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D-Index
37
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6026
World Ranking
6829
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53

Karl Hülber 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 Karl Hülber sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Hülber 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 Karl Hülber sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karl Hülber is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, and atmospheric science.

The main topics addressed in their work include species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, cryospheric studies and observations, genetic diversity and population structure, botany and plant ecology studies, and climate change and permafrost.

Recent publications by Karl Hülber include:

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Climate warming may increase the frequency of cold-adapted haplotypes in alpine plants, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • Habitat availability disproportionally amplifies climate change risks for lowland compared to alpine species, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Parallel local adaptation to an alpine environment in Arabidopsis arenosa, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • Evidence for Glacial Refugia of the Forest Understorey Species Helleborus niger (Ranunculaceae) in the Southern as Well as in the Northern Limestone Alps, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Johannes Wessely
  • Dietmar Moser
  • Stefan Dullinger
  • Andreas Gattringer
  • Johannes Hausharter

Karl Hülber has regularly published in various scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Climate Change

Their research frequently explores the interactions between climate change and species distribution, with a focus on alpine and tundra biomes, as well as the ecological implications of habitat availability and local adaptation. The interdisciplinary approach combines ecological modeling and detailed field studies to assess environmental dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change

    Stefan Dullinger;Andreas Gattringer;Wilfried Thuiller;Dietmar Moser

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

    Franz Essl;Stefan Dullinger;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Philip E. Hulme

  • Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation.

    Sabine B. Rumpf;Karl Hülber;Günther Klonner;Dietmar Moser

  • Changes in plant species richness over the last century in the eastern Swiss Alps: elevational gradient, bedrock effects and migration rates

    Barbara Holzinger;Karl Hülber;Martin Camenisch;Georg Grabherr

  • The rich sides of mountain summits – a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

    Manuela Winkler;Andrea Lamprecht;Klaus Steinbauer;Karl Hülber

  • Europe’s other debt crisis caused by the long legacy of future extinctions

    Stefan Dullinger;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Karl-Heinz Erb

  • Elevational rear edges shifted at least as much as leading edges over the last century

    Sabine B. Rumpf;Karl Hülber;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Stefan Dullinger

  • Effect of canopy position on germination and seedling survival of epiphytic bromeliads in a Mexican humid montane forest.

    Manuela Winkler;Karl Hülber;Peter Hietz

  • Intraseasonal climate and habitat‐specific variability controls the flowering phenology of high alpine plant species

    Karl Hülber;Manuela Winkler;Georg Grabherr

  • Distribution and habitat segregation on different spatial scales among diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) in the Eastern Alps

    Michaela Sonnleitner;Ruth Flatscher;Pedro Escobar García;Jana Rauchová;Jana Rauchová

  • Extinction debts and colonization credits of non-forest plants in the European Alps.

    Sabine B. Rumpf;Karl Hülber;Johannes Wessely;Wolfgang Willner

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;I. H. Myers-Smith;S. C. Elmendorf

  • Sympatric diploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) in the Eastern Alps are separated along an altitudinal gradient.

    Peter Schönswetter;Margarita Lachmayer;Christian Lettner;David Prehsler

  • Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Population dynamics of epiphytic bromeliads: Life strategies and the role of host branches

    Manuela Winkler;Karl Hülber;Peter Hietz

  • Ecological differentiation, lack of hybrids involving diploids, and asymmetric gene flow between polyploids in narrow contact zones of Senecio carniolicus (syn. Jacobaea carniolica, Asteraceae)

    Karl Hülber;Michaela Sonnleitner;Jan Suda;Jan Suda;Jana Krejčíková

  • Uncertainty in predicting range dynamics of endemic alpine plants under climate warming

    Karl Hülber;Johannes Wessely;Andreas Gattringer;Dietmar Moser

  • Population dynamics of epiphytic orchids in a metapopulation context

    Manuela Winkler;Karl Hülber;Peter Hietz

  • Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;I. H. Myers‐Smith;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;S. C. Elmendorf

  • Ecological segregation drives fine-scale cytotype distribution of Senecio carniolicus in the Eastern Alps.

    Karl Hülber;Michaela Sonnleitner;Ruth Flatscher;Andreas Berger

  • Assessing airborne pollution effects on bryophytes: lessons learned through long-term integrated monitoring in Austria.

    H.G. Zechmeister;T. Dirnböck;K. Hülber;M. Mirtl

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Gerald M. Schneeweiss University of Vienna
Dietmar Moser
Dietmar Moser University of Vienna
Jan Suda
Jan Suda Charles University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Wolfgang Willner
Wolfgang Willner University of Vienna
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
Anne D. Bjorkman
Anne D. Bjorkman University of Gothenburg

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