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Sylvia Haider is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of ecological and environmental topics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Recent papers authored by Sylvia Haider cover a range of subjects relevant to plant ecology and environmental science, including:

  • "A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network" (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots" (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany" (2022, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Haider include Helge Bruelheide, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Anke Jentsch, and Elizabeth T. Borer. These collaborations span multiple publications and likely indicate ongoing partnerships in ecological research.

Sylvia Haider has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Nature Communications
  • Basic and Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

    Manuel J. Steinbauer;Manuel J. Steinbauer;John-Arvid Grytnes;Gerald Jurasinski;Aino Kulonen

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

    Aníbal Pauchard;Christoph Kueffer;Hansjörg Dietz;Curtis C Daehler

  • Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Loïc Chalmandrier;Jonathan Lenoir;Treena I. Burgess

  • Support for major hypotheses in invasion biology is uneven and declining

    Jonathan M. Jeschke;Lorena Gómez Aparicio;Sylvia Haider;Tina Heger

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Curtis Daehler

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network

    Martin Enders;Martin Enders;Frank Havemann;Florian Ruland;Florian Ruland;Maud Bernard-Verdier;Maud Bernard-Verdier

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

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  • Alien flora of mountains: global comparisons for the development of local preventive measures against plant invasions

    Keith L. McDougall;Jake M. Alexander;Sylvia Haider;Aníbal Pauchard

  • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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  • Comparing temperature data sources for use in species distribution models: From in-situ logging to remote sensing

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Jonathan Lenoir;Nina Roth;Tarek Hattab;Tarek Hattab

  • More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany

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  • sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Jonathan Lenoir;Tarek Hattab;Elise Aimee Arnst

  • Mountain roads shift native and non-native plant species' ranges

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Jake M. Alexander;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Sylvia Haider;Sylvia Haider

  • The role of bioclimatic origin, residence time and habitat context in shaping non-native plant distributions along an altitudinal gradient

    Sylvia Haider;Jake Alexander;Hansjörg Dietz;Ludwig Trepl

  • Conceptual Frameworks and Methods for Advancing Invasion Ecology

    Tina Heger;Tina Heger;Anna T. Pahl;Zoltan Botta-Dukát;Francesca Gherardi

  • Running off the road: roadside non-native plants invading mountain vegetation

    Keith L. McDougall;Keith L. McDougall;Jonas Lembrechts;Lisa J. Rew;Sylvia Haider

  • Mountain roads and non-native species modify elevational patterns of plant diversity

    Sylvia Haider;Christoph Kueffer;Helge Bruelheide;Tim Seipel

  • Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

    Riccardo Testolin;Fabio Attorre;Peter Borchardt;Robert F. Brand

  • Linking root exudates to functional plant traits

    Katharina Herz;Sophie Dietz;Karin Gorzolka;Sylvia Haider

Frequent Co-Authors

Aníbal Pauchard
Aníbal Pauchard University of Concepción
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Ann Milbau
Ann Milbau Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Ute Jandt
Ute Jandt Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew Montana State University
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna

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