List of Group Publications

In review

Brovkin V, van Bodegom PM, Kleinen T, Wirth C, Cornwell W, Cornelissen H, Kattge J: Plant-driven variations in decomposition rates improves projections of global litter stock variation. (submitted to Science)

Hudiburg TM, Law BE, Wirth C, Luyssaert S: Eroding forest carbon sinks following thinning for bio-energy production. (submitted to PNAS)

Soussana S-F, Maire V, Gross N, Hill D, Bachelet B, Page L, Martin R, Wirth C (2010) GEMINI: an individual-centered grassland ecosystem model for studying plant, community, and ecosystem responses to environmental change. (submitted to Ecological Modelling)

Gross N, Maire V, Hill D, Wirth C, Soussana J-F: Trade-offs among traits and their variability maximise plant performance in a nD trait space. (submitted to Ecology Letters)

Allen E, plus 51 authors including Wirth C: Generalising the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship based on 517 measures from a single experiment. (submitted to Ecology Letters)

In press back

Kattge J, Ogle K, Boenisch G, Diaz S, Lavorel S, Madin J, Nadrowski N, Nöllert S, Sartor K, Wirth C. A generic structure for plant trait databases. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (accepted)

Bruelheide H, Böhnke M, Both S, Fang T, Assmann T, Baruffol M, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Chen X-Y, Ding B.-Y., Durka W., Erfmeier A., Fischer M, Geißler C, Guo D, Guo L-D, Härdtle W, He, J-S, Hector, A, Kröber, W, Kühn, P, Lang, AC, Nadrowski K, Pei KQ, Scherer- Lorenzen M, Shi XZ, Scholten T, Schuldt A, Trogisch S, von Oheimb G, Welk E, Wirth C, Wu, Y-T, Yang XF, Yu MJ, Zeng XQ, Zhang SR, Zhou HZ, Ma KP & Schmid B: Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecology (accepted)

Esser G, Kattge J, Sakalli A: Feedback of carbon and nitrogen cycles enhances carbon sequestration in the terrestrial biosphere Global Change Biology (accepted)

2010 back

Nadrowski K, Wirth C, Scherer-Lorenzen M: Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2:1-5

Mund M, Kutsch W, Wirth C, Kahl T, Knohl A, Skomarkova MV, Schulze E-D: The influence of climate and fructification on the inter-annual variability of stem growth and net primary productivity in an old-growth, mixed-deciduous forest. Tree Physiology doi:10.1093/treephys/tpq027: 1:16

2009 back

Müller C, Rütting T, Abbasi MK, Laughlin RJ, Kammann C, Clough TJ, R.R. Sherlock RR, Kattge J, Jäger H-J, Watson CJ and Stevens RJ (2009): Effect of elevated CO2 on soil N dynamics in a temperate grassland soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.003

Kahl T, Wirth C, Mund M, Bönisch G, Schulze E-D: Using drill resistance to quantify the density in coarse woody debris of Norway spruce. European Journal of Forest Research DOI 10.1007/s10342-009-0294-2

Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (2009): Old-growth forest: Function, fate and value: An overview In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Wirth C (2009): Old-growth forest: Function, fate and value: A synthesis In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Wirth C, Messier C, Bergeron Y, Frank D, Fankhänel A (2009): Old-growth forest definitions: a pragmatic view. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Wirth C, Lichstein JW (2009): The imprint of succession on old-growth forest carbon balances insights from a trait-based model of forest dynamics. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Lichstein JW, Wirth C, Horn HS, Pacala SW (2009): Biomass chronosequences of U.S. forests: implications for carbon storage and forest management. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Knohl A, Schulze E-D, Wirth C (2009): Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of old-growth forests: processes and pattern. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Schweingruber FH, Wirth C (2009): Old trees and the meaning of "old". In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Kutsch WL, Wirth C, Kattge J, Noellert S, Herbst M, Kappen L (2009): Ecophysiological characteristics of large, mature trees and consequences for old-growth functioning. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Frank D, Finckh M, Wirth C (2009): Impacts of land use on habitat function of old-growth forests and its biodiversity. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Gleixner G, Tefs C, Nueske A, Jordan A, Hammer M, Telz A, Schmidt UE,Glatzel S, Wirth C (2009): Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. (in press)

Shevliakova, E, Pacala SW, Malyshev S, Hurtt GC, Milly PCD, Caspersen JP, Sentman LT, Fisk JP, Wirth C, Crevoisier C: Carbon cycling under 300 years of land-use change: the importance of the secondary vegetation sink. Global Biogeochemical Cycles doi:10.1029/2007GB003176 (early online)

