Variable social-ecological indicators across a Tanzanian protected area network

Vallin, J., Raycraft, J., Bettermann, D., Kioko, J., Kissui, B. M., Koester, S., Lindsay, K., Ole, E. M., Ramirez, E., Spizuco, B., Loos, J. & Kiffner, C., 08.2025, In: Biological Conservation. 308, 25 p., 111214.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Unveiling disparities between planned and perceived equity arrangements in protected area co-governance: Evidence from the North Luangwa Ecosystem in Zambia

Kachali, R. N. & Loos, J., 01.07.2025, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 169, 9 p., 104068.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Sensemaking and abductive reasoning for transformative biodiversity conservation

Cortés-Capano, G., Loos, J., Hausmann, A. & Kortetmäki, T., 13.05.2025, (Accepted/In press) In: People and Nature.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Characterising landscape homogenisation: a qualitative approach based on five case studies

Cortés-Capano, G., Shumi, G., Raatikainen, K. J., Mahdavi-Nezhad, Z. & Loos, J., 04.2025, In: Ecosystems and People. 21, 1, 13 p., 2485282.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Transformation towards the sustainable management of peatlands: A characterisation of farmers in the Teufelsmoor, Germany

Hünnebeck-Wells, A., Loos, J., Abel, S. & Nordt, A., 02.2025, In: People and Nature. 7, 2, p. 346-359 14 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation

Colloff, M. J., Gorddard, R., Munera-Roldán, C., Locatelli, B., Lavorel, S., Allain, S., Bruley, E., Butler, J. R. A., Dubo, T., Enokenwa Baa, O., González-García, A., Lécuyer, L., Lo, M., Loos, J., Palomo, I., Topp, E., Vallet, A. & Walters, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: People and Nature.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Reviewing the science on 50 years of conservation: Knowledge production biases and lessons for practice

Dawson, N. M., Coolsaet, B., Bhardwaj, A., Brown, D., Lliso, B., Loos, J., Mannocci, L., Martin, A., Oliva, M., Pascual, U., Sherpa, P. & Worsdell, T., 10.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 10, p. 1395-1413 19 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Enhancing the transformative potential of interventions for the sustainable use of natural resources

Loos, J., Cortés-Capano, G., Riechers, M., Walsh, C. & Leventon, J., 01.08.2024, In: Biological Conservation. 296, 10 p., 110691.

Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research

Institutional rearrangements in the north Luangwa ecosystem: Implications of a shift to community based natural resource management for equity in protected area governance

Kachali, R. N., Dawson, N. M. & Loos, J., 15.07.2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 13, 12 p., e33549.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity

Dawson, N. M., Coolsaet, B., Bhardwaj, A., Booker, F., Brown, D., Lliso, B., Loos, J., Martin, A., Oliva, M., Pascual, U., Sherpa, P. & Worsdell, T., 21.06.2024, In: One Earth. 7, 6, p. 1007-1021 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Mixed farmers' perception of the ecological-economic performance of diversified farming

Rosa-Schleich, J., Loos, J., Ferrante, M., Mußhoff, O. & Tscharntke, T., 01.06.2024, In: Ecological Economics. 220, 11 p., 108174.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Applying social-ecological system resilience principles to the context of woody vegetation management in smallholder farming landscapes of the Global South

Shumi, G., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 05.2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 p., 2339222.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Using density surface models to assess the ecological effectiveness of a protected area network in Tanzania

Giliba, R. A., Kiffner, C., Fust, P. & Loos, J., 01.04.2024, In: Ecosphere. 15, 4, 16 p., e4840.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Assessing protected area effectiveness in western Tanzania: Insights from repeated line transect surveys

Kiffner, C., Giliba, R. A., Fust, P., Loos, J. & Waltert, M., 12.2023, In: African Journal of Ecology. 61, 4, p. 966-979 14 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Future-proofing ecosystem restoration through enhancing adaptive capacity

Frietsch, M., Loos, J., Löhr, K., Sieber, S. & Fischer, J., 12.2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 9 p., 377.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Modelling elephant corridors over two decades reveals opportunities for conserving connectivity across a large protected area network

Giliba, R. A., Kiffner, C., Fust, P. & Loos, J., 13.10.2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 10, 22 p., e0292918.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Wildlife habitat association over a twelve-year period (2008-2020) in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem, western Tanzania

Thomsen, S., Loos, J., Stewart, F. A. & Piel, A. K., 01.10.2023, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 75, 126464.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

