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Martin Brändle 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 Martin Brändle sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Brändle 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 Martin Brändle sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin Brändle is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research is primarily situated in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting a focus on understanding biological and ecological processes within natural and managed environments.

The main subfields of study covered in their work include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Insect Science. These areas illustrate a broad engagement with ecosystem dynamics, species interactions, and conservation efforts.

Brändle's research addresses a variety of topics encompassing plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant parasitism and resistance, animal and plant science education, insect pheromone research and control, and freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests (2021, Science Advances)
  • Plant species composition and local habitat conditions as primary determinants of terrestrial arthropod assemblages (2023, Oecologia)
  • Temperature-driven color lightness and body size variation scale to local assemblages of European Odonata but are modified by propensity for dispersal (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Nature 4.0: A networked sensor system for integrated biodiversity monitoring (2023, Global Change Biology)
  • Disturbed habitats locally reduce the signal of deep evolutionary history in functional traits of plants (2021, New Phytologist)

Frequent co-authors in Brändle's publications consist of Martin M. Goßner, Roland Brandl, Felix Neff, Loïc Pellissier, and Johannes Kollmann.

Publication venues where Martin Brändle has contributed include Science Advances, Oecologia, Ecology and Evolution, Global Change Biology, and New Phytologist, indicating a presence across respected journals in ecology and environmental biology.

Best Publications

  • Species richness of insects and mites on trees: expanding Southwood

    Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • A comparative analysis of dispersal syndromes in terrestrial and semi-terrestrial animals.

    Virginie M. Stevens;Sarah Whitmee;Sarah Whitmee;Sarah Whitmee;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean Clobert

  • Global warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe

    Dirk Zeuss;Roland Brandl;Martin Brändle;Carsten Rahbek

  • Lentic odonates have larger and more northern ranges than lotic species

    Christian Hof;Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Do secondary forests act as refuges for old growth forest animals? Recovery of ant diversity in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

    Jochen H. Bihn;Manfred Verhaagh;Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Lack of home-field advantage in the decomposition of leaf litter in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

    Urs Christian Gießelmann;Kelly Geronazzo Martins;Martin Brändle;Martin Schädler

  • Latitudinal variation of diversity in European freshwater animals is not concordant across habitat types

    Christian Hof;Christian Hof;Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Species richness of herbivores on exotic host plants increases with time since introduction of the host

    Martin Brändle;Ingolf Kühn;Stefan Klotz;Christina Belle

  • Habitat type predicts genetic population differentiation in freshwater invertebrates

    Andreas Marten;Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Recent range shifts of European dragonflies provide support for an inverse relationship between habitat predictability and dispersal

    Yannic Grewe;Christian Hof;D. Matthias Dehling;Roland Brandl

  • DISTRIBUTIONAL RANGE SIZE OF WEEDY PLANT SPECIES IS CORRELATED TO GERMINATION PATTERNS

    Martin Brändle;Jutta Stadler;Stefan Klotz;Roland Brandl

  • Habitat stability affects dispersal and the ability to track climate change.

    Christian Hof;Christian Hof;Martin Brändle;D. Matthias Dehling;Mariana Munguía;Mariana Munguía

  • Pleistocene phylogeography and phylogenetic concordance in cold-adapted spring snails (Bythinella spp.).

    M. Benke;M. Brändle;C. Albrecht;T. Wilke

  • Dietary niche breadth for Central European birds: correlations with species-specific traits

    Martin Brändle;Andreas Prinzing;Robert Pfeifer;Roland Brandl

  • Range sizes in butterflies: correlation across scales

    Martin Brändle;Sabine Öhlschläger;Roland Brandl

  • Diversity of surface dwelling beetle assemblages in open-cast lignite mines in Central Germany

    Martin Brändle;Walter Durka;Michael Altmoos

  • Distribution, abundance and niche breadth of birds: scale matters

    Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Is the composition of phytophagous insects and parasitic fungi among trees predictable

    Martin Brändle;Roland Brandl

  • Plant and insect diversity along a pollution gradient: understanding species richness across trophic levels

    Martin Brändle;Uwe Amarell;Harald Auge;Stefan Klotz

  • The dark side of Lepidoptera: Colour lightness of geometrid moths decreases with increasing latitude

    Lea Heidrich;Nicolas Friess;Konrad Fiedler;Martin Brändle

  • Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna

    David W. Thieltges;Christian Hof;D. Matthias Dehling;Martin Brändle

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Christian Hof
Christian Hof University of Würzburg
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Andreas Prinzing
Andreas Prinzing University of Rennes
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Wim A. Ozinga
Wim A. Ozinga Wageningen University & Research
Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Stefan Klotz
Stefan Klotz Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Simon Thorn
Simon Thorn University of Würzburg

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