Sonja Wipf

13.1k citations

54 papers · 3.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 17
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 17
Nature and Landscape Conservation 22
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 22

Co-authors: Christian Rixen Veronika Stoeckli Peter Bebi Veronika Stöckli Frank Hagedorn Markus Fischer Günter Hoch Christa P. H. Mulder
Journals: Polar Research (4 papers)Journal of Ecology (3 papers)Plant Ecology & Diversity (3 papers)Journal of Applied Ecology (3 papers)Diversity and Distributions (2 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Germany Sweden

In The Last Decade

Sonja Wipf

54 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps 2021 · 153 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Go or grow? Feedbacks between moving slopes and shifting plants in high mountain environments Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ·Jana Eichel, Markus Stoffel, Sonja Wipf	2023	9
2	Resampling alpine herbarium records reveals changes in plant traits over space and time Journal of Ecology ·Francesca Jaroszynska, Christian Rixen, Sarah J. Woodin, Jonathan Lenoir, Sonja Wipf	2023	5
3	Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Yann Vitasse, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Geoffrey Klein, Melendez Lynn, Yannick Chittaro, Anne Delestrade, Christian Monnerat, Martine Rebetez, Christian Rixen, Nicolas Strebel, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Sonja Wipf, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Jonathan Lenoir Hit paper breakdown →	2021	153
4	The Soil Microbiome of GLORIA Mountain Summits in the Swiss Alps Frontiers in Microbiology ·О.Ф. Серова, Frank Hagedorn, Sonja Wipf, Jonathan Donhauser, Pascal Vittoz, Christian Rixen, Aline Frossard, Jean‐Paul Theurillat, Beat Frey	2019	77
5	Twelve years of low nutrient input stimulates growth of trees and dwarf shrubs in the treeline ecotone Journal of Ecology ·Alexandre de Souza Leal, Martin Alfons Mörsdorf, Melissa A. Dawes, Frank Hagedorn, Peter Bebi, Davide Viglietti, Michele Freppaz, Sonja Wipf, Christian Körner, Frank M. Thomas, Christian Rixen	2018	26
6	Enough space in a warmer world? Microhabitat diversity and small‐scale distribution of alpine plants on mountain summits Diversity and Distributions ·Aino Kulonen, Angela Fink, Christian Rixen, Miguel González Leonardo, Sonja Wipf	2017	46
7	Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats Ecology and Evolution ·Janosch Sedlacek, Andrés J. Cortés, Julia A. Wheeler, Oliver Bossdorf, Günter Hoch, Jaroslav Klápště, Christian Lexer, Christian Rixen, Sonja Wipf, Sophie Karrenberg, Mark van Kleunen	2016	40
8	The Response of the Alpine Dwarf Shrub Salix herbacea to Altered Snowmelt Timing: Lessons from a Multi-Site Transplant Experiment PLoS ONE ·Janosch Sedlacek, Julia A. Wheeler, Andrés J. Cortés, Oliver Bossdorf, Günter Hoch, Christian Lexer, Sonja Wipf, Sophie Karrenberg, Mark van Kleunen, Christian Rixen	2015	59
9	Bud freezing resistance in alpine shrubs across snow depth gradients Environmental and Experimental Botany ·Sara Palacio, Armando Lenz, Sonja Wipf, Günter Hoch, Christian Rixen	2015	20
10	Snow cover, freeze‐thaw, and the retention of nutrients in an oceanic mountain ecosystem Ecosphere ·Sonja Wipf, Martin Sommerkorn, Marc Stutter, E. R. Jasper Wubs, René van der Wal	2015	37
11	Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea Heredity ·Andrés J. Cortés, Devlina Chatterjee, Christian Lexer, Janosch Sedlacek, Justin Wheeler, Mark van Kleunen, Oliver Bossdorf, Günter Hoch, Christian Rixen, Sonja Wipf, Sophie Karrenberg	2014	48
12	Growth and Phenology of Three Dwarf Shrub Species in a Six-Year Soil Warming Experiment at the Alpine Treeline PLoS ONE ·Alba Anadon‐Rosell, Christian Rixen, Paolo Cherubini, Sonja Wipf, Frank Hagedorn, Melissa A. Dawes	2014	31
13	Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt Oecologia ·Justin Wheeler, Günter Hoch, Andrés J. Cortés, Janosch Sedlacek, Sonja Wipf, Christian Rixen	2014	100
14	Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change Alpine Botany ·Christian Rixen, Sonja Wipf, Esther R. Frei, Veronika Stöckli	2014	23
15	Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark Vellend, Lander Baeten, Isla H. Myers‐Smith, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Robin Beauséjour, Carissa D. Brown, Pieter De Frenne, Kris Verheyen, Sonja Wipf Hit paper breakdown →	2013	387
16	The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835 Plant Ecology & Diversity ·Sonja Wipf, Veronika Stöckli, Sueleyman Aktas, Christian Rixen	2013	68
17	Soil warming alters microbial substrate use in alpine soils Global Change Biology ·Kathrin Streit, Frank Hagedorn, David Hiltbrunner, 陈曦 Chen Xi, Matthias Saurer, Nina Buchmann, Birgit Wild, Andreas Richter, Sonja Wipf, Rolf Siegwolf	2013	106
18	Growth and community responses of alpine dwarf shrubs to in situ CO₂ enrichment and soil warming New Phytologist ·Melissa A. Dawes, Frank Hagedorn, Thomas Zumbrunn, I. Tanya Handa, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Sonja Wipf, Christian Rixen	2011	56
19	Winter soil respiration originates mainly from old soil organic matter - a 13CO2-tracer study at the alpine treeline EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Frank Hagedorn, Sonja Wipf, A. L. T. Costa, 威杨, Rolf Siegwolf	2010	1
20	Winter climate change at different temporal scales in Vaccinium myrtillus, an Arctic and alpine dwarf shrub Polar Research ·Christian Rixen, Wolfgang Lewitzki, Sonja Wipf	2010	2

About Sonja Wipf

Sonja Wipf is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 54 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (22 papers), Climate change and permafrost (18 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (17 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (10 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (949 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (931 citations) and Ecology (1.0k citations). Sonja Wipf has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Christian Rixen, Veronika Stoeckli, Peter Bebi, Veronika Stöckli, Frank Hagedorn, Markus Fischer, Günter Hoch, Christa P. H. Mulder, Sarah C. Elmendorf and Carissa D. Brown. Their work appears in journals such as Polar Research, Journal of Ecology, Plant Ecology & Diversity, Journal of Applied Ecology and Diversity and Distributions.

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