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  1. Published

    Species constancy depends on plot size - A problem for vegetation classification and how it can be solved

    Dengler, J., Löbel, S. & Dolnik, C., 08.2009, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 20, 4, p. 754-766 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Spread of Non-Native Plant Species into Mountains: Now is the Time to Act

    McDougall, K., Haider, S., Seipel, T. & Küffer, C., 01.07.2009, In: Mountain Forum Bulletin. IX, 2, p. 23-25 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Climate change, conservation and management: an assessment of the peer-reviewed scientific journal literature

    Felton, A., Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D. B., Montague-Drake, R., Lowe, A. R., Saunders, D., Felton, A. M., Steffen, W., Munro, N. T., Youngentob, K., Gillen, J., Gibbons, P., Bruzgul, J. E., Fazey, I., Bond, S. J., Elliott, C. P., Macdonald, B. C. T., Porfirio, L. L., Westgate, M. & Worthy, M., 07.2009, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 18, 8, p. 2243-2253 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Revegetation in agricultural areas: the development of structural complexity and floristic diversity

    Munro, N. T., Fischer, J., Wood, J. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 07.2009, In: Ecological Applications. 19, 5, p. 1197-1210 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The genetic status of the violet copper Lycaena helle - a relict of the cold past in times of global warming

    Finger, A., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F. E., Meyer, M., Aßmann, T. & Habel, J. C., 01.06.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 3, p. 382-390 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

    Bessler, H., Temperton, V. M., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Weisser, W. W. & Engels, C., 06.2009, In: Ecology. 90, 6, p. 1520-1530 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. How much does agriculture depend on pollinators? Lessons from long-term trends in crop production

    Aizen, M. A., Garibaldi, L. A., Cunningham, S. A. & Klein, A-M., 06.2009, In: Annals of Botany. 103, 9, p. 1579-1588 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Fostering constructive debate: a reply to Chappell et al

    Fischer, J., Brosi, B., Daily, G. C., Ehrlich, P. R., Goldman, R., Goldstein, J., Lindenmayer, D. B., Manning, A. D., Mooney, H. A., Pejchar, L., Ranganathan, J. & Tallis, H., 05.2009, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 7, 4, p. 184-184 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  9. From the laboratory to the field: contrasting effects of multi-trophic interactions and agroforestry management on coffee pest densities

    Teodoro, A. V., Tscharntke, T. & Klein, A-M., 05.2009, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 131, 2, p. 121-129 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. On the allozyme differentiation of Carabus punctatoauratus Germar (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Aßmann, T. & Weber, F., 27.04.2009, In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 35, 1, p. 33-43 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered insect species Carabus variolosus in its western distribution range: implications for conservation

    Matern, A., Desender, K., Gaublomme, E., Drees, C., Paill, W. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 2, p. 391-405 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Which function describes the species-area relationship best? A review and empirical evaluation

    Dengler, J., 01.04.2009, In: Journal of Biogeography. 36, 4, p. 728-744 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Total body burden and tissue distribution of polyfluorinated compounds in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Bight

    Ahrens, L., Siebert, U. & Ebinghaus, R., 04.2009, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 4, p. 520-525 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Community assembly and biomass production in regularly and never weeded experimental grasslands

    Roscher, C., Temperton, V. M., Buchmann, N. & Schulze, E. D., 03.2009, In: Acta Oecologica. 35, 2, p. 206-217 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Effects of free air carbon dioxide enrichment and nitrogen supply on growth and yield of winter barley cultivated in a crop rotation

    Manderscheid, R., Pacholski, A., Frühauf, C. & Weigel, H-J., 28.02.2009, In: Field Crops Research. 110, 3, p. 185-196 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Selection harvest in temperate deciduous forests: impact on herb layer richness and composition

    Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.02.2009, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 18, 2, p. 271-287 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Landscape fluidity - a unifying perspective for understanding and adapting to global change

