Michael Stech

3.4k total citations
126 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Stech is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Stech has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 93 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Stech's work include Bryophyte Studies and Records (109 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (91 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (91 papers). Michael Stech is often cited by papers focused on Bryophyte Studies and Records (109 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (91 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (91 papers). Michael Stech collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Brazil. Michael Stech's co-authors include Wolfgang Frey, Dietmar Quandt, Jan‐Peter Frahm, Manuela Sim‐Sim, Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva Câmara, Micheline Carvalho‐Silva, Jesús Muñoz, Olaf Werner and Rosa M. Ros and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael Stech

118 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Stech Netherlands 26 1.6k 1.3k 339 191 62 126 1.9k
Blanka Shaw United States 22 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 375 1.1× 135 0.7× 57 0.9× 43 1.4k
Nils Cronberg Sweden 25 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 526 1.6× 192 1.0× 49 0.8× 73 1.9k
Ana Rosa Burgaz Spain 18 1.0k 0.6× 864 0.7× 151 0.4× 90 0.5× 61 1.0× 83 1.2k
Richard H. Zander United States 17 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 214 0.6× 130 0.7× 62 1.0× 139 1.6k
Alfons Schäfer‐Verwimp Germany 26 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 120 0.4× 102 0.5× 52 0.8× 120 1.9k
Kjell Ivar Flatberg Norway 23 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 835 2.5× 126 0.7× 99 1.6× 68 2.0k
Helmut Mayrhofer Austria 22 1.9k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 162 0.5× 115 0.6× 90 1.5× 138 2.1k
Christian Printzen Germany 27 2.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 202 0.6× 152 0.8× 110 1.8× 90 2.1k
Juan Guerra Spain 19 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 275 0.8× 73 0.4× 61 1.0× 149 1.9k
Wolfgang Frey Germany 19 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 162 0.5× 80 0.4× 28 0.5× 96 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Stech

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All Works

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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, Michael Stech, Peter Convey, et al.. (2024). Assessing aerial biodiversity over Keller Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding. Antarctic Science. 36(1). 37–46.
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Peralta, Denílson Fernandes, et al.. (2023). Macromitrium Brid. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae) in Brazil: a molecular approach. Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 46(4). 925–946. 1 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, Fabyano Álvares Cardoso Lopes, Micheline Carvalho‐Silva, et al.. (2023). Investigating aerial diversity of non‐fungal eukaryotes across a 40° latitudinal transect using DNA metabarcoding. Austral Ecology. 48(6). 1178–1194. 3 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the bipolarity of Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) P.E.A.S. Câmara & Carv.-Silva (Bryophyta, Pylaisiaceae). Antarctic Science. 35(3). 165–175. 2 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael, et al.. (2022). Genetic population structure of Cheilolejeunea rigidula (Lejeuneaceae) in the Amazon region. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. 45(1).
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, Micheline Carvalho‐Silva, & Michael Stech. (2021). Antarctic bryophyte research—current state and future directions. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. 43(1). 5 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva Câmara, Rafael Medina, & Jesús Muñoz. (2021). Advances and challenges in bryophyte biology after 50 years of International Association of Bryologists. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. 43(1). 1 indexed citations
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Peralta, Denílson Fernandes, et al.. (2020). First record of the family Gigaspermaceae (Bryophyta) in Brazil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47. 3 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, et al.. (2019). New insights into the species diversity of Bartramia Hedw. (Bryophyta) in Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 31(4). 208–215. 13 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, et al.. (2019). Molecular tools to identify tropical mosses: a case study of the Brazilian species ofSchlotheimiaBrid. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 17(6). 609–621. 2 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, Micheline Carvalho‐Silva, Diego Knop Henriques, et al.. (2018). Pylaisiaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) revisited. Journal of Bryology. 40(3). 251–264. 25 indexed citations
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Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva, et al.. (2018). Integrated analysis of intraspecific diversity in the bipolar moss Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) P.E.A.S. Câmara & M. Carvalho-Silva (Bryophyta) in Antarctica. Polar Biology. 42(3). 485–496. 9 indexed citations
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Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, Jesús, et al.. (2017). Ecological niche comparison and molecular phylogeny segregate the invasive moss species Campylopus introflexus (Leucobryaceae, Bryophyta) from its closest relatives. Ecology and Evolution. 7(19). 8017–8031. 12 indexed citations
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Hesse, Cedar, et al.. (2012). Contributions to the moss flora of Edgeoya and Barentsoya, Svalbard (Norway). Polish Botanical Journal. 57(1). 3 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael. (2009). Moleculaire systematiek van mossen: stand van zaken met voorbeelden uit de Europese mosflora. Gorteria. 34. 41–52. 3 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael & Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer. (2006). Molecular relationships and divergence of palaeoaustral Dicranoloma species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Studies in Austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 31. Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 451–464. 9 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael, Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer, & Wolfgang Frey. (2006). Molecular relationships and divergence of palaeoaustral Dicranoloma species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Studies in Austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 31 (Papers to Commemorate the 100th Issue of the Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory) -- (Bryology). Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 451–464. 1 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael, Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer, & Wolfgang Frey. (2002). Molecular generic classification of the Hypopterygiaceae (Bryopsida), with the description of a new genus, Arbusculohypopterygium gen. nov. studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 10. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 40(2). 207–221. 11 indexed citations
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Stech, Michael. (1999). A reclassification of Dicranaceae(Bryopsida)based on non-coding cpDNA sequence data. Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 137–159. 25 indexed citations

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