2026 Sally A. Power: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	51	4711	4508	161	155	186	10463

Overview

Sally A. Power is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Soil Science
Ecology

Key topics covered in their work include:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Plant and animal studies
Pasture and Agricultural Systems
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Some of the scientist's recent publications are:

The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment (2020, Nature)
Climate change increases global risk to urban forests (2022, Nature Climate Change)
General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales (2020, Nature Communications)
The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate (2023, Nature Communications)
Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent co-authors of Sally A. Power include:

Elizabeth T. Borer
Eric W. Seabloom
Yann Hautier
Anita C. Risch
Carly J. Stevens

Their research is often published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Urban forestry & urban greening
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Journal of Ecology

Sally A. Power has also authored a book titled Civil Society and the Family, published by Policy Press in 2020.

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long‐term field experiments

Gareth K. Phoenix;Bridget A. Emmett;Andrea J. Britton;Simon J. M. Caporn

445
Citations
The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

421
Citations
Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents.

Raúl Ochoa-Hueso;Scott L. Collins;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Kelly Hamonts

374
Citations
Climate change increases global risk to urban forests

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294
Citations
Responses of herbaceous plants to urban air pollution: effects on growth, phenology and leaf surface characteristics.

Sarah L. Honour;J. Nigel B. Bell;Trevor W. Ashenden;J. Neil Cape

289
Citations
Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors

Madhav Prakash Thakur;Alexandru Milcu;Pete Manning;Pascal A. Niklaus

201
Citations
A global comparison of grassland biomass responses to CO2 and nitrogen enrichment

Mark Lee;Pete Manning;Janna Rist;Sally A. Power

185
Citations
AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

180
Citations
Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

A.C. Risch;S. Zimmermann;R. Ochoa-Hueso;M. Schütz

169
Citations
General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

Yann Hautier;Pengfei Zhang;Michel Loreau;Kevin R. Wilcox

154
Citations
Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations of photosynthesis for four tree species under drought: A comparison of model formulations

John E Drake;John E Drake;Sally A Power;Remko A Duursma;Belinda E Medlyn

146
Citations
The Role of Nitrogen Deposition in Widespread Plant Community Change Across Semi-natural Habitats

Chris D. Field;Nancy B. Dise;Richard J. Payne;Richard J. Payne;Andrea J. Britton

139
Citations
Habitat management : a tool to modify ecosystem impacts of nitrogen deposition?

S.A. Power;C.G. Barker;E.A. Allchin;M.R. Ashmore

130
Citations
Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference

Unknown

128
Citations
Impacts and fate of experimentally enhanced nitrogen deposition on a British lowland heath

S.A. Power;M.R. Ashmore;D.A. Cousins

119
Citations
Effects of vehicle exhaust emissions on urban wild plant species.

J.N.B. Bell;S.L. Honour;S.A. Power

114
Citations
N:P Ratio and the Nature of Nutrient Limitation in Calluna-Dominated Heathlands

Goddert von Oheimb;Sally A. Power;Kirsten Falk;Uta Friedrich

113
Citations
Effects of fertilizer, fungal endophytes and plant cultivar on the performance of insect herbivores and their natural enemies

Jochen Krauss;Simone A. Härri;Lowell Bush;René Husi

112
Citations
Effects of nitrogen addition on the stress sensitivity of Calluna vulgaris

Sally A. Power;Mike R. Ashmore;D. A Cousins;Lucy J Sheppard

110
Citations
Using models to guide field experiments: a priori predictions for the CO2 response of a nutrient- and water-limited native Eucalypt woodland.

Belinda E. Medlyn;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Sönke Zaehle;Anthony P. Walker

106
Citations
Ecosystem recovery: heathland response to a reduction in nitrogen deposition

Sally A. Power;Emma R. Green;Chris G. Barker;J. Nigel B. Bell

102
Citations
Nitrogen deposition reduces plant diversity and alters ecosystem functioning: field-scale evidence from a nationwide survey of UK heathlands.

Georgina E. Southon;Christopher Field;Simon J. M. Caporn;Andrea J. Britton

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Raúl Ochoa-Hueso University of Cádiz

Mike Ashmore University of York

Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota

Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University

Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota

David T. Tissue Western Sydney University

Peter Manning University of Bergen

Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota

Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University

Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu

External Links

Personal website of Sally A. Power

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