Nico Blüthgen

25.5k citations

197 papers · 14.1k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.01%
- Plant and animal studies
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 172
- Plant and animal studies 167
Nature and Landscape Conservation 88
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 88

Co-authors: Florian Menzel Jochen Fründ Nils Blüthgen Konrad Fiedler Carsten F. Dormann Bernd Gruber Diego P. Vázquez Alexandra‐Maria Klein
Journals: Journal of Animal Ecology (9 papers)Oikos (9 papers)Ecology (8 papers)Biotropica (7 papers)Basic and Applied Ecology (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Nico Blüthgen

189 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers 2019 · 817 citations

What are hit papers?

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

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature
2017 Nature
2015 Nature Communications
2010 Basic and Applied Ecology
2009 Annals of Botany
2009 Indices, Graphs and Null Models: Analyzing Bipartite Ecological Networks
2008 Journal of Animal Ecology
2007 Oikos
2006 BMC Ecology

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nico Blüthgen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Temporal stability of agricultural land-use effects on morphological traits and abundance in bumblebees and syrphid flies Basic and Applied Ecology ·Julian Ungar-Sargon, Mallikarjun Chanmal, Nico Blüthgen, Jonas Kuppler, Lena Wilfert, Manfred Ayasse	2025	0
2	Mobile species’ responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature’s contributions to people Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ghada Chouaib, Jason M. Tylianakis, Dean P. Anderson, Andrea Larissa Boesing, Hao Ran Lai, Gaëtane Le Provost, Peter Manning, Margot Neyret, Nico Blüthgen, Kirsten Jung, Paul Magdon, Sandra Müeller, Noëlle V. Schenk, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Sandra Lavorel	2025	0
3	Reassembly of a tropical rainforest: A new chronosequence in the Chocó tested with the recovery of tree attributes Ecosphere ·Litrico Grazia, Felicity L. Newell, María‐José Endara, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Jack Harrison Scott, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Joseph W. Schneid, Jörg Müller, Karen Pedersen, Matthias Schleuning, Constance J. Tremlett, J. Alcantara Nunnez, Hinrich Schaefer, David A. Donoso, Nico Blüthgen	2025	6
4	Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests Journal of Applied Ecology ·F. N. Mezarina-Kanashiro, Anne Chao, H. Martin Schaefer, Nico Blüthgen, Hannah Strawson, Constance J. Tremlett, 健春日, F. Hombeck, Sebastian Seibold, 华朝熙, 郭小瑞, Frank Lizaraso Caparó, Çaḡan H. Şekercioḡlu, Matthias Schleuning, Heike Feldhaar, Felicity L. Newell, Andrea Collella, Oliver Mitesser, Marcell K. Peters, Jörg Müller	2025	5
5	High Resource Overlap and a Consistently Generalised Pattern of Interactions in a Bat–Flower Network in a Seasonally Dry Landscape Ecology and Evolution ·Constance J. Tremlett, Mark A. Chapman, Kathryn H. Maher, Alexander Keller, Nico Blüthgen, Kelvin S.‐H. Peh, Veronica Zamora‐Gutierrez	2024	1
6	Hunting habits die hard: Conserved prey preferences in army ants across two distant neotropical rainforests Ecosphere ·Xiaomin Wang, Д.З. Вагапова, David A. Donoso, Chaoliang Wang, Nico Blüthgen, Christoph von Beeren	2024	2
7	The day after mowing: Time and type of mowing influence grassland arthropods Ecological Applications ·Kompalli, Michael Staab, Annie Garois, Nadja K. Simons, Konstans Wells, Martin M. Goßner, Juliane Vogt, Rafael Achury, Sebastian Seibold, Andreas Hemp, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Nico Blüthgen	2024	9
8	The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador Insect Conservation and Diversity ·Anita Rose White, Jörg Müller, Zuzana Buřivalová, Nico Blüthgen, 健春日, Frank Lizaraso Caparó, David A. Donoso, Heike Feldhaar, Steven Adams, F. N. Mezarina-Kanashiro, 华朝熙, Andrea Collella, Felicity L. Newell, F. Hombeck, Hinrich Schaefer, Sebastian Seibold, Constance J. Tremlett, Oliver Mitesser	2024	2
9	Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Annie Garois, Viviana Silvia Leonardi Puelles, Kompalli, Michael Staab, Juliane Vogt, Manfred Ayasse, Andreas Zourellis, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Nico Blüthgen	2024	3
