Yvette K. Ortega

2.4k total citations
48 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yvette K. Ortega is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yvette K. Ortega has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 28 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Yvette K. Ortega's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (13 papers). Yvette K. Ortega is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (13 papers). Yvette K. Ortega collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Türkiye. Yvette K. Ortega's co-authors include Dean E. Pearson, Özkan Eren, José L. Hierro, David E. Capen, John L. Maron, Kevin S. McKelvey, Leonard F. Ruggiero, Justin B. Runyon, Jack Butler and Diana L. Six and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Yvette K. Ortega

46 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yvette K. Ortega United States 24 1.2k 1.0k 687 572 317 48 1.9k
F. J. Kruger South Africa 12 1.0k 0.8× 788 0.8× 582 0.8× 610 1.1× 282 0.9× 31 1.8k
Ramiro O. Bustamante Chile 27 1.4k 1.2× 868 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 715 1.3× 437 1.4× 117 2.4k
Amy Wolf United States 25 936 0.8× 564 0.6× 740 1.1× 360 0.6× 322 1.0× 44 1.5k
Noelle G. Beckman United States 21 1.0k 0.8× 677 0.7× 708 1.0× 381 0.7× 445 1.4× 44 1.7k
Nash E. Turley United States 16 760 0.6× 605 0.6× 685 1.0× 369 0.6× 279 0.9× 26 1.5k
Juan E. Malo Spain 26 997 0.8× 1.7k 1.7× 597 0.9× 568 1.0× 267 0.8× 85 2.5k
Mike Hodda Australia 18 579 0.5× 807 0.8× 506 0.7× 612 1.1× 245 0.8× 52 1.8k
Nicholas A. Barber United States 23 741 0.6× 574 0.6× 865 1.3× 598 1.0× 198 0.6× 58 1.6k
José R. Verdú Spain 28 1000 0.8× 841 0.8× 694 1.0× 298 0.5× 216 0.7× 88 2.0k
Norris Z. Muth United States 9 845 0.7× 453 0.4× 827 1.2× 569 1.0× 175 0.6× 12 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yvette K. Ortega

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Xiaofei, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen inputs suppress plant diversity by overriding consumer control. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5855–5855. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, & Ylva Lekberg. (2024). Invaders break assembly rules to beat the natives: how cheatgrass cheats. NeoBiota. 96. 299–324.
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Zhong, Zhiwei, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, et al.. (2023). Parasites as ecosystem modulators: foliar pathogens suppress top‐down effects of large herbivores. New Phytologist. 239(1). 340–349. 7 indexed citations
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Ortega, Yvette K., et al.. (2023). Seed Size, Seed Dispersal Traits, and Plant Dispersion Patterns for Native and Introduced Grassland Plants. Plants. 12(5). 1032–1032. 4 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, et al.. (2023). Exotic success following disturbance explained by weak native resilience and ruderal exotic bias. Journal of Ecology. 111(11). 2412–2423. 9 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Özkan Eren, Yvette K. Ortega, et al.. (2022). Combining biogeographical approaches to advance invasion ecology and methodology. Journal of Ecology. 110(9). 2033–2045. 5 indexed citations
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Zhong, Zhiwei, Xiaofei Li, Dirk Sanders, et al.. (2021). Soil engineering by ants facilitates plant compensation for large herbivore removal of aboveground biomass. Ecology. 102(5). e03312–e03312. 24 indexed citations
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Dylewski, Łukasz, Yvette K. Ortega, Michał Bogdziewicz, & Dean E. Pearson. (2020). Seed size predicts global effects of small mammal seed predation on plant recruitment. Ecology Letters. 23(6). 1024–1033. 62 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Justin B. Runyon, & Jack Butler. (2018). Secondary invasion re‐redefined: The distinction between invader‐facilitated and invader‐contingent invasions as subclasses of secondary invasion. Ecology and Evolution. 8(10). 5185–5187. 9 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2018). Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33(5). 313–325. 191 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Justin B. Runyon, & Jack Butler. (2016). Secondary invasion: The bane of weed management. Biological Conservation. 197. 8–17. 166 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2016). Quantifying “apparent” impact and distinguishing impact from invasiveness in multispecies plant invasions. Ecological Applications. 26(1). 162–173. 62 indexed citations
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Maron, John L., et al.. (2016). Negative plant‐soil feedbacks increase with plant abundance, and are unchanged by competition. Ecology. 97(8). 2055–2063. 65 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Özkan Eren, & José L. Hierro. (2015). Quantifying "apparent" impact and distinguishing impact from invasiveness in multispecies plant invasions. Ecological Applications. 3905419585–3905419585. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E. & Yvette K. Ortega. (2013). Biogeography of plant invasions. 2–3. 1 indexed citations
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Ortega, Yvette K. & Dean E. Pearson. (2011). Long-Term Effects of Weed Control With Picloram Along a Gradient of Spotted Knapweed Invasion. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 64(1). 67–77. 27 indexed citations
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Ortega, Yvette K., et al.. (2011). Population‐level compensation impedes biological control of an invasive forb and indirect release of a native grass. Ecology. 93(4). 783–792. 31 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E. & Yvette K. Ortega. (2001). Evidence of an indirect dispersal pathway for Spotted Knapweed, Centaurea maculosa, seeds via Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, and Great Horned Owls, Bubo virginianus. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 115(2). 354–354. 12 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E. & Yvette K. Ortega. (2001). An indirect dispersal pathway for spotted knapweed seeds via deer mice and great-horned owls. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 6 indexed citations
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Pearson, Dean E., Yvette K. Ortega, Kevin S. McKelvey, & Leonard F. Ruggiero. (2001). Small mammal communities and habitat selection in Northern Rocky Mountain bunchgrass: Implications for exotic plant invasions. Northwest Science. 107–117. 22 indexed citations

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