Frank T. Breiner

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Frank T. Breiner is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank T. Breiner has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecological Modeling, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Frank T. Breiner's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Frank T. Breiner is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Frank T. Breiner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Germany. Frank T. Breiner's co-authors include Antoine Guisan, Ariel Bergamini, Michael P. Nobis, Robin Engler, Christophe F. Randin, Blaise Petitpierre, Nicolas Salamin, Valeria Di Cola, Rubén G. Mateo and Wim Hordijk and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Biological Conservation and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Frank T. Breiner

12 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions

2016 866 citations Valeria Di Cola, Olivier Broennimann et al. Ecography profile →
Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models

2015 374 citations Frank T. Breiner, Antoine Guisan et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank T. Breiner Switzerland	11	1.2k	773	604	503	317	12	1.6k
Yoan Fourcade France	16	1.3k 1.1×	989 1.3×	715 1.2×	510 1.0×	313 1.0×	39	1.9k
Luis Osorio‐Olvera Mexico	15	1.0k 0.9×	712 0.9×	520 0.9×	381 0.8×	267 0.8×	49	1.6k
Octavio Rojas‐Soto Mexico	23	909 0.8×	775 1.0×	594 1.0×	541 1.1×	321 1.0×	113	1.7k
Dorothea Pio United Kingdom	9	732 0.6×	532 0.7×	342 0.6×	471 0.9×	236 0.7×	10	1.2k
Ofer Steinitz Israel	9	599 0.5×	769 1.0×	853 1.4×	518 1.0×	218 0.7×	9	1.5k
Malcolm D. Burgess United Kingdom	18	798 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	757 1.3×	685 1.4×	198 0.6×	57	1.8k
Jill E. Jankowski Canada	16	693 0.6×	993 1.3×	760 1.3×	753 1.5×	164 0.5×	32	1.7k
Marta A. Jarzyna United States	14	613 0.5×	667 0.9×	602 1.0×	447 0.9×	268 0.8×	32	1.4k
W. John Tennent United Kingdom	6	1.0k 0.9×	655 0.8×	735 1.2×	872 1.7×	501 1.6×	31	1.8k
Valeria Di Cola Argentina	8	673 0.6×	461 0.6×	309 0.5×	317 0.6×	240 0.8×	16	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank T. Breiner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank T. Breiner

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

Nagy, Szabolcs, Frank T. Breiner, Mira Anand, et al.. (2021). Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyways. Bird Conservation International. 32(1). 1–26. 12 indexed citations

Breiner, Frank T., Mira Anand, Stuart H. M. Butchart, et al.. (2021). Setting priorities for climate change adaptation of Critical Sites in the Africa‐Eurasian waterbird flyways. Global Change Biology. 28(3). 739–752. 11 indexed citations

Rocca, Francesca Della, Giuseppe Bogliani, Frank T. Breiner, & Pietro Milanesi. (2018). Identifying hotspots for rare species under climate change scenarios: improving saproxylic beetle conservation in Italy. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(2). 433–449. 27 indexed citations

Breiner, Frank T. & Ariel Bergamini. (2018). Improving the estimation of area of occupancy for IUCN Red List assessments by using a circular buffer approach. Biodiversity and Conservation. 27(9). 2443–2448. 10 indexed citations

Breiner, Frank T., Michael P. Nobis, Ariel Bergamini, & Antoine Guisan. (2018). Optimizing ensembles of small models for predicting the distribution of species with few occurrences. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(4). 802–808. 161 indexed citations

Zellweger, Florian, et al.. (2017). Remotely sensed forest habitat structures improve regional species conservation. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 3(4). 247–258. 20 indexed citations

Breiner, Frank T., Antoine Guisan, Michael P. Nobis, & Ariel Bergamini. (2017). Including environmental niche information to improve IUCN Red List assessments. Diversity and Distributions. 23(5). 484–495. 58 indexed citations

Stofer, Silvia, et al.. (2016). Forest-structure data improve distribution models of threatened habitat specialists: Implications for conservation of epiphytic lichens in forest landscapes. Biological Conservation. 196. 31–38. 27 indexed citations

Milanesi, Pietro, et al.. (2016). European human‐dominated landscapes provide ample space for the recolonization of large carnivore populations under future land change scenarios. Ecography. 40(12). 1359–1368. 38 indexed citations

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Cola, Valeria Di, Olivier Broennimann, Blaise Petitpierre, et al.. (2016). ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions. Ecography. 40(6). 774–787. 866 indexed citations breakdown →

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Steinbauer, Manuel J., Severin D. H. Irl, Juana María González‐Mancebo, et al.. (2016). Plant invasion and speciation along elevational gradients on the oceanic island La Palma, Canary Islands. Ecology and Evolution. 7(2). 771–779. 27 indexed citations

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Breiner, Frank T., Antoine Guisan, Ariel Bergamini, & Michael P. Nobis. (2015). Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 6(10). 1210–1218. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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