© N. Hölzel

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Hölzel 

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group
Institute of Landscape Ecology
Heisenbergstr. 2, D-48149 Münster
room 501
phone +49(0)251-83 33 994
fax +49(0)251-83 38 338
e-mail norbert.hoelzel [at] uni-muenster.de

office hours Tuesday 13-15 h and on appointment

  • Curriculum vitae

    since 10/2007 Full Professor for Ecosystem Research
    University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology
    2005 - 2007 Visiting Professor for Ecosystem Research
    University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology
    2004 Habilitation and venia legendi for Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology
    Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Faculty of Agriculture, Nutrition Science and Environmental Management
    Thesis Ecological significance of seed banks, germination and establishment for the restoration of flood-meadows
    1998 - 2004 Assistant Professor
    Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
    1996 - 1998 Research Associate
    Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management
    1995 PhD in Geobotany
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Faculty of Forest Sciences
    Thesis Erica pine forests in the northern limestone Alps
    1990 - 1996 free lance surveys
    numerous free lance surveys in vegetation ecology and nature conservation management for governmental agencies and private consulting enterprises
    1990 MS in Physical Geography
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department of Geography
    Thesis Vegetation development at land slides in the Bavarian Prealps
    1984 - 1990 Studies in Physical Geography, Soil Science, Landscape Ecology and Geobotany
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

     

  • Teaching

    • lectures: landscape ecology, landscapes of the world, geobotany, restoration ecology, soil ecology and site conditions
    • courses: multivariate statistical methods in vegetation and landscape ecology, scientific english
    • field courses: landscape ecology, restoration ecology, vegetation science, soil science, community ecology, physical geography/landscape ecology (for geography students)
    • field trips: Werdenfelser Land (2008), northwest Germany (Niederrhein, Recker Moor, Diepholzer Moorniederung, Baumberge)
    • students research projects: more
    • supervision of Diploma, MSc, BSc and state examination thesis as well as PhD thesis

  • Research

    • Grassland ecology (restoration and sustainable management of species-rich grasslands)
    • Floodplain ecology (nutrient gradients, response to flooding dynamics, dispersal processes, recruitment and vegetation patterns)
    • Ecology of rare and endangered species (habitat characteristics, population dynamics)
    • Seed ecology (phenology, soil seed banks and recruitment)
    • Restoration ecology (development and evaluation of techniques for the restoration of habitats and species)
    • Effects of Global Change (climate, land use) on landscapes, habitats and species
    • Development of adaptation and mitigation strategies for resource management, nature protection and biodiversity conservation
    • Land use change and landscape dynamics in Western Siberia and Kazakhstan

    • Main Research Topics

  • Services, Memberships, Reviews, Awards

     

    Services

     Department of Geosciences, University of Münster

    • Faculty Council: full member since 10/2008
    • Chair person of the commission for research and young academics since 01/2009
    • Deputy Managing Director of the Institute of Landscape Ecology since 10/2008
    • Person in charge for the building AVZ Hüffergarten / Neubau Geo I 08/2008 - 01/2017

     

    Services

    Scientific Organisations

     

    Membership in scientific organisations

    • Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER), European Chapter
    • International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS)
    • International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE)
    • Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) (Working Groups Restoration Ecology and Population Ecology)
    • Floristisch-soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (FlorSoz)
    • Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft (RTG)
    • Verband der Geographen an Deutschen Hochschulen (VDGH) (AK Biogeographie)
    • Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
    • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Forstliche Standorts- und Vegetationskunde (AFSV)
    • Arbeitskreis Vegetationsdatenbanken
    • Botanische Vereinigung für Naturschutz in Hessen (BVNH)
    • Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaft (RBG)

     

    Peer-review

    • for international journals
      amongst others Acta Oecologica, Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, Annals of Forest Science, Applied Vegetation Science, Basic and Applied Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Conservation, Ecography, Ecological Engineering, Ecosystems, Flora, Folia Geobotanica, Forest Ecology and Management, Global Change Biology, Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Journal of Vegetation Science, Nordic Journal of Botany, Phytocoenologia, Plant and Soil, Plant Biology, Plant Ecology, Polar Biology, Preslia, Remote Sensing of Environment, Restoration Ecology, Seed Science Research, Weed Research, Wetlands
    • for research foundations
      Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG , VolkswagenStiftung, Czech Science Foundation

     

    Awards

    • Honorary Doctorate by the University of Tyumen, Russia (04/2017)
    • Editors award ‘Paper of the Year’ by the chief editors of the journal Applied Vegetation Science for the article Restoration of a species-rich flood-meadow by topsoil removal and diaspore transfer with plant material by Hölzel & Otte (2003) [Editor's Award175 KB AVS]

  • Publications

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    google scholar citations

    International publications (peer-reviewed)

    Publications

    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Recent trends in moisture conditions across European peatlands. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 37, 101385–101385. doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101385.
    • , , , & (). Comparing eDNA and transect methods for aquatic biodiversity assessment in lakes and ponds. Molecular Ecology Resources, 25 (3), Article e14060. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14060.
    • , , , , & (). Environmental DNA supports importance of heterogeneous pond landscapes for arthropod diversity conservation. Ecosphere, 16 (2). doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70171.

