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Yvonne M. Buckley

Yvonne M. Buckley

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Ecology and Evolution
Ireland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
16998
World Ranking
2047
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Yvonne M. Buckley is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and specializes in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science. The main topics addressed in their work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Their recent publications cover a range of ecological and environmental topics. Representative papers include:

  • Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time (2020, Ecology)
  • Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Climatic and evolutionary contexts are required to infer plant life history strategies from functional traits at a global scale (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • Low concentrations of fertilizer and herbicide alter plant growth and interactions with flower-visiting insects (2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ian Donohue
  • Eric W. Seabloom
  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Jane A. Catford
  • Joslin L. Moore

Yvonne M. Buckley has published in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Recognition of their contributions includes being elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

    A. Guisan;R. Tingley;J. B. Baumgartner;I. Naujokaitis-Lewis

  • Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Daniel S. Gruner;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

    James B. Grace;T. Michael Anderson;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Refined global analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 to identify species level genetic boundaries.

    A. Dinsdale;A. Dinsdale;L. Cook;C. Riginos;Y. M. Buckley

  • Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness

    Peter B. Adler;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

    Philip A. Fay;Suzanne M. Prober;W. Stanley Harpole;Johannes M. H. Knops

  • Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

    Yann Hautier;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Peter B. Adler

  • Fast-slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide.

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;Eelke Jongejans;Simon P. Blomberg

  • The compadre Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;C. Ruth Archer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • Animal life history is shaped by the pace of life and the distribution of age-specific mortality and reproduction

    Kevin Healy;Kevin Healy;Kevin Healy;Thomas H. G. Ezard;Owen R. Jones;Roberto Salguero-Gómez

  • Offspring size plasticity in response to intraspecific competition: an adaptive maternal effect across life-history stages.

    Richard M. Allen;Yvonne M. Buckley;Dustin J. Marshall

  • African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season

    Wilfred O. Odadi;Moses K. Karachi;Shaukat A. Abdulrazak;Truman P. Young

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions

    Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley;Sandra Anderson;Carla P. Catterall;Richard T. Corlett

  • COMADRE: a global data base of animal demography

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;C. Ruth Archer;Christoph Bein

  • Managing the impact of invasive species: the value of knowing the density-impact curve.

    Hiroyuki Yokomizo;Hiroyuki Yokomizo;Hugh P. Possingham;Matthew B. Thomas;Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • General rules for managing and surveying networks of pests, diseases, and endangered species

    Iadine Chadès;Tara G. Martin;Samuel Nicol;Mark A. Burgman

  • Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Disturbance, invasion and re‐invasion: managing the weed‐shaped hole in disturbed ecosystems

    Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley;Benjamin M. Bolker;Mark Rees

  • Review of approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control agents

    Louise Morin;Louise Morin;Adele M Reid;Adele M Reid;N. M Sims-Chilton;N. M Sims-Chilton;N. M Sims-Chilton;Y. M Buckley;Y. M Buckley;Y. M Buckley

  • Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

    James B. Grace;T. Michael Andersen;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer Firn
Jennifer Firn Queensland University of Technology
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
W. Stanley Harpole
W. Stanley Harpole Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Suzanne M. Prober
Suzanne M. Prober Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Yann Hautier
Yann Hautier Utrecht University
Nicole Hagenah
Nicole Hagenah University of Pretoria
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Peter B. Adler
Peter B. Adler Utah State University

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