Rainer Wirth

4.1k total citations
68 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Rainer Wirth is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Wirth has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 49 papers in Genetics and 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Rainer Wirth's work include Plant and animal studies (51 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Rainer Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (51 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (49 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Rainer Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Brazil and United States. Rainer Wirth's co-authors include Inara R. Leal, Marcelo Tabarelli, Hubert Herz, Ronald J. Ryel, Dieter Spiteller, Sebastian T. Meyer, Wolfram Beyschlag, Bert Hölldobler, Christian Kost and Bettina Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Wirth

66 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Wirth Germany 27 1.8k 1.7k 719 701 331 68 2.6k
Víctor Rico‐Gray Mexico 39 3.8k 2.1× 2.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 980 1.4× 2.0k 6.2× 124 4.6k
Leif L. Richardson United States 23 2.0k 1.1× 928 0.5× 415 0.6× 1.4k 2.0× 813 2.5× 41 2.4k
Nicolas J. Vereecken Belgium 28 2.1k 1.2× 870 0.5× 419 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 964 2.9× 104 2.4k
Doyle McKey France 22 1.4k 0.8× 904 0.5× 444 0.6× 519 0.7× 751 2.3× 40 2.0k
Isabelle Dajoz France 22 1.8k 1.0× 423 0.2× 700 1.0× 594 0.8× 1.0k 3.0× 56 2.2k
Rosane Garcia Collevatti Brazil 30 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 151 0.2× 916 2.8× 151 3.5k
Simona Bonelli Italy 26 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 630 0.9× 398 0.6× 275 0.8× 103 2.0k
Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos Brazil 23 1.5k 0.8× 542 0.3× 276 0.4× 826 1.2× 657 2.0× 106 1.8k
Lorena Ashworth Argentina 16 2.3k 1.3× 792 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 389 0.6× 1.5k 4.4× 52 2.8k
Stein Joar Hegland Norway 19 1.8k 1.0× 312 0.2× 1.3k 1.8× 518 0.7× 1.2k 3.7× 41 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Wirth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Wirth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Wirth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Wirth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Wirth based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Wirth. Rainer Wirth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Oliveira, Fernanda M. P., et al.. (2025). Human disturbance and aridity influence biomass harvesting by leaf‐cutting ants with impacts on nutrient dynamics in a Caatinga dry forest. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 729–744. 2 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Elâine M. S., Rainer Wirth, Marcelo Tabarelli, & Inara R. Leal. (2025). Chronic anthropogenic disturbances reorganize tropical dry forest biota. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 41(1). 45–54.
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Oliveira, Fernanda M. P., et al.. (2024). Rapid recovery of ant-mediated seed dispersal service along secondary succession in a Caatinga dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 554. 121670–121670. 3 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Fernanda M. P., et al.. (2024). Divergent reproductive responses of Caatinga dry forest plants to leaf-cutting ant herbivory. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 63. 125790–125790. 1 indexed citations
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Tabarelli, Marcelo, et al.. (2023). Biological soil crusts decrease infiltration but increase erosion resistance in a human-disturbed tropical dry forest. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1136322–1136322. 11 indexed citations
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Arnán, Xavier, et al.. (2022). Aridity, but not disturbance, reduces the specialization and modularity of plant–insect herbivore interaction networks in Caatinga dry forest. Journal of Insect Conservation. 26(2). 175–189. 9 indexed citations
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Tabarelli, Marcelo, et al.. (2020). Habitat fragmentation and forest management alter woody plant communities in a Central European beech forest landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation. 29(8). 2729–2747. 9 indexed citations
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Zweig, Katharina A., et al.. (2017). Robustness of plant–insect herbivore interaction networks to climate change in a fragmented temperate forest landscape. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 107(5). 563–572. 7 indexed citations
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Neves, Frederico S., et al.. (2016). Mechanisms Driving Galling Success in a Fragmented Landscape: Synergy of Habitat and Top-Down Factors along Temperate Forest Edges. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157448–e0157448. 5 indexed citations
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Stephan, Jörg G., Rainer Wirth, Inara R. Leal, & Sebastian T. Meyer. (2015). Spatially Heterogeneous Nest-Clearing Behavior Coincides with Rain Event in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Neotropical Entomology. 44(2). 123–128. 7 indexed citations
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Kost, Christian, et al.. (2014). Foraging Leaf-Cutting Ants Learn to Reject Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera Plants that Emit Herbivore-Induced Volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 40(6). 617–620. 16 indexed citations
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Santos, Bráulio Almeida, et al.. (2013). Community-Level Patterns of Insect Herbivory in a Fragmented Atlantic Forest Landscape. Environmental Entomology. 42(3). 430–437. 18 indexed citations
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Pinto, Severino, et al.. (2010). Edge-induced narrowing of dietary diversity in leaf-cutting ants. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 101(3). 305–311. 28 indexed citations
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Wirth, Rainer, et al.. (2009). How leaf-cutting ants impact forests: drastic nest effects on light environment and plant assemblages. Oecologia. 162(1). 103–115. 65 indexed citations
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Leal, Inara R., Rainer Wirth, & Marcelo Tabarelli. (2007). Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Semi-arid Caatinga of North-east Brazil. Annals of Botany. 99(5). 885–894. 121 indexed citations
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Wirth, Rainer, Hubert Herz, Ronald J. Ryel, Wolfram Beyschlag, & B. Hölldobler. (2003). Herbivory of Leaf Cutting Ants. A Case study in the tropical rainforest of Panama. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 164(10). 3921–8. 7 indexed citations

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