Thomas Kitzberger

21.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
129 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kitzberger is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kitzberger has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 71 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 46 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kitzberger's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (66 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (57 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (35 papers). Thomas Kitzberger is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (66 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (57 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (35 papers). Thomas Kitzberger collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, United States and Spain. Thomas Kitzberger's co-authors include Thomas T. Veblen, Craig D. Allen, R. J. Fensham, Н.А. Демидова, Neil S. Cobb, Dominique Bachelet, M. Vennetier, G. Allard, Akkın Semerci and Nate G. McDowell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kitzberger

127 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

2009 5.7k citations Thomas Kitzberger et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

2017 374 citations Thomas Kitzberger et al. profile →
Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought‐induced forest dieback

2017 276 citations Thomas Kitzberger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Kitzberger Argentina	49	9.2k	6.4k	4.3k	3.6k	1.9k	129	13.0k
R. J. Fensham Australia	46	8.4k 0.9×	6.9k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	4.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	211	13.3k
Harald Bugmann Switzerland	68	10.1k 1.1×	9.1k 1.4×	4.5k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	322	15.2k
Francisco Lloret Spain	56	8.0k 0.9×	6.8k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	170	12.1k
Neil S. Cobb United States	32	9.8k 1.1×	6.2k 1.0×	4.9k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	74	13.4k
Jorge Castro Spain	41	6.7k 0.7×	6.1k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.5×	150	11.8k
Christoph Leuschner Germany	72	8.1k 0.9×	8.8k 1.4×	4.4k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	4.6k 2.4×	396	16.9k
Ronald P. Neilson United States	38	7.2k 0.8×	3.9k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	65	11.5k
Thomas T. Veblen United States	79	14.3k 1.6×	9.6k 1.5×	5.8k 1.3×	7.4k 2.1×	1.8k 0.9×	286	19.8k
Andreas Rigling Switzerland	56	10.3k 1.1×	7.2k 1.1×	6.9k 1.6×	2.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.5×	177	13.8k
Dominique Bachelet United States	31	7.4k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	66	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kitzberger

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Cingolani, Ana M., et al.. (2025). Biotic and physical drivers of fire in northwestern Patagonia. Fire Ecology. 21(1). 1 indexed citations

Souto, Cintia P., et al.. (2024). Common garden experiments and SNP genotyping at the extremes of a steep precipitation gradient suggest local adaptation in a Patagonian conifer. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 206(1). 14–28. 1 indexed citations

Kitzberger, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Modelos de cambio en cobertura forestal de la cuenca del río Manso inferior ¿Una herramienta para definir estrategias de manejo?. Bosque (Valdivia). 44(1). 273–284. 2 indexed citations

Aizen, Marcelo A., Gabriela Gleiser, Thomas Kitzberger, & Rubén Milla. (2023). Being a tree crop increases the odds of experiencing yield declines irrespective of pollinator dependence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1 indexed citations

Oddi, Facundo J., Cecilia Casas, Matías G. Goldenberg, et al.. (2022). Modeling potential site productivity for Austrocedrus chilensis trees in northern Patagonia (Argentina). Forest Ecology and Management. 524. 120525–120525. 7 indexed citations

Mundo, Ignacio A., Javier Sanguinetti, & Thomas Kitzberger. (2021). Multi-centennial phase-locking between reproduction of a South American conifer and large-scale drivers of climate. Nature Plants. 7(12). 1560–1570. 9 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Pinillos, Martina, Aitor Améztegui, Thomas Kitzberger, & Lluís Coll. (2018). Relative size to resprouters determines post-fire recruitment of non-serotinous pines. Forest Ecology and Management. 429. 300–307. 9 indexed citations

Kitzberger, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Energy savings through implementation of a multi-state Time Control Program (TCP) in demand-controlled ventilation of commercial buildings. Energy and Buildings. 164. 33–47. 5 indexed citations

Tepley, Alan J., Enrique Thomann, Thomas T. Veblen, et al.. (2018). Influences of fire–vegetation feedbacks and post‐fire recovery rates on forest landscape vulnerability to altered fire regimes. Journal of Ecology. 106(5). 1925–1940. 136 indexed citations

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Kitzberger, Thomas, Donald A. Falk, A. L. Westerling, & Thomas W. Swetnam. (2017). Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188486–e0188486. 125 indexed citations

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González, Mauro E., et al.. (2016). Tectonic ecology of the temperate forests of South America and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 223–246. 21 indexed citations

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Kitzberger, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Fire–vegetation feedbacks and alternative states: common mechanisms of temperate forest vulnerability to fire in southern South America and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 247–272. 106 indexed citations

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Landesmann, Jennifer B., Juan H. Gowda, Lucas A. Garibaldi, & Thomas Kitzberger. (2015). Survival, growth and vulnerability to drought in fire refuges: implications for the persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer in northern Patagonia. Oecologia. 179(4). 1111–1122. 23 indexed citations

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Mundo, Ignacio A., Thorsten Wiegand, Rajapandian Kanagaraj, & Thomas Kitzberger. (2013). Environmental drivers and spatial dependency in wildfire ignition patterns of northwestern Patagonia. Journal of Environmental Management. 123. 77–87. 35 indexed citations

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Díaz, Soledad, Thomas Kitzberger, & Salvador J. Peris. (2012). Food resources and reproductive output of the Austral Parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) in forests of northern Patagonia. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 112(3). 234–243. 20 indexed citations

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Garibaldi, Lucas A., Thomas Kitzberger, & Enrique J. Chaneton. (2011). Environmental and genetic control of insect abundance and herbivory along a forest elevational gradient. Oecologia. 167(1). 117–129. 76 indexed citations

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Kitzberger, Thomas, et al.. (2007). INDIRECT EFFECTS OF PREY SWAMPING: DIFFERENTIAL SEED PREDATION DURING A BAMBOO MASTING EVENT. Ecology. 88(10). 2541–2554. 43 indexed citations

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Kitzberger, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Establishment and life history characteristics of the southern South American mistletoe Misodendrum punctulatum (Misodendraceae). Revista chilena de historia natural. 77(3). 17 indexed citations

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Premoli, Andrea C., Thomas Kitzberger, & Thomas T. Veblen. (2000). Isozyme variation and recent biogeographical history of the long‐lived conifer Fitzroya cupressoides. Journal of Biogeography. 27(2). 251–260. 122 indexed citations

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Veblen, Thomas T., Thomas Kitzberger, Bruce R. Burns, et al.. (1996). Perturbaciones y dinámica de regeneración en bosques andinos del sur de Chile y Argentina. 54 indexed citations

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