Publications
2024
Bhagwat T., Kuemmerle T., Soofi M., Donald P.F., Hölzel N., Salemgareev A., Stirnemann I., Urazaliyev R., Baumann M., Kamp J. 2024. A novel, post-Soviet fire disturbance regime drives bird diversity and abundance on the Eurasian steppe. Global Change Biology, 30: e17026. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17026
Bonnier R., Plieninger T., Bhagwat T., Kamp J. 2024. Viticulture abandonment benefits the bird community of the French Mediterranean. Basic and Applied Ecology 79: 46–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.05.006
Fahimi H., Soofi M., Ahmadi N., Qashqaei A.T., Heidari H., Bungum H., Rech B., Trepel J., Waltert M. 2024. Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes. Basic and Applied Ecology 80: 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.07.003
Frank C., Hertzog L., Klimek S., Schwieder M., Tetteh G. O., Böhner H. G. S., Röder N., Levers C., Katzenberger J., Kreft H., Kamp J. 2024. Woody semi-natural habitats modulate the effects of field size and functional crop diversity on farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 987–999. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14604
Grünwald J., Auniņš A., Brambilla M., Escandell V., Eskildsen D.P., Chodkiewicz T., Fontaine B., Jiguet F., Kålås J.A., Kamp J., Klvaňová A., Kuczyński L., Lehikoinen A., Lindström Å., Nellis R., Øien I.J., Šilarová E., Strebel N., Vikstrøm T., Voříšek P., Reif J. 2024. Ecological traits predict population trends of urban birds in Europe. Ecological Indicators 160: 111926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111926
Kamp J., Bhagwat T., Hölzel, N., Smelyansky, I. 2024. Collapse and recovery of livestock systems shape fire regimes on the Eurasian steppe: a review of ecosystem and biodiversity implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (in press). https://doi.org/10.32942/X2D057 (preprint [pdf])
Laux A., Gottschalk E. 2024. Local sub-population dynamics of a central European grey partridge meta-population support large-scale conservation approach to halt its ongoing decline. Wildlife Biology (Early View). https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wlb3.01316
Laux A., Waltert M., Gottschalk E. 2024. A landscape-based approach to design flower blocks may reduce mammalian predator activity and protect ground-nesting farmland birds. Biodiversity and Conservation (in press). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02945-3
Laux A., Mayer K., Beeke W., Waltert M., Gottschalk E. 2024. Distance to the edge and other landscape features influence nest predation in grey partridges. Animal Conservation 27:196-211. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12898
Lundgren E.J., Bergman J., Trepel J., le Roux E., Monsarrat S., Kristensen J.A., Pedersen R.Ø., Pereyra P., Tietje M., Svenning J-C. 2024. Functional traits - not nativeness - shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities. Science 383:531-537. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh2616
Noori S., Rödder D., Soofi M., Hawlitschek O., Husemann M., Rajaei H. 2024. Extensive mismatch between protected areas and biodiversity hotspots of Iranian Lepidoptera. Insect Conservation and Diversity (online early). https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12760
Pflüger F.J., Frank C., Busch M., Wahl J., Dröschmeister R., Sudfeldt C., Kamp J. 2024. Semi-structured citizen science data reveal mixed effectiveness of EU Special Protection Areas (SPA) in Germany. Biological Conservation 299: 110801. https://doi.org./10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110801
Port M., Tröger C., Hohmann U. 2024. Status assessment of a recently reintroduced Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) population in the Palatinate Forest, South-West Germany. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70:55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01800-8
Schröer C., Singer D., Kamp J. 2024. Large, but dispersal-limited populations of the Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia persist on abandoned military training areas three decades after the end of the Cold War. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70459. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70459
Singer D., Hagge J., Kamp J., Hondong H., Schuldt A. 2024. Aggregated time-series features boost species-specific differentiation of true and false positives in passive acoustic monitoring of bird assemblages. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 10: 517–530. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.385
Singer D., Kamp J., Hondong H., Schuldt A., Hagge J. 2024. Diel and seasonal activity patterns revealed by passive acoustic monitoring suggest expert recommendations for breeding bird surveys need adjustment (submitted paper). Preprint
Solé M., Brendel S., Aldrich A., Dauber J., Ewald J., Duquesne S., Gottschalk E., Hoffmann J., Kuemmerlen M., Leake A., Matezki S., Meyer S., Nabel M., Natal-da-Luz T., Pieper S., Piselli D., Rigal S., Roß-Nickoll M., Schäffer A., Settele J., Sigmund G., Sotherton N., Wogram J., Messner D. 2024. Assessing in-field pesticide effects under European regulation and its implications for biodiversity: a workshop report. Environmental Science Europe 36: 153. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-00977-8