    • (). A novel, post-Soviet fire disturbance regime drives bird diversity and abundance on the Eurasian steppe. Global Change Biology, 30 (1), 1–14. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17026.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 1251. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Nitrogen availability and plant functional composition modify biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Ecology Letters, 27 (1). doi: 10.1111/ele.14361.
    • , , , , , & (). Rapid evolution of flower phenology and clonality in restored populations of multiple grassland species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00 (1-11). doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14600.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Severity of topsoil compaction controls the impact of skid trails on soil ecological processes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–12. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14708.
    • (). The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset. Scientific data, 11 (1), Article 305. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03139-w.
    • (). Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Science advances, 10 (41), Article eadn6007. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn6007.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nature plants, 10, 760–770. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7.
    • (). Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature, 632 (8026), 808–814. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3.
    • (). Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands. Nature Climate Change, 14 (9), 976–982. doi: 10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y.
    • , , , , , & (). Resurveying inner-alpine dry grasslands after 70 years calls for integrative conservation efforts. Biological Conservation, 289, Article 110393. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110393.

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Increasing plant species richness by seeding has marginal effects on ecosystem functioning in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Ecology, early view (n/a). doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14154.
    • (). The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7, 236–249. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5.
    • , , , , & (). Assessing and improving the transferability of current global spatial prediction models. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–13. doi: 10.1111/geb.13635.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. Nature Sustainability, 6, 391–403. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01045-w.
    • , , , , , , & (). 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, Volume 29 (3), 395–408. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13668.
    • , , , , & (). Positive long-term effects of year-round horse grazing in orchid-rich dry calcareous grasslands–Results of a 12-year study. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 35. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1107987.
    • , , & (). Combining historical aerial photography with machine learning to map landscape change impacts on dry grasslands in the Central Alps. Landscape Ecology, 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10980-023-01684-0.
    • , , , , , , & (). Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (20). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2219664120.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Reduction of invertebrate herbivory by land use is only partly explained by changes in plant and insect characteristics. Ecological Monographs, 93 (2). doi: 10.1002/ecm.1571.
    • (). Habitat quality, not patch isolation, drives distribution and abundance of two light-demanding butterflies in fragmented coppice landscapes. Journal of Insect Conservation, 27 (5), 743–758. doi: 10.1007/s10841-023-00494-8.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant Community of the Year 2024: Vegetation of wet meadows (Calthion palustris) Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2024: Die Sumpfdotterblumen-Wiesen (Calthion palustris). Tuexenia, 43, 277–334. doi: 10.14471/2023.43.006.

    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Fire in lichen-rich subarctic tundra changes carbon and nitrogen cycling between ecosystem compartments but has minor effects on stocks. Biogeosciences, 19 (10), 2729–2740. doi: 10.5194/bg-19-2729-2022.
    • (). Anthropogenic fire patterns affect niche breadth and niche overlap in sympatric songbird species. Science of the Total Environment, 833, Article 155160. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155160.
    • (). Direct and plant community mediated effects of management intensity on annual nutrient leaching risk in temperate grasslands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 123 (3), 83–104. doi: 10.1007/s10705-022-10209-1.
    • (). Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 124 (1), 101–116. doi: 10.1007/s10705-022-10224-2.
    • (). Enzyme kinetics inform about mechanistic changes in tea litter decomposition across gradients in land-use intensity in Central German grasslands. Science of the Total Environment, 836, Article 155748. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155748.
    • (). Establishment of wildflower strips in a wide range of environments: a lesson from a landscape-scale project. Restoration Ecology, 30 (4), Article e13542. doi: 10.1111/rec.13542.
    • , , & (). Fallow deer foraging alone does not preserve the vegetation of traditionally sheep-grazed calcareous grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (10), 2520–2530. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14253.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Grassland restoration on former arable land: Fine-scale grass accumulation and damaged soil conditions limit species establishment. Applied Vegetation Science, 25 (2). doi: 10.1111/avsc.12665.
    • (). Soil conditions drive below-ground trait space in temperate agricultural grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 110 (5), 1189–1200. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13862.
    • (). Microbial drivers of plant richness and productivity in a grassland restoration experiment along a gradient of land-use intensity. New Phytologist, 236 (5), 1936–1950. doi: 10.1111/nph.18503.
    • (). Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra. Global Change Biology, 28 (3), 1048–1062. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15963.
    • (). The Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.715637.
    • (). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378 (6622), 915–920. doi: 10.1126/science.abq4062.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Transformation of rural landscapes in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta from 1990 to 2019: a spatio-temporal analysis. Geocarto International, 37, 1–23. doi: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2086623.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Plant Community of the Year 2023: Vegetation of amphibious plants in nutrient-poor waters (Littorelletea uniflorae p.p.) Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2023: Die Strandlingsrasen (Littorelletea uniflorae p.p.). Tuexenia, 42, 321–350. doi: 10.14471/2022.42.006.

