Richard K. Kobe

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Richard K. Kobe is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard K. Kobe has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard K. Kobe's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (44 papers), Forest ecology and management (24 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). Richard K. Kobe is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (44 papers), Forest ecology and management (24 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). Richard K. Kobe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Richard K. Kobe's co-authors include Charles D. Canham, John A. Silander, Stephen W. Pacala, Meera Iyer, Eric Ribbens, Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann, Corine Vriesendorp, Christopher A. Lepczyk, K Dave Coates and Michael B. Walters and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Richard K. Kobe

56 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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Forest Models Defined by Field Measurements: Estimation, Error Analysis and Dynamics

1996 931 citations Charles D. Canham, Richard K. Kobe et al. Ecological Monographs profile →
Juvenile Tree Survivorship as a Component of Shade Tolerance

1995 840 citations Richard K. Kobe, Charles D. Canham et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tree seedling shade tolerance arises from interactions with microbes and is mediated by functional traits 2023 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Richard K. Kobe, Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann	3
2	Tree seedling functional traits mediate plant-soil feedback survival responses across a gradient of light availability 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Richard K. Kobe, Inés Ibáñez, Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann	4
3	Short-lived legacies of Prunus serotina plant–soil feedbacks 2021 ·Oecologia ·(unknown), Richard K. Kobe	14
4	A Forest Tent Caterpillar Outbreak Increased Resource Levels and Seedling Growth in a Northern Hardwood Forest 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Richard K. Kobe	7
5	Plant species differ in early seedling growth and tissue nutrient responses to arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi 2016 ·Mycorrhiza ·(unknown), Richard K. Kobe, Catherine A. Gehring	29
6	Reduced aboveground tree growth associated with higher arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in tropical forest restoration 2016 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Karen D. Holl, Rakan A. Zahawi, Richard K. Kobe	17
7	Seedling survival responses to conspecific density, soil nutrients, and irradiance vary with age in a tropical forest 2016 ·Ecology ·Sydne Record, Richard K. Kobe, Corine Vriesendorp, Andrew O. Finley	29
8	Negative density-dependent mortality varies over time in a wet tropical forest, advantaging rare species, common species, or no species 2015 ·Oecologia ·Bénédicte Bachelot, Richard K. Kobe, Corine Vriesendorp	36
9	Modeling Complex Spatial Dependencies: Low-Rank Spatially Varying Cross-Covariances With Application to Soil Nutrient Data 2013 ·Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics ·Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, Andrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Richard K. Kobe	13
10	Seedling growth responses to soil resources in the understory of a wet tropical forest 2011 ·Ecology ·(unknown), Richard K. Kobe, Corine Vriesendorp	57
11	Conspecific density dependence in seedlings varies with species shade tolerance in a wet tropical forest 2011 ·Ecology Letters ·Richard K. Kobe, Corine Vriesendorp	127
12	Optimal partitioning theory revisited: Nonstructural carbohydrates dominate root mass responses to nitrogen 2010 ·Ecology ·Richard K. Kobe, Meera Iyer, Michael B. Walters	146
13	Senescence-related changes in nitrogen in fine roots: mass loss affects estimation 2009 ·Tree Physiology ·(unknown), Michael B. Walters, Richard K. Kobe	31
14	TOLERANCE OF SOIL PATHOGENS CO-VARIES WITH SHADE TOLERANCE ACROSS SPECIES OF TROPICAL TREE SEEDLINGS 2008 ·Ecology ·Sarah McCarthy‐Neumann, Richard K. Kobe	92
15	Size of sampling unit strongly influences detection of seedling limitation in a wet tropical forest 2008 ·Ecology Letters ·Richard K. Kobe, Corine Vriesendorp	19
16	Sapling growth as a function of light and landscape-level variation in soil water and foliar nitrogen in northern Michigan 2005 ·Oecologia ·Richard K. Kobe	79
17	Tree seedling growth, survival, and morphology in response to landscape-level variation in soil resource availability in northern Michigan 2005 ·Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Laura A. Schreeg, Richard K. Kobe, Michael B. Walters	47
18	Sapling size influences shade tolerance ranking among southern boreal tree species 2005 ·Journal of Ecology ·Daniel Kneeshaw, Richard K. Kobe, K. David Coates, Christian Messier	100
19	Interspecific and intraspecific variation in tree seedling survival: effects of allocation to roots versus carbohydrate reserves 1999 ·Oecologia ·Charles D. Canham, Richard K. Kobe, Erika F. Latty, Robin L. Chazdon	261
20	Intraspecific Variation in Sapling Mortality and Growth Predicts Geographic Variation in Forest Composition 1996 ·Ecological Monographs ·Richard K. Kobe	175

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