Cornwell WK, Cornelissen HC, Allison S, Eggleton P, Preston C, Scarff F, Weedon JT, Wirth C, Zanne AE: Plant traits and wood fates across the globe — rotted, burned, or consumed? Global Change Biology doi:10.111/j.1365-2486.2009.01916.x (early online)

Kattge J, Knorr W, Raddatz T, Wirth C (2009): Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen use efficiency for earth system models. Global Change Biology 15(4):976-991 (selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology)

Weedon JT, Cornwell WK, Cornelissen HC, Zanne Y, Wirth C, Coomes D (2009): Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: A role for trait variation among tree species? Ecology Letters 12:45-56

Williams M, AD Richardson, M Reichstein, PC Stoy, P Peylin, H Verbeeck, N Carvalhais, M Jung, DY Hollinger, J Kattge, R Leuning, Y Luo, E Tomelleri, C Trudinger, and Y-P Wang (2009): Improving land surface models with FLUXNET data. Biogeosciences 6:1341-1359

2008 back

Soussana J-F, Maire V, Gross N, Reinhold T, Dähring H, Pontes LS, Picon-Cochard, Fontaine S, Pages L, and Wirth C (2008): Modeling the functioning of complex grassland mixtures - First results of the DISCOVER project (in French). Fourrages 195:259-274

Desai AR, Richardson AD, Moffat AM, Kattge J, Hollinger DY, Barr A, Falge E, Noormets A, Papale P, Reichstein M and Stauch VJ: Cross site evaluation of eddy covariance GPP and RE decomposition techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology doi:10.1016/j.agformet.2007.11.012

Hartmann H, Wirth C, Messier C, Berninger F (2008): Effects of above- and below-ground partial harvest disturbance on residual sugar maple growth and water stress. Tree Physiology 28:1851-1862

Wirth C, Lichstein JW, Dushoff J, Chen A, Chapin III FS (2008): White spruce forms sapling banks in black spruce habitat: Dispersal, establishment and growth across burned vegetation boundaries in a warming climate. Ecological Monographs 78(4):489-505 (currently listed among the top 4 in Ecological Monographs)

Tautenhahn S, Heilmeier H, Götzberger L, Klotz S, Wirth C, Kühn I: On the biogeography of seed mass in Germany Distribution patterns and environmental correlates. Ecography 31:457-468 [pdf]

Wutzler T, Wirth C, Schumacher J (2008) Generic biomass functions for Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Central Europe predictions and components of uncertainty. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38: 1661-1675

Lasslop G, Reichstein M, Kattge J, Papale D (2008) Influences of observation errors in eddy flux data on inverse model parameter estimation. Biogeosciences, 5, 751-785

Richardson AD, Mahecha MD, Falge E, Kattge J, Moffat AM, Papale D, Reichstein M, Stauch VJ, Braswell BH, Churkina G, Kruijt B and Hollinger DY (2008) Statistical properties of random CO2 flux measurement uncertainty inferred from model residuals. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , 148, 38-50.

2007 back

Balshi MS, McGuire AD, Zhuang Q, Melillo J, Kicklighter DW, Kasischke E, Wirth C, Flannigan M, Harden J, Clein JS, Burnside TJ, McAllister J, Kurz W, Apps M, and Shvidenko A (2007): The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(G2) G02029

Crevoiser C, Shevliakova E, Gloor E, Wirth C, Pacala S: Drivers of fire in the boreal forests: Data constrained design of a prognostic model of burned area for use in dynamic global vegetation models. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 112(D24) D24112 (doi:10.1029/2006JD008372)

Moffat, AM, D Papale, M Reichstein, DY Hollinger, AD Richardson, AG Barr, C Beckstein, BH Braswell, G Churkina, AR Desai, E Falge, JH Gove, M Heimann, D Hui, AJ Jarvis, J Kattge , A Noormets, VJ Stauch (2007) Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.011

Kattge J and Knorr W (2007) Temperature acclimation in a biochemical model of photosynthesis: a reanalysis of data from 36 species. Plant, Cell and Environment, 30, 1176-1190

Trudinger C, Raupach M, Rayner P, Kattge J, Liu Q, Pack B, Reichstein M, Renzullo L, Richardson A, Roxburgh S, Styles J, Wang YP, Briggs P, Barrett D & Nikolova S (2007) The OptIC project: an intercomparison of optimisation techniques for parameter estimation in terrestrial biogeochemical models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, (doi 10.1029/2006JG000367)

