Pille Gerhold

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Pille Gerhold is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pille Gerhold has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Pille Gerhold's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Pille Gerhold is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Pille Gerhold collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Netherlands and France. Pille Gerhold's co-authors include Meelis Pärtel, Andréas Prinzing, Igor V. Bartish, James F. Cahill, Marten Winter, Martin Zobel, Francesco de Bello, Inga Hiiesalu, Jodi N. Price and Mari Moora and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Pille Gerhold

18 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better)

2015 379 citations Pille Gerhold, James F. Cahill et al. Functional Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pille Gerhold Estonia	16	958	687	451	426	375	18	1.4k
Rüdiger Otto Spain	20	871 0.9×	671 1.0×	457 1.0×	502 1.2×	459 1.2×	35	1.6k
Jihong Huang China	21	899 0.9×	692 1.0×	250 0.6×	301 0.7×	472 1.3×	61	1.4k
Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro Spain	25	1.0k 1.1×	736 1.1×	893 2.0×	574 1.3×	486 1.3×	108	2.0k
Mary Kalin Arroyo Chile	15	695 0.7×	641 0.9×	455 1.0×	365 0.9×	195 0.5×	24	1.4k
Rosalina Gabriel Portugal	19	312 0.3×	724 1.1×	387 0.9×	419 1.0×	311 0.8×	95	1.3k
Rolland Douzet France	10	898 0.9×	580 0.8×	284 0.6×	454 1.1×	534 1.4×	11	1.6k
Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Mexico	18	1.3k 1.4×	783 1.1×	325 0.7×	466 1.1×	294 0.8×	42	1.9k
Paula A. Tecco Argentina	23	1.1k 1.2×	656 1.0×	650 1.4×	406 1.0×	152 0.4×	49	1.6k
Eike Lena Neuschulz Germany	22	880 0.9×	688 1.0×	278 0.6×	501 1.2×	431 1.1×	50	1.3k
Marcelino de la Cruz Spain	25	855 0.9×	576 0.8×	441 1.0×	403 0.9×	171 0.5×	74	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pille Gerhold

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18 of 18 papers shown

Köbel, Melanie, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic structure of understorey annual and perennial plant species reveals opposing responses to aridity in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 144018–144018. 6 indexed citations

Reitalu, Triin, et al.. (2020). Modern Pollen–Plant Diversity Relationships Inform Palaeoecological Reconstructions of Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity in Calcareous Fens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 22 indexed citations

Gerhold, Pille, et al.. (2020). Environment and evolutionary history depict phylogenetic alpha and beta diversity in the Atlantic coastal white‐sand woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(4). 634–645. 17 indexed citations

Götzenberger, Lars, Krista Takkis, Ants Kaasik, et al.. (2019). Contrasting latitudinal patterns in phylogenetic diversity between woody and herbaceous communities. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6443–6443. 39 indexed citations

Gerhold, Pille, Elâine M. S. Ribeiro, Bráulio Almeida Santos, et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic signal in leaf-cutting ant diet in the fragmented Atlantic rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 35(3). 144–147. 1 indexed citations

Gerhold, Pille, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Şerban Procheş, & Andréas Prinzing. (2018). The Deep Past Controls the Phylogenetic Structure of Present, Local Communities. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 49(1). 477–497. 44 indexed citations

Gerhold, Pille, James F. Cahill, Marten Winter, Igor V. Bartish, & Andréas Prinzing. (2015). Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better). Functional Ecology. 29(5). 600–614. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

Reitalu, Triin, et al.. (2015). Novel insights into post‐glacial vegetation change: functional and phylogenetic diversity in pollen records. Journal of Vegetation Science. 26(5). 911–922. 43 indexed citations

Riibak, Kersti, Triin Reitalu, Riin Tamme, et al.. (2014). Dark diversity in dry calcareous grasslands is determined by dispersal ability and stress‐tolerance. Ecography. 38(7). 713–721. 59 indexed citations

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Hiiesalu, Inga, Meelis Pärtel, John Davison, et al.. (2014). Species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: associations with grassland plant richness and biomass. New Phytologist. 203(1). 233–244. 249 indexed citations

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Reitalu, Triin, Aveliina Helm, Meelis Pärtel, et al.. (2013). Determinants of fine-scale plant diversity in dry calcareous grasslands within the Baltic Sea region. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 182. 59–68. 35 indexed citations

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Gerhold, Pille, Jodi N. Price, Kersti Püssa, et al.. (2013). Functional and phylogenetic community assembly linked to changes in species diversity in a long‐term resource manipulation experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24(5). 843–852. 42 indexed citations

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Davis, Robert Β., Erki Õunap, Juhan Javoiš, Pille Gerhold, & Toomas Tammaru. (2012). DEGREE OF SPECIALIZATION IS RELATED TO BODY SIZE IN HERBIVOROUS INSECTS: A PHYLOGENETIC CONFIRMATION. Evolution. 67(2). 583–589. 36 indexed citations

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Price, Jodi N., Inga Hiiesalu, Pille Gerhold, & Meelis Pärtel. (2012). Small‐scale grassland assembly patterns differ above and below the soil surface. Ecology. 93(6). 1290–1296. 31 indexed citations

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Bello, Francesco de, Jodi N. Price, Tamara Münkemüller, et al.. (2012). Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly. Ecology. 93(10). 2263–2273. 190 indexed citations

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Gerhold, Pille, Meelis Pärtel, Oliver Tackenberg, et al.. (2011). Phylogenetically Poor Plant Communities Receive More Alien Species, Which More Easily Coexist with Natives. The American Naturalist. 177(5). 668–680. 80 indexed citations

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Bello, Francesco de, Sandra Lavorel, Pille Gerhold, Ülle Reier, & Meelis Pärtel. (2009). A biodiversity monitoring framework for practical conservation of grasslands and shrublands. Biological Conservation. 143(1). 9–17. 107 indexed citations

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Gerhold, Pille, Meelis Pärtel, Jaan Liira, Kristjan Zobel, & Andréas Prinzing. (2008). Phylogenetic structure of local communities predicts the size of the regional species pool. Journal of Ecology. 96(4). 709–712. 35 indexed citations

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