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Jörg Müller is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Ecology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Jörg Müller has contributed to research published in several academic venues. Frequent places of publication include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of Forest Science
  • Nature Communications
  • publish.UP (University of Potsdam)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jörg Müller are:

  • "Linking structure and species richness to support forest biodiversity monitoring at large scales" (2023) in Annals of Forest Science
  • "A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification" (2024) in Nature Communications
  • "Low-intensity management promotes bryophyte diversity in grasslands" (2020) in publish.UP (University of Potsdam)
  • "Artificial Gap Creation But Not Thinning Interventions Persistently Enhance Forest Structural Heterogeneity" (2025) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Die Anpassung von Wäldern und Waldwirtschaft an den Klimawandel" (2021) in Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Steffen Boch (5 co-authored works)
  • Martin M. Goßner (4 co-authored works)
  • Margot Neyret (3 co-authored works)
  • Gaëtane Le Provost (3 co-authored works)
  • Andrea Larissa Boesing (3 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

    Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

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

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • A review of habitat thresholds for dead wood: a baseline for management recommendations in European forests.

    Jörg Müller;Rita Bütler;Rita Bütler

  • A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

    Nico Blüthgen;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati;Valentin H. Klaus

  • 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

  • Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Yves Basset;C. Matilda Collins;Simon R. Leather

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

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

  • Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity.

    Eric Allan;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati

  • Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe : State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management

    Tomáš Hlásny;Louis König;Paal Krokene;Marcus Lindner

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

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

  • Beyond 3-D: The New Spectrum of Lidar Applications for Earth and Ecological Sciences

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Bernhard Höfle;Lee A. Vierling;Antonio Abellán

  • Biodiversity along temperate forest succession

    Torben Hilmers;Nicolas Friess;Claus Bässler;Marco Heurich

  • The European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in a national park: from pest to keystone species

    Jörg Müller;Heinz Bußler;Martin Goßner;Thomas Rettelbach

  • Association of extinction risk of saproxylic beetles with ecological degradation of forests in Europe

    Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold;Roland Brandl;Jörn Buse;Torsten Hothorn

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

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

  • The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

    Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

  • Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on grassland species richness

    Stephanie A. Socher;Daniel Prati;Steffen Boch;Jörg Müller

  • 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

  • Current near-to-nature forest management effects on functional trait composition of saproxylic beetles in beech forests.

    Martin M. Gossner;Thibault Lachat;Jörg Brunet;Gunnar Isacsson

  • Assessing biodiversity by remote sensing in mountainous terrain: the potential of LiDAR to predict forest beetle assemblages

    Jörg Müller;Roland Brandl

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Simon Thorn
Simon Thorn University of Würzburg
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Sebastian Seibold
Sebastian Seibold Technical University of Munich
Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Rupert Seidl
Rupert Seidl Technical University of Munich
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Peter Schall
Peter Schall University of Göttingen

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