Simon Birrer

640 total citations
27 papers, 472 citations indexed

About

Simon Birrer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Birrer has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 472 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 12 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Simon Birrer's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Simon Birrer is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Simon Birrer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. Simon Birrer's co-authors include Markus Jenny, Lukas Jenni, Janine Aschwanden, Lukas Pfiffner, Félix Herzog, Oliver Balmer, Lukas Kohli, Sibylle Stoeckli, Marc Kéry and Fränzi Korner‐Nievergelt and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Simon Birrer

27 papers receiving 434 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Birrer Switzerland 14 276 203 128 118 92 27 472
Markus Jenny Switzerland 11 183 0.7× 166 0.8× 102 0.8× 123 1.0× 50 0.5× 25 377
Matthew Hiron Sweden 14 272 1.0× 255 1.3× 135 1.1× 139 1.2× 105 1.1× 26 497
Simon R. Wotton United Kingdom 14 468 1.7× 312 1.5× 103 0.8× 112 0.9× 191 2.1× 29 641
Judith Girard Canada 4 149 0.5× 182 0.9× 193 1.5× 102 0.9× 48 0.5× 7 403
M. C. Townsend United Kingdom 7 191 0.7× 294 1.4× 337 2.6× 113 1.0× 129 1.4× 10 600
Friederike Riesch Germany 10 179 0.6× 142 0.7× 110 0.9× 87 0.7× 35 0.4× 18 384
R. C. Stuart United Kingdom 6 184 0.7× 220 1.1× 188 1.5× 108 0.9× 38 0.4× 11 491
Andreas Flohre Germany 7 220 0.8× 239 1.2× 249 1.9× 108 0.9× 66 0.7× 7 522
Julianne Evans United Kingdom 7 323 1.2× 273 1.3× 99 0.8× 75 0.6× 95 1.0× 10 432
Miguel Linaje Mexico 13 283 1.0× 168 0.8× 116 0.9× 113 1.0× 267 2.9× 22 512

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Birrer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Birrer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Birrer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Birrer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Birrer 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 Simon Birrer. Simon Birrer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lourenço, Rui, Silvia Espín, Pablo Sánchez‐Virosta, et al.. (2022). The importance of population contextual data for large-scale biomonitoring using an apex predator: The Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). The Science of The Total Environment. 860. 160530–160530. 4 indexed citations
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Home, Robert, et al.. (2018). The influence of on-farm advice on beliefs and motivations for Swiss lowland farmers to implement ecological compensation areas on their farms. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. 24(3). 233–248. 17 indexed citations
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Korner‐Nievergelt, Pius, et al.. (2018). Identifying factors that influence bird richness and abundance on farms. Bird Study. 65(2). 161–173. 15 indexed citations
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Graf, Roman, Pius Korner, & Simon Birrer. (2014). Les installations d'irrigation, causes de l'intensification de l'exploitation en Engadine. Agrarforschung Schweiz. 5(10). 406–413. 2 indexed citations
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Jenny, Markus, et al.. (2013). The credit point system: an innovative approach to enhance biodiversity on farmland. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 23–29. 13 indexed citations
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Pasinelli, Gilberto, et al.. (2013). Habitat Quality and Geometry Affect Patch Occupancy of Two Orthopteran Species. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e65850–e65850. 10 indexed citations
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Birrer, Simon, et al.. (2013). The optimal age of sown field margins for breeding farmland birds. Ibis. 155(4). 779–791. 16 indexed citations
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Pasinelli, Gilberto, et al.. (2012). La mise en réseau des surfaces écologiques favorise les sauterelles. Agrarforschung Schweiz. 3(1). 4–11. 1 indexed citations
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Balmer, Oliver, et al.. (2012). Plus de surfaces de compensation écologique et de meilleure qualité grâce au conseil. Agrarforschung Schweiz. 3(2). 104–111. 8 indexed citations
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Balmer, Oliver, et al.. (2012). Gesamtbetriebliche Beratung steigert Qualität und Quantität von Ökoausgleichsflächen. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 6 indexed citations
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Balmer, Oliver, et al.. (2012). Whole-farm advisory increases quality and quantity of ecological compensation areas. 1 indexed citations
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Birrer, Simon, Markus Jenny, & Niklaus Zbinden. (2011). Evolution des populations d'oiseaux nicheurs dans les zones agricoles de 1990 à 2009. Agrarforschung Schweiz. 2(2). 66–71. 1 indexed citations
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Schaub, Michael, et al.. (2011). Habitat-density associations are not geographically transferable in Swiss farmland birds. Ecography. 34(4). 693–704. 12 indexed citations
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Birrer, Simon, Oliver Balmer, Roman Graf, & Markus Jenny. (2010). Biodiversität im Kulturland - vom Nebenprodukt zum Marktvorteil. Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn-Institut). 21–21. 2 indexed citations
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Jeanneret, Philippe, T. Walter, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2010). Evaluating the performance of the Swiss agri-environmental measures for biodiversity: methods, results and questions.. Aspects of applied biology. 35–42. 5 indexed citations
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Birrer, Simon. (2009). Synthesis of 312 Studies on the Diet of the Long-Eared OwlAsio otus. Ardea. 97(4). 615–624. 48 indexed citations
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Aschwanden, Janine, Simon Birrer, & Lukas Jenni. (2005). Are ecological compensation areas attractive hunting sites for common kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) and long-eared owls (Asio otus)?. Journal für Ornithologie. 146(3). 279–286. 71 indexed citations
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Walter, T., Félix Herzog, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2004). Effects of ecological compensation areas on species diversity in the Swiss grassland - an overview.. 171–173. 6 indexed citations
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Altermatt, Florian, Simon Birrer, Hans Rudolf Buser, et al.. (2000). Distribution, habitat and phenotypes of the longhorn beetle Dorcadion fuliginator (L.) in the region of Basle, Switzerland (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).. 50(2). 42–73. 2 indexed citations

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