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• Huber S, Kneubühler M, Koetz B, Schopfer JT, Itten KI & Zimmermann NE, 2010. Contribution of Directional Chris/Proba Data for Estimating Canopy Biochemistry in Forest. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, in press.
• Lenoir J, Gégout J-C, Guisan A, Vittoz P, Wohlgemuth T, Zimmermann NE, Dullinger S, Pauli H, Willner W & Svenning J-C, 2010. Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for the unexpected downward range shifts of some mountain plant species despite a warming climate. Ecography, in press.
• Somodi I, Virágh K, Székely B & Zimmermann NE, 2010. Changes in predictor influence with time and with vegetation type identity in a post-abandonment situtation. Basic and Applied Ecology, in press.

2010

• McVicar TR, Van Niel TG, Roderick ML, Li LT, Mo XG, Schmatz D & Zimmermann NE, 2010. Observational evidence from two mountainous regions that near- surface wind speeds are declining more rapidly at higher elevations than lower elevations: 1960-2006. Geophysical Research Letters 37: L06402, doi:10.1029/2009GL042255.
• [Gr.Aut] Winkler M, Tribsch A, Paun O, Englisch T, Schönswetter p & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2010. Pleistocene distribution range shifts were accompanied by breeding system divergence within Hornungia alpina (Brassicaceae) in the Alps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 571-582.

2009

• [Gr.Aut] Alvarez N, Thiel-Egenter C, Tribsch A, Holderegger R, Manel S, Schönswetter P, Taberlet P, Brodbeck S, Gaudeul M, Gielly L, Küpfer P, Mansion G, Negrini R, Paun O, Pellecchia M, Rioux D, Schüpfer F, Van Loo M, Winkler M, Gugerli F & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2009. History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of spatial genetic structure in Alpine plants. Ecology Letters 12: 632-640.
• [Gr.Aut] Coldea G, Stoica IA, Puşcaş M, Ursu T, Opera A & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2009. Alpine–subalpine species richness of the Romanian Carpathians and the current conservation status of rare species. Biodiversity Conservation 18: 1441-1458.
• Engler R, Randin CF, Vittoz P, Czáka T, Beniston M, Zimmermann NE & Guisan A, 2009. Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter? Ecography 32: 34-45. (and Supplementary Material).
• Galley C, Linder HP & Zimmermann NE, 2009. Pentaschistis species diversity in a mediterranean region; habitat heterogeneity, restricted ranges and climatic stability. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15(6): 1557-1569.
• Kaplan JO, Krummhardt KM & Zimmermann NE, 2009. The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 3016-3034.
• Mathys L, Guisan A, Kellenberger TW & Zimmermann NE, 2009.Evaluating effects of spectral training data distribution on continuous field mapping performance. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 64: 665-673.
• Nobis MP, Jaeger JAG & Zimmermann NE, 2009. Neophyte species richness at the landscape scale under urban sprawl and climate warming. Diversity and Distribution, 15: 928-939.
• Rammig A, Jonas T, Zimmermann NE & Rixen C, 2009. Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions. Biogeosciences Discuss. 6: 10817-10847.
• Randin CF, Engler R, Normand S, Zappa M, Zimmermann NE, Pearman PB, Vittoz P, Thuiller W & Guisan A, 2009. Climate change and plant distribution: local models predict high-elevation persistence. Global Change Biology 15(6): 1557-1569.
• Steinmann K, Linder HP & Zimmermann NE, 2009. Modelling species richness using functional groups. Ecological Modelling 220: 962-967. (and Appendix).
• [Gr.Aut] Thiel-Egenter C, Holderegger R, Brodbeck S & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2009. Concordant genetic breaks, identified by combining clustering and tessellation methods, in two co-distributed alpine plant species. Molecular Ecology 18: 4507-4275.
• Zimmermann NE, Yoccoz NG, Edwards TC, Jr, Meier ES, Thuiller W, Guisan A, Schmatz DR & Pearman PB, 2009. Climatic extremes improve predictions of spatial patterns of tree species. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 19723-19728. (and Appendix).
  

