Michael P. Nobis

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Michael P. Nobis is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Nobis has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Nobis's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (15 papers). Michael P. Nobis is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (15 papers). Michael P. Nobis collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and Germany. Michael P. Nobis's co-authors include Ariel Bergamini, Antoine Guisan, Frank T. Breiner, Marco Moretti, Martin К. Obrist, Elena D. Concepción, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Florian Altermatt, Signe Normand and Thomas Wohlgemuth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Nobis

53 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Nobis Switzerland	25	1.2k	1.0k	934	757	611	56	2.4k
Òscar Gordo Spain	17	722 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	861 1.1×	646 1.1×	38	2.6k
Christine Römermann Germany	28	1.5k 1.3×	981 1.0×	995 1.1×	895 1.2×	645 1.1×	70	2.6k
Anke Stein Germany	11	1.2k 1.0×	596 0.6×	778 0.8×	699 0.9×	616 1.0×	14	2.1k
Tobias Kawohl Germany	5	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	827 0.9×	879 1.2×	735 1.2×	7	2.8k
Jenica M. Allen United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	38	3.0k
Rodrigo Wilber Soria-Auza Bolivia	8	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	896 1.0×	935 1.2×	748 1.2×	12	2.9k
Catherine M. Hulshof United States	16	1.8k 1.5×	650 0.6×	673 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	744 1.2×	33	2.6k
Jacob McC. Overton New Zealand	19	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	874 1.2×	604 1.0×	29	3.0k
Ilya M. D. Maclean United Kingdom	30	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	741 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	94	3.4k
Kjell Bolmgren Sweden	24	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	990 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	777 1.3×	33	2.9k

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Csilléry, Katalin, et al.. (2025). GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges. Scientific Data. 12(1). 980–980. 1 indexed citations

Nobis, Michael P., Lars Hedenäs, N. G. Hodgetts, et al.. (2023). Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) data set: A fundamental tool for ecological studies. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(2). 25 indexed citations

Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Michael P. Nobis, Signe Normand, Catherine H. Graham, & Niklaus E. Zimmermann. (2023). CHELSA-TraCE21k – high-resolution (1 km) downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the Last Glacial Maximum. Climate of the past. 19(2). 439–456. 72 indexed citations

Altman, Jan, et al.. (2022). Comparative anatomy of leaf petioles in temperate trees and shrubs: the role of plant size, environment and phylogeny. Annals of Botany. 129(5). 567–582. 21 indexed citations

Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Michael P. Nobis, Signe Normand, Catherine H. Graham, & Niklaus E. Zimmermann. (2021). CHELSA-TraCE21k v1.0. Downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the last glacial maximum. 80 indexed citations

Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Michael P. Nobis, Reto Nyffeler, & Michael Kessler. (2020). Shifts in food plant abundance for flower‐visiting insects between 1900 and 2017 in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Ecological Applications. 30(6). e02138–e02138. 16 indexed citations

Pellissier, Loïc, et al.. (2020). Rapid climate change results in long-lasting spatial homogenization of phylogenetic diversity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4663–4663. 28 indexed citations

Breiner, Frank T., Antoine Guisan, Michael P. Nobis, & Ariel Bergamini. (2017). Including environmental niche information to improve IUCN Red List assessments. Diversity and Distributions. 23(5). 484–495. 58 indexed citations

Katuwal, Hem Bahadur, et al.. (2016). Seasonal Changes in Bird Species and Feeding Guilds along Elevational Gradients of the Central Himalayas, Nepal. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0158362–e0158362. 51 indexed citations

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Wunder, Jan, Michael P. Nobis, & Marco Conedera. (2014). Der Götterbaum - eine Gefahr für den Schweizer Wald?. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 40–43. 1 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P. & Signe Normand. (2014). KISSMig – a simple model for R to account for limited migration in analyses of species distributions. Ecography. 37(12). 1282–1287. 37 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P., et al.. (2013). Profitieren invasive Neophyten von Flussrevitalisierungen? Untersuchungen an 16 Flüssen der Schweiz. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 2 indexed citations

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Katuwal, Hem Bahadur, et al.. (2013). The mammalian fauna from the Central Himalaya, Nepal. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 2(1). 21–29. 7 indexed citations

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Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Petra Bachmann, Ariel Bergamini, et al.. (2012). 173 Jahre nach Kölliker: Zeit für eine neue Flora des Kantons Zürich. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 157. 9–22. 1 indexed citations

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Landolt, Elias, Andreas Erhardt, Otto Hegg, et al.. (2010). Flora indicativa = Ecological inicator values and biological attributes of the flora of Switzerland and the Alps : ökologische Zeigerwerte und biologische Kennzeichen zur Flora der Schweiz und der Alpen. 56 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P., et al.. (2010). Exploring research issues in selected forest journals 1979–2008. Annals of Forest Science. 67(8). 800–800. 20 indexed citations

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Piwowarczyk, Renata, Michael P. Nobis, & Małgorzata Jankowska‐Błaszczuk. (2009). Charakterystyka ekologiczna populacji Stipa pulcherrima (Poaceae) w Dwikozach i Podgrodziu (Wyżyna Małopolska). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica. 16(2). 1 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P., Agnieszka Nobis, & Maciej Kozak. (2008). Występowanie Ostericum palustre (Apiaceae) w południowej Polsce. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica. 15(1). 3–9. 2 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P.. (2008). Invasive Neophyten auch im Wald. 89(8). 46–49. 17 indexed citations

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Nobis, Michael P. & Renata Piwowarczyk. (2003). Potamogeton praelongus and P. gramineus (Potamogetonaceae) on the Małopolska Upland (Wyzyna Małopolska).. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica. 10. 286–289. 1 indexed citations

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