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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Economic valuation of biodiversity conservation: The meaning of numbers

    Martín-López, B., Montes, C. & Benayas, J., 06.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 3, p. 624-635 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Inadequate Assessment of the Ecosystem Service Rationale for Conservation: Reply to Ghazoul

    Kremen, C., Daily, G. C., Klein, A-M. & Scofield, D., 06.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 3, p. 795-798 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  7. The combined effects of remnant vegetation and tree planting on farmland birds

    Cunningham, R. B., Lindenmayer, D. B., Crane, M., Michael, D., MacGregor, C., Montague-Drake, R. & Fischer, J., 06.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 3, p. 742-752 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the endangered butterfly Lycaena helle (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

    Habel, J. C., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Schmitt, T. & Aßmann, T., 15.05.2008, In: European Journal of Entomology. 105, 2, p. 361-362 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Site use of grazing cattle and sheep in a large-scale pasture landscape: a GPS/GIS assessment

    Putfarken, D., Dengler, J., Lehmann, S. & Härdtle, W., 01.05.2008, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 111, 1-2, p. 54-67 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Communities of ground-living spiders in deciduous forests: Does tree species diversity matter?

    Schuldt, A., Fahrenholz, N., Brauns, M., Migge-Kleian, S., Platner, C. & Schaefer, M., 05.2008, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 17, 5, p. 1267-1284 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Avoiding irreversible change: Considerations for vegetation cover, vegetation structure, and species composition

    Fischer, J. & Lindenmayer, D., 15.04.2008, Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles. Lindenmayer, D. & Hobbs, R. (eds.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 229-244 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Edge Effects

    Lindenmayer, D. & Fischer, J., 15.04.2008, Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles. Lindenmayer, D. & Hobbs, R. (eds.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 165-178 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  13. Landscape models for use in studies of landscape change and habitat fragmentation

    Lindenmayer, D. & Fischer, J., 15.04.2008, Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles. Lindenmayer, D. & Hobbs, R. (eds.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 35-48 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  14. Published

    Long-term effects of historical heathland farming on soil properties of forest ecosystems

    von Oheimb, G., Haerdtle, W., Naumann, P. S., Westphal, C., Meyer, H. & Aßmann, T., 05.04.2008, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 255, 5-6, p. 1984-1993 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    An endangered longhorn beetle associated with old oaks and its possible role as an ecosystem engineer

    Buse, J., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 2, p. 329-337 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) studies Part I: Taxonomic notes on Cephalops Fallén, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczél, 1939

    Kehlmaier, C., 04.01.2008, In: Zootaxa. 1672, 1, p. 1-42 42 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Enrichment of mutated K-RAS from human stool DNA by a combined magnetic capture hybridization and PCR-RFLP assay.

    Schneider, M., Steinberg, P. & Scholtka, B., 01.01.2008, Wissen teilen - Chancen nutzen: 28. Deutscher Krebskongress, Berlin, Februar 2008 und 3. Krebsaktionstag, Berlin, Februar 2008: Abstracts . Kaufmann, M., Rody, A. & Bamberg, M. (eds.). Karger Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften , Vol. 31. p. 59 1 p. (Onkologie; vol. 31, no. Suppl. 1).

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

  18. High rate detection of gene mutations in preneoplastic and early neoplastic lesions of the human colon and rectum

    Schneider, M., Scholtka, B., Friedrich, D., Berghof-Jäger, K. & Steinberg, P., 01.01.2008, Wissen teilen - Chancen nutzen: 28. Deutscher Krebskongress, Berlin, Februar 2008 und 3. Krebsaktionstag, Berlin, Februar 2008: Abstracts. Kaufmann, M., Rody, A. & Bamberg, M. (eds.). Karger Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften , Vol. 31. p. 57-58 2 p. (Onkologie; vol. 31, no. Supp. 1).

