Virginia Matzek

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Virginia Matzek is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Matzek has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Virginia Matzek's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Forest Management and Policy (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Virginia Matzek is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Forest Management and Policy (7 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Virginia Matzek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Virginia Matzek's co-authors include Peter M. Vitousek, Ronald Amundson, W. T. Baisden, Kyungsoo Yoo, Carol Kendall, Amy T. Austin, Edward A. G. Schuur, Jennifer L. Funk, Thomas C. Jensen and Paul C. Frost and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Matzek

29 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Global patterns of the isotopic composition of soil and p... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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.

  1. Global patterns of the isotopic composition of soil and plant nitrogen
    2003 924 citations Ronald Amundson, Amy T. Austin et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →

Peers

Virginia Matzek
Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto Brazil
Rodolfo Á. Golluscio Argentina
Felipe García‐Oliva Mexico
Douglas C. Andersen United States
Vı́ctor J. Jaramillo Mexico
Elvira Cuevas Puerto Rico
Jukka Salo Finland
E. N. Jack Brookshire United States
Bruce D. Clarkson New Zealand
Kendra K. McLauchlan United States
Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto Brazil
Virginia Matzek
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Countries citing papers authored by Virginia Matzek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virginia Matzek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Matzek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virginia Matzek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virginia Matzek based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Virginia Matzek. Virginia Matzek is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matzek, Virginia & Kerrie A. Wilson. (2021). Public support for restoration: Does including ecosystem services as a goal engage a different set of values and attitudes than biodiversity protection alone?. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0245074–e0245074. 19 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, David J. Lewis, Anthony Debons, et al.. (2020). Increases in soil and woody biomass carbon stocks as a result of rangeland riparian restoration. Carbon Balance and Management. 15(1). 16–16. 19 indexed citations
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Wilson, Kerrie A., Katrina Davis, Virginia Matzek, & Marit E. Kragt. (2018). Concern about threatened species and ecosystem disservices underpin public willingness to pay for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology. 27(3). 513–519. 17 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, Kerrie A. Wilson, & Marit E. Kragt. (2018). Mainstreaming of ecosystem services as a rationale for ecological restoration in Australia. Ecosystem Services. 35. 79–86. 20 indexed citations
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Guerrero, Angela M., Luke P. Shoo, Gwenllian D. Iacona, et al.. (2017). Using structured decision‐making to set restoration objectives when multiple values and preferences exist. Restoration Ecology. 25(6). 858–865. 36 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, et al.. (2016). Incomplete recovery of ecosystem processes after two decades of riparian forest restoration. Restoration Ecology. 24(5). 637–645. 25 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Marciel T., et al.. (2014). Stress Tolerance and Ecophysiological Ability of an Invader and a Native Species in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105514–e105514. 29 indexed citations
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Funk, Jennifer L., Madison K. Hoffacker, & Virginia Matzek. (2014). Summer irrigation, grazing and seed addition differentially influence community composition in an invaded serpentine grassland. Restoration Ecology. 23(2). 122–130. 14 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, Cedric O. Puleston, & John Gunn. (2014). Can carbon credits fund riparian forest restoration?. Restoration Ecology. 23(1). 7–14. 42 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, et al.. (2013). Closing the Knowing–Doing Gap in Invasive Plant Management: Accessibility and Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Research. Conservation Letters. 7(3). 208–215. 112 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia. (2012). Trait Values, Not Trait Plasticity, Best Explain Invasive Species' Performance in a Changing Environment. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48821–e48821. 96 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia, et al.. (2012). Response of Biomass and Seedbanks of Rangeland Functional Groups to Mechanical Control of Yellow Starthistle. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 65(1). 96–100. 5 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia. (2011). Superior performance and nutrient-use efficiency of invasive plants over non-invasive congeners in a resource-limited environment. Biological Invasions. 13(12). 3005–3014. 89 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia. (2010). A lesson in sustainability from Cuba. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 8(2). 59–59. 1 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia & Peter M. Vitousek. (2009). N : P stoichiometry and protein : RNA ratios in vascular plants: an evaluation of the growth‐rate hypothesis. Ecology Letters. 12(8). 765–771. 190 indexed citations
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Frost, Paul C., Michelle A. Evans‐White, Zoe V. Finkel, Thomas C. Jensen, & Virginia Matzek. (2005). Are you what you eat? Physiological constraints on organismal stoichiometry in an elementally imbalanced world. Oikos. 109(1). 18–28. 233 indexed citations
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Silver, Whendee L., Lara M. Kueppers, Ariel E. Lugo, Rebecca Ostertag, & Virginia Matzek. (2004). CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS FOLLOWING REFORESTATION OF TROPICAL PASTURE. Ecological Applications. 14(4). 1115–1127. 119 indexed citations
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Matzek, Virginia & Peter M. Vitousek. (2003). Nitrogen Fixation in Bryophytes, Lichens, and Decaying Wood along a Soil-age Gradient in Hawaiian Montane Rain Forest1. Biotropica. 35(1). 12–12. 63 indexed citations
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Amundson, Ronald, Amy T. Austin, Edward A. G. Schuur, et al.. (2003). Global patterns of the isotopic composition of soil and plant nitrogen. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 17(1). 924 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matzek, Virginia & Peter M. Vitousek. (2003). Nitrogen Fixation in Bryophytes, Lichens, and Decaying Wood along a Soil‐age Gradient in Hawaiian Montane Rain Forest. Biotropica. 35(1). 12–19. 24 indexed citations

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