Michael Staab

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Staab is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Staab has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 46 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Staab's work include Plant and animal studies (57 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers). Michael Staab is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (57 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers). Michael Staab collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Michael Staab's co-authors include Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Nico Blüthgen, Andreas Schuldt, Helge Bruelheide, Gesine Pufal, Keping Ma, Felix Fornoff, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Rafael Achury and Chao‐Dong Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Staab

77 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests
    2018 242 citations Xiaojuan Liu, Stefan Trogisch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Staab Germany 24 918 841 503 407 401 80 1.7k
Sascha Buchholz Germany 28 930 1.0× 855 1.0× 543 1.1× 335 0.8× 528 1.3× 84 2.0k
Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez Netherlands 22 803 0.9× 653 0.8× 377 0.7× 273 0.7× 451 1.1× 42 1.8k
Jens Schirmel Germany 25 687 0.7× 768 0.9× 491 1.0× 151 0.4× 224 0.6× 68 1.4k
Nash E. Turley United States 16 685 0.7× 760 0.9× 273 0.5× 233 0.6× 279 0.7× 26 1.5k
Andreas Schuldt Germany 29 1.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 580 1.2× 252 0.6× 517 1.3× 86 2.1k
Katharine L. Stuble United States 20 613 0.7× 571 0.7× 154 0.3× 382 0.9× 224 0.6× 44 1.2k
Markus Franzén Sweden 25 1.2k 1.3× 957 1.1× 429 0.9× 386 0.9× 258 0.6× 86 1.8k
Hannah M. Griffiths United Kingdom 15 553 0.6× 464 0.6× 222 0.4× 360 0.9× 219 0.5× 21 1.2k
T. Erwin United States 6 636 0.7× 784 0.9× 285 0.6× 234 0.6× 354 0.9× 6 1.4k
Vesna Gagić Australia 22 1.1k 1.2× 575 0.7× 1.0k 2.0× 238 0.6× 252 0.6× 34 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Staab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Staab

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Staab, Michael, Nadja K. Simons, Konstans Wells, et al.. (2024). The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods. Ecological Applications. 34(6). e3022–e3022. 9 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, et al.. (2024). Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks. Ecological Entomology. 49(2). 257–271. 3 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, et al.. (2024). Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 264–274. 3 indexed citations
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Segelbacher, Gernot, et al.. (2023). Gauging DNA degradation among common insect trap preservatives. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 171(3). 218–226. 1 indexed citations
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Schuldt, Andreas, Xiaojuan Liu, François Buscot, et al.. (2023). Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change Biology. 29(18). 5321–5333. 27 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, et al.. (2023). Leaf litter arthropods show little response to structural retention in a Central European forest. Biodiversity and Conservation. 32(12). 3973–3990. 1 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, Martin M. Goßner, Nadja K. Simons, et al.. (2023). Insect decline in forests depends on species’ traits and may be mitigated by management. Communications Biology. 6(1). 338–338. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaojuan, Yuanyuan Huang, Lei Chen, et al.. (2022). Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Ecology. 110(10). 2522–2531. 16 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, Rafael Achury, Christian Ammer, et al.. (2022). Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full‐factorial experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(10). 2113–2124. 10 indexed citations
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Neff, Felix, Jonas Hagge, Rafael Achury, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical trait filtering at different spatial scales determines beetle assemblages in deadwood. Functional Ecology. 36(12). 2929–2942. 8 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, et al.. (2022). Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance. Forest Ecosystems. 9. 100056–100056. 19 indexed citations
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Bruelheide, Helge, Andreas Fichtner, Andreas Schuldt, et al.. (2021). What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?. ZooKeys. 1044. 907–927. 3 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, Xiaojuan Liu, Thorsten Aßmann, et al.. (2020). Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities. Functional Ecology. 35(2). 521–534. 29 indexed citations
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Bruelheide, Helge, Werner Härdtle, Goddert von Oheimb, et al.. (2019). A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(2). 299–308. 21 indexed citations
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Knuff, Anna K., et al.. (2019). Plant composition, not richness, drives occurrence of specialist herbivores. Ecological Entomology. 44(6). 833–843. 11 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, et al.. (2019). Benchmarking nesting aids for cavity-nesting bees and wasps. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(14). 3831–3849. 19 indexed citations
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Konold, Werner, et al.. (2018). Simple pond restoration measures increase dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata) diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 27(9). 2311–2328. 28 indexed citations
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Staab, Michael, Gesine Pufal, Teja Tscharntke, & Alexandra‐Maria Klein. (2018). Trap nests for bees and wasps to analyse trophic interactions in changing environments—A systematic overview and user guide. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(11). 2226–2239. 81 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, et al.. (2017). Tree genetic diversity increases arthropod diversity in willow short rotation coppice. Biomass and Bioenergy. 108. 338–344. 11 indexed citations

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