2026 Alan C. Gange: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	66	1711	1635	212	204	181	14065

Overview

Alan C. Gange is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Cell Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Plant and animal studies
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Biological Control of Invasive Species
Animal and Plant Science Education

Alan C. Gange frequently publishes in venues such as:

Weed Research
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Fungal Ecology
Plants
Microbial Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alan C. Gange include:

Multitrophic Interactions Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Foliar Endophytic Fungi and Aphids, 2021, Microbial Ecology
Himalayan balsam, Impatiens glandulifera: its ecology, invasion and management, 2020, Weed Research
Apple endophyte community in relation to location, scion and rootstock genotypes and susceptibility to European canker, 2021, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
The unrealised potential of school grounds in Britain to monitor and improve biodiversity, 2020, The Journal of Environmental Education
Evaluating the use of seaweed extracts against root knot nematodes: A meta-analytic approach, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Nadia Ab Razak
Deborah Harvey
Leone Olivieri
Xiangming Xu
C. A. Ellison

Best Publications

Impacts of plant symbiotic fungi on insect herbivores: mutualism in a multitrophic context.

Sue E. Hartley;Alan C. Gange

520
Citations
Biosynthesis of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles by the endophytic fungus Aspergillus clavatus.

Vijay C Verma;Ravindra N Kharwar;Alan C Gange

484
Citations
Multitrophic Interactions in Terrestrial Systems

P. Dennis;A. C. Gange;V. K. Brown

478
Citations
Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and foliar-feeding insects in Plantago lanceolata L.

A. C. Gange;H. M. West

457
Citations
Insect herbivory below ground.

Valerie K. Brown;Alan C. Gange

449
Citations
Effects of mycorrhizal fungi on insect herbivores: a meta-analysis.

Julia Koricheva;Alan C. Gange;Tara Jones

428
Citations
Impacts of Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems

M. A. Bradford;T. H. Jones;Richard D. Bardgett;Helaina I. J. Black

382
Citations
Plant mediated interactions between above- and below-ground insect herbivores

G. J. Masters;V. K. Brown;A. C. Gange

375
Citations
Rapid and Recent Changes in Fungal Fruiting Patterns

A. C. Gange;E.G. Gange;Timothy Sparks;L. Boddy

313
Citations
Endophytic Actinomycetes from Azadirachta indica A. Juss.: Isolation, Diversity, and Anti-microbial Activity

Vijay C. Verma;Surendra K. Gond;Anuj Kumar;Ashish Mishra

309
Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Collembola and plant growth.

Alan Gange

293
Citations
Secondary plant succession: how is it modified by insect herbivory?

V. K. Brown;A. C. Gange

289
Citations
Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Determinant of Plant Community Structure in Early Succession

A. C. Gange;V. K. Brown;G. S. Sinclair

289
Citations
Differential effects of above- and below-ground insect herbivory during early plant succession

V. K. Brown;A. C. Gange

273
Citations
Vertical transmission of fungal endophytes is widespread in forbs

Susan Hodgson;Catherine de Cates;Joshua Hodgson;Neil J. Morley

269
Citations
Climate variation effects on fungal fruiting

Lynne Boddy;Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen;Simon Egli;Alan C. Gange

268
Citations
Effects of root herbivory by an insect on a foliar-feeding species, mediated through changes in the host plant

A. C. Gange;V. K. Brown

252
Citations
Characterising alternative recycled waste materials for use as green roof growing media in the U.K.

Chloe J. Molineux;Charles H. Fentiman;Alan C. Gange

247
Citations
A test of mycorrhizal benefit in an early successional plant community

A. C. Gange;V. K. Brown;L. M. Farmer

219
Citations
On the relation between arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and plant 'benefit'

Alan C. Gange;Ruth L. Ayres

210
Citations
Species‐specific responses of a root‐ and shoot‐feeding insect to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of its host plant

Alan C. Gange

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie K. Brown University of Reading

Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge

Lynne Boddy Cardiff University

Susan J. Grayston University of British Columbia

Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt

Einar Heegaard Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Håvard Kauserud University of Oslo

Thomas W. Kuyper Wageningen University & Research

René Eschen CAB International

Jacob Heilmann-Clausen University of Copenhagen

External Links

Personal website of Alan C. Gange

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