Land Use in the Past, Present and Future
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We explore why and how land use changes, assess land-change legacies, develop scenarios for the future, and identify the potential consequences of land use changes for ecosystem services such as recreation, agriculture or biodiversity.
Switzerland features a high diversity of land uses within agricultural areas, forests, settlements and more natural habitats. Strong topographic gradients and varying land use intensities provide additional diversity. We study the causes and consequences of past and future land-use patterns for society and ecosystems by accounting for local, regional as well as global drivers of change. Our work serves as an important basis for decision-making for various stakeholders.
Legacies from past land use
Reconstructions of past changes in land use and landscapes rely on historical data from topographic maps, written reports, terrestrial and aerial photos, oral history interviews and various other sources. We specifically look into the land use history of for forests, wetlands and grasslands. This land use history can have long-lasting impacts on the development of ecosystems – effects with high relevance for habitat quality, which have to be considered in the development of effective and efficient conservation measures.
Future land use
We develop scenarios for future land change and identify their likely consequences for ecosystems and society. To identify major drivers of land change and to delineate magnitude and location of change, we integrate storylines from different sources (e.g., socio-economic and climate change projections or policy narratives). Different quantitative modelling approaches are then used to assess the relative importance of drivers for land change and to project e.g., settlement development, agricultural abandonement and forest expansion. We also include spatial planning and governance as major factors shaping land change trajectories. Consequences of land change are investigated by conflict assessments between (new) ecosystem service demand and supply, e.g. settlement expansion and flood risk or recreation and renewable energies.
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Prof. h.c. Dr. Anna Hersperger
teamleader, member of directors board
PD Dr. Janine Bolliger
scientific staff member
PD Dr. Matthias Bürgi
head of research unit
Publications
In der ganzen Schweiz werden die naturnahen, von Infrastruktur freigehaltene Landschaftsräume zusehends weniger und kleiner. Freiräume gewährleisten jedoch nicht nur lebensnotwenige ökologische Funktionen für den Menschen, sondern sind auch für die hohe Landschaftsästhetik, Lebensqualität und Standortattraktivität der Schweiz sowie für die Identifikation der Bevölkerung von fundamentaler Bedeutung.
WSL Berichte 73
2018
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Die Resultate zeigen, dass viele Länder in Europa in Bezug auf Zersiedelung und Kulturlandverlust mit ähnlichen Herausforderungen wie die Schweiz konfrontiert sind. Die Instrumente zum Schutz unterscheiden sich aber deutlich voneinander.
WSL Berichte 65
2018
Unsere Ergebnisse aus der Umfrage zeigen, dass Fachleute im Naturschutz eine grosse Vielfalt an Informationsquellen nutzen. Der Bericht zeigt Handlungsmöglichkeiten auf, um den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis im Naturschutz effektiver zu gestalten.
WSL Berichte 62
2018
Der vorliegende Bericht schätzt das Biomasse- und Energiepotenzial folgender ausgesuchter Biotop- und Grünraumtypen im Kanton Zürich ab: Feuchtwiesen, Riedflächen, Strassenbegleitgrün (Autobahn, Kantonsstrassen), Bahnbegleitgrün, öffentliche Grünflächen im Siedlungsgebiet.
WSL Berichte 38
2016
In dieser Studie werden erstmals gesamtschweizerisch Wanderungsbewegungen aus den Agglomerationen in den ländlichen Raum der Schweiz untersucht.
WSL Berichte 22
2015
In der vorliegenden Medienanalyse wird die Wahrnehmung und Thematisierung von Flussrenaturierungen bzw. -revitalisierungen in unterschiedlichen Zeitungstiteln der Kantone Bern und Wallis über den Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2013 rekonstruiert. Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht das Verstehen dieser medienöffentlichen Prozesse.
WSL Berichte 36
2015
Der Bericht enhält ein Konzept für ein Benchmarking der Richtplanung auf Basis von Indikatoren der Landschaftsbeobachtung Schweiz (LABES) und weiterer wichtiger Indikatoren. Ausserdem präsentiert er wissenschaftliche Grundlagen, um Schwellenwerte ausgewählter Landschaftsindikatoren zu bestimmen, welche der für das Benchmarking notwendigen Ziel- und Grenzwertfestlegung dienen.
