Lourens Poorter
Top Publications New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013) – 4,342 citations Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis (2009) – 2,982 citations TRY – a global database of plant traits (2011) – 2,714 citations Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests (2016) – 1,234 citations ... <a title="Lourens Poorter" class="read-more" href="https://journalsworld.com/researchers/lourens-poorter/" aria-label="Read more about Lourens Poorter">Read more</a>
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Top Publications
- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013) - 4,342 citations
- Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis (2009) - 2,982 citations
- TRY – a global database of plant traits (2011) - 2,714 citations
- Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests (2016) - 1,234 citations
- Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink (2015) - 1,229 citations
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- Full name
- Lourens Poorter
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-1391-4875
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5049558715
Research interests
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
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Most-cited linked publications
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- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2013 · Australian Journal of Botany4,342OpenAlex citations
- Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis ↗2009 · New Phytologist2,982OpenAlex citations
- TRY – a global database of plant traits ↗2011 · Global Change Biology2,714OpenAlex citations
- 1,234OpenAlex citations
- Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink ↗2015 · Nature1,229OpenAlex citations
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- New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide ↗2013 · Australian Journal of Botany
- Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis ↗2009 · New Phytologist
- TRY – a global database of plant traits ↗2011 · Global Change Biology
- Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink ↗2015 · Nature
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