Institute of Ecology
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Animal Ecology
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation
- Professorship for Ecosystem Functioning and Services
- Professorship for Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Topics
Forschungsschwerpunkte am Institut für Ökologie sind die Auswirkungen von globalen Veränderungen wie Klimawandel und Landnutzungswandel auf Organismen und ihre Lebensgemeinschaften und auf biologisch funktionelle und chemische Prozesse. Dazu zählen auch die Auswirkungen eines vermehrten Anbaus von Energiepflanzen oder auch verschiedenste Verschmutzungen in terrestrischen und aquatischen Ökosystemen. Im Fokus stehen die Ursachen und die Auswirkungen des Rückgangs von Tier- und Pflanzenpopulationen sowie des aktuellen Biodiversitätsverlustes und der damit einhergehenden Veränderung abiotischer und biotischer Ökosystemfunktionen. In Zusammenarbeit mit humanwissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgruppen der Leuphana Universität werden auch sozio-ökonomische Faktoren der Ökosystemforschung gemeinsam betrachtet.
Die experimentelle Forschung findet sowohl in Laboren, im Gewächshaus und auf Freiflächen der Leuphana Universität statt. Weiter finden viele Untersuchungen in Kulturlandschaften und in städtischen Gebieten statt. Die Freilanduntersuchungen werden in den verschiedensten Ländern der gemäßigten und mediterranen Breiten und der Tropen und Sub-Tropen durchgeführt aber auch regional wie z.B. in Lüneburg und der Lüneburger Heide. Forschungskooperationen bestehen hierbei mit vielen verschiedenen nationalen und internationalen Universitäten und außeruniversitären Einrichtungen wie z.B. lokalen Naturschutzorganisationen und Schulen. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Kooperationen mit der Alfred Töpfer Akademie für Naturschutz und die Biosphärenreservatsverwaltung Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.
- 2016
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Diversity and specificity of host-natural enemy interactions in an urban-rural interface
Pereira-Peixoto, M. H., Pufal, G., Staab, M., Feitosa Martins, C. & Klein, A. M., 01.06.2016, In: Ecological Entomology. 41, 3, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Response of saproxylic beetles to small-scale habitat connectivity depends on trophic levels
Buse, J., Entling, M. H., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T., 01.06.2016, In: Landscape Ecology. 31, 5, p. 939-949 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rule-based analysis of throughfall kinetic energy to evaluate biotic and abiotic factor thresholds to mitigate erosive power
Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Härdtle, W., Seitz, S., Stumpf, F., von Oheimb, G. & Scholten, T., 01.06.2016, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 40, 3, p. 431-449 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting
Maron, M., Ives, C. D., Kujala, H., Bull, J. W., Maseyk, F. J. F., Bekessy, S., Gordon, A., Watson, J. E. M., Lentini, P. E., Gibbons, P., Possingham, H. P., Hobbs, R. J., Keith, D. A., Wintle, B. A. & Evans, M. C., 01.06.2016, In: BioScience. 66, 6, p. 489-498 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Habitat management on multiple spatial scales can enhance bee pollination and crop yield in tropical homegardens
Motzke, I., Klein, A. M., Saleh, S., Tscharntke, T. & Wanger, T. C., 01.05.2016, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 223, p. 144-151 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests
Pei, Z., Eichenberg, D., Bruelheide, H., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y., von Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Scholten, T., Buscot, F. & Gutknecht, J. L. M., 01.05.2016, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 96, p. 180-190 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Root-emitted volatile organic compounds: can they mediate belowground plant-plant interactions?
Delory, B. M., Delaplace, P., Fauconnier, M. L. & du Jardin, P., 05.2016, In: Plant and Soil. 402, 1-2, p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Systematic student-driven literature reviews in sustainability science: An effective way to merge research and teaching
Abson, D. J., Gralla, F., Lang, D. J., Rau, A. L., von Wehrden, H., Lüderitz, C. & Meyer, M., 15.04.2016, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 119, p. 229-235 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Incremental contribution of pollination and other ecosystem services to agricultural productivity: Effects of service quantity and quality
Garibaldi, L. A., Aizen, M. A., Cunningham, S. A., Harder, L. D. & Klein, A. M., 14.04.2016, Pollination Services to Agriculture : Sustaining and Enhancing a Key Ecosystem Service. Gemmill-Herren, B. (ed.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 33-42 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Does excess nitrogen supply increase the drought sensitivity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings?
