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Luitgard Schwendenmann

Luitgard Schwendenmann

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5148
World Ranking
6904
National Ranking
88

Luitgard Schwendenmann 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 Luitgard Schwendenmann sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 144 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luitgard Schwendenmann 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 Luitgard Schwendenmann 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

Luitgard Schwendenmann is a researcher affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their work centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, contributing to the understanding of ecosystems, climate responses, and plant pathology.

The main areas of study in Schwendenmann's research include the following subfields:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Oceanography

Their research topics cover a range of ecosystem and environmental concerns, such as:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Frequent publication venues for Schwendenmann include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Collaborations have been a significant part of Schwendenmann's work, with repeated co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Carolyn J. Lundquist
  • Mahajabeen Padamsee
  • Gretel Boswijk
  • R.H. Bulmer
  • James K. McCarthy

Recent published papers by Schwendenmann include:

  • Impact of Phytophthora agathidicida infection on canopy and forest floor plant nutrient concentrations and fluxes in a kauri-dominated forest, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Changes in Mangrove Carbon Stocks and Exposure to Sea Level Rise (SLR) under Future Climate Scenarios, 2022, Sustainability
  • Marine ecosystem science and the media: Exploring ways to improve news coverage through journalist-scientist working relations, 2021, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Aboveground Carbon Stocks in Rapidly Expanding Mangroves in New Zealand: Regional Assessment and Economic Valuation of Blue Carbon, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Blue Carbon Stocks and Cross-Habitat Subsidies, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Past, Present, and Future Controls on Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Global Environment

    Luca Nizzetto;Matthew Macleod;Katrine Borga;Ana Cabrerizo

  • Spatial and temporal variation in soil CO2 efflux in an old-growth neotropical rain forest, La Selva, Costa Rica

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp;Tania Brenes;Joseph J. O''Brien

  • Tree water uptake in a tropical plantation varying in tree diversity: interspecific differences, seasonal shifts and complementarity

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Elise Pendall;Rut Sanchez-Bragado;Norbert Kunert

  • Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes – challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective

    Daniele Penna;Luisa Hopp;Francesca Scandellari;Scott T. Allen

  • Effects of an experimental drought on the functioning of a cacao agroforestry system, Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp;Gerald Moser;Dirk Hölscher

  • Substantial labile carbon stocks and microbial activity in deeply weathered soils below a tropical wet forest

    Edzo Veldkamp;Anja Becker;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Deborah A. Clark

  • Linking variability in soil solution dissolved organic carbon to climate, soil type, and vegetation type

    Marta Camino-Serrano;Bert Gielen;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais

  • Soil water uptake by trees using water stable isotopes (δ2H and δ18O)−a method test regarding soil moisture, texture and carbonate

    Meik Meißner;Michael Köhler;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Dirk Hölscher

  • Effects of an induced drought on soil carbon dioxide (CO2) efflux and soil CO2 production in an Eastern Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

    Eleneide Doff Sotta;Edzo Veldkamp;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Brenda Rocha Guimarães

  • The two water worlds hypothesis: Addressing multiple working hypotheses and proposing a way forward

    Z. Carter Berry;Jaivime Evaristo;Georgianne Moore;María Poca

  • Response of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) to a 13-month desiccation period in Sulawesi, Indonesia

    G Moser;C Leuschner;D Hertel;D Hölscher

  • Halloysite versus gibbsite: Silicon cycling as a pedogenetic process in two lowland neotropical rain forest soils of La Selva, Costa Rica

    Markus Kleber;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp;Jenny Rößner

  • Tree diversity enhances tree transpiration in a Panamanian forest plantation

    Norbert Kunert;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Catherine Potvin;Dirk Hölscher

  • Variability of soil organic carbon stocks and soil CO2 efflux across urban land use and soil cover types

    Lena Weissert;Jennifer Salmond;Luitgard Schwendenmann

  • Effects of forest conversion into grassland on soil aggregate structure and carbon storage in Panama: evidence from soil carbon fractionation and stable isotopes

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Elise Pendall;Elise Pendall

  • The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, and Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen in a Tropical Wet Forest Ecosystem

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp

  • A review of the current progress in quantifying the potential of urban forests to mitigate urban CO2 emissions

    Lena Weissert;Jennifer Salmond;Luitgard Schwendenmann

  • Forest structure and woody plant species composition along a fire chronosequence in mixed pine–oak forest in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeast Mexico

    Marco Aurelio González-Tagle;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Javier Jiménez Pérez;Rainer Schulz

  • Seasonal dynamics of tree sap flux and water use in nine species in Panamanian forest plantations

    Norbert Kunert;Luitgard Schwendenmann;Dirk Hölscher

  • Depth distribution of soil water sourced by plants at the global scale: A new direct inference approach

    Anam Amin;Giulia Zuecco;Josie Geris;Luitgard Schwendenmann

  • Long-term CO2 production from deeply weathered soils of a tropical rain forest: evidence for a potential positive feedback to climate warming

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolyn J. Lundquist
Carolyn J. Lundquist National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Steven F. Oberbauer
Steven F. Oberbauer Florida International University
Dirk Hölscher
Dirk Hölscher University of Göttingen
Michael F. Allen
Michael F. Allen University of California, Riverside
Edzo Veldkamp
Edzo Veldkamp University of Göttingen
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Elise Pendall
Elise Pendall Western Sydney University
Beate Michalzik
Beate Michalzik Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Daniele Penna
Daniele Penna University of Florence
Gavin Lear
Gavin Lear University of Auckland

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