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Yusuke Onoda

Yusuke Onoda

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
47
Citations
17441
World Ranking
2468
National Ranking
85

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
17492
World Ranking
4324
National Ranking
14

Overview

Yusuke Onoda is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans several intersecting fields, predominantly in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, Onoda has concentrated extensively on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

The scientist's scholarly output addresses diverse topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Onoda's recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research. Notable papers include:

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global patterns of leaf construction traits and their covariation along climate and soil environmental gradients, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • The acquisitive-conservative axis of leaf trait variation emerges even in homogeneous environments, 2020, Annals of Botany
  • Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change, 2023, Science Advances

Yusuke Onoda has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ülo Niinemets
  • Jens Kattge
  • Peter M. van Bodegom
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Ian J. Wright

The primary venues in which Onoda publishes reflect their areas of expertise. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Essential biodiversity variables

    H M Pereira;S Ferrier;M Walters;G N Geller

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems.

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Kabir G. Peay;Masato Yamamichi;Kazuhiko Narisawa

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.

    Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;John R. Evans;Kouki Hikosaka

  • Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis: mechanisms involved in the changes in temperature dependence of photosynthetic rate

    Kouki Hikosaka;Kazumasa Ishikawa;Almaz Borjigidai;Onno Muller

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

    Yusuke Onoda;Mark Westoby;Peter B. Adler;Amy M.F. Choong

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

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

  • Allocation of nitrogen to cell walls decreases photosynthetic nitrogen‐use efficiency

    Y. Onoda;K. Hikosaka;T. Hirose

  • Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale

    Dushan P. Kumarathunge;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

    Ethan E. Butler;Abhirup Datta;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Ming Chen

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

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

  • Mechanisms underlying global temperature-related patterns in leaf longevity

    Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Yusuke Onoda;Yusuke Onoda;Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Wind and mechanical stimuli differentially affect leaf traits in Plantago major.

    Niels P R Anten;Rafael Alcalá-Herrera;Rafael Alcalá-Herrera;Feike Schieving;Yusuke Onoda;Yusuke Onoda

  • Effects of light and nutrient availability on leaf mechanical properties of Plantago major: a conceptual approach.

    Yusuke Onoda;Feike Schieving;Niels P.R. Anten

  • Trade-off between light interception efficiency and light use efficiency: implications for species coexistence in one-sided light competition

    Yusuke Onoda;Yusuke Onoda;Jema B. Saluñga;Kosuke Akutsu;Shin ichiro Aiba

  • Seasonal change in the balance between capacities of RuBP carboxylation and RuBP regeneration affects CO2 response of photosynthesis in Polygonum cuspidatum

    Yusuke Onoda;Kouki Hikosaka;Tadaki Hirose

  • Global legume diversity assessment: Concepts, key indicators, and strategies

    Tetsukazu Yahara;Firouzeh Javadi;Yusuke Onoda;Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

  • PAPER Mechanisms underlying global temperature-related patterns in leaf longevity

    Kihachiro Kikuzawa;Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich

Frequent Co-Authors

Kouki Hikosaka
Kouki Hikosaka Tohoku University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Niels P. R. Anten
Niels P. R. Anten Wageningen University & Research
Tadaki Hirose
Tadaki Hirose Tohoku University
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia Hasselt University
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Steven Jansen
Steven Jansen University of Ulm
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba

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