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Overview

Stefan Stoll is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and has a primary research focus in Environmental Science, with 56 publications in this field. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics, prominently featuring Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Recent publications by Stefan Stoll include:

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt (2023, Nature)
  • Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network (2021, Insect Conservation and Diversity)
  • A comparison of different Malaise trap types (2022, Insect Conservation and Diversity)
  • Taxonomic and functional reorganization in Central European stream macroinvertebrate communities over 25 years (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)

Stefan Stoll collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Peter Haase
  • Ellen A. R. Welti
  • Jörn Buse
  • Jörg Müller
  • Mark Frenzel

They publish regularly in a number of scientific venues with multiple publications in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Ecosystem Services
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • River restoration success depends on the species pool of the immediate surroundings.

    Andrea Sundermann;Stefan Stoll;Peter Haase

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity.

    Peter Haase;Peter Haase;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Stefan Stoll;Benjamin Burkhard

  • Bridging the gap between biodiversity data and policy reporting needs: An Essential Biodiversity Variables perspective

    Ilse R. Geijzendorffer;Eugenie C. Regan;Henrique M. Pereira;Lluis Brotons

  • Dispersal distance and the pool of taxa, but not barriers, determine the colonisation of restored river reaches by benthic invertebrates

    Jonathan D. Tonkin;Stefan Stoll;Andrea Sundermann;Peter Haase

  • Assessment of ecosystem integrity and service gradients across Europe using the LTER Europe network

    Stefan Stoll;Mark Frenzel;Benjamin Burkhard;Mihai Adamescu

  • Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends

    Diana E. Bowler;Christian Hof;Peter Haase;Peter Haase;Ingrid Kröncke

  • Assessing resilience in long-term ecological data sets

    F. Müller;M. Bergmann;R. Dannowski;J.W. Dippner

  • A suite of essential biodiversity variables for detecting critical biodiversity change

    Dirk S. Schmeller;Dirk S. Schmeller;Lauren V. Weatherdon;Adeline Loyau;Alberte Bondeau

  • Contrasting metacommunity structure and beta diversity in an aquatic‐floodplain system

    Jonathan D. Tonkin;Stefan Stoll;Sonja C. Jähnig;Peter Haase

  • Application of species distribution models in stream ecosystems: the challenges of spatial and temporal scale, environmental predictors and species occurrence data

    Sami Domisch;Sonja C. Jähnig;John P. Simaika;Mathias Kuemmerlen

  • Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network

    Ellen A. R. Welti;Petr Zajicek;Mark Frenzel;Manfred Ayasse

  • Moderate warming over the past 25 years has already reorganized stream invertebrate communities

    Peter Haase;Francesca Pilotto;Fengqing Li;Andrea Sundermann

  • Effects of ship-induced waves on aquatic ecosystems.

    Friederike Gabel;Stefan Lorenz;Stefan Lorenz;Stefan Stoll;Stefan Stoll

  • Scale-dependent effects of river habitat quality on benthic invertebrate communities--Implications for stream restoration practice

    Stefan Stoll;Philippa Breyer;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Denise Früh

  • The long-term ecological research (LTER) network: Relevance, current status, future perspective and examples from marine, freshwater and terrestrial long-term observation

    Peter Haase;Mark Frenzel;Stefan Klotz;Martin Musche

  • Do adult and YOY fish benefit from river restoration measures

    Armin W. Lorenz;Stefan Stoll;Andrea Sundermann;Peter Haase

  • The importance of the regional species pool, ecological species traits and local habitat conditions for the colonization of restored river reaches by fish.

    Stefan Stoll;Jochem Kail;Armin W. Lorenz;Andrea Sundermann

  • Unlocking biodiversity data: Prioritization and filling the gaps in biodiversity observation data in Europe

    Florian T. Wetzel;Heather C. Bingham;Quentin Groom;Peter Haase;Peter Haase

  • Waves affect predator–prey interactions between fish and benthic invertebrates

    Friederike Gabel;Stefan Stoll;Philipp Fischer;Martin T. Pusch

  • Small and impoverished regional species pools constrain colonisation of restored river reaches by fishes

    Stefan Stoll;Andrea Sundermann;Armin W. Lorenz;Jochem Kail

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Haase
Peter Haase University of Duisburg-Essen
Jonathan D. Tonkin
Jonathan D. Tonkin University of Canterbury
Andrea Sundermann
Andrea Sundermann American Museum of Natural History
Armin W. Lorenz
Armin W. Lorenz University of Duisburg-Essen
Dirk S. Schmeller
Dirk S. Schmeller National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sami Domisch
Sami Domisch Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

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