Michael Kessler

20.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
317 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Kessler is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Kessler has authored 317 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 136 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 88 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Kessler's work include Plant and animal studies (163 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (146 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (130 papers). Michael Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (163 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (146 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (130 papers). Michael Kessler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Michael Kessler's co-authors include Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Jürgen Kluge, Holger Kreft, Rodrigo Wilber Soria-Auza, Jürgen Böhner, Olaf Conrad, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Tobias Kawohl, H. Peter Linder and Thorsten Krömer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Kessler

302 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Climatologies at high resolution for the earth’s land surface areas

2017 2.7k citations Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Olaf Conrad et al. profile →
Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes - a review

2011 554 citations Michael Kessler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Kessler Switzerland	48	6.3k	5.0k	2.9k	2.4k	2.3k	317	11.3k
Ladislav Mucina South Africa	40	3.5k 0.6×	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	3.6k 1.6×	252	9.7k
Stefan Dullinger Austria	51	2.9k 0.5×	4.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	173	8.7k
Peter B. Adler United States	47	4.7k 0.8×	7.2k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	4.3k 1.8×	2.2k 1.0×	129	11.5k
Sébastien Lavergne France	54	4.8k 0.8×	5.6k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	3.6k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	132	10.9k
Stefan Klotz Germany	58	3.4k 0.6×	4.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	155	9.5k
H. Peter Linder Switzerland	51	7.0k 1.1×	5.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	3.5k 1.5×	160	12.3k
Nathan J. B. Kraft United States	46	6.0k 1.0×	9.0k 1.8×	4.0k 1.4×	5.1k 2.2×	2.3k 1.0×	78	14.3k
Philippe Choler France	42	2.8k 0.5×	4.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	116	7.8k
Meelis Pärtel Estonia	56	4.7k 0.8×	7.3k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.7×	3.4k 1.5×	187	11.4k
Cyrille Violle France	55	6.1k 1.0×	9.0k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	4.5k 1.9×	4.2k 1.8×	191	15.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Qian, Hong, Michael Kessler, Shenhua Qian, & Jian Zhang. (2024). Patterns and drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in regional fern floras across the world. Biological Conservation. 291. 110506–110506. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Jian, et al.. (2024). Geographic and ecological effects on species richness of liverworts worldwide. Ecography. 2025(2). 3 indexed citations

Qian, Hong & Michael Kessler. (2024). Phylogenetic structure of liverwort assemblages along an elevational gradient in the tropical Andes: geographic patterns and climatic drivers. Ecography. 2024(12). 2 indexed citations

Kessler, Michael, et al.. (2024). Fern mycorrhizae do not respond to fertilization in a tropical montane forest. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). e10139–e10139.

Almeida, Thaís Elias, Michael Kessler, Germinal Rouhan, et al.. (2024). The classification of the fern family Gleicheniaceae, with the description of a new genus, segregated from Sticherus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 206(4). 275–295.

Kessler, Michael, et al.. (2024). Untangling poikilohydry and desiccation tolerance: evolutionary and macroecological drivers in ferns. Annals of Botany. 134(7). 1139–1150. 2 indexed citations

Kessler, Michael, et al.. (2024). The power of independent generations in plants. New Phytologist. 245(2). 440–442. 1 indexed citations

Kessler, Michael, et al.. (2024). A new species of Polylepis (Rosaceae) from Santuario Nacional Pampa Hermosa, Peru. Phytotaxa. 653(2). 165–174. 1 indexed citations

Jungkunst, Hermann F., Felix Heitkamp, Sebastian Döetterl, et al.. (2023). Land-use induced soil carbon stabilization at the expense of rock derived nutrients: insights from pristine Andean soils. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4584–4584. 2 indexed citations

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Guadagno, Carmela R., et al.. (2023). Light, rather than circadian rhythm, regulates gas exchange in ferns and lycophytes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(3). 1634–1647. 4 indexed citations

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Abrahamczyk, Stefan, et al.. (2022). Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(1). 109–109. 5 indexed citations

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Testo, Weston, Michael Sundue, Gerhard Zotz, et al.. (2022). The relationship between chlorophyllous spores and mycorrhizal associations in ferns: evidence from an evolutionary approach. American Journal of Botany. 109(12). 2068–2081. 4 indexed citations

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Mehltreter, Klaus, et al.. (2022). Effects of microenvironmental factors on the diversity and composition of fern and orchid assemblages in an Andean paramo in Peru. Flora. 293. 152107–152107. 1 indexed citations

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Dauphin, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Transcriptome‐wide SNPs for Botrychium lunaria ferns enable fine‐grained analysis of ploidy and population structure. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(1). 254–271. 4 indexed citations

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Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Michael Kessler, Olaf Conrad, et al.. (2019). Why tree lines are lower on islands—Climatic and biogeographic effects hold the answer. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(6). 839–850. 30 indexed citations

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Sylvester, Steven P., et al.. (2017). Four new and five overlooked records of vascular plants from high elevation puna grasslands of the southern Peruvian Andes. Arnaldoa. 24(1). 2 indexed citations

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Lehtonen, Samuli, Daniele Silvestro, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, et al.. (2017). Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4831–4831. 97 indexed citations

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Mehltreter, Klaus, Joanne M. Sharpe, Michael Kessler, et al.. (2010). Fern Ecology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 73 indexed citations

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Herzog, Sebastián K., Steven R. Ewing, Karl L. Evans, et al.. (2009). Vocalizations, Distribution, and Ecology of the Cloud-Forest Screech Owl (Megascops marshalli). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 121(2). 240–252. 3 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Lebuhn, Alexander N., et al.. (2006). Promiscuity in the Andes: Species Relationships in Polylepis (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae) Based on AFLP and Morphology. Systematic Botany. 31(3). 547–559. 43 indexed citations

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