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Dieter F. Hochuli

Dieter F. Hochuli

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
6259
World Ranking
6602
National Ranking
521

Overview

Dieter F. Hochuli is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing to studies in several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their main research topics include Urban Green Space and Health, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Frequent publication venues where Hochuli's work appears include:

  • Austral Ecology
  • Urban Ecosystems
  • Australian Zoologist
  • Insectes Sociaux
  • Wildlife Research

Some of the recent papers they have been involved in are:

  • "AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora" (2021) in Scientific Data
  • "A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems" (2021) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment" (2022) in Urban Ecosystems
  • "Urban children's connections to nature and environmental behaviors differ with age and gender" (2021) in PLoS ONE
  • "AusTraits - a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora" (2021) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Hochuli has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Caragh G. Threlfall, John M. Martin, Tanya Latty, Ryan J. Keith, and Matthew J. Hall. These collaborations have contributed to consistent outputs in ecological and environmental research contexts.

Best Publications

  • Defining greenspace: Multiple uses across multiple disciplines

    Lucy Taylor;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Habitat fragmentation in an urban environment: large and small fragments support different arthropod assemblages

    Heloise Gibb;Dieter F Hochuli

  • Effects of habitat complexity on ant assemblages

    Scott A. Lassau;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Effects of habitat complexity on forest beetle diversity: do functional groups respond consistently?

    Scott A. Lassau;Scott A. Lassau;Dieter F. Hochuli;Gerasimos Cassis;Chris A. M. Reid

  • Particulate matter deposition on roadside plants and the importance of leaf trait combinations

    Ryan J. Leonard;Clare McArthur;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Determining predator identity from attack marks left in model caterpillars: guidelines for best practice

    Petah A. Low;Katerina Sam;Clare McArthur;Mary Rose C. Posa

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Creating better cities: how biodiversity and ecosystem functioning enhance urban residents' wellbeing

    Lucy Taylor;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Insect herbivory and ontogeny: How do growth and development influence feeding behaviour, morphology and host use?

    Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Independent effects of patch size and structural complexity on diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates.

    Miguel G. Matias;A. J. Underwood;D. F. Hochuli;R. A. Coleman

  • Understanding gregariousness in a larval Lepidopteran: the roles of host plant, predation, and microclimate

    Tom Reader;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • REMOVAL EXPERIMENT REVEALS LIMITED EFFECTS OF A BEHAVIORALLY DOMINANT SPECIES ON ANT ASSEMBLAGES

    Heloise Gibb;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Colonisation by a dominant ant facilitated by anthropogenic disturbance: effects on ant assemblage composition, biomass and resource use

    Heloise Gibb;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • The ecology of plant/insect interactions : implications of digestive strategy for feeding by phytophagous insects

    Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Urban forest governance and decision-making: A systematic review and synthesis of the perspectives of municipal managers

    Camilo Ordóñez;Caragh G. Threlfall;Dave Kendal;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Wasp community responses to habitat complexity in Sydney sandstone forests.

    Scott A. Lassau;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Urbanisation at multiple scales is associated with larger size and higher fecundity of an orb-weaving spider.

    Elizabeth C. Lowe;Shawn M. Wilder;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Are butterflies and moths useful indicators for restoration monitoring? A pilot study in Sydney's Cumberland Plain Woodland

    Boris Lomov;David A. Keith;David R. Britton;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Using high‐resolution multi‐spectral imagery to estimate habitat complexity in open‐canopy forests: can we predict ant community patterns?

    Scott A. Lassau;Gerasimos Cassis;Paul K. J. Flemons;Lance Wilkie

  • A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems

    Mark A. Goddard;Mark A. Goddard;Zoe G. Davies;Solène Guenat;Mark J. Ferguson

  • Responses of wasp communities to urbanization: effects on community resilience and species diversity

    Fiona J. Christie;Fiona J. Christie;Dieter F. Hochuli

  • Testing predictions of beetle community patterns derived empirically using remote sensing

    Scott A. Lassau;Scott A. Lassau;Dieter F. Hochuli

Frequent Co-Authors

Caragh G. Threlfall
Caragh G. Threlfall Macquarie University
Clare McArthur
Clare McArthur University of Sydney
Peter B. Banks
Peter B. Banks University of Sydney
Amy K. Hahs
Amy K. Hahs University of Melbourne
Gerasimos Cassis
Gerasimos Cassis University of New South Wales
Heloise Gibb
Heloise Gibb La Trobe University
Michael B. Thompson
Michael B. Thompson University of Sydney
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney
Dave Kendal
Dave Kendal University of Melbourne
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University

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