Sylvain Ursenbacher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Ursenbacher is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Ursenbacher has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 38 papers in Genetics and 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Ursenbacher's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (31 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (26 papers). Sylvain Ursenbacher is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (31 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (26 papers). Sylvain Ursenbacher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Hungary. Sylvain Ursenbacher's co-authors include Luca Fumagalli, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Marc Kéry, James P. Collins, Martin Carlsson, Håkan Tegelström, Véronique Helfer, Ljiljana Tomović, Jelka Crnobrnja‐Isailović and Bruno Baur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Ursenbacher

69 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps
    2021 153 citations Yann Vitasse, Sylvain Ursenbacher et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvain Ursenbacher Switzerland 20 819 644 615 567 399 71 1.6k
Daniele Canestrelli Italy 25 697 0.9× 857 1.3× 959 1.6× 593 1.0× 505 1.3× 94 1.9k
Michelle S. Koo United States 18 799 1.0× 670 1.0× 477 0.8× 941 1.7× 444 1.1× 39 1.8k
Daniele Salvi Italy 25 712 0.9× 894 1.4× 632 1.0× 562 1.0× 377 0.9× 120 1.9k
Ben Wielstra Netherlands 25 607 0.7× 631 1.0× 1.0k 1.7× 494 0.9× 343 0.9× 88 1.8k
Rachael A. Bay United States 18 1.6k 2.0× 657 1.0× 693 1.1× 449 0.8× 330 0.8× 38 2.4k
Zoltán T. Nagy Belgium 21 456 0.6× 830 1.3× 634 1.0× 425 0.7× 413 1.0× 57 1.5k
Guillermo Velo‐Antón Portugal 27 794 1.0× 930 1.4× 884 1.4× 671 1.2× 518 1.3× 119 1.9k
Jelka Crnobrnja‐Isailović Serbia 19 604 0.7× 991 1.5× 758 1.2× 640 1.1× 551 1.4× 70 1.8k
Fernando Sequeira Portugal 20 343 0.4× 559 0.9× 660 1.1× 456 0.8× 330 0.8× 54 1.3k
João Alexandrino Brazil 17 399 0.5× 598 0.9× 620 1.0× 555 1.0× 403 1.0× 32 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Ursenbacher

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All Works

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Martínez‐Freiría, Fernando, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Judit Vörös, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Evolutionary History of European Vipers and Their Venoms From a Multi‐Omic Approach. Molecular Ecology. 34(21). e70019–e70019.
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Lorch, Jeffrey M., Michael D. Franzen, Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, et al.. (2024). Contribution of host species and pathogen clade to snake fungal disease hotspots in Europe. Communications Biology. 7(1). 440–440. 5 indexed citations
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Guillon, Michaël, Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, Sylvain Ursenbacher, et al.. (2024). Inferring current and Last Glacial Maximum distributions are improved by physiology‐relevant climatic variables in cold‐adapted ectotherms. Journal of Biogeography. 51(8). 1400–1415. 4 indexed citations
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Dufresnes, Christophe, Bálint Halpern, Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomic insights into the diversity and evolution of Palearctic vipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 197. 108095–108095. 15 indexed citations
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Lucek, Kay, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Marcello Mezzasalma, et al.. (2023). Extensive gene flow suggests lack of reproductive barriers between the two subspecies of the green whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Colubridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141(1). 133–147. 1 indexed citations
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Lourdais, Olivier, et al.. (2022). Rare genetic admixture and unidirectional gene flow between Vipera aspis and Vipera berus at their contact zone in western France. Amphibia-Reptilia. 43(2). 181–194. 5 indexed citations
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Origgi, Francesco C., et al.. (2022). Ophiodimyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s. Emerging infectious diseases. 28(10). 2064–2068. 11 indexed citations
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Ursenbacher, Sylvain, et al.. (2021). Conservation genetics of a wide-ranged temperate snake: same species, different locations, and different behaviour. Conservation Genetics. 23(1). 167–177. 1 indexed citations
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Vitasse, Yann, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Geoffrey Klein, et al.. (2021). 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. 96(5). 1816–1835. 153 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vincent, Claire, Rui F. Fernandes, Olivier Broennimann, et al.. (2019). Climate and land-use changes reshuffle politically-weighted priority areas of mountain biodiversity. Global Ecology and Conservation. 17. e00589–e00589. 31 indexed citations
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Vörös, Judit, Sylvain Ursenbacher, & Dušan Jelić. (2018). Population Genetic Analyses Using 10 New Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci Confirms Genetic Subdivision within the Olm,Proteus anguinus. Journal of Heredity. 110(2). 211–218. 9 indexed citations
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Lourdais, Olivier, et al.. (2016). Hybridization between a Euro‐Siberian (Vipera berus) and a Para‐Mediterranean viper (V. aspis) at their contact zone in western France. Journal of Zoology. 302(2). 138–147. 21 indexed citations
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Ursenbacher, Sylvain, Michaël Guillon, Hervé Cubizolle, et al.. (2015). Postglacial recolonization in a cold climate specialist in western Europe: patterns of genetic diversity in the adder (Vipera berus) support the central–marginal hypothesis. Molecular Ecology. 24(14). 3639–3651. 24 indexed citations
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Rusterholz, Hans‐Peter, et al.. (2015). DNA Quantity and Quality in Remnants of Traffic-Killed Specimens of an Endangered Longhorn Beetle: A Comparison of Different Methods. Journal of Insect Science. 15(1). 120–120. 8 indexed citations
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Menegon, Michele, Simon P. Loader, Stuart J. Marsden, et al.. (2014). The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79. 12–22. 32 indexed citations
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Ursenbacher, Sylvain, et al.. (2012). Grass Snake Population Differentiation over Different Geographic Scales. Herpetologica. 68(1). 134–145. 9 indexed citations
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Ursenbacher, Sylvain, Christian Erny, & Luca Fumagalli. (2008). Male Reproductive Success and Multiple Paternity in Wild, Low-Density Populations of the Adder (Vipera berus). Journal of Heredity. 100(3). 365–370. 19 indexed citations
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Ursenbacher, Sylvain, Silke Schweiger, Ljiljana Tomović, et al.. (2007). Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus (1758)): Evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(3). 1116–1128. 130 indexed citations

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