Soofi M., Ghasemi B., Ahmadpour M., Soufi M., Islami I., Eckert A., Gorjian Arabi M.H., Qashqaei A.T., Selyari J., Nasirahmadi K., Kamp J., Waltert M., Addison J., Pavey C.R. 2024. Application of the integrated threat theory to conservation law enforcement. Conservation Biology: e14248. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14248
Trepel J., le Roux E., Abraham A., Buitenwerf R., Kamp J., Kristensen J.A., Tietje M., Lundgren E.J., Svenning J-C. 2024. Meta-analysis shows that wild large herbivores shape ecosystem properties and promote spatial heterogeneity. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8:705–716. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02327-6
Trepel J., Abraham A.J., Lundgren E.J., Ferraro K., Fløjgaard C., Haugaard L., Sunde P., Tietje M., Kamp J., le Roux E. 2024. Zoogeochemistry of a protected area: Driven by anthropogenic impacts and animal behavior. Conservation Science and Practice 6: e13107. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13107
Waltert M., Klug J., Motombi F.N., Cejp B., Bobo K.S., Soofi M., Peters M.K. 2024. Ant-following behavior is correlated with plumage traits in African understory birds. The Science of Nature 111: 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-024-01927-3
Zarges S., Wohlert J., Kamp J., Thorn S., Müller J., Hagge J. 2024. Debarking harvesters simultaneously combat the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) and conserve non-target beetle diversity. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5: e12353. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12353
2023
Caro T., Dobson A., Kiffner C., Waltert M. 2023. Threat to Tanzanian Park requires compromise. Science 381: 844. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj4393
Da Ponte E., Alcasena F., Bhagwat T., Hu Z., Eufemia L., Turetta A.P.D, Bonatti M., Sieber S., Barr P.-L. 2023. Assessing wildfire activity and forest loss in protected areas of the Amazon basin. Applied Geography 157: 102970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102970
Daskalova G. N., Kamp J. 2023. Abandoning land transforms biodiversity. Science 380: 581–583. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf1099 [Science podcast]
Douglas D.J.T., Waldinger J., Buckmire Z., Gibb K., Medina J.P., Sutcliffe L., Beckmann C., Collar N.J., Jansen R., Kamp J., Little I., Sheldon R., Yanosky A., Koper N. 2023. A global review identifies agriculture as the main threat to declining grassland birds. Ibis 165: 1107-1128. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13223
Dutta T., De Barba M., Selva N., Fedorca A.C., Maiorano L., Thuiller W., Zedrosser A., Signer J., Pflüger F., Frank S., Lucas P.M. and Balkenhol N. 2023. An objective approach to select surrogate species for connectivity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1078649. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1078649
Graser A., Kelling M., Pabst R., Schulz M., Hölzel N., Kamp J. 2023. Habitat quality, not patch isolation, drives distribution and abundance of two light-demanding butterflies in fragmented coppice landscapes. Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 1078649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00494-8
Hertzog L., Klimek S., Röder N., Frank C., Böhner H., Kamp J. 2023. Associations between farmland birds and fallow area at large scales: consistently positive over three periods of the EU Common Agricultural Policy but moderated by landscape complexity. Journal of Applied Ecology 60: 1077-1088. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14400
Iddris N.A., Formaglio G., Paul C., von Groß V., Chen G., Angulo-Rubiano, A., Berkelmann, D., Brambach, F., Darras, K.F.A., Krashevska, V., Potapov, A., Wenzel, A., Irawan, B., Damris, M., Daniel, R., Grass, I., Kreft, H., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Tjoa, A., Veldkamp, E., & Corre, M.D. 2023. Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm. Nature Sustainability 6: 683–695. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01076-x
Kiffner C, Giliba R.A:, Fust P., Loos J., Waltert M. 2023. Assessing protected area effectiveness in western Tanzania: Insights from repeated line transect surveys. African Journal of Ecology 61: 966–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13200
Koshkina A., Freitag F., Grigoreyeva I., Hölzel N., Stirnemann I., Velbert F., Kamp J. 2023. Post‐Soviet fire and grazing regimes govern the abundance of a key ecosystem engineer on the Eurasian steppe, the yellow ground squirrel Spermophilus fulvus. Diversity and Distributions 29: 395-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13668
Kupsch, D., Knobloch, L., Bobo, K.S., Motombi, F.N. & Waltert, M. 2023. Rural livelihoods and biodiversity in Afrotropical agroforestry systems and oil palm plantations. In: Defining Agroecology – A Festschrift for Teja Tscharntke. Eds.: Dormann, C.F., Batáry, P., Grass, I., Klein, A.-M., Loos, J., Scherber, C., Stefan-Dewenter, I. & Wanger, T.C. Tredition, Hamburg, pages 223–240. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10019828
Ocampo-Ariza C., Toledo-Hernández M., Librán-Embid F., Armenteras D., Vansynghel J., Raveloaritiana E., Arimond I., Angulo-Rubiano A., Tscharntke T., Ramírez-Casta V., Wurz A., Marcacci G., Anders M., Urbina-Cardona N., de Vos A., Devy S., Westphal C., Toomey A., Sheherazade, Chirango Y., Maas B. 2023. Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 21:17-24. , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2023.01.002
