Peter Manning

22.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Peter Manning is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Manning has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 23 papers in Soil Science and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Manning's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (23 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers). Peter Manning is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (23 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (11 papers). Peter Manning collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Peter Manning's co-authors include Richard D. Bardgett, Markus Fischer, Franciska T. de Vries, Eric Allan, Fernando T. Maestre, Santiago Soliveres, Fons van der Plas, Rubén D. Manzanedo, Georgina M. Mace and Mark J. Whittingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Manning

64 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

2018 720 citations Peter Manning, Fons van der Plas et al. profile →
Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape‐scale patterns in soil microbial communities

2012 515 citations Franciska T. de Vries, Peter Manning et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Manning United Kingdom	33	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	67	4.6k
Anika Lehmann Germany	40	708 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	2.4k 2.3×	756 0.7×	71	9.5k
Hongsong Chen China	47	576 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.9×	299	8.3k
Hui Liu China	39	803 0.6×	671 0.5×	465 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	245	5.0k
Justin P. Wright United States	37	3.6k 2.5×	3.5k 2.6×	769 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	81	8.1k
Ray Dybzinski United States	23	1.3k 0.9×	505 0.4×	503 0.4×	783 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	40	2.9k
Susanne Schmidt Australia	47	935 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	3.2k 3.0×	1.1k 1.0×	183	7.2k
Xavier Le Roux France	60	1.5k 1.0×	3.5k 2.5×	3.2k 2.3×	3.9k 3.6×	3.2k 3.0×	340	13.6k
Marcos Heil Costa Brazil	49	1.2k 0.8×	2.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.8×	672 0.6×	6.3k 5.8×	169	9.5k
Pascal A. Niklaus Switzerland	51	2.4k 1.6×	2.7k 2.0×	3.0k 2.2×	2.9k 2.7×	2.5k 2.3×	144	8.0k
Lin Jiang United States	53	3.8k 2.6×	3.8k 2.8×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.9×	1.9k 1.8×	187	9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Manning

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Manning

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Manning

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Manning. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Manning 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 Peter Manning. Peter Manning is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tylianakis, Jason M., Dean P. Anderson, Andrea Larissa Boesing, et al.. (2025). Mobile species’ responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature’s contributions to people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2505401122–e2505401122.

Wang, Jianqing, Peter Manning, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2025). Tree functional strategies and soil microbial communities regulate forest ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(6). 1544–1554. 2 indexed citations

Boesing, Andrea Larissa, Peter Manning, Ola Olsson, et al.. (2025). Local and landscape factors differently influence health and pollination services in two important pollinator groups. The Science of The Total Environment. 959. 178330–178330. 2 indexed citations

Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, et al.. (2025). Temporal complexity of terrestrial ecosystem functioning and its drivers. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7725–7725.

Manning, Peter, Andrea Larissa Boesing, Christian Ammer, et al.. (2024). Identifying the stand properties that support both high biodiversity and carbon storage in German forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 572. 122328–122328. 5 indexed citations

Manning, Peter, et al.. (2024). A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People. Ecology Letters. 27(2). e14371–e14371. 7 indexed citations

Andraczek, Karl, Laura E. Dee, Alexandra Weigelt, et al.. (2024). Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 112(10). 2359–2373. 3 indexed citations

Schöning, Ingo, Valentin H. Klaus, Beate Michalzik, et al.. (2022). Direct and plant community mediated effects of management intensity on annual nutrient leaching risk in temperate grasslands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 123(3). 83–104. 9 indexed citations

Linders, Theo, Urs Schaffner, Tena Alamirew, et al.. (2021). Stakeholder priorities determine the impact of an alien tree invasion on ecosystem multifunctionality. People and Nature. 3(3). 658–672. 20 indexed citations

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Provost, Gaëtane Le, Isabelle Badenhausser, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, et al.. (2020). Land-use history impacts functional diversity across multiple trophic groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(3). 1573–1579. 92 indexed citations

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Schneider, Florian D., Martin M. Goßner, Anton Güntsch, et al.. (2019). Towards an ecological trait‐data standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(12). 2006–2019. 92 indexed citations

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Vogel, Anja, Peter Manning, Marc W. Cadotte, et al.. (2019). Chapter Three - Lost in trait space: species-poor communities are inflexible in properties that drive ecosystem functioning. 61. 91–131. 2 indexed citations

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Schneider, Florian D., Martin M. Goßner, Anton Güntsch, et al.. (2019). Towards an Ecological Trait-data Standard Vocabulary. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 1 indexed citations

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Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Ellen L. Fry, David J. Eldridge, et al.. (2018). Plant attributes explain the distribution of soil microbial communities in two contrasting regions of the globe. New Phytologist. 219(2). 574–587. 135 indexed citations

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Lee, Mark A., Aaron P. Davis, M.G.G. Chagunda, & Peter Manning. (2017). Forage quality declines with rising temperatures, with implications for livestock production and methane emissions. Biogeosciences. 14(6). 1403–1417. 103 indexed citations

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Plas, Fons van der, Roel van Klink, Peter Manning, Han Olff, & Markus Fischer. (2017). Sensitivity of functional diversity metrics to sampling intensity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(9). 1072–1080. 19 indexed citations

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Manning, Peter, Gail Taylor, & Mick E. Hanley. (2014). Bioenergy, Food Production and Biodiversity – An Unlikely Alliance?. GCB Bioenergy. 7(4). 570–576. 70 indexed citations

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Fry, Ellen L., et al.. (2013). Plant Functional Group Composition Modifies the Effects of Precipitation Change on Grassland Ecosystem Function. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57027–e57027. 80 indexed citations

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Stevens, Carly, Peter Manning, Leon van den Berg, et al.. (2011). Ecosystem responses to differing ratios of reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations

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Manning, Peter, Scott A. Morrison, Michael Bonkowski, & Richard D. Bardgett. (2008). Nitrogen enrichment modifies plant community structure via changes to plant–soil feedback. Oecologia. 157(4). 661–673. 91 indexed citations

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