Severin D. H. Irl

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Severin D. H. Irl is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Severin D. H. Irl has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 29 papers in Ecological Modeling and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Severin D. H. Irl's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Severin D. H. Irl is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (39 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (29 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Severin D. H. Irl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United Kingdom. Severin D. H. Irl's co-authors include Carl Beierkuhnlein, Manuel J. Steinbauer, José María Fernández‐Palacios, Anke Jentsch, David E. V. Harter, Samuel Hoffmann, David Gallego, Andreas Schweiger, Sietze J. Norder and Rosemary G. Gillespie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Ecology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Severin D. H. Irl

48 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Severin D. H. Irl Germany	22	722	592	537	488	290	50	1.4k
Jenny L. McCune Canada	17	809 1.1×	593 1.0×	572 1.1×	439 0.9×	340 1.2×	40	1.7k
Brian Maitner United States	22	836 1.2×	605 1.0×	664 1.2×	551 1.1×	460 1.6×	46	1.7k
Jean‐Yves Meyer French Polynesia	24	695 1.0×	342 0.6×	691 1.3×	764 1.6×	238 0.8×	70	1.7k
F. B. Vincent Florens Mauritius	21	441 0.6×	249 0.4×	467 0.9×	600 1.2×	136 0.5×	63	1.3k
Roel van Klink Germany	22	1.2k 1.7×	580 1.0×	924 1.7×	1.0k 2.1×	588 2.0×	47	2.4k
Alistair G. Auffret Sweden	21	840 1.2×	437 0.7×	617 1.1×	490 1.0×	396 1.4×	34	1.5k
M. S. Hopkins Australia	18	838 1.2×	309 0.5×	432 0.8×	383 0.8×	369 1.3×	20	1.4k
Robert Buitenwerf Denmark	18	637 0.9×	267 0.5×	682 1.3×	257 0.5×	693 2.4×	52	1.5k
Rosalina Gabriel Portugal	19	312 0.4×	311 0.5×	419 0.8×	724 1.5×	137 0.5×	95	1.3k
Gerold Kier Germany	10	1.2k 1.7×	817 1.4×	759 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	458 1.6×	13	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Craven, Dylan, et al.. (2025). Diversity–Elevation Relationships of Vascular Plants in Austral Temperate Ecosystems Are Strata Dependent. Ecology and Evolution. 15(12). e72515–e72515.

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.

Vetaas, Ole R., Manuel J. Steinbauer, Carl Beierkuhnlein, et al.. (2025). Testing of Drivers for Plant Species Diversity Along Elevational Gradients on Seven Mountainous Islands in the Subtropics. Journal of Vegetation Science. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

Hanz, Dagmar M., Adam C. Algar, Carl Beierkuhnlein, et al.. (2023). Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands. Diversity and Distributions. 29(9). 1157–1171. 13 indexed citations

Chiarucci, Alessandro, Severin D. H. Irl, Anke Jentsch, et al.. (2022). Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: the role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance. Biogeosciences. 19(6). 1691–1703. 5 indexed citations

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

Hanz, Dagmar M., Mirela Beloiu, Carl Beierkuhnlein, et al.. (2022). High species turnover and low intraspecific trait variation in endemic and non‐endemic plant species assemblages on an oceanic island. Journal of Vegetation Science. 33(1). 2 indexed citations

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

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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Cervellini, Marco, Michele Di Musciano, Piero Zannini, et al.. (2021). Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 18111–18124. 21 indexed citations

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Chiarucci, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: The role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and reproductive fitness. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 2 indexed citations

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Cervellini, Marco, Ole R. Vetaas, Richard Field, et al.. (2020). A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 26 indexed citations

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Irl, Severin D. H., et al.. (2019). Graminoid Invasion in an Insular Endemism Hotspot and Its Protected Areas. Diversity. 11(10). 192–192. 5 indexed citations

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Algar, Adam C., et al.. (2019). The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands. Frontiers of Biogeography. 11(4). 4 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Samuel, Alessandro Chiarucci, Severin D. H. Irl, et al.. (2018). Remote sensing of β‐diversity: Evidence from plant communities in a semi‐natural system. Applied Vegetation Science. 22(1). 13–26. 27 indexed citations

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Steinbauer, Manuel J., Carl Beierkuhnlein, Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin Khan, et al.. (2016). How to differentiate facilitation and environmentally driven co‐existence. Journal of Vegetation Science. 27(5). 1071–1079. 21 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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Schweiger, Andreas, Severin D. H. Irl, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Jürgen Dengler, & Carl Beierkuhnlein. (2015). Optimizing sampling approaches along ecological gradients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7(4). 463–471. 49 indexed citations

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Harter, David E. V., Severin D. H. Irl, Bumsuk Seo, et al.. (2015). Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands – Projections, implications and current knowledge. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 17(2). 160–183. 143 indexed citations

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Irl, Severin D. H., Manuel J. Steinbauer, Jana Messinger, et al.. (2014). Burned and Devoured-Introduced Herbivores, Fire, and the Endemic Flora of the High-Elevation Ecosystem on La Palma, Canary Islands. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 46(4). 859–869. 33 indexed citations

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