David Tilman

University of Minnesota — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

179h-index201.3kcitations464works33.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(213), Plant and animal studies(133), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(59), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(40), Species Distribution and Climate Change(37)

Publications463 total

Crop rotations synergize yield, nutrition, and revenue: a meta-analysis
Nature Communications·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement
2025Open Access
Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement
2025Open Access
Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement
2025Open Access
Multiple mechanisms are required to predict grass community composition
2025Open Access
Short time series obscure compensatory dynamics in ecological communities
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 3 cited
Unifying spatial scaling laws of biodiversity and ecosystem stability
Science·2025· 24 cited
Consumers Modulate Effects of Plant Diversity on Community Stability
Ecology Letters·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Reflections on the Global Biodiversity Framework: Achievements, gaps, and future priorities
One Earth·2024· 1 cited
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture
Science·2024· 323 citedOpen Access
No general support for functional diversity enhancing resilience across terrestrial plant communities
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Crop diversity benefits increase with nation size
Nature Food·2024· 2 cited
Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
Nature Communications·2024· 61 citedOpen Access
Trade-offs between deer herbivory and nitrogen competition alter grassland forb composition
Oecologia·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Managing nitrogen in maize production for societal gain
PNAS Nexus·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Higher plant colonisation and lower resident diversity in grasslands more recently abandoned from agriculture
Journal of Ecology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Higher plant colonisation and lower resident diversity in grasslands more recently abandoned from agriculture"
2023
Plant chemical traits define functional and phylogenetic axes of plant biodiversity
Ecology Letters·2023· 32 citedOpen Access
Multidecadal dynamics project slow 21st-century economic growth and income convergence
Communications Earth & Environment·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Reply to Muzzioli et al.: Communicating nutrition and environmental information to food system stakeholders
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jason Hill(6), Peter B. Reich(6), Stephen Polasky(5), Michel Loreau(5), Michael Clark(4), Johannes M. H. Knops(4), Clarence Lehman(4), Johan Rockström(3), David U. Hooper(3), Gretchen C. Daily(3), Andy Hector(3), Bernhard Schmid(3), Joseph Fargione(3), David A. Wedin(3), Forest Isbell(3), Walter C. Willett(2), Brent Loken(2), Marco Springmann(2), Sonja Vermeulen(2), Fabrice DeClerck(2)