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Overview

Bruno Baur is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans diverse areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. A significant portion of their work focuses on ecology, insect science, and the interactions between plants and animals in various ecosystems.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields in which they have contributed include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Bruno Baur's recent papers reflect their focus on ecological gradients, biodiversity, and species responses to environmental changes. Selected publications include:

  • "Ground-dwelling invertebrate diversity in domestic gardens along a rural-urban gradient: Landscape characteristics are more important than garden characteristics" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Saproxylic insects and fungi in deciduous forests along a rural-urban gradient" (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Millipedes step up: species extend their upper elevational limit in the Alps in response to climate warming" (2021, Insect Conservation and Diversity)
  • "Interpopulation variation in the prevalence and intensity of parasitic mite infection in the land snail Arianta arbustorum" (2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive [Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich])
  • "Functional diversity and habitat preferences of native grassland plants and ground-dwelling invertebrates in private gardens along an urbanization gradient" (2021, Ecology and Evolution)

They have published articles in various academic venues, with frequency in:

  • Diversity
  • PLoS ONE
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • edoc (University of Basel)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hans-Peter Rusterholz
  • José D. Gilgado
  • Brigitte Braschler
  • Sascha Buchholz
  • Valérie Zwahlen

Best Publications

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Alterations of steppe-like grasslands in Eastern Europe : a threat to regional biodiversity hotspots

    Cristina Cremene;Cristina Cremene;Gheorghe Groza;Laszlo Rakosy;Anatoli A. Schileyko

  • Effects of abandonment of subalpine hay meadows on plant and invertebrate diversity in Transylvania, Romania

    Bruno Baur;Cristina Cremene;Gheorghe Groza;Laszlo Rakosy

  • Genetic effects of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on remnant animal and plant populations: a meta‐analysis

    Daniel R. Schlaepfer;Brigitte Braschler;Hans‐Peter Rusterholz;Bruno Baur

  • LIFE HISTORY OF THE LAND SNAIL ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM ALONG AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT

    Bruno Baur;Christian Raboud

  • 8 – Sperm Competition in Molluscs

    Bruno Baur

  • Citizen science reveals unexpected continental-scale evolutionary change in a model organism

    Jonathan Silvertown;Laurence Cook;Robert Cameron;Mike Dodd

  • Short-term and long-term effects of human trampling on above-ground vegetation, soil density, soil organic matter and soil microbial processes in suburban beech forests

    Marion Kissling;K. Tessa Hegetschweiler;Hans-Peter Rusterholz;Bruno Baur

  • Are roads barriers to dispersal in the land snail Arianta arbustorum

    Anette Baur;Bruno Baur

  • Development characteristics of the box‐tree moth Cydalima perspectalis and its potential distribution in Europe

    S. Nacambo;F. L. G. Leuthardt;F. L. G. Leuthardt;H. Wan;H. Li

  • Short-term responses of plants and invertebrates to experimental small-scale grassland fragmentation.

    Samuel Zschokke;Claudine Dolt;Hans-Peter Rusterholz;Peter Oggier

  • Impacts of urban sprawl on species richness of plants, butterflies, gastropods and birds: not only built-up area matters

    Elena D. Concepción;Martin K. Obrist;Marco Moretti;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Parental care in terrestrial gastropods

    B. Baur

  • Multiple paternity and individual variation in sperm precedence in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum

    Bruno Baur

  • Experimental evidence for intra- and interspecific competition in two species of rock-dwelling land snails

    Bruno Baur;Anette Baur

  • Threatened species in a vanishing habitat: plants and invertebrates in calcareous grasslands in the Swiss Jura mountains

    Jari Niemelä;Bruno Baur

  • Population regulation in the land snail Arianta arbustorum: density effects on adult size, clutch size and incidence of egg cannibalism

    B. Baur

  • Variation in spermathecal morphology and storage of spermatozoa in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)

    Martin Haase;Bruno Baur

  • Distribution and substrate preference of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea in the river Rhine in the region of Basel (Switzerland, Germany, France)

    Stephanie Schmidlin;Bruno Baur

  • Climatic warming due to thermal radiation from an urban area as possible cause for the local extinction of a land snail

    Bruno Baur;Anette Baur

  • Variation in species richness of plants and diverse groups of invertebrates in three calcareous grasslands of the Swiss Jura mountains

    Bruno Baur;Jasmin Joschi;Bernhard Schmid;Ambros Hänggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Tony R. Walker
Tony R. Walker Dalhousie University
Patrick J. O’Farrell
Patrick J. O’Farrell University of Cape Town
Ingo Grass
Ingo Grass University of Hohenheim
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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