    Manning, A. D., Fischer, J., Felton, A. M., Newell, B., Steffen, W. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 02.2009, In: Journal of Biogeography. 36, 2, p. 193-199 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  18. Published

    Shifts in N and P Budgets of Heathland Ecosystems: Effects of Management and Atmospheric Inputs

    Haerdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Gerke, A-K., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Meyer, H., 02.2009, In: Ecosystems. 12, 2, p. 298-310 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    At the interface of historical and present-day ecology: ground beetles in woodlands and open habitats in Upper Galilee (Israel) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

    Timm, A., Buse, J., Dayan, T., Härdtle, W., Levanony, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2009, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 47, 1, p. 93-104 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Pollinator shortage and global crop yield: Looking at the whole spectrum of pollinator dependency

    Garibaldi, L. A., Aizen, M. A., Cunningham, S. A. & Klein, A-M., 01.01.2009, In: Communicative and Integrative Biology. 2, 1, p. 37-39 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  22. Published

    Der Kohlenstoffkreislauf im Klimawandel

    Niebert, K., 2009, In: Unterricht Biologie. 33, 349, p. 34-40 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  23. Designing effective habitat studies: quantifying multiple sources of variability in bat activity

    Fischer, J., Stott, J., Law, B. S., Adams, M. D. & Forrester, R. I., 2009, In: Acta Chiropterologica. 11, 1, p. 127-137 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published
  25. Plant communities of the summits of the Dund Saykhan mountain range (Southern Mongolia)

    von Wehrden, H. & Zimmermann, H., 2009, In: Candollea. 64, 1, p. 49-67 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Renaturierung und Management von Heiden

    Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., van Diggelen, R. & Oheimb, G., 2009, Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Zerbe, S., Wiegleb, G. & Fronczek, R. (eds.). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 317-347 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  27. Published

    Saproxylic beetles: Their role and diversity in European woodland ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles

    Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Sofia/Moscow: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 236 p. (Pensoft Series Faunistica; vol. 89)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  28. Published

    Saproxylic beetles in the Gartow region of Lower Saxony, a hotspot of invertebrate diversity in north-western Germany

    Buse, J., Gürlich, S. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Saproxylic Beetles : Their role and diversity in European woodland and tree habitats; Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles. Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 77-103 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Seeing red: behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primates

    Leonhardt, S., Tung, J., Camden, J. B., Leal, M. & Drea, C. M., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. The effect of structural complexity on large mammal occurrence in revegetation

    Munro, N. T., Fischer, J., Wood, J. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 2009, In: Ecological Management and Restoration. 10, 2, p. 150-153 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  32. Published

    Warum werden so wenige Waldpflanzenarten vom Schalenwild ausgebreitet?

    Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W. U., Schmidt, M., Heinken, T. & Ellenberg, H., 2009, In: Forstarchiv. 80, 5, p. 215-221 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  33. Published

    Wirkung verschiedener Managementverfahren auf den N- und P-Haushalt von Heideökosystemen und die Ernährungssituation von Calluna vulgaris

    Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Fottner, S., Niemeyer, M. & Niemeyer, T., 2009, Offenlandmanagement außerhalb landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen: Referate und Ergebnisse der gleichnamigen Fachtagung an der Internationalen Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm vom 23. bis 26. Juni 2008 . Fink, P. (ed.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 223-228 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  34. Published

    Population ecology of the rare carabid beetle Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera : Carabidae) in North-west Germany

    Matern, A., Drees, C., Aßmann, T. & Meyer, H., 01.12.2008, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 12, 6, p. 591-601 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Plant diversity positively affects short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands

    Steinbeiss, S., Beßler, H., Engels, C., Temperton, V. M., Buchmann, N., Roscher, C., Kreutziger, Y., Baade, J., Habekost, M. & Gleixner, G., 12.2008, In: Global Change Biology. 14, 12, p. 2937-2949 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Resource selection by sympatric wild equids in the Mongolian Gobi