2008

• Gehrig-Fasel J, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2008. Evaluating thermal treeline indicators based on air and soil temperature using an air-to-soil transfer model. Ecological Modelling 213(3-4): 345-355.
• [Gr.Aut] Graham CH, Elith J, Hijmans RJ, Guisan A, Loiselle BA & the NCEAS species distribution modelling group (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2008. The influence of spatial errors in species occurrence data used in distribution models. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 239-247.
• Gugerli F, Englisch T, Niklfeld H, Tribsch A, Mirek Z, Ronikier M, Zimmermann NE, Holderegger R, Taberlet P & IntraBioDiv consortium, 2008. Relationships among levels of biodiversity and the relevance of intraspecific diversity in conservation - a project synopsis. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 10(4): 259-281.
• Huber S, Kneubühler M, Psomas A, Itten KI & Zimmermann NE, 2008. Estimating foliar biochemistry from hyperspectral data in mixed forest canopy. Forest Ecology and Management, 256: 491-501.
• Kneubühler M, Koetz B, Huber S, Zimmermann NE & Schaepman ME, 2008. Space-based spectro-directional Measurements for the Improved Estimation of Ecosystem Variables. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(3): 192-205.
• [Gr.Aut] Paun O, Schönswetter P, Winkler M & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2008. Historical divergence vs. contemporary gene flow: evolutionary history of the calcicole Ranunculus alpestris group (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps and the Carpathians. Molecular Ecology 17: 4263-4275.
• Pearman PB, Randin CF, Broennimann O, Vittoz P, van der Knaap WO, Engler R, Le Lay G, Zimmermann NE, Guisan A, 2008. Testing predictions of change in plant-species distributions across six millennia. Ecology Letters 11: 357-369.
• Rutherford GN, Bebi P, Edwards PJ & Zimmermann NE, 2008. Assessing land-use statistics to model land cover change in a mountainous landscape in the European Alps. Ecological Modelling 212: 460-471.
• Thuiller W, Albert C, Ara˙jo MB, Berry PM, Cabeza M, Guisan A, Hickler T, Midgley GF, Paterson J, Schurr FM, Sykes MT & Zimmermann NE, 2008. Predicting global change impacts on plant speciesí distributions: Future challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 9: 137-152.
• [Gr.Aut] Wisz MS, Hijmans RJ, Li J, Peterson AT, Graham CH, Guisan A & the NCEAS species distribution modelling group (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2008. Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models. Diversity and Distributions: 14, 763-773.

2007

• [Gr.Aut] Ehrich D, Gaudeul M, Assefa A, Koch MA, Mummenhoff K, Nemomissa S, Brochmann C & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2007. Genetic consequences of Pleistocene range shifts: contrast between the Arctic, the Alps and the East African mountains. Molecular Ecology 15: 2542-2559.
• Gehrig-Fasel J, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Treeline shifts in the Swiss Alps: Climate Change or Land Abandonment? Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 571-582.  [+ Appendix].
• Gellrich M, Baur P, Koch B & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Agricultural land abandonment and natural forest re-growth in the Swiss mountains: A spatially explicit economic analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 118: 93-108.
• Gellrich M, & Zimmermann NE 2007. Land abandonment in the Swiss mountains: A spatial statistical analysis at the regional scale. Landscape and Urban Planning 79: 65-76.
• Gellrich M, Baur P, & Zimmermann NE 2007. Natural forest re-growth in the Swiss mountains: investigating patterns and causes on two different spatial and temporal scales. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 12: 269-278.
• [Gr.Aut] Guisan A, Graham C, Elith J, Huettman, F & the NCEAS species distribution modelling group (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2007. Sensitivity of predictive species distribution models to change in grain size: insights from a multi-models experiment across five continents. Diversity and Distribution 13: 332-340.
• Guisan A, Zimmermann NE, Elith J, Graham C & the NCEAS species distribution modelling group, 2007 Comparing the performance of sixteen modelling techniques to predict species´ distribution from occurrence data: a case study with trees in Switzerland. Ecological Monographs 77(4): 615-630. [Appendices]
• Leyk S & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Improving land cover change analysis based on uncertain survey maps: predictive map correction and area estimations using Fuzzy Sets. Landscape Ecology 22: 257-272.
• [Gr.Aut] Mráz P, Gaudeul M, Rioux D, Gielly L, Choler P, Taberlet P & INTRABIODIV consortium (incl. NE Zimmermann) 2007. Genetic structure of Hypochaeris uniflora (Asteraceae) suggests vicariance in the Carpathians and rapid post-glacial colonization of the Alps from an eastern Alpine refugium. Journal of Biogeography 34: 2100-2114.
• Rickebusch S, Gellrich M, Lischke H, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Combining probabilistic land-use change and forest dynamics modelling to simulate global change responses at the Alpine tree-line. Ecological Modelling 209(2-4): 157-168.
• Rickebusch S, Lischke H, Bugmann H, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Understanding the low-temperature limitations to forest growth through calibration of a forest dynamics model with tree-ring data. Forest Ecology and Management 246: 251-263.
• Rutherford GN, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Evaluating sampling strategies and logistic regression methods for modelling complex land cover changes. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 414-424.
• Shiyatov SG, Terent'ev MM, Fomin VV & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Altitudinal and Horizontal Shifts of the Upper Boundaries of Open and Closed Forests in the Polar Urals in the 20th Century. Russian Journal of Ecology 38(4): 243-248. -->in Russian.
• Thornton PE & Zimmermann NE, 2007. An improved canopy integration scheme for a land surface model with prognostic canopy structure. Journal of Climate, 20: 3902-3923.
• Zimmermann NE, Moisen GG, Edwards TC, Jr, Frescino TS & Blackard JA, 2007. Remote sensing-based predictors improve distribution models of rare, early successional and broadleaf tree species in Utah. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 1057-1067.   [+ Appendix S1].

