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Tim Diekötter

Tim Diekötter

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
10686
World Ranking
5445
National Ranking
292

Overview

Tim Diekötter is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans various interconnected subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Diekötter has published research in several recurring scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include Basic and Applied Ecology, PLoS ONE, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Land.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Diekötter include:

  • Amount, distribution and composition of large microplastics in typical agricultural soils in Northern Germany (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Biodiversity citizen science: Outcomes for the participating citizens (2021, People and Nature)
  • Citizen science project characteristics: Connection to participants' gains in knowledge and skills (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • A hierarchical framework for mapping pollination ecosystem service potential at the local scale (2021, Ecological Modelling)
  • Benefits of wildflower areas as overwintering habitats for ground-dwelling arthropods depend on landscape structural complexity (2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Tobias W. Donath
  • Franziska Peter
  • Maria da Glória Arrais Peter
  • Tim N. Höffler
  • Kerstin Kremer

Best Publications

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

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

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes

    Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Walter Van Wingerden;Oliver Schweiger

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

  • A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes.

    Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Christina M. Kennedy;Claire Kremen;Péter Batáry

  • Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity.

    Eric Allan;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati

  • Pollinator dispersal in an agricultural matrix: opposing responses of wild bees and hoverflies to landscape structure and distance from main habitat

    Frank Jauker;Tim Diekötter;Franziska Schwarzbach;Volkmar Wolters

  • Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organizational levels and spatial scales

    O Schweiger;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;W Van Wingerden;Frederik Hendrickx

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Landscape and management effects on structure and function of soil arthropod communities in winter wheat

    Tim Diekötter;Sabine Wamser;Volkmar Wolters;Klaus Birkhofer

  • Amount, distribution and composition of large microplastics in typical agricultural soils in Northern Germany.

    Ivy Kaye Harms;Tim Diekötter;Saskia Troegel;Mark Lenz

  • General Relationships between Abiotic Soil Properties and Soil Biota across Spatial Scales and Different Land- Use Types

    Klaus Birkhofer;Ingo Schöning;Fabian Alt;Nadine Herold

  • Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati;Martin M. Gossner

  • Oilseed rape crops distort plant-pollinator interactions.

    Tim Diekötter;Taku Kadoya;Franziska Peter;Volkmar Wolters

  • Participant Outcomes of Biodiversity Citizen Science Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

    Maria Peter;Tim Diekötter;Kerstin Kremer

  • Effects of landscape connectivity on the spatial distribution of insect diversity in agricultural mosaic landscapes

    Tim Diekötter;Tim Diekötter;Regula Billeter;Thomas O. Crist

  • Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe

    Oliver Schweiger;Martin Musche;Debra Bailey;Regula Billeter

  • Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes : Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases

    Adriana De Palma;Adriana De Palma;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Volkmar Wolters
Volkmar Wolters University of Giessen
Klaus Birkhofer
Klaus Birkhofer Brandenburg University of Technology
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Nina Farwig
Nina Farwig Philipp University of Marburg
Felix Herzog
Felix Herzog Agroscope
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Martin H. Entling
Martin H. Entling University of Koblenz and Landau
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum

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