    Kaczensky, P., Ganbaatar, O., Von Wehrden, H. & Walzer, C., 12.2008, In: The Journal of Applied Ecology. 45, 6, p. 1762-1769 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    The European species of Chalarus Walker, 1834 revisited (Diptera: Pipunculidae)

    Kehlmaier, C. & Aßmann, T., 19.11.2008, In: Zootaxa. 1936, 1, p. 1-39 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Macroecological patterns of spider species richness across Europe

    Finch, O. -D., Blick, T. & Schuldt, A., 11.2008, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 17, 12, p. 2849-2868 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Temporal changes in vertebrates during landscape transformation: A large-scale "natural experiment"

    Lindenmayer, D. B., Cunningham, R. B., MacGregor, C., Crane, M., Michael, D., Fischer, J., Montague-Drake, R., Felton, A. & Manning, A., 11.2008, In: Ecological Monographs. 78, 4, p. 567-590 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Xenotransplantation: Prävention des xenogenen Infektionsrisikos: Eine Untersuchung zum deutschen und spanischen Recht

    Guerra González, J., 20.10.2008, Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag. 348 p. (Recht und Medizin; vol. 91)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

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    Microsatellites and allozymes as the genetic memory of habitat fragmentation and defragmentation in populations of the ground beetle Carabus auronitens (Col., Carabidae)

    Drees, C., Matern, A., Rasplus, J-Y., Terlutter, H., Aßmann, T. & Weber, F., 01.10.2008, In: Journal of Biogeography. 35, 10, p. 1937-1949 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Mechanisms of short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands

    Steinbeiss, S., Temperton, V. M. & Gleixner, G., 10.2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 10, p. 2634-2642 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. The Future of Scattered Trees in Agricultural Landscapes

    Gibbons, P. G., Lindenmayer, D., Fischer, J., Manning, A. D., Weinberg, A., Seddon, J., Ryan, P. & Barrett, G., 10.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 5, p. 1309-1319 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    A new species of Philorhizus Hope, 1838 from Greece (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

    Wrase, D. W. & Aßmann, T., 16.09.2008, In: ZooKeys. 3, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Adaptive survival mechanisms and growth limitations of small-stature herb species across a plant diversity gradient

    Daßler, A., Roscher, C., Temperton, V. M., Schumacher, J. & Schulze, E. D., 01.09.2008, In: Plant Biology. 10, 5, p. 573-587 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife-friendly farming?

    Fischer, J., Brosi, B., Daily, G. C., Ehrlich, P. R., Goldman, R., Goldstein, J., Lindenmayer, D. B., Manning, A. D., Mooney, H. A., Pejchar, L., Ranganathan, J. & Tallis, H., 09.2008, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6, 7, p. 380-385 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  47. The Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) in the mountains of central Argentina and a climatic envelope model for its distribution

    Von Wehrden, H., 09.2008, In: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 120, 3, p. 648-651 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Novel ecosystems resulting from landscape transformation create dilemmas for modern conservation practice

    Lindenmayer, D. B., Fischer, J., Felton, A., Crane, M., Michael, D., Macgregor, C., Montague-Drake, R., Manning, A. & Hobbs, R. J., 08.2008, In: Conservation Letters. 1, 3, p. 129-135 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

    Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A-L-L., Levanony, T., Matern, A., Timm, A. & Wrase, D. W., 04.07.2008, In: ZooKeys. 1, p. 9-22 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    ZooKeys, unlocking Earth's incredible biodiversity and building a sustainable bridge into the public domain: From "print-based" to "web-based" taxonomy, systematics, and natural history ZooKeys Editorial Opening Paper

    Penev, L. D., Erwin, T. L., Thompson, F. C., Sues, H-D., Engel, M. S., Agosti, D., Pyle, R., Ivie, M., Henry, T., Miller, J., Ananjeva, N. B., Casale, A., Lourenco, W., Golovatch, S., Fagerholm, H-P., Taiti, S., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., van Nieukerken, E. & Aßmann, T., 04.07.2008, In: ZooKeys. 1, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research