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Peter Hietz

Peter Hietz

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8685
World Ranking
4226
National Ranking
29

Peter Hietz 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 Peter Hietz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Hietz 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 Peter Hietz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

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

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

Overview

Peter Hietz is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass several areas related to plant and ecosystem dynamics. Key topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest ecology and management, Plant and animal studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Tree-ring climate responses.

Recent publications by Peter Hietz contribute to a range of ecological and environmental science journals. Notable papers include:

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery, 2021, Science
  • Global relationships in tree functional traits, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Climatic and edaphic controls over tropical forest diversity and vegetation carbon storage, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Summer temperatures reach the thermal tolerance threshold of photosynthetic decline in temperate conifers, 2021, Plant Biology
  • Water-Stressed Plants Do Not Cool: Leaf Surface Temperature of Living Wall Plants under Drought Stress, 2021, Sustainability

Peter Hietz frequently publishes in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Ecology, Scientific Reports, and Science Advances.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Wolfgang Wanek, Jens Kattge, Ülo Niinemets, Steven Jansen, and Géraldine Derroire, indicating a network of partnerships mainly focused on ecological and plant science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • The physiological ecology of vascular epiphytes: current knowledge, open questions

    Gerhard Zotz;Peter Hietz

  • Long-term change in the nitrogen cycle of tropical forests.

    Peter Hietz;Benjamin L. Turner;Wolfgang Wanek;Andreas Richter

  • 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

  • Tropical montane cloud forests : science for conservation and management

    Leendert Adriaan Bruijnzeel;F. N. Scatena;Lawrence S. Hamilton

  • Composition and ecology of vascular epiphyte communities along an altitudinal gradient in central Veracruz, Mexico

    Peter Hietz;Ursula Hietz-Seifert

  • Do water‐limiting conditions predispose Norway spruce to bark beetle attack?

    Sigrid Netherer;Bradley Matthews;Klaus Katzensteiner;Emma Blackwell

  • Correlation between water relations and within-canopy distribution of epiphytic ferns in a Mexican cloud forest

    P Hietz;O Briones

  • Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

  • Epiphyte vegetation and diversity on remnant trees after forest clearance in southern Veracruz, Mexico

    Ursula Hietz-Seifert;Peter Hietz;Sergio Guevara

  • Conservation of Vascular Epiphyte Diversity in Mexican Coffee Plantations

    Peter Hietz

  • Long‐term increases in intrinsic water‐use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand

    Charles A. Nock;Patrick J. Baker;Wolfgang Wanek;Albrecht Leis

  • Gas diffusion through wood: implications for oxygen supply

    Johannes Sorz;Peter Hietz

  • Structure and ecology of epiphyte communities of a cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico

    Peter Hietz;Ursula Hietz-Seifert

  • POPULATION DYNAMICS OF EPIPHYTES IN A MEXICAN HUMID MONTANE FOREST

    Peter Hietz

  • Nitrogen-15 natural abundance in a montane cloud forest canopy as an indicator of nitrogen cycling and epiphyte nutrition.

    Peter Hietz;Wolfgang Wanek;Rita Wania;Nalini M. Nadkarni

  • Diversity and Conservation of Epiphytes in a Changing Environment

    Peter Hietz

  • Effect of canopy position on germination and seedling survival of epiphytic bromeliads in a Mexican humid montane forest.

    Manuela Winkler;Karl Hülber;Peter Hietz

  • Global relationships in tree functional traits

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  • Small plants, large plants: the importance of plant size for the physiological ecology of vascular epiphytes

    Gerhard Zotz;Peter Hietz;Gerold Schmidt

  • Seasonal fluctuations in live and dead biomass of Phragmites australis as described by a growth and decomposition model: implications of duration of aerobic conditions for litter mineralization and sedimentation

    Takashi Asaeda;Le Hung Nam;Peter Hietz;Norio Tanaka

  • Data from: Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Wanek
Wolfgang Wanek University of Vienna
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Gerhard Zotz
Gerhard Zotz Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Tianhua He
Tianhua He Curtin University
Karl Hülber
Karl Hülber University of Vienna
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
Steven Jansen
Steven Jansen University of Ulm

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