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Christian Schöb

Christian Schöb

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
6655
World Ranking
6810
National Ranking
130

Overview

Christian Schöb is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and contributes extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Forestry.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Christian Schöb has published a number of research papers, notable recent works include:

  • "Positive Effects of Crop Diversity on Productivity Driven by Changes in Soil Microbial Composition" (2021), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming" (2021), Journal of Ecology
  • "Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate" (2022), Trends in Plant Science
  • "Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Diversity increases yield but reduces harvest index in crop mixtures" (2021), Nature Plants

The venues where Christian Schöb frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Journal of Plant Ecology
  • Basic and Applied Ecology

Among frequent collaborators are Laura Stefan, Nadine Engbersen, Rob W. Brooker, Anja Schmutz, and Gianalberto Losapio. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges notably, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison E. Bennett;Wen Feng Cong;Tim J. Daniell

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

    Andrew Siefert;Cyrille Violle;Loïc Chalmandrier;Loïc Chalmandrier;Cécile H Albert

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

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  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • Variability in functional traits mediates plant interactions along stress gradients

    Christian Schöb;Cristina Armas;Manuela Guler;Iván Prieto

  • Foundation species influence trait-based community assembly

    Christian Schöb;Bradley J. Butterfield;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Partitioning net interactions among plants along altitudinal gradients to study community responses to climate change

    Richard Michalet;Christian Schöb;Christopher J. Lortie;Rob W. Brooker

  • Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison J. Karley;Adrian C. Newton;Robin J. Pakeman

  • Positive Effects of Crop Diversity on Productivity Driven by Changes in Soil Microbial Composition.

    Laura Stefan;Martin Hartmann;Nadine Engbersen;Johan Six

  • Small-scale plant species distribution in snowbeds and its sensitivity to climate change

    Christian Schöb;Peter M. Kammer;Philippe Choler;Heinz Veit

  • Facilitation and biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming

    Rob W. Brooker;Tim S. George;Zohralyn Homulle;Zohralyn Homulle;Alison J. Karley

  • Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate.

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  • Direct and indirect interactions co‐determine species composition in nurse plant systems

    Christian Schöb;Cristina Armas;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs.

    Christian Schöb;Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Intraspecific genetic diversity and composition modify species‐level diversity–productivity relationships

    Christian Schöb;Sarah Kerle;Alison J. Karley;Luna Morcillo

  • The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities

    Zaal Kikvidze;Robin W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Competition, facilitation and environmental severity shape the relationship between local and regional species richness in plant communities

    Richard Michalet;Jean-Paul Maalouf;Philippe Choler;Bernard Clément

  • Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide

    Yuanzhi Li;Yuanzhi Li;Bill Shipley;Jodi N. Price;Jodi N. Price;Vinícius de L. Dantas

  • Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities

    Gianalberto Losapio;Gianalberto Losapio;Christian Schöb;Phillip P. A. Staniczenko;Francesco Carrara

  • Consequences of facilitation: one plant's benefit is another plant's cost

    Christian Schöb;Christian Schöb;Iván Prieto;Cristina Armas;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • Positive effects of crop diversity on productivity driven by changes in soil microbial composition

    L. Stefan;M. Hartmann;J. Six;N. Engbersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco I. Pugnaire
Francisco I. Pugnaire Spanish National Research Council
Rob W. Brooker
Rob W. Brooker James Hutton Institute
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux
Robin J. Pakeman
Robin J. Pakeman James Hutton Institute
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Zaal Kikvidze
Zaal Kikvidze Ilia State University
Christopher J. Lortie
Christopher J. Lortie York University
Cristina Armas
Cristina Armas Spanish National Research Council
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich

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