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

  19. Published

    Saproxylic beetle assemblages of three managed oak woodlands in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Buse, J., Levanony, T., Timm, A., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2008, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 45, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

    Lindenmayer, D. B., Hobbs, R. J., Montague-Drake, R. M., Alexandra, J., Bennett, A. F., Burgman, M. A., Cale, P. G., Calhoun, A., Cramer, V. A., Cullen, P. W., Driscoll, D. A., Fahrig, L., Fischer, J., Franklin, J., Haila, Y., Hunter, M. L., Gibbons, P. G., Lake, S. P., Luck, G. W., MacGregor, C. I., McIntyre, S., Mac Nally, R., Manning, A. D., Miller, J. W., Mooney, H. A., Noss, R. F., Possingham, H. P., Saunders, D. A., Schmiegelow, F., Scott, M., Simberloff, D. S., Sisk, T. D., Tabor, G. M., Walker, B. H., Wiens, J. A., Woinarski, J. & Zavaleta, E. S., 01.2008, In: Ecology Letters. 11, 1, p. 78-91 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  21. Published

    The priority value of scrubland habitats for carnivore conservation in Mediterranean ecosystems

    Mangas, J. G., Lozano Mendoza, J., Cabezas-Díaz, S. & Virgós, E., 01.2008, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 17, 1, p. 43-51 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. The role of landscape texture in conservation biogeography: a case study on birds in south-eastern Australia

    Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Montague-Drake, R., 01.2008, In: Diversity and Distributions. 14, 1, p. 38-46 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Almsjuka och mördarsniglar: dramatik i Dalby Söderskog

    Brunet, J. & Oheimb, G., 2008, In: Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 102, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  24. Published

    Back to the roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology

    Penev, L. (ed.), Erwin, T. L. (ed.) & Aßmann, T. (ed.), 2008, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 509 p. (Pensoft series faunistica)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  25. Published

    Beech forests and climate change

    Manthey, M., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 2008, Beech Forests - a German contribution to the global forest biodiversity. Knapp, H. D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 47-52 6 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 233).

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

  26. Published

    Behavioural patterns of nocturnal carabid beetles determined by direct observations under red-light conditions

    Drees, C., Matern, A. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis Between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. L. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 409-423 15 p. (Pensoft series faunistica).

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

  27. Biologische Invasionen: liberal und konservativ betrachtet

    Kirchhoff, T. & Haider, S., 2008, Ambiguous landscapes - vieldeutige Landschaften : Workshop und Symposium anlässlich 50 Jahre Studiengang Landschaftsarchitektur und Landschaftsplanung. . München: Technische Universität München, p. 96-97 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Lehrstühle für Landschaftsarchitektur und Landschaftsplanung der Technischen Universität München ).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  28. Ecological restoration for future sustainability in a changing environment

    Choi, Y. D., Temperton, V. M., Allen, E. B., Grootjans, A. P., Halassy, M., Hobbs, R. J., Naeth, M. A. & Torok, K., 2008, In: Ecoscience. 15, 1, p. 53-64 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Einfluss verschiedener Heide-Pflegeverfahren auf die Ernährungssituation von Calluna vulgaris

    Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G., 2008, Aspekte der Geobotanik - from local to global: eine Festschrift für Fred Danie͏̈ls. Bültmann, H. (ed.). Münster: Museum für Naturkunde, p. 81-99 19 p. (Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde; vol. 70, no. 3/4).

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

  30. Published

    From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology

    Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Habel, J. C., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Schuldt, A., Wrase, D. W. & Matern, A., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Penev, L. D., Erwin, T. L. & Aßmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 41-76 36 p. (Pensoft Series Faunistica ; no. 75).

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

  31. Published

    Heredity of the elytral colour in adults of Poecilus lepidus Leske (Col., Carabidae): (Col., Carabidae)

    Paarmann, W., Rohe, W., Lüchtrath, I., Aßmann, T. & Mossakowski, D., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). 1. ed. Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Vol. 75. p. 183-194 12 p. (Pensoft series faunistica ; vol. 75).

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

  32. Published

    Können Managementmaßnahmen zu Nährstoffungleichgewichten in Heideökosystemen führen?

    Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Fottner, S., Niemeyer, M. & Niemeyer, T., 2008, Flora, Vegetation und Naturschutz zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Südamerika: Festschrift für Klaus Dierßen zum 60. Geburtstag. Dengler, J. (ed.). Kiel: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg e. V., p. 509-526 18 p. (Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg; vol. 65).

