Simon A. Queenborough

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Simon A. Queenborough is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon A. Queenborough has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Simon A. Queenborough's work include Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Simon A. Queenborough is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (47 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Simon A. Queenborough collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Panama. Simon A. Queenborough's co-authors include Liza S. Comita, Renato Valencia, Stephen J. Murphy, Nancy C. Garwood, Meghna Krishnadas, Yan Zhu, David F. R. P. Burslem, Jenalle L. Eck, Noelle G. Beckman and Kaiyang Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Simon A. Queenborough

58 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Testing predictions of the Janzen–Connell hypothesis: a meta‐analysis of experimental evidence for distance‐ and density‐dependent seed and seedling survival

2014 484 citations Liza S. Comita, Simon A. Queenborough et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis

2019 229 citations Kerri M. Crawford, Jonathan T. Bauer et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers

Simon A. Queenborough

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EEBS

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ECOLO

Yi Jin China

Štěpán Janeček Czechia

Kristjan Zobel Estonia

Osvaldo Calderón Panama

Jan Plue Sweden

Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro Spain

David L. Gorchov United States

Wolfgang Willner Austria

Natalia Norden Colombia

Julio M. Alcántara Spain

Yi Jin China

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1.8k ×1.1

NLC

1.5k ×1.4

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695 ×1.1

383 ×0.7

GPC

398 ×0.8

ECOLO

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Countries citing papers authored by Simon A. Queenborough

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon A. Queenborough

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon A. Queenborough

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All Works

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Deng, Tingting, et al.. (2025). Environmental drivers of herbaceous plant diversity in the understory community of a warm-temperate forest. Plant Diversity. 47(2). 282–290. 1 indexed citations

Mendelsohn, Robert, et al.. (2025). Assessing the costs of human‒wildlife conflict in the Khata wildlife corridor, Nepal. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 71(3).

Vleminckx, Jason, et al.. (2024). Low-intensity logging alters species and functional composition, but does not negatively impact key ecosystem services in a Central African tropical forest. Global Ecology and Conservation. 53. e02996–e02996. 3 indexed citations

Cárdenas, Rafael E., Dale L. Forrister, María‐José Endara, et al.. (2024). Long-term strict ant-plant mutualism identity characterises growth rate and leaf shearing resistance of an Amazonian myrmecophyte. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17813–17813. 1 indexed citations

Valencia, Renato, et al.. (2024). Discreet but diverse and specific: Determining plant‐herbivore interactions across a species‐rich plant family in a tropical rain forest. Biotropica. 57(1).

Queenborough, Simon A., A. Z. Andis Arietta, H. S. Suresh, et al.. (2023). Local‐ and landscape‐scale drivers of terrestrial herbaceous plant diversity along a tropical rainfall gradient in Western Ghats, India. Journal of Ecology. 111(5). 1021–1036. 13 indexed citations

Garwood, Nancy C., Margaret R. Metz, Simon A. Queenborough, et al.. (2023). Seasonality of reproduction in an ever‐wet lowland tropical forest in Amazonian Ecuador. Ecology. 104(9). e4133–e4133. 10 indexed citations

Swamy, Varun, Patricia Álvarez-Loayza, Simon A. Queenborough, et al.. (2023). Multiscale phenological niches of seed fall in diverse Amazonian plant communities. Ecology. 104(5). e4022–e4022. 2 indexed citations

Queenborough, Simon A., et al.. (2023). Effects of tree sex, maturity, local abiotic, and biotic neighborhoods on the growth of a subtropical dioecious tree species Diospyros morrisiana. American Journal of Botany. 110(2). e16124–e16124.

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Queenborough, Simon A., et al.. (2023). Design of tables for the presentation and communication of data in ecological and evolutionary biology. Ecology and Evolution. 13(7). e10062–e10062. 1 indexed citations

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Spicer, Michelle Elise, et al.. (2021). Herbaceous plant diversity in forest ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms, and threats. Plant Ecology. 223(2). 117–129. 34 indexed citations

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Du, Yanjun, Lingfeng Mao, Simon A. Queenborough, et al.. (2020). Macro‐scale variation and environmental predictors of flowering and fruiting phenology in the Chinese angiosperm flora. Journal of Biogeography. 47(11). 2303–2314. 23 indexed citations

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Crawford, Kerri M., Jonathan T. Bauer, Liza S. Comita, et al.. (2019). When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 22(8). 1274–1284. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Du, Yanjun, Simon A. Queenborough, Lei Chen, et al.. (2017). Intraspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent seedling recruitment in a subtropical evergreen forest. Oecologia. 184(1). 193–203. 12 indexed citations

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Delavaux, Camille S., et al.. (2016). Nutrient enrichment effects on mycorrhizal fungi in an Andean tropical montane Forest. Mycorrhiza. 27(4). 311–319. 16 indexed citations

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Queenborough, Simon A., Margaret R. Metz, Renato Valencia, & S. Joseph Wright‬. (2013). Demographic consequences of chromatic leaf defence in tropical tree communities: do red young leaves increase growth and survival?. Annals of Botany. 112(4). 677–684. 27 indexed citations

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Gao, Jiangyun, et al.. (2012). Flowering sex ratios and spatial distribution of dioecious trees in a South-East Asian seasonal tropical forest.. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 24(4). 517–527. 4 indexed citations

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Bai, Xuejiao, Simon A. Queenborough, Xugao Wang, et al.. (2012). Effects of local biotic neighbors and habitat heterogeneity on tree and shrub seedling survival in an old-growth temperate forest. Oecologia. 170(3). 755–765. 80 indexed citations

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Freckleton, Robert P., William J. Sutherland, Andrew R. Watkinson, & Simon A. Queenborough. (2010). Density‐Structured Models for Plant Population Dynamics. The American Naturalist. 177(1). 1–17. 18 indexed citations

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Queenborough, Simon A., David F. R. P. Burslem, Nancy C. Garwood, & Renato Valencia. (2007). NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS DETERMINE THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF TROPICAL TREE SEEDLING SURVIVAL. Ecology. 88(9). 2248–2258. 124 indexed citations

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