Jörn Fischer
Prof. Dr.

- Ecosystems Research
- Environmental planning
Research areas
- 2025
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Ecosystem service supply and (in)equality archetypes
Benra, F., Pacheco-Romero, M. & Fischer, J., 02.2025, In: Ecosystem Services. 71, 11 p., 101683.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2024
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A social-ecological approach to support equitable land use decision-making
Brück, M., Benra, F., Duguma, D. W., Fischer, J., Jiren, T. S., Law, E. A., Pacheco-Romero, M., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 12.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 12, p. 1752-1767 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Land use intensification causes the spatial contraction of woody-plant based ecosystem services in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 263.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lessons from Ethiopian coffee landscapes for global conservation in a post-wild world
Hylander, K., Nemomissa, S., Fischer, J., Zewdie, B., Ayalew, B. & Tack, A. J. M., 12.2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 13 p., 714.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions
Benra, F., Brück, M., Sigman, E., Pacheco-Romero, M., Shumi, G., Abson, D. J., Frietsch, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 731.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Navigating social–ecological changes: A mixed-method analysis of extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonian forests, Argentina
Rodríguez, P., Benra, F., Fischer, J., Romano, S. & Soler, R., 10.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 10, p. 1541-1555 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participatory co-learning for human–wildlife coexistence: Reflections on a novel program applying systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning-based approaches
Kansky, R., Maassarani, T. & Fischer, J., 10.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 10, p. 1479-1491 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition
Frietsch, M., Pacheco-Romero, M., Temperton, V. M., Kaplin, B. A. & Fischer, J., 09.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 9, p. 1251-1261 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mainstreaming regenerative dynamics for sustainability
Fischer, J., Farny, S., Abson, D. J., Zuin Zeidler, V., von Salisch, M., Schaltegger, S., Martín-López, B., Temperton, V. M. & Kümmerer, K., 08.2024, In: Nature Sustainability. 7, 8, p. 964–972 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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
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The relevance of international restoration principles for ecosystem restoration practice in Rwanda
Frietsch, M., Fischer, J., Kaplin, B. A. & Martín-López, B., 03.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 3, 11 p., e14085.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Brueck, M., Shumi, G., Law, E., Benra, F., Schultner, J., Nemomissa, S., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 14 p., 2321613.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2023
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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
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Agriculture: reform the global food system
Fischer, J., Bennett, E. & Pe’er, G., 19.10.2023, In: Nature. 622, 7983, p. 461 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Correction to: Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany (Sustainability Science, (2022), 17, 3, (865-877), 10.1007/s11625-021-00928-9)
Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 09.2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 5, 1 p., 2505.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Drivers of ecosystem service specialization in a smallholder agricultural landscape of the Global South: a case study in Ethiopia
Brück, M., Fischer, J., Law, E. A., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 01.07.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 3, 38 p., 1.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resilience principles and a leverage points perspective for sustainable woody vegetation management in a social-ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia
Shumi, G., Wahler, H., Riechers, M., Senbeta, F., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.06.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 31 p., 34.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Response diversity as a sustainability strategy
Walker, B., Crépin, A. S., Nyström, M., Anderies, J. M., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Queiroz, C., Barrett, S., Bennett, E., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Chapin, F. S., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Levin, S., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Segerson, K., Seto, K. C., Scheffer, M., Shogren, J. F., Tavoni, A., van den Bergh, J., Weber, E. U. & Vincent, J. R., 01.06.2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 6, p. 621-629 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Toward a pluralistic conservation science
Cumming, G. S., Davies, Z. G., Fischer, J. & Hajjar, R., 01.05.2023, In: Conservation Letters. 16, 3, 8 p., e12952.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Spatial predictions for the distribution of woody plant species under different land-use scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Rodrigues, P., Senbeta, F., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 05.2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1249-1263 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bridging scenario planning and backcasting: A Q-analysis of divergent stakeholder priorities for future landscapes
Jiren, T. S., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 04.2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 2, p. 572-590 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Governing landscapes: An agenda for the assessment of grasslands and savannahs
Eufemia, L., Wawrzynowicz, I., Bonatti, M., Partelow, S., Fischer, J. & Sieber, S., 09.03.2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management. 2, 7 p., 1134393.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum
Hartel, T., Fischer, J., Shumi, G. & Apollinaire, W., 01.03.2023, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38, 3, p. 211-214 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2022
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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
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The role of perceptions and social norms in shaping women’s fertility preferences: a case study from Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Manlosa, A. O., Fischer, J., Schultner, J., Hanspach, J., Senbeta, F. & Dorresteijn, I., 01.11.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 6, p. 2473-2488 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Earth stewardship: Shaping a sustainable future through interacting policy and norm shifts
Chapin, F. S., Weber, E. U., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., van den Bergh, J., Adger, W. N., Crépin, A. S., Polasky, S., Folke, C., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Fischer, J., Kautsky, N., Levin, S. A., Shogren, J. F., Walker, B., Wilen, J. & de Zeeuw, A., 01.09.2022, In: Ambio. 51, 9, p. 1907-1920 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Operationalising the leverage points perspective for empirical research