Raddatz TJ, Reick C, Knorr W, Kattge J, Roeckner E, Schnur R, Schnitzler K-G, Wetzel P & Jungclaus J (2007) Is the tropical land biosphere dominating the carbon cycle - climate feedback during the 21st century? Climate Dynamics, 29, 565-574 (doi 10.1007/s00382-007-0247-8)

2006 back

McGuire A, Chapin II FS, Walsh J and Wirth C: Integrated regional changes in high-latitude climate feedbacks: Implications for the global climate system. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31:61-91

McGuire DA, Chapin III FS, Wirth C, Apps M, Bhatti J, Callaghan T, Christensen TR, Clein JS, Fukuda M, Maximov T, Onuchin A, Shvidenko A and Vaganov E: Responses of high latitude ecosystems to global change: Potential consequences for the climate system. Chapter in Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World, pp. 297-310. The IGBP Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Chapin III FS, Woodwell GM, Randerson JT, Lovett GM, Rastetter EB, Baldocchi DD, Clark DA, Harmon ME, Schimel DS, Valentini R, Wirth C, (plus 18 additional authors): Reconciling carbon cycle concepts, terminology, and methodology. Ecosystems 9:1041-1051

Müller C., T. Rätting, J. Kattge, R. J. Laughlin, R. J. Stevens (2006) Parameter estimation in complex 15N tracing models by Monte Carlo sampling. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:715-726, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.09.021

Becker, U.; Reinhold, T.; Matthies, D. (2006): Effects of pollination distance on reproduction and offspring performance in Hypochoeris radicata: Experiments with plants from three European regions. Biological Conservation 132. 109-118

Skomarkova MV, Vaganov EA, Mund M, Knohl A, Linke P, Boerner A, Schulze ED (2006) Inter-annual and seasonal variability of radial growth, wood density and carbon isotope ratios in tree rings of beech (Fagus sylvatica) growing in Germany and Italy. Trees-Structure & Function 20, 571-586

2005 back

Knorr W. & Kattge J. (2005) Inversion of terrestrial ecosystem model parameter values against eddy covariance measurements by Monte Carlo sampling. Global Change Biology, 11, 1333-1351

Schulze E-D, Wirth C, Mollicone D, Ziegler W (2005): Succession after stand replacing disturbances by fire, windthrow and insects in the dark Taiga of Central Siberia. Oecologia 146: 77-88.

Vetter M, Wirth C, Böttcher H, Churkina G, Schulze E-D, Wutzler T, Weber G (2005): Partitioning direct and indirect human-induced effects on carbon sequestration of managed coniferous forests using model simulations and forest inventories. Global Change Biology 11: 810-827. *Carbo-Europe paper of the year 2005 *

Czimczik C, Mund M, Schulze E-D and Wirth C: Effects of reforestation, deforestation and afforestation on carbon storage in soils. In: The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes (eds. Griffiths H. & Jarvis PG). Garland Science/Bios Scientific Publishers, London pp. 319-330.

Ciais P, Janssens I, Shvidenko A, Wirth C, Mahli Y, Grace J, Schulze E-D and Heimann M: The potential for rising CO2 to account for the observed uptake of carbon by tropical, temperate and boreal forest biomes. In: The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes (eds. Griffiths H. & Jarvis PG). Garland/Science Bios Scientific Publishes, London, pp. 109-150

2004 back

Wirth C, Schumacher J, Schulze E-D (2004): Generic biomass functions for Norway spruce in central Europe - a meta-analysis approach towards prediction and uncertainty estimation. Tree Physiology 24:121-139. [pdf]

Joosten R, Schumacher J, Wirth C and Schulte A (2004): Evaluating tree carbon predictions of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in western Germany. Forest Ecology and Management 189(1-3): 87-96.

Schulze B, Wirth C (corresponding author), Linke P, Brand W, Kuhlmann I, Horna de Zimmermann V, and Schulze E-D (2004): Laser Ablation-Combustion-GC-IRMS - A new method for online analysis of intra-annual variation in 13C in tree rings. Tree Physiology 24: 1193-1201.

Slot M, Wirth C, Schumacher J, Mohren GMJ, Shibistova O, Lloyd J, Ensminger I (2004): Regeneration patterns in boreal Scots pine glades linked to temperature and high-light photoinhibition. Tree Physiology 25(9): 1139-1150.

Wirth C (2004): Fire regime and tree diversity in boreal and high elevation forests: Implications for biogeochemical cycles. In: The ecological significance of forest diversity (eds. M. Scherer-Lorenzen, Ch. Körner and E.-D. Schulze). Ecological Studies 176. Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 309-344.