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

  33. Leverage points for reversing paddock tree loss in Upper Lachlan grazing landscapes: A workshop report.

    Sherren, K., Dovers, S., Fischer, J. & Schirmer, J., 2008, In: Ecological Management and Restoration. 9, 3, p. 237-240 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  34. L'expérience de léna démontre les avantages de la diversité végétale pour les prairies

    Fischer, M., Rottstock, T., Marquard, E., Middelhoff, C., Roscher, C., Temperton, V. M., Oelmann, Y. & Weigelt, A., 2008, In: Fourrages. 2008, 195, p. 275-286 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Low species diversity in beech forest: a myth

    Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Schröder, E. & Ssymank, A., 2008, Beech Forests - a German contribution to the global forest biodiversity. Knapp, H. D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 25-32 8 p. (BfN-Skripten / Bundesamt für Naturschutz ; vol. 233).

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

  36. Published

    Multilayer structural colours in Poecilus lepidus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Mossakowski, D., Paarmann, W., Rohe, W., Lüchtrath, I. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology . Penev, L., Erwin, T. L. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., Vol. 75. p. 175-184 10 p. (Pensoft series faunistica; vol. 75).

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

  37. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks

    Kümmerer, K. (ed.), 2008, 3., rev. and enl. ed. ed. Berlin (u.a.): Springer. 521 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  38. Temperate Grassland Region: Equatorial Africa (high altitude)

    Wesche, K., Assefa, Y. & von Wehrden, H., 2008, Life in a Working Landscape: Towards a Conservation Strategy for the World's Temperate Grasslands A Record: Appendix 2: Compendium of Regional Templates on the Status of Temperate Grasslands Conservation and Protection Prepared for. Peart, B. (ed.). Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative, Vol. 2. p. 3-21 19 p.

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

  39. Published

    The xylobiontic beetle fauna of old oaks colonised by the endangered longhorn beetle Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Buse, J., Zabransky, P. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie: Vorträge der Entomologentagung in Innsbruck vom 26. Februar bis 1. März 2007. Händel, J. (ed.). Gießen: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie , p. 109-112 4 p. (DGaaE Nachrichten; vol. 16).

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

  40. Published

    Towards combined methods for recording ground beetles: pitfall traps, hand picking and sifting in Mediterranean habitats of Israel

    Timm, A., Levanony, T., Dayan, T., Wrase, D. W. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 397-408 12 p. ( Pensoft series faunistica; no. 75).

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

  41. Published

    Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of six remarkable plant taxa (Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, and Lichenes) of the estonian dry grassland flora

    Dengler, J. & Boch, S., 19.12.2007, In: Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae. 47, 1-2, p. 47-71 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Faunal response to revegetation in agricultural areas of Australia: A review

    Munro, N. T., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Fischer, J., 01.12.2007, In: Ecological Management and Restoration. 8, 3, p. 199-207 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  43. Mind the sustainability gap

    Fischer, J., Manning, A. D., Steffen, W., Rose, D. B., Daniell, K., Felton, A., Garnett, S., Gilna, B., Heinsohn, R., Lindenmayer, D. B., MacDonald, B., Mills, F., Newell, B., Reid, J., Robin, L., Sherren, K. & Wade, A., 01.12.2007, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22, 12, p. 621-624 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  44. Rats dying for mice: Modelling the competitor release effect

    Caut, S., Casanovas, J. G., Virgos, E., Lozano Mendoza, J., Witmer, G. W. & Courchamp, F., 01.12.2007, In: Austral Ecology. 32, 8, p. 858-868 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Impact of sheep grazing on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands

    Fottner, S., Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., von Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Mockenhaupt, M., 12.2007, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 10, 3, p. 391-398 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Clonal expansions of pathogenic CD8+ effector cells in the CNS of myelin mutant mice.

    Leder, C., Schwab, N., Wang Ip, C., Kroner, A., Nave, K-A., Dornmaier, K., Martini, R. & Wiendl, H., 01.11.2007, In: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 36, 3, p. 416-424 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Nutrient leaching in dry heathland ecosystems: effects of atmospheric deposition and management

    Haerdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T. & Meyer, H., 01.11.2007, In: Biogeochemistry. 86, 2, p. 201-215 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Relationships between climate, productivity and vegetation in southern mongolian drylands

    von Wehrden, H. & Wesche, K., 01.11.2007, In: Basic and Applied Dryland Research. 1, 2, p. 100-120 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon

    Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Aßmann, T., 10.2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 5, p. 536-543 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  50. Increase of large game species in Mediterranean areas: Is the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) facing a new threat?

    Lozano Mendoza, J., Virgós, E., Cabezas-Díaz, S. & Mangas, J. G., 01.09.2007, In: Biological Conservation. 138, 3-4, p. 321-329 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review