Professorship for Sustainable Landscapes
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
The working group "Sustainable Landscapes" was established in November 2010 by Prof. Joern Fischer and is affiliated to the School of Sustainabilty at Leuphana University.
We are an interdisciplinary team working on human-environment relationships. Much of our work focuses on the landscape scale. We are particularly interested in how people use landscapes, and how land use, in turn, affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. We see people and nature as interdependent.
Main research areas
In addition to our work at the landscape scale, we are interested in the conceptual development of sustainability science at a global scale. Here, too, we are influenced by an ecosystems approach, but we also draw on the insights from the social sciences as appropriate.
Our goal is to contribute to sustainable development through solution-oriented research.
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The resilience of agricultural landscapes characterized by land sparing versus land sharing
Abson, D., Sherren, K. & Fischer, J., 05.2019, Agriculture Resilience: perspectives from ecology and economics. Gardner, S., Hails, R. S. & Ramsden, S. (eds.). Cambrige: Cambridge University Press, p. 232-252 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Forest Islands in an Agricultural Sea
Klein, A.-M., Boreux, V. E., Bauhus, J., Chappell, M. J., Fischer, J. & Philpott, S. M., 01.01.2014, Global Forest Fragmentation. Kettle, C. J. & Koh, L. P. (eds.). Wallingford: CAB International, p. 79-95 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Human-carnivore coexistence in a traditional rural landscape
Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Kecskés, A., Latková, H., Mezey, Z., Sugár, S., von Wehrden, H. & Fischer, J., 08.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 7, p. 1145-1155 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Brown bear activity in traditional wood-pastures in Southern Transylvania, Romania
Röllig, M., Dorresteijn, I., von Wehrden, H., Hartel, T. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2014, In: Ursus. 25, 1, p. 44-52 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing robust field survey protocols in landscape ecology: a case study on birds, plants and butterflies
Loos, J., Hanspach, J., von Wehrden, H., Beldean, M., Moga, C. I. & Fischer, J., 01.2015, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 24, 1, p. 33-46 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The importance of ecosystem services for rural inhabitants in a changing cultural landscape in Romania
Hartel, T., Fischer, J., Câmpeanu, C., Milcu, A. I., Hanspach, J. & Fazey, I., 01.01.2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 2, 9 p., 42.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Navigating conflicting landscape aspirations: Application of a photo-based Q-method in Transylvania (Central Romania)
Milcu, A. I., Sherren, K., Hanspach, J., Abson, D. & Fischer, J., 11.2014, In: Land Use Policy. 41, p. 408-422 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bird communities in traditional wood-pastures with changing management in Eastern Europe
Hartel, T., Hanspach, J., Abson, D. J., Máthé, O., Moga, C. I. & Fischer, J., 08.2014, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 15, 5, p. 385–395 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Low-intensity agricultural landscapes in Transylvania support high butterfly diversity: Implications for conservation
Loos, J., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Fust, P., Rakosy, L. & Fischer, J., 24.07.2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 7, 11 p., e103256.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An analysis of local institutions governing common pasture use for biodiversity and society in Transylvania, Romania
Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Röllig, M. & Hartel, T., 2013, Biodiversität und Gesellschaft: Gesellschaftliche Dimensionen von Schutz und Nutzung biologischer Vielfalt; Beiträge zur Fachtagung, Göttingen, 14.-16.11.2012. Friedrich, J., Halsband, A. & Minkmar, L. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen, p. 297-302 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review