    • , , , , , , & (). Nitrogen limitation reduces the performance of target plant species in restored meadows. Restoration Ecology, 30 (7), e13608. doi: 10.1111/rec.13608.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests. Science advances, 7 (20). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf3985.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nature Communications, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1.
    • , , , & (). Linking insect herbivory with plant traits: Phylogenetically structured trait syndromes matter. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (4). doi: 10.1111/jvs.13061.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands. Nature Communications, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4.
    • , , & (). Is there local adaptation in plant species to soil reaction? A lesson from a multispecies experiment. Restoration Ecology, 29 (5). doi: 10.1111/rec.13393.
    • , , , , , & (). East Asian buntings: Ongoing illegal trade and encouragingconservation responses. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (6). doi: 10.1111/csp2.405.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: Assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (8), 1681–1692. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13883.
    • , , , , , & (). Litter removal through fire – A key process for wetland vegetation and ecosystem dynamics. Science of the Total Environment, 755. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142659.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Post-fire vegetation succession in the Siberian subarctic tundra over 45 years. Science of the Total Environment, 760. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143425.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Post-Soviet shifts in grazing and fire regimes changed the functional plant community composition on the Eurasian steppe. Global Change Biology, 27 (2), 388–401. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15411.
    • (). sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30 (9), 1740–1764. doi: 10.1111/geb.13346.
    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Arable vegetation of calcareous soils (Caucalidion): Plant community of the year 2022 Ackerwildkraut-Vegetation der Kalkäcker (Caucalidion): Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2022. Tuexenia, 41, 299–350. doi: 10.14471/2021.41.021.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Assessing the impact of grassland management on landscape multifunctionality. Ecosystem Services, 52, Article 101366. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101366.

    • , , , , , , , , & (). Annual Landsat time series reveal post-Soviet changes in grazing pressure. Remote Sensing of Enviroment, 239, 111667. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111667.
    • , , , , , , & (). 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. doi: 10.1002/rse2.138.
    • , , & (). Towards more meaningful scenarios of biodiversity responses to land-use change in Central Asia. Regional Environmental Change, 20 (75). doi: 10.1007/s10113-020-01666-x.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Post-Soviet land-use change affected fire regimes on the Eurasian steppes. Ecosystems, 23, 943–956. doi: 10.1007/s10021-019-00447-w.
    • , , , , & (). Restoration of orchid-rich dry calcareous grasslands by rotational goat pasturing. Tuexenia, 40, 201–223. doi: 10.14471/2020.40.009.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Declining human pressure and opportunities for rewilding in the steppes of Eurasia. Diversity and Distribution, 26 (9), 1058–1070. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13110.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (45), 28140–28149. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016210117.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 1485–1494. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Using geolocator tracking data and ringing archives to validate citizen-science based seasonal predictions of bird distribution in a data-poor region. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01215.
    • , , , , , , & (). Decomposition disentangled: A test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition. Functional Ecology, 34 (7), 1485–1496. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13560.

    • , , , , , & (). Land-use intensity shapes kinetics of extracellular enzymes in rhizosphere soil of agricultural grassland plant species. SOIL, 437, 215–239. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-03970-w.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Eleven years’ data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, e36387. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36387.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Recovery of ecosystem functions after experimental disturbance in 73 grasslands differing in land-use intensity, plant species richness and community composition. Journal of Ecology, 107 (6), 2635–2649. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13211.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). The type of nutrient limitation affects the plant species richness–productivity relationship: evidence from dry grasslands across Eurasia. Journal of Ecology, 107, 1038–1050. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13084.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Post-burn and long-term fire effects on plants and birds in floodplain wetlands in the Russian Far East. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28, 1611–1628. doi: 10.1007/s10531-019-01746-3.
    • , , , , , , & (). Strengths and potential pitfalls of hay-transfer for ecological restoration revealed by RAD-seq analysis in two floodplain Arabis species. Molecular Ecology, 28 (17), 3887–3091. doi: 10.1111/mec.15194.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant Community of the Year 2020: Mat grassland (Nardus stricta grassland). Tuexenia, 39, 289–308. doi: 10.14471/2019.39.017.
    • , , , & (). Global patterns of intraspecific leaf trait responses to elevation. Global Change Biology, 25, 2485–2498. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14646.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , & (). 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, 674–686. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12749.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 161–186. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12710.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant functional trait shifts explain concurrent changes in the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Journal of Ecology, 107, 2197–2210. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13182.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity-multifunctionality relationships. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, 168–179. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13260.
    • , , , , , & (). Mix and match: regional admixture provenancing strikes a balance among different seed-sourcing strategies for ecological restoration. Conservation Genetics, 20, 7–17. doi: 10.1007/s10592-018-1067-6.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Eleven years' data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, 1–38. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.E36387.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant Community of the Year 2020: Mat grassland (Nardus striata grassland) Pflanzengesellschaft des Jahres 2020: Borstgrasrasen. Tuexenia, 39, 287–308. doi: 10.14471/2019.39.017.
    • (). Post-burn and long-term fire effects on plants and birds in floodplain wetlands of the Russian Far East. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28, 1611–1628. doi: 10.1007/s10531-019-01746-3.
    • (). Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity–multifunctionality relationships. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (1), 168–179. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13260.
    • (). 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.

