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Martin J. Lechowicz

Martin J. Lechowicz

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
65
Citations
15934
World Ranking
915
National Ranking
31

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
16054
World Ranking
1691
National Ranking
104

Martin J. Lechowicz publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin J. Lechowicz sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 166 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Martin J. Lechowicz D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin J. Lechowicz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin J. Lechowicz is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their work spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing particularly on ecology and related subfields.

The primary fields of study for Lechowicz include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of particular interest are:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Their research topics encompass:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • Archaeology and Natural History

Lechowicz has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Harsh environmental regimes increase the functional significance of intraspecific variation in plant communities" (2020, Functional Ecology)
  • "Embedding trait-based ecology within indigenous knowledge to advance sustainable management of Tibetan rangeland" (2022, Applied Vegetation Science)
  • "Global synthesis of apple pollination research highlights general pollen limitation and positive contributions of wild bees compared to honeybees" (2025, Journal of Applied Ecology)

The venues in which Lechowicz frequently publishes are:

  • Functional Ecology
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Lechowicz's frequent coauthors include:

  • Kechang Niu
  • Shiting Zhang
  • Ji Suonan
  • Badingqiuying
  • Andrew T. Smith

This profile highlights a research career characterized by contributions to understanding ecological dynamics, plant-animal interactions, and conservation approaches integrating indigenous knowledge. The timeline of publications from 2020 to 2025 reflects ongoing active participation in advancing these research areas.

Best Publications

  • How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait‐based ecology

    Julie Messier;Brian J. McGill;Brian J. McGill;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE CURVES OBTAINED FROM EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING REPEATED MEASURES

    Catherine Potvin;Martin J. Lechowicz;Serge Tardif

  • The sampling characteristics of electivity indices

    Martin J. Lechowicz

  • The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future Directions

    David D. Ackerly;Susan A. Dudley;Sonia E. Sultan;Johanna Schmitt

  • Fundamental trade-offs generating the worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Bill Shipley;Martin J. Lechowicz;Ian Wright;Peter B. Reich

  • Neutrality, niches, and dispersal in a temperate forest understory.

    Benjamin Gilbert;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • Why Do Temperate Deciduous Trees Leaf Out at Different Times? Adaptation and Ecology of Forest Communities

    Martin J. Lechowicz

  • Predicting the timing of budburst in temperate trees

    Alison F. Hunter;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests

    Christian Messier;Rene Doucet;Jean Claude Ruel;Yves Claveau

  • Leaf phenology in 22 North American tree species during the 21st century

    Xavier Morin;Xavier Morin;Martin J. Lechowicz;Carol K Augspurger;John O'keefe

  • Climatic limits for the present distribution of beech (Fagus L.) species in the world

    Jingyun Fang;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • The ecology and genetics of fitness in forest plants. II : microspatial heterogeneity of the edaphic environment

    Martin J. Lechowicz;Graham Bell

  • Pollination services are mediated by bee functional diversity and landscape context

    Kyle T. Martins;Andrew Gonzalez;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • Alternative designs and the evolution of functional diversity.

    Christian O. Marks;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

    Julie Messier;Brian J. McGill;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • INVASIBILITY AND ABIOTIC GRADIENTS: THE POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN NATIVE AND EXOTIC PLANT DIVERSITY

    Benjamin Gilbert;Martin J. Lechowicz

  • FERN COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY: THE ROLES OF CHANCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AT LOCAL AND INTERMEDIATE SCALES

    J. Karst;B. Gilbert;M. J. Lechowicz

  • Physiological, morphological and allocational plasticity in understory deciduous trees: importance of plant size and light availability

    Sylvain Delagrange;Sylvain Delagrange;Christian Messier;Martin J. Lechowicz;Pierre Dizengremel

  • The Relation of Foliar Phenology to Xylem Embolism in Trees

    J. Wang;N. E. Ives;M. J. Lechowicz

  • Interspecific integration of trait dimensions at local scales: the plant phenotype as an integrated network

    Julie Messier;Martin J. Lechowicz;Brian J. McGill;Cyrille Violle

  • The spatial structure of the physical environment.

    G. Bell;M. J. Lechowicz;A. Appenzeller;M. Chandler

  • The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future DirectionsD D. ACK ERLY, SUSAN A. DUDLEY, SONIA E. SULTAN, JOHANNA SCHMITT, JAMES S. COLEMAN,

    C. Randall Linder;Darren R. Sandquist;Monica A. Geber;Ann S. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham Bell
Graham Bell McGill University
Christian Messier
Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal
Brian J. McGill
Brian J. McGill University of Maine
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez McGill University
Xavier Morin
Xavier Morin University of Montpellier
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Jin-Sheng He
Jin-Sheng He Peking University
Catherine Potvin
Catherine Potvin McGill University
Benjamin Gilbert
Benjamin Gilbert University of Toronto
Bill Shipley
Bill Shipley Université de Sherbrooke

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