Nathan J. Sanders

22.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
193 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Nathan J. Sanders is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan J. Sanders has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 91 papers in Genetics and 82 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nathan J. Sanders's work include Plant and animal studies (123 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (88 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (76 papers). Nathan J. Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (123 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (88 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (76 papers). Nathan J. Sanders collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Nathan J. Sanders's co-authors include Robert R. Dunn, Carsten Rahbek, Gregory M. Crutsinger, Aimée T. Classen, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Deborah M. Gordon, Nathan G. Swenson, Nicholas J. Gotelli, David A. Wardle and Jonathan M. Chase and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nathan J. Sanders

191 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadma... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2010 2006 2015 2011 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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. Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist
    2010 1.9k citations Nathan J. Sanders et al. profile →
  2. Plant Genotypic Diversity Predicts Community Structure and Governs an Ecosystem Process
    2006 647 citations Gregory M. Crutsinger, Michael D. Collins et al. Science profile →
  3. The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate
    2015 644 citations Xin Jing, Nathan J. Sanders et al. profile →
  4. Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients
    2011 580 citations Nathan J. Sanders et al. Science profile →
  5. Community and Ecosystem Responses to Elevational Gradients: Processes, Mechanisms, and Insights for Global Change
    2013 524 citations Maja K. Sundqvist, Nathan J. Sanders et al. profile →
  6. Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production
    2018 522 citations Huiying Liu, Zhaorong Mi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. The patterns and causes of elevational diversity gradients
    2011 428 citations Nathan J. Sanders et al. Ecography profile →
  8. Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change
    2017 308 citations Jake M. Alexander, Loïc Chalmandrier et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  9. Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant–pollinator networks
    2017 263 citations Paul J. CaraDonna, Nathan J. Sanders et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan J. Sanders United States 57 6.9k 6.7k 5.2k 3.9k 3.5k 193 14.4k
Mark Vellend Canada 52 8.5k 1.2× 5.6k 0.8× 7.1k 1.4× 3.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 132 16.2k
Marc W. Cadotte Canada 58 9.7k 1.4× 6.4k 1.0× 5.9k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 215 16.0k
William K. Cornwell Australia 50 7.8k 1.1× 5.6k 0.8× 5.3k 1.0× 3.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 154 16.1k
Jeannine Cavender‐Bares United States 65 7.9k 1.1× 5.1k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 194 15.6k
Nathan G. Swenson United States 53 10.4k 1.5× 6.1k 0.9× 4.1k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 161 15.7k
Mark van Kleunen Germany 64 8.8k 1.3× 8.1k 1.2× 4.1k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 301 16.7k
Campbell O. Webb United States 29 10.8k 1.6× 9.2k 1.4× 5.5k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 45 19.0k
Cyrille Violle France 55 9.0k 1.3× 6.1k 0.9× 4.5k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 191 15.4k
Raphaël K. Didham Australia 44 7.8k 1.1× 5.6k 0.8× 6.8k 1.3× 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 161 14.9k
Daniel Borcard Canada 29 7.5k 1.1× 3.6k 0.5× 8.2k 1.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 50 16.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leahy, Lily, Steven L. Chown, Ian J. Wright, et al.. (2025). Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(29). e2501541122–e2501541122. 1 indexed citations
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Gonçalves‐Souza, Thiago, et al.. (2024). Sodium‐enriched nectar shapes plant–pollinator interactions in a subalpine meadow. Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e70026–e70026. 3 indexed citations
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Sjögersten, Sofie, et al.. (2024). UAV data and deep learning: efficient tools to map ant mounds and their ecological impact. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 11(1). 5–19. 4 indexed citations
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Jing, Xin, Aimée T. Classen, Daijiang Li, et al.. (2024). Unraveling microbial community structure–function relationships in the horizontal and vertical spatial dimensions in extreme environments. Ecography. 2024(6). 7 indexed citations
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Belant, Jerrold L., Egil Dröge, Kristoffer T. Everatt, et al.. (2023). Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance. Communications Biology. 6(1). 986–986. 9 indexed citations
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Gibb, Heloise, Tom R. Bishop, Lily Leahy, et al.. (2022). Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: Towards a world‐wide worker economic spectrum for ants. Functional Ecology. 37(1). 13–25. 24 indexed citations
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Guénard, Benoît, Robert R. Dunn, Evan P. Economo, et al.. (2022). Warm and arid regions of the world are hotspots of superorganism complexity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1968). 20211899–20211899. 12 indexed citations
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Pérez, Jaime A., Lacy D. Chick, Sean B. Menke, et al.. (2022). Urbanisation dampens the latitude‐diversity cline in ants. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15(6). 763–771. 5 indexed citations
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Jing, Xin, Case M. Prager, Litong Chen, et al.. (2021). The influence of aboveground and belowground species composition on spatial turnover in nutrient pools in alpine grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(3). 486–500. 17 indexed citations
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Chick, Lacy D., J. LESSARD, Robert R. Dunn, & Nathan J. Sanders. (2020). The Coupled Influence of Thermal Physiology and Biotic Interactions on the Distribution and Density of Ant Species along an Elevational Gradient. Diversity. 12(12). 456–456. 9 indexed citations
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Sheard, Julie Koch, Nathan J. Sanders, Carsten Gundlach, Sämi Schär, & Rasmus Stenbak Larsen. (2020). Monitoring the influx of new species through citizen science: the first introduced ant in Denmark. PeerJ. 8. e8850–e8850. 14 indexed citations
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Jing, Xin, Case M. Prager, Aimée T. Classen, et al.. (2020). Variation in the methods leads to variation in the interpretation of biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(4). 431–441. 24 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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Liu, Huiying, Zhaorong Mi, Li Lin, et al.. (2018). Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(16). 4051–4056. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blume‐Werry, Gesche, et al.. (2017). Proportion of fine roots, but not plant biomass allocation below ground, increases with elevation in arctic tundra. Journal of Vegetation Science. 29(2). 226–235. 21 indexed citations
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Toro, Israel Del, et al.. (2017). Nests of red wood ants ( Formica rufa -group) are positively associated with tectonic faults: a double-blind test. PeerJ. 5. e3903–e3903. 6 indexed citations
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Alexander, Jake M., Loïc Chalmandrier, Jonathan Lenoir, et al.. (2017). Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change. Global Change Biology. 24(2). 563–579. 308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lessard, Jean‐Philippe, Robert R. Dunn, C.R. Parker, & Nathan J. Sanders. (2007). Rarity and Diversity in Forest Ant Assemblages of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist. 6(sp2). 215–228. 39 indexed citations
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Crutsinger, Gregory M., Michael D. Collins, James A. Fordyce, et al.. (2006). Plant Genotypic Diversity Predicts Community Structure and Governs an Ecosystem Process. Science. 313(5789). 966–968. 647 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collins, Michael D., Diego P. Vázquez, & Nathan J. Sanders. (2002). Species-area curves, homogenization and the loss of global diversity. Evolutionary ecology research. 4(3). 457–464. 61 indexed citations

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