W. Carson

Nature and Landscape Conservation · 2000–2013

A researcher in the Science corpus: 14 papers; trusts 26 researchers and is trusted by 35 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• Nature and Landscape Conservation — 100 citations into it; #492 of 6,941 by trust here, #582 by citations
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — 55 citations into it; #1,139 of 6,648 by trust here, #802 by citations
• Ecology — 41 citations into it; #2,852 of 10,717 by trust here, #3,198 by citations
• Plant Science — 33 citations into it
• Global and Planetary Change — 31 citations into it; #6,336 of 10,225 by trust here, #2,694 by citations
• Forestry — 6 citations into it

Whom W. Carson trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. Stefan A. Schnitzer
2. S. DeWalt
3. R. Burnham
4. Brian Beckage
5. J. Dalling
6. Frans Bongers
7. John P. Caspersen
8. M. Moran
9. S. Horsley

Who trusts W. Carson overall

1. Charles E Mitchell
2. Stefan A. Schnitzer
3. S. DeWalt
4. A. Royo
5. Joseph Mascaro
6. James D. Bever
7. Jérôme Chave
8. Jonathan B. Shurin
9. K. Kainer
10. D. Pilson

Papers from W. Carson's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers W. Carson trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. ARE LIANAS INCREASING IN IMPORTANCE IN TROPICAL FORESTS? A 17‐YEAR RECORD FROM PANAMA
2. Spatial patterns of seed dispersal, their determinants and consequences for recruitment. (Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
3. Feedback with soil biota contributes to plant rarity and invasiveness in communities (Nature)
4. Dominance, diversity and distribution of lianas in Yasuní, Ecuador: who is on top? (Journal of Tropical Ecology)
5. Mechanisms of Maintenance of Species Diversity
6. Spatial patterns in the distribution of tropical tree species. (Science)
7. The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
8. Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forest Trees (Science)
9. Tropical Forest Ecology@@@Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island
10. Impact of severe drought associated with the 1997–1998 El Niño in a tropical forest in Sarawak (Journal of Tropical Ecology)

Their papers

• Resource quantity, not resource heterogeneity, maintains plant diversity (2002) — 169 citations
• Historic disturbance regimes promote tree diversity only under low browsing regimes in eastern deciduous forest (2013) — 162 citations
• Increasing Liana Abundance and Basal Area in a Tropical Forest: The Contribution of Long‐distance Clonal Colonization (2013) — 88 citations
• Chronic over browsing and biodiversity collapse in a forest understory in Pennsylvania: Results from a 60 year-old deer exclusion plot (2011) — 86 citations
• Weak Competition Among Tropical Tree Seedlings: Implications for Species Coexistence (2008) — 108 citations
• The impact of deer on relationships between tree growth and mortality in an old-growth beech-maple forest (2007) — 129 citations
• On the formation of dense understory layers in forests worldwide: consequences and implications for forest dynamics, biodiversity, and succession (2006) — 615 citations
• Overcompensation by plants: Herbivore optimization or red herring? (2005) — 282 citations
• Drought stress and tropical forest woody seedlings: effect on community structure and composition (2005) — 101 citations
• Establishment limitation reduces species recruitment and species richness as soil resources rise (2004) — 133 citations
• Liana diversity, abundance, and mortality in a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica (2004) — 109 citations
• TREEFALL GAPS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY IN A TROPICAL FOREST (2001) — 517 citations
• HERBIVORY AND PLANT SPECIES COEXISTENCE: COMMUNITY REGULATION BY AN OUTBREAKING PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT (2000) — 294 citations
• The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: evidence for an alternative pathway of gap‐phase regeneration (2000) — 482 citations