WSL Berichte 27
2015
Regionale Naturpärke haben oft mit der Tatsache zu kämpfen, dass der Park von einem Grossteil der Bevölkerung nicht akzeptiert wird. Das hier vorgestellte Forschungsprojekt untersuchte die Hintergründe dieser Probleme bei verschiedenen Interessengruppen.
WSL Berichte 30
2015
Die Kernfragen des WSL-Forschungsprogramm «Raumansprüche von Mensch und Natur» lauteten: Wie können sich Siedlung und Landschaft in den Fallstudienregionen Oberes Freiamt (AG), Luzerner Seetal (LU), Linthebene (SG) und Glarus Nord (GL) bis ins Jahr 2030 weiterentwickeln? Wie kann die Entwicklung in nachhaltige Bahnen gelenkt werden? Der Synthesebericht gibt Antworten.
WSL Berichte 35
2015
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Schall, P.; Heinrichs, S.; Ammer, C.; Ayasse, M.; Boch, S.; Buscot, F.; Fischer, M.; Goldmann, K.; Overmann, J.; Schulze, E.; Sikorski, J.; Weisser, W.W.; Wubet, T.; Gossner, M.M., 2020: Can multi‐taxa diversity in European beech forest landscapes be increased by combining different management systems?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 7: 1363-1375. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13635
Grădinaru, S.R.; Fan, P.; Iojă, C.I.; Niță, M.R.; Suditu, B.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: Impact of national policies on patterns of built-up development: an assessment over three decades. Land Use Policy, 94: 104510 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104510
Prestele, R.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: The overlooked spatial dimension of climate-smart agriculture. Global Change Biology, 26, 3: 1045-1054. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14940
Shaw, B.J.; Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: The peri-urbanization of Europe: a systematic review of a multifaceted process. Landscape and Urban Planning, 196: 103733 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103733
Tobias, S.; Price, B., 2020: How effective is spatial planning for cropland protection? An assessment based on land-use scenarios. Land, 9, 2: 43 (20 pp.). doi: 10.3390/land9020043
Tellman, B.; Magliocca, N.R.; Turner II, B.L.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Understanding the role of illicit transactions in land-change dynamics. Nature Sustainability, 3, 3: 175-181. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0457-1
Shirmohammadi, B.; Malekian, A.; Salajegheh, A.; Taheri, B.; Azarnivand, H.; Malek, Z.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Scenario analysis for integrated water resources management under future land use change in the Urmia Lake region, Iran. Land Use Policy, 90: 104299 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104299
Dengler, J.; Guarino, R.; Moysiyenko, I.; Vynokurov, D.; Boch, S.; Cykowska-Marzencka, B.; Babbi, M.; Catalano, C.; Eggenberg, S.; Gehler, J.; Monigatti, M.; Pachlatko, J.; Riedel, S.; Willner, W.; Dembicz, I.,
2020:
On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II: first results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys
of Switzerland.
