William A. Hoffmann

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

William A. Hoffmann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Hoffmann has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 63 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William A. Hoffmann's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (44 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). William A. Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (44 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers). William A. Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Argentina. William A. Hoffmann's co-authors include Augusto C. Franco, Hendrik Poorter, M. Haridasan, Davi Rodrigo Rossatto, Robert B. Jackson, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, William J. Bond, Erika L. Geiger, Sybil G. Gotsch and Birgit Orthen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

William A. Hoffmann

96 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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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.

Ecological thresholds at the savanna‐forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

2012 636 citations William A. Hoffmann, Erika L. Geiger et al. profile →
Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

2014 426 citations Caroline E. R. Lehmann, William A. Hoffmann et al. profile →
The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

2017 293 citations Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, William A. Hoffmann et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Hoffmann United States	48	5.4k	5.3k	2.4k	2.1k	2.1k	97	8.9k
Deborah A. Clark United States	51	4.3k 0.8×	6.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	126	10.4k
Anke Jentsch Germany	46	3.5k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	182	8.2k
Augusto C. Franco Brazil	52	4.6k 0.9×	4.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	2.6k 1.3×	170	8.9k
Philip A. Fay United States	37	4.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	114	8.0k
H. Wayne Polley United States	47	3.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	143	8.0k
Jennifer S. Powers United States	45	3.4k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	136	7.2k
Michael E. Loik United States	36	3.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	85	6.2k
J. J. Landsberg Australia	42	4.6k 0.8×	4.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	88	8.7k
Francisco Lloret Spain	56	8.0k 1.5×	6.8k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	1.9k 0.9×	170	12.1k
Daniel C. Laughlin United States	42	2.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	120	7.4k

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Durigan, Giselda, et al.. (2025). Linking leaf traits and litter flammability using a novel framework, tested with Brazilian Cerrado trees. Functional Ecology. 39(5). 1247–1261. 1 indexed citations

Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2025). All or nothing? The importance of considering partial dieback for tree responses to fire. Trees. 39(5).

Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2024). Stem heating results in hydraulic dysfunction in Symplocos tinctoria: implications for post-fire tree death. Tree Physiology. 44(3). 3 indexed citations

Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2024). Stem wound healing is dependent upon bark and trunk growth rates in Brazilian savanna. Trees. 38(1). 197–204. 1 indexed citations

Pilon, Natashi A. L., Mário G. B. Cava, William A. Hoffmann, et al.. (2022). Effects and response of the Cerrado ground-layer to frost along the canopy cover gradient. Oecologia. 200(1-2). 199–207. 6 indexed citations

Pilon, Natashi A. L., et al.. (2021). Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna. Journal of Ecology. 110(2). 301–312. 11 indexed citations

Abreu, Rodolfo Cesar Real de, et al.. (2021). Savannas are not old fields: Functional trajectories of forest expansion in a fire‐suppressed Brazilian savanna are driven by habitat generalists. Functional Ecology. 35(8). 1797–1809. 23 indexed citations

Abreu, Rodolfo Cesar Real de, Giselda Durigan, Antônio Carlos Galvão de Melo, Natashi A. L. Pilon, & William A. Hoffmann. (2021). Facilitation by isolated trees triggers woody encroachment and a biome shift at the savanna–forest transition. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(11). 2650–2660. 20 indexed citations

Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2021). The role of morpho-physiological traits in frost tolerance of neotropical savanna trees. Trees. 35(5). 1687–1696. 4 indexed citations

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Pilon, Natashi A. L., Giselda Durigan, R. Toby Pennington, et al.. (2020). Shade alters savanna grass layer structure and function along a gradient of canopy cover. Journal of Vegetation Science. 32(1). 41 indexed citations

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Pilon, Natashi A. L., Mário G. B. Cava, William A. Hoffmann, et al.. (2020). The diversity of post‐fire regeneration strategies in the cerrado ground layer. Journal of Ecology. 109(1). 154–166. 110 indexed citations

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Abreu, Rodolfo Cesar Real de, et al.. (2020). Flammability thresholds or flammability gradients? Determinants of fire across savanna–forest transitions. New Phytologist. 228(3). 910–921. 42 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, William A., et al.. (2018). Rare frost events reinforce tropical savanna–forest boundaries. Journal of Ecology. 107(1). 468–477. 47 indexed citations

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Pilon, Natashi A. L., William A. Hoffmann, Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, & Giselda Durigan. (2018). Quantifying the short-term flowering after fire in some plant communities of a cerrado grassland. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 11(3). 259–266. 46 indexed citations

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Fritz, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Back into the wild: establishing a migratory Northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita population in Europe. International Zoo Yearbook. 51(1). 107–123. 25 indexed citations

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Abreu, Rodolfo Cesar Real de, William A. Hoffmann, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, et al.. (2017). The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna. Science Advances. 3(8). e1701284–e1701284. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marchin, Renée M., et al.. (2010). Drought-deciduous behavior reduces nutrient losses from temperate deciduous trees under severe drought. Oecologia. 163(4). 845–854. 81 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, William A., M. Haridasan, Erika L. Geiger, et al.. (2009). Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil. Ecology. 90(5). 1326–1337. 355 indexed citations

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Hao, Guang‐You, William A. Hoffmann, Fabián G. Scholz, et al.. (2007). Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems. Oecologia. 155(3). 405–415. 131 indexed citations

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Dickinson, Robert E., Joseph A. Berry, Gordon B. Bonan, et al.. (2002). Nitrogen Controls on Climate Model Evapotranspiration. Journal of Climate. 15(3). 278–295. 71 indexed citations

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