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Wolfgang Böhme

Wolfgang Böhme

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
7103
World Ranking
6060
National Ranking
321

Wolfgang Böhme 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 Wolfgang Böhme sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 245 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Böhme 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 Wolfgang Böhme sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Böhme is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has an extensive publication record focusing on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans key subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, ecological modeling, and ecology.

The scientific topics covered by Böhme's work prominently include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, wildlife ecology and conservation, as well as lepidoptera biology and taxonomy. Additional interests are insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, bat biology and ecology studies, and invertebrate taxonomy and ecology.

Böhme has contributed frequently to several scientific journals and publication venues. Notably, these include:

  • Russian Journal of Herpetology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Zootaxa
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Amphibia-Reptilia

Their recent scientific papers illustrate a focus on taxonomy, morphology, and biodiversity with published works such as:

  • "The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches" (2021), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism in the most widely ranging lizard: testing the effects of reproductive mode and climate" (2020), Ecology and Evolution
  • "How not to describe a species: lessons from a tangle of anacondas (Boidae: Eunectes Wagler, 1830)" (2024), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Comparative epidermal microstructure anatomy and limb and tail osteology of eyelid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae): Implications of ecomorphological adaptations" (2020), Zoologischer Anzeiger
  • "Biodiversity research in a changing Afghanistan" (2021), Science

Böhme collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Thore Koppetsch
  • Axel Hille
  • David Tarkhnishvili
  • Andreas Schmitz
  • Luis M. P. Ceríaco

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis suggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African‐Malagasy frog lineage

    Miguel Vences;Joachim Kosuch;Mark-Oliver Rödel;Stefan Lötters

  • Predicting the potential distributions of two alien invasive Housegeckos (Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus frenatus, Hemidactylus mabouia)

    Dennis Rödder;Mirco Solé;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)

    Patrick Mausfeld;Andreas Schmitz;Wolfgang Böhme;Bernhard Misof

  • Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology

    Charles. Klaver;Wolfgang. Böhme

  • Out of Asia: mitochondrial DNA evidence for an Oriental origin of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus.

    Joachim Kosuch;Miguel Vences;Alain Dubois;Annemarie Ohler

  • Cryptic Speciation Patterns in Iranian Rock Lizards Uncovered by Integrative Taxonomy

    Faraham Ahmadzadeh;Morris Flecks;Miguel A. Carretero;Omid Mozaffari

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. megalocephala)

    Carolin Kindler;Wolfgang Böhme;Claudia Corti;Václav Gvoždík;Václav Gvoždík

  • Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species

    Carolin Kindler;Maxime Chèvre;Sylvain Ursenbacher;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions

    Aaron M. Bauer;James F. Parham;Rafe M. Brown;Bryan L. Stuart

  • A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)

    Khalid Javed Baig;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Pressing Problems: Distribution, Threats, and Conservation Status of the Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus spp.) of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago

    André Koch;Thomas Ziegler;Wolfgang Böhme;Evy Arida

  • Molecular phylogeny of hyperoliid treefrogs: biogeographic origin of Malagasy and Seychellean taxa and re-analysis of familial paraphyly

    Miguel Vences;J. Kosuch;F. Glaw;W. Böhme

  • Molecular evidence for species level divergence in African Nile Crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1786)

    Andreas Schmitz;Patrick Mansfeld;Evon Hekkala;Evon Hekkala;Tara Shine

  • A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification

    Adam D. Leaché;Philipp Wagner;Charles W. Linkem;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Rapid lizard radiation lacking niche conservatism: ecological diversification within a complex landscape

    Faraham Ahmadzadeh;Morris Flecks;Miguel A. Carretero;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Eastward from Africa: palaeocurrent-mediated chameleon dispersal to the Seychelles islands.

    Ted M. Townsend;Krystal A. Tolley;Frank Glaw;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Multiple dispersal out of Anatolia: biogeography and evolution of oriental green lizards

    Faraham Ahmadzadeh;Morris Flecks;Dennis Rödder;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Divergence in mitochondrial DNA of Near Eastern water frogs with special reference to the systematic status of Cypriote and Anatolian populations (Anura, Ranidae)

    Torsten Ohst;Wolfgang Böhme;Robert Schreiber;Jörg Plötner

  • An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion

    Aaron M. Bauer;Wolfgang Böhme;Wolfgang Weitschat

  • On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) - Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845

    Thomas M. Wilms;Wolfgang Böhme;Philipp Wagner;Andreas Schmitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Dennis Rödder
Dennis Rödder Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego
Frank Glaw
Frank Glaw University of Bonn
Mark-Oliver Rödel
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Nikolay A. Poyarkov
Nikolay A. Poyarkov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Miguel A. Carretero
Miguel A. Carretero University of Porto
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Eli Greenbaum
Eli Greenbaum The University of Texas at El Paso

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