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Jürgen Homeier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
9524
World Ranking
4024
National Ranking
222

Jürgen Homeier publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Homeier sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 140 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jürgen Homeier D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Homeier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jürgen Homeier is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has contributed to various research areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work primarily focuses on topics such as ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, forest ecology and management, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

The scientist has published multiple papers, including the following notable recent works:

  • sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Mature Andean forests as globally important carbon sinks and future carbon refuges (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Leaf trait variation in species-rich tropical Andean forests (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Topography as a factor driving small-scale variation in tree fine root traits and root functional diversity in a species-rich tropical montane forest (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Moderate phosphorus additions consistently affect community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador (2020, New Phytologist)

Research collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Jörg Bendix
  • Christoph Leuschner
  • Wolfgang Wilcke
  • Kerstin Pierick
  • Andre Velescu

Homeier's publications are often found in prominent scientific venues, showing a particular presence in:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bosques Latitud Cero
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Their research spans several subfields of study, which include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Best Publications

  • Mapping tree density at a global scale

    T. W. Crowther;H. B. Glick;K. R. Covey;C. Bettigole

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species‐Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

    Juergen Homeier;Siegmar-Walter Breckle;Sven Günter;Ruetger T. Rollenbeck

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • Widespread but heterogeneous responses of Andean forests to climate change

    Belén Fadrique;Selene Báez;Álvaro Duque;Agustina Malizia

  • Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

    María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;Jürgen Homeier;Carlos Iván Espinosa;Christoph Leuschner

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

    Tessa Camenzind;Stefan Hempel;Jürgen Homeier;Sebastian Horn

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest

    J. Bendix;J. Homeier;E. Cueva Ortiz;P. Emck

  • Flora and Fungi: Composition and Function

    J. Homeier;F. A. Werner;S. R. Gradstein;S. W. Breckle

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • Beta diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in an Andean montane rainforest

    Gunnar Brehm;Jürgen Homeier;Konrad Fiedler

  • Tropical Andean forests are highly susceptible to nutrient inputs--rapid effects of experimental N and P addition to an Ecuadorian montane forest.

    Jürgen Homeier;Dietrich Hertel;Tessa Camenzind;Nixon L. Cumbicus

  • Is tropical montane forest heterogeneity promoted by a resource-driven feedback cycle? Evidence from nutrient relations, herbivory and litter decomposition along a topographical gradient

    Florian A. Werner;Jürgen Homeier

  • Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

    Fabien H. Wagner;Bruno Hérault;Damien Bonal;Clément Stahl;Clément Stahl

  • Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest

    Wolfgang Wilcke;Yvonne Oelmann;Andrea Schmitt;Carlos Valarezo

  • Diversity patterns of ferns along elevational gradients in Andean tropical forests

    Laura Salazar;Jürgen Homeier;Michael Kessler;Stefan Abrahamczyk

  • sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Jonathan Lenoir;Tarek Hattab;Elise Aimee Arnst

  • Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador

    Ingeborg Haug;Michael Weiß;Jürgen Homeier;Franz Oberwinkler

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Leuschner
Christoph Leuschner University of Göttingen
Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler University of Zurich
Jörg Bendix
Jörg Bendix Philipp University of Marburg
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Konrad Fiedler
Konrad Fiedler University of Vienna
Kenneth J. Feeley
Kenneth J. Feeley University of Miami
Gunnar Brehm
Gunnar Brehm Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Markus Hauck
Markus Hauck University of Freiburg
Nina Farwig
Nina Farwig Philipp University of Marburg
Dietrich Hertel
Dietrich Hertel University of Göttingen

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