Stefan Zerbe

6.5k total citations
196 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Stefan Zerbe is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Zerbe has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 57 papers in Plant Science and 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stefan Zerbe's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (30 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (30 papers). Stefan Zerbe is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (57 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (30 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (30 papers). Stefan Zerbe collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Austria. Stefan Zerbe's co-authors include Niels Thevs, Alessio Russo, Camilla Wellstein, Francisco J. Escobedo, Andrew Speak, Christian Ammer, Giuseppe T. Cirella, Leonardo Montagnani, Herbert Sukopp and Anna Radtke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Zerbe

183 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stefan Zerbe 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 665 196 4.5k
Raf Aerts 1.3k 0.8× 954 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 858 0.8× 619 0.9× 138 5.4k
Shixiao Yu 875 0.6× 936 0.7× 989 0.9× 609 0.6× 439 0.7× 148 2.9k
Margaret M. Carreiro 1.5k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 516 0.8× 45 4.5k
Mark S. Ashton 2.0k 1.4× 2.2k 1.7× 864 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 639 1.0× 152 4.7k
R. I. Smith 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 644 1.0× 67 5.2k
Andreas Heinemeyer 2.3k 1.6× 854 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 280 0.4× 59 4.2k
Shaolin Peng 873 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 887 0.9× 716 1.1× 202 4.0k
Sally A. Power 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 890 1.3× 149 4.5k
Christopher Martius 1.3k 0.9× 815 0.6× 748 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 780 1.2× 161 4.8k
Hai Ren 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 2.1k 2.0× 829 1.2× 260 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Zerbe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Zerbe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Zerbe

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

All Works

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Bonari, Gianmaria, et al.. (2025). Traditional agroforestry systems in Europe revisited: a systematic review. Agroforestry Systems. 99(8). 1 indexed citations
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Bricca, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Passive Rewilding of Old‐Established Plantations Into Native Forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 36(6).
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Zerbe, Stefan, Georg Leitinger, José Bava, et al.. (2023). Regeneration of Nothofagus dombeyi (Mirb.) Ørst. in little to moderately disturbed southern beech forests in the Andes of Patagonia (Argentina). Forest Ecosystems. 10. 100126–100126. 5 indexed citations
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Bonari, Gianmaria, Piero Zannini, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, et al.. (2023). Probabilistic and preferential sampling approaches offer integrated perspectives of Italian forest diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(1). 5 indexed citations
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Wellstein, Camilla, et al.. (2023). The role of the soil seed bank for the restoration potential of eroded alpine grassland. Restoration Ecology. 32(1). 1 indexed citations
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Hornberg, Claudia, et al.. (2022). Therapeutic Landscapes and Psychiatric Care Facilities: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(3). 1490–1490. 14 indexed citations
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Wellstein, Camilla, et al.. (2021). Population structure of Laurus nobilis L. in Central Italian forests: evidence for its ongoing expansion. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 32(2). 365–376. 5 indexed citations
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Bonari, Gianmaria, Josep Padullés Cubino, Marco Landi, et al.. (2021). Ecosystem state assessment after more than 100 years since planting for dune consolidation. Restoration Ecology. 29(7). 15 indexed citations
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Bonari, Gianmaria, Tiberio Fiaschi, Emanuele Fanfarillo, et al.. (2021). Remnants of naturalness in a reclaimed land of central Italy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 9–30. 6 indexed citations
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Wellstein, Camilla, et al.. (2021). Surface Tradeoffs and Elevational Shifts at the Largest Italian Glacier: A Thirty-Years Time Series of Remotely-Sensed Images. Remote Sensing. 13(1). 134–134. 6 indexed citations
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Plagg, Barbara, et al.. (2020). Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): biodiversity and use. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 16(1). 34 indexed citations
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Zerbe, Stefan. (2019). “Ecology of Central European Forest. Vegetation ecology of Central Europe. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 154(1). 129–129. 1 indexed citations
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Zerbe, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Plant composition and diversity in a semi-natural Mediterranean island landscape: the importance of environmental factors. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 153(6). 756–766. 4 indexed citations
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Těšitel, Jakub, et al.. (2019). Ancient refugia and present‐day habitat suitability of native laurophylls in Italy. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30(3). 564–574. 5 indexed citations
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Montagnani, Leonardo, Andrew Speak, Camilla Wellstein, et al.. (2019). Evidence for a non-linear carbon accumulation pattern along an Alpine glacier retreat chronosequence in Northern Italy. PeerJ. 7. e7703–e7703. 8 indexed citations
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Wellstein, Camilla, et al.. (2018). Phytocoenological approach to the ecology of Laurus nobilis L. in Italy. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 29(2). 343–354. 6 indexed citations
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Speak, Andrew, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alessio Russo, & Stefan Zerbe. (2018). Comparing convenience and probability sampling for urban ecology applications. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(5). 2332–2342. 50 indexed citations
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Esposito, Alfonso, et al.. (2014). Safe-Site Effects on Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities in a High-Altitude Alpine Environment. BioMed Research International. 2014. 1–9. 16 indexed citations

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