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Michael T. Monaghan

Michael T. Monaghan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
9540
World Ranking
4206
National Ranking
226

Overview

Michael T. Monaghan is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research spans significant areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a marked focus on ecology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Key subfields of their work encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Michael T. Monaghan has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Their publication record includes research featured prominently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Current Biology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Aquatic Sciences

Among recent significant papers are:

  • "How genomics can help biodiversity conservation" (2023, Trends in Genetics)
  • "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • "Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience" (2020, Conservation Letters)
  • "Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on 'Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?' by Pawlowski et al., (2020)" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network" (2021, Insect Conservation and Diversity)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Michael T. Monaghan's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Hans-Peter Grossart
  • Paul Schmidt Yáñez
  • Justyna Wolinska
  • Sonja C. Jähnig
  • Jürgen F. H. Strassert

Best Publications

  • Accelerated species inventory on Madagascar using coalescent-based models of species delineation.

    Michael T. Monaghan;Ruth Wild;Ruth Wild;Miranda Elliot;Miranda Elliot;Tomochika Fujisawa

  • The Effect of Geographical Scale of Sampling on DNA Barcoding

    Johannes Bergsten;David T. Bilton;Tomochika Fujisawa;Miranda Elliott

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: emerging issues and their experimental test in aquatic environments

    Paul S. Giller;Helmut Hillebrand;Ulrike G. Berninger;Mark O. Gessner

  • Spatial heterogeneity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot affects barcoding accuracy of its freshwater fishes.

    M. F. Geiger;F. Herder;M. T. Monaghan;V. Almada

  • Recent advances in DNA taxonomy

    A. P. Vogler;A. P. Vogler;M. T. Monaghan;M. T. Monaghan

  • DNA-based species delineation in tropical beetles using mitochondrial and nuclear markers

    Michael T Monaghan;Michael Balke;T. Ryan Gregory;Alfried P Vogler

  • Freshwater Biodiversity and Aquatic Insect Diversification

    Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra;Michael T. Monaghan;Steffen U. Pauls

  • The alliance for freshwater life : a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    William Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike De Wever;Anthony I. Dell

  • DNA-based taxonomy for associating adults and larvae in multi-species assemblages of chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Dirk Ahrens;Michael T. Monaghan;Michael T. Monaghan;Alfried P. Vogler;Alfried P. Vogler

  • The towering orogeny of New Guinea as a trigger for arthropod megadiversity.

    Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint;Robert Hall;Michael T. Monaghan;Katayo Sagata

  • A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Scarabaeinae (dung beetles)

    Michael T. Monaghan;Daegan J.G. Inward;Daegan J.G. Inward;Toby Hunt;Toby Hunt;Alfried P. Vogler;Alfried P. Vogler

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020 : recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience

    Charles B. van Rees;Kerry A. Waylen;Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber;Stephen J. Thackeray

  • Artificial Light at Night Affects Organism Flux across Ecosystem Boundaries and Drives Community Structure in the Recipient Ecosystem

    Alessandro Manfrin;Alessandro Manfrin;Alessandro Manfrin;Gabriel Singer;Stefano Larsen;Nadine Weiß;Nadine Weiß

  • Effects of a multi-year experimental flood regime on macroinvertebrates downstream of a reservoir

    Christopher T. Robinson;Urs Uehlinger;Michael T. Monaghan;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Microbial diversity and community respiration in freshwater sediments influenced by artificial light at night

    Franz Hölker;Christian Wurzbacher;Carsten Weißenborn;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Stream ecosystem response to multiple experimental floods from a reservoir

    Christopher T. Robinson;Urs Uehlinger;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Physical factors influencing fine organic particle transport and deposition in streams

    G. Wayne Minshall;Steven A. Thomas;J. Denis Newbold;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Long-read DNA metabarcoding of ribosomal RNA in the analysis of fungi from aquatic environments.

    Felix Heeger;Elizabeth C Bourne;Christiane Baschien;Andrey M Yurkov

  • Speciation and DNA barcodes: testing the effects of dispersal on the formation of discrete sequence clusters

    Anna Papadopoulou;Johannes Bergsten;Tomochika Fujisawa;Michael T Monaghan

  • Population genetic structure of 3 alpine stream insects: influences of gene flow, demographics, and habitat fragmentation

    Michael T. Monaghan;Piet Spaak;Christopher T. Robinson;J. V. Ward

  • Trans-oceanic and endemic origins of the small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) of Madagascar

    Michael T Monaghan;Jean-Luc Gattolliat;Michel Sartori;Jean-Marc Elouard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfried P. Vogler
Alfried P. Vogler Imperial College London
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Franz Hölker
Franz Hölker Leibniz Association
Piet Spaak
Piet Spaak Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Johannes Bergsten
Johannes Bergsten Swedish Museum of Natural History
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Balke
Michael Balke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jörg Freyhof
Jörg Freyhof Leibniz Association

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