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60
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18676
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2257
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808

Lars O. Hedin 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 Lars O. Hedin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lars O. Hedin 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 Lars O. Hedin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Lars O. Hedin is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on various interconnected topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, and Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions.

Some of their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Contrasting effects of aridity and seasonality on global salinization" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Legume-microbiome interactions unlock mineral nutrients in regrowing tropical forests" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world's thinnest-rooted plant community" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Dysbiosis of the Salivary Microbiome is Associated with Hypertension and Correlated with Metabolic Syndrome Biomarkers" (2021, Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity)
  • "Leaf N:P ratio does not predict productivity trends across natural terrestrial ecosystems" (2022, Ecology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lars O. Hedin include Saverio Perri, Amilcare Porporato, Mingzhen Lu, Simon A. Levin, and Nico Wunderling.

The scientist has published multiple papers in venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Geoscience, Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, and Ecology.

Among their honors, Lars O. Hedin received the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Changing sources of nutrients during four million years of ecosystem development

    O. A. Chadwick;L. A. Derry;P. M. Vitousek;B. J. Huebert

  • SCALING OF C:N:P STOICHIOMETRY IN FORESTS WORLDWIDE: IMPLICATIONS OF TERRESTRIAL REDFIELD‐TYPE RATIOS

    Megan E. McGroddy;Tanguy Daufresne;Lars O. Hedin

  • Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems

    Cory C. Cleveland;Alan R. Townsend;David S. Schimel;Hank Fisher

  • Patterns of Nutrient Loss from Unpolluted, Old‐Growth Temperate Forests: Evaluation of Biogeochemical Theory

    Lars O. Hedin;Juan J. Armesto;Arthur H. Johnson

  • Nitrogen loss from unpolluted South American forests mainly via dissolved organic compounds

    Steven S. Perakis;Steven S. Perakis;Lars O. Hedin;Lars O. Hedin

  • Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

    Zeqing Ma;Dali Guo;Xingliang Xu;Mingzhen Lu

  • Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest

    S. Joseph Wright;Joseph B. Yavitt;Nina Wurzburger;Nina Wurzburger;Benjamin L. Turner

  • THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS ON NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS AND OTHER BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT SOIL-STREAM INTERFACES

    Lars O Hedin;Joseph C von Fischer;Nathaniel E Ostrom;Brian P Kennedy

  • THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS ON NITROGENTRANSFORMATIONS AND OTHER BIOGEOCHEMICALPROCESSES AT SOIL–STREAM INTERFACES

    Lars O. Hedin;Joseph C. von Fischer;Nathaniel E. Ostrom;Brian P. Kennedy

  • The Nitrogen Paradox in Tropical Forest Ecosystems

    Lars O. Hedin;Alexander R. Barron

  • Steep declines in atmospheric base cations in regions of Europe and North America

    Lars O. Hedin;Lars O. Hedin;Lennart Granat;Gene E. Likens;T. Adri Buishand

  • Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

    Sarah A. Batterman;Lars O. Hedin;Michiel van Breugel;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn

  • Molybdenum limitation of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation in tropical forest soils

    Alexander R. Barron;Nina Wurzburger;Jean Phillipe Bellenger;S. Joseph Wright

  • Isotopic evidence for large gaseous nitrogen losses from tropical rainforests

    Benjamin Z. Houlton;Daniel M. Sigman;Lars O. Hedin

  • NUTRIENT LOSSES OVER FOUR MILLION YEARS OF TROPICAL FOREST DEVELOPMENT

    Lars O. Hedin;Peter M. Vitousek;Pamela A. Matson

  • A climate-driven switch in plant nitrogen acquisition within tropical forest communities

    Benjamin Z. Houlton;Daniel M. Sigman;Edward A. G. Schuur;Lars O. Hedin

  • Analysis and manipulation of yeast mitochondrial genes.

    Thomas D. Fox;Linda S. Folley;Julio J. Mulero;Thomas W. McMullin

  • FLUXES AND FATES OF NITROGEN IN SOIL OF AN UNPOLLUTED OLD-GROWTH TEMPERATE FOREST, SOUTHERN CHILE

    Steven S. Perakis;Lars O. Hedin

  • Changes in the chemistry of surface waters

    Charles T. Driscoll;Gene E. Likens;Lars O. Hedin;John S. Eaton

  • Nitrogen cycling and feedbacks in a global dynamic land model

    Stefan Gerber;Lars O. Hedin;Michael Oppenheimer;Stephen Wilson Pacala

Frequent Co-Authors

Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Duncan N. L. Menge
Duncan N. L. Menge Columbia University
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Joseph C. von Fischer
Joseph C. von Fischer Colorado State University
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Steven S. Perakis
Steven S. Perakis United States Geological Survey
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
M. Luke McCormack
M. Luke McCormack Morton Arboretum
JoAnne S. Richards
JoAnne S. Richards Baylor College of Medicine

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