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Plant Science and Agronomy
Australia
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
131
Citations
69829
World Ranking
38
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2003 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

Agronomy, Botany, Nutrient, Ecology and Phosphorus are his primary areas of study. He combines subjects such as Soil water, Relative growth rate and Rhizosphere with his study of Agronomy. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cluster root, Hakea prostrata and Horticulture.

The various areas that he examines in his Nutrient study include Fabaceae and Herbivore. His research integrates issues of Range, Phosphate, Crop and Plant physiology in his study of Phosphorus. His research in Photosynthesis focuses on subjects like Respiration, which are connected to Biochemistry and Animal science.

His most cited work include:

  • Plant Physiological Ecology (3255 citations)
  • Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences (1281 citations)
  • Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age (785 citations)

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

Hans Lambers spends much of his time researching Botany, Agronomy, Phosphorus, Nutrient and Shoot. Hans Lambers interconnects Relative growth rate and Horticulture in the investigation of issues within Botany. His work deals with themes such as Soil water and Rhizosphere, which intersect with Agronomy.

His Phosphorus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Crop, Plant physiology, Phosphate, Lupinus and Cluster root. His Nutrient study is concerned with the larger field of Ecology. His studies in Shoot integrate themes in fields like Dry weight, Dry matter and Root system.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (43.19%)
  • Agronomy (36.31%)
  • Phosphorus (29.26%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Phosphorus (29.26%)
  • Agronomy (36.31%)
  • Botany (43.19%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Phosphorus, Agronomy, Botany, Nutrient and Ecology. His Phosphorus research includes themes of Photosynthesis, Crop, Proteaceae, Horticulture and Plant physiology. His Agronomy research includes elements of Tailings, Soil water, Rhizosphere and Native plant.

His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Soil pH, Plant nutrition and Calcium. His work deals with themes such as Biomass, Velloziaceae, Ecosystem and Environmental chemistry, which intersect with Nutrient. His study in the fields of Ecology and Biodiversity under the domain of Ecology overlaps with other disciplines such as Facilitation.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • How belowground interactions contribute to the coexistence of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal species in severely phosphorus-impoverished hyperdiverse ecosystems (76 citations)
  • Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence (65 citations)
  • Hidden miners – the roles of cover crops and soil microorganisms in phosphorus cycling through agroecosystems (56 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Hans Lambers mostly deals with Phosphorus, Agronomy, Nutrient, Ecology and Botany. His work carried out in the field of Phosphorus brings together such families of science as Photosynthesis, Calcifuge, Crop, Interspecific competition and Soil test. His research integrates issues of Soil water and Topsoil in his study of Agronomy.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Biomass, Soil classification, Matching, Species level and Ecosystem in addition to Nutrient. His work on Biodiversity is typically connected to Facilitation, Protocol and Root as part of general Ecology study, connecting several disciplines of science. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Soil pH, Calcium and Rhizosphere.

Best Publications

  • Plant Physiological Ecology

    Hans Lambers;F. Stuart Chapin;Thijs L. Pons

  • Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences

    Hans Lambers;Hendrik Poorter

  • Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age

    Hans Lambers;John A. Raven;Gaius R. Shaver;Sally E. Smith

  • Root structure and functioning for efficient acquisition of phosphorus: Matching morphological and physiological traits.

    Hans Lambers;Michael W. Shane;Michael D. Cramer;Stuart J. Pearse

  • Opportunities for improving phosphorus-use efficiency in crop plants.

    Erik J. Veneklaas;Hans Lambers;Jason Bragg;Patrick M. Finnegan

  • Functions of Macronutrients

    Malcolm Hawkesford;Walter Horst;Thomas Kichey;Hans Lambers

  • Plant and microbial strategies to improve the phosphorus efficiency of agriculture

    Alan E. Richardson;Alan E. Richardson;Jonathan P. Lynch;Peter R. Ryan;Emmanuel Delhaize

  • Phosphorus Acquisition and Utilization in Plants.

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  • Carbon and nitrogen economy of 24 wild species differing in relative growth rate.

    Hendrik Poorter;Carlo Remkes;Hans Lambers

  • Plant-microbe-soil interactions in the rhizosphere: an evolutionary perspective

    Hans Lambers;Christophe Mougel;Benoît Jaillard;Philippe Hinsinger

  • Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority

    Fernando A. O. Silveira;Daniel Negreiros;Newton P. U. Barbosa;Elise Buisson

  • Plant diversity and overyielding: insights from belowground facilitation of intercropping in agriculture

    Long Li;David Tilman;Hans Lambers;Fu Suo Zhang

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Cluster roots: A curiosity in context

    Michael W. Shane;Hans Lambers

  • Plant mineral nutrition in ancient landscapes: high plant species diversity on infertile soils is linked to functional diversity for nutritional strategies

    Hans Lambers;Mark C. Brundrett;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Stephen D. Hopper;Stephen D. Hopper

  • Strategies and agronomic interventions to improve the phosphorus-use efficiency of farming systems

    Richard J. Simpson;Astrid Oberson;Richard A. Culvenor;Megan H. Ryan

  • Respiration in Intact Plants and Tissues: Its Regulation and Dependence on Environmental Factors, Metabolism and Invaded Organisms

    H. Lambers

  • Plant Functional Traits: Soil and Ecosystem Services.

    Michel Pierre Faucon;David Houben;Hans Lambers

  • Root and leaf attributes accounting for the performance of fast- and slow-growing grasses at different nutrient supply

    Peter Ryser;Hans Lambers

  • The respiratory patterns in roots in relation to their functioning

    Hans Lambers;Owen K. Atkin;Frank F. Millenaar

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Short‐term waterlogging has long‐term effects on the growth and physiology of wheat

    Al Imran Malik;Timothy D. Colmer;Hans Lambers;Hans Lambers;Timothy L. Setter

  • CYANIDE-RESISTANT RESPIRATION - A NON-PHOSPHORYLATING ELECTRON-TRANSPORT PATHWAY ACTING AS AN ENERGY OVERFLOW

    Hans Lambers

  • Causes and consequences of variation in growth rate and productivity of higher plants

    H. Lambers;M. L. Cambridge;H. Konings;T. L. Pons

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik J. Veneklaas
Erik J. Veneklaas University of Western Australia
Megan H. Ryan
Megan H. Ryan University of Western Australia
Rafael S. Oliveira
Rafael S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Etienne Laliberté
Etienne Laliberté University of Montreal
Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University
Michael W. Shane
Michael W. Shane University of Western Australia
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Thijs L. Pons
Thijs L. Pons Utrecht University
Jiayin Pang
Jiayin Pang University of Western Australia
François P. Teste
François P. Teste Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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