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Shirmohammadi, B.; Malekian, A.; Salajegheh, A.; Taheri, B.; Azarnivand, H.; Malek, Z.; Verburg, P.H., 2020: Impacts of future climate and land use change on water yield in a semiarid basin in Iran. Land Degradation and Development, doi: 10.1002/ldr.3554
Gerecke, M.; Hagen, O.; Bolliger, J.; Hersperger, A.M.; Kienast, F.; Price, B.; Pellissier, L., 2019: Assessing potential landscape service trade-offs driven by urbanization in Switzerland. Palgrave Communications, 5: 109 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1057/s41599-019-0316-8
Malek, Ž.; Tieskens, K.F.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Explaining the global spatial distribution of organic crop producers. Agricultural Systems, 176: 102680 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102680
Sauter, I.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J.; Winter, B.; Pazúr, R., 2019: Changes in demand and supply of ecosystem services under scenarios of future land use in Vorarlberg, Austria. Journal of Mountain Science, 16, 12: 2793-2809. doi: 10.1007/s11629-018-5124-x
Schulze, K.; Malek, Ž.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Towards better mapping of forest management patterns: a global allocation approach. Forest Ecology and Management, 432: 776-785. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.001
Schulp, C.J.E.; Levers, C.; Kuemmerle, T.; Tieskens, K.F.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Mapping and modelling past and future land use change in Europe's cultural landscapes. Land Use Policy, 80: 332-344. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.030
Droz, B.; Arnoux, R.; Bohnenstengel, T.; Laesser, J.; Spaar, R.; Ayé, R.; Randin, C.F., 2019: Moderately urbanized areas as a conservation opportunity for an endangered songbird. Landscape and Urban Planning, 181: 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.09.011
Grădinaru, S.R.; Kienast, F.; Psomas, A., 2019: Using multi-seasonal Landsat imagery for rapid identification of abandoned land in areas affected by urban sprawl. Ecological Indicators, 96, 2: 79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.06.022
Risch, A.C.; Zimmermann, S.; Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Schütz, M.; Frey, B.; Firn, J.L.; Fay, P.A.; Hagedorn, F.; Borer, E.T.; Seabloom, E.W.; Harpole, W.S.; Knops, J.M.H.; McCulley, R.L.; Broadbent, A.A.D.; Stevens, C.J.; Silveira, M.L.; Adler, P.B.; Báez, S.; Biederman, L.A.; ... Moser, B., 2019: Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications, 10, 1: 4981 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2
Boch, S.; Bedolla, A.; Ecker, K.T.; Ginzler, C.; Graf, U.; Küchler, H.; Küchler, M.; Nobis, M.P.; Holderegger, R.; Bergamini, A., 2019: Threatened and specialist species suffer from increased wood cover and productivity in Swiss steppes. Flora, 258: 151444 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.flora.2019.151444
Wang, Y.; Van Vliet, J.; Pu, L.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Modeling different urban change trajectories and their trade-offs with food production in Jiangsu Province, China. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 77: 101355 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101355
Ornetsmüller, C.; Castella, J.; Thanichanon, P.; Lestrelin, G.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Modelling the location and spatial pattern of a crop boom. A case study from Laos. Environmental Science and Policy, 99: 58-71. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.04.001
Kiruki, H.; Van der Zanden, E.H.; Zagaria, C.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Sustainable woodland management and livelihood options in a charcoal producing region: An agent-based modelling approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 248: 109245 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.07.016
Oliveira, E.; Leuthard, J.; Tobias, S., 2019: Spatial planning instruments for cropland protection in Western European countries. Land Use Policy, 87: 104031 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104031
Verburg, P.H.; Alexander, P.; Evans, T.; Magliocca, N.R.; Malek, Z.; Rounsevell, M.D.A.; Van Vliet, J., 2019: Beyond land cover change: towards a new generation of land use models. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 38: 77-85. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.002
Boch, S.; Martins, A.; Ruas, S.; Fontinha, S.; Carvalho, P.; Reis, F.; Bergamini, A.; Sim‐Sim, M., 2019: Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 6: 1122-1133. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12802
Malek, Ž.; Douw, B.; Van Vliet, J.; Van Der Zanden, E.H.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Local land-use decision-making in a global context. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 8: 083006 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab309e
Boch, S.; Bedolla, A.; Ecker, K.T.; Graf, U.; Küchler, H.; Küchler, M.; Holderegger, R.; Bergamini, A., 2019: Mean indicator values suggest decreasing habitat quality in Swiss dry grasslands and are robust to relocation error. Tuexenia, 39: 315-334.
