Remko A. Duursma

16.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
84 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Remko A. Duursma is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Remko A. Duursma has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Remko A. Duursma's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (73 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (42 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (23 papers). Remko A. Duursma is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (73 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (42 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (23 papers). Remko A. Duursma collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Remko A. Duursma's co-authors include Belinda E. Medlyn, Brendan Choat, Daniel S. Falster, Sara Taskinen, David I. Warton, Rosana López, Timothy J. Brodribb, Craig R. Brodersen, David S. Ellsworth and I. Colin Prentice and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Remko A. Duursma

84 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

smatr 3– an R package for estimation and inference about ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2018 2010 2015 2018 400 800 1.2k
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. smatr 3– an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines
    2011 1.3k citations Remko A. Duursma, Daniel S. Falster et al. profile →
  2. Triggers of tree mortality under drought
    2018 1.2k citations Brendan Choat, Timothy J. Brodribb et al. profile →
  3. Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance
    2010 907 citations Belinda E. Medlyn, Remko A. Duursma et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  4. Plantecophys - An R Package for Analysing and Modelling Leaf Gas Exchange Data
    2015 440 citations Remko A. Duursma profile →
  5. Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance
    2018 280 citations John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  6. On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls
    2018 270 citations Remko A. Duursma, Rosana López et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Remko A. Duursma Australia 47 6.8k 3.9k 2.8k 2.5k 1.3k 84 9.1k
Lucas A. Cernusak Australia 47 5.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 147 8.4k
Brendan Choat Australia 61 9.6k 1.4× 5.9k 1.5× 3.4k 1.2× 4.8k 1.9× 1.4k 1.0× 127 11.9k
B. E. Ewers United States 46 6.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 3.2k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 123 8.2k
Adam G. West South Africa 31 4.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 68 7.5k
Maurizio Mencuccini United Kingdom 63 9.0k 1.3× 3.9k 1.0× 5.2k 1.9× 4.5k 1.8× 2.1k 1.6× 237 12.3k
Serge Rambal France 62 8.0k 1.2× 3.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 2.7k 2.1× 159 10.5k
Romà Ogaya Spain 43 3.9k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 1.6× 107 6.8k
Jean‐Christophe Domec United States 55 6.8k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 3.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 157 8.6k
Anna Sala United States 42 6.4k 0.9× 2.5k 0.6× 3.8k 1.4× 3.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 84 8.3k
George W. Koch United States 44 6.2k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 2.5k 1.9× 123 9.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Remko A. Duursma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Jinyan, Belinda E. Medlyn, Martin G. De Kauwe, et al.. (2020). Low sensitivity of gross primary production to elevated CO 2 in a mature eucalypt woodland. Biogeosciences. 17(2). 265–279. 20 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Catriona A., Ian C. Anderson, Amit N. Khachane, et al.. (2020). Plant productivity is a key driver of soil respiration response to climate change in a nutrient-limited soil.. Basic and Applied Ecology. 50. 155–168. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Jinyan, Remko A. Duursma, Martin G. De Kauwe, et al.. (2019). Incorporating non-stomatal limitation improves the performance of leaf and canopy models at high vapour pressure deficit. Tree Physiology. 39(12). 1961–1974. 29 indexed citations
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Blackman, Chris J., Ximeng Li, Brendan Choat, et al.. (2019). Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates. New Phytologist. 224(2). 632–643. 73 indexed citations
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Falster, Daniel S., Remko A. Duursma, & Richard G. FitzJohn. (2018). How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(29). E6789–E6798. 120 indexed citations
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Renchon, Alexandre A., Anne Griebel, Daniel Metzen, et al.. (2018). Upside-down fluxes Down Under: CO 2 net sink in winter and net source in summer in a temperate evergreen broadleaf forest. Biogeosciences. 15(12). 3703–3716. 29 indexed citations
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Drake, John E., Mark G. Tjoelker, Angelica Vårhammar, et al.. (2018). Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance. Global Change Biology. 24(6). 2390–2402. 280 indexed citations breakdown →
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Medlyn, Belinda E., Martin G. De Kauwe, Yan‐Shih Lin, et al.. (2017). How do leaf and ecosystem measures of water‐use efficiency compare?. New Phytologist. 216(3). 758–770. 168 indexed citations
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Duursma, Remko A. & Daniel S. Falster. (2016). Leaf mass per area, not total leaf area, drives differences in above‐ground biomass distribution among woody plant functional types. New Phytologist. 212(2). 368–376. 32 indexed citations
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Moore, Caitlin E., Tim Brown, Trevor F. Keenan, et al.. (2016). Reviews and syntheses: Australian vegetation phenology: new insights from satellite remote sensingand digital repeat photography. Biogeosciences. 13(17). 5085–5102. 80 indexed citations
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Moore, Caitlin E., Tim Brown, Trevor F. Keenan, et al.. (2016). Australian vegetation phenology: new insights from satellite remote sensing and digital repeat photography. 4 indexed citations
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Whitley, Rhys, Jason Beringer, Lindsay B. Hutley, et al.. (2016). A model inter-comparison study to examine limiting factors in modelling Australian tropical savannas. Biogeosciences. 13(11). 3245–3265. 36 indexed citations
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Gherlenda, Andrew N., et al.. (2016). Boom and bust: rapid feedback responses between insect outbreak dynamics and canopy leaf area impacted by rainfall and CO2. Global Change Biology. 22(11). 3632–3641. 27 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Patrick J., Anthony P. O’Grady, Elizabeth A. Pinkard, et al.. (2015). An ecoclimatic framework for evaluating the resilience of vegetation to water deficit. Global Change Biology. 22(5). 1677–1689. 80 indexed citations
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Kauwe, Martin G. De, Shuangxi Zhou, Belinda E. Medlyn, et al.. (2015). Do land surface models need to include differential plant species responses to drought? Examining model predictions across a mesic-xeric gradient in Europe. Biogeosciences. 12(24). 7503–7518. 81 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan‐Shih, et al.. (2014). Optimal Stomatal Behaviour Around the World: Synthesis of a Global Stomatal Conductance Database and Scaling from Leaf to Ecosystem. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Christina, Mathias, Jean‐Paul Laclau, Yann Nouvellon, et al.. (2013). Water withdrawal in deep soil layers: a key strategy to cope with drought in tropical eucalypt plantations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Honglang, Jeffrey S. Amthor, Remko A. Duursma, et al.. (2013). Carbon dynamics of eucalypt seedlings exposed to progressive drought in elevated [CO2] and elevated temperature. Tree Physiology. 33(8). 779–792. 84 indexed citations
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Duursma, Remko A.. (2011). Physiological ecology of forest production: principles, processes, and models. Tree Physiology. 31(6). 680–681. 160 indexed citations

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