2026 Lonnie W. Aarssen: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	61	1147	1053	43	39	172	14329
Ecology and Evolution	63	1961	1879	124	118	188	15355

Overview

Lonnie W. Aarssen is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans a variety of interconnected fields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and plant science.

The scientist's publications focus on multiple topics related to ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, and rangeland and wildlife management.

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Lonnie W. Aarssen has coauthored several papers with frequent collaborators including Riley Gridzak, Brandon S. Schamp, Angela T. Moles, Riin Tamme, and Shawn W. Laffan. These partnerships reflect ongoing cooperation in diverse research projects within their fields.

Riley Gridzak
Brandon S. Schamp
Angela T. Moles
Riin Tamme
Shawn W. Laffan

Significant publication venues for Aarssen's research include journals and repositories such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, and Journal of Plant Ecology.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Ecology
Ecology and Evolution
Journal of Plant Ecology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lonnie W. Aarssen include:

Competition intensity is linked to the co-occurrence status and height differences of plant species found growing together in an old-field community, 2024, Journal of Ecology
Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old-field plant community, 2022, Ecology and Evolution
No evidence of a generalized potential 'cost' of apical dominance for species that have strong apical dominance, 2022, Journal of Plant Ecology
Supporting data and code for: Evidence of a major shift in plant strategy at the edge of the tropics, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Supporting data and code for: Evidence of a major shift in plant strategy at the edge of the tropics, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

1762
Citations
Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors

Amber E. Budden;Amber E. Budden;Tom Tregenza;Lonnie W. Aarssen;Julia Koricheva

718
Citations
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

702
Citations
High productivity in grassland ecosystems : effected by species diversity or productive species ?

Lonnie W. Aarssen

644
Citations
On the relationship between r/K selection and environmental carrying capacity: a new habitat templet for plant life history strategies.

Douglas R. Taylor;Lonnie W. Aarssen;Craig Loehle

580
Citations
Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

490
Citations
No Consistent Effect of Plant Diversity on Productivity

M. A. Huston;L. W. Aarssen;M. P. Austin;B. S. Cade

465
Citations
ECOLOGICAL COMBINING ABILITY AND COMPETITIVE COMBINING ABILITY IN PLANTS: TOWARD A GENERAL EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF COEXISTENCE IN SYSTEMS OF COMPETITION

Lonnie W. Aarssen

435
Citations
Resource manipulations in natural vegetation: a review

Antonio DiTommaso;L. W. Aarssen

290
Citations
Neighbour manipulations in natural vegetation a review

L. W. Aarssen;G. A. Epp

264
Citations
Hypotheses for the evolution of apical dominance in plants : implications for the interpretation of overcompensation

Lonnie W. Aarssen

262
Citations
Plants Helping PlantsNew evidence indicates that beneficence is important in vegetation

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231
Citations
The specialization hypothesis for phenotypic plasticity in plants

Christopher J. Lortie;Lonnie W. Aarssen

218
Citations
Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution

Robert Lanfear;Robert Lanfear;Simon Y. W. Ho;T. Jonathan Davies;Angela T. Moles

212
Citations
Competitive ability and species coexistence: a 'plant's-eye' view

Lonnie W. Aarssen

189
Citations
The leaf size/number trade‐off in trees

David Kleiman;Lonnie W. Aarssen

183
Citations
Fecundity allocation in herbaceous plants

L. W. Aarssen;D. R. Taylor

182
Citations
COMPLEX COMPETITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GENOTYPES OF THREE PERENNIAL GRASSES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIES COEXISTENCE

Douglas R. Taylor;Lonnie W. Aarssen

177
Citations
The interpretation of stem diameter–height allometry in trees: biomechanical constraints, neighbour effects, or biased regressions?

H.A.L. Henry;L.W. Aarssen

171
Citations
On the relationship between shade tolerance and shade avoidance strategies in woodland plants

Hugh A. L. Henry;Lonnie W. Aarssen

164
Citations
Conundrums of competitive ability in plants: what to measure?

Lonnie W. Aarssen;Teri Keogh

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Lortie York University

Roosa Leimu University of Turku

Tom Tregenza University of Exeter

Julia Koricheva Royal Holloway University of London

Amy E. Zanne University of Miami

Stephen P. Bonser University of New South Wales

Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales

Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota

William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales

Jacek Oleksyn Polish Academy of Sciences

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