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). 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.
    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Land use intensity, rather than plant species richness, affects the leaching risk of multiple nutrients from permanent grasslands. Global Change Biology, 24 (7), 2828–2840. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14123.
    • , , , & (). Patterns and Determinants of Post-Soviet Cropland Abandonment in the Western Siberian Grain Belt. Remote Sensing, 10 (12), 1973. doi: 10.3390/rs10121973.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1907–1918. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Mapping the timing of cropland abandonment and recultivation in northern Kazakhstan using annual Landsat time series. Remote Sensing of Enviroment, 213, 49–60. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.005.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). And the winner is … ! A test of simple predictors of plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. Ecological Indicators, 87, 296–301. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.031.
    • , , & (). Goat paddock grazing improves the conservation status of shrub-encroached dry grasslands. Tuexenia, 38, 215–233. doi: 10.14471/2018.38.017.
    • , , & (). Positive effects of goat pasturing on the threatened spring geophyte Gagea bohemica in formerly abandoned dry grasslands. Flora, 249, 53–59. doi: 10.1016/j.flora.2018.09.008.
    • , , , , , & (). Farmland bird responses to land abandonment in Western Siberia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 268, 61–69. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.09.009.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Plant Community of the Year 2019: Oatgras Meadow. Tuexenia, 38, 287–295. doi: 10.14471/2018.38.011.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Contribution of the soil seed bank to the restoration of agricultural grasslands by experimental sward disturbance. Restoration Ecology, 26 (S2), 114–122. doi: 10.1111/rec.12626.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). And the winner is …. ! A test of simple predictors of plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. Ecological Indicators, 87, 296–301. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.031.
    • (). Quantitative mesophyll parameters rather than whole-leaf traits predict response of C3 steppe plants to aridity. New Phytologist, 217 (2), 558–570. doi: 10.1111/nph.14840.
    • , , , , & (). Quantitative mesophyll parameters rather than whole-leaf traits predict response of C3 steppe plants to aridity. New Phytologist, 217 (2), 558–570. doi: 10.1111/nph.14840.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Effects of mowing, grazing and fertilization on soil seed banks in temperate grasslands in Central Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 256, 211–217. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.11.008.
    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 1369–1394. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Hemiparasite-density effects on grassland plant diversity, composition and biomass. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 32, 22–29. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.01.004.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems? Ecohydrology, 11 (4), e1945. doi: 10.1002/eco.1945.

    • , , , , , & (). Enriching plant diversity in grasslands by large-scale experimental sward disturbance and seed addition along gradients of land-use intensity. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10 (4), 581–591. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw062.
    • , , , , & (). Time lags in functional response to management regimes – evidence from a 26-year field experiment in wet meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28 (2), 313–324. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12497.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Soil carbon sequestration due to post-Soviet cropland abandonment: estimates from a large-scale soil organic carbon field inventory. Global Change Biology, 23 (9), 3729–3741. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13650.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). The relationship between plant species richness and soil pH vanishes with increasing aridity across Eurasian dry grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26 (4), 425–434. doi: 10.1111/geb.12549.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Regional differences in soil pH niche among dry grassland plants in Eurasia. Oikos, 126 (5), 660–670. doi: 10.1111/oik.03369.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Genetic differentiation within multiple common grassland plants supports seed transfer zones for ecological restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (1), 116–126. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12636.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Genetic differentiation and regional adaptation among seed origins used for grassland restoration: Lessons from a multispecies transplant experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (1), 127–136. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12645.
    • , , , , , & (). Are local plants the best for ecosystem restoration? It depends on how you analyze the data. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (24), 10683–10689. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3585.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Grassland management in Germany: Effects on plant diversity and vegetation composition. Tuexenia, 37 (1), 379–397. doi: 10.14471/2017.37.010.
    • , , , & (). Status and restoration potential of heathlands and sand grasslands in the southwest of Luxembourg. Tuexenia, 37 (1), 179–200. doi: 10.14471/2017.37.007.
    • , , , , , & (). Developing land use scenarios for stakeholder participation in Russia. Land Use Policy, 68 (null), 264–276. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.049.

