Markus Fischer

45.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
286 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Markus Fischer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Fischer has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 174 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 109 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Markus Fischer's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (199 papers), Plant and animal studies (150 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (45 papers). Markus Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (199 papers), Plant and animal studies (150 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (45 papers). Markus Fischer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Markus Fischer's co-authors include Mark van Kleunen, Roosa Leimu, Ewald Weber, Daniel Prati, Diethart Matthies, Bernhard Schmid, Jürg Stöcklin, Wayne Dawson, Steffen Boch and Wolfgang W. Weisser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Markus Fischer

279 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

A meta‐analysis of trait differences between invasive and non‐invasive plant species

2009 1.5k citations Mark van Kleunen, Markus Fischer et al. profile →
Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

2019 817 citations Martin M. Goßner, Christian Ammer et al. profile →
A Meta-Analysis of Local Adaptation in Plants

2008 817 citations Markus Fischer et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Choosing and using diversity indices: insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories

2014 747 citations Markus Fischer, Daniel Prati et al. Ecology and Evolution profile →
How general are positive relationships between plant population size, fitness and genetic variation?

2006 729 citations Markus Fischer et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

2018 720 citations Fons van der Plas, Eric Allan et al. profile →
Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

2010 614 citations Markus Fischer, Oliver Bossdorf et al. profile →
Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

2022 98 citations Christiane Roscher, Alexandra Weigelt et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Markus Fischer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Fischer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Markus Fischer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Markus Fischer 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 Markus Fischer. Markus Fischer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biodiversity promotes resistance but dominant species shape recovery of grasslands under extreme drought 2024 ·Journal of Ecology ·Manuele Bazzichetto, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Caterina Penone, Petr Keil, Eric Allan, Jan Lepš, Daniel Prati, Markus Fischer, Ralph Bolliger, Martin M. Goßner, Francesco de Bello	19
2	Relationships between species richness and biomass production are context dependent in grasslands differing in land-use and seed addition 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Karl Andraczek, Alexandra Weigelt, (unknown), Markus Fischer, (unknown), Daniel Prati, (unknown), Fons van der Plas	5
3	Are rare plant species less resistant than common ones to herbivores? A multi‐plant species study using above‐ and below‐ground generalist herbivores 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Andreas Enßlin, Anne Kempel, Markus Fischer	1
4	Parental environmental effects are common and strong, but unpredictable, in Arabidopsis thaliana 2022 ·New Phytologist ·Vít Latzel, Markus Fischer, (unknown), Ruben Gutzat, Christian Lampei, Joop Ouborg, Madalin Parepa, Karl Schmid, Philippine Vergeer, Yuanye Zhang, Oliver Bossdorf	9
5	Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought 2022 ·Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·(unknown), Ingo Schöning, Beate Michalzik, Valentin H. Klaus, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Ellen Kandeler, Sven Marhan, Ralph Bolliger, Markus Fischer, Daniel Prati, Falk Hänsel, Thomas Nauß, Norbert Hölzel, Till Kleinebecker, Marion Schrumpf	9
6	Nature’s contributions to people and the Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal 2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Graham W. Prescott, Davnah Urbach, Nakul Chettri, Markus Fischer	12
7	Plant diversity effects on plant longevity and their relationships to population stability in experimental grasslands 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Anna Roeder, Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Markus Fischer, Christiane Roscher	11
8	Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany 2021 ·Ecohydrology ·Sophia Leimer, Doreen Berner, Klaus Birkhofer, Runa S. Boeddinghaus, Markus Fischer, Ellen Kandeler, Katrin Kuka, Sven Marhan, Daniel Prati, Deborah Schäfer, Ingo Schöning, Emily F. Solly, Volkmar Wolters, Wolfgang Wilcke	12
9	The importance of genetic diversity for the translocation of eight threatened plant species into the wild 2020 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·Deborah Schäfer, Vincent Homburg, Markus Fischer, Anne Kempel	28
10	Context dependency of biotic interactions and its relation to plant rarity 2020 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Anne Kempel, Vincent Homburg, Daniel Prati, Markus Fischer	9
11	Nationwide revisitation reveals thousands of local extinctions across the ranges of 713 threatened and rare plant species 2020 ·Conservation Letters ·Anne Kempel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Markus Fischer	15
12	Exclusion of large herbivores affects understorey shrub vegetation more than herb vegetation across 147 forest sites in three German regions 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Deborah Schäfer, Daniel Prati, Peter Schall, Christian Ammer, Markus Fischer	13
13	Effects of forest management on bryophyte species richness in Central European forests 2018 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·Jörg Müller, Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Stephanie A. Socher, (unknown), Dominik Hessenmöller, Peter Schall, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Markus Fischer	45
14	Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Jörg Albrecht, Alice Claßen, Maximilian G. R. Vollstädt, Antonia V. Mayr, (unknown), David Schellenberger Costa, Hamadi I. Dulle, Markus Fischer, Andreas Hemp, Kim M. Howell, Michael Kleyer, Thomas Nauß, Marcell K. Peters, Marco Tschapka, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Matthias Schleuning	71
15	Trial and validation of Respondent-Driven Sampling as a cost-effective method for obtaining representative catch, effort, social and economic data from recreational fisheries 2017 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Shane P. Griffiths, (unknown), JM Lyle, Simon Wotherspoon, (unknown), (unknown), Keshia M. Pollack, W. Sawynok, (unknown), Markus Fischer, (unknown), Chris Moeseneder	1
16	Pulsation analysis of V 588 MON AND V 589 MON observed with the MOST AND CoRoT satellites 2013 ·Saint Mary's University Institutional Repository (Saint Mary's University) ·K. Zwintz, T. Kallinger, (unknown), M. Gruberbauer, (unknown), W. W. Weiß, M. Auvergne, L. Jordá, F. Favata, J. M. Matthews, Markus Fischer	12
17	Central European plant species from more productive habitats are more invasive at a global scale 2012 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Petr Dostál, Wayne Dawson, Mark van Kleunen, Lidewij H. Keser, Markus Fischer	46
18	Epigenetic variation creates potential for evolution of plant phenotypic plasticity 2012 ·New Phytologist ·Yuanye Zhang, Markus Fischer, Vincent Colot, Oliver Bossdorf	257
19	Species diversity and population density affect genetic structure and gene dispersal in a subtropical understory shrub 2011 ·Journal of Plant Ecology ·Xueqin Zeng, Stefan G. Michalski, Markus Fischer, Walter Durka	29
20	Neophytische Opuntien im Sukkulentenbusch auf Teneriffa 2007 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·Markus Fischer, Patrick Kuss, Jürg Stöcklin	2

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