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79
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28221
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866
National Ranking
62

Overview

Stefan Klotz is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist has published extensively in main fields such as:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these areas, their subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main research topics covered by Stefan Klotz encompass:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Stefan Klotz's recent publications include:

  • "Agriculture and food security under a changing climate: An underestimated challenge" (2022), published in iScience
  • "Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts" (2020), published in Oikos
  • "Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin" (2020), published in Atmosphere
  • "Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter-annual climate variability in a large field experiment" (2024), published in Global Change Biology
  • "The iDiv Ecotron-A flexible research platform for multitrophic biodiversity research" (2021), published in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stefan Klotz include:

  • Harald Auge
  • Walter Durka
  • Tiffany M. Knight
  • Martin Schädler
  • Ralf Seppelt

Stefan Klotz's work has appeared in several prominent publication venues, including:

  • iScience
  • Oikos
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

    Myla F.J. Aronson;Frank A. La Sorte;Charles H. Nilon;Madhusudan Katti

  • The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

    M Kleyer;RM Bekker;RM Bekker;IC Knevel;IC Knevel;JP Bakker

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

    Gian Reto Walther;Alain Roques;Philip E. Hulme;Martin T. Sykes

  • Grasping at the routes of biological invasions: a framework for integrating pathways into policy

    P. E. Hulme;S. Bacher;M. Kenis;S. Klotz

  • Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study

    R. Billeter;J. Liira;D. Bailey;R.J.F. Bugter

  • The flora of German cities is naturally species rich

    Ingolf Kühn;Roland Brandl;Stefan Klotz

  • CLIMATE CHANGE CAN CAUSE SPATIAL MISMATCH OF TROPHICALLY INTERACTING SPECIES

    Oliver Schweiger;Josef Settele;Otakar Kudrna;Stefan Klotz

  • A Network of Terrestrial Environmental Observatories in Germany

    Steffen Zacharias;Heye Bogena;Luis Samaniego;Matthias Mauder

  • The niche of higher plants: evidence for phylogenetic conservatism.

    Andreas Prinzing;Walter Durka;Stefan Klotz;Roalnd Brandl

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora

    Marten Winter;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz;Wolfgang Nentwig

  • Effects of changes in agricultural land-use on landscape structure and arable weed vegetation over the last 50 years

    Cornelia Baessler;Stefan Klotz

  • Urbanization and homogenization – Comparing the floras of urban and rural areas in Germany

    Ingolf Kühn;Stefan Klotz

  • Challenging Urban Species Diversity: Contrasting Phylogenetic Patterns across Plant Functional Groups in Germany

    Sonja Knapp;Ingolf Kühn;Oliver Schweiger;Stefan Klotz

  • Native and alien plant species richness in relation to spatial heterogeneity on a regional scale in Germany

    Kirstin Deutschewitz;Kirstin Deutschewitz;Angela Lausch;Ingolf Kuhn;Stefan Klotz

  • Plant richness patterns in agricultural and urban landscapes in Central Germany—spatial gradients of species richness

    Annett Wania;Annett Wania;Ingolf Kühn;Stefan Klotz

  • ALARM: Assessing LArge-scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods

    Josef Settele;Volker Hammen;Philip E. Hulme;Ulrich Karlson

  • Conventional land-use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta-analysis.

    Michael Beckmann;Katharina Gerstner;Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye;Silvia Ceaușu

  • Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities

    Carsten F. Dormann;Oliver Schweiger;Isabel Augenstein;Debra Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ralf Seppelt
Ralf Seppelt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Walter Durka
Walter Durka Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sonja Knapp
Sonja Knapp Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Marten Winter
Marten Winter Leipzig University
Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu

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