Parra Paitan, C.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Methods to assess the impacts and indirect land use change caused by telecoupled agricultural supply chains: a review. Sustainability, 11, 4: 1162 (24 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su11041162
Villamayor-Tomas, S.; Sagebiel, J.; Olschewski, R., 2019: Bringing the neighbors in: a choice experiment on the influence of coordination and social norms on farmers' willingness to accept agro-environmental schemes across Europe. Land Use Policy, 84: 200-215. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.006
Busch, V.; Klaus, V.H.; Schäfer, D.; Prati, D.; Boch, S.; Müller, J.; Chisté, M.; Mody, K.; Blüthgen, N.; Fischer, M.; Hölzel, N.; Kleinebecker, T., 2019: Will I stay or will I go? Plant species‐specific response and tolerance to high land‐use intensity in temperate grassland ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 4: 674-686. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12749
Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P.H.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2019: Beyond the urban-rural dichotomy: towards a more nuanced analysis of changes in built-up land. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 74: 41-49. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.12.002
Debonne, N.; Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P., 2019: Future governance options for large-scale land acquisition in Cambodia: impacts on tree cover and tiger landscapes. Environmental Science and Policy, 94: 9-19. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.031
Awad, A.; Majcherczyk, A.; Schall, P.; Schröter, K.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Ehbrecht, M.; Boch, S.; Kahl, T.; Bauhus, J.; Seidel, D.; Ammer, C.; Fischer, M.; Kües, U.; Pena, R., 2019: Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 131: 9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.12.014
Bais-Moleman, A.L.; Schulp, C.J.E.; Verburg, P.H., 2019: Assessing the environmental impacts of production- and consumption-side measures in sustainable agriculture intensification in the European Union. Geoderma, 338: 555-567. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.11.042
Kaim, D.; Ziółkowska, E.; Szwagrzyk, M.; Price, B.; Kozak, J., 2019: Impact of future land use change on large carnivores connectivity in the Polish Carpathians. Land, 8, 1: 8 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/land8010008
Boeddinghaus, R.S.; Marhan, S.; Berner, D.; Boch, S.; Fischer, M.; Hölzel, N.; Kattge, J.; Klaus, V.H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Oelmann, Y.; Prati, D.; Schäfer, D.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Sorkau, E.; Kandeler, E.; Manning, P., 2019: Plant functional trait shifts explain concurrent changes in the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Journal of Ecology, 107, 5: 2197-2210. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13182
Heinrichs, S.; Ammer, C.; Mund, M.; Boch, S.; Budde, S.; Fischer, M.; Müller, J.; Schöning, I.; Schulze, E.; Schmidt, W.; Weckesser, M.; Schall, P., 2019: Landscape-scale mixtures of tree species are more effective than stand-scale mixtures for biodiversity of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Forests, 10, 1: 73 (35 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10010073
Heinrichs, S.; Ammer, C.; Mund, M.; Boch, S.; Budde, S.; Fischer, M.; Müller, J.; Schöning, I.; Schulze, E.; Schmidt, W.; Weckesser, M.; Schall, P., 2019: Landscape-scale mixtures of tree species are more effective than stand-scale mixtures for biodiversity of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. In: Ellison, A.M.; Gilliam, F.S. (eds), 2019: Causes and consequences of species diversity in forest ecosystems. Basel, MDPI. 186-219.
Penone, C.; Allan, E.; Soliveres, S.; Felipe-Lucia, M.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Seibold, S.; Simons, N.K.; Schall, P.; Van der Plas, F.; Manning, P.; Manzanedo, R.D.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Ammer, C.; Bauhus, J.; Buscot, F.; Ehbrecht, M.; Goldmann, K.; Jung, K.; ... Fischer, M., 2019: Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features. Ecology Letters, 22, 1: 170-180. doi: 10.1111/ele.13182
Pazúrová, Z.; Pouwels, R.; Ružičková, J.; Bolliger, J.; Krokusová, J.; Ot'ahel', J.; Pazúr, R., 2018: Effects of landscape changes on species viability: a case study from northern Slovakia. Sustainability, 10, 10: 3602 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su10103602
Herzog, F.; Seidl, I., 2018: Swiss alpine summer farming: current status and future development under climate change. Rangeland Journal, 40, 5: 501-511. doi: 10.1071/RJ18031
Boch, S.; Müller, J.; Prati, D.; Fischer, M., 2018: Low-intensity management promotes bryophyte diversity in grasslands. Tuexenia, 38: 311-328. doi: 10.14471/2018.38.014
Visconti, P.; Elias, V.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Fischer, M.; Ali-Zade, V.; Báldi, A.; Brucet, S.; Bukvareva, E.; Byrne, K.; Caplat, P.; Boch, S.; Zazanashvili, N., 2018: Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature's contributions to people. In: Rounsevell, M.; Fischer, M.; Torre-Marin Rando, A.; Mader, A. (eds), 2018: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia. Bonn, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). 187-383.
