The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christof Bigler sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile
7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christof Bigler sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile
22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.
Christof Bigler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their work explores several subfields, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, ecology, and plant science.
The scientist's research focuses primarily on plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies. They have also contributed to forest ecology and management, remote sensing in agriculture, species distribution and climate change, and plant responses to elevated CO2.
Christof Bigler has published in a range of scientific journals, with frequent publications in:
Notable recent papers include:
Their frequent co-authors include Harald Bugmann, Andreas Rigling, Yann Vitasse, Michael Meier, and Tuomas Aakala.
Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel
Christof Bigler;Christof Bigler;Otto Ulrich Bräker;Harald Bugmann;Matthias Dobbertin;Matthias Dobbertin
Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto
Lucía DeSoto;Lucía DeSoto;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Frank Sterck;Steven Jansen
Andreas Rigling;Christof Bigler;Britta Eilmann;Elisabeth Feldmeyer-Christe
Christof Bigler;Daniel G. Gavin;Charles Gunning;Thomas T. Veblen
Christof Bigler;Dominik Kulakowski;Thomas T. Veblen
Yann Vitasse;Alessandra Bottero;Maxime Cailleret;Christof Bigler
Christof Bigler;Harald Bugmann
Jesús Julio Camarero;Christof Bigler;Juan Carlos Linares;Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
Christof Bigler;Harald Bugmann
Christof Bigler;Thomas T. Veblen
Enric Batllori;Francisco Lloret;Tuomas Aakala;William R. L. Anderegg
Matthias Dobbertin;Beat Wermelinger;Christof Bigler;Matthias Bürgi
Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert
Christof Bigler;Jožica Gričar;Harald Bugmann;Katarina Čufar
Golo Stadelmann;Harald Bugmann;Franz Meier;Beat Wermelinger
Harald Bugmann;Harald Bugmann;Christof Bigler
Arun K. Bose;Daniel Scherrer;J. Julio Camarero;Daniel Ziche
Raúl Sánchez-Salguero;Juan Carlos Linares;J. Julio Camarero;Jaime Madrigal-González
Golo Stadelmann;Golo Stadelmann;Harald Bugmann;Beat Wermelinger;Christof Bigler
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