Rodenwald N., Sutcliffe L.M.E., Leuschner C., Batary P. 2023. Weak evidence for biocontrol spillover from both flower strips and grassy field margins in conventional cereals. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 355: 108614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108614
Tsetagho G., Bradfer-Lawrence T., Taku A II., Abernethy K.A., Abwe E.E., Angwafo E.T., Atuo F., Fichtler M., Fotso R., Shirley M.H., Morgan B.J., Languy M., Maisels F., Oslisly R., Powell L., Smith T., Thomassen H.A, Waltert M., Wolfe J., Whytock R.C. 2023. Modeling the potential distribution of the threatened Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas across its entire range. Bird Conservation International 33: e65. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270923000175
Wesemeyer M., Kamp J., Schmitz T., Müller D., Lakes T. 2023. Multi-objective spatial optimization to balance trade-offs between farmland bird diversity and potential agricultural net returns. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 345: 108316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108316
2022
Darul R., Gavashelishvili A., Saveljev A.P., Seryodkin I.V., …, Khorozyan I., …, Schmidt K. (32 authors) 2022. Coat polymorphism in Eurasian lynx: adaptation to environment or phylogeographic legacy? Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29: 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-021-09580-7
Filla M., Lama R.P., Ghaleb T.R., Filla T., Heurich M., Waltert M., Khorozyan I. 2022. Blue sheep strongly affect snow leopard relative abundance but not livestock depredation in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 37:e02153 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02153
Filla M., Lama R.P., Filla T., Heurich M., Balkenhol N., Waltert M., Khorozyan I. 2022. Patterns of livestock depredation by snow leopards and effects of intervention strategies: lessons from the Nepalese Himalaya. Wildlife Research (Online). https://www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR21169
Fox‑Rosales L.A., de Oliveira T.G. 2022. Habitat use patterns and conservation of small carnivores in a human‑dominated landscape of the semiarid Caatinga in Brazil. Mammalian Biology (Online). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00245-3
Ghoddousi A., Van Cayzeele C., Negahdar P, Soofi M., Hamidi A.Kh., Bleyhl B., Fandos G., Khorozyan I., Waltert M., Kuemmerle T. 2022. Understanding spatial patterns of poaching pressure using ranger logbook data to optimize future patrolling strategies. Ecological Applications (Online). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2601
Heim R., Heim W., Bültmann H., Kamp J., Rieker D., Yurtaev A., Hölzel N. 2022. Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra. Global Change Biology 28: 1048–1062 .https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15963
Heim W., Thomas A., Berner I., Korschefsky T., Hölzel N., Kamp J. 2022. Anthropogenic fire patterns affect niche breadth and overlap in sympatric songbird species. Science of the Total Environment 833: 155160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155160
Hertzog L.R., Röder N., Frank C., Böhner H.S., Kamp J. 2022. Village modernization and farmland birds: A reply to Rosin et al. (2021). Conservation Letters 15: e12874. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12874
Kamp J. 2022. Coppice loss and persistence in Germany. Trees, Forests and People 8: 100227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100227
Khorozyan I. 2022. Defining practical and robust study designs for interventions targeted at terrestrial mammalian predators. Conservation Biology 36: e13805. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13805
Khorozyan I., Heurich M. 2022. Large-scale sheep losses to wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany are related to the expansion of the wolf population but not to increasing wolf numbers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:778917. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.778917
Kiffner C., Boyle D.M., Denninger‑Snyder K., Kissui B.M., Waltert M., Krause S. 2022. Refining the stress gradient hypothesis for mixed species groups of African mammals. Scientific Reports 12, 17715. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22593-3
Mondal P., Dutta T., Qadir A., Sharma S. 2022: Radar and optical remote sensing for near real-time assessments of cyclone impacts on coastal ecosystems. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (online early), https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.257
Morin D.J., Boulanger J., Bischof R., Lee D.C., Ngoprasert D., Fuller A.K., McLellan B., Steinmetz R., Sharma S., Garshelis D., Gopalaswamy A., Nawaz M.A., Karanth U. 2022. Comparison of methods for estimating density and population trends for low-density Asian bears. Global Ecology and Conservation 35: e02058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02058
Nayeri D., Mohammadi A., Zedrosser A., Soofi M. 2022. Characteristics of natural and anthropogenic mortality of an endangered brown bear population. Journal for Nature Conservation 70, 126288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126288
