William G. Lee

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

William G. Lee is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Lee has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 50 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William G. Lee's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (70 papers), Plant and animal studies (38 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers). William G. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (70 papers), Plant and animal studies (38 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (17 papers). William G. Lee collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. William G. Lee's co-authors include J. B. Wilson, Norman W. H. Mason, David Mouillot, Robert B. Allen, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Susan Walker, David A. Coomes, J. Bastow Wilson, Dave Kelly and Joseph M. Craine and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

William G. Lee

115 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Author						Papers	Cites
William G. Lee	3.1k	2.4k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	117	5.6k
Qinfeng Guo	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	170	5.0k
Brian J. Wilsey	4.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	107	6.9k
Nancy J. Huntly	3.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	820 0.8×	79	5.3k
Dan F. B. Flynn	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	58	5.2k
Mark A. Davis	3.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	70	5.9k
Robin J. Pakeman	4.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	215	7.0k
R.H.G. Jongman	2.4k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	37	6.4k
Peter J. Bellingham	3.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	144	6.2k
Karl Grigulis	4.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	42	6.7k
Luis Santamarı́a	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	789 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	112	6.0k

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Chalmandrier, Loïc, et al.. (2022). Predictions of biodiversity are improved by integrating trait‐based competition with abiotic filtering. Ecology Letters. 25(5). 1277–1289. 20 indexed citations

Reichgelt, Tammo & William G. Lee. (2021). Geographic variation of leaf form among indigenous woody angiosperms in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 60(2). 134–158. 4 indexed citations

Beimforde, Christina, Hanna Tuovila, Alexander R. Schmidt, et al.. (2017). Chaenothecopsis schefflerae (Ascomycota: Mycocaliciales): a widespread fungus on semi‐hardened exudates of endemic New Zealand Araliaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 55(4). 387–406. 8 indexed citations

Lee, William G., Colin D. Meurk, & Bruce D. Clarkson. (2008). Agricultural intensification: Whither indigenous biodiversity?. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 51(4). 457–460. 19 indexed citations

Rapson, Gillian L., Martin T. Sykes, William G. Lee, et al.. (2006). Subalpine gully‐head ribbon fens of the Lammerlaw and Lammermoor Ranges, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 44(4). 351–375. 12 indexed citations

Lee, Daphne E., et al.. (2004). Phytolith morphology and biogenic silica concentrations and abundance in leaves of Chionochloa (Danthonieae) and Festuca (Poeae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 42(4). 677–691. 14 indexed citations

Lee, William G., et al.. (2004). Pre‐settlement woody vegetation of Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 42(4). 613–646. 19 indexed citations

Walker, Susan, William G. Lee, & G. M. Rogers. (2004). The woody vegetation of Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 42(4). 589–612. 12 indexed citations

Walker, Susan & William G. Lee. (2002). Alluvial grasslands of Canterbury and Marlborough, eastern South Island, New Zealand: Vegetation patterns and long‐term change. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32(1). 113–147. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Susan & William G. Lee. (2000). Alluvial grasslands in south‐eastern New Zealand: Vegetation patterns, long‐term and post‐pastoral change. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 30(1). 69–103. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, William G., M. Fenner, & Richard P. Duncan. (1993). Pattern of natural regeneration of narrow‐leaved snow tussock Chionochloa rigida ssp. rigida in Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 31(2). 117–125. 10 indexed citations

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Lee, William G., R. D. Johnstone, & D. Craw. (1992). Arsenic concentrations in Hieracium pilosella as a prospecting tool for gold‐bearing quartz veins, Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22(3). 181–186. 7 indexed citations

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Weatherall, I. L. & William G. Lee. (1991). Instrumental evaluation of some New Zealand fruit colours using CIELAB values. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 29(2). 197–205. 12 indexed citations

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Gitay, Habiba, J. Bastow Wilson, William G. Lee, & R. B. Allen. (1991). Chionochloa rigida tussocks thirteen years after spring and autumn fire, Flagstaff, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 29(4). 459–462. 11 indexed citations

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Wardle, P. & William G. Lee. (1990). Environmental and floristic gradients in Westland, New Zealand, and the discontinuous distribution of Nothofagus. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 28(4). 479–481. 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, J. Bastow & William G. Lee. (1988). The ‐3/2 law applied to some gorse communities, with consideration of line fitting. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 26(2). 193–196. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, William G. & David R. Given. (1984). Celmisia spedenii G. Simpson, an ultramafic endemic, and Celmisia markii , sp. nov., from southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 22(4). 585–592. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, William G. & T. R. Partridge. (1983). Rates of spread of Spartina anglica and sediment accretion in the New River Estuary, Invercargill, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21(3). 231–236. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, William G., A. F. Mark, & J. Bastow Wilson. (1983). Ecotypic differentiation in the ultramafic flora of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21(2). 141–156. 19 indexed citations

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Lee, William G. & Allan E. Hewitt. (1982). Soil changes associated with development of vegetation on an ultramafic scree, northwest Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12(3). 229–241. 18 indexed citations

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