Advancing protected area effectiveness assessments by disentangling social-ecological interactions: A case study from the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Frietsch, M., Zafra-Calvo, N., Ghoddousi, A. & Loos, J., 08.2023, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 8, 16 p., e12974.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes

Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Flowers in the dark: The contribution of rooftop urban agriculture to human well-being in the Ein El-Hilweh Refugee Camp, Lebanon

Tarchahani, A. & Loos, J., 01.06.2023, In: World Development Sustainability. 2, 8 p., 100057.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally

Engel, T., Bruelheide, H., Hoss, D., Sabatini, F. M., Altman, J., Arfin-Khan, M. A. S., Bergmeier, E., Černý, T., Chytrý, M., Dainese, M., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., Field, R., Fischer, F. M., Huygens, D., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jentsch, A., Karger, D. N., Kattge, J., Lenoir, J., Lens, F., Loos, J., Niinemets, Ü., Overbeck, G. E., Ozinga, W. A., Penuelas, J., Peyre, G., Phillips, O., Reich, P. B., Römermann, C., Sandel, B., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Velez-Martin, E., Violle, C. & Pillar, V., 01.05.2023, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32, 5, p. 695-706 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services

Loos, J., Benra, F., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Bremer, L. L., Chan, K. M. A., Egoh, B., Felipe-Lucia, M., Geneletti, D., Keeler, B., Locatelli, B., Loft, L., Schröter, B., Schröter, M. & Winkler, K. J., 01.03.2023, In: Ambio. 52, 3, p. 477-488 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Increasing the accuracy and efficiency of wildlife census with unmanned aerial vehicles: a simulation study

Fust, P. & Loos, J., 09.02.2023, In: Wildlife Research. 50, 12, p. 1008-1020 13 p., WR22074.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

Science on ecosystems and people to support the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Schröter, M., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Albert, C., Hill, R., Krause, T., Loos, J., Mannetti, L. M., Martín-López, B., Neelakantan, A., Parrotta, J. A., Quintas-Soriano, C., Abson, D. J., Alkemade, R., Amelung, B., Baptiste, B., Barrios, E., Djoudi, H., Drakou, E. G., Durance, I., García Llorente, M., Geneletti, D., Harmáčková, Z. V., Jacobs, S., Kaiser, N. N., Kingsley, J., Klain, S., Martínez-Harms, M. J., Murali, R., O’Farrell, P., Pandit, R., Pereira, L., Rana, S., Riechers, M., Rusch, G. M., Sala, J. E., Schulp, C. J. E., Sitas, N., Subramanian, S. M., Villasante, S. & van Oudenhoven, A., 2023, In: Ecosystems and People. 19, 1, 10 p., 2220913.

Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus

Norström, A. V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E. M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S. R., Castilla, J. C., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jacobs, S., Hofmann, J., Hughes, T. P., Lam, D. P. M., Loos, J., Manyani, A., Martín-López, B., Meacham, M., Moersberger, H., Nagendra, H., Pereira, L., Polasky, S., Schoon, M., Schultz, L., Selomane, O. & Spierenburg, M., 31.12.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 598–608 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Land-use change differentially affects endemic, forest andopen-land butterflies in Madagascar

Wurz, A., Grass, I., Lees, D. C., Rakotomalala, A. A. N. A., Sáfián, S., Martin, D. A., Osen, K., Loos, J., Benasoavina, E., Alexis, T. & Tscharntke, T., 01.09.2022, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15, 5, p. 606-620 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania

Giliba, R., Fust, P., Kiffner, C. & Loos, J., 01.06.2022, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 4, 6, 17 p., e12684.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Decision-making for nature’s contributions to people in the Cape Floristic Region: the role of values, rules and knowledge

Topp, E., Loos, J. & Martín-López, B., 05.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 3, p. 739-760 22 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Mosaic landscapes provide conservation pockets for an endangered species: Colias myrmidone in Romania

Loos, J., Schröer, C., Becker, T., Kastal, A., Kortmann, E. & Dolek, M., 05.2022, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15, 3, p. 359-369 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Better performance of organic than conventional tomato varieties in single and mixed cropping

Ficiciyan, A. M., Loos, J. & Tscharntke, T., 21.04.2022, In: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 46, 4, p. 491-509 19 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Fire and landscape context shape plant and butterfly diversity in a South African shrubland

Topp, E. N., Tscharntke, T. & Loos, J., 01.03.2022, In: Diversity and Distributions. 28, 3, p. 357-371 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

