Peter M. Lafleur

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
136 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Peter M. Lafleur is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter M. Lafleur has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Ecology, 74 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 68 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Peter M. Lafleur's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (77 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (51 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (47 papers). Peter M. Lafleur is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (77 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (51 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (47 papers). Peter M. Lafleur collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Peter M. Lafleur's co-authors include Nigel T. Roulet, Tim R. Moore, Jill L. Bubier, Elyn Humphreys, Steve Frolking, Wayne R. Rouse, J. H. McCaughey, Pierre J. H. Richard, E. S. Euskirchen and Lawrence B. Flanagan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter M. Lafleur

131 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

2008 1.2k citations E. S. Euskirchen, Peter M. Lafleur et al. profile →
Contemporary carbon balance and late Holocene carbon accumulation in a northern peatland

2006 534 citations Nigel T. Roulet, Peter M. Lafleur et al. profile →

Peers

Peter M. Lafleur

ECOLO

GPC

WST

J. M. Waddington Canada

Jill L. Bubier United States

Mika Aurela Finland

George L. Vourlitis United States

Jukka Alm Finland

Elyn Humphreys Canada

Marc Aubinet Belgium

Achim Grelle Sweden

Thomas Friborg Denmark

H. Soegaard Denmark

J. M. Waddington Canada

Peter M. Lafleur

7.5k ×1.4

ECOLO

2.9k ×0.7

3.2k ×0.8

GPC

2.0k ×1.4

686 ×1.1

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Citations per year, relative to Peter M. Lafleur Peter M. Lafleur (= 1×) peers J. M. Waddington

Countries citing papers authored by Peter M. Lafleur

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter M. Lafleur

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter M. Lafleur

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20 of 20 papers shown

Campbell, David I., et al.. (2024). Peatland evaporation across hemispheres: contrasting controls and sensitivity to climate warming driven by plant functional types. Biogeosciences. 21(5). 1173–1190. 2 indexed citations

Humphreys, Elyn & Peter M. Lafleur. (2024). AmeriFlux CA-Mer Ontario - Eastern Peatland, Mer Bleue. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

He, Hongxing, Tim R. Moore, Elyn Humphreys, Peter M. Lafleur, & Nigel T. Roulet. (2023). Water level variation at a beaver pond significantly impacts net CO ₂ uptake of a continental bog. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(1). 213–227. 14 indexed citations

Curasi, Salvatore R., Ned Fetcher, Rebecca E. Hewitt, et al.. (2022). Range shifts in a foundation sedge potentially induce large Arctic ecosystem carbon losses and gains. Environmental Research Letters. 17(4). 45024–45024. 9 indexed citations

Meyer, Gesa, Elyn Humphreys, Joe R. Melton, Alex J. Cannon, & Peter M. Lafleur. (2021). Simulating shrubs and their energy and carbon dioxide fluxes in Canada's Low Arctic with the Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC). Biogeosciences. 18(11). 3263–3283. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Mei, Jianghua Wu, Peter M. Lafleur, & Junwei Luan. (2019). Investigation of the climatological impacts of agricultural management and abandonment on a boreal bog in western Newfoundland, Canada. The Science of The Total Environment. 711. 134632–134632. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Mei, et al.. (2018). Temporal shifts in controls over methane emissions from a boreal bog. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 262. 120–134. 13 indexed citations

Lund, Magnus, Mika Aurela, Torben R. Christensen, et al.. (2014). Assessing the spatial variability in peak season CO ₂ exchange characteristics across the Arctic tundra using a light response curve parameterization. Biogeosciences. 11(17). 4897–4912. 22 indexed citations

Brown, M., Elyn Humphreys, Nigel T. Roulet, Tim R. Moore, & Peter M. Lafleur. (2013). Divergent effects of drought on peatland methane emissions. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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McGuire, A. David, Torben R. Christensen, Daniel J. Hayes, et al.. (2012). An assessment of the carbon balance of arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions. 14 indexed citations

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McGuire, A. David, Torben R. Christensen, Daniel J. Hayes, et al.. (2012). An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions. Biogeosciences. 9(8). 3185–3204. 257 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Elyn & Peter M. Lafleur. (2011). Does earlier snowmelt lead to greater CO ₂ sequestration in two low Arctic tundra ecosystems?. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(9). 60 indexed citations

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Lafleur, Peter M., et al.. (2011). Vegetation Community, Foliar Nitrogen, and Temperature Effects on Tundra CO ₂ Exchange across a Soil Moisture Gradient. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 43(2). 189–197. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Jianghua, Nigel T. Roulet, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2010). McGill wetland model: evaluation of a peatland carbon simulator developed for global assessments. Biogeosciences. 7(11). 3517–3530. 84 indexed citations

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Connolly, J.P., Nigel T. Roulet, Jonathan Seaquist, et al.. (2009). Using MODIS derived fPAR with ground based flux tower measurements to derive the light use efficiency for two Canadian peatlands. Carleton University's Institutional Repository (MacOdrum Library, Carleton University). 26 indexed citations

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Lafleur, Peter M., et al.. (2003). Dependency of Ecosystem Respiration in a Cool Temperate Bog on Peat Temperature and Water Table. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2003. 7 indexed citations

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Lafleur, Peter M., Timothy J. Griffis, & Wayne R. Rouse. (2001). Interannual Variability in Net Ecosystem CO ₂ Exchange at the Arctic Treeline. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 33(2). 149–157. 18 indexed citations

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Rouse, Wayne R., Peter M. Lafleur, & Timothy J. Griffis. (2000). CONTROLS ON ENERGY AND CARBON FLUXES FROM SELECT HIGH-LATITUDE TERRESTRIAL SURFACES. Physical Geography. 21(4). 345–367. 12 indexed citations

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Lafleur, Peter M., et al.. (1997). Spatial and Temporal Variations in Surface Albedo of a Subarctic Landscape Using Surface-based Measurements and Remote Sensing. Arctic and Alpine Research. 29(3). 261–269. 1 indexed citations

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Lafleur, Peter M., et al.. (1993). Seasonal Changes in the Radiation Balance of Subarctic Forest and Tundra. Arctic and Alpine Research. 25(1). 32–36. 1 indexed citations

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