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.
- 2013
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Resilience or vulnerability? Vegetation patterns of a Central Tibetan pastoral ecotone
Miehe, G., Miehe, S., Bach, K., Wesche, K., Seeber, E., Behrendes, L., Kaiser, K., Reudenbach, C., Nölling, J., Hanspach, J., Herrmann, M., Yaoming, M. & Mosbrugger, V., 2013, Steppe Ecosystems: Biological Diversity, Management and Restoration. Morales Prieto, M. B. & Traba Diaz, J. (eds.). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 111-151 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Schutzgebiete Deutschlands im Klimawandel: Risiken und Handlungsoptionen
Vohland, K. (Editor), Badeck, F., Böhning-Gaese, K., Ellwanger, G., Hanspach, J., Ibisch, P. L., Klotz, S., Kreft, S., Kühn, I., Schröder, E., Trautmann, S. & Cramer, W., 2013, Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag. 233 p. (Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt; vol. 129)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- 2012
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Linking bird species traits to vegetation characteristics in a future urban development zone: Implications for urban planning
Ikin, K., Lindenmayer, D. B., Fischer, J., Manning, A. D. & Knight, E., 12.2012, In: Urban Ecosystems. 15, 4, p. 961-977 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bats in a Farming Landscape Benefit from Linear Remnants and Unimproved Pastures
Lentini, P. E., Gibbons, P., Fischer, J., Law, B., Hanspach, J. & Martin, T. G., 14.11.2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 11, 13 p., e48201.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An academia beyond quantity: a reply to Loyola et al. and Halme et al.
Fischer, J., Hanspach, J. & Ritchie, E. G., 01.11.2012, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27, 11, p. 587-588 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Decline of an endangered amphibian during an extreme climatic event
Scheele, B. C., Driscoll, D. A., Fischer, J. & Hunter, D. A., 01.11.2012, In: Ecosphere. 3, 11, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing ecosystem function of restoration plantings in south-eastern Australia
Munro, N. T., Wood, J., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Fischer, J., 15.10.2012, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 282, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Shrub management is the principal driver of differing population sizes between native and invasive populations of Rosa rubiginosa L
Zimmermann, H., von Wehrden, H., Renison, D., Wesche, K., Welk, E., Damascos, M. A. & Hensen, I., 10.2012, In: Biological Invasions. 14, 10, p. 2141-2157 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Academia's obsession with quantity
Fischer, J., Ritchie, E. G. & Hanspach, J., 01.09.2012, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27, 9, p. 473-474 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Agroforestry species of the Bolivian Andes: an integrated assessment of ecological, economic and socio-cultural plant values
Brandt, R., Zimmermann, H., Hensen, I., Mariscal Castro, J. C. & Rist, S., 09.2012, In: Agroforestry Systems. 86, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review