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Lauchlan H. Fraser

Lauchlan H. Fraser

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
7420
World Ranking
6785
National Ranking
425

Overview

Lauchlan H. Fraser is affiliated with Thompson Rivers University in Canada. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on ecology and vegetation dynamics.

The main fields of study in Fraser's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Fraser engages with subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

The core research topics covered by Fraser comprise:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Fraser's recent publications, highlighting their contributions to various global environmental issues, include:

  • "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands", 2022, Science
  • "Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally", 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil", 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world", 2024, Nature

Frequent publication venues for Fraser's work include:

  • Science
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature
  • Nature Plants
  • Applied Vegetation Science

Frequent coauthors with whom Fraser has collaborated multiple times include:

  • Meelis Pärtel
  • Wendy C. Gardner
  • Anke Jentsch
  • Mehdi Abedi
  • Anja Linstädter

Best Publications

  • Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Jason Pither;Anke Jentsch;Marcelo Sternberg

  • Wet and Wonderful: The World's Largest Wetlands are Conservation Priorities

    Paul A. Keddy;Lauchlan H. Fraser;Ayzik I. Solomeshch;Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Coordinated distributed experiments: An emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Hugh Al Henry;Cameron N. Carlyle;Cameron N. Carlyle;Shannon R. White

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • A test of four plant species to reduce total nitrogen and total phosphorus from soil leachate in subsurface wetland microcosms.

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Spring M. Carty;David Steer

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Paul A. Keddy

  • The interacting effects of temperature and plant community type on nutrient removal in wetland microcosms.

    Christian R. Picard;Lauchlan H. Fraser;David Steer

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Marina Semchenko;Marina Semchenko;Sakeenah Binte Adenan

  • Efficiency of small constructed wetlands for subsurface treatment of single-family domestic effluent

    David Steer;Lauchlan Fraser;James Boddy;Beth Seibert

  • Adaptive phenotypic plasticity of Pseudoroegneria spicata: response of stomatal density, leaf area and biomass to changes in water supply and increased temperature

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Amber Greenall;Cameron Carlyle;Cameron Carlyle;Roy Turkington

  • Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years.

    Alan K. Knapp;Meghan L. Avolio;Claus Beier;Charles J. W. Carroll

  • The role of experimental microcosms in ecological research.

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Paul Keddy

  • A comparative approach to examine competitive response of 48 wetland plant species

    Paul Keddy;Lauchlan H. Fraser;Irene C. Wisheu

  • Effects of low and high nutrients on the competitive hierarchy of 26 shoreline plants.

    Paul Keddy;Connie Gaudet;Lauchlan H. Fraser

  • Global evidence of positive biodiversity effects on spatial ecosystem stability in natural grasslands.

    Yongfan Wang;Marc W. Cadotte;Yuxin Chen;Lauchlan H. Fraser

  • Interacting effects of herbivory and fertility on a synthesized plant community

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;J. Philip Grime

  • Four general principles for the management and conservation of wetlands in large lakes: The role of water levels, nutrients, competitive hierarchies and centrifugal organization

    Paul Keddy;Lauchlan H. Fraser

  • A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SEEDLING SURVIVAL AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION FOR FOURTEEN WETLAND PLANT SPECIES GROWN UNDER MINOR WATER-DEPTH DIFFERENCES

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Jason P. Karnezis

  • Top-down control and its effect on the biomass and composition of three grasses at high and low soil fertility in outdoor microcosms.

    L. H. Fraser;J. P. Grime

Frequent Co-Authors

Anke Jentsch
Anke Jentsch University of Bayreuth
Paul A. Keddy
Paul A. Keddy Southeastern Louisiana University
James F. Cahill
James F. Cahill University of Alberta
Hugh A. L. Henry
Hugh A. L. Henry University of Western Ontario
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Marcelo Sternberg
Marcelo Sternberg Tel Aviv University
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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