Paul V. A. Fine

12.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Paul V. A. Fine is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul V. A. Fine has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 53 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Paul V. A. Fine's work include Plant and animal studies (58 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (52 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (30 papers). Paul V. A. Fine is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (58 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (52 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (30 papers). Paul V. A. Fine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and French Guiana. Paul V. A. Fine's co-authors include Steven W. Kembel, Kenneth H. Kozak, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Italo Mesones, Christopher Baraloto, Catherine H. Graham, Phyllis D. Coley, Douglas C. Daly, Claire Fortunel and Walter Jetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Paul V. A. Fine

88 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology

2009 1.7k citations Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Kenneth H. Kozak et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Phylogenetic beta diversity: linking ecological and evolutionary processes across space in time

2008 520 citations Paul V. A. Fine et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Geographic Variation in Species Diversity

2015 323 citations Paul V. A. Fine profile →
Strong coupling of plant and fungal community structure across western Amazonian rainforests

2013 302 citations Kabir Peay, Christopher Baraloto et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evolutionary Trajectories of Shoots vs. Roots: Plant Volatile Metabolomes Are Richer but Less Structurally Diverse Belowground in the Tropical Tree Genus Protium 2025 ·Plants ·(unknown), Paul V. A. Fine, Italo Mesones, Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez, Andressa M. Venturini, Kabir Peay, Diego Salazar	1
2	Parallel evolution and cryptic diversification in a common and widespread Amazonian tree, Protium subserratum 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·Tracy M. Misiewicz, (unknown), Benjamin E. Carter, Paul V. A. Fine, Abigail J. Moore	0
3	A review of Neotropical Burseraceae 2022 ·Revista Brasileira de Botânica ·Douglas C. Daly, Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz, Paul V. A. Fine, Gabriel Damasco, (unknown), Laura Calvillo‐Canadell	11
4	Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree flora 2022 ·Agroforestry Systems ·Gabriel Damasco, (unknown), Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz, Florian Wittmann, Rafael L. Assis, Jochen Schöngart, María Teresa Fernández Piedade, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli, Paul V. A. Fine	9
5	The contribution of environmental and dispersal filters on phylogenetic and taxonomic beta diversity patterns in Amazonian tree communities 2021 ·Oecologia ·Juan Ernesto Guevara, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Hans ter Steege, Manuel Peralvo, Carlos Cerón, Paul V. A. Fine	4
6	Genomic and phenotypic divergence unveil microgeographic adaptation in the Amazonian hyperdominant tree Eperua falcata Aubl. (Fabaceae) 2020 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Paul V. A. Fine, Erwin Dreyer, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Ivan Scotti	24
7	Convergent evolution of tree hydraulic traits in Amazonian habitats: implications for community assemblage and vulnerability to drought 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Clarissa G. Fontes, Paul V. A. Fine, Florian Wittmann, Paulo Bittencourt, María Teresa Fernández Piedade, Níro Higuchi, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Todd E. Dawson	36
8	Natural selection maintains species despite frequent hybridization in the desert shrub Encelia 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Sonal Singhal, Adam B. Roddy, Felipe Zapata, David D. Ackerly, Bruce G. Baldwin, Craig R. Brodersen, Alberto Búrquez, Paul V. A. Fine, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Donald W. Kyhos	19
9	Reestablishment of Protium cordatum (Burseraceae) based on integrative taxonomy 2019 ·Taxon ·Gabriel Damasco, Douglas C. Daly, Alberto Vicentini, Paul V. A. Fine	20
10	Leaf Transcriptome Assembly of Protium copal (Burseraceae) and Annotation of Terpene Biosynthetic Genes 2019 ·Genes ·Gabriel Damasco, (unknown), (unknown), Douglas C. Daly, Paul V. A. Fine	5
11	Sesenta y cuatro nuevos registros para la flora del Perú a través de inventarios biológicos rápidos en la Amazonía peruana 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Luis Torres Montenegro, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Corine Vriesendorp, Nancy Hensold, (unknown), Nállarett Dávila, Isaú Huamantupa, (unknown), Roosevelt García‐Villacorta, (unknown), David Neill, Paul V. A. Fine, (unknown), (unknown), Walter A. Palacios, Norma Salinas, (unknown)	3
12	Origin and maintenance of chemical diversity in a species-rich tropical tree lineage 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Diego Salazar, John Lokvam, Italo Mesones, (unknown), (unknown), Perry de Valpine, Paul V. A. Fine	81
13	Maximising Synergy among Tropical Plant Systematists, Ecologists, and Evolutionary Biologists 2017 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Timothy R. Baker, R. Toby Pennington, Kyle G. Dexter, Paul V. A. Fine, (unknown), Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa‐Chuquimaco, Bente Klitgård, Gwilym P. Lewis, Haroldo C. de Lima, Peter S. Ashton, Christopher Baraloto, Stuart J. Davies, Michael J. Donoghue, (unknown), W. John Kress, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Abel Monteagudo, Oliver L. Phillips, Rodolfo Vásquez	45
14	Investigating Processes of Neotropical Rain Forest Tree Diversification By Examining the Evolution and Historical Biogeography of the Protieae (BURSERACEAE) 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·Paul V. A. Fine, Felipe Zapata, Douglas C. Daly, (unknown)	11
15	Diversification of the monoterpene synthase gene family (TPSb) in Protium, a highly diverse genus of tropical trees 2013 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Felipe Zapata, Paul V. A. Fine	14
16	A comparison of two common flight interception traps to survey tropical arthropods 2012 ·ZooKeys ·Greg P. A. Lamarre, Quentin Molto, Paul V. A. Fine, Christopher Baraloto	49
17	Global Gradients in Vertebrate Diversity Predicted by Historical Area-Productivity Dynamics and Contemporary Environment 2012 ·PLoS Biology ·Walter Jetz, Paul V. A. Fine	224
18	The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology breakdown → 2009 ·Ecology Letters ·Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Kenneth H. Kozak, Paul V. A. Fine, Steven W. Kembel	1707
19	The contribution of edaphic heterogeneity to the evolution and diversity of Burseraceae trees in the western Amazon. 2005 ·PubMed ·Paul V. A. Fine, Douglas C. Daly, (unknown), Italo Mesones, Kenneth M. Cameron	154
20	An evaluation of the geographic area hypothesis using the latitudinal gradient in North American tree diversity 2001 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Paul V. A. Fine	17

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