    • , , , , , , & (). Relationships between Vegetation Succession, Pore Water Chemistry and CH4 and CO2 Production in a Transitional Mire of Western Siberia (Tyumen Oblast). Wetlands, 36 (5), 863–874. doi: 10.1007/s13157-016-0798-8.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371 (1694), 20150269. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0269.
    • , , & (). Arable weed communities in the south of Western Siberia – impoverished species pools constrain diversity despite low land-use intensity. Tuexenia, 36, 249–270. doi: 10.14471/2016.36.012.
    • , , , , , & (). Environmental Impacts - Terrestrial Ecosystems. in Quante, M., & Colijn, F. (ed.), Regional Climate StudiesNorth Sea Region Climate Change Assessment (pp. 341–372). unbekannt / n.a. / unknown. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0_11.
    • , & (). Seasonal variations of fodder quality and availability as constraints for stocking rates in year-round grazing schemes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 234, 5–15. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.013.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature, 536, 456–459. doi: 10.1038/nature19092.
    • , , , , , , & (). Plants adapted to warmer climate do not outperform regional plants during a natural heat wave. Ecology and Evolution, 6 (12), 4160–4165. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2183.
    • , , , , & (). Potential of temperate agricultural soils for carbon sequestration: A meta-analysis of land-use effects. Biodiversity and Conservation, 566-567 (null), 428–435. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.067.
    • , & (). High fodder value and feeding likelihood favour endozoochorous plant dispersal. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28 (2), 357–367. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12481.
    • , , , & (). Grazing in European open landscapes: How to reconcile sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 234 (null), 1–4. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.06.012.
    • , , , , & (). Post-Soviet recovery of grassland vegetation on abandoned fields in the forest steppe zone of Western Siberia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25 (12), 2563–2580. doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1078-x.
    • , , , , , , & (). Floristic diversity of meadow steppes in the Western Siberian Plain: effects of abiotic site conditions, management and landscape structure. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25 (12), 2361–2379. doi: 10.1007/s10531-015-1023-4.
    • , , , & (). Effects of land use and landscape patterns on Orthoptera communities in the Western Siberian forest steppe. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25 (12), 2341–2359. doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1107-9.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity. Nature Communications, 7, 10697. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10697.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Extensive und jährlich wechselnde Nutzungsintensität fördert den Artenreichtum im Grünland. ANLiegen Natur, 38(1).
    • , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Temporal and small-scale spatial variation in grassland productivity, biomass quality, and nutrient limitation. Plant Ecology, 217 (7), 843–856. doi: 10.1007/s11258-016-0607-8.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13C natural abundances. Science of the Total Environment, 566-567, 215–222. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.008.
    • , , & (). Effects of year-round grazing on the vegetation of nutrient-poor grass- and heathlands - evidence from a large-scale survey. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 234, 16–22. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.02.015.
    • , , , & (). Carbon exchange fluxes over peatlands in Western Siberia: Possible feedback between land-use change and climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 545-546, 424–433. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.073.
    • , , & (). Arable weed communities in the south of Western Siberia - impoverished species pools constrain diversity despite low land-use intensity. Tuexenia, 36, 249–270. doi: 10.14471/2016.36.012.
    • (). Effects of year-round grazing on the vegetation of nutrient-poor grass- and heathlands—Evidence from a large-scale survey. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 234, 16–22. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.02.015.
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13C natural abundances. Science of the Total Environment, 566-567, 215–222. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.008.
    • , , , , , , & (). Relationships between Vegetation Succession, Pore Water Chemistry and CH4 and CO2 Production in a Transitional Mire of Western Siberia (Tyumen Oblast). Wetlands, 36 (5), 863–874. doi: 10.1007/s13157-016-0798-8.
    • , , , & (). Spontaneous steppe restoration on abandoned cropland in Kazakhstan: grazing affects successional pathways. Biodiversity and Conservation, 25 (12), 2543–2561. doi: 10.1007/s10531-015-1020-7.

    • , , & (). Restoration of sand grasslands by topsoil removal and self-greening. Applied Vegetation Science, 18 (4), 661–673. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12176.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition. Ecology Letters, 18 (8), 834–843. doi: 10.1111/ele.12469.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China. Conservation Biology, 29, 1684–1694. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12537.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology, 96, 1492–1501. doi: 10.1890/14-1307.1.
    • , , , & (). Floristic composition and environmental determinants of pine forests in the hemiboreal zone of Western Siberia. Tuexenia, 35, 31–51. doi: 10.14471/2015.35.017.
    • , , & (). Environmental variation as a key process of co-existence in flood-meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26 (3), 480–491. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12254.

    • , , & (). Birch encroachment affects the base cation chemistry in a restored bog. Ecohydrology, 7 (4), 1163–1171. doi: 10.1002/eco.1447.
    • , , , , & (). Optimization of intervention levels in ecological restoration. Applied Vegetation Science, 17 (2), 187–192. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12082.
    • , , , , , & (). Evidence from the real world: 15N natural abundances reveal enhanced nitrogen use at high plant diversity in Central European grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 102 (2), 456–465. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12202.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). Inter-annual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (1), 308–313. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1312213111.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Low investment in sexual reproduction threatens plants adapted to phosphorus limitation. Nature, 505, 82–86. doi: 10.1038/nature12733.

