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Veronika Braunisch

Veronika Braunisch

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4353
World Ranking
7636
National Ranking
138

Overview

Veronika Braunisch is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of their work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Plant and animal studies, and Forest Management and Policy.

Veronika Braunisch has published frequently in several scientific venues. Notable publication venues include Forest Ecology and Management, Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Applied Ecology, Wildlife Biology, and Journal of Environmental Management.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • SDMtune: An R package to tune and evaluate species distribution models, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • What do tree-related microhabitats tell us about the abundance of forest-dwelling bats, birds, and insects?, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Predictive models of distribution and abundance of a threatened mountain species show that impacts of climate change overrule those of land use change, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Detection of Standing Deadwood from Aerial Imagery Products: Two Methods for Addressing the Bare Ground Misclassification Issue, 2020, Forests

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Braunisch include Raphaël Arlettaz, Sergio Vignali, Joy Coppes, Alexandra-Maria Klein, and Jim-Lino Kämmerle.

Best Publications

  • From Publications to Public Actions: When Conservation Biologists Bridge the Gap between Research and Implementation

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Michael Schaub;Jérôme Fournier;Thomas S. Reichlin

  • Selecting from correlated climate variables: a major source of uncertainty for predicting species distributions under climate change

    Veronika Braunisch;Joy Coppes;Raphaël Arlettaz;Rudi Suchant

  • Ski tourism affects habitat use and evokes a physiological stress response in capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: a new methodological approach

    Dominik Thiel;Dominik Thiel;Susanne Jenni-Eiermann;Veronika Braunisch;Rupert Palme

  • SDMtune: An R package to tune and evaluate species distribution models

    Sergio Vignali;Arnaud Gian Barras;Raphaël Arlettaz;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch

  • Remotely sensed forest structural complexity predicts multi species occurrence at the landscape scale

    Florian Zellweger;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Andri Baltensweiler;Kurt Bollmann

  • Living on the edge - modelling habitat suitability for species at the edge of their fundamental niche

    Veronika Braunisch;Kurt Bollmann;Roland Felix Graf;Alexandre H. Hirzel

  • Alternative tactics and individual reproductive success in natural associations of the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

    Josef K. Müller;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Wenbe Hwang;Anne-Katrin Eggert;Anne-Katrin Eggert

  • Conservation science relevant to action: A research agenda identified and prioritized by practitioners

    Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Robert Home;Jérôme Pellet;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Environmental predictors of species richness in forest landscapes: abiotic factors versus vegetation structure

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;Andri Baltensweiler;Christian Ginzler;Tobias Roth

  • Predicting species distributions based on incomplete survey data: the trade‐off between precision and scale

    Veronika Braunisch;Rudi Suchant

  • Spatially explicit modeling of conflict zones between wildlife and snow sports: prioritizing areas for winter refuges.

    Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Patrick Patthey;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Temperate Mountain Forest Biodiversity under Climate Change: Compensating Negative Effects by Increasing Structural Complexity

    Veronika Braunisch;Joy Coppes;Raphaël Arlettaz;Rudi Suchant

  • To integrate or to segregate: balancing commodity production and biodiversity conservation in European forests

    Kurt Bollmann;Veronika Braunisch

  • What do tree-related microhabitats tell us about the abundance of forest-dwelling bats, birds, and insects?

    Marco Basile;Thomas Asbeck;Marlotte Jonker;Anna K. Knuff

  • Human recreation affects spatio-temporal habitat use patterns in red deer (Cervus elaphus).

    Joy Coppes;Friedrich Burghardt;Robert Hagen;Rudi Suchant

  • A Model for Evaluating the ‘Habitat Potential’ of a Landscape for Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: A Tool for Conservation Planning

    Veronika Braunisch;Rudi Suchant

  • Disentangling the effects of climate, topography, soil and vegetation on stand-scale species richness in temperate forests

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Felix Morsdorf;Andri Baltensweiler

  • Modelling functional landscape connectivity from genetic population structure: a new spatially explicit approach

    Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch;Gernot Segelbacher;Alexandre H. Hirzel

  • Improved methods for measuring forest landscape structure: LiDAR complements field-based habitat assessment

    Florian Zellweger;Felix Morsdorf;Ross S. Purves;Veronika Braunisch;Veronika Braunisch

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach.

    Ilse Storch;Johannes Penner;Thomas Asbeck;Marco Basile

  • New vineyard cultivation practices create patchy ground vegetation, favouring Woodlarks

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz;Melanie Linda Maurer;Paul Mosimann-Kampe;Sébastien Nusslé

  • Outdoor recreation causes effective habitat reduction in capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: a major threat for geographically restricted populations

    Joy Coppes;Judith Ehrlacher;Dominik Thiel;Rudi Suchant

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
Ilse Storch
Ilse Storch University of Freiburg
Marc Kéry
Marc Kéry Swiss Ornithological Institute
Klaus Hackländer
Klaus Hackländer BOKU University
Paolo Pedrini
Paolo Pedrini Science Museum
Felix Morsdorf
Felix Morsdorf University of Zurich
Guillaume Chapron
Guillaume Chapron Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Giuseppe Bogliani
Giuseppe Bogliani University of Pavia
Dan E. Chamberlain
Dan E. Chamberlain University of Turin
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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