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D-Index
67
Citations
19985
World Ranking
1573
National Ranking
93

Christian Ammer 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 Christian Ammer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 291 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Ammer 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 Christian Ammer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Ammer is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, insect science, ecology, and plant science.

The main topics addressed in Christian Ammer's work include:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest management and policy
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Remote sensing and LiDAR applications
  • Species distribution and climate change

Ammer has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent publications include:

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential, 2023, Nature
  • Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Global root traits (GRooT) database, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ammer frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Peter Schall
  • Dominik Seidel
  • Markus Fischer
  • Peter Annighöfer
  • Martin M. Goßner

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

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

    Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

  • Adaptive forest management in central Europe: Climate change impacts, strategies and integrative concept

    Andreas Bolte;Christian Ammer;Magnus Löf;Palle Madsen

  • Admixing broadleaved to coniferous tree species: a review on yield, ecological stability and economics

    Thomas Knoke;Christian Ammer;Bernd Stimm;Reinhard Mosandl

  • Diversity and forest productivity in a changing climate

    Christian Ammer

  • Impact of ungulates on structure and dynamics of natural regeneration of mixed mountain forests in the Bavarian Alps

    Christian Ammer

  • Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;Ch. Ammer;A. Avdagic

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Markus Fischer

  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

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  • Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Peter Manning

  • The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

    Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

  • Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity.

    Martin Ehbrecht;Dominik Seidel;Peter Annighöfer;Holger Kreft

  • Quantifying stand structural complexity and its relationship with forest management, tree species diversity and microclimate

    Martin Ehbrecht;Peter Schall;Christian Ammer;Dominik Seidel

  • Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe

    David Ian Forrester;David Ian Forrester;Christian Ammer;Peter J. Annighöfer;Ignacio Barbeito

  • Mixed forests reconsidered: A forest economics contribution on an ecological concept.

    Thomas-H. Knoke;Bernd Stimm;Christian-H. Ammer;Martin Moog

  • Global root traits (GRooT) database

    Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez;Liesje Mommer;Grégoire T. Freschet;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Heterogeneity–diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests

    Lea Heidrich;Soyeon Bae;Shaun Levick;Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold

  • Site-adapted admixed tree species reduce drought susceptibility of mature European beech.

    Jérôme Metz;Peter Annighöfer;Peter Schall;Jorma Zimmermann

  • How to quantify forest management intensity in Central European forests

    Peter Schall;Christian Ammer

  • European Mixed Forests: definition and research perspectives

    Andres Bravo-Oviedo;Hans Pretzsch;Christian Ammer;Ernesto Andenmatten

  • Crown modeling by terrestrial laser scanning as an approach to assess the effect of aboveground intra- and interspecific competition on tree growth

    Jérôme Metz;Dominik Seidel;Peter Schall;Dina Scheffer

  • Biomass allocation to roots and shoots is more sensitive to shade and drought in European beech than in Norway spruce seedlings

    Peter Schall;Christina Lödige;Michael Beck;Christian Ammer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Schall
Peter Schall University of Göttingen
Dominik Seidel
Dominik Seidel University of Göttingen
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Steffen Boch
Steffen Boch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Jürgen Bauhus
Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg
Magnus Löf
Magnus Löf Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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