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Overview

Diethart Matthies is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics covered in Matthies' work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Biomass partitioning in response to intraspecific competition depends on nutrients and species characteristics: A study of 43 plant species" (2021), published in Journal of Ecology
  • "Corridors as a tool for linking habitats - Shortcomings and perspectives for plant conservation" (2021), published in Journal for Nature Conservation
  • "Altitude and latitude have different effects on population characteristics of the widespread plant Anthyllis vulneraria" (2021), published in Oecologia
  • "Ecological niche differences between two polyploid cytotypes of Saxifraga rosacea" (2020), published in American Journal of Botany
  • "Stresses affect inbreeding depression in complex ways: disentangling stress-specific genetic effects from effects of initial size in plants" (2021), published in Heredity

The prominent venues where Matthies frequently publishes include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Journal for Nature Conservation

Frequent collaborators in Matthies' research are:

  • Tobias M. Sandner
  • Guy Colling
  • Werner Härdtle
  • Laura Daco
  • Anna Dotzert

Best Publications

  • Succession of bacterial community structure and diversity in a paddy soil oxygen gradient.

    Matthias Noll;Diethart Matthies;Peter Frenzel;Manigee Derakshani

  • Population size and the risk of local extinction: empirical evidence from rare plants

    Diethart Matthies;Ingo Bräuer;Wiebke Maibom;Teja Tscharntke

  • The influence of plant diversity on people’s perception and aesthetic appreciation of grassland vegetation

    Petra Lindemann-Matthies;Xenia Junge;Xenia Junge;Diethart Matthies

  • Reduced fecundity and offspring performance in small populations of the declining grassland plants Primula veris and Gentiana lutea

    Marc Kéry;Diethart Matthies;Hans‐Heinrich Spillmann

  • RAPD variation in relation to population size and plant fitness in the rare Gentianella germanica (Gentianaceae)

    Markus Fischer;Diethart Matthies

  • EFFECTS OF POPULATION SIZE ON PERFORMANCE IN THE RARE PLANT GENTIANELLA GERMANICA

    Markus Fischer;Diethart Matthies

  • Mating structure and inbreeding and outbreeding depression in the rare plant Gentianella germanica (Gentianaceae).

    Markus Fischer;Diethart Matthies

  • Activation of Methanogenesis in Arid Biological Soil Crusts Despite the Presence of Oxygen

    Roey Angel;Diethart Matthies;Ralf Conrad

  • Impact of Plant Functional Group, Plant Species, and Sampling Time on the Composition of nirK-Type Denitrifier Communities in Soil

    Christina Bremer;Gesche Braker;Diethart Matthies;Andreas Reuter

  • Root hemiparasites and plant diversity in experimental grassland communities.

    Jasmin Joshi;Diethart Matthies;Bernhard Schmid

  • Local adaptation in the monocarpic perennial Carlina vulgaris at different spatial scales across Europe.

    Ute Becker;Guy Colling;Petr Dostal;Anna Jakobsson

  • Parasitic and Competitive Interactions between the Hemiparasites Rhinanthus Serotinus and Odontites Rubra and their Host Medicago Sativa

    Diethart Matthies

  • The effect of plant population size on the interactions between the rare plant Gentiana cruciata and its specialized herbivore Maculinea rebeli

    Marc Kéry;Diethart Matthies;Markus Fischer

  • Interactions between the root hemiparasite Melampyrum arvense and mixtures of host plants: heterotrophic benefit and parasite- mediated competition

    Diethart Matthies

  • Scale-dependent effects of land use on plant species richness of mountain grassland in the European Alps

    Thomas Spiegelberger;Diethart Matthies;Heinz Müller‐Schärer;Urs Schaffner

  • Consequences of ex situ cultivation of plants: Genetic diversity, fitness and adaptation of the monocarpic Cynoglossum officinale L. in botanic gardens

    Andreas Enßlin;Tobias M. Sandner;Diethart Matthies

  • Population structure and establishment of the threatened long-lived perennial Scorzonera humilis in relation to environment

    Guy Colling;Diethart Matthies;Claude Reckinger

  • Demographic stochasticity in population fragments of the declining distylous perennial Primula veris (Primulaceae)

    Marc Kéry;Marc Kéry;Diethart Matthies;Bernhard Schmid

  • Effects of habitat deterioration on population dynamics and extinction risk of an endangered, long-lived perennial herb (Scorzonera humilis)

    Guy Colling;Diethart Matthies

  • Plasticity of reproductive components at different stages of development in the annual plant Thlaspi arvense L.

    Diethart Matthies

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Urs Schaffner
Urs Schaffner CAB International
Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Werner Härdtle
Werner Härdtle Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Martin Schädler
Martin Schädler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Marc Kéry
Marc Kéry Swiss Ornithological Institute
Ralf Conrad
Ralf Conrad Max Planck Society
Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi University of Pavia

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