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Stefan A. Schnitzer

Stefan A. Schnitzer

Marquette University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
15871
World Ranking
1954
National Ranking
716

Stefan A. Schnitzer 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 Stefan A. Schnitzer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 158 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan A. Schnitzer 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 Stefan A. Schnitzer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Stefan A. Schnitzer is affiliated with Marquette University in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields related to ecology and conservation.

The main fields of study for Schnitzer include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of expertise cover:

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

Key research topics addressed by Schnitzer are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Among frequent coauthors are:

  • Félicien Meunier
  • Hans Verbeeck
  • Geertje van der Heijden
  • José A. Medina-Vega
  • David M. DeFilippis

Stefan A. Schnitzer has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology Letters
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Sample recent publications authored or coauthored by Schnitzer include:

  • Local canopy disturbance as an explanation for long-term increases in liana abundance, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Lianas have more acquisitive traits than trees in a dry but not in a wet forest, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Lianas Significantly Reduce Tree Performance and Biomass Accumulation Across Tropical Forests: A Global Meta-Analysis, 2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Lianas explore the forest canopy more effectively than trees under drier conditions, 2020, Functional Ecology

Schnitzer has also authored a book titled Lianas, Ecosystems, and Global Change published in 2023 by Frontiers Media.

In recognition of their contributions, Schnitzer received the award of Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The ecology of lianas and their role in forests

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Frans Bongers

  • Negative plant–soil feedback predicts tree-species relative abundance in a tropical forest

    Scott A. Mangan;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Edward A. Herre;Keenan M. L. Mack

  • Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;John N. Klironomos;Janneke HilleRisLambers;Linda L. Kinkel

  • TREEFALL GAPS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY IN A TROPICAL FOREST

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Walter P. Carson

  • Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Frans Bongers

  • A Mechanistic Explanation for Global Patterns of Liana Abundance and Distribution

    Stefan A. Schnitzer

  • The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: evidence for an alternative pathway of gap‐phase regeneration

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;James W. Dalling;Walter P. Carson

  • Density and diversity of lianas along a chronosequence in a central Panamanian lowland forest.

    Saara J. Dewalt;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Julie S. Denslow

  • The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

    Laura L. Ingwell;S. Joseph Wright;Kristen K. Becklund;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses

    Jeffrey J. Gerwing;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Robyn J. Burnham;Frans Bongers

  • Disentangling above- and below-ground competition between lianas and trees in a tropical forest

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Mirjam E. Kuzee;Frans Bongers

  • Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Walter P. Carson

  • Liana abundance, diversity, and distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Scott A. Mangan;Scott A. Mangan;James W. Dalling;James W. Dalling;Claire A. Baldeck

  • Censusing and Measuring Lianas: A Quantitative Comparison of the Common Methods

    Stefan A. Schnitzer;Saara J. DeWalt;Jérôme Chave

  • Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan-tropical patterns of liana density and basal area.

    Saara J. DeWalt;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Jérôme Chave;Frans Bongers

  • Science on the Rise in Developing Countries

    Milena Holmgren;Stefan A Schnitzer

  • Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests.

    Geertje M. F. van der Heijden;Geertje M. F. van der Heijden;Geertje M. F. van der Heijden;Jennifer S. Powers;Jennifer S. Powers;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer

  • TROPICAL FOREST COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

    Walter P. Carson;Stefan A. Schnitzer

  • Water-use advantage for lianas over trees in tropical seasonal forests

    Ya‐Jun Chen;Ya‐Jun Chen;Kun‐Fang Cao;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Ze‐Xin Fan

  • Living close to your neighbors: The importance of both competition and facilitation in plant communities

    Alexandra Wright;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Spatially disjunct effects of co‐occurring competition and facilitation

    Ian A. Dickie;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Peter B. Reich;Sarah E. Hobbie

  • A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses 1

    Jeffrey J. Gerwing;Stefan A. Schnitzer;Robyn J. Burnham;Frans Bongers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer S. Powers
Jennifer S. Powers University of Minnesota
Walter P. Carson
Walter P. Carson University of Pittsburgh
Joseph Mascaro
Joseph Mascaro Breakthrough Institute
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Frans Bongers
Frans Bongers Wageningen University & Research
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Stephen P. Yanoviak
Stephen P. Yanoviak University of Louisville
S. Joseph Wright
S. Joseph Wright Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
James W. Dalling
James W. Dalling University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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