2006

• Cunningham C, Zimmermann NE Stöckli V & Bugmann H, 2006. Growth response of Norway spruce saplings to artificial browsing, black snow mold, and ground vegetation in forest gaps in the Swiss Alps. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research 36: 2782-2793.
• Cunningham C, Zimmermann NE Stöckli V & Bugmann H, 2006. Growth of Norway spruce saplings in subalpine forests in Switzerland: Does spring climate matter? Forest Ecology and Management, 228(1-3): 19-32.
• Edwards TC, Jr, Cutler R, Zimmermann NE, Geiser L & Moisen GG, 2006. Effects of sample survey design on the accuracy of classifiation models in ecology. Ecological Modelling 199: 132-141.
• Elith J, Graham CH, Anderson RP, Dudik M, Ferrier S, Guisan A, Hijmans RJ, Huettmann F, Leathwick J, Lehmann A, Li J, Lohmann LG, Loiselle BA, Manion G, Moritz C, Nakamura M, Nakazawa Y, Overton JM, Peterson AT, Phillips SJ, Richardson K, Scachetti-Pereira R, Schapire R, Soberón J, Williams S, Wisz MS & Zimmermann NE, 2006. Novel methods improve prediction of speciesí distributions from occurrence data. Ecography, 29: 129-151.
• Guisan A, Broennimann O, Engler R, Vust M, Yoccoz NG,Lehmann A & Zimmermann NE, 2006. Using niche-based distribution models to improve the sampling of rare species. Conservation Biology, 20(2): 501-511.
• Lischke H, Zimmermann NE, Bolliger J, Rickebusch S & Lˆffler TJ, 2006. TreeMig: A forest-landscape model for simulating spatio-temporal patterns from stand to landscape scales. Ecological Modelling, 199: 409-420.
• Maggini R, Lehmann A, Zimmermann NE & Guisan A, 2006. Improving generalized regression analysis for spatial predictions of forest communities. Journal of Biogeography, 33: 1729-1749.
• Mathys L, Ginzler C, Zimmermann NE, Brassel P & Wildi O, 2006. Sensitivity assessment on continuous landscape variables to classify a discrete forest area. Forest Ecology and Management 229(1-3): 111-119.
• Mathys L, Zimmermann NE, Zbinden N & Suter W, 2006. Identifying habitat suitability for hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia at the landscape scale. Wildlife Biology, 12(4): 357-366.
• Moisen GG, Freeman EA, Blackard JA, Zimmermann NE & Edwards TC, Jr, 2006. Predicting tree species presence and basal area in Utah - A comparison of generalized additive models, stochastic gradient boosting, and tree-based methods. Ecological Modelling 199: 176-187.
• Randin CF, Dirnböck T, Dullinger S, Zimmermann NE, Zappa M & Guisan A, 2006. Are species distribution models transferable in space? Journal of Biogeography, 33: 1689-1703.

