Michael Staab

3.6k citations

80 papers · 1.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
Ecological Modeling top 2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in ⓘ

Nature and Landscape Conservation 46
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 45
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 59
- Plant and animal studies 57

Co-authors: Alexandra‐Maria Klein (32 shared papers)Nico Blüthgen (20 shared papers)Andreas Schuldt (14 shared papers)Helge Bruelheide (16 shared papers)Gesine Pufal (4 shared papers)Keping Ma (12 shared papers)Felix Fornoff (9 shared papers)Wolfgang W. Weisser (12 shared papers)
Journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (5 papers)Basic and Applied Ecology (5 papers)Ecological Entomology (5 papers)ZooKeys (4 papers)Methods in Ecology and Evolution (3 papers)
Partner nations: Germany China Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Michael Staab

77 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests 2018 · 242 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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1	Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Xiaojuan Liu, Stefan Trogisch, Jin He, Pascal A. Niklaus, Helge Bruelheide, Zhiyao Tang, Alexandra Erfmeier, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Katherina A. Pietsch, Bo Yang, Peter Kühn, Thomas Scholten, Yuanyuan Huang, Chao Wang, Michael Staab, Katrin N. Leppert, Christian Wirth, Bernhard Schmid, Keping Ma Hit paper breakdown →	2018	242
2	Trap nests for bees and wasps to analyse trophic interactions in changing environments—A systematic overview and user guide Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Michael Staab, Gesine Pufal, Teja Tscharntke, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2018	81
3	Exotic garden plants partly substitute for native plants as resources for pollinators when native plants become seasonally scarce Oecologia ·Michael Staab, Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2020	73
4	The Influence of Tree Diversity on Natural Enemies—a Review of the “Enemies” Hypothesis in Forests Current Forestry Reports ·Michael Staab, Andreas Schuldt	2020	63
5	Tree phylogenetic diversity promotes host–parasitoid interactions Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Michael Staab, Helge Bruelheide, Walter Durka, Stefan G. Michalski, Oliver Purschke, Chao‐Dong Zhu, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2016	51
6	Insect abundance in managed forests benefits from multi-layered vegetation Basic and Applied Ecology ·Anna K. Knuff, Michael Staab, Julian Frey, Carsten F. Dormann, Thomas Asbeck, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2020	50
7	Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri‐trophic network in a biodiversity experiment Oikos ·Michael Staab, Nico Blüthgen, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2014	49
8	Insect decline in forests depends on species’ traits and may be mitigated by management Communications Biology ·Michael Staab, Martin M. Goßner, Nadja K. Simons, Rafael Achury, Didem Ambarlı, Soyeon Bae, Peter Schall, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Nico Blüthgen	2023	43
9	Tree diversity increases robustness of multi-trophic interactions Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Felix Fornoff, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Staab	2019	42
10	Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest Scientific Reports ·Andreas Schuldt, Helge Bruelheide, François Buscot, Thorsten Aßmann, Alexandra Erfmeier, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Keping Ma, Thomas Scholten, Michael Staab, Christian Wirth, Jia‐Yong Zhang, Tesfaye Wubet	2017	39
11	Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) reveals a partially artificial classification at the genus level and a species‐rich clade of bee parasitoids Systematic Entomology ·Thomas Pauli, Ruth F. Castillo‐Cajas, Paolo Rosa, Sandra Kukowka, Alexander Berg, Eric van den Berghe, Felix Fornoff, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Manfred Niehuis, Ralph S. Peters, Michael Staab, F. Strumia, Stefan Tischendorf, Thomas Schmitt, Oliver Niehuis	2018	37
12	Unravelling insect declines: can space replace time? Biology Letters ·Nico Blüthgen, Michael Staab, Rafael Achury, Wolfgang W. Weisser	2022	36
13	Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales Nature Communications ·Andreas Schuldt, Tesfaye Wubet, François Buscot, Michael Staab, Thorsten Aßmann, Martin Böhnke-Kammerlander, Sabine Both, Alexandra Erfmeier, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Keping Ma, Katherina A. Pietsch, Sabrina Schultze, Christian Wirth, Jia‐Yong Zhang, Pascale Zumstein, Helge Bruelheide	2015	35
14	Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant–herbivore networks Molecular Ecology ·Ming‐Qiang Wang, Yi Li, Douglas Chesters, Helge Bruelheide, Keping Ma, Peng‐Fei Guo, Qing‐Song Zhou, Michael Staab, Chao‐Dong Zhu, Andreas Schuldt	2020	33
15	Experiments are needed to quantify the main causes of insect decline Biology Letters ·Wolfgang W. Weisser, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Staab, Rafael Achury, Jörg Müller	2023	32
16	Optimizing sampling of flying insects using a modified window trap Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Anna K. Knuff, Nathalie Winiger, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Gernot Segelbacher, Michael Staab	2019	31
17	Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment PLoS ONE ·Annika Wein, Jürgen Bauhus, Simon Bilodeau‐Gauthier, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Charles A. Nock, Michael Staab	2016	30
18	Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities Functional Ecology ·Michael Staab, Xiaojuan Liu, Thorsten Aßmann, Helge Bruelheide, François Buscot, Walter Durka, Alexandra Erfmeier, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Keping Ma, Stefan G. Michalski, Tesfaye Wubet, Bernhard Schmid, Andreas Schuldt	2020	29
19	Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Yi Li, Bernhard Schmid, Andreas Schuldt, Shan Li, Ming‐Qiang Wang, Felix Fornoff, Michael Staab, Peng‐Fei Guo, Perttu Anttonen, Douglas Chesters, Helge Bruelheide, Chao‐Dong Zhu, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Liu	2023	29
20	Diversity and specificity of host‐natural enemy interactions in an urban‐rural interface Ecological Entomology ·Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Gesine Pufal, Michael Staab, Celso Feitosa Martins, Alexandra‐Maria Klein	2016	29

About Michael Staab

Michael Staab is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Insect Science and Genetics, having authored 80 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (57 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (34 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (14 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (12 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (8 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (841 citations), Ecological Modeling (231 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (918 citations), Insect Science (503 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (401 citations). Michael Staab has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Basic and Applied Ecology, Ecological Entomology, ZooKeys and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

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