Scheurer, T.; Agnoletti, M.; Bürgi, M.; Hribar, M.Š.; Urbanc, M., 2018: Exploring alpine landscapes as potential sites of the globally important agricultural heritage systems (GIAHS) programme. Mountain Research and Development, 38, 2: 172-174. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-18-0047
Kizos, T.; Verburg, P.H.; Bürgi, M.; Gounaridis, D.; Plieninger, T.; Bieling, C.; Balatsos, T., 2018: From concepts to practice: combining different approaches to understand drivers of landscape change. Ecology and Society, 23, 1: 25 (11 pp.). doi: 10.5751/ES-09910-230125
Tobias, S.; Ströbele, M.F.; Buser, T., 2018: How transdisciplinary projects influence participants’ ways of thinking: a case study on future landscape development. Sustainability Science, 14: 405-419. doi: 10.1007/s11625-018-0532-y
Szwagrzyk, M.; Kaim, D.; Price, B.; Wypych, A.; Grabska, E.; Kozak, J., 2018: Impact of forecasted land use changes on flood risk in the Polish Carpathians. Natural Hazards, 94, 1: 227-240. doi: 10.1007/s11069-018-3384-y
Felipe-Lucia, M.R.; Soliveres, S.; Penone, C.; Manning, P.; Van der Plas, F.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Ammer, C.; Schall, P.; Gossner, M.M.; Bauhus, J.; Buscot, F.; Blaser, S.; Blüthgen, N.; De Frutos, A.; Ehbrecht, M.; Frank, K.; Goldmann, K.; Hänsel, F.; ... Allan, E., 2018: Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services. Nature Communications, 9: 4839 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07082-4
Busch, V.; Klaus, V.H.; Penone, C.; Schäfer, D.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Müller, J.; Socher, S.A.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peñuelas, J.; Hölzel, N.; Fischer, M.; Kleinebecker, T., 2018: Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1: 601-616. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3609
Tobias, S.; Conen, F.; Duss, A.; Wenzel, L.M.; Buser, C.; Alewell, C., 2018: Soil sealing and unsealing: state of the art and examples. Land Degradation and Development, 29: 2015-2024. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2919
Zabel, A.; Schulz, T.; Lieberherr, E., 2018: Grüne Wirtschaft: eine Annäherung an mögliche Zielkonflikte und Synergien im Wald. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 169, 3: 143-149. doi: 10.3188/szf.2018.0143
Hossu, C.A.; Ioja, I.C.; Susskind, L.E.; Badiu, D.L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2018: Factors driving collaboration in natural resource conflict management: evidence from Romania. Ambio, 47, 7: 816-830. doi: 10.1007/s13280-018-1016-0
Büttner, M.; Holderegger, R., 2018: Schaffhausens emblematische Art Potentilla micrantha DC. – ihre Verbreitung 1915, 1943 und 2017. Bauhinia, 27: 23-31.
