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Peter Schönswetter

Peter Schönswetter

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Ecology and Evolution
Austria
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
10764
World Ranking
2995
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Peter Schönswetter is a researcher affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main research topics covered by Schönswetter include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

The researcher has contributed to a variety of scientific papers, with recent publications such as:

  • "Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal," 2024, published in BioScience
  • "High genetic and morphological diversification of the Euphorbia verrucosa alliance (Euphorbiaceae) in the Balkan and Iberian peninsulas," 2021, published in Taxon
  • "Polygenic routes lead to parallel altitudinal adaptation in Heliosperma pusillum (Caryophyllaceae)," 2022, published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Impact of Quaternary climatic oscillations on phylogeographic patterns of three habitat-segregated Cerastium taxa endemic to the Dinaric Alps," 2021, published in Journal of Biogeography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schönswetter include:

  • Božo Frajman
  • Michael H. J. Barfuss
  • Pau Carnicero
  • Ovidiu Paun
  • Philipp Kirschner

The researcher's work appears often in several publication venues, notably:

  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Beyond journal articles, Peter Schönswetter has contributed to book publications, including a chapter in "Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs, No. 10," published by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Molecular evidence for glacial refugia of mountain plants in the European Alps.

    P Schönswetter;I Stehlik;R Holderegger;Andreas Tribsch

  • Patterns of endemism and comparative phylogeography confirm palaeo- environmental evidence for Pleistocene refugia in the Eastern Alps

    Andreas Tribsch;Peter Schönswetter

  • Vicariance and dispersal in the alpine perennial Bupleurum stellatum L. (Apiaceae)

    Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Andreas Tribsch;Andreas Tribsch

  • Genetic consequences of climate change for northern plants

    Inger Greve Alsos;Dorothee Ehrich;Dorothee Ehrich;Wilfried Thuiller;Pernille Bronken Eidesen;Pernille Bronken Eidesen

  • History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of spatial genetic structure in Alpine plants

    Nadir Alvarez;Conny Thiel-Egenter;Andreas Tribsch;Rolf Holderegger

  • Circumpolar phylogeography of Juncus biglumis (Juncaceae) inferred from AFLP fingerprints, cpDNA sequences, nuclear DNA content and chromosome numbers.

    Peter Schönswetter;Jan Suda;Jan Suda;Magnus Popp;Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss

  • Mixed-Ploidy Species: Progress and Opportunities in Polyploid Research.

    Filip Kolář;Martin Čertner;Martin Čertner;Jan Suda;Jan Suda;Peter Schönswetter

  • Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.

    Pierre Taberlet;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Thorsten Englisch;Andreas Tribsch

  • Several Pleistocene refugia detected in the high alpine plant Phyteuma globulariifolium Sternb. & Hoppe (Campanulaceae) in the European Alps

    P. Schönswetter;A. Tribsch;M. Barfuss;H. Niklfeld

  • Out of the Alps: colonization of Northern Europe by East Alpine populations of the Glacier Buttercup Ranunculus glacialis L. (Ranunculaceae).

    P. Schönswetter;O. Paun;A. Tribsch;H. Niklfeld

  • Central Asian origin of and strong genetic differentiation among populations of the rare and disjunct Carex atrofusca (Cyperaceae) in the Alps

    Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Magnus Popp;Christian Brochmann

  • Complex distribution patterns of di-, tetra-, and hexaploid cytotypes in the European high mountain plant Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae)

    Jan Suda;Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss;Andreas Tribsch;Gerald M. Schneeweiss

  • Historical divergence vs. contemporary gene flow: evolutionary history of the calcicole Ranunculus alpestris group (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps and the Carpathians

    O. Paun;P. Schönswetter;M. Winkler

  • Glacial history of high alpine Ranunculus glacialis (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps in a comparative phylogeographical context

    Peter Schönswetter;Andreas Tribsch;Ivana Stehlik;Harald Niklfeld

  • Rare arctic‐alpine plants of the European Alps have different immigration histories: the snow bed species Minuartia biflora and Ranunculus pygmaeus

    P. Schönswetter;P. Schönswetter;M. Popp;C. Brochmann

  • Quaternary range dynamics of ecologically divergent species (Edraianthus serpyllifolius and E. tenuifolius, Campanulaceae) within the Balkan refugium

    Boštjan Surina;Boštjan Surina;Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Gerald M. Schneeweiss

  • Saponaria Pumila (Caryophyllaceae) and the Ice Age in the European Alps

    Andreas Tribsch;Peter Schönswetter;Tod F. Stuessy

  • BsRADseq: screening DNA methylation in natural populations of non-model species.

    Emiliano Trucchi;Emiliano Trucchi;Anna B. Mazzarella;Gregor D. Gilfillan;Maria T. Lorenzo

  • Distribution and habitat segregation on different spatial scales among diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Senecio carniolicus (Asteraceae) in the Eastern Alps

    Michaela Sonnleitner;Ruth Flatscher;Pedro Escobar García;Jana Rauchová;Jana Rauchová

  • Range-wide phylogeography of Juniperus thurifera L., a presumptive keystone species of western Mediterranean vegetation during cold stages of the Pleistocene.

    Anass Terrab;Peter Schönswetter;Salvador Talavera;Errol Vela

  • Extensive gene flow blurs phylogeographic but not phylogenetic signal in Olea europaea L.

    Rafael Rubio de Casas;Rafael Rubio de Casas;Guillaume Besnard;Peter Schönswetter;Luis Balaguer

  • Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America

    Dirk C. Albach;Dirk C. Albach;Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Andreas Tribsch;Andreas Tribsch;Andreas Tribsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Gerald M. Schneeweiss University of Vienna
Andreas Tribsch
Andreas Tribsch University of Salzburg
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Jan Suda
Jan Suda Charles University
Karl Hülber
Karl Hülber University of Vienna
Dirk C. Albach
Dirk C. Albach Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Felix Gugerli
Felix Gugerli Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Dorothee Ehrich
Dorothee Ehrich University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Friedrich Ehrendorfer
Friedrich Ehrendorfer University of Vienna

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