Dziedek, C., von Oheimb, G., Calvo, L., Fichtner, A., Kriebitzsch, W-U., Marcos, E., Härdtle, W. & Pitz, W., 01.04.2016, In: Plant Ecology. 217, 4, p. 393-405 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Energizing marginal soils - The establishment of the energy crop Sida hermaphrodita as dependent on digestate fertilization, NPK, and legume intercropping
Nabel, M., Temperton, V. M., Poorter, H., Lücke, A. & Jablonowski, N. D., 01.04.2016, In: Biomass and Bioenergy. 87, p. 9-16 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impact of prescribed burning on a heathland inhabiting spider community
Krause, R. H. & Assmann, T., 01.04.2016, In: Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 2016, 51, p. 57-63 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity increases spatio-temporal niche complementarity in plant-pollinator interactions
Venjakob, C., Klein, A-M., Ebeling, A., Tscharntke, T. & Scherber, C., 01.04.2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 8, p. 2249-2261 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Calibrated Passive Sampling - Multi-plot Field Measurements of NH3 Emissions with a Combination of Dynamic Tube Method and Passive Samplers
Pacholski, A., 21.03.2016, In: JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. 2016, 109, e53273.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A synthesis for everyone: 5 years of work in Romania
Fischer, J., 16.03.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Impressions from a conference: sustainable land management
Fischer, J., 08.03.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Hierarchy and respect
Fischer, J., 03.03.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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New Sediment Cores Reveal Environmental Changes Driven by Tectonic Processes at Ancient Helike, Greece
Engel, M., Jacobson, K., Boldt, K., Frenzel, P., Katsonopoulou, D., Soter, S., Alvarez Zarikian, C. A. & Brückner, H., 01.03.2016, In: Geoarchaeology. 31, 2, p. 140-155 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic farming affects the biological control of hemipteran pests and yields in spring barley independent of landscape complexity
Birkhofer, K., Arvidsson, F., Ehlers, D., Mader, V. L., Bengtsson, J. & Smith, H. G., 01.03.2016, In: Landscape Ecology. 31, 3, p. 567-579 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia
Roellig, M., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sammul, M., von Wehrden, H., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 2, p. 185-195 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Urban gardens promote bee foraging over natural habitats and plantations
Kaluza, B. F., Wallace, H., Heard, T. A., Klein, A. M. & Leonhardt, S. D., 01.03.2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 5, p. 1304-1316 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The tyranny of coarse scales in sustainability science and policy
Fischer, J., 15.02.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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“Re-connecting people and nature”: wrong term, wrong goal?
Fischer, J., 09.02.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Turning hurt into impact (?)
Fischer, J., 02.02.2016, 1 p.Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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A coastal and an interior Douglas fir provenance exhibit different metabolic strategies to deal with drought stress
Du, B., Jansen, K., Kleiber, A., Eiblmeier, M., Kammerer, B., Ensminger, I., Gessler, A., Rennenberg, H. & Kreuzwieser, J., 02.2016, In: Tree Physiology. 36, 2, p. 148–163 16 p., tpv105.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree species and functional traits but not species richness affect interrill erosion processes in young subtropical forests
Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Song, Z., Bruehlheide, H., Härdtle, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y. & Scholten, T., 21.01.2016, In: SOIL. 2, 1, p. 49-61 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How do rhizobacterial volatiles influence root system architecture, biomass production and allocation of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon?
Delaplace, P., Ormeno-Lafuente, E., Nguyen, M., Delory, B., Baudson, C., Mendaluk - Saunier de Cazenave, M., Spaepen, S., Varin, S., Brostaux, Y. & du Jardin, P., 12.01.2016, 24th Plant & Animal Genome Conference, Brachypodium Genomics Workshop. Scherago International, 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinarity in a messy world
Fischer, J., 02.01.2016, LüneburgResearch output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas
Brink, E., Aalders, T., Ádám, D., Feller, R., Henselek, Y., Hoffmann, A., Ibe, K., Matthey-Doret, A., Meyer, M., Negrut, N. L., Rau, A. L., Riewerts, B., von Schuckmann, L., Törnros, S., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J. & Wamsler, C., 01.01.2016, In: Global Environmental Change : Human and Policy Dimensions. 36, p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Marginal Calluna populations are more resistant to climate change, but not under high-nitrogen loads
Meyer-Grünefeldt, M., Belz, K., Calvo, L., Marcos, E., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.01.2016, In: Plant Ecology. 217, 1, p. 111-122 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of scenarios in fostering collective action for sustainable development: Lessons from central Romania
Nieto-Romero, M., Milcu, A., Leventon, J., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2016, In: Land Use Policy. 50, p. 156-168 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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archiDART: an R package for the automated computation of plant root architectural traits