Noack F., Larsen A., Kamp J., Levers C. 2022. A bird’s eye view of farm size and biodiversity: the ecological legacy of the Iron Curtain. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (early view), https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12274
O'Reilly E., Gregory R.D., Aunins A., Brotons L., Chodkiewic T., Escandell V., Foppen R.P.B., Gamero A., Herrando S., Jiguet F., Kålås J.A., Kamp J., Klvaňová A., Lehikoinen A., Lindström Å., Massimino D., Øien I.J., Reif J., Šilarová E., Teufelbauer N., Trautmann S., van Turnhout C., Vikstrøm T., Voříšek P., Butler S.J. 2022. An assessment of relative habitat use as a metric for species’ habitat association and degree of specialization. Ecological Indicators 135: 108521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108521
Pangau-Adam M., Flassy M., Trei J.-N., Waltert M., Soofi M. 2022. The role of the introduced rusa deer Cervus timorensis for wildlife hunting in West Papua, Indonesia. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 3:e12118. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12118
Parsch C., Wagner B., Pangau-Adam M., Nitschke C., Kreft H., Schrader J. 2022. Papua at the crossroads: A plea for systematic conservation planning in one of the largest remaining areas of tropical rainforest. Frontiers in Forest and Global Change 5: 763131. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.763131
Püttmanns M., Böttges L., Filla T., Lehmann F., Martens A.S., Siegel F., Sippel A., von Bassi M., Balkenhol N., Waltert M., Gottschalk E. 2022. Habitat use and foraging parameters of breeding Skylarks indicate no seasonal decrease in food availability in heterogeneous farmland. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8461. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8461
Püttmanns, M., Lehmann, F., Willert, F., Heinz, J., Kieburg, A., Filla, T., Balkenhol, N., Waltert, M., Gottschalk, E. 2022. No seasonal curtailment of the Eurasian Skylark’s (Alauda arvensis) breeding season in German heterogeneous farmland. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9267. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9267
Soofi M., Qashqaei A.T., Mousavi M., Hadipour E., Filla M., Kiabi B.H., Bleyhl B., Ghoddousi A., Balkenhol N., Andrew Royle N., Pavey C.R., Khorozyan I., Waltert M. 2022. Quantifying the relationship between prey density, livestock and illegal killing of leopards. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:1536–1547. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14163
Soofi M., Qashqaei A., Trei J.-N., Shokri S. Selyari J., Ghasemi B., Sepahvand P., Egli L., Nezami B., Zamani N., Yusefi G.H., Kiabi B.H., Balkenhol N., Royle A., Pavey C.R., Redpath S.M., Waltert M. 2022. A novel application of hierarchical modelling to decouple sampling artifacts from socio-ecological effects on poaching intensity. Biological Conservation 267: 109488 (Online). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109488
Soofi M., Soufi M., Royle A., Waltert M., Khorozyan I. 2022. Numbers and presence of guarding dogs affect wolf and leopard predation on livestock in northeastern Iran. Basic And Applied Ecology 64: 147-156https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.08.001
Soofi M., Khorozyan I., Ghasemi B. 2022. Coexistence between leopards and local people – challenges and solutions. Catnews Special Issue 15: 50-56.
Spatz T., Katzenberger J., Friess N., Gelpke C., Gottschalk E., Hormann M. Koschkar S., Pfeiffer T., Stübing S., Sudfeldt C., Rösner S., Schabo D.G., Farwig N. 2022. Sex, landscape diversity and primary productivity shape the seasonal space use of a migratory European raptor. Journal of Avian Biology e02925 (Online). https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02925
Yusefi, G.H., Brito J.C., Soofi M., Safi K. 2022. Hunting and persecution drive mammal declines in Iran. Scientific Reports. 12,17743. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22238-5
2021
Ahmadpour M., Shokri S., Varasteh-Moradi H., Waltert M., Khorozyan I., Soofi M. 2021. The occurrence of the rare corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) in Iran is mainly determined by prey presence and land use. Journal of Arid Environments 189: 104475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104475
Amano T., Berdejo-Espinola V.B., Christie A.P., Willot K., ..., Khorozyan I., …, Sutherland W.J. (63 authors) 2021. Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology 19: e3001296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296
Bleyhl B., Ghoddousi A., Askerov E., Bocedi G., Breitenmoser U., Manvelyan K., Palmer S.C.F., Soofi M., Weinberg P., Zazanashvili N., Shmunk V., Zurell D., Kuemmerle T. 2021. Reducing persecution is more effective for restoring large carnivores than restoring their prey. Ecological Applications 31: e02338. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2338
Bowler D., Richter R., Eskildsen D., Kamp J., Moshøj C. M., Reif J., Strebel N., Trautmann S. & Voříšek, P. 2021. Geographic variation in the population trends of common breeding birds across central Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology 56: 72–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.07.004
