Roy Turkington

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Roy Turkington is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Turkington has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 74 papers in Plant Science and 73 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Roy Turkington's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (108 papers), Plant and animal studies (54 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (25 papers). Roy Turkington is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (108 papers), Plant and animal studies (54 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (25 papers). Roy Turkington collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Roy Turkington's co-authors include Andrew S. MacDougall, John L. Harper, Lonnie W. Aarssen, Jennie R. McLaren, A. R. E. Sinclair, Lauchlan H. Fraser, Charles J. Krebs, Stan Boutin, Rudy Boonstra and Kathy Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roy Turkington

155 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

ARE INVASIVE SPECIES THE DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS OF CHANGE IN DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS?

2005 873 citations Andrew S. MacDougall, Roy Turkington Ecology profile →
Impact of Food and Predation on the Snowshoe Hare Cycle

1995 558 citations Roy Turkington et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Pre-dispersal strategies by Quercus schottkyana to mitigate the effects of weevil infestation of acorns 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Ke Xia, William L. Harrower, Roy Turkington, (unknown), Zhe‐Kun Zhou	7
2	An experimental approach to addressing ecological questions related to the conservation of plant biodiversity in China 2016 ·Plant Diversity ·Roy Turkington, William L. Harrower	8
3	A new positive relationship between pCO2 and stomatal frequency in Quercus guyavifolia (Fagaceae): a potential proxy for palaeo-CO2 levels 2015 ·Annals of Botany ·(unknown), Yaowu Xing, Roy Turkington, Frédéric M.B. Jacques, Tao Su, Yong‐Jiang Huang, Zhe‐Kun Zhou	26
4	Declining Diversity in Abandoned Grasslands of the Carpathian Mountains: Do Dominant Species Matter? 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Anna Mária Csergő, László Demeter, Roy Turkington	29
5	Mechanisms for Success after Long-term Nutrient Enrichment in a Boreal Forest Understory 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Tess Nahanni Grainger, Roy Turkington	4
6	Response of grassland biomass production to simulated climate change and clipping along an elevation gradient 2013 ·Oecologia ·Cameron N. Carlyle, Lauchlan H. Fraser, Roy Turkington	64
7	Plant Identity Influences Decomposition through More Than One Mechanism 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Jennie R. McLaren, Roy Turkington	27
8	THE MUTUALISM–PARASITISM CONTINUUM IN ECTOMYCORRHIZAS: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT USING META-ANALYSIS 2008 ·Ecology ·Justine Karst, Laurie B. Marczak, Melanie D. Jones, Roy Turkington	97
9	Adaptive phenotypic plasticity of Pseudoroegneria spicata: response of stomatal density, leaf area and biomass to changes in water supply and increased temperature 2008 ·Annals of Botany ·Lauchlan H. Fraser, (unknown), Cameron N. Carlyle, Roy Turkington, Cynthia Ross Friedman	128
10	DISPERSAL, COMPETITION, AND SHIFTING PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY IN A DEGRADED OAK SAVANNA 2006 ·Ecology ·Andrew S. MacDougall, Roy Turkington	34
11	Relative importance of suppression‐based and tolerance‐based competition in an invaded oak savanna 2004 ·Journal of Ecology ·Andrew S. MacDougall, Roy Turkington	72
12	Do Nutrient Availability and Competition Limit Plant Growth of Herbaceous Species in the Boreal Forest Understory? 2002 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·(unknown), Roy Turkington	8
13	Do Nutrient Availability and Competition Limit Plant Growth of Herbaceous Species in the Boreal Forest Understory? 2002 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·(unknown), Roy Turkington	9
14	Morphological plasticity of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) in response to spatial and temporal resource heterogeneity 2002 ·Oecologia ·Clive Welham, Roy Turkington, C. Sayre	22
15	Conifer carbohydrate physiology : Updating classical views 1997 ·Jens Hansen, Roy Turkington, Gerd Vogg, Richard R. Heim, (unknown)	40
16	Comparative phenology of some alpine vascular plant species on Lakeview Mountain, southern British Columbia 1989 ·The Canadian Field-Naturalist ·(unknown), Roy Turkington	2
17	The influence of Rhizobium trifolii on growth characteristics of Trifolium repens: integration of local environments by clonal genets of T. repens 1989 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Roy Turkington	6
18	LEAF AND FLOWER DEMOGRAPHY OF TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. 1983 ·New Phytologist ·Roy Turkington	19
19	Patterns of dry-matter distribution in transplanted populations of Trifolium repens and its bearing on ecological interpretations 1982 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·Roy Turkington, Jack Maze	6
20	The analysis of contact sampling data 1980 ·Oecologia ·Piet de Jong, Lonnie W. Aarssen, Roy Turkington	14

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