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Duane A. Peltzer

Duane A. Peltzer

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
10378
World Ranking
3462
National Ranking
37

Overview

Duane A. Peltzer is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental and biological sciences, focusing principally on ecology and conservation within the New Zealand context.

The primary fields of study for Duane A. Peltzer include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Specific subfields within these areas that characterize their work encompass:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics explored by Peltzer focus on:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Duane A. Peltzer has authored numerous papers, several of which are recent and cover topics relevant to invasive species, climate change, and ecological impacts on New Zealand flora and ecosystems. Notable recent publications include:

  • Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non-native tree species (2020), Functional Ecology
  • Climate-change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change? (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Naturalised plants transform the composition and function of the New Zealand flora (2020), Biological Invasions
  • Pine invasion drives loss of soil fungal diversity (2021), Biological Invasions

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Biological Invasions
  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Environmental Modelling & Software

Collaborations feature prominently in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Peter J. Bellingham
  • Angela J. Brandt
  • Ian A. Dickie
  • Martín A. Núñez
  • Aníbal Pauchard

Best Publications

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

    Andrew Siefert;Cyrille Violle;Loïc Chalmandrier;Loïc Chalmandrier;Cécile H Albert

  • Changes in enzyme activities and soil microbial community composition along carbon and nutrient gradients at the Franz Josef chronosequence, New Zealand

    V.J. Allison;L.M. Condron;D.A. Peltzer;S.J. Richardson

  • Rapid development of phosphorus limitation in temperate rainforest along the Franz Josef soil chronosequence

    Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer;Robert B. Allen;Matt S. McGlone

  • Understanding ecosystem retrogression

    Duane A. Peltzer;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Victoria J. Allison;W. Troy Baisden

  • Contrasting effects of plant inter‐ and intraspecific variation on community‐level trait measures along an environmental gradient

    Emilie Kichenin;David A. Wardle;Duane A. Peltzer;Chris W. Morse

  • Soil Organic Phosphorus Transformations During Pedogenesis

    Benjamin L. Turner;Leo M. Condron;Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Brett M. Bennett;Brett M. Bennett;Larry E. Burrows;Martin Andres Nuñez

  • Co-invasion by Pinus and its mycorrhizal fungi

    Ian A. Dickie;Nicola Bolstridge;Jerry A. Cooper;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

    Robert J. Holdaway;Sarah J. Richardson;Ian A. Dickie;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

    Norman W. H. Mason;Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer;Francesco de Bello

  • Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Ana Sofia Vaz;Joaquim S. Silva;Joaquim S. Silva;Marcela van Loo

  • Host identity is a dominant driver of mycorrhizal fungal community composition during ecosystem development.

    Laura B. Martínez‐García;Laura B. Martínez‐García;Laura B. Martínez‐García;Sarah J. Richardson;Jason M. Tylianakis;Jason M. Tylianakis;Duane A. Peltzer

  • RESORPTION PROFICIENCY ALONG A CHRONOSEQUENCE: RESPONSES AMONG COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN SPECIES

    Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer;Robert B. Allen;Matt S. McGlone

  • Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs

    Katherina A. Pietsch;Kiona Ogle;Johannes H.C. Cornelissen;William K. Cornwell;William K. Cornwell

  • Plant diversity and tree responses following contrasting disturbances in boreal forest

    Duane A Peltzer;Marcy L Bast;Scott D Wilson;Ann K Gerry

  • Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration

    D. A. Peltzer;R. B. Allen;G. M. Lovett;D. Whitehead

  • Mycorrhizas and mycorrhizal fungal communities throughout ecosystem development

    Ian A. Dickie;Laura B. Martínez-García;Nina Koele;G.-A. Grelet;G.-A. Grelet

  • Temporal heterogeneity of soil moisture in grassland and forest

    Sarah E. James;Meelis Pärtel;Scott D. Wilson;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Asynchronicity in root and shoot phenology in grasses and woody plants.

    Diego F. Steinaker;Scott D. Wilson;Duane A. Peltzer

  • Punching above their weight: low‐biomass non‐native plant species alter soil properties during primary succession

    Duane A. Peltzer;Peter J. Bellingham;Hiroko Kurokawa;Lawrence R. Walker

  • Microbial and abiotic controls on mineral-associated organic matter in soil profiles along an ecosystem gradient.

    Robert Mikutta;Stephanie Turner;Axel Schippers;Norman Gentsch

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Ian A. Dickie
Ian A. Dickie University of Canterbury
Peter J. Bellingham
Peter J. Bellingham Landcare Research
Sarah J. Richardson
Sarah J. Richardson Landcare Research
Scott D. Wilson
Scott D. Wilson University of Regina
Robert B. Allen
Robert B. Allen Landcare Research
Norman W. H. Mason
Norman W. H. Mason Landcare Research
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Philip E. Hulme
Philip E. Hulme Lincoln University

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