2005

• Dobbertin M, Mayer P, Wohlgemuth T, Feldmeyer-Christe E, Graf U, Zimmermann NE & Rigling A, 2005. The decline of Pinus sylvestris L. forests in the Swiss Rhone valley - a result of drought stress? Phyton Ann. Rei. Bot. 45: 153-156.
• Jolly WM, Dobbertin M, Zimmermann NE & Reichstein M, 2005. Divergent vegetation growth responses to the 2003 heat wave in the Swiss Alps. Geophysical Research Letters 32: L18409.
• Edwards TC, Jr, Cutler R, Zimmermann NE, Geiser L & Alegria J, 2005. Model-based stratifications for enhancing the detection of rare ecological events: Lichens as a case study. Ecology 86(5): 1081-1090.
• Dobbertin M, Hilker N, Rebetez M, Zimmermann NE, Wohlgemuth T & Rigling A, 2005. The upward shift in altitude of pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) in Switzerland ¯ the result of climate warming? International Journal of Biometeorology 50: 40-47.
• Schaub M, Zimmermann NE & Kräuchi N, 2005. Temporal and spatial vairation of Vcmax within a Swiss beech canopy. International Forestry Review 7(5): 96.
• Schwarz M & Zimmermann NE, 2005. A new GLM-based method for mapping tree cover continuous fields using MODIS reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment 95:428-443.

2004

• Schwarz M, Zimmermann NE, Wildi O & Kienast F, 2004. Erfassen kontinuierlicher Bodenbedeckungsdaten anhand von MODIS Daten in der Schweiz. Botanica Helvetica 114(2): 151-167.
• Leyk S & Zimmermann NE, 2004. A predictive uncertainty model for field-based survey maps using Generalized Linear Models. In: Egenhofer M, Freksa C, Harvey M (Eds.), Third International Conference, GIScience 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3234, pp. 191-205.
• Schaepman ME, Koetz B, Schaepman-Strub G, Zimmermann NE & Itten KI, 2004. Quantitative retrieval of biogeophysical characteristics using imaging spectroscopy: a mountain forest case study. Community Ecology 5: 93-104.
• Wildi O, Feldmeyer-Christe E, Ghosh S & Zimmermann NE, 2004. A comment on vegetation monitoring approaches. Community Ecology 5: 1-5.
• Powell JA & Zimmermann NE, 2004. Multi-scale analysis of seed dispersal and the resolution of Reid's Paradox. Ecology 85(2):490-506.

2003 and earlier

• Price DT, Zimmermann NE, van der Meer PJ, Lexer MJ, Leadley P, Jorritsma ITM, Schaber J, Clark DF, Lasch P, McNulty S, Wu J & Smith B, 2001. Regeneration in gap models: Priority issues for studying forest responses to climate change. Climatic Change 51(3/4): 475-508.
• Schloeder CA, Zimmermann NE & Jacobs MJ, 2001. Comparison of methods for interpolating soil properties using limited data. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65(2): 470-479.
• Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, 2000. Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology. Ecological Modelling 135(2-3):147-186.
• Bolliger J, Kienast F & Zimmermann NE, 2000. Risks of global warming on montane and subalpine forests of Switzerland - a modeling case study. Regional Environmental Change 1(3-4): 99-111.
• Kienast F, Zimmermann NE & Wildi O, 2000. Évolution possibles des aires de répartition des principales essences forestières en fonction des scénarios de changement climatique. Revue forestière française 52, numéro spécial 2000: 119-126.
• Zimmermann NE & Kienast F, 1999. Predictive mapping of alpine grasslands in Switzerland: species versus community approach. Journal of Vegetation Science 10(4): 469-482.

