Class information for:
Level 2: JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
309 18464 44.8 50%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
3 4 PLANT SCIENCES//AGRONOMY//FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1882812
15 3       ECOLOGY//FORESTRY//BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 124126
309 2             JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 18464
3844 1                   JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//GRAZING INTENSITY//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 1897
5465 1                   BROMUS TECTORUM//CHEATGRASS//ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 1620
6659 1                   BUSH ENCROACHMENT//SAVANNA//SHRUB ENCROACHMENT 1458
8137 1                   FACILITATION//STRESS GRADIENT HYPOTHESIS//NURSE PLANT 1288
8142 1                   JORNADA BASIN LONG TERM ECOL PROGRAM//PRECIPITATION MANIPULATION//RAINOUT SHELTER 1287
9212 1                   PASTORALISM//PASTORALISTS//MAASAI 1177
9232 1                   NUTRIENT HETEROGENEITY//ROOT PROLIFERATION//ROOT FORAGING 1175
9667 1                   BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS//BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST//MICROBIOTIC CRUST 1132
10131 1                   DESERTIFICATION//LAND DEGRADATION//AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION 1089
15953 1                   VEGETATION PATTERN//TIGER BUSH//FAIRY CIRCLES 682
16724 1                   JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS//WESTERN JUNIPER//RANGE HYDROLOGY 639
17594 1                   DESERT VEGETATION//DENDROCHRONOL PLANT ECOL//HERBARIUM KSU 591
18333 1                   HYDRAULIC LIFT//HYDRAULIC REDISTRIBUTION//WATER SOURCES 556
18543 1                   PROSOPIS//PROSOPIS PALLIDA//MESQUITE PODS 547
18683 1                   AIZOACEAE//SUCCULENT KAROO//RUSCHIOIDEAE 540
21235 1                   OFF STREAM WATER//RIPARIAN GRAZING//POND AND PLUG 427
21775 1                   ROBEL POLE//RISING PLATE METER//PSEUDOTURNOVER 406
23834 1                   DEHESA//MONTADO//ECOGESFOR 333
23887 1                   CALDENAL//FESTUCA PALLESCENS//PROSOPIS CALDENIA 331
24821 1                   HERDER COMMUNITIES//GRASSLAND DEGRADATION//GRASSLAND POLICY 300
26354 1                   GRAZING FEES//PUBLIC LAND GRAZING//ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM 256
26647 1                   BUFFELGRASS//CENCHRUS CILIARIS//PENNISETUM CILIARE 249
27706 1                   GRASSLAND BIOME//BRAUN BLANQUET//BRAUN BLANQUET CLASSIFICATION 223
30548 1                   CLIFFORTIA L//AUDOUINIA//GREAT ESCARPMENT 167
35623 1                   DRYLAND AGR LAND USE SYST//ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS A CUNN EX BENTH//AGGREGATED KNOWLEDGE 94

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT journal 671025 6% 38% 1071
2 JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS journal 475217 6% 26% 1124
3 RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT journal 436532 3% 54% 492
4 ECOLOGY WoSSC 393003 52% 3% 9548
5 DESERTIFICATION authKW 319503 2% 49% 399
6 RANGELAND authKW 211794 2% 38% 337
7 FACILITATION authKW 194515 3% 23% 524
8 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS authKW 173866 1% 79% 133
9 BROMUS TECTORUM authKW 150641 1% 62% 148
10 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST authKW 143841 1% 78% 112

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Ecology 393003 52% 3% 9548
2 Forestry 49073 9% 2% 1725
3 Environmental Sciences 40745 24% 1% 4378
4 Plant Sciences 38054 21% 1% 3864
5 Soil Science 28802 8% 1% 1426
6 Biodiversity Conservation 20720 5% 1% 992
7 Agronomy 7008 6% 1% 1063
8 Water Resources 4214 5% 0% 864
9 Geography, Physical 3594 3% 1% 481
10 Environmental Studies 2697 2% 0% 454

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 EASTERN OREGON AGR 102021 1% 47% 133
2 RANGELAND ECOL MANAGEMENT 65957 1% 40% 101
3 SH OTOU DESERT EXPT STN 62570 0% 45% 84
4 HIGH PLAINS GRASSLANDS STN 50655 0% 57% 54
5 RANGELAND OURCES 42067 0% 36% 70
6 RANGELAND ECOSYST SCI 41930 0% 46% 55
7 AREA BIO ERSIDAD CONSERVAC 31667 0% 21% 91
8 RANGELAND OURCES UNIT 31619 0% 36% 54
9 BOT 31482 6% 2% 1137
10 JORNADA EXPT RANGE 29737 0% 32% 57

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT 671025 6% 38% 1071
2 JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 475217 6% 26% 1124
3 RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 436532 3% 54% 492
4 JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE 98347 2% 15% 396
5 PLANT ECOLOGY 67256 2% 12% 337
6 RANGELAND JOURNAL 61356 1% 26% 142
7 ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 57174 1% 28% 125
8 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE 50130 0% 39% 77
9 JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 48334 2% 9% 327
10 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 43652 2% 10% 279

