Rüdiger Otto

2.6k total citations
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rüdiger Otto is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rüdiger Otto has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Ecological Modeling and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rüdiger Otto's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (7 papers). Rüdiger Otto is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (16 papers) and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (7 papers). Rüdiger Otto collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United States. Rüdiger Otto's co-authors include José María Fernández‐Palacios, José Ramón Arévalo, Juan D. Delgado, Eduardo García‐del‐Rey, Robert J. Whittaker, Agustín Naranjo Cigala, Lea de Nascimento, Marcos Salas Pascual, Manuel J. Steinbauer and Christoph Kueffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Rüdiger Otto

34 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rüdiger Otto Spain 20 871 671 502 459 457 35 1.6k
Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro Spain 25 1.0k 1.2× 736 1.1× 574 1.1× 486 1.1× 893 2.0× 108 2.0k
Brad Boyle United States 14 1.1k 1.2× 747 1.1× 557 1.1× 623 1.4× 272 0.6× 19 1.7k
Rolland Douzet France 10 898 1.0× 580 0.9× 454 0.9× 534 1.2× 284 0.6× 11 1.6k
Pille Gerhold Estonia 16 958 1.1× 687 1.0× 426 0.8× 375 0.8× 451 1.0× 18 1.4k
Nunzio Knerr Australia 19 751 0.9× 628 0.9× 326 0.6× 506 1.1× 223 0.5× 34 1.4k
David Zelený Czechia 26 1.2k 1.3× 871 1.3× 693 1.4× 411 0.9× 861 1.9× 59 2.1k
Mary Kalin Arroyo Chile 15 695 0.8× 641 1.0× 365 0.7× 195 0.4× 455 1.0× 24 1.4k
Andrew H. Thornhill Australia 25 1.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 346 0.7× 561 1.2× 487 1.1× 54 2.2k
Florian C. Boucher France 17 764 0.9× 710 1.1× 254 0.5× 365 0.8× 327 0.7× 28 1.3k
Brigitta Erschbamer Austria 24 815 0.9× 668 1.0× 415 0.8× 273 0.6× 726 1.6× 66 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rüdiger Otto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rüdiger Otto

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Otto, Rüdiger, Julian Schrader, Natalia Sierra Cornejo, et al.. (2025). Primary succession and plant functional traits on an oceanic island. Journal of Ecology. 113(6). 1475–1490.
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Fernández‐Palacios, José María, Juan Carlos Illera, Juan Carlos Rando, et al.. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus. 4(8). pgaf215–pgaf215. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Palacios, José María, Rüdiger Otto, Jorge Capelo, et al.. (2024). In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(6). 2060–2081. 10 indexed citations
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Craven, Dylan, Patrick Weigelt, Pierre Denelle, et al.. (2023). Assembly of functional diversity in an oceanic island flora. Nature. 619(7970). 545–550. 19 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Palacios, José María, et al.. (2022). Are plant communities on the Canary Islands resistant to plant invasion?. Diversity and Distributions. 29(1). 51–60. 13 indexed citations
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Otto, Rüdiger, et al.. (2022). Changes in soil chemical properties and plant species composition during primary succession on an oceanic island. Journal of Vegetation Science. 33(3). 10 indexed citations
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Irl, Severin D. H., Andreas Schweiger, Manuel J. Steinbauer, et al.. (2021). Human impact, climate and dispersal strategies determine plant invasion on islands. Journal of Biogeography. 48(8). 1889–1903. 30 indexed citations
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Weiser, Frank, Anna Sauer, Richard Field, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Forest Fire on Understory Species Diversity in Canary Pine Ecosystems on the Island of La Palma. Forests. 12(12). 1638–1638. 9 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Palacios, José María, Rüdiger Otto, Michael K. Borregaard, et al.. (2021). Evolutionary winners are ecological losers among oceanic island plants. Journal of Biogeography. 48(9). 2186–2198. 32 indexed citations
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Otto, Rüdiger, et al.. (2020). Biotic homogenization of oceanic islands depends on taxon, spatial scale and the quantification approach. Ecography. 43(5). 747–758. 23 indexed citations
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Steinbauer, Manuel J., Richard Field, José María Fernández‐Palacios, et al.. (2016). Biogeographic ranges do not support niche theory in radiating Canary Island plant clades. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25(7). 792–804. 12 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Palacios, José María, Rüdiger Otto, Christophe Thébaud, & Jonathan P. Price. (2014). Overview of Habitat History in Subtropical Oceanic Island Summit Ecosystems. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 46(4). 801–809. 22 indexed citations
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Otto, Rüdiger & Filip Verloove. (2013). New xenophytes from La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), with emphasis on naturalized and (potentially) invasive species.. Collectanea Botanica. 35(32). 59–82. 37 indexed citations
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Steinbauer, Manuel J., Rüdiger Otto, Agustín Naranjo Cigala, Carl Beierkuhnlein, & José María Fernández‐Palacios. (2011). Increase of island endemism with altitude – speciation processes on oceanic islands. Ecography. 35(1). 23–32. 89 indexed citations
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García‐del‐Rey, Eduardo, Rüdiger Otto, & José María Fernández‐Palacios. (2010). Medium-term response of breeding Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea teydea to experimental thinning in a Pinus canariensis plantation (Tenerife, Canary Islands). Ornis Fennica. 87(4). 3 indexed citations
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Arévalo, José Ramón, et al.. (2010). Do anthropogenic corridors homogenize plant communities at a local scale? A case studied in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Plant Ecology. 209(1). 23–35. 45 indexed citations
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Alexander, Jake M., Christoph Kueffer, Curtis C. Daehler, et al.. (2010). Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(2). 656–661. 262 indexed citations
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García‐del‐Rey, Eduardo, et al.. (2010). Effects of wildfire on endemic breeding birds in aPinus canariensisforest of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Ecoscience. 17(3). 298–311. 8 indexed citations
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Simon, Neal P. P., Francis E. Schwab, & Rüdiger Otto. (2002). Songbird abundance in clear-cut and burned stands: a comparison of natural disturbance and forest management. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32(8). 1343–1350. 32 indexed citations
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Otto, Rüdiger, José María Fernández‐Palacios, & Bertil Krüsi. (2001). Variation in species composition and vegetation structure of succulent scrub on Tenerife in relation to environmental variation. Journal of Vegetation Science. 12(2). 237–248. 26 indexed citations

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