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Stefan Porembski

Stefan Porembski

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6450
World Ranking
5603
National Ranking
296

Overview

Stefan Porembski is a researcher affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany. Their scientific work spans multiple topics primarily focused on agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science.

The subfields of study within their research include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, forestry, plant science, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation. Their publications concentrate on areas such as African botany and ecology studies, plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant diversity and evolution, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, species distribution and climate change, alongside agriculture and rural development research.

Frequent publication venues for Stefan Porembski's work include the Journal for Nature Conservation, Austral Ecology, Trees Forests and People, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of Arid Environments.

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including Luiza F. A. de Paula, Luiz Bondi, Dethardt Goetze, Adjima Thiombiano, and Amadé Ouédraogo.

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Stefan Porembski are:

  • Climate change reduces the distribution area of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) in Burkina Faso, 2020, Journal of Arid Environments
  • A complete digitization of German herbaria is possible, sensible and should be started now, 2020, Research Ideas and Outcomes
  • Local perception of ecosystem services and their conservation in Sudanian savannas of Burkina Faso (West Africa), 2022, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • How do altitude and soil properties influence the taxonomic and phylogenetic structure and diversity of Brazilian páramo vegetation?, 2020, Journal of Mountain Science
  • Climate change aggravates anthropogenic threats of the endangered savanna tree Pterocarpus erinaceus (Fabaceae) in Burkina Faso, 2022, Journal for Nature Conservation

Best Publications

  • Granitic and gneissic outcrops (inselbergs) as centers of diversity for desiccation-tolerant vascular plants

    Stefan Porembski;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Tropical inselbergs: habitat types, adaptive strategies and diversity patterns

    Stefan Porembski

  • Smallest angiosperm genomes found in lentibulariaceae, with chromosomes of bacterial size.

    J. Greilhuber;T. Borsch;K. Müller;A. Worberg

  • Diversity and ecology of saxicolous vegetation mats on inselbergs in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

    Stefan Porembski;Gustavo Martinelli;Ralf Ohlemuller;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Inselbergs : biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions

    S. Porembski;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Bee pollination increases yield quantity and quality of cash crops in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

    Katharina Stein;Drissa Coulibaly;Kathrin Stenchly;Dethardt Goetze

  • Climate–growth relationships of tropical tree species in West Africa and their potential for climate reconstruction

    Jochen Schöngart;Bettina Orthmann;Klaus Josef Hennenberg;Stefan Porembski

  • Evolution of Carnivory in Lentibulariaceae and the Lamiales

    K. Müller;T. Borsch;L. Legendre;S. Porembski

  • Some remarks on the vegetation of tropical inselbergs: diversity and ecological differentiation

    W. Barthlott;A. Gröger;S. Porembski

  • Identification of driving factors of land degradation and deforestation in the Wildlife Reserve of Bontioli (Burkina Faso, West Africa)

    Kangbéni Dimobe;Kangbéni Dimobe;Kangbéni Dimobe;Amadé Ouédraogo;Soungalo Soma;Soungalo Soma;Dethardt Goetze

  • Velamen radicum micromorphology and classification of orchidaceae

    Stefan Porembski;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Phytomass and fire occurrence along forest–savanna transects in the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast

    Klaus Josef Hennenberg;Frauke Fischer;Koffi Kouadio;Dethardt Goetze

  • Vegetation of rock outcrops in Guinea: granite inselbergs, sandstone table mountains and ferricretes — remarks on species numbers and endemism

    Stefan Porembski;Wilhelm Barthlott;Stephan Dörrstock;Nadja Biedinger

  • Inselberg vegetation and the biodiversity of granite outcrops

    S Porembski;R Seine;W Barthlott

  • Biodiversity and vegetation of small-sized inselbergs in a West African rain forest (Tai, Ivory Coast)

    Stefan Porembski;Jörg Szarzynski;Jan‐Peter Mund;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa—a standardized framework for large-scale environmental monitoring

    Norbert Jürgens;Ute Schmiedel;Daniela H. Haarmeyer;Daniela H. Haarmeyer;Jürgen Dengler

  • First protozoa-trapping plant found

    Wilhelm Barthlott;Stefan Porembski;Eberhard Fischer;Björn Gemmel

  • Detection of seasonal variability in microclimatic borders and ecotones between forest and savanna

    Klaus Josef Hennenberg;Dethardt Goetze;Jörg Szarzynski;Bettina Orthmann

  • Recent Progress in Understanding the Evolution of Carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales)

    K. F. Müller;T. Borsch;L. Legendre;S. Porembski

  • Evidence for the widespread occurrence of ancient forests on cliffs

    D. W. Larson;U. Matthes;J. A. Gerrath;N. W. K. Larson

  • Worldwide destruction of inselbergs and related rock outcrops threatens a unique ecosystem

    Stefan Porembski;Fernando A. O. Silveira;Peggy L. Fiedler;Aparna Watve

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilhelm Barthlott
Wilhelm Barthlott University of Bonn
Thomas Borsch
Thomas Borsch Freie Universität Berlin
Karl Eduard Linsenmair
Karl Eduard Linsenmair University of Würzburg
Fernando A. O. Silveira
Fernando A. O. Silveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Bram Vanschoenwinkel
Bram Vanschoenwinkel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer
Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Martin Worbes
Martin Worbes University of Göttingen
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Achim Bräuning
Achim Bräuning University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Brice Sinsin
Brice Sinsin Université d'Abomey-Calavi

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