2026 Louis-Félix Bersier: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	36	7054	6816	135	132	76	6381

Louis-Félix Bersier 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 Louis-Félix Bersier sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 531+

This scientist: 76 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Louis-Félix Bersier 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 Louis-Félix Bersier sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Louis-Félix Bersier is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Bersier's work addresses various topics within ecology and plant and animal studies, with a focus on:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Genetic diversity and population structure
Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Their subfields cover Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Genetics.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Bersier, key publications include:

Invasion risk assessment using trait-environment and species distribution modelling techniques in an arid protected area: Towards conservation prioritization (2021, Ecological Indicators)
Trait-Environment Relationships Reveal the Success of Alien Plants Invasiveness in an Urbanized Landscape (2021, Plants)
Potential extinction risk of Juniperus phoenicea under global climate change: Towards conservation planning (2023, Global Ecology and Conservation)
Contrasting alien effects on native diversity along biotic and abiotic gradients in an arid protected area (2021, Scientific Reports)
Combining food web theory and population dynamics to assess the impact of invasive species (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

Frequent publication venues for Bersier's work include:

Global Ecology and Conservation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Ecological Indicators
Plants
Frontiers in Plant Science

Louis-Félix Bersier collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Reham F. El-Barougy
Mohammed A. Dakhil
Sarah M. Gray
Abdel-Hamid A. Khedr
Ali El-Keblawy

Best Publications

CONSUMER–RESOURCE BODY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL FOOD WEBS

Ulrich Brose;Tomas Jonsson;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Philip Warren

757
Citations
QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTORS OF FOOD-WEB MATRICES

Louis-Félix Bersier;Carolin Banašek-Richter;Marie-France Cattin

635
Citations
Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review

Christine Haaland;Russell E. Naisbit;Louis-Félix Bersier

600
Citations
Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives.

Nicolas Mouquet;Vincent Devictor;Christine N. Meynard;Francois Munoz

504
Citations
Phylogenetic constraints and adaptation explain food-web structure

Marie-France Cattin;Louis-Félix Bersier;Louis-Félix Bersier;Carolin Banašek-Richter;Richard Baltensperger

457
Citations
Predator traits determine food-web architecture across ecosystems

Ulrich Brose;Phillippe Archambault;Andrew D. Barnes;Andrew D. Barnes;Louis-Felix Bersier

241
Citations
Predicted correspondence between species abundances and dendrograms of niche similarities

George Sugihara;Louis-Félix Bersier;T. Richard E. Southwood;Stuart L. Pimm

166
Citations
The impact of mowing as a management strategy for wet meadows on spider (Araneae) communities

Marie-France Cattin;Gilles Blandenier;Carolin Banašek-Richter;Louis-Félix Bersier

142
Citations
Sampling effects and the robustness of quantitative and qualitative food-web descriptors

Carolin Banašek-Richter;Marie-France Cattin;Louis-Félix Bersier

142
Citations
BODY SIZES OF CONSUMERS AND THEIR RESOURCES

Ulrich Brose;Lara Cushing;Eric L. Berlow;Tomas Jonsson

142
Citations
Complexity in quantitative food webs

Carolin Banasek-Richter;Louis-Félix Bersier;Marie-France Cattin;Richard Baltensperger

140
Citations
Paradoxes in the logistic equation

Jean-Pierre Gabriel;Francis Saucy;Louis-Félix Bersier

116
Citations
Bird assemblages in mosaic forests: the relative importance of vegetation structure and floristic composition along the successional gradient

L.-F. Bersier;D. R. Meyer

116
Citations
Modeling food webs: exploring unexplained structure using latent traits.

Rudolf Philippe Rohr;Heike Scherer;Patrik Kehrli;Christian Mazza

113
Citations
Spatial organization of a herpetofauna on an elevational gradient revealed by null model tests

Ulrich Hofer;Louis-Félix Bersier;Daniel Borcard

112
Citations
The signature of phylogenetic constraints on food-web structure

Louis-Félix Bersier;Patrik Kehrli

107
Citations
Phylogeny versus body size as determinants of food web structure

Russell E. Naisbit;Rudolf P. Rohr;Axel G. Rossberg;Patrik Kehrli

99
Citations
The importance of landscape and spatial structure for hymenopteran-based food webs in an agro-ecosystem.

Yvonne Fabian;Nadine Sandau;Odile T. Bruggisser;Alex Aebi

96
Citations
Parasitism and developmental plasticity in Alpine swift nestlings

Pierre Bize;Alexandre Roulin;Louis-Felix Bersier;Dominik Pfluger

95
Citations
An experimental test of the nature of predation: neither prey- nor ratio-dependent

Dominique Schenk;Louis-Félix Bersier;Sven Bacher

82
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George Sugihara University of California, San Diego

Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne

Björn C. Rall University of Konstanz

Sven Bacher University of Fribourg

Dominique Gravel Université de Sherbrooke

Guy Woodward Imperial College London

Heinz Richner University of Bern

Daniel Borcard University of Montreal

Ulrich Brose Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Neo D. Martinez Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

External Links

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