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 DESERTIFICATION 319503 2% 49% 399 Search DESERTIFICATION Search DESERTIFICATION
2 RANGELAND 211794 2% 38% 337 Search RANGELAND Search RANGELAND
3 FACILITATION 194515 3% 23% 524 Search FACILITATION Search FACILITATION
4 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS 173866 1% 79% 133 Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS
5 BROMUS TECTORUM 150641 1% 62% 148 Search BROMUS+TECTORUM Search BROMUS+TECTORUM
6 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST 143841 1% 78% 112 Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUST Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUST
7 SAVANNA 129500 2% 24% 328 Search SAVANNA Search SAVANNA
8 CHEATGRASS 124729 1% 67% 113 Search CHEATGRASS Search CHEATGRASS
9 LAND DEGRADATION 122011 1% 32% 228 Search LAND+DEGRADATION Search LAND+DEGRADATION
10 BUSH ENCROACHMENT 116305 0% 78% 90 Search BUSH+ENCROACHMENT Search BUSH+ENCROACHMENT

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 BROOKER, RW , MAESTRE, FT , CALLAWAY, RM , LORTIE, CL , CAVIERES, LA , KUNSTLER, G , LIANCOURT, P , TIELBORGER, K , TRAVIS, JMJ , ANTHELME, F , ET AL (2008) FACILITATION IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. VOL. 96. ISSUE 1. P. 18 -34 88 64% 584
2 SCHOLES, RJ , ARCHER, SR , (1997) TREE-GRASS INTERACTIONS IN SAVANNAS.ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS. VOL. 28. ISSUE . P. 517-544 93 71% 1144
3 SOLIVERES, S , SMIT, C , MAESTRE, FT , (2015) MOVING FORWARD ON FACILITATION RESEARCH: RESPONSE TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS AND EFFECTS ON THE DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONING AND EVOLUTION OF PLANT COMMUNITIES.BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 90. ISSUE 1. P. 297 -313 92 67% 23
4 HARDEGREE, SP , JONES, TA , ROUNDY, BA , SHAW, NL , MONACO, TA , (2016) ASSESSMENT OF RANGE PLANTING AS A CONSERVATION PRACTICE.RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT. VOL. 69. ISSUE 4. P. 237 -247 133 55% 0
5 CIPRIOTTI, PA , AGUIAR, MR , (2015) IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN COMPETITION AND FACILITATION A DRIVER OF THE PATCH DYNAMICS IN ARID VEGETATION MOSAICS?.OIKOS. VOL. 124. ISSUE 2. P. 139 -149 83 87% 1
6 DAVIES, KW , BOYD, CS , BECK, JL , BATES, JD , SVEJCAR, TJ , GREGG, MA , (2011) SAVING THE SAGEBRUSH SEA: AN ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION PLAN FOR BIG SAGEBRUSH PLANT COMMUNITIES.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. VOL. 144. ISSUE 11. P. 2573 -2584 89 68% 92
7 MAESTRE, FT , CALLAWAY, RM , VALLADARES, F , LORTIE, CJ , (2009) REFINING THE STRESS-GRADIENT HYPOTHESIS FOR COMPETITION AND FACILITATION IN PLANT COMMUNITIES.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. VOL. 97. ISSUE 2. P. 199 -205 56 86% 342
8 WARD, D , WIEGAND, K , GETZIN, S , (2013) WALTER'S TWO-LAYER HYPOTHESIS REVISITED: BACK TO THE ROOTS!.OECOLOGIA. VOL. 172. ISSUE 3. P. 617 -630 77 82% 30
9 SYNODINOS, AD , TIETJEN, B , JELTSCH, F , (2015) FACILITATION IN DRYLANDS: MODELING A NEGLECTED DRIVER OF SAVANNA DYNAMICS.ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. VOL. 304. ISSUE . P. 11 -21 75 93% 1
10 TEAGUE, R , PROVENZA, F , KREUTER, U , STEFFENS, T , BARNES, M , (2013) MULTI-PADDOCK GRAZING ON RANGELANDS: WHY THE PERCEPTUAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN RESEARCH RESULTS AND RANCHER EXPERIENCE?.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. VOL. 128. ISSUE . P. 699 -717 86 75% 22

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 859 SYNTAXONOMY//PHYTOSOCIOLOGY//JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
2 1055 BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS//MYCOHERBICIDE//INVASIVE PLANTS
3 3294 SAND BURIAL//RHODORA//AMMOPHILA ARENARIA
4 867 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE//WILDFIRE//FIRE
5 661 ECOLOGY//SPECIES RICHNESS//MACROECOLOGY
6 785 SEED DISPERSAL//FRUGIVORY//JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY
7 1007 REMOTE SENSING//REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT//IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY
8 641 CERVUS ELAPHUS//UNGULATES//WHITE TAILED DEER
9 1551 FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY//DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY//DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY
10 80 SOIL SCIENCE//SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY//SOIL RESPIRATION

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