David Albert Wardle - Selected Publications#

Fanin, N., Kardol, P., Farrell, M., Kempel, A., Ciobanu, M., Nilsson, M.-C., Gundale, M. J. and Wardle, D. A. (2019) Effects of plant functional group removal on structure and function of soil communities across contrasting ecosystems. Ecology Letters 22: 1095-1103.

Frost, C. M., Allen, W. J., Courchamp, F., Jeschke, J. M., Saul, W. C. and Wardle, D. A. (2019) Using network theory to understand and predict biological invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33: 831-843.

Kardol, P., Fanin, N. and Wardle, D. A. (2018) Long term impacts of species loss on community properties across contrasting ecosystems. Nature 557: 710-713.

Fanin, N., Gundale, M. J., Farrell, M., Ciobanu, M., Baldock, J. A., Nilsson, M.-C., Kardol, P. and Wardle, D. A. (2018) Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 269-278.

Laliberté, E., Kardol, P., Didham, R. K., Teste, F. P., Turner, B. L. and Wardle, D. A. (2017) Soil fertility shapes belowground food webs across a regional climate gradient. Ecology Letters 20: 1273-1284.

Mayor, J. R., Sanders, N. J., Classen, A. T., Bardgett, R. D., Clément, J. J., Fajardo, A., Lavorel, S., Sundqvist, M. K., Bahn, M., Chisholm, C., Cieraad, E., Gedalof, Z., Grigulis, K., Kudo, G., Oberski, D. and Wardle, D. A. (2017) Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally. Nature 542: 91-97.

Teste, F. P., Kardol, P., Turner, B. L., Wardle, D. A., Zemunik, G., Renton, M. and Laliberté, E. (2017) Plant-soil biota feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands. Science 355: 173-176.

Asplund, J and Wardle, D. A. (2017) How lichens impact on terrestrial community and ecosystem properties. Biological Reviews 92: 1720-1738.

Wardle, D. A. (2016) Do experiments exploring plant diversity – ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems? Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 646-653.

Siefert, A., Violle, C., Chalmandrier, L., Albert, C. H., .........Sykes, M. T., Vandewalle, M. and Wardle, D. A. (2015) A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. Ecology Letters 18: 1406-1419.

Measures of impact:

Google Scholar: Total citations = 67297, H-index = 107, 11 papers each cited >1000 times
Web of Science: Total citations = 44094, H-index = 87, 8 papers each cited >1000 times

Identified as a Clarivate 'Highly Cited' scientist in the Ecology and Environment area in every highly cited scientist list released from 2006 to the present.

Identified in Essential Science Indicators as amongst the world's 20 most cited scientists in the Ecology and Environment area from 2007 to present; currently 6th when names are disambiguated.

Author of around 30 peer reviewed papers (such as research and review articles) in Science and Nature, the majority as first or last author.

Author of two books on aboveground-belowground linkages, in the prestigious Princeton University Press 'Monographs in Population Biology' series and the Oxford University Press 'Series in Ecology and Evolution'.