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Raphaël Arlettaz

Raphaël Arlettaz

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
70
Citations
16117
World Ranking
1373
National Ranking
35

Raphaël Arlettaz 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 Raphaël Arlettaz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 267 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raphaël Arlettaz 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 Raphaël Arlettaz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Raphaël Arlettaz is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, Arlettaz's work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist explores key topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Arlettaz has contributed papers to multiple academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Avian Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, and Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern.

Some of the recent publications associated with or involving Arlettaz's research are:

  • SDMtune: An R package to tune and evaluate species distribution models, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Evaluating Contributions of Recent Tracking-Based Animal Movement Ecology to Conservation Management, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Partial migration of White-winged snowfinches is correlated with winter weather conditions, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Nestling diet and parental food provisioning in a declining mountain passerine reveal high sensitivity to climate change, 2021, Journal of Avian Biology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Arlettaz include Alain Jacot, Jean-Yves Humbert, Arnaud Barras, Veronika Braunisch, and Sergio Vignali. These collaborators have contributed to multiple projects, reflecting a network of research partnerships in related ecological and biological topics.

Best Publications

  • EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity

    G. Pe'er;L. V. Dicks;P. Visconti;R. Arlettaz

  • From Publications to Public Actions: When Conservation Biologists Bridge the Gap between Research and Implementation

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Michael Schaub;Jérôme Fournier;Thomas S. Reichlin

  • Selecting from correlated climate variables: a major source of uncertainty for predicting species distributions under climate change

    Veronika Braunisch;Joy Coppes;Raphaël Arlettaz;Rudi Suchant

  • Habitat selection as a major resource partitioning mechanism between the two sympatric sibling bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii

    Raphael Arlettaz

  • Ecological requirements of reintroduced species and the implications for release policy: the case of the bearded vulture

    Alexandre H. Hirzel;Alexandre H. Hirzel;Bertrand Posse;Pierre-Alain Oggier;Yvon Crettenand

  • Use of Integrated Modeling to Enhance Estimates of Population Dynamics Obtained from Limited Data

    Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Olivier Gimenez;Olivier Gimenez;Antoine Sierro;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Landscape connectivity, habitat structure and activity of bat guilds in farmland-dominated matrices

    Annie Frey-Ehrenbold;Annie Frey-Ehrenbold;Fabio Bontadina;Raphaël Arlettaz;Martin K. Obrist

  • Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

    Laura M. E. Sutcliffe;Peter Batary;Urs Kormann;Andras Baldi

  • Spreading free-riding snow sports represent a novel serious threat for wildlife

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Patrick Patthey;Marjana Baltic;Thomas Leu

  • Feeding behaviour and foraging strategy of free-living mouse-eared bats,Myotis myotisandMyotis blythii

    R. Arlettaz

  • Competition for food by expanding pipistrelle bat populations (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) might contribute to the decline of lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros)

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Saskia Godat;Harry Meyer

  • Is the Gibraltar strait a barrier to gene flow for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)?

    V. Castella;Manuel Ruedi;Laurent Excoffier;Carlos Ibáñez

  • Modeling habitat suitability for complex species distributions by environmental-distance geometric mean.

    Alexandre H. Hirzel;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Effect of acoustic clutter on prey detection by bats

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz;Gareth Jones;Paul A. Racey

  • Impacts of nitrogen addition on plant biodiversity in mountain grasslands depend on dose, application duration and climate: a systematic review

    Jean-Yves Humbert;Jean-Yves Humbert;John M. Dwyer;John M. Dwyer;John M. Dwyer;Aline Andrey;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • An assessment of integrated population models: bias, accuracy, and violation of the assumption of independence.

    Fitsum Abadi;Olivier Gimenez;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz;Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub

  • Response of arthropod species richness and functional groups to urban habitat structure and management

    T. Sattler;P. Duelli;M.K. Obrist;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Ecological niche modelling of two cryptic bat species calls for a reassessment of their conservation status

    Thomas Sattler;Fabio Bontadina;Alexandre H. Hirzel;Alexandre H. Hirzel;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • SDMtune: An R package to tune and evaluate species distribution models

    Sergio Vignali;Arnaud Gian Barras;Raphaël Arlettaz;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch

  • Long-distance wolf recolonization of France and Switzerland inferred from non-invasive genetic sampling over a period of 10 years

    Nathaniel Valière;Luca Fumagalli;Ludovic Gielly;Christian Miquel

  • The energetic grooming costs imposed by a parasitic mite (Spinturnix myoti) upon its bat host (Myotis myotis).

    Maud S. Giorgi;Raphaë Arlettaz;Philippe Christe;Peter Vogel

Frequent Co-Authors

Veronika Braunisch
Veronika Braunisch University of Bern
Philippe Christe
Philippe Christe University of Lausanne
Christoph F. J. Meyer
Christoph F. J. Meyer University of Salford
Marco Moretti
Marco Moretti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Lukas Jenni
Lukas Jenni Swiss Ornithological Institute
Paolo Pedrini
Paolo Pedrini Science Museum
Manuel Ruedi
Manuel Ruedi Natural History Museum of Geneva
Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dan E. Chamberlain
Dan E. Chamberlain University of Turin
Susanne Jenni-Eiermann
Susanne Jenni-Eiermann Swiss Ornithological Institute

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