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Wolfgang Fiedler

Wolfgang Fiedler

Max Planck Society
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8234
World Ranking
4248
National Ranking
227

Wolfgang Fiedler 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 Fiedler 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.

Wolfgang Fiedler 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 Fiedler sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Fiedler is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, focusing their academic work primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Parasitology.

The main research topics covered by Wolfgang Fiedler relate to Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

They have contributed to the scientific community through publications in frequent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Among recent papers associated with Wolfgang Fiedler are:

  • The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography, 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic, 2020, Science
  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • New frontiers in bird migration research, 2022, Current Biology
  • Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa, 2022, Journal of Applied Ecology

Wolfgang Fiedler collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Martin Wikelski, Andrea Flack, Damaris Zurell, Ran Nathan, and Roland Kays, reflecting interdisciplinary partnerships within the ecological and behavioral sciences.

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide

    Stuart Bearhop;Wolfgang Fiedler;Robert W. Furness;Stephen C. Votier

  • Effects of Climate Change on Birds

    Anders Pape Møller;Wolfgang Fiedler;Peter Berthold

  • The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

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  • Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations.

    Andrea Flack;Andrea Flack;Wolfgang Fiedler;Wolfgang Fiedler;Julio Blas;Ivan G. Pokrovsky;Ivan G. Pokrovsky

  • The challenges of the first migration : movement and behaviour of juvenile vs. adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality

    Shay Rotics;Michael Kaatz;Yehezkel S. Resheff;Sondra Feldman Turjeman

  • Ecomorphology of the external flight apparatus of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with different migration behavior.

    Wolfgang Fiedler

  • Life-History Variation Predicts the Effects of Demographic Stochasticity on Avian Population Dynamics

    BE Saether;S Engen;AP Moller;H Weimerskirch

  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors.

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  • Seed-dispersal distributions by trumpeter hornbills in fragmented landscapes

    Johanna Lenz;Wolfgang Fiedler;Tanja Caprano;Wolfgang Friedrichs

  • All across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora’s falcon

    Marion Gschweng;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko;Ulrich Querner;Wolfgang Fiedler

  • Atlas des Vogelzugs. Ringfunde deutscher Brut- und Gastvögel

    Franz Bairlein;Jochen Dierschke;Volker Dierschke;Volker Salewski

  • Patterns and biases in climate change research on amphibians and reptiles: A systematic review

    Maiken Winter;Wolfgang Fiedler;Wolfgang Fiedler;Wesley M. Hochachka;Arnulf Koehncke

  • Epidemiological and ornithological aspects of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 of Asian lineage in wild birds in Germany, 2006 and 2007.

    Anja Globig;Christoph Staubach;Martin Beer;U. Köppen

  • 25-Year Study of the Population Development of Central European Songbirds: A General Decline, Most Evident in Long-Distance Migrants

    Peter Berthold;Wolfgang Fiedler;Rolf Schlenker;Ulrich Querner

  • Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic

    Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson;Gil Bohrer;Eliezer Gurarie;Eliezer Gurarie;Scott LaPoint;Scott LaPoint

  • Large frugivorous birds facilitate functional connectivity of fragmented landscapes

    Thomas Mueller;Johanna Lenz;Tanja Caprano;Wolfgang Fiedler

  • New frontiers in bird migration research

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  • Recent Changes in Migratory Behaviour of Birds: A Compilation of Field Observations and Ringing Data

    Wolfgang Fiedler

  • New technologies for monitoring bird migration and behaviour

    Wolfgang Fiedler

  • Climate variation and regional gradients in population dynamics of two hole-nesting passerines.

    Bernt-Erik Saether;Steinar Engen;Anders Pape Møller;Erik Matthysen

  • Birds and Climate Change

    A. P. Møller;Wolfgang Fiedler;Peter Berthold

  • The extended Moran effect and large-scale synchronous fluctuations in the size of great tit and blue tit populations

    Bernt Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen;Vidar Grøtan;Wolfgang Fiedler

  • From local collective behavior to global migratory patterns in white storks.

    Andrea Flack;Andrea Flack;Máté Nagy;Máté Nagy;Máté Nagy;Wolfgang Fiedler;Wolfgang Fiedler;Iain D. Couzin;Iain D. Couzin

  • Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium

    D. Aurelle;E. V. Zquez;Doukary Abdoullaye;Cecilia Agostini

  • Data from: Costs of migratory decisions: a comparison across eight white stork populations

    Andrea Flack;Wolfgang Fiedler;Julio Blas;Ivan Pokrovski

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Peter Berthold
Peter Berthold Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ran Nathan
Ran Nathan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kamran Safi
Kamran Safi Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Florian Jeltsch
Florian Jeltsch University of Potsdam
Damaris Zurell
Damaris Zurell University of Potsdam
Roland Kays
Roland Kays North Carolina State University
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Franz Bairlein
Franz Bairlein Max Planck Society
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Katrin Böhning-Gaese Goethe University Frankfurt

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Best Scientists Citing Wolfgang Fiedler

Martin Wikelski

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Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

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Bernt-Erik Sæther

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Steinar Engen

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Publications: 56

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Anders Pape Møller

University of Paris-Saclay

Publications: 33

James E. M. Watson

James E. M. Watson

University of Queensland

Publications: 30

Kamran Safi

Kamran Safi

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

Publications: 27

Barbara Helm

Barbara Helm

University of Glasgow

Publications: 27

Vidar Grøtan

Vidar Grøtan

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Publications: 23

Katrin Böhning-Gaese

Katrin Böhning-Gaese

Goethe University Frankfurt

Publications: 23

Keith A. Hobson

Keith A. Hobson

University of Western Ontario

Publications: 21

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Max Planck Society

Publications: 20

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Nicola Saino

University of Milan

Publications: 20

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John Y. Takekawa

United States Geological Survey

Publications: 19

Christiaan Both

Christiaan Both

University of Groningen

Publications: 19

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Diego Rubolini

University of Milan

Publications: 18

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Scott H. Newman

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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