Erik Öckinger

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Erik Öckinger is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Öckinger has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Erik Öckinger's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (62 papers), Plant and animal studies (61 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers). Erik Öckinger is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (62 papers), Plant and animal studies (61 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers). Erik Öckinger collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Spain. Erik Öckinger's co-authors include Henrik G. Smith, Riccardo Bommarco, Regina Lindborg, Mikko Kuussaari, Jochen Krauß, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Juha Pöyry, Meelis Pärtel, Tiit Teder and Risto K. Heikkinen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Erik Öckinger

85 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation

2009 1.0k citations Mikko Kuussaari, Riccardo Bommarco et al. profile →
Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

2010 622 citations Jochen Krauß, Riccardo Bommarco et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

2016 310 citations Marco Moretti, André T. C. Dias et al. Functional Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Öckinger Sweden	33	3.4k	3.2k	1.7k	1.4k	1.4k	90	5.7k
Michiel F. WallisDeVries Netherlands	35	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	72	5.3k
Elizabeth E. Crone United States	41	3.6k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	143	6.9k
Françoise Burel France	40	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	3.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	821 0.6×	98	7.1k
Constantí Stefanescu Spain	35	3.5k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	2.9k 2.2×	121	7.0k
Wolfgang Rabitsch Austria	37	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	959 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	87	5.1k
Robert I. Colautti Canada	25	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	869 0.6×	43	5.8k
Martin M. Goßner Germany	41	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	205	6.3k
Stefan Dullinger Austria	51	4.6k 1.4×	2.9k 0.9×	3.1k 1.8×	1.7k 1.2×	3.6k 2.7×	173	8.7k
H. Siepel Netherlands	25	1.5k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	660 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	99	5.1k
Lorenzo Marini Italy	45	2.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	816 0.6×	171	5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Öckinger

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Hämäläinen, Aino, Lina A. Widenfalk, Erik Öckinger, et al.. (2025). Adapting biodiversity conservation in agriculture and forestry to projected climate change in temperate and boreal regions: A synthesis. Land Use Policy. 161. 107873–107873.

Öckinger, Erik, et al.. (2024). Interaction between regional temperature and shade level shapes saproxylic beetle communities. Diversity and Distributions. 30(5). 6 indexed citations

Ortego, Joaquín, Matthias Albrecht, Andràs Báldí, et al.. (2024). Seminatural areas act as reservoirs of genetic diversity for crop pollinators and natural enemies across Europe. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(5). 2 indexed citations

Fourcade, Yoan, et al.. (2023). Communities in infrastructure habitats are species rich but only partly support species associated with semi‐natural grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(5). 837–848. 12 indexed citations

Ranius, Thomas, Lina A. Widenfalk, Meelis Seedre, et al.. (2022). Protected area designation and management in a world of climate change: A review of recommendations. AMBIO. 52(1). 68–80. 34 indexed citations

Fourcade, Yoan, Sandra Åström, & Erik Öckinger. (2021). Decline of parasitic and habitat-specialist species drives taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogenization of sub-alpine bumblebee communities. Oecologia. 196(3). 905–917. 9 indexed citations

Fourcade, Yoan, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Mikko Kuussaari, et al.. (2021). Habitat amount and distribution modify community dynamics under climate change. Ecology Letters. 24(5). 950–957. 54 indexed citations

Blicharska, Małgorzata, Marcus Hedblom, Jonas Josefsson, et al.. (2021). Operationalisation of ecological compensation – Obstacles and ways forward. Journal of Environmental Management. 304. 114277–114277. 30 indexed citations

Fourcade, Yoan, et al.. (2020). Population dynamics of the butterfly Pyrgus armoricanus after translocation beyond its northern range margin. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 13(6). 617–629. 3 indexed citations

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Bommarco, Riccardo, et al.. (2020). Linear infrastructure habitats increase landscape-scale diversity of plants but not of flower-visiting insects. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21374–21374. 13 indexed citations

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Fourcade, Yoan, Sandra Åström, & Erik Öckinger. (2018). Climate and land-cover change alter bumblebee species richness and community composition in subalpine areas. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(3). 639–653. 42 indexed citations

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Bergman, Karl‐Olof, et al.. (2018). Butterflies in Swedish grasslands benefit from forest and respond to landscape composition at different spatial scales. Landscape Ecology. 33(12). 2189–2204. 44 indexed citations

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Fourcade, Yoan, Thomas Ranius, & Erik Öckinger. (2017). Temperature drives abundance fluctuations, but spatial dynamics is constrained by landscape configuration: Implications for climate‐driven range shift in a butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86(6). 1339–1351. 23 indexed citations

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Dainese, Matteo, Nick J. B. Isaac, Gary D. Powney, et al.. (2016). Landscape simplification weakens the association between terrestrial producer and consumer diversity in Europe. Global Change Biology. 23(8). 3040–3051. 25 indexed citations

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Fourcade, Yoan & Erik Öckinger. (2016). Host plant density and patch isolation drive occupancy and abundance at a butterfly's northern range margin. Ecology and Evolution. 7(1). 331–345. 23 indexed citations

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Moretti, Marco, André T. C. Dias, Francesco de Bello, et al.. (2016). Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits. Functional Ecology. 31(3). 558–567. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Öckinger, Erik, Oliver Schweiger, Thomas O. Crist, et al.. (2010). Life‐history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross‐continental synthesis. Ecology Letters. 13(8). 969–979. 356 indexed citations

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Smith, Henrik G., Erik Öckinger, & Maj Rundlöf. (2010). Biodiversity and the landscape ecology of agri-environment schemes.. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 100(100). 225–232. 14 indexed citations

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Krauß, Jochen, Riccardo Bommarco, Moisès Guardiola, et al.. (2010). Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels. Ecology Letters. 13(5). 597–605. 622 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bommarco, Riccardo, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Simon G. Potts, et al.. (2010). Dispersal capacity and diet breadth modify the response of wild bees to habitat loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1690). 2075–2082. 226 indexed citations

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