Brlík V., Šilarová E., Škorpilová J., Alonso H., Anton M., Aunins A., Benkö Z., Biver G., Busch M., Chodkiewicz T., Chylarecki P., Coombes D., de Carli E., del Moral J.C., Derouaux A., Escandell V., Eskildsen D.P., Fontaine B., Foppen R.P.B, Gamero A., Gregory R.D., Harris S., Herrando S., Hristov I., Husby M., Ieronymidou C., Jiguet F., Kålås J.A., Kamp J., Kmecl P., Kurlavičius P., Lehikoinen A., Lewis L., Lindström Å., Manolopoulos A., Martí D., Massimino D., Moshøj D., Nellis R., Noble D., Paquet A., Paquet J.-Y., Portolou D., Ramírez I., Redel C., Reif J., Ridzoň J., Schmid H., Seaman B., Silva L., Soldaat L., Spasov S., Staneva A., Szép T., Tellini Florenzano G., Teufelbauer N., Trautmann S., van der Meij T., van Strien A., van Turnhout C., Vermeersch G., Vermouzek Z., Vikstrøm T., Voříšek P, Weiserbs A., Klvaňová A. 2021. Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds. Scientific Data 8: 21. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00804-2
[Blog]
Buner F., Gottschalk E. 2020. Grey Partridge. In: Keller V, et al.: European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 - Distribution, Abundance and Change. European Bird Census Council & Lynx editions, Barcelona
Donald P.F., Kamp J., Green R.E., Urazaliyev R., Koshkin M., Sheldon R. 2021. Migration strategy, site fidelity and population size of the globally threatened Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius. Journal of Ornithology 162: 349–362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01844-y [Blog]
Farhadinia M.S., Rostro-Garcia S., Feng L., Kamler J.F., Spalton A., Shevtsova E., Khorozyan I., Al-Duais M., Ge J. and Macdonald D.W. 2021. Big cats in borderlands: challenges and implications for transboundary conservation of Asian leopards. Oryx 55: 452–460. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000693DOI:10.1017/S0030605319000693
Filla M., Lama R.P., Ghale T.R., Signer J., Filla T., Aryal R.R., Heurich M., Waltert M., Balkenhol N., Khorozyan I. 2021. In the shadows of snow leopards and the Himalayas: density and habitat selection of blue sheep in Manang, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution 11: 108–122. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6959
Freitag M., Kamp J., Dara A., Kuemmerle T., Sidorova T.V., Stirnemann I.A., Velbert F., Hölzel N. 2021. Post-Soviet shifts in fire and grazing regimes changed the functional plant community composition on the Eurasian steppe. Global Change Biology 27: 388–401. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15411 Media Coverage: [BBC]
Ghoddousi A., Buchholtz E.K., Dietsch A.M., Williamson M.A., Sharma S., Balkenhol N., Kuemmerle T., Dutta T. 2021. Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning. One Earth 4: 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.003 [Press Release]
Heim, R., Bucharova, A., Brodt, L., Kamp, J., Rieker, D., Soromotin, A.V., Yurtaev, A., Hölzel, N. 2021. Post-fire vegetation succession in the Siberian subarctic tundra over 45 years. Science of the Total Environment 760:143425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143425
Heim W., Chan S., Hölzel N., Ktitorov P., Mischenko A., Kamp, J. 2021. East Asian buntings: Ongoing illegal trade and encouraging conservation responses. Conservation Science and Practice 3: e405. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.405
Hertzog L.R., Frank C., Klimek S., Röder N., Böhner H.G.S., Kamp J. 2021. Model‐based integration of citizen science data from disparate sources increases the precision of bird population trends. Diversity and Distributions 27: 1106–1119. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13259
Hofmann T., Marker L., Hondong H. 2021. Detection success of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) scat by dog-human and human-only teams in a semi-arid savanna. Namibian Journal of Environment (Section A) 5: 1–11. http://www.nje.org.na/index.php/nje/article/view/volume5-hofmann
Husemann, M., Rajaei, H., Saboori, A., Zahiri, R., Yusefi, Gh.H., Soofi, M., Elisabeth Haring, Joger, U. 2021. Editorial: Special issue on Iran's zoological biodiversity. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59: 1515. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12549
Kamp J., Frank C., Trautmann S., Busch M., Dröschmeister R., Flade, M., Gerlach B., Karthäuser J., Kunz, F., Mitschke, A., Schwarz, J., Sudfeldt C. 2021. Population trends of common breeding birds in Germany 1990-2018. Journal of Ornithology 162: 1–15 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01830-4
Katzenberger J., Gottschalk E., Balkenhol N. Waltert M. 2021. Density‐dependent age of first reproduction as a key factor for population dynamics: stable breeding populations mask strong floater declines in a long‐lived raptor. Animal Conservation 24: 862–875. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12687
Kely M.R., Kouakou C.Y., Béné J.C.K., Tiedoué M.R., Diarrasouba A., Tondossama A., Kuehl H.S., Waltert M. 2021. Research and tourism affect positively the occupancy pattern of Loxodonta cyclotis (Elephantidae) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. Nature Conservation Research 6: 68–77. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.012
Khorozyan I. 2021. Dealing with false positive risk as an indicator of misperceived effectiveness of conservation interventions. PLoS ONE 16: e0255784. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255784
Khorozyan I. 2021. Setting statistical thresholds is useful to define truly effective conservation interventions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 657423. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.657423