2003 back

Wirth C, Schulze E-D, Schwalbe G, Tomczyk S, Weber G, and Weller E (2003): Dynamik der Kohlenstoffvorräte in den Wäldern Thüringens. Berichte der Thüringer Landesanstalt für Wald, Jagd und Fischerei, Gotha, 302 pp.

IPCC: Good practice guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (NGGIP-LULUCF task 1) - contributing author in chapter 5 (Rypdal et al.: Cross-cutting issues).

2002 back

Wirth C, Schulze E-D, Lühker B, Grigoriev S, Siry M, Hardes G, Ziegler W, Backor M, Bauer G and Vygodskaya NN (2002): Fire and site type effects on the long-term carbon balance in pristine Siberian Scots Pine forests. Plant and Soil 242: 41-63

McGuire A D, Wirth C, Apps M, Beringer J, Clein J, Epstein H, Kicklighter D W, Bhatti J, Chapin III F S, de Groot B, Efremov D, Eugster W, Fukuda M, Gower T, Hinzman L, Huntley B, Jia G J, Kasischke E, Melillo J, Romanovsky V, Shvidenko A, Vaganov E and Walker D (2002): Environmental Variation, Vegetation Distribution, Carbon Dynamics and Water/Energy Exchanges. Journal of Vegetation Science 13.3: 301-314

Wirth C, Schulze E-D, Kusznetova V, Milyukova I, Hardes G, Siry M, Schulze B, and Vygodskaya N N (2002): Comparing the influence of site quality, stand age, fire and climate on above-ground production in Siberian Scots pine forests. Tree Physiology 22: 537-552

Wirth C, Czimczik C I and Schulze E-D (2002): Beyond annual budgets: Carbon flux at different temporal scales in fire-prone Siberian Scots pine forests. Tellus 54B (5): 611-630

Mollicone D, Achard F, Marchesini L B, Federici S, Wirth C, Stefano Rosellini, Schulze E-D and Valentini R (2002): A new remote sensing based approach to determine forest fire cycle: Case study of the central Siberia Abies dominated taiga. Tellus 54B (5):688-695

Schulze E-D, Wirth C, and Heimann M (2002): Carbon fluxes in the Eurosiberian Region. Environmental Control in Biology 40(3):249-258

Schulze E-D, Vygodskaya N N , Tschebakova N, Czimczik C I, Kozlov D, Lloyd, J, Mollicone D, Myachkova E, Sidorov K, Varlagin A and Wirth C (2002): The Eurosiberian transect: An introduction to the experimental region. Tellus 54B (5):421-428

Vygodskaya NN, Schulze E-D, Tchebakova NM, Karpachevskii LO, Kozlov D, Sidorov KN, Panvyorov MI, Abrazko MI, Shaposhnikov ES, Solnzeva ON, Minaeva TY, Jeltuchin AS, Wirth C, Pugachevskii AV (2002): Climatic control of stand thinning in unmanaged spruce forests of the southern taiga in European Russia. Tellus 54B (5) 443-461

Lloyd J, Shibistova O, Zolotoukhine D, Kolle O, Arneth A, Wirth C, Styles J M, Tchebakova N M, and Schulze E.-D. (2002). Seasonal and annual variations in the photosynthetic productivity and carbon balance of a central Siberian pine forest. Tellus 54B (5):590-610

2001 back

Schimel D, House J, Hibbard K, Bousquet P, Ciais P, Peylin P, Apps M, Baker D, Bondeau A, Brasswell R, Canadell J, Churkina G, Cramer W, Denning S, Field C, Friedlingstein P, Goodale C, Heimann M, Houghton R A, Melillo J, Moore III B, Murdiyarso D, Noble I, Pacala S, Prentice C, Raupach M, Rayner P, Scholes B, Steffen W and Wirth C (2001): Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems. Nature 414:169-172

2000 back

Zimmermann R, Schulze E-D, Wirth C, Schulze EE, McDonald KC, Vygodskaya NN and Ziegler W (2000): Canopy transpiration in a chronosequence of Central Siberian Pine forests. Global Change Biology 6:25-37

Schulze E-D, Wirth C and Heimann M (2000): Kyoto and the global carbon cycle. Science 289(5487):2058-2059

Schulze E-D, Wirth C and Heimann M (2000): Response to Science 290:1895 (Letter by JH Borden, G Marland, B Schlamadinger, R Methews (2000): Kyoto forests and a broader perspective on management. Science 290:2895

