 87(2). 190–197. 53 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, et al.. (2001). Changes in the vegetation of Quercus pubescens woodland after cessation of coppicing and grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science. 12(1). 81–92. 66 indexed citations

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Escarré, J., Max Debussche, E. Imbert, et al.. (1998). Life history traits of three exotic invasive Compositae: Conyza canadensis, Conyza sumatrensis and Crepis sancta.. 11–17. 2 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, et al.. (1997). Ecology of an endemic insular species: Cyclamen balearicum Willk. In the Balearic Islands. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 55(1). 31–48. 1 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max & Pierre Quézel. (1997). Cyclamen repandum Sibth. & Sm. en Petite Kabylie (Algérie): un témoin biogéographique méconnu au statut taxinomique incertain. Acta Botanica Gallica. 144(1). 23–33. 4 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, José Escarré, Jacques Lepart, Claudié Houssard, & Sandra Lavorel. (1996). Changes in Mediterranean plant succession: old‐fields revisited. Journal of Vegetation Science. 7(4). 519–526. 125 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, et al.. (1995). La distribution fragmentée de Cyclamen balearicum Willk. en France: analyse historique et conséquence des activités humaines. Acta Botanica Gallica. 142(5). 439–450. 12 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max & Paul Isenmann. (1989). Fleshy Fruit Characters and the Choices of Bird and Mammal Seed Dispersers in a Mediterranean Region. Oikos. 56(3). 327–327. 159 indexed citations

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Krüsi, Bertil & Max Debussche. (1988). The fate of flowers and fruits of Cornus sanguinea L. in three contrasting Mediterranean habitats. Oecologia. 74(4). 592–599. 26 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, et al.. (1987). Variation in Fleshy Fruit Composition in the Mediterranean Region: The Importance of Ripening Season, Life-Form, Fruit Type and Geographical Distribution. Oikos. 49(3). 244–244. 86 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max & Paul Isenmann. (1985). Frugivory of transient and wintering European robins Erithacus rubecula in a Mediterranean region and its relationship with ornithochory. Ecography. 8(2). 157–163. 21 indexed citations

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Debussche, Max, Michel Godron, Jacques Lepart, & F. Romane. (1976). An account of the use of a transition matrix. Agro-Ecosystems. 3. 81–92. 21 indexed citations

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