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H. Martin Schaefer

H. Martin Schaefer

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
11059
World Ranking
3138
National Ranking
166

Overview

H. Martin Schaefer is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's research topics focus on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Tree-ring climate responses, Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond, as well as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Among their recent scientific contributions are several peer-reviewed papers, including:

  • Rapid shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth in 2020-2022 (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Reassembly of a tropical rainforest: A new chronosequence in the Chocó tested with the recovery of tree attributes (2025, Ecosphere)
  • Using carbon-14 and carbon-13 measurements for source attribution of atmospheric methane in the Athabasca oil sands region (2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Reassembly of a tropical rainforest ecosystem: A new chronosequence in the Ecuadorian Chocó tested with the recovery of tree attributes (2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Radiocarbon monoxide indicates increasing atmospheric oxidizing capacity (2025, Nature Communications)

Schaefer has frequently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the SSRN Electronic Journal, with additional publications in Ecosphere, Nature Communications, and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

Their regular collaborators include Felicity L. Newell, Jörg Müller, Nico Blüthgen, Constance J. Tremlett, and Sebastián Escobar, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs

    Donal P. McCarthy;Donal P. McCarthy;Paul F. Donald;Jörn P. W. Scharlemann;Jörn P. W. Scharlemann;Graeme M. Buchanan

  • How plant¿animal interactions signal new insights in communication

    H. Martin Schaefer;Veronika Schaefer;Douglas J. Levey

  • Life history trade-offs are influenced by the diversity, availability and interactions of dietary antioxidants

    Carlo Catoni;Anne Peters;H. Martin Schaefer

  • Specialization on traits as basis for the niche‐breadth of flower visitors and as structuring mechanism of ecological networks

    Robert R. Junker;Nico Blüthgen;Tanja Brehm;Julia Binkenstein

  • Morphology predicts species' functional roles and their degree of specialization in plant-frugivore interactions.

    D. Matthias Dehling;Pedro Jordano;H. Martin Schaefer;Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  • Disruptive coloration provides camouflage independent of background matching.

    H. Martin Schaefer;Nina Stobbe

  • Identifying Causes of Patterns in Ecological Networks: Opportunities and Limitations

    Carsten F. Dormann;Jochen Fründ;H. Martin Schaefer

  • Plant-Animal Communication

    H. Martin Schaefer;Graeme D. Ruxton

  • Deception in plants: mimicry or perceptual exploitation?

    H. Martin Schaefer;Graeme D. Ruxton

  • Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata.

    Matthias Schleuning;Nico Blüthgen;Martina Flörchinger;Julius Braun

  • The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer

    Sandra Steiger;Thomas Schmitt;H. Martin Schaefer

  • Contemporary evolution of reproductive isolation and phenotypic divergence in sympatry along a migratory divide.

    Gregor Rolshausen;Gernot Segelbacher;Keith A. Hobson;H. Martin Schaefer

  • Are Fruit Colors Adapted to Consumer Vision and Birds Equally Efficient in Detecting Colorful Signals

    H. Martin Schaefer;Veronika Schaefer;Misha Vorobyev

  • Colour spaces in ecology and evolutionary biology.

    Julien P Renoult;Almut Kelber;H Martin Schaefer

  • Functional relationships beyond species richness patterns: trait matching in plant-bird mutualisms across scales

    D. Matthias Dehling;Till Töpfer;H. Martin Schaefer;Pedro Jordano

  • Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati;Martin M. Gossner

  • Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations

    I. Berkunsky;Petra Quillfeldt;D. J. Brightsmith;M. C. Abbud

  • Why are fruits colorful? The relative importance of achromatic and chromatic contrasts for detection by birds

    Eliana Cazetta;Hinrich Martin Schaefer;Mauro Galetti

  • Testing the defence trade-off hypothesis: how contents of nutrients and secondary compounds affect fruit removal

    H. Martin Schaefer;V. Schmidt;H. Winkler

  • Plants on red alert: do insects pay attention?

    H. Martin Schaefer;Gregor Rolshausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Gernot Segelbacher
Gernot Segelbacher University of Freiburg
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Katrin Böhning-Gaese Goethe University Frankfurt
Matthias Schleuning
Matthias Schleuning Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Nico Blüthgen
Nico Blüthgen Technical University of Darmstadt
Kevin S. Gould
Kevin S. Gould Victoria University of Wellington
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Steffen Oppel
Steffen Oppel Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Valentin H. Klaus
Valentin H. Klaus Ruhr University Bochum

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