Schulz, T.; Lauber, S.; Herzog, F., 2018: Summer farms in switzerland: profitability and public financial support. Mountain Research and Development, 38, 1: 14-23. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00118.1
Guéguen, M.; Barros, C.; Douzet, R.; Carboni, M.; Boulangeat, I.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Münkemüller, T.; Thuiller, W., 2017: Extreme climate events counteract the effects of climate and land-use changes in Alpine tree lines. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, 1: 39-50. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12742
Huber, N.; Hergert, R.; Price, B.; Zäch, C.; Hersperger, A.M.; Pütz, M.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Renewable energy sources: conflicts and opportunities in a changing landscape. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 4: 1241-1255. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1098-9
Gosheva, S.; Walthert, L.; Niklaus, P.A.; Zimmermann, S.; Gimmi, U.; Hagedorn, F., 2017: Reconstruction of historic forest cover changes indicates minor effects on carbon stocks in Swiss forest soils. Ecosystems, 20, 8: 1512-1528. doi: 10.1007/s10021-017-0129-9
Kolecka, N.; Kozak, J.; Kaim, D.; Dobosz, M.; Ostafin, K.; Ostapowicz, K.; Wężyk, P.; Price, B., 2017: Understanding farmland abandonment in the Polish Carpathians. Applied Geography, 88: 62-72. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.09.002
Hossu, C.A.; Ioja, I.C.; Nita, M.R.; Hartel, T.; Badiu, D.L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Need for a cross-sector approach in protected area management. Land Use Policy, 69: 586-597. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.012
Concepción, E.D.; Götzenberger, L.; Nobis, M.P.; De Bello, F.; Obrist, M.K.; Moretti, M., 2017: Contrasting trait assembly patterns in plant and bird communities along environmental and human-induced land-use gradients. Ecography, 40, 6: 753-763. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02121
Bolliger, J.; Schmatz, D.; Pazúr, R.; Ostapowicz, K.; Psomas, A., 2017: Reconstructing forest-cover change in the Swiss Alps between 1880 and 2010 using ensemble modelling. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8: 2265-2277. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1090-4
Hernández-Morcillo, M.; Bieling, C.; Bürgi, M.; Lieskovský, J.; Palang, H.; Printsmann, A.; Schulp, C.J.E.; Verburg, P.H.; Plieninger, T., 2017: Priority questions for the science, policy and practice of cultural landscapes in Europe. Landscape Ecology, 32, 11: 2083-2096. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0524-9
Price, B.; Kaim, D.; Szwagrzyk, M.; Ostapowicz, K.; Kolecka, N.; Schmatz, D.R.; Wypych, A.; Kozak, J., 2017: Legacies, socio-economic and biophysical processes and drivers: the case of future forest cover expansion in the Polish Carpathians and Swiss Alps. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8: 2279-2291. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1079-z
Li, L.; Fassnacht, F.E.; Storch, I.; Bürgi, M., 2017: Land-use regime shift triggered the recent degradation of alpine pastures in Nyanpo Yutse of the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Landscape Ecology, 32, 11: 2187-2203. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0510-2
Bürgi, M.; Bieling, C.; Von Hackwitz, K.; Kizos, T.; Lieskovský, J.; García Martín, M.; McCarthy, S.; Müller, M.; Palang, H.; Plieninger, T.; Printsmann, A., 2017: Processes and driving forces in changing cultural landscapes across Europe. Landscape Ecology, 32, 11: 2097-2112. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0513-z
Pütz, M.; Gubler, L.; Willi, Y., 2017: New governance of protected areas: regional nature parks in Switzerland. eco.mont, 9: 75-84. doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-9-sis75
Bürgi, M.; Östlund, L.; Mladenoff, D.J., 2017: Legacy effects of human land use: ecosystems as time-lagged systems. Ecosystems, 20, 1: 94-103. doi: 10.1007/s10021-016-0051-6
Bürgi, M.; Ali, P.; Chowdhury, A.; Heinimann, A.; Hett, C.; Kienast, F.; Mondal, M.K.; Upreti, B.R.; Verburg, P.H., 2017: Integrated landscape approach: closing the gap between theory and application. Sustainability, 9, 8: 1371 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su9081371
Gay-des-Combes, J.M.; Robroek, B.J.M.; Hervé, D.; Guillaume, T.; Pistocchi, C.; Mills, R.T.E.; Buttler, A., 2017: Slash-and-burn agriculture and tropical cyclone activity in Madagascar: implication for soil fertility dynamics and corn performance. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 239: 207-218. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.010
