Simon Pierce

Simon Pierce

Università degli Studi di Milano

H-index: 37

Europe-Italy

About Simon Pierce

Simon Pierce, With an exceptional h-index of 37 and a recent h-index of 29 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Università degli Studi di Milano, specializes in the field of Evolutionary Ecology, Functional Traits, Coexistence, Biodiversity Conservation, Seed Germination.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Best practices, errors, and perspectives of half a century of plant translocation in Italy.

Linking plant nitrogen use efficiency with single traits, ecological strategies and phylogeny in a temperate steppe

Relative contributions of taxonomic and functional diversity to the assembly of plant communities hosting endemic Dianthus species in a mountain steppe

Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally

Stage dependence of Elton’s biotic resistance hypothesis of biological invasion

Life’s mechanism

Glomalin mediation of plant functional traits unveiled in an extreme ecosystem

Plants used by humans have characteristics that exacerbate invasions worldwide

Simon Pierce Information

University

Position

Lecturer in Agricultural Botany and Plant Ecology

Citations(all)

7983

Citations(since 2020)

5710

Cited By

4220

hIndex(all)

37

hIndex(since 2020)

29

i10Index(all)

62

i10Index(since 2020)

54

Email

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Simon Pierce Skills & Research Interests

Evolutionary Ecology

Functional Traits

Coexistence

Biodiversity Conservation

Seed Germination

Top articles of Simon Pierce

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Best practices, errors, and perspectives of half a century of plant translocation in Italy.

Conservation Biology

Bruno Foggi

2024/3/28

Linking plant nitrogen use efficiency with single traits, ecological strategies and phylogeny in a temperate steppe

Plant and Soil

Cong Ding

Simon Pierce

Guo-Jiao Yang

Yan-Yu Hu

Zhi-Wei Zhang

...

2024/3/5

Relative contributions of taxonomic and functional diversity to the assembly of plant communities hosting endemic Dianthus species in a mountain steppe

Scientific Reports

Maryam Behroozian

Simon Pierce

Hamid Ejtehad

Farshid Memariani

Fahime Rafiee

...

2024/3/5

Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally

Nature communications

Kun Guo

Petr Pyšek

Mark van Kleunen

Nicole L Kinlock

Magdalena Lučanová

...

2024/2/13

Stage dependence of Elton’s biotic resistance hypothesis of biological invasion

Wen-Yong Guo

Kun Guo

Petr Pyšek

Milan Chytry

Jan Divíšek

...

2024/4/26

Life’s mechanism

Simon Pierce

2023/8/15

Glomalin mediation of plant functional traits unveiled in an extreme ecosystem

Flora

Carla Rago

Daniel Negreiros

Yumi Oki

Dario C Paiva

Vanessa M Gomes

...

2023/8/1

Plants used by humans have characteristics that exacerbate invasions worldwide

Wen-Yong Guo

Kun Guo

Petr Pyšek

Mark van Kleunen

Nicole Kinlock

...

2023/7/26

Quantifying the extent of plant functional specialization using Grime’s CSR strategies

Ecological Indicators

Carlo Ricotta

Michele Dalle Fratte

Simon Pierce

Marta Carboni

Bruno EL Cerabolini

...

2023/4/1

Perspectives on the scientific legacy of J. Philip Grime

Jason D Fridley

Xiaojuan Liu

Natalia Pérez‐Harguindeguy

F Stuart Chapin III

Mick Crawley

...

2023/9

The leaf anatomical trade-offs associated with plant ecological strategy variation

Plant Ecology

Simon Pierce

Dario Maffi

Franco Faoro

Bruno EL Cerabolini

Alberto Spada

2022/12

Ruderals naturalize, competitors invade: Varying roles of plant adaptive strategies along the invasion continuum

Functional Ecology

Kun Guo

Petr Pyšek

Milan Chytrý

Jan Divíšek

Zdeňka Lososová

...

2022/10

Inter-population variability in seed germination, reproductive ecology and genetic structure of a rare chasmophyte (Campanula raineri, Campanulaceae): insights for conservation …

S Villa

G Magoga

M Iannella

M Di Musciano

M Montagna

...

2022/9/8

Endemism in recently diverged angiosperms is associated with polyploidy

Plant Ecology

Sara Villa

Matteo Montagna

Simon Pierce

2022/4

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

Scientific Data

Sandra Díaz

Jens Kattge

Johannes HC Cornelissen

Ian J Wright

Sandra Lavorel

...

2022/12/7

Germination response across populations of the stenoendemic chasmophyte Campanula raineri (Campanulaceae)

Flora Mediterranea

S Villa

RM Ceriani

BEL Cerabolini

S Pierce

2021

Role of environmental filtering and functional traits for species coexistence in a harsh tropical montane ecosystem

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Lucas BS Tameirão

Dario Caminha-Paiva

Daniel Negreiros

Maria Das Dores M Veloso

Ricardo LL Berbara

...

2021/6/1

Plant secondary metabolite diversity reflects both phylogeny and ecological adaptation

bioRxiv

Simon Pierce

Wen-Yong Guo

Bruno EL Cerabolini

Daniel Negreiros

Franco Faoro

...

2021/10/28

Seed germination protocols for EU Habitats Directive species from northern Italy

Flora Mediterranea

Simon Pierce

Jessica Bellingardi

Sara Villa

Andrea Ferrario

Stefano Armiraglio

...

2021

The association of leaf sulfur content with the leaf economics spectrum and plant adaptive strategies

Functional Plant Biology

Michele Dalle Fratte

Simon Pierce

Magda Zanzottera

Bruno EL Cerabolini

2021/5/25

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