Scientific publications

2016

SUMARIO / SURUMER / LEGATO / LUCCI

  • Siew, T. F., Aenis, T., Spangenberg, J. H., Nauditt, A., Döll, P., Frank, S. K., Ribbe, L., Rodriguez-Labajos, B.,  Rumbaur, C., Settele, J., Wang, J. (2016): Transdisciplinary research in support of land and water management in China and Southeast Asia: evaluation of four research projects. [URL]

GLUES / CC-LandStraD / LEGATO / SASCHA / SURUMER

  • Václavík, T., Langerwisch, F., Cotter, M., Fick, J., Häuser, I., Hotes, S., Kamp, J., Settele, J., Spangenberg, J., Seppelt, R. (2016): Investigating potential transferability of place-based research in land system science. [URL]

GLUES

  • Delzeit, R., Zabel, F., Meyer, C., Václavík, T. (2016): Addressing future trade-offs between biodiversity and cropland expansion to improve food security. Regional Environmental Change. [URL]

  • Seppelt, R., Cumming, G.S. (2016): Humanity’s Distance to Nature: Time for Environmental Austerity? [URL]

CC-LandStraD

  • Hoymann, J., Goetzke, R. (2016): Simulation and Evaluation of Urban Growth for Germany including Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures. In ISPRS Int. Journal Geo-Information. 5(7), 101. [URL]

COMTESS

  • Karrasch, L. (2016): Matching an ecosystem services approach with social impact assessment. In: Geneletti, D. (ed.), Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, pp. 86-112. [URL]

  • Kliesch, S., Behr, L., Salzmann, T., Miegel, K. (2016): Simulation des Grundwasserhaushalts in ausgewählten Niederungsgebieten an der deutschen Ostseeküste. [URL]

  • Lara, J.L., Maza, M., Ondiviela, B., Trinogga, J., Losada, I.J., Bouma, T,. Gordejuela, N. (2016): Large-scale 3-D experiments of wave and current interaction with real vegetation. Part 1: Guidelines for physical modeling. Coastal Engineering 107, 70-83. [URL]

  • Miegel, K., Graeff, T., Selle, B., Salzmann, T., Franck, C., Bronstert, A. (2016):Untersuchung eines renaturierten Niedermoors an der mecklenburgischen Ostseeküste – Teil I: Systembeschreibung und hydrologische Grundcharakterisierung. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 60(4), 242-258. [URL]

  • Miegel, K., Selle, B., Gräff, T., Walther, M., Salzmann, T., Behr, L., Oswald, S., Bronstert, A. (2016): Wasserhaushalt und Salzdynamik eines küstennahen Niedermoores im Grenzbereich zwischen Binnenland und Ostsee unter sich ändernden Bedingungen. Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 37.16, 45-54. [URL]

  • Selle, B., Graeff, T., Salzmann, T., Oswald, S. E., Walther, M., Miegel, K. (2016): Untersuchung eines renaturierten Mooreinzugsgebiets an der mecklenburgischen Ostseeküste – Teil II: Salzdynamik und Wasserhaushalt. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 60(4), 259-268. [URL]

  • Witte, S., Giani, L. (2016): Greenhouse gas emission and balance of marshes at the Southern North Sea coast. Wetlands 36(1), 121-132. [URL]

INNOVATE

  • Matta, E., Selge, F., Gunkel, G., Rossiter, K., Jourieh, A., Hinkelmann, R. (2016): Simulations of nutrient emissions from a net cage aquaculture system in a Brazilian bay. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Castonguay, A., Burkhard, B., Müller, F., Horgan, F.G., Settele, J. (2016): Resilience and adaptability of rice terrace socialecological systems: a case study of a local community’s perception in Banaue, Philippines. [URL]

  • Förster, J., Barkmann, J., Fricke, R., Hotes, S., Kleyer, M., Kobbe, S., Kübler, D., Rumbaur, C., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Seppelt, R., Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H., Tekken, V., Václavík, T., Wittmer, H. (2015): Assessing ecosystem services for informing land-use decisions: a problem-oriented approach. [URL]

  • Horgan, F.G., Fame Ramal, A., Bernal, B., Villegas, j., Stuart, A., Almazan, M. (2016): Applying Ecological Engineering for Sustainable and Resilient Rice Production Systems. [URL]

  • Klotzbücher, T., Marxen, A., Jahn, R., Vetterlein, D. (2016): Silicon cycle in rice paddy fields: insights provided by relations between silicon forms in topsoils and plant silicon uptake. [URL]

  • Marxen, A., Klotzbücher, T., Jahn, R., Kaiser, K., Nguyen, V. S., Schmidt, A., Schädler, M., Vetterlein, D. (2015): Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice production system. [URL]

  • Schädler, M., Tekken, V., Vetterlein, D., Villareal, S., Westphal, C., Wiemers, M. (2015): Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia – the LEGATO-Project. [URL]

  • Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H., Heong, K.L., Burkhard, B., Bustamante, J.V., Cabbigat, J., Chien, H.V., Escalada, M., Grescho, V., Hai, L.H., Harpke, A., Horgan, F., Hotes, S., Jahn, R., Kühn, I., Marquez, L., Schädler, M., Tekken, V., Vetterlein, D., Villareal, S., Westphal, C., Wiemers, M. (2015): Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia – the LEGATO-Project. [URL]

  • Spangenberg, J. H., Görg, C., Settele, J. (2016): Stakeholder involvement in ESS research and governance: Between conceptual ambition and practical experiences – risks, challenges and tested tools. [URL]

  • Spangenberg, J.H., Settele, J. (2016): Value pluralism and economic valuation – defendable if well done. [URL]

SULAMA

  • Feldt, T., Schlecht, E. (2016): Analysis of GPS trajectories to assess spatio-temporal differences in grazing patterns and land use preferences of domestic livestock in southwestern Madagascar. [URL]

  • Goetter, J.F. (2016): The cattle raiders leave us no choice: New transhumance in the Mahafaly Plateau region in Madagascar. [URL] 

  • Rasoloariniaina, J.R., Ganzhorn, J.U., Riemann, J.C., Raminosoa, N. (2016): Water quality and biotic interaction of two cavefish species: Typhleotris madagascariensis Petit, 1933 and Typhleotris mararybe Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2012, in the Mahafaly Plateau groundwater system, Madagascar. [URL]


  • Winkler, D.E., Andrianasolo, T.H., Andriamandimbiarisoa, L., Ganzhorn, J.U., Rakotondranary, S.J., Kaiser, T.M., et al. (2016): Tooth wear patterns in black rats (Rattus rattus) of Madagascar differ more in relation to human impact than to differences in natural habitats. [URL]

SURUMER

  • Blagodatskiy, S.,  Xu, J., Cadisch, G. (2016). Carbon balance of rubber (hevea brasiliensis) plantations: a review of uncertainties at plot; landscape and production level. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 221:8-19. [URL]
  • Langenberger, G., Cadisch, G., Martin, K., Min, S., Waibel, H. (2016): Rubber intercropping: a viable concept for the 21st century?. [URL]

  • Liu, H., Blagodatsky, S., Giese, M., Liu, F., Xu, J., Cadisch, G. (2016): Impact of herbicide application on soil erosion and induced carbon loss in a rubber plantation of Southwest China. [URL]

  • Meng, L., Yang, X., Martin, K., Gan, J., Liu, Y., Gong, W. (2016): Movement patterns of selected insect groups between natural forest, open land and rubber plantation in a tropical landscape (southern Yunnan, SW China). [URL]