Khorozyan I., Ananian V., Malkhasyan A. 2021. No longer regionally extinct: a review of Pallas’s cat Otocolobus manul records from the Caucasus with a new record from Armenia (Mammalia: Felidae). Zoology in the Middle East 67: 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2020.1865663
Khorozyan I., Waltert M. 2021. A global view on evidence-based effectiveness of interventions used to protect livestock from wild cats. Conservation Science and Practice 3:e317. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.317
Li X., Wang Y., Luo Y., Wen J., Li H., Gottschalk E., Settele J., Schweiger O. 2021. Opportunities to improve China’s biodiversity protection laws. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 726–732. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01422-2
Morrison C.A., Auniņš A., Benkő Z., Brotons L., Chodkiewicz T., Chylarecki P., Escandell V., Eskildsen D.P., Gamero A., Herrando S., Jiguet F., Kålås J. A., Kamp J., Klvaňová A., Kmecl P., Lehikoinen A., Lindström, Å., Moshøj C., Noble D. G., Øien I. J., Paquet J-Y., Reif J., Sattler T., Seaman B.S., Teufelbauer N., Trautmann S., van Turnhout C.A.M., Vořišek P., Butler S.J. 2021. Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapes. Nature Communications 12: 6217. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26488-1
Ordaz-Németh I., Sop T., Amarasekaran B., Bachmann M., Boesch C., Brncic T., Caillaud D., Campbell G., Carvalho J., Chancellor R., Davenport T.R.B., Dowd D., Eno-Nku M., Ganas-Swaray J., Granier N., Greengrass E., Heinicke S., Herbinger I., Inkamba-Nkulu C., Iyenguet F., Junker J., Bobo K.S., Lushimba A., Maisels F., Malanda G.A.F., McCarthy M.S., Motsaba P., Moustgaard J., Murai M., Ndoukoue B., Nixon S., Nseme R.A., Nzooh Z., Pintea L., Plumptre A.J., Roy J., Rundus A., Sanderson J., Serckx A., Strindberg S., Tweh C., Vanleeuwe H., Vosper A., Waltert M., Williamson E.A., Wilson M., Mundry R., Kühl H.S. 2021. Range-wide indicators of African great ape density distribution. American Journal of Primatology 83:e23338 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23338
Pagel C.D., Waltert M., Scheer M., Lück M. 2021. Swimming with wild orcas in Norway: killer whale behaviours addresses towards snorkelers and divers in an unregulated whale watching market. Pp. 77-97 In: Lück M., Liu C. (eds.) A kaleidoscope of tourism research: insights from the International Competence Network of Tourism Research and Education (ICNT). Peter Lang, Berlin, 296 pp.
Pangau-Adam M., Slowik J., Waltert M. 2021. Negative effects of logging on bird dispersed trees in northern Papuan lowland forest. Tropical Conservation Science 14:1–9 https://doi.org/10.1177/19400829211031171
Port M., Henkelmann A., Schröder F., Waltert M., Middelhoff L., Anders O., Jokisch S. 2021. Rise and fall of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) stepping-stone population in central Germany. Mammal Research 66: 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00527-6
Prishchepov A.V., Myachina Ks. V., Kamp J., Smelansky I., Dubrovskaya S., Ryakhov R., Grudinin D., Yakovlev I., Urazaliev R. 2021. Multiple trajectories of grassland fragmentation, degradation and recovery in Russia's steppes. Land Degradation and Development 32: 3220–3235. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3976
Püttmanns M., Balkenhol N., Filla T., Görlich A., Roeles F., Waltert M., Gottschalk E. 2021. Avoidance of high-risk linear structures by Skylarks in the early breeding season and implications for conservation management. Journal of Ornithology 162:307–312 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01833-1
Reinhold N., Wobker J., Schröder T., Kemnade C., Bobo K.S., Waltert M. 2021. Confirmation of strong declines of grey parrots in the Korup region, Cameroon, between 2002 and 2016. African Journal of Ecology 59: 561-565 https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12837
Sheludkov A., Kamp J., Müller D. 2021. Decreasing labor intensity in agriculture and the accessibility of major cities shape the rural population decline in postsocialist Russia. Eurasian Geography and Economics 62: 481–506. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2020.1822751
Shokri Sh., Jafari, A., Rabei K., Hadipour E., Alinejad H., Zeppenfeld T., Soufi M., Zehzad B., Kiabi H. B., Pavey R. Ch., Balkenhol N., Waltert M., Soofi M. 2021. Conserving populations at the edge of their geographic range: the endangered Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) across protected areas of Iran. Biodiversity and Conservation 30: 85–105 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02077-4
Singer D., Hondong H., Dietz M. 2021. Habitat use of Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteini) and woodpeckers reveals the importance of old-growth features in European beech forests. Forest Ecology and Management 498: 119547 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119547
Wobker J., Heim W., Schmaljohann H. 2021. Sex, age, molt strategy, and migration distance explain the phenology of songbirds at a stopover along the East Asian flyway. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02957-3
2020
