Florian Jeltsch

17.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
202 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Florian Jeltsch is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Florian Jeltsch has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 95 papers in Ecology and 84 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Florian Jeltsch's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (133 papers), Plant and animal studies (60 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (50 papers). Florian Jeltsch is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (133 papers), Plant and animal studies (60 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (50 papers). Florian Jeltsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Israel and United States. Florian Jeltsch's co-authors include Volker Grimm, Monika Schwager, Jörg Tews, Katja Tielbörger, Matthias Wichmann, Ulrich Brose, Suzanne J. Milton, Thorsten Wiegand, Niels Blaum and Hans‐Hermann Thulke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Florian Jeltsch

196 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Animal species diversity driven by habitat heterogeneity/diversity: the importance of keystone structures

2003 2.4k citations Volker Grimm, Florian Jeltsch et al. profile →
Pattern-Oriented Modeling of Agent-Based Complex Systems: Lessons from Ecology

2005 1.5k citations Volker Grimm, Uta Berger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Florian Jeltsch Germany	47	5.3k	4.9k	3.3k	2.8k	2.1k	202	10.9k
Thorsten Wiegand Germany	61	7.1k 1.3×	5.4k 1.1×	4.3k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	180	13.3k
John F. Lamoreux United States	19	4.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	3.9k 1.8×	27	13.0k
Eric L. Berlow United States	24	4.8k 0.9×	5.7k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	40	11.6k
Daniel F. Doak United States	55	5.7k 1.1×	7.7k 1.6×	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	144	12.9k
Emma C. Underwood United States	22	3.1k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	41	9.3k
Björn Reineking Germany	33	4.9k 0.9×	5.9k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.9×	93	13.6k
Eric Dinerstein United States	39	4.5k 0.8×	6.4k 1.3×	4.6k 1.4×	3.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.7×	67	13.7k
Robert M. Ewers United Kingdom	43	5.3k 1.0×	5.2k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	140	10.9k
Gudrun Carl Germany	9	3.6k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	3.4k 1.6×	12	10.9k
Richard T. Corlett China	63	5.9k 1.1×	5.7k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	4.7k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	244	14.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Florian Jeltsch

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Nathan, Ran, Sivan Toledo, Florian Jeltsch, et al.. (2025). Pathogen-induced alterations in fine-scale movement behaviour predict impaired reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2044). 20250238–20250238. 1 indexed citations

Pohle, Jennifer, et al.. (2025). Flexible movement kernel estimation in habitat selection analyses with generalized additive models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(8). 1796–1807.

Ullmann, Wiebke, Rahel Sollmann, Ran Nathan, et al.. (2024). Sick without signs. Subclinical infections reduce local movements, alter habitat selection, and cause demographic shifts. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1426–1426. 6 indexed citations

Schlägel, Ulrike E., Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros, Moisés A. Sosa‐Hernández, et al.. (2024). Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(6). 2211–2233.

Jeltsch, Florian, et al.. (2023). Small‐scale heterogeneity shapes grassland diversity in low‐to‐intermediate resource environments. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(4). 3 indexed citations

Cherstvy, Andrey G., et al.. (2023). Directedeness, correlations, and daily cycles in springbok motion: From data via stochastic models to movement prediction. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 24 indexed citations

Groeneveld, Jürgen, et al.. (2022). Declining pollination success reinforces negative climate and fire change impacts in a serotinous, fire-killed plant. Plant Ecology. 223(7). 863–881. 1 indexed citations

Crawford, Michael, Ulrike E. Schlägel, Felix May, et al.. (2021). While shoot herbivores reduce, root herbivores increase nutrient enrichment’s impact on diversity in a grassland model. Ecology. 102(5). e03333–e03333. 4 indexed citations

Crawford, Michael, et al.. (2021). While shoot herbivores reduce, root herbivores increase nutrient enrichment's impact on diversity in a grassland model. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Rotics, Shay, Nir Horvitz, Michael Kaatz, et al.. (2020). Causes and consequences of facultative sea crossing in a soaring migrant. Functional Ecology. 34(4). 840–852. 18 indexed citations

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Schlägel, Ulrike E., Johannes Signer, Antje Herde, et al.. (2019). Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(8). 1234–1245. 34 indexed citations

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Paton, Eva Nora, et al.. (2019). An analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions on urban water erosion in Windhoek, Namibia. UNAM Scholarly Repository (University of Namibia). 3–28.

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Crawford, Michael, Florian Jeltsch, Felix May, Volker Grimm, & Ulrike E. Schlägel. (2018). Intraspecific trait variation increases species diversity in a trait‐based grassland model. Oikos. 128(3). 441–455. 29 indexed citations

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Kreft, Stefan, et al.. (2017). Assessing climate change-robustness of protected area management plans—The case of Germany. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0185972–e0185972. 8 indexed citations

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Fer, Istem, Britta Tietjen, Florian Jeltsch, & Christian M. Wolff. (2017). Accounting for El Niño-Southern Oscillation influence becomes urgent forpredicting future East African ecosystem responses. 4 indexed citations

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Fer, Istem, Britta Tietjen, Florian Jeltsch, & Martin H. Trauth. (2016). Modelling vegetation change during Late Cenozoic uplift of the East African plateaus. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 467. 120–130. 7 indexed citations

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Jeltsch, Florian, et al.. (2016). A review on urban soil water erosion. UNAM Scholarly Repository (University of Namibia). 163–178. 5 indexed citations

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Wiegand, Kerstin, Florian Jeltsch, David L. Ward, & Christoph A. Rohner. (1970). Decline Of The Negev's Acacias - A SpatiallyExplicit Simulation Model As An Aid ForSustainable Management. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 22. 8 indexed citations

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Jeltsch, Florian, et al.. (1970). Sustainable Farming At The Edge Of The Namib:Analysis Of Land Use Strategies By A ComputerSimulation Model. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 22. 41–50. 5 indexed citations

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Jeltsch, Florian, Gerhard E. Weber, W. R. J. Dean, & Suzanne J. Milton. (1970). Disturbances In Savanna Ecosystems: ModellingThe Impact Of A Key Determinant. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 22. 4 indexed citations

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