  • Yang, X., Blagodatsky, S., Lippe, M., Liu, F., Hammond, J., Xu, J., Cadisch, G. (2016): Land-use change impact in time-averaged carbon balances: Rubber expansion and reforestation in a biosphere reserve, South West China. [URL]

2015

GLUES

  • Kehoe, L., Kuemmerle, T., Meyer, C., Levers, C., Vaclavik, T., Kreft, H. (2015): Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity. Diversity and Distributions. [URL]

  • Förster, J., Barkmann, J., Fricke, R., Hotes, S., Kleyer, M., Kobbe, S., Kübler, D., Rumbaur, C., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Seppelt, R., Settele, J., Spangenberg, J., Tekken, V., Václavík, T., Wittmer. (2015): Assessing ecosystem services for informing land-use decisions: a problem-oriented approach. Ecology and Society 20 (3):31. [URL]

  • Mauser, W., Klepper, G., Delzeit, R., Hank, T., Putzenlechner, B., Calzadilla, A. (2015): Global biomass production potentials exceed expected future demand without the need for cropland expansion. Nature Communications. [URL]

CC-LandStraD

  • Grabski-Kieron, U.; Raabe, M. (2015): Regelungs- und Steuerungsinstrumente der Landnutzung vor den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels. Institutionelle Gestaltungsoptionen für ein nachhaltiges Landmanagement im Zeichen des Klimawandels. [URL]

COMTESS

  • de la Vega-Leinert, A. C.,  Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2015): Identifying gaps between science, policy and societal perspectives on coastal land use: the case of managed realignment in Darß – Zingst region, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Eastern German Baltic coast. Greifswalder Geographische Arbeiten Bd. 51, 41-67. [URL]

  • Engler, J-O., Baumgärtner, S. (2015): Model choice and size distribution: A Bayequentist approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 97(3), 978-997. [URL]

  • Kleyer, M., Minden, V. (2015): Why functional ecology should consider all plant organs: an allocation-based perspective. Basic and Applied Ecology 16, 1-9. [URL]

  • Fritz-Vietta, N., de la Vega-Leinert, A. C., Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2015): Landscape change in the Fischland-Darß-Zingst region (Northern Germany) – Implications for local people’s regional belonging. Greifswalder Geographische Arbeiten Bd. 51, 1-40. [URL]

  • Maza, M., Lara, J.L., Losada, B., Ondiviela, J.T., Bouma, T.J. (2015): Large-scale 3-D experiments of wave and cuI.J.rrent interaction with real vegetation. Part 2: Experimental analysis. Coastal Engineering 106, 73-86. [URL]

INNOVATE: The special issue in Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais

  • Assis, J.M.O., Souza, W.M. (2015): Análise climática da precipitação no Submédio da bacia do Rio São Francisco a partir do índice de anomalia de chuva. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 183-196)

  • Correa, R.M., Silva, J.A.A., Freire, B.M.G.S., Gunkel, G., Castro, M.R.C. (2015): Changes in soil properties: the function of different cultivations in the irrigated perimeter of Icó-Mandantes in the semiarid of Pernambuco, Brazil. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 215-224)

  • Gunkel, G., Matta, E., Selge, F., Nogueira da Silva, G. M., Sobral, M.C. (2015): Carrying capacity limits of net cage aquaculture for Brazilian reservoirs. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 129-142)

  • Hagel, H., Zavaleta Huerta, L.R., Hoffmann, C., Reiber, C., Ferreira Irmao, J., Doluschitz, R. (2015): The situation and perspectives of agricultural cooperatives in the surrounding of the Itaparica Reservoir in the Northeast of Brazil. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 19-30)

  • Koch H., Biewald, A., Liersch, S., Azevedo, J.R.G., Silva, G.N.S., Kölling, K., Fischer, P., Koch, R., Hattermann, F.F. (2015): Scenarios of climate and land-use change, water demand and water availability for the São Francisco River Basin. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 107-128)

  • Marques, E.A.T., Sobral, M.C., Cunha, M.C.C., Melo, M.G.S. (2015): Análise dos procedimentos de regularização ambiental da atividade aquícola em Pernambuco. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 167-182)

  • Mertens, J., Almeida, J.S., Germer, J., Sauerborn, J. (2015): Umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa): a systematic review. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 87-106)

  • Oliveira, I.S., Freire, E.M.X. (2015): Conhecimento ecológico local sobre anfíbios anuros por agricultores em sistemas agrícolas de região semiárida brasileira. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 197-214)

  • Rodorff, V., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Köppel, J., Gomes, E.T.A. (2015): Governança da bacia hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco: desafios de escala sob olhares inter e transdisciplinares. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 31-58)

  • Rossiter, K.W.L., Benachour, M., Matta, E., Moraes, M.M.Q.M.M., Calado, S.C.S., Gunkel, G. (2015): Water quality diagnosis along a concrete canal: a case study of the Sertão Alagoano Canal – Brazil. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 155-166)

  • Selge, F., Hagel, H., Gunkel, G., Doluschitz, R. (2015): Annual rainfall variability and economic dependency of smallholder agriculture in the semi-arid Northeast Brazil. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 143-154)

  • Siegmund-Schultze, M., Köppel J., Sobral, M.C. (2015): Balancing ecosystem services and societal demands in a highly managed watershed: setup and progress of a comprehensive research project.  (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 1-18)

  • Silva G.S., Figueiredo L.E., Alcoforado de Moraes M.M.G. (2015): Curvas de demanda pelos recursos hídricos dos principais usos consuntivos no Submédio da bacia do São Francisco. (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 59-72)

  • Sousa, S.C., Oliveira, V.P.V., Stock de Oliveira Souza, K., Silva, J.M.F., Alcântara, F.R.C. (2015): Using geostatistics to evaluate the spatial variability of the environmental degradation level in Itacuruba (Pernambuco, Brazil). (RBCIAMB, N°36 p. 73-86)

INNOVATE

  • Gunkel, G., Lima, D., F. Selge, F., M. Sobral, M., Calado, S. (2015): Aquatic Ecosystem Services of Reservoirs in Semi-arid Areas: Sustainability and Reservoir Management. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 197, 187-200, 187-200. [URL]

  • Siegmund-Schultze, M., Rodorff, V., Köppel, J., Sobral, MC. (2015): Paternalism or participatory governance? Efforts and obstacles in implementing the Brazilian water policy in a large watershed. Land Use Policy. Vol. 48: 120–130. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Burkhard, B., Müller, A., Müller, F., Grescho, V., Anh, Q., Arida, G., Bustamante, J.V., Chien, H.V., Heong, K.L., Escalada, M., Marquez, L., Truong, D.T., Villareal, S., Settele, J. (2015): Land cover-based ecosystem service assessment of irri-gated rice cropping systems in southeast Asia — An explorative study. Ecosystem Services 14: 76–87. [URL]

  • Görg, C., Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H. (2015): The co-production of ecosystem service knowledge: experiences from large inter- and transdisciplinary projects. GLP News April 2015: 27–29. [URL]

  • Pisa, L. W., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bonmatin, J. M., Downs, C. A., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C., Liess, M., McField, M., Morrissey, C. A., Van Dyck, H., Wiemers, M. (2015) :Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:68–102. [URL]

