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Uta Berger

Uta Berger

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
18880
World Ranking
4728
National Ranking
248

Uta Berger publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Uta Berger sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 186 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Uta Berger D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Uta Berger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Uta Berger is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and specializes in environmental science, with a significant focus on subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and ecological modeling. Their work covers a range of topics primarily related to ecosystem dynamics and species responses.

The main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant and fungal species descriptions

Uta Berger has published extensively across various scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications highlight a broad engagement with simulation models, ecological patterns, and environmental management. Notable papers include:

  • The ODD Protocol for Describing Agent-Based and Other Simulation Models: A Second Update to Improve Clarity, Replication, and Structural Realism (2020, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation)
  • From theory to practice in pattern-oriented modelling: identifying and using empirical patterns in predictive models (2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • 'One Size Does Not Fit All': A Roadmap of Purpose-Driven Mixed-Method Pathways for Sensitivity Analysis of Agent-Based Models (2020, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation)
  • Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Keeping modelling notebooks with TRACE: Good for you and good for environmental research and management support (2020, Environmental Modelling & Software)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, reflecting a multidisciplinary and cooperative research approach. Regular co-authors include:

  • Volker Grimm
  • Marie-Christin Wimmler
  • Ronny Peters
  • Bettina Meyer
  • Dominik Bahlburg

Best Publications

  • A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger;Finn Bastiansen;Sigrunn Eliassen

  • The ODD protocol: A review and first update

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger;Donald L. DeAngelis;J. Gary Polhill

  • Pattern-oriented modeling of agent-based complex systems: lessons from ecology

    Volker Grimm;Eloy Revilla;Uta Berger;Florian Jeltsch

  • A World Without Mangroves

    Norman C. Duke;Jan-Olaf Meynecke;Sabine Dittmann;Aaron M. Ellison

  • The ODD protocol for describing agent-based and other simulation models: A second update to improve clarity, replication, and structural realism

    Volker Grimm;Steven F. Railsback;Christian E. Vincenot;Uta Berger

  • Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems

    Ilka C. Feller;Catherine E. Lovelock;U. Berger;Karen L. McKee

  • Fish communities in central Amazonian white- and blackwater floodplains.

    Ulrich Saint-Paul;Jansen Zuanon;Marle A. Villacorta Correa;Marcelo García

  • The virtual ecologist approach: simulating data and observers

    Damaris Zurell;Uta Berger;Juliano S. Cabral;Florian Jeltsch

  • A new approach to spatially explicit modelling of forest dynamics: spacing, ageing and neighbourhood competition of mangrove trees

    Uta Berger;Hanno Hildenbrandt

  • Competition among plants: Concepts, individual-based modelling approaches, and a proposal for a future research strategy

    Uta Berger;Cyril Piou;Katja Schiffers;Volker Grimm

  • Advances and limitations of individual-based models to analyze and predict dynamics of mangrove forests: a review

    Uta Berger;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy;Thomas W. Doyle;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

  • Mangrove vegetation in Amazonia: a review of studies from the coast of Pará and Maranhão States, north Brazil

    Moirah Paula Machado de Menezes;Uta Berger;Ulf Mehlig

  • Making Predictions in a Changing World: The Benefits of Individual-Based Ecology

    Richard A. Stillman;Steven F. Railsback;Jarl Giske;Uta Berger

  • Annual growth rings and long-term growth patterns of mangrove trees from the Bragança peninsula, North Brazil

    M. Menezes;U. Berger;M. Worbes

  • Growth Strategies of Tropical Tree Species: Disentangling Light and Size Effects

    Nadja Ruger;Uta Berger;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Ghislain Vieilledent

  • Reintroducing Environmental Change Drivers in Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Research

    Frederik De Laender;Jason R. Rohr;Roman Ashauer;Donald J. Baird

  • Citree: a database supporting tree selection for urban areas in temperate climate

    Juliane Vogt;Sten Gillner;Mathias Hofmann;Andreas Tharang

  • Zonation patterns of Belizean offshore mangrove forests 41 years after a catastrophic hurricane

    Cyril Piou;Ilka C. Feller;Uta Berger;Faustino Chi

  • Modelling secondary succession of neotropical mangroves : Causes and consequences of growth reduction in pioneer species

    Uta Berger;Moira Adams;Volker Grimm;Hanno Hildenbrandt

  • Structural realism, emergence, and predictions in next-generation ecological modelling: Synthesis from a special issue

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Grimm
Volker Grimm Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nico Koedam
Nico Koedam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Nicolas Barbier
Nicolas Barbier University of Montpellier
Raphaël Pélissier
Raphaël Pélissier University of Montpellier
Stefano Cannicci
Stefano Cannicci University of Hong Kong
Ulrich Saint-Paul
Ulrich Saint-Paul Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Jarl Giske
Jarl Giske University of Bergen
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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