D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Christian Messier

University of Quebec at Montreal
Canada

Plant Science and Agronomy

Canada

2023

Ecology and Evolution

Canada

2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Ecology and Evolution D-index 80 Citations 21,896 351 World Ranking 413 National Ranking 30

Plant Science and Agronomy D-index 76 Citations 18,327 315 World Ranking 200 National Ranking 5

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award

2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Canada Leader Award

2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study Christian Messier is best known for:

Ecosystem
Ecology
Habitat

His Ecology study typically links adjacent topics like Temperate climate. His study connects Ecology and Temperate climate. His Forestry study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Taiga. His study brings together the fields of Forestry and Taiga. His research on Programming language often connects related topics like Trait. In his articles, Christian Messier combines various disciplines, including Adaptive capacity and Adaptability. Christian Messier undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Adaptability and Adaptive capacity through his works. Christian Messier integrates Environmental resource management with Environmental planning in his research. He incorporates Environmental planning and Environmental resource management in his research.

His most cited work include:

Predicting and managing light in the understory of boreal forests (297 citations)
WinRHlZO™, a Root-measuring System with a Unique Overlap Correction Method (168 citations)
From Management to Stewardship: Viewing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems in an Uncertain World (167 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

Many of his studies on Forestry involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Taiga and Basal area. In his papers, he integrates diverse fields, such as Ecology and Environmental resource management. Christian Messier integrates Environmental resource management and Ecology in his studies. Christian Messier applies his multidisciplinary studies on Botany and Horticulture in his research. He integrates several fields in his works, including Horticulture and Botany. His Understory research extends to the thematically linked field of Canopy. Understory connects with themes related to Canopy in his study. Christian Messier conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Dentistry and Crown (dentistry). He merges Crown (dentistry) with Dentistry in his study.

Christian Messier most often published in these fields:

Ecology (60.71%)
Botany (28.57%)
Canopy (28.57%)

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Best Publications

Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis

Dominique Gravel;Charles D. Canham;Marilou Beaudet;Christian Messier.
Ecology Letters (2006)

812 Citations

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

Alain Paquette;Christian Messier.
Global Ecology and Biogeography (2011)

775 Citations

A Critique of Silviculture: Managing for Complexity

Klaus J Puettmann;K. David Coates;Christian Messier.
(2008)

762 Citations

Retention Forestry to Maintain Multifunctional Forests: A World Perspective

Lena Gustafsson;Susan C. Baker;Jurgen Bauhus;William J. Beese.
BioScience (2012)

760 Citations

Silviculture for old-growth attributes

Jürgen Bauhus;Klaus Puettmann;Christian Messier.
Forest Ecology and Management (2009)

621 Citations

The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene

Alain Paquette;Christian Messier.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2010)

501 Citations

Predicting and managing light in the understory of boreal forests

V J Lieffers;C Messier;K J Stadt;F Gendron.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research (1999)

447 Citations

Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience

C. Ronnie Drever;Garry Peterson;Christian Messier;Yves Bergeron.
(2006)

417 Citations

Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests

Christian Messier;Rene Doucet;Jean Claude Ruel;Yves Claveau.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research (1999)

409 Citations

A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues

David Lindenmayer;J F Franklin;A. Lohmus;Simon Baker.
Conservation Letters (2012)

389 Citations

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External Links

Personal Website for Christian Messier