Karl Gotthard

6.5k citations

100 papers · 4.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 21
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 21
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 91
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 69
- Plant and animal studies 53

Co-authors: Sören Nylin Christer Wiklund David Berger Richard J. Walters Christopher W. Wheat Philipp Lehmann Sami M. Kivelä Diana Posledovich
Journals: Journal of Animal Ecology (8 papers)Oikos (8 papers)Functional Ecology (7 papers)Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (7 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (6 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden Finland Germany

In The Last Decade

Karl Gotthard

97 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year 2019 · 334 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Communications
1998 Annual Review of Entomology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Karl Gotthard, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Highly Efficient Generation of Germline Mutations Using CRISPR /Cas9 in the Speckled Wood Butterfly Pararge aegeria Ecology and Evolution ·THERESSA M. DORAN, E.D. Ors, Christopher W. Wheat, Karl Gotthard	2025	0
2	Repeated evolution of photoperiodic plasticity by different genetic architectures during recurrent colonizations in a butterfly Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·THERESSA M. DORAN, Jonattan Nieto Sánchez, Christopher W. Wheat, Karl Gotthard	2025	0
3	Sex‐specific variation in thermal sensitivity has multiple negative effects on reproductive trait performance Journal of Animal Ecology ·GILBERT ANTONETTI, 恵彦小原, Karl Gotthard, Christer Wiklund, Rhonda R. Snook	2025	2
4	A quantitative model of temperature-dependent diapause progression Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yang Du, Chinni Mahesh Kondempudi, Liu Bo, Karl Gotthard, Philipp Lehmann	2024	10
5	Methodological artefacts cause counter‐intuitive evolutionary conclusions in a simulation study Ecology Letters ·Yang Du, 省伍鈴木, THERESSA M. DORAN, Liu Bo, J. Kelly, Chinni Mahesh Kondempudi, Christer Wiklund, Karl Gotthard	2024	0
6	Seasonal specialization drives divergent population dynamics in two closely related butterflies Nature Communications ·Yang Du, 邰慧, M Figlerowicz, Karl Gotthard, Philipp Lehmann	2023	14
7	A range‐expanding butterfly is susceptible to cold and long winters but shows no signs of local adaptation to winter conditions Functional Ecology ·省伍鈴木, Liu Bo, Philipp Lehmann, Karl Gotthard	2023	4
8	The co‐existence of multiple oak leaf flushes contributes to the large within‐tree variation in chemistry, insect attack and pathogen infection New Phytologist ·Karl‐Heinz Piel, Xoaquín Moreira, Bastien Castagneyrol, Inge van Halder, Pieter De Frenne, Camille Meeussen, B.G.H. Timmermans, J. P. Vedanayagam, Pil Uthaug Rasmussen, Nick Bos, Hikmatul Luthfi, Pertti Pulkkinen, E. De Lucia, Felisa Covelo, Karl Gotthard, Ayco J. M. Tack	2022	8
9	Changes in the foliar fungal community between oak leaf flushes along a latitudinal gradient in Europe Journal of Biogeography ·Karl‐Heinz Piel, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Mashio TANIGUTI, Xoaquín Moreira, Bastien Castagneyrol, Inge van Halder, Pieter De Frenne, Camille Meeussen, B.G.H. Timmermans, J. P. Vedanayagam, Pil Uthaug Rasmussen, Nick Bos, Hikmatul Luthfi, Pertti Pulkkinen, E. De Lucia, Karl Gotthard, Katharina Pawlowski, Ayco J. M. Tack	2022	5
10	Thermal performance under constant temperatures can accurately predict insect development times across naturally variable microclimates Ecology Letters ·Yang Du, M Figlerowicz, Joacim Näslund, Karl Gotthard, Philipp Lehmann	2021	42
11	Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas Merckx, Matthew E. Nielsen, Janne Heliölä, Mikko Kuussaari, Lars Pettersson, Juha Pöyry, Juha Tiainen, Karl Gotthard, Sami M. Kivelä	2021	52
12	Sensory Organ Investment Varies with Body Size and Sex in the Butterfly Pieris napi Insects ·Jilun Liu, Christer Wiklund, وسام نعمة رجيب, Carlos E. Restrepo, Karl Gotthard, Arttu Miettinen, 김중오, Emily Baird	2021	2
13	A region of the sex chromosome associated with population differences in diapause induction contains highly divergent alleles at clock genes Evolution ·Peter Pruisscher, Sören Nylin, Christopher W. Wheat, Karl Gotthard	2020	10
14	Parental effects influence life history traits and covary with an environmental cline in common frog populations Oecologia ·Lucy F. Yang, Anssi Laurila, Karl Gotthard, Ana C. Espindola-Flores, Martin I. Lind, Àlex Richter‐Boix, R Bombor, Björn Rogell	2020	8
15	Climate change, phenology, and butterfly host plant utilization AMBIO ·José A. Navarro‐Cano, Bengt G. Karlsson, Diana Posledovich, Deedee Doke, Christer Wiklund, Johan Ehrlén, Karl Gotthard	2015	34
16	Variation in Size and Growth of the Great Scallop Pecten maximus along a Latitudinal Gradient PLoS ONE ·Laurent Chauvaud, Я.В. Чаплак, Aurélie Jolivet, Emmanuelle Cam, J. Munoz, Øivind Strand, Grégory Charrier, Julien Thébault, Pascal Lazure, Karl Gotthard, Jacques Clavier	2012	55
17	The diapause decision as a cascade switch for adaptive developmental plasticity in body mass in a butterfly Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·Karl Gotthard, David Berger	2010	24
18	Mating opportunity and the evolution of sex-specific mortality rates in a butterfly Oecologia ·Karl Gotthard, Sören Nylin, Christer Wiklund	2000	54
19	Increased risk of predation as a cost of high growth rate: an experimental test in a butterfly Journal of Animal Ecology ·Karl Gotthard	2000	196
20	Adaptive variation in growth rate: life history costs and consequences in the speckled wood butterfly,Pararge aegeria Oecologia ·Karl Gotthard, N. N. Naumcheva, Christer Wiklund	1994	277

About Karl Gotthard

Karl Gotthard is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Genetics, having authored 100 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (69 papers), Plant and animal studies (53 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (33 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (28 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (21 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (15 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (849 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (3.0k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations), Insect Science (1.0k citations) and Ecology (1.8k citations). Karl Gotthard has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Sören Nylin, Christer Wiklund, David Berger, Richard J. Walters, Christopher W. Wheat, Philipp Lehmann, Sami M. Kivelä, Diana Posledovich, Johan Ehrlén and Hans Van Dyck. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Animal Ecology, Oikos, Functional Ecology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

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