Nitzsche, K.N.; Kalettka, T.; Premke, K.; Lischeid, G.; Gessler, A.; Kayler, Z.E., 2017: Land-use and hydroperiod affect kettle hole sediment carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry. Science of the Total Environment, 574: 46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.003
Kienast, F.; Huber, N.; Hergert, R.; Bolliger, J.; Segura Moran, L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Conflicts between decentralized renewable electricity production and landscape services – a spatially-explicit quantitative assessment for Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 397-407. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.045
Egli, T.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2017: Evaluating ecosystem service trade-offs with wind electricity production in Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 863-875. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.074
Job, H.; Woltering, M.; Warner, B.; Heiland, S.; Jedicke, E.; Meyer, P.; Nienaber, B.; Plieninger, T.; Pütz, M.; Rannow, S.; Von Ruschkowski, E., 2016: Biodiversität und nachhaltige Landnutzung in Großschutzgebieten. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 74, 6: 481-494. doi: 10.1007/s13147-016-0440-5
Premke, K.; Attermeyer, K.; Augustin, J.; Cabezas, A.; Casper, P.; Deumlich, D.; Gelbrecht, J.; Gerke, H.H.; Gessler, A.; Grossart, H.; Hilt, S.; Hupfer, M.; Kalettka, T.; Kayler, Z.; Lischeid, G.; Sommer, M.; Zak, D., 2016: The importance of landscape diversity for carbon fluxes at the landscape level: small-scale heterogeneity matters. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 3, 4: 601-617. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1147
Corona, R.; Galicia, L.; Palacio-Prieto, J.L.; Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A., 2016: Local deforestation patterns and driving forces in a tropical dry forest in two municipalities of southern Oaxaca, Mexico (1985–2006). Investigaciones Geográficas, 91: 86-104. doi: 10.14350/rig.50918
Nitzsche, K.N.; Verch, G.; Premke, K.; Gessler, A.; Kayler, Z.E., 2016: Visualizing land-use and management complexity within biogeochemical cycles of an agricultural landscape. Ecosphere, 7, 5: 01282 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1282
Bamert, M.; Ströbele, M.; Buchecker, M., 2016: Ramshackle farmhouses, useless old stables, or irreplaceable cultural heritage? Local inhabitants’ perspectives on future uses of the Walser built heritage. Land Use Policy, 55: 121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.016
Von der Dunk, A.; Gret-Regamey, A.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Land-use conflicts in Swiss peri-urban landscape: which socio-demographic and environmental variables are associated with their presence and absence?. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 10, 4: 39-48.
Pătru-Stupariu, I.; Stupariu, M.; Tudor, C.A.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Gavrilidis, A.; Kienast, F.; Hersperger, A.M., 2015: Landscape fragmentation in Romania's Southern Carpathians: testing a European assessment with local data. Landscape and Urban Planning, 143: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.06.002
Price, B.; Kienast, F.; Seidl, I.; Ginzler, C.; Verburg, P.H.; Bolliger, J., 2015: Future landscapes of Switzerland: risk areas for urbanisation and land abandonment. Applied Geography, 57: 32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.009
Keller, D.; Holderegger, R.; Van Strien, M.J.; Bolliger, J., 2015: How to make landscape genetics beneficial for conservation management?. Conservation Genetics, 16, 3: 503-512. doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0684-y
Van Strien, M.J.; Keller, D.; Holderegger, R.; Ghazoul, J.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2014: Landscape genetics as a tool for conservation planning: predicting the effects of landscape change on gene flow. Ecological Applications, 24, 2: 327-339. doi: 10.1890/13-0442.1
Walz, A.; Braendle, J.M.; Lang, D.J.; Brand, F.; Briner, S.; Elkin, C.; Hirschi, C.; Huber, R.; Lischke, H.; Schmatz, D.R., 2014: Experience from downscaling IPCC-SRES scenarios to specific national-level focus scenarios for ecosystem service management. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 86: 21-32. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.014
Karali, E.; Brunner, B.; Doherty, R.; Hersperger, A.; Rounsevell, M., 2014: Identifying the factors that influence farmer participation in environmental management practices in Switzerland. Human Ecology, 42, 6: 951-963. doi: 10.1007/s10745-014-9701-5
Tudor, C.A.; Iojă, I.C.; Hersperger, A.; Pătru-Stupariu, I., 2013: Is the residential land use incompatible with cemeteries location? Assessing the attitudes of urban residents. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8, 2: 153-162.
