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Bernhard Seifert publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernhard Seifert sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

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Bernhard Seifert D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernhard Seifert sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Bernhard Seifert is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States and focuses on research within agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Seifert's subfields of study highlight expertise in:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Social Psychology

Their research covers a variety of topics, primarily in:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Recent representative papers by Bernhard Seifert include:

  • Cryptic species in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited: we need a change in the alpha-taxonomic approach, 2024, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Application of Exploratory Data Analyses opens a new perspective in morphology-based alpha-taxonomy of eusocial organisms, 2023, Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  • A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - the famous mound-building red wood ants, 2021, Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED)
  • The Gene and Gene Expression (GAGE) Species Concept: An Universal Approach for All Eukaryotic Organisms, 2020, Systematic Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Seifert include:

  • Sándor Csősz
  • Jürgen Heinze
  • R. Jack Schultz
  • Heikki Helanterä
  • Jonna Kulmuni

The scientist's work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Integrative Taxonomy: A Multisource Approach to Exploring Biodiversity

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer

  • A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in Western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Karl Moder;Bernhard Seifert

  • Without morphology, cryptic species stay in taxonomic crypsis following discovery

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Christian Stauffer;Erhard Christian

  • The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants.

    Sylvia Cremer;Sylvia Cremer;Line V. Ugelvig;Line V. Ugelvig;Falko P. Drijfhout;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

  • Development of soil fauna at mine sites during 46 years after afforestation

    Wolfram Dunger;Manfred Wanner;H. Hauser;K. Hohberg

  • Light at the end of the tunnel: Integrative taxonomy delimits cryptic species in the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Herbert C. Wagner;Wolfgang Arthofer;Bernhard Seifert;Cristoph Muster

  • Specificity and transmission mosaic of ant nest-wall fungi

    Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner;Florian M. Steiner;Heino Konrad;Bernhard Seifert

  • No sympatric speciation here: multiple data sources show that the ant Myrmica microrubra is not a separate species but an alternate reproductive morph of Myrmica rubra

    F. M. Steiner;B. C. Schlick-Steiner;H. Konrad;K. Moder

  • Segregation distortion causes large-scale differences between male and female genomes in hybrid ants

    Jonna Kulmuni;Bernhard Seifert;Pekka Pamilo

  • A taxonomic revision of the Cardiocondyla nuda group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Bernhard Seifert;Ichiro Okita;Jürgen Heinze

  • Interspecific hybridisations in natural populations of ants by example of a regional fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    B. Seifert

  • Limited phylogeographical structure across Eurasia in two red wood ant species Formica pratensis and F. lugubris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Anna Goropashnaya;Anna Goropashnaya;Vadim B Fedorov;Bernhard Seifert;Pekka Pamilo

  • Evolution of male morphology in the ant genus Cardiocondyla.

    Jürgen Heinze;Andreas Trindl;Bernhard Seifert;Katsusuke Yamauchi

  • Application of Exploratory Data Analyses opens a new perspective in morphology-based alpha-taxonomy of eusocial organisms

    B. Seifert;M. Ritz;Sándor Csősz

  • A multisource solution for a complex problem in biodiversity research: Description of the cryptic ant species Tetramorium alpestre sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Florian M. Steiner;Bernhard Seifert;Karl Moder;Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner

  • Regional trends and preliminary results on the local expansion rate in the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    X. Espadaler;András Tartally;R. Schultz;B. Seifert

  • Phylogeography and population structure in the ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across Eurasia as reflected by mitochondrial DNA variation and microsatellites

    Anna V. Goropashnaya;Vadim B. Fedorov;Bernhard Seifert;Pekka Pamilo

  • The Westpalaearctic Lasius paralienus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) contains three species.

    Bernhard Seifert;Christophe Galkowski

  • Independent hybrid populations of Formica polyctena X rufa wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) abound under conditions of forest fragmentation

    Bernhard Seifert;Jonna Kulmuni;Pekka Pamilo

  • The ecology of Central European non-arboreal ants – 37 years of a broad-spectrum analysis under permanent taxonomic control: + Electronic supplement is linked to the online version of the paper

    Bernhard Seifert

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian M. Steiner
Florian M. Steiner University of Innsbruck
Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner
Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner University of Innsbruck
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg
Christian Stauffer
Christian Stauffer BOKU University
Pekka Pamilo
Pekka Pamilo University of Helsinki
Ross H. Crozier
Ross H. Crozier James Cook University
Xavier Espadaler
Xavier Espadaler Autonomous University of Barcelona
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Georg Miehe
Georg Miehe Philipp University of Marburg
Patrizia d'Ettorre
Patrizia d'Ettorre Paris 13 University

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