Rodolphe Spichiger

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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Rodolphe Spichiger is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodolphe Spichiger has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 12 papers in Forestry and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rodolphe Spichiger's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (12 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (9 papers). Rodolphe Spichiger is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (14 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (12 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (9 papers). Rodolphe Spichiger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and France. Rodolphe Spichiger's co-authors include Vincent Savolainen, Patricio von Hildebrand, Jean-François Manen, Mathieu Perret, Alain Chautems, Laurent Gautier, Oliver L. Phillips, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Hans ter Steege and Daniel Sabatier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Evolution.

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Rodolphe Spichiger

44 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia

2006 516 citations Hans ter Steege, Nigel C. A. Pitman et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estudios fitosociológicos en el gran Chaco: estructura, composición florística y variabilidad del bosque de Schinopsis balansae en el Chaco húmedo boreal, Paraguay 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rodolphe Spichiger	5
2	Ethnobotanical survey on wild alpine food plants in Lower and Central Valais (Switzerland) 2013 ·Journal of Ethnopharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rodolphe Spichiger, Matthias Hamburger, Olivier Potterat	92
3	The history of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in eastern South America: inferences from the genetic structure of the tree Astronium urundeuva (Anacardiaceae) 2008 ·Molecular Ecology ·S. Caetano, Darién E. Prado, R. Toby Pennington, Stephan Beck, Ary Teixeira de Oliveira‐Filho, Rodolphe Spichiger, Yamama Naciri	105
4	THE GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERN OF SPECIATION AND FLORAL DIVERSIFICATION IN THE NEOTROPICS: THE TRIBE SINNINGIEAE (GESNERIACEAE) AS A CASE STUDY 2007 ·Evolution ·Mathieu Perret, Alain Chautems, Rodolphe Spichiger, Timothy G. Barraclough, Vincent Savolainen	77
5	Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis can counterbalance the negative influence of the exotic tree species Eucalyptus camaldulensis on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a sahelian soil 2007 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·M. Kisa, (unknown), Jean Thioulouse, Komi Assigbetsé, Samba Ndao Sylla, Rodolphe Spichiger, (unknown), Jacques Berthelin, Yves Prin, Antoine Galiana, Michel Le Page, Robin Duponnois	33
6	Inventory of the African flora: a world first for the forgotten continent 2006 ·South African Journal of Science ·Ronell R. Klopper, Laurent Gautier, Gideon F. Smith, Rodolphe Spichiger, Cyrille Chatelain	4
7	Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia breakdown → 2006 ·Nature ·Hans ter Steege, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Oliver L. Phillips, Jérôme Chave, Daniel Sabatier, Álvaro Duque, Jean‐François Molino, Marie-Françoise Prévost, Rodolphe Spichiger, (unknown), Patricio von Hildebrand, Rodolfo Vásquez	516
8	Photoperiodic induction of synchronous flowering near the Equator 2005 ·Nature ·Rolf Borchert, Susanne S. Renner, Zoraida Calle, Diego Navarrete, Alan Tye, Laurent Gautier, Rodolphe Spichiger, Patricio von Hildebrand	181
9	Displacement of an herbaceous plant species community by mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal Gmelina arborea, an exotic tree, grown in a microcosm experiment 2005 ·Mycorrhiza ·(unknown), Pascal Martin, Jean Thioulouse, Christian Plenchette, Rodolphe Spichiger, Michel Le Page, Robin Duponnois	17
10	Geographical zonation in the Neotropics of tree species characteristic of the Paraguay‐Paraná Basin 2004 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Rodolphe Spichiger, Clément Calenge, (unknown)	49
11	Systematics and evolution of tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae): evidence from phylogenetic analyses of six plastid DNA regions and nuclear ncpGS 2003 ·American Journal of Botany ·Mathieu Perret, Alain Chautems, Rodolphe Spichiger, Geoffrey C. Kite, Vincent Savolainen	122
12	Polyphyletism of Celastrales Deduced from a Chloroplast Noncoding DNA Region 1997 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Vincent Savolainen, Rodolphe Spichiger, Jean-François Manen	39
13	Chloroplast DNA variation and parentage analysis in 55 apples 1995 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Vincent Savolainen, R. Corbaz, (unknown), Rodolphe Spichiger, Jean-François Manen	24
14	Molecular Phylogeny of Families Related to Celastrales Based on rbcL 5′ Flanking Sequences 1994 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Vincent Savolainen, Jean-François Manen, Emmanuel Douzery, Rodolphe Spichiger	87
15	Proposition d'une classification des inflorescences d'Ilex L. (Aquifoliaceae) 1992 ·E-Periodica ·Pierre‐André Loizeau, Rodolphe Spichiger	12
16	Proposición de leyenda para la cartografía de las formaciones vegetales del Chaco paraguayo : contribución al estudio de la flora y de la vegetación del Chaco : III 1991 ·Candollea ·Rodolphe Spichiger, (unknown), (unknown)	15
17	Contribución a la flora en la Amazonía peruana: los árboles del Arboretum de Jenaro Herrera. Volumen II: Linaceae a Palmae 1990 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Rodolphe Spichiger, (unknown), Pierre‐André Loizeau, (unknown)	7
18	Ritmos de reproducción en el estrato arbóreo del Arborétum Jenaro Herrera (Provincia de Requena, departamento de Loreto, Perú) : contribución al estudio de la flora y de la vegetación de la Amazonia peruana : X 1986 ·E-Periodica ·Laurent Gautier, Rodolphe Spichiger	2
19	Studies on the contact forest savanna in ivory coast note on the evolution of the vegetation in the region of beoumi central ivory coast 1981 ·Candollea ·Rodolphe Spichiger, (unknown)	2
20	Contact forêt-savane et recrû forestier en Côte-d'lvoire 1973 ·L’Espace géographique ·Chantal Blanc-Pamard, Rodolphe Spichiger	3

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