Ilona Leyer

1.3k total citations
38 papers, 857 citations indexed

About

Ilona Leyer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilona Leyer has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 857 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 17 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ilona Leyer's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers). Ilona Leyer is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers). Ilona Leyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Argentina and Austria. Ilona Leyer's co-authors include Eva Mosner, Annette Reineke, Martin H. Entling, Birgit Ziegenhagen, Deniz Uzman, Lisa Thomas, Sascha Liepelt, Daniel Renison, Isabell Hensen and Sandra Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Ilona Leyer

37 papers receiving 835 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilona Leyer Germany	19	450	357	296	183	179	38	857
Annik Schnitzler France	19	401 0.9×	455 1.3×	420 1.4×	151 0.8×	259 1.4×	48	1.1k
Nadia Barsoum United Kingdom	20	511 1.1×	464 1.3×	587 2.0×	311 1.7×	314 1.8×	39	1.3k
Andréa Lúcia Teixeira de Souza Brazil	17	289 0.6×	301 0.8×	160 0.5×	133 0.7×	122 0.7×	33	811
Leigh C. Moorhead United States	9	280 0.6×	352 1.0×	397 1.3×	170 0.9×	234 1.3×	13	1.0k
Emmi Felker‐Quinn United States	7	178 0.4×	262 0.7×	189 0.6×	125 0.7×	100 0.6×	9	638
J. P. M. Lenssen Netherlands	18	552 1.2×	346 1.0×	549 1.9×	99 0.5×	188 1.1×	22	935
Ute Jandt Germany	19	298 0.7×	506 1.4×	497 1.7×	116 0.6×	133 0.7×	47	1.0k
Richard Hrivnák Slovakia	19	454 1.0×	368 1.0×	613 2.1×	83 0.5×	119 0.7×	108	1.2k
E. Ashley Shaw United States	14	513 1.1×	273 0.8×	342 1.2×	500 2.7×	200 1.1×	18	1.1k
Jayne L. Jonas United States	16	487 1.1×	495 1.4×	190 0.6×	164 0.9×	274 1.5×	26	960

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilona Leyer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Danquah, Ina, Thomas Friedrich, Ilona Leyer, et al.. (2025). The relevance of knowledge and use of medicinal plants for health and biodiversity: a perspective from Social Ecology. Discover Sustainability. 6(1).

Entling, Martin H., et al.. (2023). Contrasting effects of vineyard type, soil and landscape factors on ground‐ versus above‐ground‐nesting bees. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(4). 601–613. 11 indexed citations

Liepelt, Sascha, et al.. (2023). Neutral genetic diversity follows a latitudinal gradient in the endangered plant Arnica montana L.: a range-wide study. Conservation Genetics. 25(1). 87–100. 1 indexed citations

Leyer, Ilona, et al.. (2023). Orthopteran Diversity in Steep Slope Vineyards: The Role of Vineyard Type and Vegetation Management. Insects. 14(1). 83–83. 8 indexed citations

Leyer, Ilona, et al.. (2023). Disentangling the mixed effects of soil management on microbial diversity and soil functions: A case study in vineyards. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3568–3568. 10 indexed citations

Falquet, Laurent, Brice Giffard, Michaela Griesser, et al.. (2023). Local conditions matter: Minimal and variable effects of soil disturbance on microbial communities and functions in European vineyards. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0280516–e0280516. 6 indexed citations

Entling, Martin H., et al.. (2022). Revegetation of vineyard terrace embankments: A matter of seed mixture and seeding technique. Journal of Environmental Management. 317. 115409–115409. 5 indexed citations

Uzman, Deniz, et al.. (2019). Differential effects of semi-natural habitats and organic management on spiders in viticultural landscapes. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 287. 106695–106695. 36 indexed citations

Uzman, Deniz, et al.. (2018). Drivers of entomopathogenic fungi presence in organic and conventional vineyard soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 133. 89–97. 31 indexed citations

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Farwig, Nina, Christian Ammer, Peter Annighöfer, et al.. (2017). Bridging science and practice in conservation: Deficits and challenges from a research perspective. Basic and Applied Ecology. 24. 1–8. 22 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lisa & Ilona Leyer. (2014). Age structure, growth performance and composition of native and invasive Salicaceae in Patagonia. Plant Ecology. 215(9). 1047–1056. 14 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lisa, et al.. (2012). Are Vegetative Reproduction Capacities the Cause of Widespread Invasion of Eurasian Salicaceae in Patagonian River Landscapes?. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e50652–e50652. 27 indexed citations

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Leyer, Ilona, et al.. (2012). Managing floodplain‐forest restoration in European river landscapes combining ecological and flood‐protection issues. Ecological Applications. 22(1). 240–249. 32 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Claudia, et al.. (2011). Identification and characterization of 12 microsatellite loci in Cnidium dubium (Apiaceae) using next‐generation sequencing. American Journal of Botany. 98(5). e127–9. 6 indexed citations

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Radtke, Anna, Eva Mosner, & Ilona Leyer. (2011). Vegetative reproduction capacities of floodplain willows – cutting response to competition and biomass loss. Plant Biology. 14(2). 257–264. 21 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Heike, Daniel Renison, Ilona Leyer, & Isabell Hensen. (2009). Do we need livestock grazing to promote Polylepis australis tree recruitment in the Central Argentinean Mountains?. Ecological Research. 24(5). 1075–1081. 27 indexed citations

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Leyer, Ilona, et al.. (2008). Do seed and germination traits determine plant distribution patterns in riparian landscapes?. Basic and Applied Ecology. 10(2). 113–121. 18 indexed citations

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Ziegenhagen, Birgit, et al.. (2007). A fast and simple genetic survey reveals the spread of poplar hybrids at a natural Elbe river site. Conservation Genetics. 9(2). 373–379. 28 indexed citations

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Leyer, Ilona. (2006). Dispersal, diversity and distribution patterns in pioneer vegetation: The role of river‐floodplain connectivity. Journal of Vegetation Science. 17(4). 407–416. 65 indexed citations

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Leyer, Ilona. (2004). Effects of dykes on plant species composition in a large lowland river floodplain. River Research and Applications. 20(7). 813–827. 32 indexed citations

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