Nicole Estrella

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Nicole Estrella is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicole Estrella has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Nicole Estrella's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Nicole Estrella is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (14 papers). Nicole Estrella collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Poland. Nicole Estrella's co-authors include Annette Menzel, Tim H. Sparks, Péter Fábián, A.C. Imeson, Bernard Séguin, Peter Neofotis, Marta Vicarelli, David J. Karoly, Terry L. Root and Chunzhen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nicole Estrella

58 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

  1. Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change
    2008 1.1k citations Cynthia Rosenzweig, David J. Karoly et al. Nature profile →
  2. Climate change fingerprints in recent European plant phenology
    2020 245 citations Annette Menzel, Ye Yuan et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers

Nicole Estrella
Bastien Castagneyrol France
Jonathan Storkey United Kingdom
Federico Fernández‐González Spain
Alain Paquette Canada
Yann Vitasse Switzerland
Luis Cayuela Spain
Inés Ibáñez United States
Jacqueline E. Mohan United States
John Connolly Ireland
Josep María Espelta Spain
Bastien Castagneyrol France
Nicole Estrella
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Countries citing papers authored by Nicole Estrella

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicole Estrella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicole Estrella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicole Estrella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicole Estrella based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nicole Estrella. Nicole Estrella is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2024). The linkage between functional traits and drone-derived phenology of 74 Northern Hemisphere tree species. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175753–175753. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Ulrike, Feng Zhao, Jana Barbro Winkler, et al.. (2022). Plant growth traits and allergenic potential of Ambrosia artemisiifolia pollen as modified by temperature and NO2. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 206. 105193–105193. 6 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2021). Impact of elevated air temperature and drought on pollen characteristics of major agricultural grass species. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248759–e0248759. 9 indexed citations
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Menzel, Annette, et al.. (2021). A First Pre-season Pollen Transport Climatology to Bavaria, Germany. Frontiers in Allergy. 2. 627863–627863. 19 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2021). Universal thermal climate index associations with mortality, hospital admissions, and road accidents in Bavaria. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259086–e0259086. 16 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2020). Effects of weather, air pollution and Oktoberfest on ambulance-transported emergency department admissions in Munich, Germany. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 2). 143772–143772. 19 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2018). Grass pollen production and group V allergen content of agriculturally relevant species and cultivars. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193958–e0193958. 21 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2017). Frost sensitivity of various deciduous plant species during leaf development in spring. EGUGA. 8416. 1 indexed citations
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Laube, Julia, K. Ziegler, Tim H. Sparks, Nicole Estrella, & Annette Menzel. (2015). Tolerance of alien plant species to extreme events is comparable to that of their native relatives.. Preslia. 87(1). 31–53. 7 indexed citations
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Laube, Julia, Tim H. Sparks, Nicole Estrella, & Annette Menzel. (2014). Heat or humidity, which triggers tree phenology?. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12263. 1 indexed citations
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Sparks, Tim H., et al.. (2014). Climate sensitivity and variation in first flowering of 26 Narcissus cultivars. International Journal of Biometeorology. 59(4). 477–480. 4 indexed citations
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Sparks, Tim H., et al.. (2013). Climate-Induced Changes in Grapevine Yield and Must Sugar Content in Franconia (Germany) between 1805 and 2010. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69015–e69015. 63 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, et al.. (2012). Linking altitudinal gradients and temperature responses of plant phenology in the Bavarian Alps. Plant Biology. 15(s1). 57–69. 49 indexed citations
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Jochner-Oette, Susanne, Tim H. Sparks, Nicole Estrella, & Annette Menzel. (2011). The influence of altitude and urbanisation on trends and mean dates in phenology (1980–2009). International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(2). 387–394. 78 indexed citations
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Menzel, Annette, et al.. (2011). Effects of recent warm and cold spells on European plant phenology. International Journal of Biometeorology. 55(6). 921–932. 46 indexed citations
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Drews, Oliver, Martijn Schenk, Annette Menzel, et al.. (2009). Impact of Urbanization on the Proteome of Birch Pollen and Its Chemotactic Activity on Human Granulocytes. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 151(1). 46–55. 48 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Cynthia, David J. Karoly, Marta Vicarelli, et al.. (2008). Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change. Nature. 453(7193). 353–357. 1056 indexed citations breakdown →
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Estrella, Nicole, Tim H. Sparks, & Annette Menzel. (2007). Trends and temperature response in the phenology of crops in Germany. Global Change Biology. 13(8). 1737–1747. 222 indexed citations
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Luterbacher, Jürg, Mark A. Liniger, Annette Menzel, et al.. (2007). Exceptional European warmth of autumn 2006 and winter 2007: Historical context, the underlying dynamics, and its phenological impacts. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(12). 159 indexed citations
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Estrella, Nicole, Annette Menzel, Ursula Krämer, & Heidrun Behrendt. (2006). Integration of flowering dates in phenology and pollen counts in aerobiology: analysis of their spatial and temporal coherence in Germany (1992–1999). International Journal of Biometeorology. 51(1). 49–59. 85 indexed citations

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