in revision or submitted

• Albert C, Yoccoz NG, Edwards T Jr., Graham GH, Zimmermann NE & Thuiller W, in revision. Applied sampling in ecology and evolution – integrating questions and designs. Ecography.
• Broennimann O, Fitzpatrick M, Pearman PB, Pelissier L, Petit-Pierre B, Yoccoz NG, Thuiller W, Fortin M-J, Randin C, Zimmermann NE, Graham CH & Guisan A, in revision. Changes in ecological niches in space and time: biological signal or artifact? Ecography.
• Meier ES, Edwards TC, jr., Kienast F, Dobbertin M & Zimmermann NE, in revision. Competition patterns of trees along macro-climatic gradients and their potential influence on the present and future distribution of Fagus sylvatica. Journal of Biogeography.
• Pearman PB, D'Amen M, Graham CH, Thuiller W, & Zimmermann NE, in revision. Within taxon niche structure: Niche conservatism, divergence and predicted effects of climate change. Ecography.
• Psomas A, Kneubühler M, Huber S, Itten KI & Zimmermann NE, in revision. Continuum removal in multi-temporal spectrometer data enhances the classification accuracy of grasslands along a dry-mesic gradient. Remote Sensing of Environment.
• Psomas A, Kneubühler M, Itten K & Zimmermann NE, in revision. Hyperspectral remote sensing for estimating aboveground biomass and for exploring species richness patterns of grassland habitats. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
• Schwarz M & Zimmermann NE, in revision. MODIS-based change detection of fractional tree cover using model predictions and uncertainties. Internationl Journal of Remote Sensing.
• Steinmann K, Eggenberg S, Wohlgemuth T, Linder HP & Zimmermann NE, in revision. Niches and Noise - Disentangling habitat diversity and area effect on species diversity. Ecography.
• D'Amen M, Bombi P, Pearman PB, Schmatz DR, Zimmermann NE, Bologna MA, submitted. Will climate change reduce the efficacy of protected areas for amphibian conservation in Italy? Global Change Biology.
• Gehrig-Fasel J, Guisan A, Schmatz DR, Brändli UB & Zimmermann NE, submitted. Spatially predicting recent and future climatic treelines in the Swiss Alps. Global Change Biology.
• Mathys L, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, submitted. Untangling ecosystem and services for sustainability. Ecological Indicators.
• Meier ES, Kienast F, Pearman PB, Svenning J-C, Thuiller W, Araujo MB, Guisan A & Zimmermann NE, submitted. Biotic and abiotic variables show little redundancy in explaining tree species distributions. Ecography.
• Parviainen M, Zimmermann NE, Heikkinen RK & Luoto M, submitted. Remote sensing imagery used to fine-tune predicted patterns of red-listed plant species in boreal landscapes. Ecological Applications.
• Pellissier L, Brathen KA, Pottier J, Randin C, Vittoz P, Dubuis A, Yoccoz NG, Alm T, Zimmerman NE & Guisan A, submitted. Accounting for a dominant species in habitat distribution models improves predictions on a regional scale. Ecography.
• Psomas A, Kneubühler M, Huber S, Itten K & Zimmermann NE, submitted. Exploring the synergy of hyperspectral remote sensing and ecosystem process modelling for spatial estimation of grassland NPP. Ecosystems.
• Rutherford GN, Bebi P, Edwards PJ & Zimmermann NE, submitted. Analysing spatial and temporal patterns of forest succession on abandoned agricultural land using ordinal logistic regression. Journal of Vegetation Science.
• Zurell D, Grimm V, Rossmanith E, Zbinden N, Zimmermann NE & Schröder B, submitted. Uncertainty in predictions of range dynamics: Black grouse climbing the Swiss Alps. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

Other publications

Zimmermann NE 2010. Biodiversität im Zeichen des Klimawandels.. Hotspot 21: 18-19.

Zimmermann NE 2009. More uncertainty with BIOMOD. Frontiers of Biogeography 1(2): 38-39.

Zimmermann NE, Bugmann H, 2008. Die Kastanie im Engadin - oder was halten Baumarten von modellierten Potenzialgebieten? Schweiz. Zeitschrift für das Forstwesen 10: 326-335.

Rigling A, Brang P, Bugmann H, Kräuchi N, Wohlgemuth Th, Zimmermann NE, 2008. Klimawandel als Pr¸fstein f¸r die Waldbewirtschaftung. Schweiz. Zeitschrift f¸r das Forstwesen 10: 316-325.

Zimmermann NE, Kienast F, Meier ES, Heller-Kellenberger I, Bolliger J, Edwards TC & Dipner M, 2008. Analyse des Verbuschungsrisikos von TWW-Objekten in der Schweiz. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern, 11 pp.

Zimmermann NE, Kienast F, Meier ES, Heller-Kellenberger I, Bolliger J & Edwards TC, 2008. Schlussbericht zur Analyse des Verbuschungsrisikos von TWW-Objekten der Schweiz. WSL, Birmensdorf, 36 pp.

Lischke H, Löffler TJ, Thornton PE & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Model up-scaling in landscape research. pp. 249-272 In: Kienast F, Wildi O & Ghosh S. A changing world - challenges for landscape research. Springer Landscape Series vol. 8. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Psomas A, Kneubühler, Itten KI & Zimmermann NE, 2007. Hyperspectral remote sensing for seasonal estimation of aboveground biomass in grassland habitats. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing in Davos, Switzerland 2007.

Zimmermann NE, Washington-Allen RA, Ramsey RD, Schaepman ME, Mathys L, Kˆtz B, Kneubühler M & Edwards TC, 2007. Modern Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring of Landscape States and Trajectories. pp. 65-91 In: Kienast F, Wildi O & Ghosh S. A changing world - challenges for landscape research. Springer Landscape Series vol. 8. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Zimmermann NE, Bauer N, Scheidegger C, Steinmeier C & Waldner P, 2007. Schlussbericht zum Teil "Natur und Landschaft" - Beitrag der WSL zum BAFU Projekt MfM-U. WSL, Birmensdorf, 119 pp.

