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D-Index
45
Citations
9153
World Ranking
4803
National Ranking
251

Kerstin Wiegand 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 Kerstin Wiegand sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 111 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerstin Wiegand 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 Kerstin Wiegand sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kerstin Wiegand is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work focuses on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution, as well as Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

The scientist has published several recent papers, including:

  • Environmental heterogeneity predicts global species richness patterns better than area, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Relative contribution of evapotranspiration and soil compaction to the fluctuation of catchment discharge: case study from a plantation landscape, 2020, Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Bridging ecology and physics: Australian fairy circles regenerate following model assumptions on ecohydrological feedbacks, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Lack of astrocytes hinders parenchymal oligodendrocyte precursor cells from reaching a myelinating state in osmolyte-induced demyelination, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia's fairy circles, 2022, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kerstin Wiegand include:

  • Stephan Getzin
  • Hezi Yizhaq
  • Todd E. Erickson
  • Miriam Muñoz-Rojas
  • Andreas Huth

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as Landscape Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Ecology and Biogeography, and Hydrological Sciences Journal.

Best Publications

  • landscapemetrics: an open‐source R tool to calculate landscape metrics

    Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth;Marco Sciaini;Kerstin Wiegand

  • Resource pulses, species interactions and diversity maintenance in arid and semi-arid environments

    Peter Chesson;Renate L. E. Gebauer;Susan Schwinning;Nancy Huntly

  • Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands

    Stephan Getzin;Thorsten Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;Fangliang He

  • Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion

    Jochen Drescher;Katja Rembold;Kara Allen;Philip Beckschäfer

  • A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system

    Claudia Dislich;Claudia Dislich;Alexander C. Keyel;Jan Salecker;Yael Kisel

  • Spatial patterns and competition of tree species in a Douglas-fir chronosequence on Vancouver Island

    Stephan Getzin;Charmaine Dean;Fangliang He;John A. Trofymow

  • Assessing biodiversity in forests using very high- resolution images and unmanned aerial vehicles

    Stephan Getzin;Kerstin Wiegand;Ingo Schöning

  • A patch-dynamics approach to savanna dynamics and woody plant encroachment – Insights from an arid savanna

    Kerstin Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;David Saltz;David Saltz;David Ward

  • Walter's two-layer hypothesis revisited - back to the roots!

    D. Ward;K. Wiegand;S. Getzin

  • Adopting a spatially explicit perspective to study the mysterious fairy circles of Namibia

    Stephan Getzin;Kerstin Wiegand;Thorsten Wiegand;Hezi Yizhaq

  • Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to Quantify Spatial Gap Patterns in Forests

    Stephan Getzin;Robert S. Nuske;Kerstin Wiegand

  • Multi‐scale patterns and bush encroachment in an arid savanna with a shallow soil layer

    Kerstin Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;David Ward;David Ward;David Saltz;David Saltz

  • Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory

    Stephan Getzin;Hezi Yizhaq;Bronwyn Bell;Todd E. Erickson;Todd E. Erickson

  • The Role of Density Regulation in Extinction Processes and Population Viability Analysis

    Klaus Henle;Stephen Sarre;Kerstin Wiegand

  • Water scarcity and oil palm expansion: social views and environmental processes

    Jennifer Merten;Alexander Röll;Thomas Guillaume;Ana Meijide

  • Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales

    Stephan Klasen;Katrin M. Meyer;Claudia Dislich;Michael Euler

  • Effects of topography on structuring local species assemblages in a Sri Lankan mixed dipterocarp forest

    Ruwan Punchi‐Manage;Stephan Getzin;Thorsten Wiegand;Rajapandian Kanagaraj

  • Long-term demographic fluctuations in an orchid species driven by weather: implications for conservation planning

    Marion Pfeifer;Kerstin Wiegand;Wolfgang Heinrich;Gottfried Jetschke

  • Minimum recruitment frequency in plants with episodic recruitment

    Kerstin Wiegand;Florian Jeltsch;David Ward

  • Large shrubs increase soil nutrients in a semi-arid savanna

    David Ward;Juliane Trinogga;Kerstin Wiegand;Justin du Toit

  • From snapshot information to long-term population dynamics of acacias by a simulation model.

    Kerstin Wiegand;David Ward;Hans-Herman Thulke;Florian Jeltsch

  • Asymmetric tree growth at the stand level: Random crown patterns and the response to slope

    Stephan Getzin;Kerstin Wiegand

Frequent Co-Authors

Thorsten Wiegand
Thorsten Wiegand Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
David Ward
David Ward Kent State University
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Florian Jeltsch
Florian Jeltsch University of Potsdam
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Yann Clough
Yann Clough Lund University
Alexander Knohl
Alexander Knohl University of Göttingen
Andreas Huth
Andreas Huth Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Juliano Sarmento Cabral
Juliano Sarmento Cabral University of Würzburg
Miriam Muñoz-Rojas
Miriam Muñoz-Rojas University of New South Wales

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