Baumann M., Kamp J. , Pötzschner F., Bleyhl B., Dara A., Hankerson B., Prishchepov A., Schierhorn F., Müller D., Hölzel N., Urazaliyev R., Kuemmerle T. 2020. Declining human pressure and opportunities for rewilding in the steppes of Eurasia. Diversity and Distributions 26: 1058–1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13110
Borzée A., McNeely J., Magellan K., Miller J.R.B., Porter L., Dutta T., Kadinjappalli K.P., Sharma S., Shahabuddin G., Aprilinayati F., Ryan G.E., Hughes A., Abd Mutalib A.H., Wahab A.Z.A., Bista D., Chavanich S.A., Chong J.L., Gale G.A., Ghaffari H., Ghimirey Y., Jayaraj V.K., Khatiwada A.P., Khatiwada M., Krishna M., Lwin N., Paudel P.K., Sadykova C., Savini T., Shrestha B.B., Strine C.T., Sutthacheep M., Wong E.P., Yeemin T., Zahirudin N.Z., Zhang L. 2020. COVID-19 Highlights the Need for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35: 1052-1055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.001 Media Coverage: [EurekAlert!] [ScienceDaily] [phys.org]
Bruns A., Waltert M. and Khorozyan I. 2020. The effectiveness of livestock protection measures against wolves (Canis lupus) and implications for their co-existence with humans. Global Ecology and Conservation 21: e00868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00868
Dara A., Baumann M., Hölzel N., Hostert P., Kamp J. , Müller D., Ullrich B., Kuemmerle T. 2020. Post-Soviet land-use change affected fire regimes on the Eurasian steppes. Ecosystems 23:943–956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00447-w
Dara A., Baumann M., Freitag M., Hölzel N., Hostert P., Kamp J. , Müller D., Prishchepov A.V., Kuemmerle T. 2020. Annual Landsat time series reveal post-Soviet changes in grazing pressure. Remote Sensing of Environment 239: 111667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111667
Düker S., Kupsch D., Bobo K.S., Heymann E. and Waltert M. 2020. Congo Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus densities in oil palm plantation, agroforestry mosaic and protected forest in Southwest Cameroon. Bird Conservation International 30: 156-167 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270919000194
Eichenberg, D., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Bowler, D., Bruelheide, H., Conze, K.-J., Dauber, J., Dengler, J., Engels, D., Fartmann, T., Frank, D., Geske, C., Grescho, V., Harter, D., Henle, K., Hofmann, S., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kamp, J., Kautzner, A., König-Ries, B., Krämer, R., Krüß, A., Kühl, H., Ludwig, M., Lueg, H., May, R., Musche, M., Opitz, A., Ronnenberg, K., Schacherer, A., Schäffler, L., Schiffers, K., Schulte, U., Schwarz, J., Sperle, T., Stab, S., Stöck, M., Theves, F., Trockur, B., Wesche, K., Wessel, M., Winter, M., Wirth, C., Bonn, A. 2020. Langfristige Biodiversitätsveränderungen in Deutschland erkennen - mit Hilfe der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft schauen. Natur und Landschaft 95: 479-491.
Farhadinia M.S., Rostro-Garcia S., Feng L., Kamler J.F., Spalton A., Shevtsova E., Khorozyan I. , Al-Duais M., Ge J., Macdonald D.W. 2020. Big cats in borderlands: challenges and implications for transboundary conservation of Asian leopards. Oryx, in press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000693
Ghoddousi A., Bleyhl B., Sichau C., Ashayeri D., Moghadas P., Sepahvand P, Hamidi A.Kh., Soofi M., Kuemmerle T. 2020. Mapping connectivity and conflict risk to identify safe corridors for the Persian leopard. Landscape Ecology 35: 1809–1825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01062-0
Heim W., Heim R.J., Beermann I., Burkovskiy O.A., Gerasimov Y., Ktitorov P., Ozaki K., Panov I., Sander M.M., Sjöberg S., Smirenski S.M., Thomas A., Tottrup A., Tiunov I.M., Willemoes M., Hölzel N., Thorup K., Kamp J. 2020. Using geolocator tracking data and ringing archives to validate citizen-science based seasonal predictions of songbird distribution in a data-poor region. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01215 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01215
Kamp J., Freitag M., Hölzel N. 2020. Towards more meaningful scenarios of biodiversity responses to land-use change in Central Asia. Regional Environmental Change 20:79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01666-x
Kamp J., Trappe J., Dübbers L., Funke S. 2020. Impacts of windstorm-induced forest loss and varying reforestation on bird communities. Forest Ecology and Management 478: 118504 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118504
Khorozyan I. 2020. A comparison of common metrics used to quantify the effectiveness of conservation interventions. PeerJ 8: e9873. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9873
Khorozyan I., Ghoddousi S., Soufi M., Soofi M. and Waltert M. 2020. Studded leather collars are very effective in protecting cattle from leopard (Panthera pardus) attacks. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 1: e12013. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12013 Media Coverage: [The Applied Ecologist]
Khorozyan I., Waltert M. 2020. Variation and conservation implications of the effectiveness of anti‑bear interventions. Scientific Reports 10: 15341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72343-6
Koshkina A., Grigoryeva I., Tokarsky V., Urazaliyev R., Kuemmerle T., Hölzel N., Kamp J. 2020. Marmots from space: assessing population size and habitat use of a burrowing mammal using publicly available satellite images. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 6: 153–167. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.138 Open Access