  • Schmidt, A., Auge, H., Brandl, R., Heong, K.L., Hotes, S., Settele, J., Villareal, S., Schädler, M. (2015): Small-scale variability in the contribution of invertebrates to litter decomposition in tropical rice fields. Basic and Applied Ecology. [URL]

  • Simon-Delso, N., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bonmatin, J. M., Chagnon, M., Downs, C., Furlan, L., Gibbons, D. W., Giorio, C., Girolami, V., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C. H., Liess, M., Long, E., McField, M., Mineau, P., Mitchell, E. A. D., Morrissey, C. A., Noome, D. A., Pisa, L., Settele, J., Stark, J. D., Tapparo, A., Van Dyck, H., Van Praagh, J., Van der Sluijs, J. P., Whitehorn, P. R., Wiemers, M. (2015): Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:5–34. [URL]

  • Spangenberg, J. H., Douguet, J-M., Settele, J., Heong, K. L. (2015): Escaping the lock-in of continuous insecticide spraying in rice: Developing an integrated ecological and socio-political DPSIR analysis. Ecological Modelling 295, 188–195. [URL] 

  • Van der Sluijs, J. P., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bijleveld van Lexmond, M. F. I. J., Bonmatin, J-M., Chagnon, M., Downs, C. A., Furlan, L., Gibbons, D. W., Giorio, C., Girolami, V., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C., Liess, M., Long, E., McField, M., Mineau, P., Mitchell, E. A. D., Morrissey, C. A., Noome, D. A., Pisa, L., Settele, J., Simon-Delso, N., Stark, J. D., Tapparo, A., Van Dyck, H., Van Praagh, J.  Whitehorn, P. R., Wiemers, M. (2015): Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:148–154. [URL]

SULAMA

  • Ranaivosona, T., Brinkmannb, K., Rakoutha, B., Buerkertb, A. (2015): Distribution, biomass and local importance of tamarind trees in south-western Madagascar. Global Ecology and Conservation. Vol. 4: 14–25. [URL]

SURUMER

  • Ahlheim, M., Börger, T., Frör, O. (2015). Replacing rubber plantations by rain forest in southwest china - who would gain and how much? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187(3). [URL]

  • Golbon,R., Ogutu, J.O., Cotter, M., Sauerborn, J. (2015): Rubber yield prediction by meteorological conditions using mixed models and multi-model inference techniques.  International Journal of Biometeorology (Impact Factor: 2.1). 04/2015. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-015-0983-0. [URL]

  • Häuser, I., Martin, K., Germer, J., He, P., Blagodatskiy, S., Liu, H., Krauss, M., Rajaona, A., Min, S., Langenberger, G., Zhu, C.D., Cotter, M., Stürz, S., Waibel, H., Steinmetz, H., Wieprecht, S., Ahlheim, M., Aenis, T., Cadisch, G. (2015): Environmental and socio-economic impacts of rubber cultivation in the mekong region: challenges for sustainable land use. CAB Review 10(027). [URL]

  • Häuser, I., Thellmann, K., Cotter, M., Sauerborn, J. (2015): Ecosystem services and biodiversity of rubber plantations- a systematic review. CAB Reviews 10(037). [URL]

  • He, P., Martin, K. (2015): Effects of rubber cultivation on biodiversity in the mekong region. CAB Review 10(047). [URL]

TFO

  • Finckh, M., Revermann, R., Aidar, M.P.M. (2015): Climate refugees going underground – a response to Maurin et al. New Phytologist. [URL]

  • Luther-Mosebach, J., Gröngröft, A., Eschenbach, A. (2015): Influence of Landscape and Land-use on the Soil Carbon Stocks in the Okavango Catchment, Southern Africa. Hamb. Bodenkundl. Arb. 77: 155 - 166. [URL]

  • Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Cassidy, L., Brown, M. T., Thito, K., Kashe, K.,& Mosimanyana, E. (2015): Remote Sensing-derived hydroperiod as a predictor of floodplain vegetation composition. Wetlands Ecology and Management 23(4): 603-616. [URL]

  • Overmann, J. (2015): Significance and future role of microbial resource centers. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 38: 258-265. [URL]

  • Pascual, J., Wüst, P.K., Geppert, A., Foesel, B.U., Huber, K.J., Overmann, J. (2015): Terriglobus albidus sp. nov., a novel acidobacterial species of the family Acidobacteriaceae isolated from Namibian semiarid savannah soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (accepted, Ms. No. IJS-D-15-00398). [URL]

  • Pascual, J., Wüst, P.K., Geppert, A., Foesel, B.U., Huber, K.J., Overmann, J. (2015): Novel isolates double the number of chemotrophic species and allow the first description of higher taxa in Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. [URL]

  • Pröpper, M. (2015): Emerging markets for nature and the challenges for the ecosystem service approach. Development and Change 46(2): 247-268. [URL]

  • Pröpper, M., Gröngröft, A., Finckh, M., Stirn, S., Cauwer, V. De., Lages, F., Masamba, W., Murray-Hudson, M., Schmidt, L., Strohbach, B., Jürgens, N. (2015): The Future Okavango Findings, Scenarios and Recommendations for Action Research Project Final Synthesis Report 2010 — 2015. Hamburg & Windhoek 2015. [URL]

  • Rieprich, R., Schnegg, M. (2015): The Value of Landscapes in Northern Namibia: A System of Intertwined Material and Nonmaterial Services. Society & Natural Resources: 1-18. [URL]

  • Röder, A., Pröpper, M., Stellmes, M., Schneibel, A., Hill, J. (2015): Assessing urban growth and rural land use transformations in a cross-border situation in Northern Namibia and Southern Angola. Land Use Policy 42: 340-354. [URL]

2014

GLUES

  • Beckmann, M., Václavík, T., Manceur, A.M., Šprtová, L., von Wehrden, H., Welk, E., Cord, A.F. (2014): glUV: a global UV-B radiation data set for macroecological studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(4): 372-383. [URL]
  • Gerstner, K., Dormann, C. F., Stein, A., Manceur, A. M., Seppelt, R. (2014): EDITOR'S CHOICE: Effects of land use on plant diversity – A global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 51, Issue 6:1690–1700. [URL]

  • Gerstner, K., Dormann, C. F., Václavík, T., Kreft, K., Seppelt R. (2014): Accounting for geographical variation in species–area relationships improves the prediction of plant species richness at the global scale. Journal of Biogeography, 41(2): 261-273. [URL]

  • Schulze, J., Martin, R., Finger, A., Lindner, M., Pietzsch, K., Werntze, A., Seppelt, R. (2014): Design, implementation and test of a serious online game for exploring complex relationships of sustainable land management and human well-being. Environmental Modelling & Software 65 (20115): 58-66. [URL]

  • Seppelt, R., Manceur, A. M., Liu, J., Fenichel, E. P., Klotz, S. (2014): Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use. Ecology and Society 19(4): 50. [URL]

  • Stein, A., Gerstner, K., Kreft, H. (2014): Environmental heterogeneity as a universal driver of species richness across taxa, biomes and spatial scales. Ecology Letters, 17, 866–880. [URL]

  • von Wehrden, H., Abson, D.J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A.F., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R. (2014): Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history. Landscape Ecology, 29(6): 941-948. [URL]

  • Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B., Mauser, W. (2014): Global Agricultural Land Resources – A High Resolution Suitability Evaluation and Its Perspectives until 2100 under Climate Change Conditions. PLoS One 9(9). [URL]

