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Hubert Sterba

Hubert Sterba

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6943
World Ranking
6075
National Ranking
46

Overview

Hubert Sterba is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their research encompasses various fields of study, primarily within Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Main research topics involve Forest ecology and management, Spatial and Panel Data Analysis, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hubert Sterba include:

  • Sampling theory inspires quantitative forest ecology: The story of the relascope kernel function (2022) published in Ecological Modelling
  • Distance and T-square sampling for spatial measures of tree diversity (2024) published in Ecological Indicators
  • Monitoring spatial tree diversity indices using relascope sampling: Estimators, interactions and limitations (2024) published in Ecological Informatics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sterba are:

  • Arne Pommerening
  • Bianca N.I. Eskelson
  • Philip W. West

The main publication venues where Sterba has contributed include:

  • Ecological Indicators
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Ecological Informatics

Best Publications

  • A basal area increment model for individual trees growing in even- and uneven-aged forest stands in Austria

    Robert A. Monserud;Hubert Sterba

  • Modeling individual tree mortality for Austrian forest species

    Robert A. Monserud;Robert A. Monserud;Hubert Sterba;Hubert Sterba

  • The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration by European forests and heathlands

    W. de Vries;S. Solberg;M. Dobbertin;H. Sterba

  • Growth and yield of mixed versus pure stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;Ch. Ammer;A. Avdagic

  • The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration in European forests and forest soils

    Wim De Vries;Gert Jan Reinds;Per Gundersen;Hubert Sterba

  • Characterization of the structure, dynamics, and productivity of mixed-species stands: review and perspectives

    Miren del Río;Miren del Río;Hans Pretzsch;Iciar Alberdi;Kamil Bielak

  • Ecologically implausible carbon response

    Wim de Vries;Svein Solberg;Matthias Dobbertin;Hubert Sterba

  • Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe

    David Ian Forrester;David Ian Forrester;Christian Ammer;Peter J. Annighöfer;Ignacio Barbeito

  • Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris-Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

    Miren del Río;Miren del Río;Hans Pretzsch;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruíz-Peinado;Evy Ampoorter

  • The impact of atmospheric deposition and climate on forest growth in European monitoring plots: An individual tree growth model

    D. Laubhann;H. Sterba;G.J. Reinds;W. de Vries

  • European Mixed Forests: definition and research perspectives

    Andres Bravo-Oviedo;Hans Pretzsch;Christian Ammer;Ernesto Andenmatten

  • Mixing effect on volume growth of Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris is modulated by stand density

    Sonia Condés;Miren Del Rio;Hubert Sterba

  • Comparing volume growth in pure and mixed stands of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica.

    Miren del Río;Hubert Sterba

  • Mixing of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) enhances structural heterogeneity, and the effect increases with water availability

    H. Pretzsch;M. del Río;G. Schütze;Ch. Ammer

  • Sampling measures of tree diversity

    K. Motz;H. Sterba;A. Pommerening

  • Knowledge gaps about mixed forests: What do European forest managers want to know and what answers can science provide?

    Lluís Coll;Lluís Coll;Aitor Ameztegui;Catherine Collet;Magnus Löf

  • Competition-induced mortality for Mediterranean Pinus pinaster Ait. and P. sylvestris L.

    Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Andrés Bravo-Oviedo;Hubert Sterba;Miren del Río;Felipe Bravo

  • Estimating potential density from thinning experiments and inventory data.

    H. Sterba

  • Applicability of the forest stand growth simulator PROGNAUS for the Austrian part of the Bohemian Massif

    Hubert Sterba;Robert A. Monserud

  • Leaf area and light use efficiency patterns of Norway spruce under different thinning regimes and age classes.

    Martin Gspaltl;William Bauerle;Dan Binkley;Hubert Sterba

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrés Bravo-Oviedo
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo Spanish National Research Council
Miren del Río
Miren del Río University of Valladolid
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Lluís Coll
Lluís Coll University of Lleida
Quentin Ponette
Quentin Ponette Université Catholique de Louvain
Tzvetan Zlatanov
Tzvetan Zlatanov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Matthias Dobbertin
Matthias Dobbertin Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Magnus Löf
Magnus Löf Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
David I. Forrester
David I. Forrester Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Robert A. Monserud
Robert A. Monserud US Forest Service

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