Delory, B. M., Baudson, C., Brostaux, Y., Lobet, G., du Jardin, P., Pagès, L. & Delaplace, P., 01.2016, In: Plant and Soil. 398, 1-2, p. 351-365 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Baumartenvielfalt und Ressourcennutzung - Ergebnisse eines Stickstoff-Tracer-Experimentes in Baumanpflanzungen im subtropischen China
Härdtle, W., 2016, Jahrestagung der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft e.V: vom 4. bis 6. März 2016 in Hannover : zu Ehren von Professor Dr. Elgene Box (University of Georgia, Athens, USA). Pott, R. (ed.). Hannover: Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft , p. 75-86 12 p. (Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft; vol. 28).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Grünland spielt eine wichtige Rolle für die Vielfalt und für das Klima
Temperton, V. M., 2016, Warnsignal Klima: Die Biodiversität unter Berücksichtigung von Habitatveränderungen, Umweltverschmutzung und Globalisierung. Lozan, J. L., Müller, R., Brekle, S-W. & Rachor, E. (eds.). Hamburg: Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen Verlag, p. 170-176 7 p. 3.12. (GEO ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Halboffene Verbundkorridore: Ökologische Funktion, Leitbilder und Praxis-Leitfaden
Aßmann, T., Boutaud, E., Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Matthies, D., Nolte, D. I. I., von Oheimb, G., Riecken, U., Travers, E. & Ullrich, K., 2016, Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag. 296 p. (Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt; vol. 154)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Sensibilität der Besenheide (Calluna vulgaris) gegenüber Klimawandel und Interaktionen mit Stickstoffeinträgen
Härdtle, W. & Meyer-Grünefeldt, M., 2016, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 46, p. 133-142 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sustainability and Ecosystems
Wehrden, H., von Oheimb, G., Abson, D. & Härdtle, W., 2016, Sustainability Science : An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 61-70 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Sustainable Landscapes in Central Romania: A social-ecological study on the future of Southern Transylvania
Loos, J., Abson, D., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 2016, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 99 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Towards sustainable land uses within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germany by means of TerraSAR-X images
Farghaly, D., Elba, E. & Urban, B., 2016, In: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection. 4, 3, p. 97-121 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
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Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales
Schuldt, A., Wubet, T., Buscot, F., Staab, M., Aßmann, T., Böhnke-Kammerlander, M., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A-M., Ma, K., Pietsch, K., Schultze, S., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Zumstein, P. & Bruelheide, H., 10.12.2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 8 p., 10169.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?
Marcus, T., Boch, S., Durka, W., Fischer, M., Gossner, M. M., Müller, J., Schöning, I., Weisser, W. W., Drees, C. & Assmann, T., 07.12.2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 12, 18 p., e0144217.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lexsyg smart - A luminescence detection system for dosimetry, material research and dating application
Richter, D., Richter, A. & Dornich, K., 04.12.2015, In: Geochronometria. 42, 1, p. 202-209 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Excavations at Schöningen and paradigm shifts in human evolution
Conard, N. J., Serangeli, J., Böhner, U., Starkovich, B. M., Miller, C. E., Urban, B. & van Kolfschoten, T., 02.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Butterfly communities in miombo woodland: Biodiversity declines with increasing woodland utilisation
Jew, E. K. K., Loos, J., Dougill, A. J., Sallu, S. M. & Benton, T. G., 01.12.2015, In: Biological Conservation. 192, p. 436-444 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Characterizing the Lower Paleolithic bone industry from Schöningen 12 II: A multi-proxy study.
Julien, M. A., Hardy, B., Stahlschmidt, M., Urban, B., Serangeli, J. & Conard, N. J., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 264-286 23 p., 89.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy of late Middle Pleistocene lakeshore deposits at Schöningen
Urban, B. & Bigga, G., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 57-70 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Functional diversity and trait composition of butterfly and bird communities in Farmlands of Central Romania
Hanspach, J., Loos, J., Dorresteijn, I., Wehrden, H., Moga, C. I. & David, A., 01.12.2015, In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 1, 10, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen
Stahlschmidt, M., Miller, C., Ligouis, B., Hambach, U., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Richter, D., Urban, B., Serangeli, J. & Conrad, N. J., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 181-201 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The depositional environments of Schöningen 13 II-4 and their archaeological implications
Stahlschmidt, M., Miller, C., Ligouis, B., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Urban, B. & Conard, N. J., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 71-91 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ground beetle supertribe zuphiitae in the southern levant: (Coleoptera, carabidae)
Austin, K., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Felix, R. F. F. L., Friedman, A. L. L., Khoury, F., Renan, I., Schmidt, C., Wrase, D. W., Aßmann, T., Marcus, T. & Boutaud, E., 01.12.2015, In: Spixiana. 38, 2, p. 237-262 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review