Klaus Birkhofer

13.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Klaus Birkhofer is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Birkhofer has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 50 papers in Insect Science and 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Klaus Birkhofer's work include Plant and animal studies (58 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (29 papers). Klaus Birkhofer is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (58 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (46 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (29 papers). Klaus Birkhofer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Klaus Birkhofer's co-authors include Henrik G. Smith, Volkmar Wolters, Stefan Scheu, Martin Nyffeler, Eva Diehl, Tim Diekötter, David H. Wise, Andreas Fließbach, Volkmar Wolters and Katarina Hedlund and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Birkhofer

126 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

2008 441 citations Klaus Birkhofer, Andreas Fließbach et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community

2017 252 citations Martin Nyffeler, Klaus Birkhofer Die Naturwissenschaften profile →

Peers

Klaus Birkhofer

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ECOLO

NLC

Matthew S. Heard United Kingdom

Christoph Scherber Germany

Janne Bengtsson Sweden

Jens Dauber Germany

Rhett D. Harrison China

N. D. Boatman United Kingdom

Harald Auge Germany

Jennifer A. Rudgers United States

Seppo Neuvonen Finland

Volkmar Wolters Germany

Matthew S. Heard United Kingdom

Klaus Birkhofer

2.1k ×1.1

EEBS

1.8k ×1.2

944 ×0.8

ECOLO

1.2k ×1.0

NLC

1.5k ×1.4

Citations per year, relative to Klaus Birkhofer Klaus Birkhofer (= 1×) peers Matthew S. Heard

Countries citing papers authored by Klaus Birkhofer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Klaus Birkhofer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Klaus Birkhofer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Klaus Birkhofer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Klaus Birkhofer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Klaus Birkhofer. Klaus Birkhofer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bucher, Roman, Péter Batáry, Julia Baudry, et al.. (2025). Land-use impacts on crop yield: direct and indirect roles of arthropods and associated ecosystem services in European farmland. Landscape Ecology. 40(5). 97–97.

Addison, Pia, et al.. (2025). Effect of Pest Control Strategies on Arthropod Pests of Apple in Europe: A Meta‐Analysis. Journal of Applied Entomology. 149(6). 957–987.

Birkhofer, Klaus, Johan Ekroos, Viktoria Mader, et al.. (2025). Taxonomy, habitat and conservation status explain the diet composition of insectivorous birds in Europe. Biological Conservation. 313. 111566–111566.

Birkhofer, Klaus, et al.. (2024). To pool or not to pool: Pooled metabarcoding does not affect estimates of prey diversity in spider gut content analysis. Ecological Entomology. 49(6). 768–778. 2 indexed citations

Montserrat, Marta, Stefan Scheu, Jaak Truu, et al.. (2024). Drought impairs detritivore feeding activity more strongly in northern than in southern European latitudes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 199. 109594–109594. 1 indexed citations

Djoudi, El Aziz, et al.. (2023). Effects of post-mining forest restoration and alternative land uses on ground-dwelling arthropods in Ghana. Community Ecology. 24(2). 215–228. 3 indexed citations

Gerwin, Werner, Thomas Raab, Klaus Birkhofer, et al.. (2023). Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?. Environmental Sciences Europe. 35(1). 19 indexed citations

Roos, Christian, Paul Edward Dutton, Jacob Willie, et al.. (2023). Mapping suitable habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzees in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-Western Cameroon. Primates. 64(3). 339–350. 2 indexed citations

Dutton, Paul Edward, et al.. (2023). Tool use by Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees for driver ant predation in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-West Region Cameroon. Folia Primatologica. 94(1). 73–85. 2 indexed citations

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Birkhofer, Klaus, et al.. (2022). The Functional Structure of Tropical Plant Communities and Soil Properties Enhance Ecosystem Functioning and Multifunctionality in Different Ecosystems in Ghana. Forests. 13(2). 297–297. 6 indexed citations

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Kundel, Dominika, et al.. (2022). Trophic niche but not abundance of Collembola and Oribatida changes with drought and farming system. PeerJ. 10. e12777–e12777. 5 indexed citations

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Ulrich, Werner, Péter Batáry, Julia Baudry, et al.. (2022). From biodiversity to health: Quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well‐being. People and Nature. 5(1). 69–83. 14 indexed citations

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Leimer, Sophia, Doreen Berner, Klaus Birkhofer, et al.. (2021). Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany. Ecohydrology. 14(6). 12 indexed citations

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Berger, Josef, Klaus Birkhofer, Helena I. Hanson, & Katarina Hedlund. (2018). Landscape configuration affects herbivore–parasitoid communities in oilseed rape. Journal of Pest Science. 91(3). 1093–1105. 11 indexed citations

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Nyffeler, Martin & Klaus Birkhofer. (2017). An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community. Die Naturwissenschaften. 104(3-4). 30–30. 252 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hanson, Helena I., et al.. (2016). Agricultural Land Use Determines the Trait Composition of Ground Beetle Communities. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146329–e0146329. 53 indexed citations

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Styles, David, Pål Börjesson, Tina D’Hertefeldt, et al.. (2016). Climate regulation, energy provisioning and water purification: Quantifying ecosystem service delivery of bioenergy willow grown on riparian buffer zones using life cycle assessment. AMBIO. 45(8). 872–884. 40 indexed citations

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Rusch, Adrien, Klaus Birkhofer, Riccardo Bommarco, Henrik G. Smith, & Barbara Ekbom. (2014). Management intensity at field and landscape levels affects the structure of generalist predator communities. Oecologia. 175(3). 971–983. 52 indexed citations

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Diehl, Eva, et al.. (2013). Management intensity and vegetation complexity affect web-building spiders and their prey. Oecologia. 173(2). 579–589. 107 indexed citations

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Birkhofer, Klaus, Efrat Gavish‐Regev, Kerstin Endlweber, et al.. (2008). Cursorial spiders retard initial aphid population growth at low densities in winter wheat. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 98(3). 249–255. 93 indexed citations

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