Kimberly J. Komatsu
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Kimberly J. Komatsu works in Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Rangeland and Wildlife Management. Recorded institutional associations include University of North Carolina at Greensboro, National Agricultural Library, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
2019 · 2,089 citationsExpert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people
2022 · 291 citationsGlobal change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed
2019 · 246 citationsGeneral destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales
2020 · 177 citationsIncreasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time
2020 · 160 citationsA comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves
2019 · 151 citationsClarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference
2023 · 129 citationsNegative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide
2021 · 113 citationsMass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change
2019 · 92 citationsNutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory
2020 · 89 citationsNutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands
2021 · 74 citationsLinking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment
2022 · 67 citationsMore Than a Functional Group: Diversity within the Legume–Rhizobia Mutualism and Its Relationship with Ecosystem Function
2020 · 66 citationsPlant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
2023 · 64 citationsDeterminants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change
2021 · 55 citationsThe Potential of Bison Restoration as an Ecological Approach to Future Tribal Food Sovereignty on the Northern Great Plains
2022 · 54 citationsNutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands
2021 · 44 citationsNutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss
2022 · 43 citationsOpposing community assembly patterns for dominant and nondominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally
2021 · 40 citationsGlobal impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
2025 · 40 citationsExtensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across N orth A merica
2023 · 33 citationsEffects of nutrient supply, herbivory, and host community on fungal endophyte diversity
2019 · 30 citationsPriorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
2023 · 28 citationsGlobally consistent response of plant microbiome diversity across hosts and continents to soil nutrients and herbivores
2023 · 28 citationsGrand challenges in biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research in the era of science–policy platforms require explicit consideration of feedbacks
2021 · 26 citations