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D-Index
70
Citations
23568
World Ranking
1347
National Ranking
34

Michael Kessler 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 Michael Kessler sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 362 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Kessler 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 Michael Kessler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Kessler is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in environmental science. The subfields in which they have specialized include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, such as:

  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Kessler's recent publications reflect these research areas. Notable papers include:

  • "New Guinea has the world's richest island flora" (2020, Nature)
  • "Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "EpiList 1.0: a global checklist of vascular epiphytes" (2021, Ecology)
  • "Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide" (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots" (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)

Frequent collaborators of Michael Kessler include:

  • Hong Qian
  • Holger Kreft
  • Gerhard Zotz
  • Marcus Lehnert
  • Thorsten Krömer

The scientist's research has been published in various journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Biogeography
  • American Fern Journal
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecography

Best Publications

  • Climatologies at high resolution for the earth’s land surface areas

    Dirk Nikolaus Karger;Olaf Conrad;Jürgen Böhner;Tobias Kawohl

  • A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns

    Eric Schuettpelz;Harald Schneider;Alan R. Smith;Peter Hovenkamp

  • Multifunctional shade‐tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes – a review

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Damayanti Buchori

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

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

  • Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

  • Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests

    Yann Clough;Jan Barkmann;Jana Juhrbandt;Michael Kessler

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • What drives elevational patterns of diversity? A test of geometric constraints, climate and species pool effects for pteridophytes on an elevational gradient in Costa Rica

    Jürgen Kluge;Michael Kessler;Robert R. Dunn

  • Diversity patterns of vascular epiphytes along an elevational gradient in the Andes

    Thorsten Krömer;Michael Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein;Amparo Acebey

  • Elevational gradients in species richness and endemism of selected plant groups in the central Bolivian Andes.

    Michael Kessler

  • A global comparative analysis of elevational species richness patterns of ferns

    Michael Kessler;Jürgen Kluge;Andreas Hemp;Ralf Ohlemüller

  • Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Patterns of diversity and range size of selected plant groups along an elevational transect in the Bolivian Andes

    Michael Kessler

  • Vertical stratification of vascular epiphytes in submontane and montane forest of the Bolivian Andes: the importance of the understory

    Thorsten Krömer;Thorsten Krömer;Michael Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • The elevational gradient of Andean plant endemism: varying influences of taxon-specific traits and topography at different taxonomic levels

    Michael Kessler

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients

    Bastian Steudel;Bastian Steudel;Andy Hector;Thomas Friedl;Christian Löfke

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

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  • ESTIMATING SPECIES RICHNESS OF TROPICAL BIRD COMMUNITIES FROM RAPID ASSESSMENT DATA

    Sebastian K. Herzog;Michael Kessler;Thomas M. Cahill

  • The elevational gradient in Andean bird species richness at the local scale: a foothill peak and a high‐elevation plateau

    Sebastian K. Herzog;Michael Kessler;Kerstin Bach

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Abrahamczyk
Stefan Abrahamczyk University of Bonn
Dirk Nikolaus Karger
Dirk Nikolaus Karger Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
S. Robbert Gradstein
S. Robbert Gradstein University of Göttingen
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Nina Farwig
Nina Farwig Philipp University of Marburg
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research

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