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Markus Fischer

University of Bern · CH
Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.
h-index
103
citations
45,687
works
515
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
Nature 2025cited by 32position: middledoi
Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
Nature Communications 2024cited by 68position: middledoi
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2024cited by 60position: middledoi
<scp>ReSurveyEurope</scp>: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
Journal of Vegetation Science 2024cited by 41position: middledoi
Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types
Nature Communications 2024cited by 17position: middledoi
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
Frontiers in Environmental Science 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
Nature 2023cited by 386position: middledoi
Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity
Nature Sustainability 2023cited by 112position: middledoi
Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
Nature 2023cited by 97position: middledoi
The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
Nature Plants 2023cited by 58position: middledoi
Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness
Journal of Ecology 2023cited by 44position: middledoi
Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022cited by 176position: middledoi
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022cited by 118position: middledoi
Present and historical landscape structure shapes current species richness in Central European grasslands
Landscape Ecology 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change
2021cited by 231position: middledoi
Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity
Nature Communications 2021cited by 176position: middledoi
Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2021cited by 111position: middledoi
Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 410position: middledoi
Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020cited by 224position: middledoi
The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020cited by 205position: middledoi
Heterogeneity–diversity relationships differ between and within trophic levels in temperate forests
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020cited by 197position: middledoi
The global abundance of tree palms
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2020cited by 121position: middledoi
Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers
Nature 2019cited by 1,287position: middledoi
Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions
Nature 2019cited by 542position: middledoi
Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2018cited by 1,072position: lastdoi
Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment
Science 2018cited by 740position: middledoi
Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services
Nature Communications 2018cited by 344position: middledoi
Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018cited by 195position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Wolfgang W. Weisser · Technical University of Munich6 papers (2012–2024)Daniel Prati · University of Bern4 papers (2012–2022) · 3 papers (2018–2020)Martin M. Goßner · Technical University of Munich3 papers (2019–2022)Ernst‐Detlef Schulze · Utrecht University3 papers (2017–2020)Sebastian Seibold · Technical University of Munich3 papers (2019–2022)Konstans Wells · Swansea University3 papers (2012–2024)Nadja K. Simons · Technical University of Munich3 papers (2019–2022) · 2 papers (2012–2022) · 2 papers (2018–2024)Stephanie A. Socher · University of Salzburg2 papers (2012–2014)Jörg Müller · University of Würzburg2 papers (2019–2020)Kirsten Jung · University of Manchester2 papers (2020–2024)Didem Ambarlı · Technical University of Munich2 papers (2019–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2024) · 2 papers (2012–2019) · 2 papers (2019–2020) · 2 papers (2012–2024) · 2 papers (2019–2022)Peter Schall · University of Padua2 papers (2019–2020)