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S. Robbert Gradstein

S. Robbert Gradstein

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53
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9944
World Ranking
3318
National Ranking
179

Overview

S. Robbert Gradstein is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and specializes primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on bryophytes, plant ecology, and related areas within botany.

The scientist has published a significant number of works, particularly in well-recognized journals and publication venues, including:

  • Nova Hedwigia
  • Phytotaxa
  • Cryptogamie Bryologie
  • Journal of Bryology
  • Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gradstein include Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges, Fúvio Rubens Oliveira-da-Silva, Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp, Maaike Y. Bader, and Jörg Bendix.

Their research spans various subfields within biology, notably:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change

Main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Gradstein are:

  • Checklist of fossil liverworts suitable for calibrating phylogenetic reconstructions, 2021, published in Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution
  • Radionuclide and trace metal accumulation in a variety of mosses used as bioindicators for atmospheric deposition, 2021, in The Science of The Total Environment
  • The genus Cheilolejeunea (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) in tropical America, 2020, Nova Hedwigia
  • What do tropical cryptogams reveal? Strong genetic structure in Amazonian bryophytes, 2020, New Phytologist
  • The genus Lejeunea Lib. (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Brazil, 2020, Phytotaxa

Gradstein also has contributions to book literature, including the publication titled The Liverworts and Hornworts of Colombia and Ecuador, released in 2021 by Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden.

Best Publications

  • World checklist of hornworts and liverworts.

    Lars Söderström;Anders Hagborg;Matt von Konrat;Sharon Bartholomew-Began

  • Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

  • An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas.

    Carmen Ulloa Ulloa;Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez;Stephan Beck;Manuel J. Belgrano

  • BIODIVERSITY INDICATOR GROUPS OF TROPICAL LAND‐USE SYSTEMS: COMPARING PLANTS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS

    Christian H. Schulze;Matthias Waltert;Paul J. A. Kessler;Ramadhanil Pitopang

  • Diversity patterns of vascular epiphytes along an elevational gradient in the Andes

    Thorsten Krömer;Michael Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein;Amparo Acebey

  • Vertical stratification of vascular epiphytes in submontane and montane forest of the Bolivian Andes: the importance of the understory

    Thorsten Krömer;Thorsten Krömer;Michael Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein

  • Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts

    B. Laenen;B. Laenen;B. Shaw;H. Schneider;B. Goffinet

  • Alpha and beta diversity of plants and animals along a tropical land-use gradient.

    Michael Kessler;Michael Kessler;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Merijn Bos;Damayanti Buchori

  • Tree diversity in primary forest and different land use systems in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Michael Kessler;Paul J.A. Keßler;S. Robbert Gradstein;Kerstin Bach

  • Towards a natural classification of liverworts (Marchantiophyta) based on the chloroplast gene rbcL

    Jochen Heinrichs;S. Robbert Gradstein;Rosemary Wilson;Harald Schneider

  • Flora and Fungi: Composition and Function

    J. Homeier;F. A. Werner;S. R. Gradstein;S. W. Breckle

  • Unravelling the phylogeny of Lejeuneaceae (Jungermanniopsida): evidence for four main lineages.

    Rosemary Wilson;S. Robbert Gradstein;Harald Schneider;Jochen Heinrichs

  • Disturbance effects on diversity of epiphytes and moths in a montane forest in Ecuador

    Nicole M. Nöske;Nadine Hilt;Florian A. Werner;Gunnar Brehm

  • Species diversity and endemism of five major Malesian islands: diversity–area relationships

    Marco C. Roos;Paul J. A. Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein;Pieter Baas

  • Testing Hypotheses on Species Delimitations and Disjunctions in the Liverwort Bryopteris (Jungermanniopsida: Lejeuneaceae)

    Florian A. Hartmann;Rosemary Wilson;S. Robbert Gradstein;Harald Schneider

  • Bryophyte Diversity, Microhabitat Differentiation, and Distribution of Life Forms in Costa Rican Upper Montane Quercus Forest

    Ingo Holz;S. Robbert Gradstein;Jochen Heinrichs;Maarten Kappelle

  • Phylogenetic relationships and neotenic evolution of Metzgeriopsis (Lejeuneaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences and morphology

    S. Robbert Gradstein;Rosemary Wilson;Anna Luiza Ilkiu‐Borges;Jochen Heinrichs

  • New national and regional bryophyte records, 39

    L. T. Ellis;O. M. Afonina;A. K. Asthana;R. Gupta

  • Vertical distribution of epiphytic bryophytes in an Indonesian rainforest

    S. Goda Sporn;Merijn M. Bos;Michael Kessler;Michael Kessler;S. Robbert Gradstein

  • Niche assembly of epiphytic bryophyte communities in the Guianas: a regional approach.

    Sylvia Mota de Oliveira;Hans ter Steege;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;S. Robbert Gradstein

  • A phylogenetic analysis of the genera of Lejeuneaceae (Hepaticae)

    S. Robbert Gradstein;M. Elena Reiner‐Drehwald;Harald Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler University of Zurich
Alain Vanderpoorten
Alain Vanderpoorten University of Liège
Jochen Heinrichs
Jochen Heinrichs Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Harald Schneider
Harald Schneider Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Jairo Patiño
Jairo Patiño Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Stefan Abrahamczyk
Stefan Abrahamczyk University of Bonn
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Damayanti Buchori
Damayanti Buchori IPB University
A. Jonathan Shaw
A. Jonathan Shaw Duke University

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