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Michael J. Hutchings

Michael J. Hutchings

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
14250
World Ranking
2287
National Ranking
268

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael J. Hutchings is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several key areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on ecology and plant science. Hutchings has contributed notable work across subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Plant Science; Ecological Modeling; and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics prominently include studies on plant and animal interactions, ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution in relation to climate change, plant parasitism and resistance, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics. These thematic areas represent the core of their scientific investigation and publication record.

Hutchings has frequently published in respected scientific journals, including the Journal of Ecology, where they have two papers, New Phytologist, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hutchings include:

  • The triangular space of abiotic stress tolerance in woody species: a unified trade-off model, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Liparis loeselii, 2023, Journal of Ecology
  • Abiotic stress tolerance can explain range size and filling in temperate woody plants, 2023, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • International Biological Flora: Nervilia nipponica, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • The cold-drought tolerance trade-off in temperate woody plants constrains range size, but not range filling, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Hutchings has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Giacomo Puglielli, Lauri Laanisto, Enrico Tordoni, Jesse M. Kalwij, and Aelys M. Humphreys. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications and indicate an active engagement in multidisciplinary scientific networks.

During their career, Hutchings was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2003, reflecting their involvement in advancing research within their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Foraging in Plants: the Role of Morphological Plasticity in Resource Acquisition

    M.J. Hutchings;H. de Kroon

  • Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

    William J. Sutherland;Robert P. Freckleton;H. Charles J. Godfray;Steven R. Beissinger

  • Morphological plasticity in clonal plants: the foraging concept reconsidered.

    H. de Kroon;M.J. Hutchings

  • The Structure of Plant Populations

    Michael J. Hutchings

  • TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SOIL HETEROGENEITY FOR PLANT POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES

    Michael J. Hutchings;Elizabeth A. John;Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe

  • The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity

    Michael J Hutchings;Elizabeth A John;Alan J A Stewart

  • Patchy habitats, division of labour and growth dividends in clonal plants

    Michael J. Hutchings;Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe

  • The effects of nutrient availability on foraging in the clonal herb Glechoma hederacea

    Andrew J. Slade;Michael J. Hutchings

  • The effects of spatial scale of environmental heterogeneity on the growth of a clonal plant: an experimental study with Glechoma hederacea

    Michael J Hutchings;Dushyantha K Wijesinghe

  • Plant Population Ecology

    Anthony Davy;Michael Hutchings;Andrew Watkinson

  • Exploitation of Patchily Distributed Soil Resources by the Clonal Herb Glechoma Hederacea

    C. P. D. Birch;M. J. Hutchings

  • The Effects of Environmental Heterogeneity on Root Growth and Root/Shoot Partitioning

    Michael J. Hutchings;Elizabeth A. John

  • Studies on the feasibility of re-creating chalk grassland vegetation on ex-arable land. I. The potential roles of the seed bank and the seed rain

    Michael J Hutchings;Karen D Booth

  • Clonal integration and plasticity in foraging behaviour in Glechoma hederacea

    A. J. Slade;M. J. Hutchings

  • The Effects of Light Intensity on Foraging in the Clonal Herb Glechoma Hederacea

    A. J. Slade;M. J. Hutchings

  • A comparative analysis of decline in the distribution ranges of orchid species in Estonia and the United Kingdom

    Tiiu Kull;Michael J. Hutchings

  • Validation of biological collections as a source of phenological data for use in climate change studies: a case study with the orchid Ophrys sphegodes

    Karen M. Robbirt;Karen M. Robbirt;Anthony J. Davy;Michael J. Hutchings;David L. Roberts;David L. Roberts

  • A modular concept of plant foraging behaviour: the interplay between local responses and systemic control.

    Hans De Kroon;Eric J. W. Visser;Heidrun Huber;Liesje Mommer;Liesje Mommer

  • Root system size and precision in nutrient foraging: responses to spatial pattern of nutrient supply in six herbaceous species

    Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe;Elizabeth A. John;Simone Beurskens;Simone Beurskens;Michael J. Hutchings

  • Does pattern of soil resource heterogeneity determine plant community structure? An experimental investigation

    Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe;Elizabeth A. John;Michael J. Hutchings

Frequent Co-Authors

Rein Brys
Rein Brys Research Institute for Nature and Forest
David L. Roberts
David L. Roberts University of Kent
Anthony J. Davy
Anthony J. Davy University of East Anglia
Tomohisa Yukawa
Tomohisa Yukawa National Museum of Nature and Science
David J. Gibson
David J. Gibson Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Marc-André Selosse
Marc-André Selosse University of Gdańsk
Roy Turkington
Roy Turkington University of British Columbia
Timothy J. Flowers
Timothy J. Flowers University of Sussex
Liesje Mommer
Liesje Mommer Wageningen University & Research

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