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Roswitha Baumung

Roswitha Baumung

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
4548
World Ranking
2389
National Ranking
27

Overview

Roswitha Baumung is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

Baumung's work addresses diverse topics, including agricultural systems and practices, genetically modified organisms research, animal genetics and reproduction, plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and rangeland management and livestock ecology.

The following recent papers highlight key aspects of their scholarship:

  • Monitoring and Progress in the Implementation of the Global Plan of Action on Animal Genetic Resources (2021), published in Sustainability
  • Protection of honeybees and other pollinators: one global study (2021), published in Apidologie
  • Multifunctionality and provision of ecosystem services by livestock species and breeds at global level (2023), published in animal
  • Food securers or invasive aliens? Trends and consequences of non-native livestock introgression in developing countries (2020), published in Global Food Security

These publications indicate a focus on genetic resource management, ecosystem services provided by livestock, pollinator protection, and the socio-ecological implications of livestock genetic introgression.

Baumung frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include:

  • P. Boettcher
  • Grégoire Leroy
  • B. Besbes
  • Jennifer Cao
  • Beate Scherf

Their work appears consistently in respected scientific venues such as Sustainability, Apidologie, animal, and Global Food Security.

In terms of disciplinary focus, Baumung's research generally intersects genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, global and planetary change, plant science, and insect science.

Best Publications

  • A cis -acting regulatory mutation causes premature hair graying and susceptibility to melanoma in the horse

    Gerli Rosengren Pielberg;Anna Golovko;Elisabeth Sundström;Ino Curik

  • Investigation of the Booroola (FecB) and Inverdale (FecXI) mutations in 21 prolific breeds and strains of sheep sampled in 13 countries

    G.H. Davis;L. Balakrishnan;I.K. Ross;T. Wilson

  • Genetic diversity studies in farm animals – a survey

    R. Baumung;H. Simianer;I. Hoffmann

  • Analysis of diversity and population structure in the Lipizzan horse breed based on pedigree information

    P Zechner;J Sölkner;I Bodo;T Druml

  • Review: Sustainability of crossbreeding in developing countries; definitely not like crossing a meadow….

    G. Leroy;R. Baumung;P. Boettcher;B. Scherf

  • Genetic characterisation and breed assignment in Austrian sheep breeds using microsatellite marker information.

    Roswitha Baumung;Vlatka Čubrić-Čurik;Katharina Schwend;Roland Achmann

  • Genetic resources and genomics for adaptation of livestock to climate change

    Paul J. Boettcher;Irene Hoffmann;Roswitha Baumung;Adam G. Drucker

  • Size and shape analysis of morphofunctional traits in the Spanish Arab horse

    I. Cervantes;R. Baumung;A. Molina;T. Druml

  • Total merit indices in dual purpose cattle

    Johann Sölkner;Josef Miesenberger;Alfons Willam;Christian Fuerst

  • Performance and fitness traits versus phenotypic appearance in the African Ankole Longhorn cattle: a novel approach to identify selection criteria for indigenous breeds

    D.B. Ndumu;D.B. Ndumu;R. Baumung;M. Wurzinger;A.G. Drucker

  • Mating practices and the dissemination of genetic disorders in domestic animals, based on the example of dog breeding.

    Grégoire Leroy;Grégoire Leroy;R. Baumung

  • Comparison of production systems and selection criteria of Ankole cattle by breeders in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

    M. Wurzinger;D. Ndumu;D. Ndumu;R. Baumung;A. Drucker;A. Drucker

  • Performance of crossbred and indigenous sheep under village conditions in the cool highlands of central-northern Ethiopia: growth, birth and body weights

    Y Hassen;J Sölkner;S Gizaw;R Baumung

  • Morphological analysis and effect of selection for conformation in the Noriker draught horse population

    T. Druml;R. Baumung;J. Sölkner

  • Pedigree analysis in the Austrian Noriker draught horse: genetic diversity and the impact of breeding for coat colour on population structure.

    T Druml;R Baumung;J Sölkner

  • grain : a computer program to calculate ancestral and partial inbreeding coefficients using a gene dropping approach

    R. Baumung;J. Farkas;Didier Boichard;G. Mészáros

  • Effect of maternal age on milk production traits, fertility, and longevity in cattle.

    B. Fuerst-Waltl;A. Reichl;C. Fuerst;R. Baumung

  • Animal genetic resources diversity and ecosystem services

    Gregoire Leroy;Roswitha Baumung;Paul Boettcher;Badi Besbes

  • Individual-based assessment of population structure and admixture in Austrian, Croatian and German draught horses.

    T. Druml;Ino Čurik;R. Baumung;K. Aberle

  • Genetic diversity, population structure and subdivision of local Balkan pig breeds in Austria, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and its practical value in conservation programs

    Thomas Druml;Kresimir Salajpal;Maria Dikic;Miroslav Urosevic

  • Bayesian inference of inbreeding effects on litter size and gestation length in Hungarian Landrace and Hungarian Large White pigs

    János Farkas;Ino Curik;László Csató;Zoltán Csörnyei

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of the synthetic Pannon White rabbit revealed by pedigree analyses

    Istvan Nagy;Ino Čurik;István Radnai;Isabel Cervantes

  • Economic values for performance and functional traits in dairy sheep

    Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Roswitha Baumung

  • Optimal genetic contribution selection in Danish Holstein depends on pedigree quality

    M.K. Sørensen;A.C. Sørensen;R. Baumung;S. Borchersen

  • Grazing, social and comfort behaviour of Ankole and crossbred (Ankole × Holstein) heifers on pasture in south western Uganda

    Reinhard Huber;Roswitha Baumung;Maria Wurzinger;Dan Semambo

Frequent Co-Authors

Johann Sölkner
Johann Sölkner BOKU University
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl
Birgit Fuerst-Waltl BOKU University
Ino Curik
Ino Curik University of Zagreb
Werner Zollitsch
Werner Zollitsch BOKU University
Johannes A. Lenstra
Johannes A. Lenstra Utrecht University
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Didier Boichard
Didier Boichard University of Paris-Saclay
Georg Erhardt
Georg Erhardt University of Giessen
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University

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