    • , , & (). Livestock grazing in intermountain depressional wetlands - Effects on plant strategies, soil characteristics and biomass. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 175, 21–28. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.017.
    • , , , & (). Impact of management on biodiversity-biomass relations in Estonian flooded meadows. Plant Ecology, 214 (6), 845–856. doi: 10.1007/s11258-013-0213-y.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Organic vs. Conventional Grassland Management: Do 15N and 13C Isotopic Signatures of Hay and Soil Samples Differ? PloS one, 8 (10), e78134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078134.
    • , , , & (). Vegetation pattern of mountains in West Greenland - a baseline for long-term surveillance of global warming impacts. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 6, 405–422. doi: 10.1080/17550874.2013.802049.
    • , , , , & (). Fast and Inexpensive Detection of Total and Extractable Element Concentrations in Aquatic Sediments Using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS). PloS one, 8 (7), –. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070517.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 177, 1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.019.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Direct and indirect associations between plant species richness and productivity in grasslands: regional differences preclude simple generalization of productivity-biodiversity relationships. Preslia, 85, 97–112.
    • , , & (). Cattle foraging habits shape vegetation patterns of alluvial year-round grazing systems. Plant Ecology, 215 (2), 196–179. doi: 10.1007/s11258-013-0287-6.

    • , , , & (). Vegetation discontinuities and altitudinal indicator species in mountains of West Greenland: Finding the best positions and traits to observe the impact of climate warming in the Arctic. Applied Vegetation Science, 15 (3), 432–449. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01186.x.
    • , , & (). Species introduction - a major topic in vegetation restoration. Applied Vegetation Science, 15 (2), 161–165. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01189.x.
    • , , , , , & (). Niche separation of larks (Alaudidae) and agricultural change on the drylands of the former Soviet Union. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 155, 41–49. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.03.023.
    • , & (). Energy crops as a new bird habitat: Utilization of oilseed rape fields by the rare Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). Biodiversity and Conservation, 21 (2), 527–541. doi: 10.1007/s10531-011-0199-5.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , … (). A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13 (3), 207–220. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.04.001.
    • , , , , , , , & (). NIRS meets Ellenberg's indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near-infrared spectral characteristics. Ecological Indicators, 14 (1), 82–86. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.016.
    • , , , , , & (). Impact of Land-Use Intensity and Productivity on Bryophyte Diversity in Agricultural Grasslands. PloS one, 7 (12), e51520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051520.
    • , , , , , , & (). Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on grassland species richness. Journal of Ecology, 100 (6), 1391–1399. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02020.x.
    • , & (). Potential effects of climate change on the biodiversity in North Rhine-Westphalia. in Ellwanger, G., Ssymank, A., & Paulsch, C. (eds.), Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt: Vol. 118. Natura 2000 and Climate Change – a Challenge (pp. 63–72).
    • Fleischer, K., & Hölzel, N. (ed.) (). Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft (FlorSoz) in Münster 2012 mit Exkursionen in Westfalen und den benachbarten Niederlanden.

    • , , & (). Reducing sample quantity and maintaining high prediction quality of grassland biomass properties with near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, 19 (6), 495–505. doi: 10.1255/jnirs.957.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents of plant community biomass reflect species richness patterns along a broad range of land-use intensities among agricultural grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 13 (4), 287–295. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.07.001.
    • , , & (). Effects of grazing on seasonal variation of aboveground biomass quality in calcareous grasslands. Plant Ecology, 212 (9), 1–14. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9931-1.
    • , , , , , & (). Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biologische Vielfalt. Empfindlichkeitsanalysen für ausgewählte Tier- und Pflanzenarten und Lebensräume in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Natur in NRW, 2011 (4), 15–19.
    • , , , & (). Sedimentation-induced eutrophication in large river floodplains - an obstacle to restoration? Biological Conservation, 144 (144), 451–458. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.031.
    • , , , & (). Post-Soviet agricultural change predicts future declines after recent recovery in Eurasian steppe bird populations. Biological Conservation, 144, 2607–2614. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.010.

    • , , , , & (). Species introduction in restoration projects - Evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11 (4), 285–299. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.004.
    • , , & (). Patterns and gradients of diversity in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peat bogs. Austral Ecology, 35 (1), 1–12. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02003.x.
    • , , , & (). Interspecific and geographical differences of plant tissue nutrient concentrations along an environmental gradient in Southern Patagonia, Chile. Aquatic Botany, 92 (2), 149–156. doi: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.11.002.
    • , , & (). Vergesellschaftung und Ökologie der Sumpf-Siegwurz (Gladiolus palustris) in Südbayern. Tuexenia (Tuexenia).

    • , , , & (). Einsatz von Fernerkundung im Rahmen des FFH-Monitorings in Deutschland. BfN-Skripten, 249 (BfN-Skripten), 1–130.
    • , , , & (). Ökologische Grundlagen und limitierende Faktoren der Renaturierung. in Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa (pp. 23–53). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-8274-2161-6_2.
    • , , , , & (). Prediction of δ13 C and δ15 N in plant tissues with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. New Phytologist, 184 (3), 732–739. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02995.x.
    • , , , , , & (). Nutrient impoverishment and limitation of productivity after 20 years of conservation management in wet grasslands of north-western Germany. Biological Conservation, 142 (12), 2941–2948. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.021.
    • , , , , & (). Changes in wet meadow vegetation after 20 years of different management in a field experiment (North-West Germany). Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 134 (1-2), 108–114. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.004.
    • , & (). Renaturierung von Feuchtgrünland, Auengrünland und mesophilem Grünland. in Zerbe, S., & Wiegleb, G. (ed.), Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa (pp. 283–316). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-8274-2161-6_11.