Zimmermann NE, Bolliger J, Gehrig-Fasel J, Guisan A, Kienast F, Lischke H, Rickebusch S & Wohlgemuth T, 2006. Wo wachsen die B‰ume in 100 Jahren? In: T Wohlgemuth (ed.), Wald und Klimawandel. Forum für Wissen 2006, pp. 63-71. WSL, Birmensdorf, Schweiz. ISSN 1021-2256.

Rickebusch S, Zimmermann NE & Lischke H, 2005. Simulating climate and land-use change scenarios at the Alpine tree-line ecotone, using a dynamic forest landscape model. Proceedings of the Open Science Conference on Global Change in Mountain Regions, Perth (UK), 2-6 October 2005.

Huber S, Kneub¸hler M, Zimmermann NE & Itten KI, 2005. Potential of imaging spectrometry to retrieve ecosystem characteristics within mixed forest canopies. Proceedings of the 4th EARSEL Conference on Imaging Spectroscopy in Warsaw, Poland 2005.

Huber S, Zimmermann NE, Kneub¸hler M, Psomas A & Itten KI, 2005. Estimating Nitrogen in Mixed Forests from HyMap Data using Band-Depth Analysis and Branch-and-Bound Algorithm. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, 17-19 October, Beijing, China 2005, pp. 533.

Psomas A, Zimmermann NE, Kneub¸hler M, Kellenberger T & Itten KI, 2005. Seasonal variability in spectral reflectance for discriminating grasslands along a dry-mesic gradient in Switzerland. Proceedings of the 4th EARSEL Conference on Imaging Spectroscopy in Warsaw, Poland 2005.

Schwarz M & Zimmermann NE, 2004. MODIS based regionally optimized continuous fields of tree cover using generalized linear models. Proceedings of the IGARRS 2004 conference in Vancouver, Canada, 2004.

Dobbertin M, Rebetez M, Rigling A, Hilker N & Zimermann NE, 2004. Temperature explains the upward shift in altitude of pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) in Switzerland. In GWIC, the 15th Global warming international conference & expo. (GWXV), April 20-22, 2004, San Francisco, USA: Abstracts. Supcon International, Chicago, USA, 2004, pp. 60.

Mathys LM, Zimmermann NE & Guisan A, 2004. Spatial pattern of forest resources in a multifunctional landscape. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXVI - 8/W2: 340-342.

Cherubini P, Gärtner H, Esper J, Kaennel Dobbertin M, Kaiser KF, Rigling A, Treydte K, Zimmermann NE & Bräker OU, 2004. Jahrringe als Archive f¸r interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift f¸r das Forstwesen 155(6): 162-168.

Kienast F, Wildi O & Zimmermann NE, 2004. Mögliche Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die Baumartenverbreitung in der Schweiz. Antworten mit Hilfe von Modellen. - Local Land Soil News 9/I: 7-8.

Waser L, Zimmermann NE & Schwarz M, 2003. Landcoverdaten unter der Lupe. Inf.bl. Forsch.bereich Landsch.ökol., WSL 56:1-4.

Wohlgemuth T, Eggenberg S, Favre P, Hollenstein H-U, Kˆnig Urmi K, Pauli D, Zimmermann NE, 2002. Farn- und Blütenpflanzen. In: Hänggi A, Müller JP (eds): Eine 24-Stunden Aktion zur Erfassung der Biodiversität auf der Alp Flix (Graubünden): Methoden und Resultate. Jahresber. Nat.forsch. Ges. Graub¸nden 110: 15-17.

Zimmermann NE & Roberts DW, 2001. Final report of the MLP climate and biophysical mapping project. Scientific project report. WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 18 pp.

Zimmermann NE, 2001. Umfassender Blick auf die Erde: MODIS fördert das wissenschaftliche Überwachen von Landschaften. Solothurner Zeitung 19.6.2001: 25.

Zimmermann NE, 2001. Umfassender Blick auf die Erde: MODIS fördert das wissenschaftliche Überwachen von Landschaften. Aargauer Zeitung 2.6.2001: 24.

Zimmermann NE, 2001. TERRA/MODIS - Ein umfassendes, satellitengestütztes Erdbeobachtungssystem. Inf.bl. Forsch.bereich Landsch., WSL 49:3-4.