Carbiocial

  • Bassu, S., N. Brisson, J.L. Durand, K.J. Boote, J. Lizaso, J.W. Jones, C. Rosenzweig, A.C. Ruane, M. Adam, C. Baron, B. Basso, C. Biernath, H. Boogard, S. Conijn, M. Corbeels, D. Deryng, G. De Sanctis, S. Gayler, P. Grassini, J.L. Hatfield, S.B. Hoek, C. Izaurralde, R. Jongschaap, A. Kemanian, K.C. Kersebaum, S. Naresh Kumar, D. Makowski, C. Müller, C. Nendel, E. Priesack, M.V. Pravia, K. Soo Hyung,  F. Sau, I. Shcherbak, F.L. Tao, E. Teixeira, D. Timlin and K. Waha. (2014): How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors? Global Change Biology 20(7): 2301-2320. [URL]
  • Guzha, A. C., Nóbrega, R. L. B., Kovacs, K., Rebola-Lichtenberg, J., Amorim, R. S. S. and G. Gerold. (2014): Characterizing rainfall-runoff signatures from micro-catchments with contrasting land cover characteristics in southern Amazonia. Hydrological Processes, early view. [URL] 

CC-LandStraD

  • Goetzke, R. & Hoymann, J. (2014): Flächeninanspruchnahme in Deutschland bis 2030 - Auswirkungen auf den Boden. Bodenschutz 3: 83–88. [URL]

  • Henseler, M., Dechow, R. (2014): Simulation of regional nitrous oxide emissions from German agricultural mineral soils: A linkage between an agro-economic model and an empirical emission model. Agricultural Systems 124: 70-82. [URL]

  • Hirschfeld, J.; Sagebiel, J. (2014): Äpfel, Birnen und Biodiversität. Ökologisches Wirtschaften 29(2):  25-26. Berlin. [URL]
  • Hoymann, J. & Goetzke, R. (2014): Die Zukunft der Landnutzung in Deutschland – Darstellung eines methodischen Frameworks. Raumforschung & Raumordnung 72(3): 211–225. [URL]
  • Klimek, S., Lohss, G., Gabriel, D. (2014): Modelling the spatial distribution of species-rich farmland to identify priority areas for conservation actions. Biological Conservation 174: 65-74. [URL]

  • Weller, P. Oehlmann, M., Mariel, P., Meyerhoff., J. (2014): Stated and inferred attribute non-attendance in a design of designs approach. Journal of Choice Modelling 11: 43-56. [URL]

COMTESS

  • Baumgärtner, S. and Strunz, S. (2014): The economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience. Ecological Economics 101: 21–32. [URL] 

  • Karrasch, L., Klenke, T., Woltjer, J. (2014): Linking the ecosystem services approach to social preferences and needs in integrated coastal land use management – A planning approach. Land Use Policy 38: 522-532. [URL]
  • Koch, S., Jurasinski, G., Koebsch, F., Koch, M., Glatzel, S. (2014): Spatial variability of annual estimates of methane emissions in a Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. dominated restored coastal brackish fen. Wetlands 34(3): 593-602 [URL]

INNOVATE

  • Hagel, H., Hoffmann, C., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Mathematical Programming Models to Increase Land and Water Use Efficiency in Semi-arid NE-Brazil. Int. J. Food System Dynamics 5 (4), 173-181. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Dharmarathna, W. R. S. S., Herath, S., Weerakoon, S. B. (2014): Changing the planting date as a climate change adaptation strategy for rice production in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka. Sustainability Science 9(1): 103-111. [URL]

  • Spangenberg, J.H., Görg, C., Truong, D.T., Tekken, V., Bustamante, J.V., and Settele, J. (2014): Provision of ecosystem services is determined by human agency, not ecosystem functions. Four case studies. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 10(1):  40-53. [URL]

LUCCi

  • Souvignet, M., Laux, P., Freer, J., Clocke, H., Thinh, D.Q., Thuc, T., Cullmann, J., Nauditt, A., Flügel, W., Kustmann, H., Ribbe, L. (2014): Recent climatic trends and linkages to river discharge in Central Vietnam. Hydrological Processes 28(4): 1587-1601. [URL]

SASCHA

  • Degefie, D.T., Fleischer, E., Klemm, O., Tolstikov, A., Soromotin, A., Soromotin, O. (2014): Climate Extremes in South Western Siberia: Past and Future. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 28, published online.  [URL]
  • Kamp, J. (2014): Weighing up the reuse of Soviet croplands. Nature 505: 483. [URL]

SuLaMa

  • Andriamparany, J. N., Brinkmann, K., Jeannoda, V., Buerkert, A. (2014): Effects of socio-economic household characteristics on traditional knowledge and usage of wild yams and medicinal plants in the Mahafaly region of south-western Madagascar. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. Vol. 10:82. [URL]

  • Brinkmann, K., Fanambinantsoa, N., Ratovonamana, R.Y., Buerkert, A. (2014): Deforestation processes in south-western Madagascar during the past 40 years: what can we learn from settlement characteristics? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 195: 231-243. [URL]

SuMaRiO

  • Feike, T., Mamitimin, Y., Li, L., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Development of agricultural land and water use and its driving forces along the Aksu and Tarim River, P.R. China. Environmental Earth Sciences, Band: 73, Heft: 2:517-531. [URL]

  • Kusi Appiah, M., Feike, T., Wiredu, A.M. and Mamitimin, Y. (2014) Cotton Production, Land Use Change and Resource Competition in the Aksu-Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 53(3):243-261. [URL]

  • Mamitimin, Y., Feike, T., Seifert, I., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Irrigation in the Tarim Basin, China: farmers’ response to changes in water pricing practices. Environmental Earth Sciences, Band: 73, Heft: 2:559-569. [URL]

SURUMER

  • Ahlheim, M. et al. (2014): Chinese urbanites and the preservation of rare species in remote parts of the country: the example of eaglewood, Environmental Economics 5(4): 32-41. [URL]

  • Cotter, M., Berkhoff, K., Gibreel, T., Ghorbani, A., Golbon, R., Nuppenau, E.-A., Sauerbonr, J. (2014). Designing a sustainable land use scenario based in a combination of ecological assessments and economic optimization. Ecological indicators, 36, 779-78. [URL]

  • Niu, Z.Q., Oremek, P., Zhu, C.D. (2014): First record of the bee genus Homalictus Cockerell for China with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini). Zootaxa: 3746(2): 393-400.
    [URL]

TFO

  • De Cauwer, V., Muys, B., Revermann, R., Trabucco, A. (2014): Potential, realised, future distribution and environmental suitability for Pterocarpus angolensis DC in southern Africa. Forest Ecology & Management 315: 211-226. [URL]

  • Falk, T., Vollan, B., Kirk, M. (2014): Tragedy of the commons. In: Morin, J.-F. and Orsini, A. (eds.); Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance, Abingdon: Routledge. [URL]

  • Finckh, M., Revermann, R., Aidar, M.P.M. (2014): Climate refugees going underground – a response to Maurin et al. New Phytologist. [URL]

  • Fynn, R.W.S, Chase, M., Röder, A. (2014): Functional habitat heterogeneity and large-herbivore seasonal habitat selection in northern Botswana. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 44(1): 1-15. [URL]

  • Grönemeyer, J.L., Kulkarni, A., Berkelmann, D., Hurek, T. and Reinhold-Hurek, B. (2014): Rhizobia Indigenous to the Okavango Region in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diversity, Adaptations, and Host Specificity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80 (23): 7244-7257. [URL]

