Michael J. Aspinwall

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Aspinwall is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Aspinwall has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Aspinwall's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (40 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (25 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (17 papers). Michael J. Aspinwall is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (40 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (25 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (17 papers). Michael J. Aspinwall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Michael J. Aspinwall's co-authors include David T. Tissue, Mark G. Tjoelker, John E. Drake, Sebastian Pfautsch, Chris J. Blackman, Peter B. Reich, Steven E. McKeand, John S. King, Belinda E. Medlyn and Renee Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Aspinwall

62 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

2018 280 citations John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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Michael J. Aspinwall

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Sean M. Gleason United States

Elizabeth A. Pinkard Australia

Lenka Plavcová Czechia

Gaby Deckmyn Belgium

Frida I. Piper Chile

Guang‐You Hao China

Matthias Arend Switzerland

Pedro Villar‐Salvador Spain

Lucía Galiano Spain

Xianzhong Wang United States

Sean M. Gleason United States

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420 ×1.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Aspinwall

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Heckman, Robert W., Michael J. Aspinwall, Samuel H. Taylor, et al.. (2025). Changes in leaf economic trait relationships across a precipitation gradient are related to differential gene expression in a C₄ perennial grass. New Phytologist. 246(4). 1583–1596.

Aspinwall, Michael J., Chris J. Blackman, Chelsea Maier, et al.. (2023). Aridity drives clinal patterns in leaf traits and responsiveness to precipitation in a broadly distributed Australian tree species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 70–85. 5 indexed citations

Samuelson, Lisa J., et al.. (2023). Soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit controls of longleaf pine physiology: results from a throughfall reduction study. Trees. 37(4). 1249–1265. 3 indexed citations

Heckman, Robert W., Jason Bonnette, Michael J. Aspinwall, et al.. (2022). Legacies of precipitation influence primary production in Panicum virgatum. Oecologia. 201(1). 269–278. 5 indexed citations

Fay, Philip A., Dafeng Hui, Robert B. Jackson, et al.. (2020). Multiple constraints cause positive and negative feedbacks limiting grassland soil CO₂efflux under CO₂enrichment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 3 indexed citations

Emmerson, Kathryn, Malcolm Possell, Michael J. Aspinwall, Sebastian Pfautsch, & Mark G. Tjoelker. (2020). Temperature response measurements from eucalypts give insight into the impact of Australian isoprene emissions on air quality in 2050. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(10). 6193–6206. 17 indexed citations

Aspinwall, Michael J., Sebastian Pfautsch, Mark G. Tjoelker, et al.. (2019). Range size and growth temperature influence Eucalyptus species responses to an experimental heatwave. Global Change Biology. 25(5). 1665–1684. 56 indexed citations

Blackman, Chris J., Danielle Creek, Chelsea Maier, et al.. (2019). Drought response strategies and hydraulic traits contribute to mechanistic understanding of plant dry-down to hydraulic failure. Tree Physiology. 39(6). 910–924. 120 indexed citations

Drake, John E., Mark G. Tjoelker, Angelica Vårhammar, et al.. (2018). Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance. Global Change Biology. 24(6). 2390–2402. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Polley, H. Wayne, Michael J. Aspinwall, Harold P. Collins, et al.. (2018). CO₂ enrichment and soil type additively regulate grassland productivity. New Phytologist. 222(1). 183–192. 12 indexed citations

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Drake, John E., Mark G. Tjoelker, Michael J. Aspinwall, et al.. (2018). The partitioning of gross primary production for young Eucalyptus tereticornis trees under experimental warming and altered water availability. New Phytologist. 222(3). 1298–1312. 35 indexed citations

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Taylor, Samuel H., Michael J. Aspinwall, Chris J. Blackman, et al.. (2018). CO2 availability influences hydraulic function of C3 and C4 grass leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(10). 2731–2741. 20 indexed citations

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Fay, Philip A., Michael J. Aspinwall, Harold P. Collins, et al.. (2017). Flowering in grassland predicted by CO ₂ and resource effects on species aboveground biomass. Global Change Biology. 24(4). 1771–1781. 1 indexed citations

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Blackman, Chris J., Michael J. Aspinwall, David T. Tissue, & Paul D. Rymer. (2017). Genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity contribute to greater leaf hydraulic tolerance in response to drought in warmer climates. Tree Physiology. 37(5). 583–592. 57 indexed citations

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Pfautsch, Sebastian, Michael J. Aspinwall, John E. Drake, et al.. (2017). Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis. Annals of Botany. 121(1). 129–141. 46 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., Angelica Vårhammar, Chris J. Blackman, et al.. (2017). Adaptation and acclimation both influence photosynthetic and respiratory temperature responses in Corymbia calophylla. Tree Physiology. 37(8). 1095–1112. 45 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., Philip A. Fay, Christine V. Hawkes, et al.. (2016). Intraspecific variation in precipitation responses of a widespread C₄grass depends on site water limitation. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw040–rtw040. 11 indexed citations

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Fay, Philip A., H. Wayne Polley, Virginia L. Jin, & Michael J. Aspinwall. (2012). Productivity of well-watered Panicum virgatum does not increase with CO2 enrichment. Journal of Plant Ecology. 5(4). 366–375. 8 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., John S. King, Steven E. McKeand, & Jean‐Christophe Domec. (2011). Leaf-level gas-exchange uniformity and photosynthetic capacity among loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes of contrasting inherent genetic variation. Tree Physiology. 31(1). 78–91. 34 indexed citations

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Aspinwall, Michael J., John S. King, Fitzgerald L. Booker, & Steven E. McKeand. (2011). Genetic effects on total phenolics, condensed tannins and non-structural carbohydrates in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) needles. Tree Physiology. 31(8). 831–842. 13 indexed citations

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