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D-Index
54
Citations
10001
World Ranking
3160
National Ranking
171

Claus Bässler 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 Claus Bässler sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 174 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claus Bässler 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 Claus Bässler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Claus Bässler is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on insect science, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research covers key topics such as forest ecology and biodiversity studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, lichen and fungal ecology, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest insect ecology and management, species distribution and climate change, and the use of environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Claus Bässler has published a range of recent papers including:

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition, 2021, Nature
  • Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Primary determinants of communities in deadwood vary among taxa but are regionally consistent, 2020, Oikos
  • Estimating retention benchmarks for salvage logging to protect biodiversity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Beetle diversity is higher in sunny forests due to higher microclimatic heterogeneity in deadwood, 2022, Oecologia

The frequent co-authors of Claus Bässler include:

  • Jörg Müller
  • Sebastian Seibold
  • Simon Thorn
  • Roland Brandl
  • Wolfgang W. Weisser

Publication venues where Claus Bässler has contributed most often include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Biological Conservation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecography
  • Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

    Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Philip J. Burton

  • Experimental studies of dead-wood biodiversity — A review identifying global gaps in knowledge

    Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Martin M. Gossner

  • Biodiversity along temperate forest succession

    Torben Hilmers;Nicolas Friess;Claus Bässler;Marco Heurich

  • Microclimate and habitat heterogeneity as the major drivers of beetle diversity in dead wood

    Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Boris Büche

  • Bark Beetle Population Dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and Solutions

    Peter H W Biedermann;Peter H W Biedermann;Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller;Jean-Claude Grégoire;Axel Gruppe

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

    Sebastian Seibold;Werner Rammer;Torsten Hothorn;Rupert Seidl

  • Small beetle, large‐scale drivers: how regional and landscape factors affect outbreaks of the European spruce bark beetle

    Rupert Seidl;Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller;Torsten Hothorn;Claus Bässler

  • Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

    Tiemo Kahl;Tobias Arnstadt;Kristin Baber;Kristin Baber;Claus Bässler

  • Bark Beetles Increase Biodiversity While Maintaining Drinking Water Quality

    Burkhard Beudert;Claus Bässler;Simon Thorn;Simon Thorn;Reed Noss

  • Effects of resource availability and climate on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi

    Claus Bässler;Jörg Müller;Frank Dziock;Roland Brandl

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

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

  • Aggregative response in bats: prey abundance versus habitat

    Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller;Milenka Mehr;Claus Bässler;M. Brock Fenton

  • Conservation value of forests attacked by bark beetles: Highest number of indicator species is found in early successional stages

    Lukas W. Lehnert;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Philip J. Burton

  • Evolutionary dynamics of host specialization in wood-decay fungi

    Franz-Sebastian Krah;Claus Bässler;Christoph Heibl;John Soghigian

  • Contrasting patterns of lichen functional diversity and species richness across an elevation gradient

    Claus Bässler;Marc W. Cadotte;Burkhard Beudert;Christoph Heibl

  • Increasing disturbance demands new policies to conserve intact forest

    Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller;Reed F. Noss;Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler

  • Lichen diversity in temperate montane forests is influenced by forest structure more than climate

    Christoph Moning;Silke Werth;Frank Dziock;Claus Bässler

  • Effects of natural disturbances and salvage logging on biodiversity – Lessons from the Bohemian Forest

    Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler;Claus Bässler;Miroslav Svoboda;Jörg Müller;Jörg Müller

  • Near‐to‐nature logging influences fungal community assembly processes in a temperate forest

    Claus Bässler;Raffael Ernst;Marc Cadotte;Christoph Heibl

  • Independent effects of host and environment on the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi

    Franz‐Sebastian Krah;Franz‐Sebastian Krah;Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold;Roland Brandl;Petr Baldrian

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Sebastian Seibold
Sebastian Seibold Technical University of Munich
Simon Thorn
Simon Thorn University of Würzburg
Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen University of Copenhagen
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Lynne Boddy
Lynne Boddy Cardiff University
Håvard Kauserud
Håvard Kauserud University of Oslo

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