  • Helmschrot, J., Kralisch, S., Quintino, M., Masamba, W., Steudel, T., Göhmann, H., Zander, F., Ambrosio, N., Baumberg, V., Mosimanyana, E., Homolka, A., Mwewa, L., Mashauri, D.-A., Flügel, W.-A. (2014): Environmental Information Management and Hydrological System Modelling for the Assessment of Hydrological Ecosystem Functions and Services (ESF/ESS) in the Okavango River Basin. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie; Teil I, Heft 1: 305-337. [URL]

  • Huber, K.J., Wüst, P.K., Rohde, M., Overmann, J., Foesel, B.U. (2014): Aridibacter famidurans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aridibacter kavangonensis sp. nov., two novel members of subdivision 4 of the Acidobacteria isolated from semiarid savannah soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64(6):1866-75. [URL]

  • Lohmann, D., Falk, T., Geissler, K., Blaum, N. & Jeltsch, F. (2014): Determinants of semi-arid rangeland management in a land reform setting in Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 100–101: 23–30. [URL]

  • Metzger, J. C., Landschreiber, L., Gröngröft, A., Eschenbach, A.  (2014): Soil evaporation under different types of land use in southern African savanna ecosystems. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 177: 468-475. [URL]

  • Pröpper, M., Haupts F. (2014): The culturality of ecosystem services. Emphasizing process and transformation. Ecological Economics 108: 28-35. [URL]

  • Schnegg, M., Rieprich R., Pröpper M. (2014): Culture, Nature, and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Northern Namibia. Ecology and Society 19(4):26. [URL]

  • Tsheboeng, G., Bonyongo, M, Murray-Hudson M. (2014): Flood variation and soil nutrient content in floodplain vegetation communities in the Okavango Delta. S Afr J Sci. 110(3/4). [URL]

  • Vushe, A., Haimene, E.P., Mashauri, D. (2014):Namibian Land Use Changes and Nutrient Water Quality of the Okavango River. Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 3(2): 219-239. [URL]

  • Weber, T., Helmschrot, J., Berndt, R. & Jacob, D. (2014): Assessment of climate dynamics in the Okavango region using high-resolution ERA-40 reanalysis data. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie; Teil I, 2014, Heft 1: 171-187. [URL]

  • Wehberg, J., Weinzierl, T. & Conrad, O. (2014): The Core-Site Approach of "The Future Okavango – TFO”. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie; Teil I, 2014, Heft 1: 339-349. [URL]

  • Weinzierl, T. Heider, K. (2014): The impact of climate change on the agricultural suitability for selected crops in the Okavango catchment – a GIS -based analysis. Spotlight on Agriculture No. 134. [URL]

2013

GLUES

  • Bernard, L., Mäs, S., Müller, M., Henzen, C., Brauner, J. (2013): Scientific geodata infrastructures: challenges, approaches and directions. International Journal of Digital Earth 7(7), published online. [URL]

  • Henzen, C., Kadner, D. (2013): GeoMetaFacet - Ein Facetten-Browser für geographische Metadaten. Geoinformatik 2013. Heidelberg. [URL]

  • Härtwig, M., Müller, M., Bernard, L. (2013): A generic web service for ad-hoc statistical spatio-temporal aggregation. Transactions in GIS, published online. [URL]
  • Henzen, C., Mäs, S., Bernard, L. (2013): Provenance information in geodata infrastructures. In: Vandenbroucke, D., Bucher, B., Crompvoets, J. (Eds). Geographic Information Science at the Heart of Europe. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer. 133-151. [URL]
  • Müller, M., Bernard, L., Kander. (2013): Moving code - Sharing geoprocessing logic on the Web. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 83: 193-203. [URL]
  • Seppelt, R., Lautenbach, S., Volk, M. (2013): Identifying trade-offs between ecosystem services, land use, and biodiversity: a plea for combining scenario analysis and optimization on different spatial scales. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. [URL]

  • Václavík, T.; Lautenbach, S.; Kuemmerle, T; Seppelt R. (2013): Mapping global land system archetypes. Global Environmental Change. [URL]

  • Werntze, A., Eppink, F.V., Mäs, S., Popp, A., Seppelt, R. (2013): Landmanagement und Ökosystemdienstleistungen: Wie in Verbundforschungs-Programmen integrative Landnutzungsstrategien erarbeitet werden können. Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde. 87. Band, Heft 3: 277-293. [URL]

Carbiocial

  • Wantzen, K. M. & Mol, J. H. (2013): Soil Erosion from Agriculture and Mining: A Threat to Tropical Stream Ecosystems. Agriculture 3(4): 660-683. [URL]

CC-LandStraD

  • Henseler, M., Dechow, R. (2013): Simulation of regional nitrous oxide emissions from German agricultural mineral soils: A linkage between an agro-economic model and an empirical emission model. Agricultural Systems 124: 70-82. [URL]

INNOVATE

  • Araújo Filho J.C., Gunkel G., Sobral M.C., Kaupenjohann M., Lopes H.L. (2013): Soil attributes functionality and water eutrophication in the surrounding area of Itaparica Reservoir, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental 17(9): 1005-1013. [URL]
  • Barros A.M.L., Sobral M.C., Gunkel G. (2013): Modelling of point and diffuse pollution: Application of the Moneris Model in the Ipojuca River Basin, Pernambuco State, Brazil. Water Science and Technology 68(2): 357-365.  [URL]
  • Gunkel G.& Sobral M.C. (2013): Re-oligotrophication as a challenge for tropical reservoir management with reference to Itaparica Reservoir, São Francisco, Brazil. Water Science and Technology 67(4): 708-714. [URL]  
  • Lopes H., Sobral M. C., Gunkel G., Candeias A. (2013): Comportamento modeling da clorofila-a no reservatório de Itaparica. Water Resources and Irrigation Management. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Kalbitz, K., Kaiser, K., Fiedler, S., Kölbl, A., Amelung, W., Bräuer, T., Cao, Z., Don, A., Grootes, P., Jahn, R., Schwark, L., Vogelsang, V., Wissing, L., Kögel-Knabner, I. (2013): The carbon count of 2000 years of rice cultivation. Global Change Biology 19(4): 1107–1113. [URL]

  • Kassam, A. & Brammer, H. (2013): Combining sustainable agricultural production with economic and environmental benefits. The Geographical Journal 179 (1): 11–18. [URL]
  • Natuhara, Y. (2013): Ecosystem services by paddy fields as substitutes of natural wetlands in Japan. Ecological Engineering 56: 97–106. [URL]
  • Nghiem, N. (2013): Biodiversity conservation attitudes and policy tools for promoting biodiversity in tropical planted forests. Biodiversity and Conservation 22(2): 373-403. [URL]
  • Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H. (2013): The Age of Man: Outpacing evolution. Science 340(6138): 1287. [URL]

  • Singh, Y. V. (2013): Crop and water productivity as influenced by rice cultivation methods under organic and inorganic sources of nutrient supply. Paddy and Water Environment 11(1-4): 531-542. [URL]
  • Türke, M., Blattmann, T., Knop, E., Kindermann, A., Prestele, J., Marquez, L., Eisenhauer, N. and Fischer, C. (2013): Weeds and endangered herbs have unforeseen dispersal helpers in the agrienvironment: gastropods and earthworms. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 28 (4): 380-383. [URL]

