William J. Bond

61.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
342 papers, 34.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Bond is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Bond has authored 342 papers receiving a total of 34.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 130 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 87 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William J. Bond's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (211 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (84 papers) and Plant and animal studies (68 papers). William J. Bond is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (211 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (84 papers) and Plant and animal studies (68 papers). William J. Bond collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. William J. Bond's co-authors include Guy F. Midgley, Jon E. Keeley, Jeremy J. Midgley, Brian W. van Wilgen, F. I. Woodward, Sally Archibald, Steven I. Higgins, Juli G. Pausas, W.S.W. Trollope and Catherine L. Parr and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William J. Bond

336 papers receiving 32.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Fire as a global ‘herbivore’: the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems

2005 1.7k citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire

2004 1.4k citations William J. Bond, Guy F. Midgley et al. New Phytologist profile →
Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

1996 1.4k citations David Tilman, William J. Bond et al. profile →
Ecology of sprouting in woody plants: the persistence niche

2001 1.2k citations William J. Bond, Jeremy J. Midgley profile →
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

2011 894 citations William J. Bond et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →
Fire and Plants

1995 889 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass–tree coexistence in savanna

2000 832 citations Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

2011 788 citations Juli G. Pausas, William J. Bond et al. profile →
What Limits Trees in C₄ Grasslands and Savannas?

2008 721 citations William J. Bond profile →
Fire and Plants

1996 712 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
EFFECTS OF FIRE AND HERBIVORY ON THE STABILITY OF SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS

2003 588 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
Determinants of Plant Distribution: Evidence from Pine Invasions

1991 585 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

2014 426 citations Catherine L. Parr, Caroline E. R. Lehmann et al. profile →
Toward an old‐growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

2015 373 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

2015 334 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →
Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands

2018 234 citations William J. Bond et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Bond

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Principles of fire ecology 2024 ·Fire Ecology ·Leda N. Kobziar, J. Kevin Hiers, Claire M. Belcher, William J. Bond, Carolyn A. F. Enquist, E. Louise Loudermilk, Jessica Miesel, Joseph J. O’Brien, Juli G. Pausas, Sharon M. Hood, Robert E. Keane, Penelope Morgan, Melissa R. A. Pingree, Karin L. Riley, Hugh D. Safford, Francisco Seijo, J. Morgan Varner, Tamara Wall, Adam C. Watts	12
2	How forests survive alongside flammable open ecosystems: conservation implications for Africa 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Anabelle W. Cardoso, Heath Beckett, William J. Bond	4
3	Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses 2023 ·Nature Geoscience ·Yong Zhou, (unknown), William J. Bond, Thomas W. Boutton, Madelon F. Case, Corli Coetsee, Andrew B. Davies, Edmund C. February, Emma Gray, Lucas C. R. Silva, (unknown), A. Carla Staver	33
4	Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mingzhen Lu, William J. Bond, Efrat Sheffer, Michael D. Cramer, Adam G. West, Nicky Allsopp, Edmund C. February, S.B.M. Chimphango, Zeqing Ma, Jasper A. Slingsby, Lars O. Hedin	22
5	Pathways of savannization in a mesic African savanna–forest mosaic following an extreme fire 2022 ·Journal of Ecology ·Heath Beckett, A. Carla Staver, Tristan Charles‐Dominique, William J. Bond	16
6	Quantifying the environmental limits to fire spread in grassy ecosystems 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Anabelle W. Cardoso, Sally Archibald, William J. Bond, Corli Coetsee, Matthew Forrest, Navashni Govender, David Lehmann, Loïc Makaga, (unknown), Josué Edzang Ndong, (unknown), Tercia Strydom, David Tilman, Peter D. Wragg, A. Carla Staver	16
7	Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Juli G. Pausas, William J. Bond	21
8	The role of browsers in maintaining the openness of savanna grazing lawns 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Sally Archibald, William J. Bond, Jason E. Donaldson, A. Carla Staver, Michelle Greve	23
9	Lineage‐based functional types: characterising functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behaviour in Land Surface Models 2020 ·New Phytologist ·Daniel M. Griffith, Colin P. Osborne, Erika J. Edwards, (unknown), David J. Beerling, William J. Bond, Timothy Gallaher, Brent R. Helliker, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, (unknown), Jesse B. Nippert, Stephanie Pau, (unknown), W. J. Riley, Melinda D. Smith, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Lyla L. Taylor, Mark C. Ungerer, Christopher J. Still	21
10	Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jörn Pagel, Martina Treurnicht, William J. Bond, Tineke Kraaij, Henning Nottebrock, (unknown), Jeanne Tonnabel, Karen J. Esler, Frank M. Schurr	50
11	Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Colin P. Osborne, Tristan Charles‐Dominique, Nicola Stevens, William J. Bond, Guy F. Midgley, Caroline E. R. Lehmann	116
12	Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts 2016 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Glenn R. Moncrieff, William J. Bond, Steven I. Higgins	71
13	The savanna‐grassland ‘treeline’: why don’t savanna trees occur in upland grasslands? 2011 ·Journal of Ecology ·Julia L. Wakeling, Michael D. Cramer, William J. Bond	63
14	Will water abstraction from the Table Mountain Aquifer threaten endemic species? A case study at Cape Point, Cape Town 2004 ·South African Journal of Science ·Edmund C. February, William J. Bond, (unknown), Rosemary J. Newton	3
15	Why were dinosaurs so large? A food quality hypothesis 2002 ·Evolutionary ecology research ·Jeremy J. Midgley, Guy F. Midgley, William J. Bond	19
16	A preliminary study of the effect of fire on ants (Formicidae) in a South African savanna 2002 ·African Entomology ·Catherine L. Parr, William J. Bond, H. G. Robertson	34
17	Routine measurement of the soil water potential gradient near saturation using a pair of tube tensiometers 2001 ·Australian Journal of Soil Research ·(unknown), William J. Bond	6
18	Soil carbon isotopes reveal ancient grassland under forest in Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal. 2000 ·South African Journal of Science ·Adam G. West, William J. Bond, J. J. Midgley	22
19	The effect of sulfate and fluoride on the mobility of aluminum in soil 1995 ·Australian Journal of Soil Research ·William J. Bond, Chris Smith, (unknown), I.R. Willett	5
20	Isotope evidence from soil carbon to reconstruct vegetation history in the south-western Cape Province 1993 ·South African Journal of Science ·William D. Stock, William J. Bond, David M le Roux	6

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