Thijs L. Pons

11.4k citations

87 papers · 8.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Papers in

Plant Science 65
- Plant responses to elevated CO2 32
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance 10
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance 8
- Light effects on plants 7
Global and Planetary Change 43
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 40

Co-authors: Hans Lambers (8 shared papers)F. Stuart Chapin (3 shared papers)Owen K. Atkin (11 shared papers)I. Scheurwater (4 shared papers)Frans Bongers (4 shared papers)Hendrik Poorter (9 shared papers)Rob Welschen (2 shared papers)John R. Evans (3 shared papers)
Journals: Oecologia (9 papers)Plant Cell & Environment (9 papers)Physiologia Plantarum (9 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (6 papers)Functional Ecology (5 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Australia

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Thijs L. Pons

86 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Thijs L. Pons's Hit Papers

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No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased 2014 · 339 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Nature Geoscience
2008 Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))
1998 Plant Physiological Ecology

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1	Plant Physiological Ecology Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin, Thijs L. Pons Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1745
2	Plant Physiological Ecology Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin, Thijs L. Pons Hit paper breakdown →	1998	1395
3	No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased Nature Geoscience ·Peter van der Sleen, Peter Groenendijk, Mart Vlam, Niels P. R. Anten, Arnoud Boom, Frans Bongers, Thijs L. Pons, Gideon Terburg, Pieter A. Zuidema Hit paper breakdown →	2014	339
4	Estimating mesophyll conductance to CO2: methodology, potential errors, and recommendations Journal of Experimental Botany ·Thijs L. Pons, Jaume Flexas, Susanne von Caemmerer, John R. Evans, Bernard Genty, Miquel Ribas‐Carbó, Enrico Brugnoli	2009	266
5	Leaf Respiration of Snow Gum in the Light and Dark. Interactions between Temperature and Irradiance PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Owen K. Atkin, John R. Evans, Marilyn C. Ball, Hans Lambers, Thijs L. Pons	2000	222
6	High thermal acclimation potential of both photosynthesis and respiration in two lowland Plantago species in contrast to an alpine congeneric Global Change Biology ·Owen K. Atkin, I. Scheurwater, Thijs L. Pons	2006	196
7	The effect of tree height and light availability on photosynthetic leaf traits of four neotropical species differing in shade tolerance Functional Ecology ·T. Rijkers, Thijs L. Pons, Frans Bongers	2000	191
8	The art of growing plants for experimental purposes: a practical guide for the plant biologist Functional Plant Biology ·Hendrik Poorter, Fabio Fiorani, Mark Stitt, Uli Schurr, Alex Finck, Yves Gibon, Björn Usadel, Rana Munns, Owen K. Atkin, François Tardieu, Thijs L. Pons	2012	190
9	Phenotypic plasticity and growth temperature: understanding interspecific variability Journal of Experimental Botany ·Owen K. Atkin, B. R. Loveys, Lindsey Atkinson, Thijs L. Pons	2005	182
10	Plant Physiological Ecology Ecology ·Howard S. Neufeld, Hans Lambers, Francis Stuart Chapin, Thijs L. Pons	1999	178
11	Respiration as a percentage of daily photosynthesis in whole plants is homeostatic at moderate, but not high, growth temperatures New Phytologist ·Owen K. Atkin, I. Scheurwater, Thijs L. Pons	2007	160
12	Growth temperature influences the underlying components of relative growth rate: an investigation using inherently fast‐ and slow‐growing plant species Plant Cell & Environment ·B. R. Loveys, I. Scheurwater, Thijs L. Pons, Alastair Fitter, Owen K. Atkin	2002	160
13	Canopy structure and leaf nitrogen distribution in a stand of Lysimachia vulgaris L. as influenced by stand density Oecologia ·Tadaki Hirose, M. J. A. Werger, Thijs L. Pons, J.W.A. van Rheenen	1988	154
14	Oxygen isotopes in tree rings are a good proxy for Amazon precipitation and El Niño-Southern Oscillation variability Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Roel Brienen, Gerhard Helle, Thijs L. Pons, Jean‐Loup Guyot, Manuel Gloor	2012	150
15	Dividing the pie: A quantitative review on plant density responses Plant Cell & Environment ·Johannes A. Postma, Vera Lisa Hecht, Kouki Hikosaka, Eric A. Nord, Thijs L. Pons, Hendrik Poorter	2020	130
16	Submergence-Induced Morphological, Anatomical, and Biochemical Responses in a Terrestrial Species Affect Gas Diffusion Resistance and Photosynthetic Performance PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Liesje Mommer, Thijs L. Pons, Mieke Wolters‐Arts, Jan Henk Venema, Eric J. W. Visser	2005	112
17	Induction of Dark Dormancy in Seeds: Its Importance for the Seed Bank in the Soil Functional Ecology ·Thijs L. Pons	1991	96
18	Leaf Respiration in Light and Darkness (A Comparison of Slow- and Fast-Growing Poa Species) PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Owen K. Atkin, MHM. Westbeek, Marion L. Cambridge, Hans Lambers, Thijs L. Pons	1997	93
19	Nitrogen reallocation and photosynthetic acclimation in response to partial shading in soybean plants Physiologia Plantarum ·Thijs L. Pons, Robert W. Pearcy	1994	92
20	Overestimation of respiration rates in commercially available clamp‐on leaf chambers. Complications with measurement of net photosynthesis Plant Cell & Environment ·Thijs L. Pons, Rob Welschen	2002	91

About Thijs L. Pons

Thijs L. Pons is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 87 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (40 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (32 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (8 papers) and Light effects on plants (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.8k citations), Plant Science (5.2k citations), Soil Science (774 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.4k citations). Thijs L. Pons has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin, Owen K. Atkin, I. Scheurwater, Frans Bongers, Hendrik Poorter, Rob Welschen, John R. Evans, B. R. Loveys and Niels P. R. Anten. Their work appears in journals such as Oecologia, Plant Cell & Environment, Physiologia Plantarum, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Functional Ecology.

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