2026 Tamir Klein: 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	44	2941	2735	44	39	126	11979
Environmental Sciences	45	6257	6007	22	22	130	12090

Overview

Tamir Klein is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in plant science and global and planetary change. Their work extensively contributes to understanding plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and forest ecology.

Klein's recent papers include:

Global field observations of tree die-off reveal hotter-drought fingerprint for Earth's forests, 2022, Nature Communications
Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees, 2020, Nature Communications
Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate, 2020, New Phytologist
Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought, 2021, Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Klein include:

Ido Rog
Stav Livne-Luzon
Sophie Obersteiner
Yael Wagner
Hagar Fox

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Tree Physiology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
SSRN Electronic Journal
New Phytologist

Main fields of study in Klein's work are:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of study include:

Plant Science
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Atmospheric Science
Insect Science

Klein's main topics of research cover:

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Tree-ring climate responses
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Forest ecology and management
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Plant responses to elevated CO2

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

William R. L. Anderegg;Tamir Klein;Megan Bartlett;Lawren Sack

862
Citations
The variability of stomatal sensitivity to leaf water potential across tree species indicates a continuum between isohydric and anisohydric behaviours

Tamir Klein

828
Citations
Global field observations of tree die-off reveal hotter-drought fingerprint for Earth’s forests

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699
Citations
Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

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651
Citations
A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability.

Christopher P O Reyer;Sebastian Leuzinger;Sebastian Leuzinger;Sebastian Leuzinger;Anja Rammig;Annett Wolf

578
Citations
A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

553
Citations
The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

Megan K. Bartlett;Tamir Klein;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

537
Citations
Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

Lucía DeSoto;Lucía DeSoto;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Frank Sterck;Steven Jansen

430
Citations
Belowground carbon trade among tall trees in a temperate forest

Tamir Klein;Rolf T. W. Siegwolf;Christian Körner

278
Citations
Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport in plants: how does phloem physiology affect plant ecology?

Jessica A. Savage;Michael J. Clearwater;Dustin F. Haines;Tamir Klein

266
Citations
Hydraulic adjustments underlying drought resistance of Pinus halepensis

Tamir Klein;Shabtai Cohen;Dan Yakir

196
Citations
Drought stress, growth and nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of pine trees in a semi-arid forest

Tamir Klein;Tamir Klein;Günter Hoch;Dan Yakir;Christian Körner

191
Citations
Xylem embolism refilling and resilience against drought-induced mortality in woody plants: processes and trade-offs

Tamir Klein;Melanie J. B. Zeppel;William R. L. Anderegg;Jasper Bloemen

185
Citations
Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate.

Cleiton B. Eller;Cleiton B. Eller;Lucy Rowland;Maurizio Mencuccini;Teresa Rosas

172
Citations
Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth

Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert

159
Citations
Relationships between stomatal regulation, water-use, and water-use efficiency of two coexisting key Mediterranean tree species

Tamir Klein;Idan Shpringer;Ben Fikler;Gil Elbaz

153
Citations
Differential ecophysiological response of a major Mediterranean pine species across a climatic gradient.

Tamir Klein;Giovanni Di Matteo;Eyal Rotenberg;Shabtai Cohen

134
Citations
A vast increase in heat exposure in the 21st century is driven by global warming and urban population growth

Tamir Klein;William R.L. Anderegg

129
Citations
Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought

Daniele Castagneri;Daniele Castagneri;Giorgio Vacchiano;Andrew Hacket-Pain;R. Justin DeRose

127
Citations
Association between tree-ring and needle δ13C and leaf gas exchange in Pinus halepensis under semi-arid conditions

Tamir Klein;Deborah Hemming;Deborah Hemming;Tongbao Lin;José M. Grünzweig

110
Citations
Water availability predicts forest canopy height at the global scale

Tamir Klein;Christophe F. Randin;Christophe F. Randin;Christian Körner

109
Citations
Tree carbon allocation dynamics determined using a carbon mass balance approach.

Tamir Klein;Günter Hoch

108
Citations
Coordination between growth, phenology and carbon storage in three coexisting deciduous tree species in a temperate forest.

Tamir Klein;Yann Vitasse;Günter Hoch

102
Citations