Dirk Hölscher

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Dirk Hölscher is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Hölscher has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 61 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Dirk Hölscher's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (64 papers), Forest ecology and management (40 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Dirk Hölscher is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (64 papers), Forest ecology and management (40 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Dirk Hölscher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Indonesia and China. Dirk Hölscher's co-authors include Bernd Schneider, Christoph Leuschner, Luitgard Schwendenmann, Dietrich Hertel, Michael Köhler, Alexander Röll, Hendrayanto Hendrayanto, Norbert Kunert, H. Fölster and Teja Tscharntke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Hölscher

180 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes - a review

2011 554 citations Teja Tscharntke, Dirk Hölscher et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Hölscher Germany	41	2.5k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	896	185	5.9k
Stephen A. Prior United States	37	1.5k 0.6×	3.8k 2.3×	408 0.3×	673 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	192	6.2k
H. H. Rogers United States	44	2.6k 1.0×	4.6k 2.8×	335 0.2×	463 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	135	6.0k
Tracy Lawson United Kingdom	61	3.2k 1.3×	9.4k 5.6×	513 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	715 0.8×	188	13.2k
Arnold J. Bloom United States	40	2.3k 0.9×	7.0k 4.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	95	10.1k
Alistair Rogers United States	41	5.0k 2.0×	7.6k 4.5×	647 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	3.2k 3.6×	93	9.8k
Otmar Urban Czechia	34	1.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.7×	424 0.3×	776 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	170	4.6k
K. Raja Reddy United States	62	1.5k 0.6×	8.9k 5.3×	363 0.3×	2.5k 2.2×	742 0.8×	385	14.7k
Andrew D. B. Leakey United States	44	3.5k 1.4×	6.8k 4.0×	381 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.5×	100	9.0k
M. M. Chaves Portugal	60	7.3k 2.9×	15.7k 9.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	144	19.4k
Jie Song China	53	1.6k 0.7×	4.3k 2.6×	284 0.2×	896 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	260	8.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hölscher, Dirk, et al.. (2025). Drivers of Forest Structural Complexity in Mountain Forests of Nepal. Mountain Research and Development. 45(1). 2 indexed citations

Han, Yu, et al.. (2025). Leaf area prediction in two Quercus species: Validation of the Montgomery equation under bilateral asymmetry. Trees. 39(6).

Hölscher, Dirk, et al.. (2025). Variation in vegetation structural complexity explains evapotranspiration in a tropical dryland ecotone. Ecological Indicators. 181. 114433–114433.

Camarretta, Nicolò, Martin Ehbrecht, Michael Schlund, et al.. (2024). Comparing airborne and terrestrial LiDAR with ground-based inventory metrics of vegetation structural complexity in oil palm agroforests. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112306–112306. 2 indexed citations

Kara, Peter A., Dirk Hölscher, John Mantas, et al.. (2024). Human-Centric Digitization in Montenegro: Progress through 17 Years of National Independence and Future Trends. Electronics. 13(13). 2460–2460.

Xu, Qingwei, Yajun Zhou, Xuyang Sun, et al.. (2024). Scaling relationships between the total number of leaves and the total leaf area per culm of two dwarf bamboo species. Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e70002–e70002. 9 indexed citations

Paterno, Gustavo B., Fabian Brambach, Nathaly R. Guerrero‐Ramírez, et al.. (2024). Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes. Science. 386(6723). 795–802. 8 indexed citations

Attarod, Pedram, et al.. (2023). Spatial variability of throughfall in heavily fogged old-growth Fagus orientalis forests is controlled by fog precipitation and stand structural characteristics. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 23(3). 457–468. 2 indexed citations

Wurz, Annemarie, Kristina Osen, Ingo Graß, et al.. (2023). Complementary ecosystem services from multiple land uses highlight the importance of tropical mosaic landscapes. AMBIO. 52(10). 1558–1574. 7 indexed citations

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Röll, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Complex canopy structures control tree transpiration: A study based on 3D modelling in a tropical rainforest. Hydrological Processes. 37(12). 1 indexed citations

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Ellsäßer, Florian, et al.. (2023). UAV-based thermography reveals spatial and temporal variability of evapotranspiration from a tropical rainforest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 6 indexed citations

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Kreft, Holger, Johannes Ballauff, Dirk Berkelmann, et al.. (2023). Landscape heterogeneity and soil biota are central to multi-taxa diversity for oil palm landscape restoration. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 8 indexed citations

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Osen, Kristina, et al.. (2022). Support trees in vanilla agroforests of Madagascar: diversity, composition and origin. Agroforestry Systems. 96(4). 717–730. 2 indexed citations

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Osen, Kristina, et al.. (2021). Land‐use history determines stand structure and tree diversity in vanilla agroforests of northeastern Madagascar. Applied Vegetation Science. 24(1). 26 indexed citations

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Martin, Dominic A., Kristina Osen, Ingo Graß, et al.. (2020). Land‐use history determines ecosystem services and conservation value in tropical agroforestry. Conservation Letters. 13(5). 92 indexed citations

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Martin, Dominic A., Annemarie Wurz, Kristina Osen, et al.. (2020). Shade-Tree Rehabilitation in Vanilla Agroforests is Yield Neutral and May Translate into Landscape-Scale Canopy Cover Gains. Ecosystems. 24(5). 1253–1267. 21 indexed citations

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Zemp, Delphine Clara, Martin Ehbrecht, Dominik Seidel, et al.. (2019). Mixed-species tree plantings enhance structural complexity in oil palm plantations. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 283. 106564–106564. 66 indexed citations

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Köhler, Michael, et al.. (2013). Diversity did not influence soil water use of tree clusters in a temperate mixed forest. Web Ecology. 13(1). 31–42. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Hua, Ping Zhao, Dirk Hölscher, et al.. (2011). Nighttime sap flow of Acacia mangium and its implications for nighttime transpiration and stem water storage. Journal of Plant Ecology. 5(3). 294–304. 40 indexed citations

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Hölscher, Dirk, et al.. (2002). Growth and Leaf Traits of Four Broad-Leaved Tree Species along a Hillside Gradient. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt. 121(5). 229–239. 11 indexed citations

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