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Reinhard Zetter

Reinhard Zetter

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Reinhard Zetter is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects of plant biology and paleontology. These include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and Animal Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Reinhard Zetter has contributed to numerous scholarly articles across various respected scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Grana, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Current Biology, and STAR Protocols.

  • Eocene palms from central Myanmar in a South-East Asian and global perspective: evidence from the palynological record, 2020, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part V. Magnoliophyta 3 - Myrtales to Ericales, 2020, Grana
  • The last meal of an Eocene pollen-feeding fly, 2021, Current Biology
  • Collecting in situ/adhered pollen from fossil compressed angiosperm flowers, 2022, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Paleovegetation and paleoclimate inferences of the early late Sarmatian palynoflora from the Gleisdorf Fm. at Gratkorn, Styria, Austria, 2022, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their scientific work, with frequent coauthors including Friđgeir Grímsson, Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, Christian Geier, and Manuel Vieira. These collaborations have contributed to a body of research characterized by interdisciplinary approaches within paleobotany and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Illustrated Pollen Terminology

    Heidemarie Halbritter;Silvia Ulrich;Friðgeir Grímsson;Martina Weber

  • Episodic migration of oaks to Iceland: Evidence for a North Atlantic “land bridge” in the latest Miocene

    Thomas Denk;Friðgeir Grímsson;Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter

  • The need for the SEM in palaeopalynology

    David K. Ferguson;Reinhard Zetter;Khum N. Paudayal

  • Fagaceae from the early Oligocene of Central Europe: Persisting new world and emerging old world biogeographic links

    Thomas Denk;Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter

  • Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland

    Thomas Denk;Friðgeir Grimsson;Reinhard Zetter;Leifur A. Símonarson

  • Discriminating fossil evergreen and deciduous Quercus pollen: A case study from the Miocene of eastern China

    Yu-Sheng Liu;Reinhard Zetter;David K. Ferguson;Barbara A.R. Mohr

  • Fagaceae pollen from the early Cenozoic of West Greenland: revisiting Engler's and Chaney's Arcto-Tertiary hypotheses.

    Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter;Guido W. Grimm;Gunver Krarup Pedersen

  • Assessing the Fossil Record of Asterids in the Context of Our Current Phylogenetic Framework.

    Steven R. Manchester;Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter

  • Leaf architecture and epidermal characters in Zelkova, Ulmaceae

    Yu-Fei Wang;David K. Ferguson;Reinhard Zetter;Thomas Denk

  • Lower Miocene leaf, palynomorph, and diaspore assemblages from the base of the lignite-bearing sequence in the opencast mine Oberdorf, N Voitsberg (Styria, Austria) as an indication of "Younger Mastixioid" vegetation.

    Barbara Meller;Johanna Kovar-Eder;Reinhard Zetter

  • Advances in our knowledge of the Miocene plant assemblage from Kreuzau, Germany

    David K. Ferguson;Maria Pingen;Reinhard Zetter;Christa-Charlotte Hofmann

  • The fossil pollen record of Araceae

    M. Hesse;R. Zetter

  • A multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct the Late Oligocene vegetation in central Europe

    R.A Gastaldo;W Riegel;W Püttmann;U.G Linnemann

  • Cretaceous and Paleogene Fagaceae from North America and Greenland: evidence for a Late Cretaceous split between Fagus and the remaining Fagaceae

    Friðgeir Grímsson;Guido W. Grimm;Reinhard Zetter;Thomas Denk

  • Pollen, fruits, and leaves of Tetracentron (Trochodendraceae) from the Cainozoic of Iceland and western North America and their palaeobiogeographic implications

    Friðgeir Grímsson;Thomas Denk;Reinhard Zetter

  • Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: part IV. Magnoliophyta 2 – Fagales to Rosales

    Friđgeir Grímsson;Johannes M. Bouchal;Alexandros Xafis;Reinhard Zetter

  • Combined LM and SEM study of the Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: Part II. Pinophyta (Cupressaceae, Pinaceae and Sciadopityaceae)

    Friđgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter

  • The Biogeographic History of Iceland – The North Atlantic Land Bridge Revisited

    Thomas Denk;Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter;Leifur A. Símonarson

  • Evidence from "Köppen signatures" of fossil plant assemblages for effective heat transport of Gulf Stream to subarctic North Atlantic during Miocene cooling

    T. Denk;G. W. Grimm;F. Grímsson;R. Zetter

  • Specialized and Generalized Pollen-Collection Strategies in an Ancient Bee Lineage

    Torsten Wappler;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Michael S. Engel;Michael S. Engel;Reinhard Zetter

  • The taphonomy of a remarkable leaf bed assemblage from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Gore Lignite Measures, southern New Zealand

    David K. Ferguson;Daphne E. Lee;Jennifer M. Bannister;Reinhard Zetter

  • The grass pollen season 2014 in Vienna: A pilot study combining phenology, aerobiology and symptom data.

    Maximilian Kmenta;Maximilian Kmenta;Katharina Bastl;Matthias F. Kramer;Simon J. Hewings

  • Early Eocene zona-aperturate pollen grains of the Proxapertites type with affinity to Araceae

    R. Zetter;M. Hesse;A. Frosch-Radivo

  • Evolution of pollen morphology in Loranthaceae

    Friðgeir Grímsson;Guido W. Grimm;Reinhard Zetter

  • Aponogeton pollen from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of North America and West Greenland: Implications for the origin and palaeobiogeography of the genus.

    Friðgeir Grímsson;Reinhard Zetter;Heidemarie Halbritter;Guido W. Grimm

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hesse
Michael Hesse University of Vienna
Guido W. Grimm
Guido W. Grimm University of Vienna
Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Steven R. Manchester
Steven R. Manchester Florida Museum of Natural History
Carina Hoorn
Carina Hoorn University of Amsterdam
Bernard Gomez
Bernard Gomez University of Lyon System
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Louis Scott
Louis Scott University of the Free State

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