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Marten Winter

Marten Winter

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
25555
World Ranking
1568
National Ranking
92

Overview

Marten Winter is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Plant Science.

Their work covers main topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes, 2020, People and Nature
  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Sustainability of the global sand system in the Anthropocene, 2021, One Earth

Frequent coauthors in their research include Franz Essl, Mark van Kleunen, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, and Wayne Dawson.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, and Diversity and Distributions.

Best Publications

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

    Myla F.J. Aronson;Frank A. La Sorte;Charles H. Nilon;Madhusudan Katti

  • Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl

  • A Unified Classification of Alien Species Based on the Magnitude of their Environmental Impacts

    Tim M. Blackburn;Franz Essl;Thomas Evans;Philip E. Hulme

  • A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology.

    Caroline M. Tucker;Marc William Cadotte;Marc William Cadotte;Silvia B. Carvalho;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies

  • Phylogenetic diversity and nature conservation: where are we?

    Marten Winter;Vincent Devictor;Oliver Schweiger

  • Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

    Petr Pysek;Vojtech Jarosík;Philip E Hulme;Ingolf Kühn

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

    Hanno Seebens;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;Tim M Blackburn;César Capinha

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages.

    Shane A. Blowes;Sarah R. Supp;Laura H. Antao;Laura H. Antao;Laura H. Antao;Amanda Bates

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Defining the Impact of Non-Native Species

    Jonathan M Jeschke;Sven Bacher;Tim M Blackburn;Jaimie T A Dick

  • Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better)

    Pille Gerhold;James F. Cahill;Marten Winter;Igor V. Bartish

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • Naturalized alien flora of the world: species diversity, taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns, geographic distribution and global hotspots of plant invasion

    Petr Pyšek;Jan Pergl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner

  • Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations

    Sabrina Kumschick;Mirijam Gaertner;Montserrat Vilà;Franz Essl

  • Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora

    Marten Winter;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz;Wolfgang Nentwig

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Global trade will accelerate plant invasions in emerging economies under climate change

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Wayne Dawson;Nicol Fuentes

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Jan Pergl
Jan Pergl Czech Academy of Sciences
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Wayne Dawson
Wayne Dawson Durham University
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Patrick Weigelt
Patrick Weigelt University of Göttingen
Hanno Seebens
Hanno Seebens Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin

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