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D-Index
36
Citations
10690
World Ranking
7002
National Ranking
56

Overview

Stefan Schindler is affiliated with Umweltbundesamt, Austria. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, focusing on several key subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work spans multiple core topics including Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Agricultural Economics and Policy, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Environmental Conservation and Management, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Conservation Letters
  • BioScience
  • People and Nature

Stefan Schindler has coauthored with several researchers repeatedly, contributing to collaborative work with:

  • Franz Essl
  • Guy Pe'er
  • Francisco Moreira
  • Ângela Lomba
  • Norbert Röder

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges" (2020), published in People and Nature
  • "Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth" (2020), published in Conservation Letters
  • "How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts" (2022), published in Conservation Letters
  • "Around the world in 500 years: Inter-regional spread of alien species over recent centuries" (2021), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "The Hierarchy-of-Hypotheses Approach: A Synthesis Method for Enhancing Theory Development in Ecology and Evolution" (2020), published in BioScience

Best Publications

  • No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide.

    Hanno Seebens;Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools.

    Hanno Seebens;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Piero Genovesi

  • Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges.

    Guy Pe'er;Guy Pe'er;Aletta Bonn;Aletta Bonn;Helge Bruelheide;Petra Dieker

  • A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy

    Guy Pe'er;Yves Zinngrebe;Francisco Moreira;Clélia Sirami

  • Toward effective nature conservation on farmland: making farmers matter

    Geert R. de Snoo;Geert R. de Snoo;Irina Herzon;Henk Staats;Rob J.F. Burton

  • Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

    Franz Essl;Sven Bacher;Tim M. Blackburn;Olaf Booy

  • Towards a core set of landscape metrics for biodiversity assessments: A case study from Dadia National Park, Greece

    Stefan Schindler;Kostas Poirazidis;Thomas Wrbka

  • Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth

    Iago Otero;Iago Otero;Katharine N. Farrell;Katharine N. Farrell;Salvador Pueyo;Giorgos Kallis

  • Multiscale performance of landscape metrics as indicators of species richness of plants, insects and vertebrates

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Henrik von Wehrden;Kostas Poirazidis;Thomas Wrbka

  • Adding Some Green to the Greening: Improving the EU's Ecological Focus Areas for Biodiversity and Farmers

    Guy Pe'er;Yves Zinngrebe;Yves Zinngrebe;Jennifer Hauck;Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler

  • Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species

    Helen E. Roy;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Riccardo Scalera;Alan Stewart

  • Which Taxa Are Alien? Criteria, Applications, and Uncertainties

    Franz Essl;Sven Bacher;Piero Genovesi;Philip E Hulme

  • Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union

    Helen E. Roy;Sven Bacher;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Tim Adriaens

  • Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Fionnuala H. O’Neill;Marianna Biró;Christian Damm

  • How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts

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  • Multifunctionality of floodplain landscapes: relating management options to ecosystem services

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Zita Sebesvari;Christian Damm;Katrin Euller

  • The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

    Ana S. Vaz;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Christian A. Kull;Christian A. Kull;David M. Richardson

  • Alien Pathogens on the Horizon: Opportunities for Predicting their Threat to Wildlife

    Helen E. Roy;Helen Hesketh;Bethan V. Purse;Jørgen Eilenberg

  • Impact of the Austrian Agri-environmental scheme on diversity of landscapes, plants and birds

    T. Wrbka;S. Schindler;M. Pollheimer;I. Schmitzberger

  • Can we measure ecological sustainability? Landscape pattern as an indicator for naturalness and land use intensity at regional, national and European level

    Christa Renetzeder;Stefan Schindler;Johannes Peterseil;Martin A. Prinz

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Wolfgang Rabitsch
Wolfgang Rabitsch Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Thomas Wrbka
Thomas Wrbka University of Vienna
Paul Steinmann
Paul Steinmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jan C. Aurich
Jan C. Aurich Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Francisco Moreira
Francisco Moreira University of Porto
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London

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