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Kimberly J. La Pierre

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
6908
World Ranking
7035
National Ranking
2367

Kimberly J. La Pierre publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kimberly J. La Pierre sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 46 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Kimberly J. La Pierre D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kimberly J. La Pierre sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kimberly J. La Pierre is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to fields including nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work covers topics such as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, and plant and animal studies. These areas highlight an interdisciplinary approach to understanding ecological systems and their responses to environmental changes.

Kimberly J. La Pierre has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including recent papers like:

  • Plant functional types drive differential responses of grassland ecosystem functions along a precipitation gradient (2021) published in Ecological Indicators
  • Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has collaborated with multiple co-authors across these projects, including Zhen Cheng, Zeng Cui, Jianjun Shi, Yü Liu, and Gao-Lin Wu. This collaborative network reflects a multidisciplinary research environment.

Kimberly J. La Pierre's work has appeared in publication venues such as Ecological Indicators and Nature Ecology & Evolution, with two publications across these respected journals.

Best Publications

  • Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

    Jonathan W. Leff;Stuart E. Jones;Suzanne M. Prober;Albert Barberán

  • Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Daniel S. Gruner;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

    Suzanne M. Prober;Jonathan W. Leff;Scott T. Bates;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness

    Peter B. Adler;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

    Yann Hautier;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Peter B. Adler

  • Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

    W. Stanley Harpole;W. Stanley Harpole;Lauren L. Sullivan;Eric M. Lind;Jennifer Firn

  • Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: implications for climate change experiments.

    Alan K. Knapp;David L. Hoover;Kevin R. Wilcox;Meghan L. Avolio

  • Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands

    Alan K. Knapp;Charles J. W. Carroll;Elsie M. Denton;Kimberly J. La Pierre

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • Demystifying dominant species.

    Meghan L. Avolio;Elisabeth J. Forrestel;Cynthia C. Chang;Kimberly J. La Pierre

  • Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie

    Meghan L. Avolio;Sally E. Koerner;Kimberly J. La Pierre;Kevin R. Wilcox

  • Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Andrew T. Tredennick;Sally E. Koerner;Emily Grman

  • Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide

    Carly J. Stevens;Eric M. Lind;Yann Hautier;Yann Hautier;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Past, Present, and Future Roles of Long-Term Experiments in the LTER Network

    Alan K. Knapp;Melinda D. Smith;Sarah E. Hobbie;Scott L. Collins

  • Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability and responses to global change

    Qiang Yu;Qiang Yu;Kevin R. Wilcox;Kimberly J. La Pierre;Alan K. Knapp

  • Seasonal, not annual precipitation drives community productivity across ecosystems

    Todd M. P. Robinson;Kimberly J. La Pierre;Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur;Kerry M. Byrne

  • Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

    Jennifer Firn;James M. McGree;Eric Harvey;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

    Jennifer Firn;Joslin L. Moore;Andrew S. MacDougall;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”

    James B. Grace;Peter B. Adler;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Explaining temporal variation in above-ground productivity in a mesic grassland: the role of climate and flowering

    Kimberly J. La Pierre;Shenghua Yuan;Cynthia C. Chang;Meghan L. Avolio

  • Out of the shadows : multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

    W. Stanley Harpole;W. Stanley Harpole;Lauren L. Sullivan;Eric M. Lind;Jennifer Firn

  • Drivers of Variation in Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Plant Community Composition Differ Across a Broad Precipitation Gradient

    Kimberly J. La Pierre;Kimberly J. La Pierre;Dana M. Blumenthal;Cynthia S. Brown;Julia A. Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Stanley Harpole
W. Stanley Harpole Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Melinda D. Smith
Melinda D. Smith Colorado State University
Jennifer Firn
Jennifer Firn Queensland University of Technology
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Nicole Hagenah
Nicole Hagenah University of Pretoria
Yann Hautier
Yann Hautier Utrecht University
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky

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Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

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