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Andreas Gattringer, MSc PhD, is a researcher at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research within the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna. His academic career spans over a decade with 31 publications documented from 2011 through 2024, demonstrating consistent research productivity.
Dr. Gattringer's research focuses on the intersection of climate change and biodiversity, particularly examining alpine plant communities and forest ecosystems. His work investigates how environmental sorting, dispersal processes, and species interactions shape plant community assembly in high-mountain environments. A significant portion of his recent research addresses climate-induced changes in European forests and the implications for forest management strategies.
His publication record shows increasing research activity, with 5 publications in 2023 and 3 (so far) in 2024, including high-impact articles in Nature Ecology and Evolution and Journal of Ecology. His research contributes significantly to understanding climate change impacts on biodiversity, particularly in alpine regions.
Dr. Gattringer is actively involved in the ERC-project MICROCLIM, which investigates whether microrefugia can safeguard alpine plant diversity in a warming world. He regularly presents research findings at scientific conferences, including recent presentations on high-mountain plant diversity under climate change and predicting range dynamics of butterfly species and their host plants.
His scientific fingerprint reveals strong expertise in Climate Change (100%), Land Use (25%), Environmental Niche Modeling (24%), Plant Species (21%), Vascular Plants (20%), Dynamic Range (20%), Understory (20%), and Alpine Plants (20%). This multidisciplinary approach positions him at the forefront of climate change ecology research in European mountain ecosystems.
