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43
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5262
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273

Sebastian T. Meyer 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 Sebastian T. Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 91 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sebastian T. Meyer 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 Sebastian T. Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sebastian T. Meyer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on specific subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and grassland ecology. Key papers include:

  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Biodiversity-stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • On the functional relationship between biodiversity and economic value, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors of Sebastian T. Meyer include Wolfgang W. Weisser, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandra Weigelt, and Bernhard Schmid. These collaborations suggest active involvement in research networks focused on biodiversity and ecosystem studies.

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has a record of contributions to several journals and platforms, prominently including:

  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their work addresses a range of topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Urban Green Space and Health, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies. This diverse set of topics displays a broad engagement with ecological and environmental issues across multiple scales and organismal groups.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

    Gerhard E. Overbeck;Eduardo Vélez‐Martin;Fabio R. Scarano;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions

    Sebastian T. Meyer;Robert Ptacnik;Helmut Hillebrand;Holger Bessler

  • Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

    Dylan Craven;Forest Isbell;Pete Manning;John Connolly

  • The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

    Malte Jochum;Malte Jochum;Markus Fischer;Forest Isbell;Christiane Roscher

  • Plant Herbivore Interactions at the Forest Edge

    Rainer Wirth;Sebastian T. Meyer;Inara R. Leal;Marcelo Tabarelli

  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning

    Fons van der Plas;Thomas Schröder-Georgi;Alexandra Weigelt;Kathryn E. Barry

  • Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

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  • Plant diversity effects on arthropods and arthropod-dependent ecosystem functions in a biodiversity experiment

    Anne Ebeling;Jes Hines;Lionel R. Hertzog;Markus Lange

  • Increasing densities of leaf-cutting ants (Atta spp.) with proximity to the edge in a Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Rainer Wirth;Sebastian T. Meyer;Walkiria R. Almeida;Manoel Vieira Araújo

  • A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

    Eric Allan;Eric Allan;Wolfgang W. Weisser;Wolfgang W. Weisser;Markus Fischer;Markus Fischer;Ernst-Detlef Schulze

  • A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

    Nico Eisenhauer;Holger Schielzeth;Andrew D. Barnes;Kathryn E. Barry

  • Towards a standardized Rapid Ecosystem Function Assessment (REFA)

    Sebastian T. Meyer;Christiane Koch;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Final countdown for biodiversity hotspots

    Jan C. Habel;Jan C. Habel;Livia Rasche;Uwe A. Schneider;Jan Oliver Engler

  • Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity

    Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling;Nico Eisenhauer;Lionel Hertzog

  • Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

    Alexandru Milcu;Alexandru Milcu;Eric Allan;Christiane Roscher;Christiane Roscher;Tania Jenkins

  • Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands.

    Oksana Y. Buzhdygan;Oksana Y. Buzhdygan;Sebastian T. Meyer;Wolfgang W. Weisser;Nico Eisenhauer

  • Predicting invertebrate herbivory from plant traits: evidence from 51 grassland species in experimental monocultures.

    Jessy Loranger;Jessy Loranger;Sebastian T. Meyer;Bill Shipley;Jens Kattge

  • Integrating ecosystem functions into restoration ecology—recent advances and future directions

    Johannes Kollmann;Sebastian T. Meyer;Rolf Bateman;Timo Conradi;Timo Conradi

  • Ecosystem engineering by leaf-cutting ants: nests of Atta cephalotes drastically alter forest structure and microclimate

    Sebastian T. Meyer;Inara R. Leal;Marcelo Tabarelli;Rainer Wirth

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Anne Ebeling
Anne Ebeling Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Christiane Roscher
Christiane Roscher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Christoph Scherber
Christoph Scherber Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Gerd Gleixner
Gerd Gleixner Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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