  • Watanabe, K., Koji, S., Hidaka, K. and Nakamura, K. (2013): Abundance, diversity, and seasonal population dynamics of aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera in rice fields: Effects of direct seeding management. Environmental Entomology 42(5): 841-50. [URL]

Sulama

  • Castellano, C.M., Doody, J.S., Rakotondrainy, R., Ronto, W., Rakotondriamanga, T., Duchene, J., Randria, Z. (2013): Long-term monitoring and impacts of human harvest on the radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata). Chelonian Research Monographs 6: 75-85. [URL]
  • Ferguson, B., Ganzhorn, J., Jolly, A., Louis, E.E.J., Rakotomalala, D., Ramahaleo, T. (2013): Mahafaly and Mandrare: The spiny forest ecosystem. In Lemurs of Madagascar. A strategy for their conservation (ed. C. Schwitzer, R. A. Mittermeier, N. Davies, S. Johnson, J. Ratsimbazafy, J. Razafindramanana, E. E. J. Louis & S. Rajaobelina), pp. 106-108. Bristol: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation, Conservation International.[URL]
  • Hammer, J.M. (2013): Do bigger females produce bigger eggs? The influence of female body mass on egg mass in Astrochelys radiata. Chelonian Research Monographs 6: 119-123. [URL]
  • Rasoma, R.V.J., Raselimanana, A.P., Ratovonamana, Y.R., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2013): Habitat use and diet of Astrochelys radiata in the sub-arid zone of southern Madagascar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 56-69. [URL]
  • Ratovonamana, Y.R., Rajeriarison, C., Edmond, R., Kiefer, I., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2013): Impact of livestock grazing on forest structure, plant species composition and biomass in southwestern Madagascar. Scripta Botanica Belgica 50: 82-92. [URL]

Sumario

  • Ahlheim, M., Frör, O., Luo, J., Pelz, S., Jiang, T. (2013): How do Beijing residents value environmental improvements in remote parts of China. Advances in Climate Change Research 4(3): 190-200. [URL]

  • Cyffka, B., Rumbaur, C., Kuba, M., & Disse, M. (2013): Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River, P.R. China (SuMaRiO) and the ecosystem services approach. Geography, Environment & Sustainability 4: 77-90. [URL]
  • Kuba, M., Tayierjiang, A., Cyffka, B., Halik, Ü. (2013): Analysis of connections between soil moisture, groundwater level and vegetation vitality along two transects at the Lower Reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China. Geo-Öko 34: 103-128. [URL]
  • Pieczonka, T., Bolch, T., Wei, J., Liu, S. (2013): Heterogeneous mass loss of glaciers in the Aksu-Tarim Catchment (Central Tien Shan) revealed by 1976 KH-9 Hexagon and 2009 SPOT-5 stereo imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 130: 233-244. [URL]  
  • Tayierjiang, A., Halik, Ü., Cyffka, B., Kuba, M., Abliz A,. Baidourela, A. (2013): Monitoring the hydrological and ecological response to water diversion in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China. Quaternary International 311: 155-162. [URL] 
  • Yiliminuer, I., Zogauer, K., Cyffka, B., SHI,  J.-H. (2013): Modified method of semi-thin sectioning used to observe the structures of Populus euphratica seed. Journal of West China Forestry Science 2: 26-30. [URL]

Surumer

  • Langenberger, G., & Liu, J. (2013): Performance of smallholder teak plantations (tectona grandis) in xishuangbanna, south-west china. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25(3), 289–298. [URL]

  • Meng, L.Z., Martin, K., Weigel, A., Yang, X.D. (2013): Correction: Tree diversity mediates the distribution of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in a changing tropical landscape (Southern Yunnan, SW China). PLoS One 8(11).  [URL] 
  • Treydte, A.C., Trumpf, P., Langenberger, G., Yang, Y., Liu, F. (2013): Wild Ungulate Distribution in the Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Southwest China. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment 3(2): 53-65. [URL]

TFO

  • Foesel,B.U., Rohde, M., Overmann, J. (2013): Blastocatella fastidiosa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from semiarid savanna soil - the first described species of Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 36: 82-89.[URL]

  • Pröpper, M., Vollan, B. (2013) Beyond awareness and self-governance. Approaching Kavango timber users’ real-life choices. Land 2 (3): 392-418. [URL]

  • Oldeland, J., Erb, C., Finckh, M. & Jürgens, N. (Eds.) (2013): Special Volume: Environmental assessments in the Okavango Region. Biodiversity & Ecology 5: 1-418. [URL]

  • Weinzierl, T. & Schilling, J. (2013): On demand, development and dependence: A review of current and future implications of socioeconomic changes for integrated water resource management in the Okavango Catchment of Southern Africa. Land 2: 60-80. [URL]
  • Zander, F., Kralisch, S., Flügel, W.-A. (2013): Data and information management for integrated research – requirements, experiences and solutions. MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (S. Ahamed, J. Piantadosi, M. Agrawal & J. Boland, eds.), 2201–2206. Adelaide, Australia. [URL]

2012

GLUES

  • Avellan, T., Meier, J., Mauser, W. (2012): Are urban areas endangering the availability of rainfed crop suitable land?. Remote Sensing Letters 3(7): 631-638. [URL]

  • Avellan, T., Zabel, F., Mauser, W. (2012): The influence of input data quality in determining areas suitable for crop growth at the global scale - a comparative analysis of two soil and climate datasets. Soil Use and Management 28(2): 249-265. [URL]

  • Avellan, T., Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B., Mauser, W. (2012): The relevance of component soils for crop growth suitability analyses. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, accepted.

  • Bodirsky, B., Popp, A., Weindel, I., Dietrich, J., Rolinski, S., Scheiffele, L., Schmitz, C., Lotze-Campen, H. (2012): Current state and future scenarios of the global agricultural nitrogen cycle. Biogeosciences 9(10): 4169-4197. [URL]

  • Creutzig, F., Popp, A., Plevin, R., Luderer, G., Minx, J., Edenhofer, O. (2012): Reconciling top-down and bottom-up modeling on future bioenergy deployment. Nature Climate Change 2: 320-327. [URL]

  • Dietrich, J. P., Schmitz, C., Müller, C., Fader, M., Lotze-Campen, H., Popp, A. (2012): Measuring agricultural land-use intensity – A global analysis using a model-assisted approach. Ecological Modelling 232: 109-118. [URL]

  • Eppink, V. F., Werntze, A., Mäs, S., Popp, A., Seppelt, R. (2012): Land Management and Ecosystem Services. How Collaborative Research Programmes Can Support Better Policies. GAIA 21(1): 55-63. [PDF]

    • Kopmann, A., Rehdanz, K. (2012): A human well-being approach for assessing the value of natural land areas. Ecological Economics 93: 20–33. [URL]
    • Lautenbach, S., Seppelt, R., Liebscher, J., Dormann, C. (2012):

      Spatial and temporal trends of global pollination benefit. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35954. [URL]

