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Martin M. Gossner

Martin M. Gossner

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
15492
World Ranking
2390
National Ranking
63

Overview

Martin M. Gossner is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in environmental science, with a strong focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily explores topics within forest ecology, biodiversity, and insect ecology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study are:

  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Key topics addressed in Martin M. Gossner's body of work include:

  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Selected recent papers illustrate a focus on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in forest environments:

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition, 2021, Nature
  • Heterogeneity-diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Wolfgang W. Weisser
  • Sebastian Seibold
  • Peter Schall
  • Jörg Müller
  • Christian Ammer

Their publications are often featured in prominent venues with multiple contributions, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Biological Conservation
  • Nature Communications

Martin M. Gossner has also contributed to book publications, including:

  • Swiss stone pine - portrait of a mountain forest tree (WSL fact sheet, 2023)
  • Die Arve - Portrait eines Gebirgswaldbaums (Merkblatt für die Praxis, 2022)
  • L'arole - portrait d'un montagnard (Notice pour le practicien/Notice pour le praticien, 2022)

Best Publications

  • Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

    Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

    Sagrario Gámez-Virués;David J. Perović;Martin M. Gossner;Carmen Börschig

  • Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity.

    Eric Allan;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati

  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Markus Fischer

  • Experimental studies of dead-wood biodiversity — A review identifying global gaps in knowledge

    Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold;Claus Bässler;Roland Brandl;Martin M. Gossner

  • Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

    Gerhard E. Overbeck;Eduardo Vélez‐Martin;Fabio R. Scarano;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • The European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in a national park: from pest to keystone species

    Jörg Müller;Heinz Bußler;Martin Goßner;Thomas Rettelbach

  • Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

    María R. Felipe-Lucia;Santiago Soliveres;Santiago Soliveres;Caterina Penone;Peter Manning

  • The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

    Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

  • Current near-to-nature forest management effects on functional trait composition of saproxylic beetles in beech forests.

    Martin M. Gossner;Thibault Lachat;Jörg Brunet;Gunnar Isacsson

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

    Sebastian Seibold;Werner Rammer;Torsten Hothorn;Rupert Seidl

  • Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

    Tiemo Kahl;Tobias Arnstadt;Kristin Baber;Kristin Baber;Claus Bässler

  • Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

    Nico Blüthgen;Nadja K. Simons;Kirsten Jung;Daniel Prati

  • The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales

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  • Saproxylic beetles as indicator species for dead-wood amount and temperature in European beech forests

    Thibault Lachat;Beat Wermelinger;Martin M. Gossner;Heinz Bussler

  • Heterogeneity–diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests

    Lea Heidrich;Soyeon Bae;Shaun Levick;Sebastian Seibold;Sebastian Seibold

  • Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati;Martin M. Gossner

  • Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

    Gaëtane Le Provost;Jan Thiele;Catrin Westphal;Caterina Penone

  • Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

    Caterina Penone;Eric Allan;Santiago Soliveres;María R Felipe‐Lucia

  • Effects of forest management on ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in Central Europe are mainly mediated by changes in forest structure

    Markus Lange;Manfred Türke;Manfred Türke;Esther Pašalić;Steffen Boch

  • Building-up of a DNA barcode library for true bugs (insecta: hemiptera: heteroptera) of Germany reveals taxonomic uncertainties and surprises.

    Michael J. Raupach;Lars Hendrich;Stefan M. Küchler;Fabian Deister

  • Integrating ecosystem functions into restoration ecology—recent advances and future directions

    Johannes Kollmann;Sebastian T. Meyer;Rolf Bateman;Timo Conradi;Timo Conradi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Sebastian Seibold
Sebastian Seibold Technical University of Munich
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Peter Schall
Peter Schall University of Göttingen
Steffen Boch
Steffen Boch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Claus Bässler
Claus Bässler Goethe University Frankfurt
Daniel Prati
Daniel Prati University of Bern
Kirsten Jung
Kirsten Jung Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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