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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2017

Invasion by the Alien Tree

Raf Aerts, Michael Ewald, Manuel Nicolas, Jérôme Piat, Sandra Skowronek, Jonathan Lenoir, Tarek Hattab, Carol X Garzón-López, Hannes Feilhauer, Sebastian Schmidtlein and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non-native forests.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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  2. Flower Extracts of the Invasive SpeciesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 11 institutions in 5 countries.

Raf AertsEcology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, KU LeuvenLeuven, Belgium; Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, KU LeuvenLeuven, Belgium.
Michael EwaldInstitut für Geographie und Geoökologie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Karlsruhe, Germany.
Manuel NicolasOffice National des Forêts, Fontainebleau and Compiègne France.
Jérôme PiatOffice National des Forêts, Fontainebleau and Compiègne France.
Sandra SkowronekGeography, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, Germany.
Jonathan LenoirEcologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne Amiens, France.
Tarek HattabEcologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne Amiens, France.
Carol X Garzón-LópezEcologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne Amiens, France.
Hannes FeilhauerGeography, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, Germany.
Sebastian SchmidtleinInstitut für Geographie und Geoökologie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Karlsruhe, Germany.
Duccio RocchiniDepartment of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre (CRI) - Edmund Mach Foundation Trento, Italy.
Guillaume DecocqEcologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne Amiens, France.
Ben SomersDivision Forest, Nature and Landscape, KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium.
Ruben Van De KerchoveUnit Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes, VITO NV Mol, Belgium.
Karolien DenefCentral Instrument Facility, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Olivier HonnayEcology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEOffice National des Forêts · FRUniversité de Picardie Jules Verne · FRColorado State University · USEvolutionary Genomics (United States) · USFlemish Institute for Technological Research · BEFondazione Edmund Mach · ITKU Leuven · BEResearch Institute for Nature and Forest · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alien invasive species can affect large areas, often with wide-ranging impacts on ecosystem structure, function, and services.

Indexed as

American black cherrybiogeochemical cyclesbiological invasioncanopy foliar nutrientsexotic speciesheterotrophic respirationinvasive specieslitter

Identifiers

PMID28261238
PMCPMC5307375
OpenAlexW2586131651

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