Wayne P. Sousa

11.3k citations

37 papers · 8.5k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Ecology top 0.1%
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Oceanography top 0.5%
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Papers in

Ecology 27
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics 14
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions 6
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 4
Oceanography 9
- Marine and coastal plant biology 9
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 6

Co-authors: Joseph H. Connell Andrew R. Blaustein Peng Gong Le WangL. WangBetsy J. Mitchell Karen L. McKee Sharon M. L. Ewe
Journals: Oecologia (7 papers)Ecological Monographs (4 papers)Ecology (3 papers)Biotropica (3 papers)The American Naturalist (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Panama Australia

In The Last Decade

Wayne P. Sousa

37 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review 2008 · 597 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2008 Aquatic Botany
1994 Conservation Biology
1984 Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
1983 The American Naturalist
1979 Ecology
1979 Ecological Monographs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work
1	Prescribed fire reduces insect infestation in Karuk and Yurok acorn resource systems Forest Ecology and Management ·Peggy J. Warner, Wayne P. Sousa, Frank K. Lake, Thomas J. Carlson, Tim Bushnell	2021	11
2	Mammalian herbivory in post-fire chaparral impacts herbaceous composition but not N and C cycling Journal of Plant Ecology ·О М Белоцерковский, Scott L. Stephens, Wayne P. Sousa	2020	3
3	Environmental tolerances of rare and common mangroves along light and salinity gradients Oecologia ·Emily M. Dangremond, Ilka C. Feller, Wayne P. Sousa	2015	51
4	High-fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+ Carbon Balance and Management ·Gregory P. Asner, Joseph Mascaro, Christopher B. Anderson, David Knapp, Roberta E. Martin, Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin, Michiel van Breugel, Stuart J. Davies, Jefferson S. Hall, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Catherine Potvin, Wayne P. Sousa, S. Joseph Wright‬, N. Tambe	2013	109
5	Distinguishing mangrove species with laboratory measurements of hyperspectral leaf reflectance International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Le Wang, Wayne P. Sousa	2009	87
6	Neural Network Classification of Mangrove Species from Multi-seasonal Ikonos Imagery Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·Le Wang, José Luis Silván-Cárdenas, Wayne P. Sousa	2008	69
7	Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development: A review Aquatic Botany ·Ken W. Krauss, Catherine E. Lovelock, Karen L. McKee, Laura López‐Hoffman, Sharon M. L. Ewe, Wayne P. Sousa Hit paper breakdown →	2008	597
8	The response of zooplankton assemblages to variations in the water quality of four man-made lakes in semi-arid northeastern Brazil Journal of Plankton Research ·Wayne P. Sousa, José Luiz Attayde, Hwa-Sung, Eneida Maria Eskinazi-Sant’Anna	2008	119
9	Forest encroachment into a Californian grassland: examining the simultaneous effects of facilitation and competition on tree seedling recruitment Oecologia ·Peter G. Kennedy, Wayne P. Sousa	2006	39
10	Comparison of IKONOS and QuickBird images for mapping mangrove species on the Caribbean coast of Panama Remote Sensing of Environment ·Le Wang, Wayne P. Sousa, Peng Gong, Gregory S. Biging	2004	331
11	Propagule size and predispersal damage by insects affect establishment and early growth of mangrove seedlings Oecologia ·Wayne P. Sousa, Peter G. Kennedy, Betsy J. Mitchell	2003	66
12	Regeneration of Rhizophora mangle in a Caribbean mangrove forest: interacting effects of canopy disturbance and a stem-boring beetle Oecologia ·Wayne P. Sousa, Yancheng Bai, Betsy J. Mitchell	2003	48
13	Amphibian Declines: Judging Stability, Persistence, and Susceptibility of Populations to Local and Global Extinctions Conservation Biology ·Andrew R. Blaustein, И. А. Бугоркова, Wayne P. Sousa Hit paper breakdown →	1994	696
14	Patterns and processes in communities of heirninth parasites Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Wayne P. Sousa	1994	94
15	Interspecific Antagonism and Species Coexistence in a Diverse Guild of Larval Trematode Parasites Ecological Monographs ·Wayne P. Sousa	1993	121
16	Does parasitic infection compromise host survival under extreme environmental conditions? The case for Cerithidea californica (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) Oecologia ·Wayne P. Sousa, Mary Gleason	1989	58
17	On the Evidence Needed to Judge Ecological Stability or Persistence The American Naturalist ·Joseph H. Connell, Wayne P. Sousa Hit paper breakdown →	1983	924
18	Latitudinal variation in intertidal algal community structure: the influence of grazing and vegetative propagation Oecologia ·Wayne P. Sousa, Stephen C. Schroeter, Steven D. Gaines	1981	103
19	The responses of a community to disturbance: The importance of successional age and species' life histories Oecologia ·Wayne P. Sousa	1980	191
20	Experimental Investigations of Disturbance and Ecological Succession in a Rocky Intertidal Algal Community Ecological Monographs ·Wayne P. Sousa	1979	59

About Wayne P. Sousa

Wayne P. Sousa is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Small Animals, having authored 37 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (14 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (6 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (6 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (4 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (5.6k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (632 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (2.6k citations). Wayne P. Sousa has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Panama and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Joseph H. Connell, Andrew R. Blaustein, Peng Gong, Le Wang, L. Wang, Betsy J. Mitchell, Karen L. McKee, Sharon M. L. Ewe, Ken W. Krauss and Laura López‐Hoffman. Their work appears in journals such as Oecologia, Ecological Monographs, Ecology, Biotropica and The American Naturalist.

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