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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
111
Citations
45999
World Ranking
167
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang W. Weisser is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, encompassing a range of subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, global and planetary change, and general ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, land use and ecosystem services, species distribution and climate change, forest insect ecology and management, as well as plant parasitism and resistance.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition, 2021, Nature
  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin M. Goßner
  • Sebastian Seibold
  • Jörg Müller
  • Sebastian T. Meyer
  • Peter Schall

Wolfgang W. Weisser contributes frequently to several publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Basic and Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

    Sebastian Seibold;Martin M. Gossner;Nadja K. Simons;Nadja K. Simons;Nico Blüthgen

  • Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

    Christoph Scherber;Nico Eisenhauer;Nico Eisenhauer;Wolfgang W Weisser;Bernhard Schmid

  • Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

    Markus Fischer;Markus Fischer;Oliver Bossdorf;Sonja Gockel;Falk Hansel

  • Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

    Eric Allan;Pete Manning;Fabian Alt;Julia Binkenstein

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

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

  • Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

    Vesna Gagic;Ignasio Bartomeus;Tomas Jonsson;Astrid Taylor

  • Nature-based Solutions : New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe

    Hilde Eggermont;Estelle Balian;Jose Manuel N. Azevedo;Victor Beumer

  • The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community

    Christiane Roscher;Jens Schumacher;Jussi Baade;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • 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

  • Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

    Sagrario Gámez-Virués;David J. Perović;Martin M. Gossner;Carmen Börschig

  • Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis

    Adrien Rusch;Adrien Rusch;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Mary M. Gardiner;Violetta Hawro

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis.

    N. Eisenhauer;H. Bessler;C. Engels;G. Gleixner

  • How does plant richness affect pollinator richness and temporal stability of flower visits

    Anne Ebeling;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Jens Schumacher;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

    Nico Blüthgen;Carsten F. Dormann;Daniel Prati;Valentin H. Klaus

  • How Agricultural Intensification Affects Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    M. Emmerson;M.B. Morales;J.J. Oñate;P. Batáry

  • The evolutionary ecology of dispersal

    Ulf Dieckmann;Bob O'Hara;Wolfgang Weisser

  • Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six‐year grassland experiment

    Elisabeth Marquard;Elisabeth Marquard;Alexandra Weigelt;Vicky M. Temperton;Christiane Roscher

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Christiane Roscher
Christiane Roscher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Anne Ebeling
Anne Ebeling Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Sebastian T. Meyer
Sebastian T. Meyer Technical University of Munich
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Christoph Scherber
Christoph Scherber Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

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