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Michael Traugott

Michael Traugott

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7432
World Ranking
4480
National Ranking
33

Michael Traugott 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 Traugott sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 147 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Traugott 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 Traugott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Traugott is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on ecology, insect science, and molecular biology, with specialized interests in environmental DNA applications and biodiversity assessment methods.

Their scholarly output spans several key topics, including:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequent collaborators have included Bettina Thalinger, Corinna Wallinger, Daniela Sint, David A. Bohan, and Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary network.

Traugott has published in a range of scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Environmental DNA
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Pest Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring" (2021, Environmental DNA)
  • "The Effect of Activity, Energy Use, and Species Identity on Environmental DNA Shedding of Freshwater Fish" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Fish as predators and prey: DNA-based assessment of their role in food webs" (2020, Journal of Fish Biology)
  • "Why eDNA fractions need consideration in biomonitoring" (2022, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • "The resilience of weed seedbank regulation by carabid beetles, at continental scales, to alternative prey" (2020, Scientific Reports)

In addition to articles, Traugott has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Pensoft Publishers: "A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Molecular analysis of predation: a review of best practice for DNA-based approaches.

    R. A. King;D. S. Read;M. Traugott;M. Traugott;William Oliver Christian Symondson

  • Advances in multiplex PCR: balancing primer efficiencies and improving detection success

    Daniela Sint;Lorna Raso;Michael Traugott

  • Detecting predation and scavenging by DNA gut-content analysis: a case study using a soil insect predator-prey system

    Anita Juen;Michael Traugott

  • A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring

    Bettina Thalinger;Bettina Thalinger;Kristy Deiner;Kristy Deiner;Lynsey R. Harper;Lynsey R. Harper;Helen C. Rees

  • Chapter Three – Empirically Characterising Trophic Networks: What Emerging DNA-Based Methods, Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses Can Offer

    Michael Traugott;Stefaniya Kamenova;Liliane Ruess;Julia Seeber

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Biology, ecology, and control of elaterid beetles in agricultural land.

    Michael Traugott;Carly M. Benefer;Rod P. Blackshaw;Willem G. van Herk

  • A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment

    Kat Bruce;Rosetta Blackman;Sarah J. Bourlat;Ann Micaela Hellstrom

  • Molecular scatology: how to improve prey DNA detection success in avian faeces?

    Johannes Oehm;Anita Juen;Karin Nagiller;Sigrid Neuhauser

  • Amplification facilitators and multiplex PCR : Tools to overcome PCR-inhibition in DNA-gut-content analysis of soil-living invertebrates

    Anita Juen;Michael Traugott

  • Impact of wildflower strips on biological control of cabbage lepidopterans

    Lukas Pfiffner;Henryk Luka;Henryk Luka;Christian Schlatter;Anita Juen

  • Diet of generalist predators reflects effects of cropping period and farming system on extra- and intraguild prey

    Eve Roubinet;Klaus Birkhofer;Klaus Birkhofer;Gerard Malsher;Karin Staudacher

  • Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community.

    M. Traugott;M. Traugott;J. R. Bell;J. R. Bell;J. R. Bell;G. R. Broad;W. Powell

  • Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation.

    Michael Traugott;J. R. Bell;L. Raso;D. Sint

  • Revealing species-specific trophic links in soil food webs: molecular identification of scarab predators.

    A. Juen;M. Traugott

  • The feeding ecology of elaterid larvae in central European arable land: New perspectives based on naturally occurring stable isotopes

    Michael Traugott;Nikolaus Schallhart;Rüdiger Kaufmann;Anita Juen

  • Which prey sustains cold‐adapted invertebrate generalist predators in arable land? Examining prey choices by molecular gut‐content analysis

    Bernhard Eitzinger;Michael Traugott

  • Monitoring spawning migrations of potamodromous fish species via eDNA.

    Bettina Thalinger;Elisabeth Wolf;Michael Traugott;Josef Wanzenböck

  • Parasitoid control of aphids in organic and conventional farming systems

    Sarina Macfadyen;Sarina Macfadyen;Rachel Gibson;Lorna Raso;Daniela Sint

  • Intraguild predation in pioneer predator communities of alpine glacier forelands

    Lorna Raso;Daniela Sint;Rebecca Mayer;Simon Plangg

  • Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields.

    Oliver Balmer;Lukas Pfiffner;Johannes Schied;Martin Willareth

Frequent Co-Authors

Mattias Jonsson
Mattias Jonsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
James R. Bell
James R. Bell Rothamsted Research
Kristy Deiner
Kristy Deiner Cornell University
Eric Coissac
Eric Coissac Grenoble Alpes University
Klaus Birkhofer
Klaus Birkhofer Brandenburg University of Technology
Caren S. Goldberg
Caren S. Goldberg Washington State University
Barbara Ekbom
Barbara Ekbom Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Nicolas Desneux
Nicolas Desneux INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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