    • , , & (). South Patagonian ombrotrophic bog vegetation reflects biogeochemical gradients at the landscape level. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19 (Journal of Vegetation Science), 151–160. doi: 10.3170/2008-8-18370.
    • , , & (). Die Vegetation ombrotropher Moore Südpatagoniens. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde, 70 (Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde), 439–452.

    • , , , & (). Large scale application of diaspore transfer with plant material in restoration practice - Impact of seed and microsite limitation. Biological Conservation, 138 (1-2), 224–234. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.020.
    • , , & (). Gradients of continentality and moisture in South Patagonian ombrotrophic peatland vegetation. Folia Geobotanica, 42 (Folia Geobotanica), 363–382. doi: 10.1007/BF02861700.

    • , , & (). Biological flora of central Europe: Viola elatior, V. pumila and V. stagnina. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 8 (1), 45–66. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2006.01.001.
    • , , , & (). Effects of different mowing regimes on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology, 7 (5), 433–442. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.10.002.
    • , , & (). Influence of competition by sown grass, disturbance and litter on recruitment of rare flood-meadow species. Biological Conservation, 130 (3), 315–323. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.022.

    • (). Seedling recruitment in flood-meadow species: The effects of gaps, litter and vegetation matrix. Applied Vegetation Science, 8 (2), 115–124. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2005.tb00636.x.
    • , , , & (). Ephemeral wetland vegetation in irregularly flooded arable fields along the northern Upper Rhine: the importance of persistent seedbanks. Phytocoenologia, 35 (2-3), 469–488. doi: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0469.

    • , & (). Ecological significance of seed germination characteristics in flood-meadow species. Flora, 199 (1), 12–24. doi: 10.1078/0367-2530-00132.
    • , & (). Inter-annual variation in the soil seed bank of flood-meadows over two years with different flooding patterns. Plant Ecology, 174 (2), 279–291. doi: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000049108.04955.e2.
    • , , , & (). Perspectives for incorporating biomass from non-intensively managed temperate flood-meadows into farming systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 104 (3), 439–451. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.039.
    • , , & (). Population structure of the threatened perennial Serratula tinctoria in relation to vegetation and management. Applied Vegetation Science, 7 (2), 267–274. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00619.x.
    • , , , & (). Evaluation of restoration success in alluvial grasslands under contrasting flooding regimes. Biological Conservation, 118 (5), 641–650. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.013.
    • , , , & (). The effects of management and environmental variation on population stage structure in three river-corridor violets. Acta Oecologica, 25 (1-2), 83–91. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2003.11.003.
    • , , , , & (). Molinio-Arrhenatheretea (E1) – Futter- und Streuwiesen feucht-nasser Standorte und Klassenübersicht Molinio-Arrhenatheretea.
    • , & (). Assessing soil seed bank persistence in flood-meadows: The search for reliable traits. Journal of Vegetation Science, 15 (1), 93–100. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02241.x.

    • (). Re-assessing the ecology of rare flood-meadow violets (Viola elatior, V. pumila and V. persicifolia) with large phytosociological data sets. Folia Geobotanica, 38 (3), 281–298. doi: 10.1007/BF02803200.
    • , & (). Restoration of a species-rich flood meadow by topsoil removal and diaspore transfer with plant material. Applied Vegetation Science, 6 (2), 131–140. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00573.x.
    • , , & (). The impact of site conditions and seed dispersal on restoration success in alluvial meadows. Applied Vegetation Science, 6 (1), 13–22. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00560.x.

    • , , , , & (). The return of the steppe – large-scale restoration of degraded land in southern Russia during the post-Soviet era. Journal for Nature Conservation (10), 75–86. doi: 10.1078/1617-1381-00009.

    • , & (). The impact of flooding regime on the soil seed bank of flood-meadows. Journal of Vegetation Science, 12 (2), 209–218. doi: 10.2307/3236605.

    Books and Book Chapters

    • Zerbe Wiegleb 2009 Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in MitteleuropaHölzel N, mit Beiträgen von Rebele F, Rosenthal G, Eichberg C (2009) Ökologische Grundlagen und limitierende Faktoren der Renaturierung. In: Zerbe S, Wiegleb G (Hrsg) Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg: 23–53 [read online at springerLink]
    • Rosenthal G & Hölzel N (2009) Renaturierung von Feuchtgrünland, Auengrünland und mesophilem Grünland. In: Zerbe S & Wiegleb G (Hrsg) Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg: 283–316 [read online at springerLink]
    • Härdtle W, Ewald J, Hölzel N (2004) Wälder des Tieflandes und der Mittelgebirge.  Ökosysteme Mitteleuropas aus geobotanischer Sicht (Hrsg. Pott R), Eugen Ulmer: 252 S, Stuttgart