10	To the top or into the dark? Relationships between elevational and canopy cover distribution shifts in mountain forests Ecography ·大谷明夫, Nico Blüthgen, Jörg Müller, Linda Seifert, Sebastian Seibold, Claus Bässler	2024	1
11	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
12	Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full‐factorial experiment Journal of Animal Ecology ·Michael Staab, Rafael Achury, Christian Ammer, Martin Ehbrecht, 公一郎蛯原, 潘永庆, Peter Schall, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Nico Blüthgen	2022	10
13	A remarkable legion of guests: Diversity and host specificity of army ant symbionts Molecular Ecology ·Christoph von Beeren, Nico Blüthgen, Xiaomin Wang, 隆義山下, Adrian Brückner, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Munetoshi Maruyama, Brian V. Brown, 廖树贵, William E. Hall, Daniel J. C. Kronauer	2021	12
14	Insights from regional and short‐term biodiversity monitoring datasets are valuable: a reply to Daskalova et al . 2021 Insect Conservation and Diversity ·Sebastian Seibold, Torsten Hothorn, Martin M. Goßner, Nadja K. Simons, Nico Blüthgen, Jörg Müller, Didem Ambarlı, Christian Ammer, Jürgen Bauhus, Markus Fischer, Jan Christian Habel, Caterina Penone, Peter Schall, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Wolfgang W. Weisser	2021	9
15	Seeing through the static: the temporal dimension of plant–animal mutualistic interactions Ecology Letters ·Paul J. CaraDonna, Laura A. Burkle, Benjamin Schwarz, Julian Resasco, Tiffany M. Knight, Gita Benadi, Nico Blüthgen, Carsten F. Dormann, Qiang Fang, Jochen Fründ, Benoît Gauzens, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Rachael Winfree, Diego P. Vázquez	2020	82
16	Anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall variation threaten the stability of plant–ant interactions in the Brazilian Caatinga Ecography ·Usta Mb, Inara R. Leal, Nico Blüthgen, Fernanda M. P. Oliveira, Xavier Arnán	2019	27
17	Food resource exploitation and functional resilience in ant communities found in common Mediterranean habitats The Science of The Total Environment ·Xavier Arnán, Roberto Molowny‐Horas, Nico Blüthgen	2019	11
18	Flowers with poricidal anthers and their complex interaction networks—Disentangling legitimate pollinators and illegitimate visitors Functional Ecology ·贾远琨, Nico Blüthgen, Clemens Schlindwein	2018	40
19	Effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall on the specialization of ant–plant mutualistic networks in the Caatinga, a Brazilian dry forest Journal of Animal Ecology ·Usta Mb, Inara R. Leal, Nico Blüthgen, Fernanda M. P. Oliveira, Rubens Teixeira de Queiroz, Xavier Arnán	2018	42
20	Unveiling community patterns and trophic niches of tropical and temperate ants using an integrative framework of field data, stable isotopes and fatty acids PeerJ ·Félix Baumgarten Rosumek, Nico Blüthgen, Adrian Brückner, Florian Menzel, Gerhard Gebauer, Michael Heethoff	2018	20

About Nico Blüthgen

Nico Blüthgen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Ecological Modeling and Genetics, having authored 197 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (167 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (92 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (88 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (53 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (48 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (12 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (11.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (5.5k citations), Insect Science (4.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.4k citations) and Genetics (4.4k citations). Nico Blüthgen has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Florian Menzel, Jochen Fründ, Nils Blüthgen, Konrad Fiedler, Carsten F. Dormann, Bernd Gruber, Diego P. Vázquez, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Robert R. Junker and K. Eduard Linsenmair. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Animal Ecology, Oikos, Ecology, Biotropica and Basic and Applied Ecology.

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