Manel, S.; Holderegger, R., 2013: Ten years of landscape genetics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28, 10: 614-621. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.012
Keller, D.; Van Strien, M.J.; Herrmann, M.; Bolliger, J.; Edwards, P.J.; Ghazoul, J.; Holderegger, R., 2013: Is functional connectivity in common grasshopper species affected by fragmentation in an agricultural landscape?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 175: 39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.006
Huber, R.; Rigling, A.; Bebi, P.; Brand, F.S.; Briner, S.; Buttler, A.; Elkin, C.; Gillet, F.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Hirschi, C.; Lischke, H.; Scholz, R.W.; Seidl, R.; Spiegelberger, T.; Walz, A.; Zimmermann, W.; Bugmann, H., 2013: Sustainable land use in mountain regions under global change: synthesis across scales and disciplines. Ecology and Society, 18, 3: 36 (21 pp.). doi: 10.5751/ES-05499-180336
Keller, D.; Seidl, I.; Forrer, C.; Home, R.; Holderegger, R., 2013: Schutz der Helm-Azurjungfer Coenagrion mercuriale (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) am Beispiel des Smaragd-Gebiets Oberaargau. Entomo Helvetica, 6: 87-99.
Hersperger, A.M.; Langhamer, D.; Dalang, T., 2012: Inventorying human-made objects: A step towards better understanding land use for multifunctional planning in a periurban Swiss landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning, 105, 3: 307-314. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.01.008
Diacon-Bolli, J.; Dalang, T.; Holderegger, R.; Bürgi, M., 2012: Heterogeneity fosters biodiversity: linking history and ecology of dry calcareous grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13, 8: 641-653. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.10.004
Von der Dunk, A.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Dalang, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2011: Defining a typology of peri-urban land-use conflicts - a case study from Switzerland. Landscape and Urban Planning, 101, 2: 149-156. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.02.007
Holderegger, R.; Di Giulio, M., 2010: The genetic effects of roads: a review of empirical evidence. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11, 6: 522-531. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.006
Hasselmann, F.; Csaplovics, E.; Falconer, I.; Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A.M., 2010: Technological driving forces of LUCC: conceptualization, quantification, and the example of urban power distribution networks. Land Use Policy, 27, 2: 628-637. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.016
Di Giulio, M.; Holderegger, R.; Tobias, S., 2009: Effects of habitat and landscape fragmentation on humans and biodiversity in densely populated landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 10: 2959-2968. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.002
Rickebusch, S.; Gellrich, M.; Lischke, H.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Combining probabilistic land-use change and tree population dynamics modelling to simulate responses in mountain forests. Ecological Modelling, 209: 157-168. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.027
Dietschi, S.; Holderegger, R.; Gehrig Schmidt, S.; Linder, P., 2007: Agri-environment incentive payments and plant species richness under different management intensities in mountain meadows of Switzerland. Acta Oecologica, 31: 216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.10.006
Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A.M.; Schneeberger, N., 2005: Driving forces of landscape change - current and new directions. Landscape Ecology, 19, 8: 857-868. doi: 10.1007/s10980-005-0245-3
Bürgi, M.; Hersperger, A.M.; Schneeberger, N., 2004: Driving forces of landscape change - current and new directions. Landscape Ecology, 19, 8: 857-868. doi: 10.1007/s10980-004-0245-8
Fischer, M.; Wipf, S., 2002: Effect of low-intensity grazing on the species-rich vegetation of traditionally mown subalpine meadows. Biological Conservation, 104, 1: 1-11. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00149-5
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