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Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
15924
World Ranking
2794
National Ranking
213

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael Schwarz is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has a research focus spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their published work covers multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their research topics primarily include plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, species distribution and climate change, plant parasitism and resistance, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and land use and ecosystem services.

Frequent publication venues for Michael Schwarz include:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Geoderma
  • Apidologie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of their recent notable papers are:

  • Wetland extent tools for SDG 6.6.1 reporting from the Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS), 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Climate change and invasive species: a physiological performance comparison of invasive and endemic bees in Fiji, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Monograph of invasive plants in Europe N°6: Asclepias syriaca L, 2021, Botany Letters
  • Radiation of tropical island bees and the role of phylogenetic niche conservatism as an important driver of biodiversity, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Learning Science during Teatime: Using a Citizen Science Approach to Collect Data on Litter Decomposition in Sweden and Austria, 2020, Sustainability

Michael Schwarz has collaborated frequently with various researchers including Mark I. Stevens, James B. Dorey, Ben A. Parslow, Marika Tuiwawa, and Olivia K. Davies.

In 1984, Michael Schwarz was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Limbic seizures produced by pilocarpine in rats: behavioural, electroencephalographic and neuropathological study

    Waldemar A. Turski;Esper A. Cavalheiro;Michael Schwarz;Stanisław J. Czuczwar

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;O. L. Phillips;M. Schwarz;C. I. Czimczik

  • Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

    Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje van der Heijden;Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela López-González

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • Soils of Amazonia with particular reference to the RAINFOR sites

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;L. O. Anderson;N. M. Fyllas

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Variations in chemical and physical properties of Amazon forest soils in relation to their genesis

    C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;M. Schwarz;S. Patiño;S. Patiño

  • Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate.

    N. M. Fyllas;S. Patiño;S. Patiño;T. R. Baker;G. Bielefeld Nardoto

  • Changing paradigms in insect social evolution: insights from halictine and allodapine bees

    Michael Philip Schwarz;Miriam H Richards;Bryan N Danforth

  • Regional and large-scale patterns in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by variations in soil physical and chemical properties

    C.A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;M. Schwarz;T.R. Baker

  • On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions

    Mireia Torello-Raventos;Ted R. Feldpausch;Elmar Veenendaal;Franziska Schrodt

  • Variation in soil carbon stocks and their determinants across a precipitation gradient in West Africa

    Gustavo Saiz;Gustavo Saiz;Michael I. Bird;Tomas Domingues;Franziska Schrodt

  • Local resource enhancement and sex ratios in a primitively social bee

    Michael P. Schwarz

  • Caudate nucleus and programming behaviour in cats: Role of dopamine in switching motor patterns

    R. Jaspers;M. Schwarz;K.H. Sontag;A.R. Cools

  • Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin

    S. Patino;S. Patino;S. Patino;J. Lloyd;R. Paiva;T. R. Baker;T. R. Baker

  • Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Remko Leys;Remko Leys;Steve J. B. Cooper;Mike P. Schwarz

  • Evolution of sociality in the allodapine bees: a review of sex allocation, ecology and evolution

    M.P. Schwarz;N.J. Bull;K. Hogendoorn

  • Identification of rivers with high and good habitat quality: methodological approach and applications in Austria

    Susanne Muhar;Michaela Schwarz;Stefan Schmutz;Mathias Jungwirth

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark I. Stevens
Mark I. Stevens South Australian Museum
Carlos A. Quesada
Carlos A. Quesada National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jon Lloyd
Jon Lloyd Imperial College London
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Sandra M. Rehan
Sandra M. Rehan York University
Irene Daum
Irene Daum Ruhr University Bochum
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Gustavo Saiz
Gustavo Saiz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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