Sonia L. Fontana

1.6k total citations
38 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

Sonia L. Fontana is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia L. Fontana has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atmospheric Science, 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Sonia L. Fontana's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (10 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (7 papers). Sonia L. Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (10 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (7 papers). Sonia L. Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Argentina and United Kingdom. Sonia L. Fontana's co-authors include Thomas Giesecke, Maija Heikkilä, Heikki Seppä, K. D. Bennett, Marcela Sandra Tonello, Silvina Stutz, C. Marcela Borel, Yoshihisa Suyama, Irina Matetovici and Laura Parducci and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sonia L. Fontana

37 papers receiving 826 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonia L. Fontana Germany 18 541 303 170 156 149 38 866
Catalina González Colombia 17 518 1.0× 326 1.1× 116 0.7× 126 0.8× 100 0.7× 40 829
Angela Self United Kingdom 18 605 1.1× 320 1.1× 91 0.5× 112 0.7× 114 0.8× 24 836
Steffen Wolters Germany 11 529 1.0× 194 0.6× 116 0.7× 182 1.2× 182 1.2× 19 730
Ulf Segerström Sweden 20 684 1.3× 333 1.1× 142 0.8× 190 1.2× 101 0.7× 30 1.0k
N. I. Dorofeyuk Russia 10 632 1.2× 167 0.6× 89 0.5× 192 1.2× 255 1.7× 20 878
Pim de Klerk Germany 20 822 1.5× 298 1.0× 276 1.6× 198 1.3× 238 1.6× 44 1.1k
Limi Mao China 20 695 1.3× 332 1.1× 215 1.3× 191 1.2× 151 1.0× 62 1.1k
J. Sakari Salonen Finland 20 758 1.4× 377 1.2× 64 0.4× 152 1.0× 193 1.3× 39 1.0k
Philippe Ponel France 19 694 1.3× 309 1.0× 175 1.0× 267 1.7× 370 2.5× 65 1.2k
Patricia L. Fall United States 20 599 1.1× 313 1.0× 177 1.0× 385 2.5× 176 1.2× 52 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonia L. Fontana

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia L. Fontana

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All Works

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Francesco, Claudio G. De, et al.. (2022). Climate, sea-level and anthropogenic processes controlling the environmental evolution of shallow lakes in the southeastern Pampa plain (South East South America) during the last 12 ka. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 116. 103856–103856. 9 indexed citations
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Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Sampson Panajiotidis, Georgios Fotiadis, et al.. (2021). Testing the potential of pollen assemblages to capture composition, diversity and ecological gradients of surrounding vegetation in two biogeographical regions of southeastern Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 31(1). 1–15. 8 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Holocene changes in forest composition in northern Patagonia responded to climate with little impact of disturbance. Quaternary Science Reviews. 276. 107291–107291. 3 indexed citations
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Moreno, Ricardo, Thomas Giesecke, & Sonia L. Fontana. (2021). Fire and vegetation dynamics of endangered Araucaria araucana communities in the forest-steppe ecotone of northern Patagonia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 567. 110276–110276. 6 indexed citations
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Stutz, Silvina, et al.. (2021). Structure and dynamics of a Pampa plain, (Argentina) shallow lake over the last 600 years. Journal of Paleolimnology. 66(2). 141–155. 11 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Late-Holocene vegetation dynamics and disturbance regimes in north Patagonia Argentina (40°S). The Holocene. 30(8). 1115–1128. 6 indexed citations
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Stivriņš, Normunds, Janne Soininen, Leeli Amon, et al.. (2016). Biotic turnover rates during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews. 151. 100–110. 28 indexed citations
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Stutz, Silvina, et al.. (2014). Historia ambiental de los lagos someros de la llanura Pampeana (Argentina) desde el Holoceno medio. 21(2). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Parducci, Laura, Irina Matetovici, Sonia L. Fontana, et al.. (2014). Molecular‐ and pollen‐based vegetation analysis in lake sediments from central Scandinavia. Molecular Ecology. 23(4). 986–986. 5 indexed citations
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Parducci, Laura, Minna Väliranta, J. Sakari Salonen, et al.. (2014). Proxy comparison in ancient peat sediments: pollen, macrofossil and plant DNA. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1660). 20130382–20130382. 60 indexed citations
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Parducci, Laura, Irina Matetovici, Sonia L. Fontana, et al.. (2013). Molecular‐ and pollen‐based vegetation analysis in lake sediments from central Scandinavia. Molecular Ecology. 22(13). 3511–3524. 76 indexed citations
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Fontana, Sonia L., María Martha Bianchi, & K. D. Bennett. (2012). Palaeoenvironmental changes since the Last Glacial Maximum: Patterns, timing and dynamics throughout South America. The Holocene. 22(11). 1203–1206. 7 indexed citations
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Fontana, Sonia L., et al.. (2011). PTEs in agroecosystems and implications for the food chain. 1. 507–508. 1 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Anne Birgitte, et al.. (2010). The effect of climate conditions on inter-annual flowering variability monitored by pollen traps below the canopy in Draved Forest, Denmark. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 19(4). 309–323. 30 indexed citations
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Giesecke, Thomas, Sonia L. Fontana, Willem O. van der Knaap, Heather S. Pardoe, & Irena Agnieszka Pidek. (2010). From early pollen trapping experiments to the Pollen Monitoring Programme. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 19(4). 247–258. 60 indexed citations
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Heikkilä, Maija, Sonia L. Fontana, & Heikki Seppä. (2009). Rapid Lateglacial tree population dynamics and ecosystem changes in the eastern Baltic region. Journal of Quaternary Science. 24(7). 802–815. 74 indexed citations
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Fontana, Sonia L.. (2005). Coastal dune vegetation and pollen representation in south Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of Biogeography. 32(4). 719–735. 41 indexed citations
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