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Konrad Fiedler

Konrad Fiedler

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Ecology and Evolution
Austria
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
12246
World Ranking
1820
National Ranking
12

Konrad Fiedler 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 Konrad Fiedler sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 270 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Konrad Fiedler 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 Konrad Fiedler sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Konrad Fiedler is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and is active in research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans numerous subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics cover a breadth of ecological and biological areas. These include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Konrad Fiedler has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Insects
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Ant-associates of Palaearctic lycaenid butterfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) - a review", 2024, published in Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • "A climate-induced tree species bottleneck for forest management in Europe", 2024, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "From diverse to simple: butterfly communities erode from extensive grasslands to intensively used farmland and urban areas", 2022, published in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "Moths are strongly attracted to ultraviolet and blue radiation", 2021, published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Climatic and edaphic controls over tropical forest diversity and vegetation carbon storage", 2020, published in Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Fiedler has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Patrick Strutzenberger, Elia Guariento, Britta Uhl, Mirko Wölfling, and Carlo L. Seifert.

Best Publications

  • Does the DNA barcoding gap exist? - a case study in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).

    Martin Wiemers;Konrad Fiedler

  • Disentangling a rainforest food web using stable isotopes: dietary diversity in a species-rich ant community

    Nico Blüthgen;Nico Blüthgen;Gerhard Gebauer;Konrad Fiedler

  • Systematic, evolutionary, and ecological implications of myrmecophily within the Lycaenidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

    Konrad Fiedler

  • Bottom‐up control and co‐occurrence in complex communities: honeydew and nectar determine a rainforest ant mosaic

    Nico Blüthgen;Nigel E. Stork;Konrad Fiedler

  • 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

  • Preferences for sugars and amino acids and their conditionality in a diverse nectar-feeding ant community

    Nico Blüthgen;Konrad Fiedler

  • From forest to farmland: diversity of geometrid moths along two habitat gradients on Borneo

    Jan Beck;Christian H. Schulze;K. Eduard Linsenmair;Konrad Fiedler

  • Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest

    Christian H. Schulze;K. Eduard Linsenmair;Konrad Fiedler

  • COMPETITION FOR COMPOSITION: LESSONS FROM NECTAR-FEEDING ANT COMMUNITIES

    Nico Blüthgen;Konrad Fiedler

  • Shifts in species richness, herbivore specialization, and plant resistance along elevation gradients.

    Loïc Pellissier;Konrad Fiedler;Charlotte Ndribe;Anne Dubuis

  • Attraction to light - from how far do moths (Lepidoptera) return to weak artificial sources of light?

    Christine Truxa;Konrad Fiedler

  • Sugar and amino acid composition of ant‐attended nectar and honeydew sources from an Australian rainforest

    Nico Blüthgen;Gerhard Gottsberger;Konrad Fiedler

  • Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest

    Gunnar Brehm;Dirk Süssenbach;Konrad Fiedler

  • Mud-puddling behavior in tropical butterflies : in search of proteins or minerals?

    Jan Beck;Eva Mühlenberg;Konrad Fiedler

  • Response of the copper butterfly Lycaena tityrus to increased leaf nitrogen in natural food plants: evidence against the nitrogen limitation hypothesis

    Klaus Fischer;Konrad Fiedler

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

    Gunnar Brehm;Jürgen Homeier;Konrad Fiedler

  • Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths

    Gunnar Brehm;Linda M. Pitkin;Nadine Hilt;Konrad Fiedler;Konrad Fiedler

  • Disturbance effects on diversity of epiphytes and moths in a montane forest in Ecuador

    Nicole M. Nöske;Nadine Hilt;Florian A. Werner;Gunnar Brehm

  • Determinants of diversity in afrotropical herbivorous insects (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) : plant diversity, vegetation structure or abiotic factors?

    Jan C. Axmacher;Gunnar Brehm;Andreas Hemp;Henry Tünte

  • Faunal composition of geometrid moths changes with altitude in an Andean montane rain forest

    Gunnar Brehm;Konrad Fiedler

  • Sex‐related differences in reaction norms in the butterfly Lycaena tityrus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

    Klaus Fischer;Konrad Fiedler

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Brehm
Gunnar Brehm Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer University of Greifswald
Jan C. Axmacher
Jan C. Axmacher University College London
Ulrich Maschwitz
Ulrich Maschwitz Goethe University Frankfurt
Jan Beck
Jan Beck University of Colorado Boulder
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Nico Blüthgen
Nico Blüthgen Technical University of Darmstadt
Peter Proksch
Peter Proksch Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Marion Schrumpf
Marion Schrumpf Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne

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