    • Mäs, S., Bernhard, L., Müller, M., Henzen, C. (2012): Wissenschaftliche Umweltdaten in Geodateninfrastrukturen. In: Harzer, Bernhard (Ed.), GIS Report 2012/2013. [URL] 
    • Mauser, W., Bach, H., Hank, T., Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B. (2012): How spectroscopy from space will support world agriculture. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International: 7321-7324. [URL]
    • Popp, A., Krause, M., Dietrich, J., Lotze-Campen, H., Leimbach, M., Beringer, T., Bauer, N. (2012): Additional CO2 emissions from land use change - forest conservation as a precondition for sustainable production of second generation bioenergy. Ecological Economics 74: 64-70. [URL]
    • Schmitz, C., Biewald, A., Lotze-Campen, H., Popp, A., Dietrich, J.P., Bordirsky, B., Krause, M., Weindl, L. (2012): Trading more Food - Implications for land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and the Food System. Global Environmental Change 22(1): 189-209. [URL]
    • Seppelt, R., Fath, B., Burkhard, B., Fisherf, J.L., Grêt-Regameyg, A.,
      Lautenbach, S., Perth, P., Hotes, S., Spangenberg, J., Verburg, P.H.,
      Van Oudenhoven, A.P.H. (2012): Form follows function? Proposing a blueprint for ecosystem service assessments based on reviews and case studies. Ecological Indicators 21: 145-154. [URL]

Carbiocial

      • Jungkunst, H. F., Krüger, J. P., Heitkamp, F., Erasmi, S., Glatzel, S., Fiedler, S. & Lal, R. (2012): Accounting more precisely for peat and other soil carbon resources. In: Lal, R., Lorenz, K., Hüttl, R. F., Schneider, B. U., von Braun, J. (eds): Recarbonization of the biosphere. Springer, Amsterdam. 127-147. [URL]

      • Wantzen, K. M., Couto, E. G., Mund, E., Amorim, R. S. S., Siqueira, A., Tielbörger, K., Seifan, M. (2012): Soil carbon stocks in stream-valley-ecosystems in the Brazilian Cerrado agroscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published online. [URL].

INNOVATE

      • Melo G., Morais M., Sobral M. C., Gunkel G., Carvalho R. (2012): Influência de Variáveis Ambientais na Comunidade Fitoplanctônica nos Reservatórios Receptores do Projeto de Integração do Rio São Francisco. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física 06: 1300-1316. [URL]

      LEGATO

      • Basu S. & Leeuwis C. (2012): Understanding the rapid spread of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Andhra Pradesh: Exploring the building of support networks and media representation. Agricultural Systems 111: 34–44. [URL]
      • Glover D. (2012): Reply to Comment to: ‘The System of Rice Intensification: Time for an empirical turn’, by D. Glover. NJAS – Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 59(1–2): 61–62. [URL]
      • Uphoff N. (2012): Comment to ‘The System of Rice Intensification: Time for an empirical turn’, [NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences  57 (2011) 217–224]. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 59(1–2): 53–60. [URL]
      • Debal D., Lässig J., Kloft M. (2012): A critical assessment of the importance of seedling age in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Eastern India. Experimental Agriculture 48(3): 326-346. [URL]
      • Renner, S.C., Neumann, D., Burkart, M., Feit, U., Giere, P., Gröger, A., Paulsch, A., Paulsch, C., Sterz, M., Vohland, K. (2012): Import and export of biological samples from tropical countries–considerations and guidelines for research teams. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12(1): 81-98. [URL]
      • Tekken, V. (2012): Sozialwissenschaftliches Teilprojekt der UGR im LEGATO ProjektErforschung, Bewertung und Vergleich kultureller Ökosystemdienstleistungen in bewässerten Reisanbausystemen in Südostasien. Rundbrief Geographie 234: 18-20.

      SuLaMa

      • Brinkmann, K., Schumacher, J., Dittrich, A., Kadaore, I., Buerkert, A. (2012): Analysis of landscape transformation processes in and around four West African cities over the last 50 years. Landscape and Urban Planning 105(1-2): 94-105. [URL]
      • Stoll-Kleemann, S., Solbrig, F., Buer, C. (2012): Biosphärenreservate – Chance zur Aufwertung des ländlichen Raumes? Ländlicher Raum 63(3): 86-89. [URL]

      Sumario

      • Düspohl, M., Frank, S., Döll, P. (2012): A Review of Bayesian networks as a participatory modelling approach in support of sustainable environmental management. Journal of Sustainable Development 5(12). [URL]
      • Thevs, N., Zerbe, S., Kyosev, Y., Rozi, A., Tang, B., Abdusalih, N., Novitskiy, Z. (2012): Apocynum venetum L. and Apocynum pictum Schrenk (Apocynaceae) as multi-functional and multi-service plant species in Central Asia: a review on biology, ecology, and utilization. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 85(2): 159-167. [URL]

      TFO

      • Luther-Mosebach, J., Dengler, J., Schmiedel, U., Röwer, I. U., Labitzky, T., Gröngröft, A. (2012): A first formal classification of the Hardeveld vegetation in Namaqualand, South Africa. Applied Vegetation Science 15(3): 401–431. [URL]

      • Pester, M., Rattei, T., Flechl, S., Gröngröft, A., Richter, A., Overmann, J., Reinhold-Hurek, B., Loy, A., Wagner, M. (2012): amoA-based consensus phylogeny of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions. Environmental Microbiology 14(2):525-39. [URL]

2011

GLUES

  • Paulsch, C., Werntze, A. (2011): Research programme 'sustainable land management' and its contribution to ecosystem restoration. In: CBD Technical Series No. 62: Contribution of Ecosystem Restoration to the Objectives of the CBD and a Healthy Planet for All People. Montreal, Canada. Technical Series No. 62. Montreal, SCBD, 116 pages. [URL]

  • Seppelt, R. (2011): Land Use Change. GLUES and the Research Programme Sustainable Land Management. In Schmalzbauer, B., Klepper, G. Hrsg. (2011): "Global Change Research in Germany 2011". Kiel 2011. [URL]

  • Seppelt, R., Dormann, C., Eppink, F. V., Lautenbach, S., Schmidt, S. (2011): A quantitative review of ecosystem studies: Approaches, shortcomings and the road ahead. Journal of Applied Ecology 48(3): 630-636. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Amano, T., Kusumoto, Y., Okamura, H., Baba, Y.G., Hamasaki, K., Tanaka, K., Yamamoto, S. (2011): A macro-scale perspective on within-farm management: How climate and topography alter the effect of farming practices. Ecology Letters 14(12): 1263–1272. [URL]

  • Glover, D. (2011): The System of Rice Intensification: Time for an empirical turn. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57(3-4): 217–224. [URL]

  • Ishii, T., Hiraoka, T., Kanzaki, T., Akimoto, M., Shishido, R., Ishikawa, R. (2011): Evaluation of genetic variation among wild populations and local varieties of rice. Rice 4(3-4): 170-177. [URL]

  • Lansing, J.S., Kremer, J.N. (2011): Rice, fish, and the planet. PNAS 108(50): 19841-19842. [URL]

SuLaMa

  • Bohr, Y.E.-M.B., Giertz, P., Ratovonamana, Y.R., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011): The grey-brown mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) as an example for distributional constraints through increasing desertification. International Journal of Primatoogy 32(4): 901-913. [URL]

  • Brinkmann, K., Dickhoefer, U., Schlecht, E., Buerkert, A. (2011): Quantification of aboveground rangeland productivity and anthropogenic degradation on the Arabian Peninsula using Landsat imagery and field inventory data. Remote Sensing of Environment  11(2): 465-474. [URL]

  • Brinkmann, K., Patzelt, A., Schlecht, E., Buerkert, A. (2011): Use of environmental predictors for vegetation mapping in semi-arid mountain rangelands and the determination of conservation hotspots. Journal of Applied Vegetation Science 14(1): 17-30. [URL]