Riechers, M., Fischer, J., Manlosa, A. O., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. & Sala, J. E., 01.08.2022, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 57, 101206.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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From stories to maps: translating participatory scenario narratives into spatially explicit information
Duguma, D. W., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 06.2022, In: Ecology and Society. 27, 2, 26 p., 13.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A multi-level assessment of changes in stakeholder constellations, interest and influence on ecosystem services under different landscape scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Schultner, J., Abson, D. & Fischer, J., 09.05.2022, In: PLOS Sustanaibility and Transformation. 1, 5, 24 p., e0000012.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany
Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 3, p. 865-877 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond
Levin, S. A., Anderies, J. M., Adger, N., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Crépin, A. S., Ehrlich, P., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kling, C., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Shogren, J., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B., Weber, E. U. & Wilen, J., 01.04.2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 3, p. 697-711 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Using a leverage points perspective to compare social-ecological systems: a case study on rural landscapes
Fischer, J., Abson, D., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Schultner, J. & Sherrene, K., 03.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 119-130 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Broadening the scope of ecosystem services research: Disaggregation as a powerful concept for sustainable natural resource management
Brück, M., Abson, D. J., Fischer, J. & Schultner, J., 01.02.2022, In: Ecosystem Services. 53, 11 p., 101399.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spatial variation in human disturbances and their effects on forest structure and biodiversity across an Afromontane forest
Beche, D., Tack, A., Nemomissa, S., Warkineh, B., Lemessa, D., Rodrigues, P., Fischer, J. & Hylander, K., 01.02.2022, In: Landscape Ecology. 37, 2, p. 493-510 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis
Meacham, M., Norströma, A. V., Peterson, G. D., Andersson, E., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Crouzat, E., Cord, A. F., Enfors, E., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Fischer, J., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hicks, C., Jacobs, S., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Martín-López, B., Plieninger, T. & Queiroz, C., 02.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 99-111 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2021
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Participatory scenario planning to facilitate human-wildlife coexistence
Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M., Kansky, R. & Fischer, J., 01.12.2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 6, p. 1957-1965 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability
Galaz, V., Centeno, M. A., Callahan, P. W., Causevic, A., Patterson, T., Brass, I., Baum, S., Farber, D., Fischer, J., Garcia, D., McPhearson, T., Jimenez, D., King, B., Larcey, P. & Levy, K., 01.11.2021, In: Technology in Society. 67, 10 p., 101741.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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From grief to hope in conservation
Fischer, J. & Riechers, M., 10.2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 5, p. 1698-1700 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., Engler, J. O., Shumi, G. & Fischer, J., 10.2021, In: People and Nature. 3, 5, p. 1036-1046 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia
Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Jiren, T. S., Manlosa, A. O., Rodrigues, P., Schultner, J., Senbeta, F. & Shumi, G., 28.07.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 400-410 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A leverage points perspective on institutions for food security in a smallholder-dominated landscape in southwestern Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M., Bergsten, A. & Fischer, J., 05.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 3, p. 767-779 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A change of values is in the air
Fischer, J., 01.04.2021, In: Nature Sustainability. 4, 4, p. 292-293 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Ecosystem services from forest and farmland: Present and past access separates beneficiaries in rural Ethiopia
Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I., Manlosa, A. O., von Wehrden, H., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.04.2021, In: Ecosystem Services. 48, 101263.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predicting the impacts of human population growth on forest mammals in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Dorresteijn, I., Guilherme, J. L., Hanspach, J., De Beenhouwer, M., Hylander, K., Bekele, B., Senbeta, F., Fischer, J. & Nimmo, D., 01.04.2021, In: Biological Conservation. 256, 109046.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Governance Challenges at the Interface of Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation: A Multi-Level Case Study from Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Leventon, J., Jager, N. W., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Senbeta, F., Bergsten, A. & Fischer, J., 04.2021, In: Environmental Management. 67, 4, p. 717-730 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does money "buy" tolerance toward damage-causing wildlife?
Kansky, R., Kidd, M. & Fischer, J., 03.2021, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 3, 3, 16 p., e262.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Understanding drivers of human tolerance towards mammals in a mixed-use transfrontier conservation area in southern Africa
Kansky, R., Kidd, M. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2021, In: Biological Conservation. 254, 10 p., 108947.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Woody plant species diversity as a predictor of ecosystem services in a social–ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia
Shumi, G., Rodrigues, P., Hanspach, J., Härdtle, W., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F., Fischer, J. & Schultner, J., 01.02.2021, In: Landscape Ecology. 36, 2, p. 373-391 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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
- 2020
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Woody plant diversity, composition and structure in relation to environmental variables and land-cover types in Lake Wanchi watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia
Angessa, A. T., Lemma, B., Yeshitela, K., Fischer, J., May, F. & Shumi, G., 01.12.2020, In: African Journal of Ecology. 58, 4, p. 627-638 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review