Kienast F, Zimmermann NE, Wildi O, 2000. Scénarios d'évolution des aires de répartition des principles essences forestières en fonction des scénarios de changement climatique. In: Rebetez, M., Combe, J. (eds): Quelle sylviculture pour les climats à venir? Actes de la Journée thématique de l'Antenne romande du WSL du 28 novembre 2000 à l'EPF-Lausanne. Lausanne, WSL Antenne romande. 21-26.

Kienast F, Wildi O, Brzeziecki B, Zimmermann NE & Lemm R (eds), 1997. Klimaänderung und mögliche langfristige Auswirkungen auf die Vegetation der Schweiz. vdf Verlag. Zürich. 71 pp.

Kienast F, Wildi O, Lemm R & Zimmermann NE, 1997. Klimaveränderung - Vegetationsveränderung? Antworten mit Hilfe von Modellen. Argumente aus der Forschung (WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf) 13: 2-8.

Kienast F, Wildi O, Lemm R & Zimmermann NE, 1997. Autre climat - autre vegetation? Les réponses données par la modélisation. Arguments de la recherche (WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf) 13: 2-8.

Zimmermann NE, 1996. Ein klimasensitives, räumliches Vegetationsmodell für die alpine Stufe der Schweiz. PhD Thesis, University of Berne, Switzerland.

Vittoz P, Theurillat J-P, Zimmermann NE & Gallandat J-D (eds) 1996. Volume jubilaire pour Prof. J.-L. Richard. Dissertationes Botanicae 258, 336 pp.

Zimmermann NE & Kienast F, 1995. Das Klima lässt sich nicht kartieren - Klimakarten werden gerechnet. Inf.bl. Forsch.bereich Landsch.ökol., WSL 27:1-3.

Zimmermann NE & Eggenberg S, 1994. Comparison of vegetation and geomorphology: Problems and approach. Rev. Valdôtaine Hist. Nat., Suppl. 46: 357-365.

Eggenberg S & Zimmermann NE, 1992. Die alpinen Kalkschuttgesellschaften des Gemmipasses, Berner Alpen, Leukerbad (VS). Bulltain Murithienne 110: 81-96

Zimmermann NE & Eggenberg S, 1989. Fraktalstufen-Vergleich zwischen Vegetation und Geomorphologie am Besipiel des Gemmipasses, VS, Schweiz. Diploma Thesis, University of Berne, Switzerland.

