Daniel Prati

17.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
116 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel Prati is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Prati has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 50 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Daniel Prati's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (80 papers), Plant and animal studies (48 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (24 papers). Daniel Prati is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (80 papers), Plant and animal studies (48 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (24 papers). Daniel Prati collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Daniel Prati's co-authors include Markus Fischer, Oliver Bossdorf, Harald Auge, Steffen Boch, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Stephanie A. Socher, Peter Stoll, Bernhard Schmid, Jörg Müller and William E. Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Prati

114 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Phenotypic and genetic differentiation between native and introduced plant populations

2005 823 citations Daniel Prati et al. profile →
Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

2019 817 citations Sebastian Seibold, Martin M. Goßner et al. profile →
Choosing and using diversity indices: insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories

2014 747 citations Markus Fischer, Daniel Prati et al. profile →
Invasive Plant Suppresses the Growth of Native Tree Seedlings by Disrupting Belowground Mutualisms

2006 632 citations Daniel Prati et al. profile →
Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

2010 614 citations Markus Fischer, Falk Hänsel et al. profile →
NOVEL WEAPONS: INVASIVE PLANT SUPPRESSES FUNGAL MUTUALISTS IN AMERICA BUT NOT IN ITS NATIVE EUROPE

2008 432 citations Daniel Prati et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Daniel Prati	4.2k	4.0k	3.8k	2.4k	1.7k	116	9.0k
Jennifer A. Schweitzer	3.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	956 0.6×	105	7.5k
Urs Schaffner	3.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	156	8.2k
Evan Siemann	6.1k 1.4×	4.9k 1.2×	4.1k 1.1×	4.1k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	191	11.9k
Joseph K. Bailey	3.5k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	119	7.6k
Catherine A. Gehring	3.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	4.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	134	7.9k
Richard F. Pywell	4.4k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	3.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.8×	220	10.4k
Mark D. Hunter	2.9k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.9×	153	8.9k
Tadashi Fukami	3.5k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	4.0k 1.6×	1.6k 0.9×	109	10.9k
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes	3.3k 0.8×	7.0k 1.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	3.4k 2.0×	437	10.9k
Susan E. Hartley	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 0.8×	6.1k 1.6×	2.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.8×	196	11.6k

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Hölzel, Norbert, Martin Freitag, Valentin H. Klaus, et al.. (2025). Impact of land-use intensity, productivity, and aboveground richness on seed rain in temperate grasslands. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 389. 109690–109690. 2 indexed citations

Bazzichetto, Manuele, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Caterina Penone, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity promotes resistance but dominant species shape recovery of grasslands under extreme drought. Journal of Ecology. 112(5). 1087–1100. 19 indexed citations

Andraczek, Karl, Laura E. Dee, Alexandra Weigelt, et al.. (2024). Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 112(10). 2359–2373. 3 indexed citations

Andraczek, Karl, et al.. (2023). Relationships between species richness and biomass production are context dependent in grasslands differing in land-use and seed addition. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19663–19663. 5 indexed citations

Neff, Felix, Daniel Prati, Rafael Achury, et al.. (2023). Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics. Ecological Monographs. 93(2). 7 indexed citations

Schöning, Ingo, Beate Michalzik, Valentin H. Klaus, et al.. (2022). Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 124(1). 101–116. 9 indexed citations

Schöning, Ingo, Valentin H. Klaus, Beate Michalzik, et al.. (2022). Direct and plant community mediated effects of management intensity on annual nutrient leaching risk in temperate grasslands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 123(3). 83–104. 9 indexed citations

Neff, Felix, Martin Brändle, Didem Ambarlı, et al.. (2021). Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests. Science Advances. 7(20). 36 indexed citations

Leimer, Sophia, Doreen Berner, Klaus Birkhofer, et al.. (2021). Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany. Ecohydrology. 14(6). 12 indexed citations

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Boch, Steffen, Hugo Sáiz, Eric Allan, et al.. (2021). Direct and Indirect Effects of Management Intensity and Environmental Factors on the Functional Diversity of Lichens in Central European Forests. Microorganisms. 9(2). 463–463. 8 indexed citations

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Freitag, Martin, Valentin H. Klaus, Ralph Bolliger, et al.. (2021). Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: Assessing the limiting factors along land‐use gradients. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(8). 1681–1692. 25 indexed citations

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Kempel, Anne, Vincent Homburg, Daniel Prati, & Markus Fischer. (2020). Context dependency of biotic interactions and its relation to plant rarity. Diversity and Distributions. 26(6). 758–768. 9 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Deborah, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, et al.. (2019). Recovery of ecosystem functions after experimental disturbance in 73 grasslands differing in land‐use intensity, plant species richness and community composition. Journal of Ecology. 107(6). 2635–2649. 23 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Deborah, Daniel Prati, Peter Schall, Christian Ammer, & Markus Fischer. (2019). Exclusion of large herbivores affects understorey shrub vegetation more than herb vegetation across 147 forest sites in three German regions. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0218741–e0218741. 13 indexed citations

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Müller, Jörg, Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, et al.. (2018). Effects of forest management on bryophyte species richness in Central European forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 432. 850–859. 45 indexed citations

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Prati, Daniel, Markus Peintinger, & Markus Fischer. (2016). Genetic composition, genetic diversity and small-scale environmental variation matter for the experimental reintroduction of a rare plant. Journal of Plant Ecology. 9(6). 805–813. 11 indexed citations

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Klaus, Valentin H., Deborah Schäfer, Till Kleinebecker, et al.. (2016). Enriching plant diversity in grasslands by large-scale experimental sward disturbance and seed addition along gradients of land-use intensity. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw062–rtw062. 30 indexed citations

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Boch, Steffen, Markus Fischer, & Daniel Prati. (2015). To eat or not to eat—relationship of lichen herbivory by snails with secondary compounds and field frequency of lichens. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtv005–rtv005. 11 indexed citations

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Müller, Jörg, Johannes Heinze, Jasmin Joshi, et al.. (2013). Influence of experimental soil disturbances on the diversity of plants in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Plant Ecology. 7(6). 509–517. 22 indexed citations

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Boch, Steffen, et al.. (2011). Lichen Endozoochory by Snails. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18770–e18770. 50 indexed citations

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