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Matthias Schleuning 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 Matthias Schleuning sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 205 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthias Schleuning 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 Matthias Schleuning sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Matthias Schleuning is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Schleuning explores subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science

Core topics frequently addressed in their research cover:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Forest ecology and management

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species" (2020), Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient" (2021), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Ecological mechanisms explaining interactions within plant-hummingbird networks: morphological matching increases towards lower latitudes" (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "The influence of biogeographical and evolutionary histories on morphological trait-matching and resource specialization in mutualistic hummingbird-plant networks" (2021), Functional Ecology
  • "Downsizing of animal communities triggers stronger functional than structural decay in seed-dispersal networks" (2020), Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Eike Lena Neuschulz
  • Katrin Böhning-Gaese
  • Jörg Albrecht
  • Boris A. Tinoco
  • Carlos Iván Espinosa

Their publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional Ecology
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions

    Marcell K. Peters;Andreas Hemp;Tim Appelhans;Joscha N. Becker

  • Specialization of Mutualistic Interaction Networks Decreases toward Tropical Latitudes

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Stefan Abrahamczyk

  • Predicting ecosystem functions from biodiversity and mutualistic networks: an extension of trait-based concepts to plant - animal interactions

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Daniel García

  • Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level

    Marcell K. Peters;Andreas Hemp;Tim Appelhans;Christina Behler

  • Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals

    Julia S. Markl;Matthias Schleuning;Pierre Michel Forget;Pedro Jordano

  • Morphology predicts species' functional roles and their degree of specialization in plant-frugivore interactions.

    D. Matthias Dehling;Pedro Jordano;H. Martin Schaefer;Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  • Biotic interactions in species distribution modelling: 10 questions to guide interpretation and avoid false conclusions

    Carsten F. Dormann;Maria Bobrowski;D. Matthias Dehling;David J. Harris

  • Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Jochen Fründ;Oliver Schweiger;Erik Welk

  • Morphological traits determine specialization and resource use in plant–hummingbird networks in the neotropics

    María Alejandra Maglianesi;Nico Blüthgen;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;Matthias Schleuning

  • Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata.

    Matthias Schleuning;Nico Blüthgen;Martina Flörchinger;Julius Braun

  • Food resources and vegetation structure mediate climatic effects on species richness of birds

    Stefan W. Ferger;Matthias Schleuning;Andreas Hemp;Kim M. Howell

  • Ecological, historical and evolutionary determinants of modularity in weighted seed-dispersal networks

    Matthias Schleuning;Lili Ingmann;Rouven Strauß;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Functional and phylogenetic diversity and assemblage structure of frugivorous birds along an elevational gradient in the tropical Andes

    D. Matthias Dehling;Susanne A. Fritz;Till Töpfer;Martin Päckert

  • Functional relationships beyond species richness patterns: trait matching in plant-bird mutualisms across scales

    D. Matthias Dehling;Till Töpfer;H. Martin Schaefer;Pedro Jordano

  • Pollination and seed dispersal are the most threatened processes of plant regeneration

    Eike Lena Neuschulz;Thomas Mueller;Matthias Schleuning;Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  • Complementary ecosystem services provided by pest predators and pollinators increase quantity and quality of coffee yields

    Alice Classen;Marcell K. Peters;Stefan W. Ferger;Maria Helbig-Bonitz

  • Trait-Based Assessments of Climate-Change Impacts on Interacting Species

    Matthias Schleuning;Eike Lena Neuschulz;Jörg Albrecht;Irene M.A. Bender

  • Historical climate‐change influences modularity and nestedness of pollination networks

    Bo Dalsgaard;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Ana M. Martín González;David Nogués-Bravo

  • Opposed latitudinal patterns of network‐derived and dietary specialization in avian plant–frugivore interaction systems

    Bo Dalsgaard;Matthias Schleuning;Pietro K. Maruyama;D. Matthias Dehling

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Katrin Böhning-Gaese Goethe University Frankfurt
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Bo Dalsgaard
Bo Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Frank M. Schurr
Frank M. Schurr University of Hohenheim
Isabell Hensen
Isabell Hensen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Andreas Hemp
Andreas Hemp University of Bayreuth
Stefan Abrahamczyk
Stefan Abrahamczyk University of Bonn
Peter A. Cotton
Peter A. Cotton Plymouth University

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