An Outcome-Oriented, Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Protected Area Effectiveness

Ghoddousi, A., Loos, J. & Kümmerle, T., 01.02.2022, In: BioScience / American Institute of Biological Sciences. 72, 2, p. 201-212 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Limited effectiveness of EU policies to conserve an endangered species in high nature value farmland in Romania

Loos, J., Gallersdörfer, J., Hartel, T., Dolek, M. & Sutcliffe, L., 10.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 3, 11 p., 3.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Limited knowledge flow among stakeholders of critically endangered renosterveld in South Africa

Burghardt, S., Topp, E. N., Esler, K. J. & Loos, J., 10.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 3, 17 p., 17.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

On the frontiers of collaboration and conflict: how context influences the success of collaboration

Schoon, M., Chapman, M., Loos, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Carr Kelman, C., Aburto, J., Alexander, S., Baggio, J., Brady, U., Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Garcia Lopez, G., Hill, R., Robinson, C., Thondhlana, G., Trimble, M. & Whittaker, D., 09.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 383-399 17 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas of the Global South

Loos, J., 01.08.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 54, p. 108-118 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Preserving Colias myrmidone in European cultural landscapes: requirements for the successful development from egg to higher larval stages at a Natura 2000 site in Romania

Nippen, P., Dolek, M. & Loos, J., 08.2021, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 25, 4, p. 643-655 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Local and landscape responses of biodiversity in calcareous grasslands

Loos, J., Krauss, J., Lyons, A., Föst, S., Ohlendorf, C., Racky, S., Röder, M., Hudel, L., Herfert, V. & Tscharntke, T., 07.2021, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 30, 8-9, p. 2415-2432 18 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Human-nature connectedness as leverage point

Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., García-Llorente, M. & Loos, J., 13.05.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 215-221 7 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

Key advantages of the leverage points perspective to shape human-nature relations

Riechers, M., Loos, J., Balázsi, Á., García-Llorente, M., Bieling, C., Burgos-Ayala, A., Chakroun, L., Mattijssen, T. J. M., Muhr, M. M., Pérez-Ramírez, I., Raatikainen, K. J., Rana, S., Richardson, M., Rosengren, L. & West, S., 25.04.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 205-214 10 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Similar yield benefits of hybrid, conventional, and organic tomato and sweet pepper varieties under well-watered and drought-stressed conditions

Ficiciyan, A. M., Loos, J. & Tscharntke, T., 19.02.2021, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 11 p., 628537.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Farmers' perceptions of climate change and adaptation strategies in South Africa's Western Cape

Talanow, K., Topp, E., Loos, J. & Martín-López, B., 01.01.2021, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 81, p. 203-219 17 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Making the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a Social-Ecological Endeavour

Fischer, J., Riechers, M., Loos, J., Martín-López, B. & Temperton, V. M., 01.01.2021, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 36, 1, p. 20-28 9 p., 2749.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Das Eiablageverhalten des Großen Feuerfalters (Lycaena dispar rutilus) in der Kulturlandschaft Siebenbürgens, Rumänien

Höppner, O. & Loos, J., 06.2020, In: Oedippus. 37, p. 5-13 9 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A highly endangered species on the edge: distribution, habitat use and outlook for Colias myrmidone in newly established Natura 2000 areas in Romania

Loos, J., Vizauer, T.-C., Kastal, A., Davies, M., Hedrich, H. & Dolek, M., 01.03.2020, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 22, 3, p. 2399-2414 16 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Development perspectives for the application of autonomous, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in wildlife conservation

Fust, P. & Loos, J., 01.01.2020, In: Biological Conservation. 241, 4 p., 108380.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Monitoring environmental effects on farmland Lepidoptera: Does necessary sampling effort vary between different bio-geographic regions in Europe?

Lang, A., Kallhardt, F., Lee, M. S., Loos, J., Molander, M. A., Muntean, I., Pettersson, L. B., Rákosy, L., Stefanescu, C. & Messéan, A., 07.2019, In: Ecological Indicators. 102, p. 791-800 10 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Ecological-economic trade-offs of Diversified Farming Systems - A review

Rosa-Schleich, J., Loos, J., Mußhoff, O. & Tscharntke, T., 01.06.2019, In: Ecological Economics. 160, p. 251-263 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Fragmented Landscape, Fragmented Knowledge: A Synthesis of Renosterveld Ecology and Conservation

Topp, E. N. & Loos, J., 01.06.2019, In: Environmental Conservation. 46, 2, p. 171-179 9 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review