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Manuela Winkler

Manuela Winkler

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4730
World Ranking
7835
National Ranking
64

Overview

Manuela Winkler is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and has an extensive research profile in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary research topics covered by Winkler's publications include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Winkler has contributed to multiple research papers published between 2020 and 2021. Notable recent papers include:

  • "SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats" (2021), published in Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats" (2021), published in Ecology Letters
  • "Fine-grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation" (2021), published in Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Changes in plant diversity in a water-limited and isolated high-mountain range (Sierra Nevada, Spain)" (2021), published in Alpine Botany

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Winkler include Harald Pauli, Brigitta Erschbamer, Angela Stanisci, Andrea Lamprecht, and Klaus Steinbauer. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary and diverse research interests.

Winkler's work is regularly published in venues such as the Journal of Vegetation Science, Alpine Botany, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Change Biology, and Ecology Letters. The Journal of Vegetation Science and Alpine Botany particularly feature multiple contributions from the scientist.

Best Publications

  • Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

    Manuel J. Steinbauer;Manuel J. Steinbauer;John-Arvid Grytnes;Gerald Jurasinski;Aino Kulonen

  • Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines.

    M. Rogora;L. Frate;M. L. Carranza;M. Freppaz

  • Climate change leads to accelerated transformation of high-elevation vegetation in the central Alps.

    Andrea Lamprecht;Philipp Robert Semenchuk;Klaus Steinbauer;Manuela Winkler

  • History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of spatial genetic structure in Alpine plants

    Nadir Alvarez;Conny Thiel-Egenter;Andreas Tribsch;Rolf Holderegger

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

    Pierre Taberlet;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Thorsten Englisch;Andreas Tribsch

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

    Manuela Winkler;Andrea Lamprecht;Klaus Steinbauer;Karl Hülber

  • 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

  • Historical divergence vs. contemporary gene flow: evolutionary history of the calcicole Ranunculus alpestris group (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps and the Carpathians

    O. Paun;P. Schönswetter;M. Winkler

  • Phenological Responses of Snowbed Species to Snow Removal Dates in the Central Alps: Implications for Climate Warming

    Karl Huelber;Michael Gottfried;Harald Pauli;Karl Reiter

  • Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats.

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  • Break zones in the distributions of alleles and species in alpine plants

    C Thiel-Egenter;N Alvarez;N Alvarez;R Holderegger;A Tribsch;A Tribsch

  • EFFECT OF FOREST DISTURBANCE ON ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF EPIPHYTIC BROMELIADS AND ORCHIDS

    Peter Hietz;Gerald Buchberger;Manuela Winkler

  • Correlations of polyploidy and apomixis with elevation and associated environmental gradients in an alpine plant

    Christoph C. F. Schinkel;Bernhard Kirchheimer;Agnes S. Dellinger;Simone Klatt

  • A matter of scale: apparent niche differentiation of diploid and tetraploid plants may depend on extent and grain of analysis.

    Bernhard Kirchheimer;Christoph C. F. Schinkel;Agnes S. Dellinger;Simone Klatt

  • Effects of species traits on the genetic diversity of high‐mountain plants: a multi‐species study across the Alps and the Carpathians

    Conny Thiel-Egenter;Felix Gugerli;Nadir Alvarez;Sabine Brodbeck

  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

    Idoia Biurrun;Remigiusz Pielech;Iwona Dembicz;Iwona Dembicz;François Gillet

  • 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

  • Tales of the unexpected: Phylogeography of the arctic‐alpine model plant Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae) revisited

    Manuela Winkler;Andreas Tribsch;Gerald M. Schneeweiss;Sabine Brodbeck

  • Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

    Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Thomas J. Matthews;Manuel J. Steinbauer;Sebastian Wolfrum

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Pauli
Harald Pauli BOKU University
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Karl Hülber
Karl Hülber University of Vienna
Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Gerald M. Schneeweiss University of Vienna
Andreas Tribsch
Andreas Tribsch University of Salzburg
Peter Hietz
Peter Hietz BOKU University
Pascal Vittoz
Pascal Vittoz University of Lausanne
Jan Suda
Jan Suda Charles University
Jean-Paul Theurillat
Jean-Paul Theurillat University of Geneva
Brigitta Erschbamer
Brigitta Erschbamer University of Innsbruck

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