Invited International Presentations

• Zimmermann NE, 2010. Possible futures of European trees - a model-based assessment of global change impacts on trees & forest landscapes". Invited presentation given to the "Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity" group of the University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 16. April 2010.
• Zimmermann NE, 2010. Vegetation databases and climate change - conceptual and theoretical aspects for forecasting future species responses". Invited plenary talk held at "vegetation databases and climate change" symposium at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 24-26. Feb. 2010.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Predictive species distribution modelling. Lecturing at the National workshop on "Predictive Modelling Challenges" held at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway, 18/19. Nov. 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Wandern oder Aussterben? - mögliche Anpassungen von Pflanzen an den globalen Klimawandel. Invited presentation given at the Botany Intitute of the university of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 30. Oct. 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Possible futures of European Mountains - an assessment of global change impacts on forests and landscapes. Invited presentation given at the Intitute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETHZ Zürich, Switzerland, 19. Oct. 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Ecological Remote Sensing. Lecturing at the ISPRS International Summerschool on Natural environment management, monitoring and conservation, in Warsaw, Poland, 13-19. July. 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Biogeography, Changing Climate, and the Calibration of Niches. Presentation given at the "Niche Evolution" conference in Zürich, Switzerland, 3. July 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Possible futures of European mountains - a model-based assessment of global change impacts on forests & landscapes. Invited plenary talk at the annual "Population Biology Meeting" of GfOe, Bern, Switzerland, 21. May 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Changing climates and the response of forest landscapes in the European Alps. Invited presentation at the special session on "Landscape Ecology and Global Change" of the US-IALE annual meeting in Snowbird, UT, USA, 14. April, 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Possible futures of European mountains - a model-based assessment of global change impacts on forests and landscapes. Invited presentation at the Ecology Center Seminars, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, 8. April 2009
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Niche constraints and range limits - How will species ranges respond to global climate change? Invited presentation at the GfOe-Macroecology Workshop at Seddiner See, Potsdam, Germany 11-13. March, 2009.
• Zimmermann NE, 2009. Wandern oder Aussterben? Mögliche Anpassungen von Arten auf globalen Wandel. Invited presentation given to the "Botanical Society of Zürich" (ZBG), Zürich, Switzerland, 7. January 2009
• Zimmermann NE & Pearman PB, 2008. Forecasting biodiversity and ecosystem changes - Prospects and Limitations of the Niche Concept in Forecasting. Invited presentation at the Sackler Colloqiua, organized by the National Academy of Science (NAS) of the United States, Irvine, CA, USA, 12/13. December 2008.
• Zimmermann NE, 2008. Response of forests to combined climate and land use changes - Examples from Switzerland and Europe. GfOe annual meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 19. September 2008.
• Zimmermann NE, 2008. Possible futures of mountain forests - a model-based assessment of global change effects at the landscape scale in Switzerland. Invited Presentation at the Plant Ecology Seminar, University of Berne, 30. April 2008.
• Zimmermann NE, 2008. Potential future range shifts of European tree species - projections, discussion and possible implications for monitoring. Invited presentation at the COST E29 Strategic Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, 12. March 2008.
• Zimmermann NE & Schmatz D, 2008. Measured vs. interpolated climate data - what errors do we expect? Invited presentation at the COST E29 Strategic Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, 12. March 2008.
• Zimmermann NE, 2007. Possible futures of mountain forests: a model based assessment of climate change effects at the landscape scale in Switzerland. Invited presentation at the Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series at the University of York, United Kingdom, 29. Nov. 2008.
• Zimmermann NE, 2007. Where do all these trees come from? Invited presentation at the «land abandonment in Europe» special session of the 2007 IALE world congress. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 9. July 2007.
• Zimmermann NE, 2006. Potential Habitat Diversity and Correlates with Plant Species Richness in the Alps and Carpathians. Presented at the International Symposium on «Biodiversity Conservation - From Genes to Habitats», Davos, Switzerland, 23. Nov. 2006.
• Zimmermann NE, Bolliger J, Gehrig-Fasel J, Guisan A, Kienast F, Lischke H, Rickebusch S & Wohlgemuth T, 2006. Wo wachsen die B‰ume in 100 Jahren? Keynote presentation at the WSL science forum (Forum f¸r Wissen), Zurich, Switzerland, 8. Nov. 2006.
• Zimmermann NE, 2006. Global Change and Mountain Forests. Presented at the International Summerschool on «Mountain Ecology and Alpine Ecosystem Management», Davos, Switzerland, 15. Sept. 2006.
• Zimmermann NE, Eggenberg S & Guisan A, 2006. Predictive modeling of rare and endangered grassland species in Switzerland. Presented in the «Predictive distribution modelling for conservation of biodiversity in Europe» session at the First European Congress of Conservation Biology 2006, Eger, Hungary, 26. Aug. 2006.
• Zimmermann NE & Gugerli F, 2005. Linking intra-specific diversity and habitat suitability - a case study using Pinus cembra L. Presented at the Landscape Genetics Session at the XVII Int. Bot. Congress, Vienna, Austria, 23. July 2005.
• Zimmermann NE, 2005. Predictive spatial modeling - Linking GIS with field data and statistics. Presented at the POLLANDCAL conference in BesanÁon, France. 23. May 2005. Keynote.
• Zimmermann NE, 2003 Concepts and techniques for spatial modelling of predictive biophysical layers. Paper given to the Graduiertenkolleg Seminar at Bonn University, Dept. of Geography, Bonn, Germany, 10. Nov. 2003.
• Zimmermann NE, 2003. Introductory remarks to the session on «GIS, remote sensing and spatial modelling». Presented at the International Symposium on the «State of the Art in Vegetation Monitoring Approaches». Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 24. March 2003.
• Zimmermann NE, 1999. Static and dynamic models in mountain environments. Paper given to the Quaternary Geology Lab Seminar at Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 11-29-1999.
• Zimmermann NE, 1998. Generating high resolution climate maps for predictive distribution models. Paper given to the Fishery and Wildlife Department Seminar at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 5-28-1998.
• Zimmermann NE, 1997 Generating high resolution climate maps for northwestern Wyoming and the Yellowstone Plateau. Paper given to the Conservation Biology Lab Seminar at Stanford University, Stanford, California, 10-30-1997.
• Zimmermann NE, 1996. Generating spatially-explicit response surfaces of alpine vegetation communities using Logit models. Paper given to ESA Symposium on Predictive Spatial Models in Vegetation Ecology, Providence, Rhode Island, August 1996.
• Zimmermann NE & Kienast F, 1995. Climatically sensitive modelling tools to predict vegetations pattern at a landscape level. Plenary Paper given to IAVS Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1995.

[Gr.Aut] = Group authorship as member of working group or consortium