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Res Altwegg

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7416
World Ranking
4481
National Ranking
44

Res Altwegg 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 Res Altwegg sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 175 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Res Altwegg 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 Res Altwegg 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

Res Altwegg is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology and related subfields.

The main subfields of study for Res Altwegg include:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

The scientist's work covers several main topics, which are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Res Altwegg has contributed to multiple scientific publications, often collaborating with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Alan TK Lee, Timothy Kuiper, Vernon Visser, Dominic A. W. Henry, and Tiago A. Marques.

The scientist has published extensively in well-known venues with multiple articles in:

  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ostrich
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biological Conservation
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Res Altwegg include:

  • Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The African Bird Atlas Project: a description of the project and BirdMap data-collection protocol, 2022, Ostrich
  • Mechanistic reconciliation of community and invasion ecology, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Four principles for improved statistical ecology, 2024, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor, 2020, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Patterns of natural selection on size at metamorphosis in water frogs.

    Res Altwegg;Heinz Ulrich Reyer

  • The compadre Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;C. Ruth Archer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • Phenological Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lynda E. Chambers;Res Altwegg;Christophe Barbraud;Phoebe Barnard

  • MATRIX MODEL INVESTIGATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL: BULLFROGS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

    Purnima Govindarajulu;Res Altwegg;Bradley R. Anholt

  • Collapse of South Africa’s penguins in the early 21st century

    Rjm Crawford;R Altwegg;BJ Barham;PJ Barham

  • Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics.

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

    Brian Huntley;Phoebe Barnard;Res Altwegg;Lynda Chambers

  • Demographic effects of extreme winter weather in the barn owl

    Res Altwegg;Res Altwegg;Alexandre Roulin;Matthias Kestenholz;Lukas Jenni

  • A general framework for animal density estimation from acoustic detections across a fixed microphone array

    Ben C. Stevenson;David L. Borchers;Res Altwegg;René J. Swift

  • Age-specific survival and reproductive probabilities: evidence for senescence in male fallow deer (Dama dama)

    Alan G McElligott;Res Altwegg;Thomas J Hayden

  • BioMove – an integrated platform simulating the dynamic response of species to environmental change

    Guy F. Midgley;Ian D. Davies;Cécile H. Albert;Res Altwegg

  • Phenotypic correlates and consequences of dispersal in a metapopulation of house sparrows Passer domesticus.

    Res Altwegg;Thor Harald Ringsby;Bernt-Erik SAEther

  • PREDATOR-INDUCED LIFE-HISTORY PLASTICITY UNDER TIME CONSTRAINTS IN POOL FROGS

    Res Altwegg

  • Multistage density dependence in an amphibian.

    Res Altwegg;Res Altwegg

  • Occupancy models for citizen-science data

    Res Altwegg;James D. Nichols

  • Variation and covariation in survival, dispersal, and population size in barn owls Tyto alba

    Res Altwegg;Alexandre Roulin;Matthias Kestenholz;Lukas Jenni

  • Sex‐dependent selection on an autosomal melanic female ornament promotes the evolution of sex ratio bias

    Alexandre Roulin;Res Altwegg;Henrik Jensen;Ingelin Steinsland

  • From both sides: dire demographic consequences of carnivorous mice and longlining for the Critically Endangered Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island.

    Ross M. Wanless;Peter G. Ryan;Res Altwegg;Andrea Angel

  • moult: An R Package to Analyze Moult in Birds

    Birgit Erni;Bo T. Bonnevie;Hans-Dieter Oschadleus;Res Altwegg

  • Winter weather affects asp viper Vipera aspis population dynamics through susceptible juveniles

    Res Altwegg;Stefan Dummermuth;Bradley R. Anholt;Thomas Flatt

  • Nestboxes and immigration drive the growth of an urban Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population

    Res Altwegg;Andrew Jenkins;Fitsum Abadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
Matthew E. Gompper
Matthew E. Gompper New Mexico State University
Todd E. Katzner
Todd E. Katzner United States Geological Survey
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Darren M. Evans
Darren M. Evans Newcastle University
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen
Alexandre Roulin
Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne
Nathalie Pettorelli
Nathalie Pettorelli Zoological Society of London
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University

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