  • Dossa, L.H., Abdulkadir, A., Amadou, H., Sangare, S., Schlecht, E. (2011): Exploring the diversity of urban and peri-urbanagricultural systems in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: An attempt towards a regional typology. Landscape and Urban Planning  102(3): 197-206. [URL]

  • Dossa, L.H., Buerkert, A., Schlecht, E. (2011): Cross-location analysis of the impact of household socioeconomic status on participation in urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa. Human Ecology 39(5): 569-581. [URL]

  • Kobbe, S., Ganzhorn, J.U., Dausmann, K. (2011): Extreme individual flexibility of heterothermy in free-ranging Malagasy mouse lemurs (Microcebus griseorufus). Journal of comparative Physiology B 181(1): 165-173. [URL] 
  • Marquard, M.J.H., Jeglinski, J.W.E., Razafimahatratra, E., Ratovonamana, Y.R., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011): Distribution, population size and morphometrics of the Giant-striped Mongoose Galidictis grandidieri (Wozencraft, 1986) in the sub-arid zone of south-western Madagascar. Mammalia 75(4): 353-361. [URL]
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  • Rakotondranary, J.S., Hapke, A., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011): Diversity of Microcebus spp. along an environmental gradient. International Journal of Primatology 32(5): 1037-1057. [URL]  

  • Ratovonamana, Y.R., Rajeriarison, C., Edmond, R., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011): Phenology of different vegetation types in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, southwestern Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 5: 14-38. [URL]

  • Rakotondranary, J.S., Struck, U., Knoblauch, C., Ganzhorn, J.U. (2011): Regional, seasonal and
    interspecific variation in 15N and 13C in sympatric mouse lemurs. Naturwissenschaften 98(11): 909-917. [URL]

TFO

  • Black, F.J., Bokhutlo, T., Somoxa, A., Maethamako, M., Modisaemang, O., Kemosedile, T., Cobb-Adams, C., Mosepele, K. & Chimbari, M. (2011): The tropical African mercury anomaly: Lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair. Science of The Total Environment 409(10): 1967-1975. [URL] 
  • Fynn, R.W.S. & Bonyongo, M.C. (2011): Functional conservation areas and the future of Africa’s wildlife. African Journal of Ecology 49(2): 175–188. [URL]
  • Fynn, R., Morris, G., Ward, D. & Kirkman, K. (2011): Trait–environment relations for dominant grasses in South African mesic grassland support a general leaf economic model . Journal of Vegetation Science 22(3): 1-13. [URL] 
  • Mbaiwa, J. (2011): The effects of tourism development on the sustainable utilisation of natural resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Current Issues in Tourism 14(3): 251-273. [URL]
  • Mbaiwa, J. E., Stronza, A. & Kreuter, U. (2011): From collaboration to conservation: Insights from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Society & Natural Resources 24(4): 400-411. [URL]
  • Mbaiwa, J.E. & Stronza, A.L. (2011): Changes in resident attitudes towards tourism development and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Environmental Management 92(8): 1950-1959. [URL]   
  • Mbaiwa, J.E. (2011): Changes on traditional livelihood activities and lifestyles caused by tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Tourism Management 32(5): 1050-1060. [URL]
  • Thakadu, O.T., Irani, T. & Telg, R. (2011): Relative effects of visualized and verbal presentation methods in communicating environmental information among stakeholders: Okavango Delta, Botswana. Applied Environmental Education & Communication 10(1): 63–75. [URL]  

2010

GLUES

  • Weith, T., Schulz, K., Gaasch, N., Seppelt, R., Werntze, A., Eppink, F. (2010): Towards Integration: Sustainable Land Management A new German Research Funding Measure. Local Land & Soil News 34/35 II/10: 21-22. [URL]

LEGATO

  • Bajracharya, J., Rana, R.B., Gauchan, D., Sthapit, B.R., Jarvis, D.I., Witcombe, J.R. (2010): Rice landrace diversity in Nepal. Socio-economic and ecological factors determining rice landrace diversity in three agro-ecozones of Nepal based on farm surveys. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 57(7): 1013-1022. [URL] 
  • Gyawali, S., Sthapit, B.R., Bhandari, B., Bajracharya, J., Shrestha, P.K., Upadhyay, M.P., Jarvis, D.I. (2010): Participatory crop improvement and formal release of Jethobudho rice landrace in Nepal. Euphytica 176(1): 59-78. [URL]

SuLaMa

  • Buerkert, A., Dickhoefer, U., Luedeling, E., Lohrer, K., Mershen, B., Schaeper, W., Nagieb, M., Schlecht, E. (2010): Prospects of mountain ecotourism in Oman: the example of As Sawjarah on Al Jabal al Akhdar. Journal of Ecotourism 9(2): 104-116. [URL] 
  • Dickhoefer, U., Buerkert, A., Brinkmann, K., Schlecht, E. (2010): The role of pasture management for sustainable livestock production in semi-arid subtropical mountain regions. Journal of Arid Environments 74(8): 962-972. [URL] 
  • Ganzhorn, J.U. (2010): A combined research agenda towards integrated conservation and development for Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation & Development 5(2): 79-84. [URL]
  • Irwin, M.T., Wright, P.C., Birkinshaw, C., Fisher, B., Gardner, C.J., Glos, J., Goodman, S.M., Loiselle, P., Rabeson, P., Raharison, J.-L., Raherilalao, M.J., Rakotondravony, D., Raselimanana, A., Ratsimbazafy, J., Sparks, J., Wilmé, L. and Ganzhorn, J.U. (2010): Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed habitats of Madagascar. Biologial Conservation 143(10): 2351-2362. [URL]
  • Rakotondranary, J.S., Ratovonamana, Y.R. and Ganzhorn, J.U. (2010): Distributions et caractéristiques des microhabitats de Microcebus griseorufus (Cheirogaleidae) dans le Parc National de Tsimanampetsotsa (Sud-ouest de Madagascar). Malagasy Nature 4: 55-64. [URL]
  • Rasoma, R.V.J., Ranivoarivelo, S., Marquard, M., Ramilijaona, O.R., Raselimanana, A.P. and Ganzhorn, J.U. (2010): Estimation de la densité des populations d’une espèce menacée de tortue terrestre (Astrochelys radiata) dans le Parc National Tsimanampetsotsa au Sud de Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 4: 33-48. [URL]
  • Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2010): Evaluation of management effectiveness in protected areas: Methodologies and results. Basic and Applied Ecology 11(5): 377-382. [URL]
  • Stoll-Kleemann, S., de la Vega-Leinert, A.C., Schultz, L. (2010): The role of community participation in the effectiveness of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve management: Evidence and reflections from two parallel global surveys. Environmental Conservation 37(3): 227-238. [URL]

TFO

  • Domptail, S. & Nuppenau, E. A. (2010): The role of uncertainty and expectations in modeling (range) land use strategies: an application of dynamic optimization modeling with recursion. Ecological Economics 69(12): 2475-2485. [URL]

  • Hinz, M.O., Mapaure, C., Namwoonde, E.N. & Anyolo, P.N. (2010): The protection of natural resources and the biodiversity. Work in progress in three Master's theses in the Faculty of Law of the University of Namibia. Namibia Law Journal 2(2): 116-124. [URL]
  • Magole, L., Turner, S. & Büscher, B. (2010): Towards an effective commons governance system in Southern Africa?  International Journal of the Commons 4(2): 602-620. [URL]