Wolfgang W. Weisser

42.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
400 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang W. Weisser is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang W. Weisser has authored 400 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 179 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 166 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang W. Weisser's work include Plant and animal studies (187 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (172 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (101 papers). Wolfgang W. Weisser is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (187 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (172 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (101 papers). Wolfgang W. Weisser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Wolfgang W. Weisser's co-authors include Christiane Roscher, Martin M. Goßner, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Alexandra Weigelt, Jens Schumacher, Anne Ebeling, Bernhard Schmid, Markus Fischer, Teja Tscharntke and Nina Buchmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang W. Weisser

391 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

2019 817 citations Nico Blüthgen, Juliane Vogt et al. profile →
Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

2010 614 citations Wolfgang W. Weisser et al. Basic and Applied Ecology profile →
Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

2015 513 citations Vesna Gagić, Ígnasi Bartomeus et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

2015 422 citations Nico Blüthgen, Alexandra‐Maria Klein et al. profile →
Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe

2015 419 citations Wolfgang W. Weisser et al. profile →
Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

2010 413 citations Nico Eisenhauer, Christof Engels et al. Ecology profile →
Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis

2016 399 citations Teja Tscharntke, Wolfgang W. Weisser et al. profile →
Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

2022 98 citations Christiane Roscher, Alexandra Weigelt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang W. Weisser Germany	72	8.3k	7.5k	6.2k	5.5k	5.2k	400	18.9k
Thomas G. Whitham United States	77	8.2k 1.0×	8.6k 1.2×	4.7k 0.8×	6.3k 1.1×	6.3k 1.2×	284	18.9k
Markus Fischer Switzerland	68	8.7k 1.1×	9.7k 1.3×	2.4k 0.4×	7.0k 1.3×	5.0k 1.0×	286	19.0k
James M. Bullock United Kingdom	75	6.0k 0.7×	8.8k 1.2×	3.1k 0.5×	5.0k 0.9×	7.2k 1.4×	307	21.6k
Martin Zobel Estonia	69	6.6k 0.8×	10.5k 1.4×	4.3k 0.7×	9.8k 1.8×	5.9k 1.1×	220	19.9k
Petr Šmilauer Czechia	35	5.8k 0.7×	8.8k 1.2×	2.8k 0.5×	6.7k 1.2×	11.3k 2.2×	104	25.3k
Martin Hermy Belgium	71	5.9k 0.7×	10.3k 1.4×	2.7k 0.4×	6.2k 1.1×	5.2k 1.0×	410	18.2k
V. K. Brown United Kingdom	61	6.4k 0.8×	6.7k 0.9×	3.5k 0.6×	5.5k 1.0×	4.8k 0.9×	187	14.4k
Montserrat Vilà Spain	72	9.7k 1.2×	14.1k 1.9×	5.2k 0.8×	8.0k 1.5×	10.1k 2.0×	240	25.8k
David Kleijn Netherlands	54	7.7k 0.9×	5.7k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	4.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	169	14.8k
Riccardo Bommarco Sweden	60	9.9k 1.2×	5.1k 0.7×	7.4k 1.2×	5.6k 1.0×	2.9k 0.6×	168	16.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang W. Weisser

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20 of 20 papers shown

Achury, Rafael, et al.. (2025). The effect of Douglas-fir on biodiversity in European forests – What do we know and what do we not know?. Forest Ecosystems. 13. 100319–100319. 1 indexed citations

Salamon, Jörg‐Alfred, et al.. (2025). Changes in soil mesofauna communities with increasing proportions of Douglas-fir and silver fir in European beech forests. Applied Soil Ecology. 213. 106328–106328.

Buzhdygan, Oksana Y., Britta Tietjen, Jana S. Petermann, et al.. (2025). Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts. Ecological Monographs. 95(1). 2 indexed citations

Weisser, Wolfgang W., et al.. (2024). Bird guilds need different features on city squares. Basic and Applied Ecology. 83. 23–35. 2 indexed citations

Garrard, Georgia E., et al.. (2024). Designing cities for everyday nature. Conservation Biology. 39(1). e14328–e14328. 7 indexed citations

Rothballer, Michael, et al.. (2024). Microbe‐induced plant resistance against insect pests depends on timing of inoculation but is consistent across climatic conditions. Functional Ecology. 38(4). 848–860. 4 indexed citations

Staab, Michael, et al.. (2024). Assessing mowing intensity: A new index incorporating frequency, type of machinery, and technique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 264–274. 3 indexed citations

Meyer, Sebastian T., Kirsten Jung, Beate Apfelbeck, et al.. (2024). Urban biodiversity is affected by human-designed features of public squares. Nature Cities. 1(10). 706–715. 12 indexed citations

Weisser, Wolfgang W., Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2023). Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness. Oikos. 2024(1). 4 indexed citations

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Brophy, Caroline, et al.. (2023). Functional group richness increases multifunctionality in intensively managed grasslands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 225–240. 7 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Carlos Roberto, Gustavo B. Paterno, Demétrio Luís Guadagnin, et al.. (2021). Conservation biology: four decades of problem- and solution-based research. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 19(2). 121–130. 19 indexed citations

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Mupepele, Anne‐Christine, Helge Bruelheide, Carsten A. Brühl, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes: transformative societal changes needed. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(12). 1067–1070. 41 indexed citations

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Müller, Caroline, Andrea Bräutigam, Elisabeth J. Eilers, et al.. (2020). Ecology and Evolution of Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 18 indexed citations

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Haberer, Georg, et al.. (2020). Under fire-simultaneous volatilome and transcriptome analysis unravels fine-scale responses of tansy chemotypes to dual herbivore attack. BMC Plant Biology. 20(1). 551–551. 14 indexed citations

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Rogers, Rebecca G., et al.. (2019). Wildtiere im Wohnumfeld - wie werden sie von Wohnungsunternehmen bewertet?. 0028-0615. 94(5). 181–187. 2 indexed citations

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Heitland, Werner, et al.. (2017). When do people take action? The importance of people’s observation that nature is changing for pro-environmental behavior within the field of impersonal, environmental risk. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. 14(1). 1–18. 5 indexed citations

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Gagić, Vesna, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Tomas Jönsson, et al.. (2015). Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1801). 20142620–20142620. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pérès, Guenola, Safya Menasseri, Jean‐François Soussana, et al.. (2013). Mechanisms linking plant community properties to soil aggregate stability in an experimental grassland plant diversity gradient. Plant and Soil. 373(1-2). 285–299. 125 indexed citations

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Vogel, Anja, Thomas Fester, Nico Eisenhauer, et al.. (2013). Separating Drought Effects from Roof Artifacts on Ecosystem Processes in a Grassland Drought Experiment. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e70997–e70997. 38 indexed citations

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Loranger, Jessy, Sebastian T. Meyer, Bill Shipley, et al.. (2012). Predicting invertebrate herbivory from plant traits: evidence from 51 grassland species in experimental monocultures. Ecology. 93(12). 2674–2682. 84 indexed citations

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