Koster J., McElreath R., Hill K., Yu D., Shepard Jr. G., van Vliet N., Gurven M., Trumble B., Bliege Bird R., Bird D., Codding B., Coad L., Pacheco-Cobos L., Winterhalder B., Lupo K., Schmitt D., Sillitoe P., Franzen M., Alvard M., Venkataraman V., Kraft T., Endicott K., Beckerman S., Marks S.A., Headland T., Pangau-Adam M., Siren A., Kramer K., Greaves R., Reyes-García V., Guèze M., Duda R., Fernández-Llamazares A., Gallois S., Napitupulu L., Ellen R., Ziker J., Nielsen M.R. Ready E., Healey C., Ross C. 2020. The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation. Science Advances 6: eaax9070. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9070
Kuemmerle T., Bluhm H., Ghoddousi A., Arakelyan M., Askerov E., Bleyhl B., Ghasabian M., Gavashelishvili A., Heidelberg A., Malkhasyan A., Manvelyan K., Soofi M., Yarovenko Y., Weinberg P., Zazanashvili N. 2020. Identifying priority areas for restoring mountain ungulates in the Caucasus ecoregion. Conservation Science and Practice 2:e276. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.276
Melovski D., Ivanov G., Stojanov A., Avukatov V., Gonev A., Pavlov A., Breitenmoser U., von Arx M., Filla M., Krofel I., Signer J., Balkenhol N. 2020. First insight into the spatial and foraging ecology of the critically endangered Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus, Buresh 1941). Hystrix - The Italian Journal of Mammalogy 31: 26-34. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00254-2019
Meyer N.F.V., Balkenhol N., Dutta T., Hofman M., Meyer J.Y., Ritchie E.G., Alley C., Beranek C., Bugir C.K., Callen A., Clulow S., Cove M.V., Klop-Toker K., Lopez O.R., Mahony M., Scanlon R., Sharma S., Shute E., Upton R., Guilbault E., Griffin A.S., Hernández Pérez E., Howell L.G., King J.P., Lenga D., O Donoghue P., Hayward M.W. 2020. Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019. Conservation Biology (Online) https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13665
Munteanu C., Kamp J., Klein N., Kraemer B., Müller D., Koshkina A., Prishchepov A., Kuemmerle T. 2020. Cold War spy satellite images reveal long-term declines of a philopatric keystone species in response to cropland expansion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192897. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2897 Media Coverage: [Science][BBC Radio][New Scientist]
Novák T. J., Balla D., Kamp J. 2020. Changes in anthropogenic influence on soils across Europe 1990–2018. Applied Geography 124: 102294. https://doi.org/ j.apgeog.2020.102294
de Oliveira T.G., Lima B.C., Fox-Rosales L., Pereira R.S., Pontes-Araújo E. and de Sousa A.L. 2020. A refined population and conservation assessment of the elusive and endangered northern tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus) in its key worldwide conservation area in Brazil. Global Ecology and Conservation 21: e00927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00927
Pavey C.R. , Nano C.E.M. and Waltert M. 2020. Population dynamics of dasyurid marsupials in dryland Australia: Variation across habitat and time. Austral Ecology 45: 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12854
Richter R., Heim A., Heim W., Kamp J. , Vohland M. 2020. Combining multiband remote sensing and hierarchical distance sampling to establish drivers of bird abundance. Remote Sensing 12: 38 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010038 Open Access
Schrader J., Parsch C., Moeljono S., Kalor J.D., Hofmann T., Weinrich C., Mühlberger F., Stinn C., Mühlenberg M., Sattler C. 2020. An annotated bird checklist for Gam island, Raja Ampat, including field notes on species monitoring and conservation. Forest and Society 4: 310-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.24259/fs.v4i2.8664
Semple L., Ottewell K., Sims C., Simianer H. and Byrne M. 2020. Genetic viability of a reintroduced population of south-western common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus), Western Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 26: 282-292 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC19031
Steyaer S.M.J.G, Zedrosser A., Filipczykova E., Leclerc M., Koike S., Crudge B., Dutta T., Sharma S., Ratnayeke S., Swaisgood R., Derocher A., Clapham M., Spady T.., McLellan B., Ordiz A., Fernández-Gil A., Naves J., Delibes M., Swenson J.E. 2020. Mating strategies. In: Bears of the World-Ecology, Conservation and Management (Eds: V. Penteriani, M. Melletti). Cambridge University Press.
Surbaktia S.,Parker H.G.,McIntyre J.K., Maurya H.K., Cairns K.M., Selvig M., Pangau-Adam M., Safonpo A., Numberi L., Runtuboi D.Y.P., Davis B.W., Ostrander E.A. 2020. New Guinea highland wild dogs are the original New Guinea singing dogs. PNAS 117: 24369–24376 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007242117 Media Coverage: [Science Magazine]
Waltert M. 2020. Science during crisis and the Arnold Berliner Award 2020. The Science of Nature 107:35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01689-8 Open Access
Waltert M., Grammes J. , Schwenninger J., Roig-Boixeda P. and Port M. 2020. A case of underestimation of density by direct line transect sampling in a hunted roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population. Mammal Research 65: 151–160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00450-5