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Britta Tietjen 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 Britta Tietjen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Britta Tietjen 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 Britta Tietjen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Britta Tietjen is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial number of publications contributing to these main fields.

The researcher has explored various subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Ecology. These areas reflect a broad engagement with ecological systems, environmental changes, and biological diversity.

In terms of specific research topics, Britta Tietjen's work addresses Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant and Animal Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, and Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control. This range demonstrates an interest in both fundamental ecological processes and applied aspects related to agriculture and climate adaptation.

Britta Tietjen has published several papers recently, including:

  • Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic contributions to nonlinear dynamics of alpine grassland productivity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Environmental heterogeneity predicts global species richness patterns better than area, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts, 2020, Oikos
  • Climate change and maize productivity in Uganda: Simulating the impacts and alleviation with climate smart agriculture practices, 2022, Agricultural Systems

The frequent publication venues for Britta Tietjen include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Oikos, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecological Modelling, and Ecology and Evolution. These venues highlight the scientist's focus on ecological and environmental research with contributions to both preprints and peer-reviewed journals.

Collaborations have been frequent with coauthors such as Oksana Y. Buzhdygan, Alex Zizinga, Selina Baldauf, Sebastian Fiedler, and Bobe Bedadi. These partnerships suggest an interdisciplinary approach and a networked research environment.

Britta Tietjen has also contributed to academic book literature, with a publication through Springer Nature titled Small Water Bodies of the Western Balkans from 2021.

Best Publications

  • Climate change reduces extent of temperate drylands and intensifies drought in deep soils.

    Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth;William K. Lauenroth;Seth M. Munson

  • A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change

    Heather Tallis;Harold Mooney;Sandy Andelman;Patricia Balvanera

  • Climate change-induced vegetation shifts lead to more ecological droughts despite projected rainfall increases in many global temperate drylands

    Britta Tietjen;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;John B. Bradford;William K. Lauenroth

  • Estimating the risk of Amazonian forest dieback

    Anja Rammig;Tim Jupp;Kirsten Thonicke;Britta Tietjen

  • Effects of climate change on the coupled dynamics of water and vegetation in drylands

    Britta Tietjen;Britta Tietjen;Florian Jeltsch;Erwin Zehe;Nikolaus Classen

  • Semi‐arid grazing systems and climate change: a survey of present modelling potential and future needs

    Britta Tietjen;Florian Jeltsch

  • Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands.

    Oksana Y. Buzhdygan;Oksana Y. Buzhdygan;Sebastian T. Meyer;Wolfgang W. Weisser;Nico Eisenhauer

  • Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing

    Dirk Lohmann;Britta Tietjen;Britta Tietjen;Niels Blaum;David F. Joubert

  • A conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of dry riverbeds through the lens of soil science

    María Isabel Arce;Clara Mendoza-Lera;María Almagro;Núria Catalán

  • Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic contributions to nonlinear dynamics of alpine grassland productivity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Jianshuang Wu;Meng Li;Xianzhou Zhang;Sebastian Fiedler

  • Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Small- and Medium-Sized Carnivores in Kalahari Savannah Rangelands

    Niels Blaum;Britta Tietjen;Eva Rossmanith

  • Environmental heterogeneity predicts global species richness patterns better than area

    Kristy Udy;Matthias Fritsch;Katrin M. Meyer;Ingo Grass

  • Grazing exclusion by fencing non-linearly restored the degraded alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau.

    Jianshuang Wu;Yunfei Feng;Xianzhou Zhang;Susanne Wurst

  • Future soil moisture and temperature extremes imply expanding suitability for rainfed agriculture in temperate drylands.

    John B. Bradford;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Daniel R. Schlaepfer;William K. Lauenroth;Charles B. Yackulic

  • Simulating plant water availability in dry lands under climate change: A generic model of two soil layers

    Britta Tietjen;Erwin Zehe;Florian Jeltsch

  • Prescribed fire as a tool for managing shrub encroachment in semi-arid savanna rangelands

    Dirk Lohmann;Britta Tietjen;Niels Blaum;David Francois Joubert

  • Relative humidity predominantly determines long-term biocrust-forming lichen cover in drylands under climate change

    Selina Baldauf;Philipp Porada;José Raggio;Fernando T. Maestre

  • Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts

    Hanna Weise;Hanna Weise;Harald Auge;Cornelia Baessler;Ilona Bärlund

  • Root plasticity buffers competition among plants: theory meets experimental data

    Katja Schiffers;Katja Tielbörger;Britta Tietjen;Florian Jeltsch

  • Impacts of grazing exclusion on productivity partitioning along regional plant diversity and climatic gradients in Tibetan alpine grasslands.

    Jianshuang Wu;Meng Li;Sebastian Fiedler;Weiling Ma

  • Woody fractional cover in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Remote sensing-based maps and ecological insights

    Gabriela Bucini;Niall P. Hanan;Randall B. Boone;Izak P. J. Smit

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Jeltsch
Florian Jeltsch University of Potsdam
Scott D. Wilson
Scott D. Wilson University of Regina
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
Xianzhou Zhang
Xianzhou Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Cramer
Wolfgang Cramer Aix-Marseille University
William K. Lauenroth
William K. Lauenroth Yale University
Kirsten Thonicke
Kirsten Thonicke Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Anja Rammig
Anja Rammig Technical University of Munich
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin

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