Katja Schiffers

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Katja Schiffers is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Katja Schiffers has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Ecological Modeling and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Katja Schiffers's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Katja Schiffers is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Katja Schiffers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Katja Schiffers's co-authors include Wilfried Thuiller, Tamara Münkemüller, Sébastien Lavergne, Bruno Bzeznik, Stéphane Dray, Thibaut Jombart, Katja Tielbörger, Dominique Gravel, Justin M. J. Travis and Frank M. Schurr and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Katja Schiffers

37 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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How to measure and test phylogenetic signal

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ProbApple – A probabilistic model to forecast apple yield and quality 2025 ·Agricultural Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), Katja Schiffers, (unknown), Eike Luedeling	2
2	Contrasting responses to climate change – predicting bloom of major temperate fruit tree species in the Mediterranean region and Central Europe 2025 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·(unknown), Katja Schiffers, Antonio Picornell, José A. Egea, (unknown), Adnane El Yaacoubi, Haïfa Benmoussa, Javier Rodrigo, Erica Fadón, Mehdi Ben Mimoun, Mohamed Ghrab, Ossama Kodad, David Ruiz, Eike Luedeling	0
3	Spring phenology projections for apples in southwestern Germany indicate persistent frost risk levels 2025 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·(unknown), Katja Schiffers, (unknown), Daniel Alexandre Neuwald, Eike Luedeling	0
4	Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production 2025 ·Agricultural Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), Katja Schiffers, Cory Whitney, (unknown), Eike Luedeling	3
5	Historical and future winter chill for temperate fruit and nut trees in Afghanistan 2024 ·Climatic Change ·(unknown), (unknown), Katja Schiffers, Eike Luedeling	0
6	Quantitative Support of Decision Making under Uncertainty [R package decisionSupport version 1.106] 2021 ·Eike Luedeling, (unknown), Katja Schiffers, Cory Whitney, Eduardo Fernández	2
7	Forecasting yield in temperate fruit trees from winter chill accumulation 2021 ·Acta Horticulturae ·Cory Whitney, Eduardo Fernández, Katja Schiffers, Italo F. Cuneo, Eike Luedeling	1
8	Contrasting changes in the abundance and diversity of North American bird assemblages from 1971 to 2010 2016 ·Global Change Biology ·Aafke M. Schipper, Jonathan Belmaker, (unknown), Laetitia M. Navarro, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Mark J. Costello, María Dornelas, Ruud Foppen, Joaquín Hortal, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Berta Martín‐López, Nathalie Pettorelli, Cibele Queiroz, Axel G. Rossberg, Luca Santini, Katja Schiffers, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Piero Visconti, Carlo Rondinini, Henrique M. Pereira	75
9	Assessing the suitability of diversity metrics to detect biodiversity change 2016 ·Biological Conservation ·Luca Santini, Jonathan Belmaker, Mark J. Costello, Henrique M. Pereira, Axel G. Rossberg, Aafke M. Schipper, Silvia Ceaușu, María Dornelas, Jelle P. Hilbers, Joaquín Hortal, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Laetitia M. Navarro, Katja Schiffers, Piero Visconti, Carlo Rondinini	116
10	Benchmarking novel approaches for modelling species range dynamics 2016 ·Global Change Biology ·Damaris Zurell, Wilfried Thuiller, Jörn Pagel, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Tamara Münkemüller, Dominique Gravel, Stefan Dullinger, Signe Normand, Katja Schiffers, Kara A. Moore, Niklaus E. Zimmermann	158
11	A road map for integrating eco‐evolutionary processes into biodiversity models 2013 ·Ecology Letters ·Wilfried Thuiller, Tamara Münkemüller, Sébastien Lavergne, David Mouillot, Nicolas Mouquet, Katja Schiffers, Dominique Gravel	176
12	Beyond the Competition-Colonization Trade-Off: Linking Multiple Trait Response to Disturbance Characteristics 2013 ·The American Naturalist ·Merav Seifan, (unknown), Katja Schiffers, Florian Jeltsch, Katja Tielbörger	19
13	Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing climate change 2012 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Katja Schiffers, Elizabeth C. Bourne, Sébastien Lavergne, Wilfried Thuiller, Justin M. J. Travis	132
14	An Open Source Simulation Model for Soil and Sediment Bioturbation 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Katja Schiffers, L.R. Teal, Justin M. J. Travis, Martin Solan	47
15	Root plasticity buffers competition among plants: theory meets experimental data 2011 ·Ecology ·Katja Schiffers, Katja Tielbörger, Britta Tietjen, Florian Jeltsch	39
16	Towards novel approaches to modelling biotic interactions in multispecies assemblages at large spatial extents 2011 ·Journal of Biogeography ·W. Daniel Kissling, Carsten F. Dormann, Jürgen Groeneveld, Thomas Hickler, Ingolf Kühn, Greg McInerny, José M. Montoya, Christine Römermann, Katja Schiffers, Frank M. Schurr, Alexander Singer, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Robert B. O’Hara	322
17	Density-regulated population dynamics and conditional dispersal alter the fate of mutations occurring at the front of an expanding population 2010 ·Heredity ·Tamara Münkemüller, Justin M. J. Travis, O. Burton, Katja Schiffers, Karin Johst	13
18	Changing importance of environmental factors driving secondary succession on molehills 2010 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·Katja Schiffers, Katja Tielbörger, Florian Jeltsch	12
19	Use of precise spatial data for describing spatial patterns and plant interactions in a diverse Great Basin shrub community 2010 ·Plant Ecology ·(unknown), Katja Schiffers, Eugene W. Schupp	31
20	Is the cask of facilitation ready for bottling? A symposium on the connectivity and future directions of positive plant interactions 2009 ·Biology Letters ·Robin J. Pakeman, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Richard Michalet, Christopher J. Lortie, Katja Schiffers, Fernando T. Maestre, Justin M. J. Travis	12

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