    Other Publications

    • Hölzel N, Klaus VH (2017) Zur Artenvielfalt im Grünland. Was sie beeinflusst, wozu wir sie brauchen und wie wir sie unterstützen können. Natur in NRW 2/2017: 35–39 [download]
    • Boch S, Allan E, Birkhofer K, Blüthgen N, Christ-Breulmann S, Diekoetter T, Dormann CF, Gossner MM, Hallmann C, Hemp A,  Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH,  Klein A-M, Kleinebecker T, Lange M, Müller J, Nacke H, Prati D, Renner SC, Rothenwöhrer C, Schall P, Schulze E-D, Socher SA, Tscharntke T, Türke M, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Westphal C, Wolters V, Wubet T, Fischer M (2016): Extensive und jährlich wechselnde Nutzungsintensität fördert den Artenreichtum im Grünland. ANLiegen Natur 38 (1): online, 10pp [download]
    • Fleischer K, Hölzel N, Eds. (2012) Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft (FlorSoz) in Münster 2012 mit Exkursionen in Westfalen und den benachbarten Niederlanden. Tuexenia, Beiheft Nr. 5
    • Fartmann T, Behrens M, Möllenbeck V, Hölzel N (2012) Potential effects of climate change on the biodiversity in North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Ellwanger G, Ssymank A & Paulsch C (Hrsg.) Natura 2000 and Climate Change – a Challenge. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 118: 63–72
    • Möllenbeck V, Behrens M, Fartmann T, Hölzel N, Hübner T, Kiel E-F (2011) Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biologische Vielfalt. Empfindlichkeitsanalysen für ausgewählte Tier- und Pflanzenarten und Lebensräume in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Natur in NRW 4/11: 15–19 [Link zum pdf]
    • Hölzel N (2011) Artenanreicherung durch Mahdgutübertragung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Mahdgutübertragung. Natur in NRW 2/11: 22–24 [Link pdf]
    • Sieg B, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N (2010) Evaluation of large scale bog restoration in North-Western Germany. Lessons from 30 years of practice. Extended abstract 7th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Avignon, France. SER Europe Knowledge Base (www.ser.org/europe), 4 pp
    • Schmitt B, Fartmann T, Hölzel N (2010) Vergesellschaftung und Ökologie der Sumpf-Siegwurz (Gladiolus palustris) in Südbayern. Tuexenia 30: 105–127 [Download www.tuexenia.de] [awarded the price for young authors by the Floristisch-soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft 2010]
    • Graef F, Bilo M, Weddeling K, Hölzel N (eds.) (2009) Einsatz von Fernerkundung im Rahmen des FFH-Monitorings in Deutschland. BfN-Skripten 249: 1–130 [Download www.bfn.de]
    • Kleinebecker T, Vogel A & Hölzel N (2008) Die Vegetation ombrotropher Moore Südpatagoniens. Abhandlungen aus dem westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 70: 439–452 [pdf 1,1 MB]
    • Donath TW, Bissels S, Handke K, Harnisch M, Hölzel N, Otte A (2006) E + E-Vorhaben "Stromtalwiesen" - Renaturierung von Stromtalwiesen am hessischen Oberrhein durch Mahdgutübertragung. Natur und Landschaft 11: 529–535
    • Hölzel N, Bissels S, Donath TW, Handke K, Harnisch M, Otte A (2006) Renaturierung von Stromtalwiesen am hessischen Oberrhein - Ergebnisse aus dem E + E-Vorhaben 89211-9/00 des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 31: 1–263
    • Burkart M, Dierschke H, Hölzel N, Nowak B, Fartmann T (2004) Molinio-Arrhenatheretea (E1) - Kulturgrasland und verwandte Vegetationstypen; Teil 2: Molinietalia - Futter- und Streuwiesen feucht-nasser Standorte. Synopsis der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands, Heft 9: 103 S, Göttingen
    • Hölzel N, Schwabe-Kratochwil A, Rosenthal G (2004) Symposium 10: Constraints and perspectives of grassland restoration. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 34: 148–150
    • Hölzel N & Harnisch M (2002) Renaturierung von Stromtalwiesen. Garten und Landschaft 112/8: 36–38
    • Hölzel N, Donath TW, Bissels S & Otte A (2002) Auengrünlandrenaturierung am hessischen Oberrhein – Defizite und Erfolge nach 15 Jahren Laufzeit. Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde 36: 131-137
    • Pfadenhauer J, Ewald J, Hölzel N (2001) Northern limestone prealps: Brauneck and Benediktenwand Mts. In: Pfadenhauer J, Albrecht H & Erschbamer B (eds.) Post-symposium excursion, 44th IAVS Symposium 29 July – 4 August 2001 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, S. 46–65. Department of Ecology TUM, Freising
    • Hölzel N (1999a) Flora und Vegetation der Auenwiesen im NSG „Lampertheimer Altrhein“ – eine aktuelle Zustandsanalyse mit Hinweisen zur zukünftigen Pflege und Entwicklung. Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 4: 24–42
    • Hölzel N (1999b) Geobotanische Dauerbeobachtung als Grundlage für die Effizienzkontrolle von Naturschutzmaßnahmen in Streuobstwiesen. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 31/5: 147–154
    • Hölzel N (1998) Pflege und Entwicklung mahdgeprägter, orchideenreicher Trespen-Halbtrockenrasen an der Hessischen Bergstraße durch eine Naturschutzgruppe. – Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 3: 117–120
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