Michel Loreau
Impact in
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.01%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ecological Modeling top 0.02%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Papers in
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- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 177
- Ecology 138
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies 75
- Co-authors
- Andy Hector (21 shared papers)Nicolas Mouquet (15 shared papers)Andrew Gonzalez (24 shared papers)Shigeo Yachi (4 shared papers)David Tilman (10 shared papers)David A. Wardle (5 shared papers)David U. Hooper (5 shared papers)Claire de Mazancourt (27 shared papers)
- Journals
- Ecology Letters (29 papers)Oikos (20 papers)The American Naturalist (18 papers)Ecology (18 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (13 papers)
- Partner nations
- FranceCanadaUnited States
In The Last Decade
Michel Loreau
315 papers receiving 51.6k citations
Michel Loreau's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 26.6k
- Ecological Modeling 6.3k
- Ecology 22.7k
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15.7k
- Global and Planetary Change 15.7k
Countries citing papers authored by Michel Loreau
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michel Loreau, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 6203 |
| 2 | Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 5321 |
| 3 | The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi‐scale community ecology Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 4137 |
| 4 | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 3622 |
| 5 | Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 2562 |
| 6 | Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity in a fluctuating environment: The insurance hypothesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 2379 |
| 7 | High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1243 |
| 8 | Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1200 |
| 9 | Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : synthesis and perspectives Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 927 |
| 10 | Biodiversity and ecosystem stability: a synthesis of underlying mechanisms Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 876 |
| 11 | The functional role of biodiversity in ecosystems: incorporating trophic complexity Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 820 |
| 12 | Community Patterns in Source‐Sink Metacommunities Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 810 |
| 13 | Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: recent theoretical advances Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 802 |
| 14 | Biodiversity as spatial insurance in heterogeneous landscapes Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 750 |
| 15 | Functional Diversity of Plant–Pollinator Interaction Webs Enhances the Persistence of Plant Communities Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 552 |
| 16 | Meta‐ecosystems: a theoretical framework for a spatial ecosystem ecology Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 542 |
| 17 | Species Synchrony and Its Drivers: Neutral and Nonneutral Community Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 526 |
| 18 | Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 518 |
| 19 | 2004 | 494 | |
| 20 | 1998 | 466 |
About Michel Loreau
Michel Loreau is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 324 papers that have together received 54.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (177 papers), Plant and animal studies (123 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (75 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (57 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (40 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (37 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (35 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (26.6k citations), Ecological Modeling (6.3k citations), Ecology (22.7k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (15.7k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (15.7k citations). Michel Loreau has collaborated with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Andy Hector, Nicolas Mouquet, Andrew Gonzalez, Shigeo Yachi, David Tilman, David A. Wardle, David U. Hooper, Claire de Mazancourt, Pablo Inchausti and Shahid Naeem. Their work appears in journals such as Ecology Letters, Oikos, The American Naturalist, Ecology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.
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