1999 back

Schulze E-D, Lloyd J, Kelliher FM, Wirth C, Rebmann C, Lähker B, Mund M, Knohl A, Milyukova I, Schulze W, Ziegler W, Varlagin A, Valentini R, Dore S, Grigoriev S, Kolle O and Vygodskaya NN (1999): Productivity of forests in the Eurosiberian boreal region and their potential to act as a carbon sink - A synthesis. Global Change Biology 5(6):703-722

Wirth C, Schulze E-D, Schulze W, von Stönzner-Karbe D, Ziegler W, Miljukowa I, Sogatchev A, Varlagin AB, Panvyorov M, Grigoriev S, Kusnetzova W, Siry M, Hardes G, Zimmermann R and Vygodskaya NN (1999): Above-ground biomass in pristine Siberian Scots pine forests as controlled by competition and fire. Oecologia 121:66-80

Kelliher FM, Lloyd J, Baldocchi DD, Rebmann C, Wirth C and Schulze E-D (1999): Evaporation in the boreal zone during summer - physics and vegetation. In: Schulze E-D, Heimann M, Harrison S, Holland E, Lloyd J, Prentice C, Schimel D (2001): Global biogeochemical cycles in the climate system. Academic press, San Diego, 151-165

1997 back

Kattge J, Grüters U, Hoffstadt J, Fangmeier A and Jäger H-J (1997): Reaktion des Wasserhaushaltes von Wildkräutern auf erhöhte CO2-Konzentrationen der Atmosphäre. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27, 273-282.

Gützl M, Grüters U, Kattge J, Fangmeier A and Jüger H-J (1997): Arten der Chenopodietea unter erhöhter CO2-Konzentration: Reaktion der photosynthetischen Licht- und Dunkelprozesse. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27, 329-333

Other Publications, Reports and Theses (not peer-reviewed) back

Skomarkova M.V., Vaganov E.A., Wirth C., Kirdyanov A.V. (2009) Variability of radial growth of coniferous (Pinus sylvestris L., Picea obovata L., Abies sibirica L.) and deciduous species (Populus tremula L., Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in relation to climate in middle taiga of the Central Siberia. Geograthija i prirodnye resursy (in Russian, in press).

Wirth C, Kattge J: Functional biodiversity research at the global scale. MPG Annual Report (in press)

Gassmann A, Tosevski I, Reinhold T, and Maia G (2003): Biological Control of Buckthorns, Rhamnus cathartica and Frangula alnus; Annual report 2003, CABI Bioscience Switzerland

Wirth C (1994): Das Kienmoor - Ein schützenswertes Niedermoor am Nordrand von Barnstorf. Zwischen Hunte und Weser (FA 5 Naturschutz, Landschaftspflege und Umweltfragen), Mitteilungsblatt des Kreisheimatbundes Diepholz e. V., Mai 1994: 26-30.

Wirth C (1998): Productivity and carbon sink capacity of Russian boreal forests. Proceedings of the International Workshop: Ecological and economic problems in the boreal woodlands of Russia, July 2-6 1998, Dresden, 67-71.

Wirth C (2000): The impact of fire on the carbon dynamics in Siberian Scots pine forests. Interactions of biogeochemistry and population ecology. Ph. D. Thesis, University of Bayreuth, 266 pp.

Knorr W., N. Gobron, M. Scholze, P. Rayner, T. Kaminski, R. Giering, H. Widmann, and Kattge J. (2005): Carbon and fAPAR assimilation within CCDAS. In P. Viterbo, editor, Proceedings of ECMWF/ELDAS Workshop on Land Surface Assimilation, 8-11 November 2004, pages 213-219. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

Kattge J and Esser G (2002) Zur Parameterisierung der Stickstoff-Kohlenstoff Interaktion in globalen Biosphärenmodellen, Proceedings of the workshop: Bedeutung der Wechselwirkungen Biosphäre-Atmosphäre für die nachhaltige Nutzung der Biosphäre und den Klimaschutz; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), 16.-17.09.2002 in Bonn

Achtziger R and Tautenhahn S (2006): Wanzen- und Zikadenarten des Campus der TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Mitteilungen des Naturschutzinstitutes Freiberg Heft 2.

Reinhold T (2003): Effekte von Habitatfragmentierung auf die verbreitete Pflanzenart Hypochoeris radicata. Untersuchungen zum Einfluss von Populationsdichte, Dichte und Anwesenheit einer Zusatzpflanze auf das Verhalten der Bestäuber und auf die Reproduktion sowie zum Effekt von simulierter Herbivorie und Trockenstress auf die Fitness in- und ausgezüchteter Individuen. Master Thesis, Phillips-University of Marburg