Jonathan W. Leff

9.3k citations
36 papers · 5.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 27

Impact in

  • Soil Science top 0.5%
    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology top 0.5%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
    • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Papers in

    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 13
    • Polar Research and Ecology 6
    • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 11

Jonathan W. Leff

36 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Jonathan W. Leff's Hit Papers

Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits 2018 · 241 citations
2410+4+9Years since publication2505007501000

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Jonathan W. Leff
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  • Soil Science 1.3k
  • Ecology 2.5k
  • Plant Science 1.6k
  • Insect Science 451
  • Pollution 376
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All Works

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Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes
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20121182
2
Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity
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2016705
3
Reconstructing the Microbial Diversity and Function of Pre-Agricultural Tallgrass Prairie Soils in the United States
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2013406
4 2014321
5 2014264
6 2014261
7 2013259
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Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits
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2018241
9 2013237
10
Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes
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2018235
11 2015226
12 2015207
13 2016182
14 2016160
15 2014110
16 201390
17 201789
18 201684
19 201477
20 201774

About Jonathan W. Leff

Jonathan W. Leff is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Soil Science, having authored 36 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (6 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.3k citations), Ecology (2.5k citations), Plant Science (1.6k citations), Insect Science (451 citations) and Pollution (376 citations). Jonathan W. Leff has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Noah Fierer, Scott T. Bates, Diana H. Wall, Sarah M. Owens, Jack A. Gilbert, J. Gregory Caporaso, Michael S. Strickland, Uffe N. Nielsen, Mark A. Bradford and Byron J. Adams. Their work appears in journals such as PeerJ, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Microbial Ecology.

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