Prof. Boris Schröder-Esselbach

April 2019  - April 2021 Dean of Studies Environmental Sciences/Geoecology

Feb 2019 Research stay at Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne (Prof. Jane Elith) and Deakin University Melbourne (Prof. Peter Macreadie)

Aug 2013 Full Professor Environmental Systems Analysis, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Oct 2012 - July 2013 Liaison lecturer of the German National Academic Foundation (Vertrauensdozent der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), TU München

Dec 2011 - July 2013 Professor in Landscape Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan Sep 2011 Nomination W2-Professor Environmental Modelling, University of Potsdam, jointly with Leibniz-Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research ZALF - declined (November 2011)

May 2011Nomination W3-Professur Physical Geography & Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT - declined (November 2011)

Mar 2009 Habilitation in Geoecology/Landscape Ecology

Dec 2008 Gastprofessorship Environmental Modelling, University of Potsdam, jointly with Head of Biodiversity and Soil landscape modelling group at Leibniz-Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research ZALF, Müncheberg

Jun 2008 Nomination W2-Professur Physical Geography & Geoecology, University of Koblenz-Landau - declined (November 2008)

Aug 2003- Nov 2008 Research Assistant/Assistant professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), Institute of Geoecology, University of Potsdam, Head of Quantitative Landscape Ecology Group

Nov 2002 Lab visit at the University of Sheffield, Biodiversity & Macroecology Group (Prof KJ Gaston)

Nov 1999 - July 2003 Researcher/PostDoc at the Landscape Ecology Group, Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Michael Kleyer)

Jan 1999 - Nov 1999 PhD student, Institute of Geoecology, TU Braunschweig (Otto Richter)

Jan 1997 - Dec 1998 Research Associate as PhD student, Institute of Geoecology, Agroecology & Systems Analysis (Otto Richter), TU Braunschweig, BMBF-research project Ecosystem management of fens - Land use models for the development and assessment of management for species and habitat conservation in fens

1993-1997 Stipend, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

1990-1997 Studies of Geoecology, TU Carolo-Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Germany

1991-1997 Studies of Philosophy, TU Braunschweig, Germany

1988-1990 Civilian service at the Evangelische Stiftung Ummeln, Bielefeld-Ummeln

1988 Abitur - Gymnasium am Markt, Bünde

2023

Perennes M, Diekötter T, Hoffmann H, Poppenborg E, Schröder B, Burkhard B (2023): Modelling natural pest control potential services from arthropods in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 342, 108250, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108250

2022

App M, Strohbach MW, Schneider A-K, Schröder B (2022): Making the case for gardens: Estimating the contribution of urban gardens to habitat provision and connectivity based on hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Landscape and Urban Planning 220, 104347, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104347

Carlow VM, Mumm O, Neumann D, Sedrez M, Zeringue R, Schneider A-K, Schröder B (2022): TOPOI - a method for analysing settlement structures and their linkages in an urban rural fabric. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, doi:10.1177/23998083211043882

Carus J, Arndt C, Bouma TJ, Schröder B, Paul M (2022): Effect of artificial seagrass on hydro-dynamic thresholds for the early establishment of Zostera marina. Journal of Ecohydraulics 7(1): 17-27, doi: 10.1080/24705357.2020.1858197

Leitão PJ, Toraño Caicoya A, Dahlkamp A, Guderjan L, Griesser M, Haverkamp P, Snäll T, Schröder B (2022): Impacts of forest management on forest bird occurrence patterns – a case study in a region in Central Europe. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.786556

Möck M, Vogeler CV, Bandelow NC, Schröder B (2022): Does governance fail due to spatial misfits and the water-food-energy nexus? The case of groundwater nitrate concentrations in an agri¬cultural hub in Germany. Policy Studies Journal 50(1): 111-142, doi: 10.1111/psj.12377

Schatke M, Meier F, Schröder B, Weber S (2022): Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM10 concentrations in Berlin, Germany. Atmospheric Environment 290, 119372, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119372

Schibalski A, Maier M, Kleyer M, Schröder B (2022): A framework for spatiotemporally explicit prediction of future ecosystem services in response to climate change, sea level rise, and land management options. Ecosystem Services 54, 101414, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101414 

2021

Carus J, Arndt C, Schröder B, Thom M, Villanueva R, Paul M (2021): Using artificial seagrass to promote positive feedback mechanisms in seagrass restoration. Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 8: 546661, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.546661

Löbel S, Schröder B, Snäll T (2021): Projected shifts in deadwood bryophyte communities under national climate and forestry scenarios benefitting large competitors and impairing small species. Journal of Biogeography 48(12): 3170-3184, doi: 10.1111/jbi.14278

Löbel S, Schröder B, Snäll T (2021): Projected shifts in deadwood bryophyte communities under national climate and forestry scenarios benefitting large competitors and impairing small species. Journal of Biogeography 48(12): 3170-3184, doi: 10.1111/jbi.14278

Pacetti T, Castelli G, Schröder B, Breschi E, Caporali E (2021): Water related ecosystem services footprint of agricultural production in Central Italy. Science of the Total Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149095

Phillips HRP, Bach E, Bartz MLC, Bennett J, Beugnon R, Briones MJI, Brown G, Ferlian O, Gongalsky KB, Guerra C, König-Reis B, Krebs J, Orgiazzi A, Ramirez K, Russell D, Schwarz B, Wall DH, Brose U, Decaëns T, Lavelle P, Loreau M, Mathieu J, Mulder C, van der Putten WH, Rillig MC, Thakur MP, De Vries FT, Wardle D, Ammer C, Ammer S, Arai M, Ayuke FO, Baker GH, Baretta D, Barkusky D, Beauséjour R, Bedano JC, Birkhofer K, Blanchart E, Blossey B, Bolger T, Bradley RL, Brossard M, Burtis J, Capowiez Y, Cavagnaro T, Choi A, Clause J, Cluzeau D, Coors A, Crotty FV, Crumsey J, Dávalos A, Diaz Cosin DJ, Dobson A, Dominguez A, Duhour AE, van Eekeren N, Emmerling C, Falco LB, Fernández R, Fonte SJ, Fragoso C, Franco ALC, Fugère M, Fusilero AT, Geraskina A, Gho-lami S, González G, Gundale MJ, Gutiérrez López M, Hackenberger BK, Hackenberger DK, Hernán-dez LM, Hirth J, Hishi T, Holdsworth AR, Holmstrup M, Hopfensperger KN, Huerta Lwanga E, Huhta V, Hurisso TT, Iannone III BV, Iordache M, Irmler U, Ivask M, Jesús J, Johnson-Maynard J, Joschko M, Kaneko N, Kanianska R, Keith AM, Kernecker ML, Koné AW, Kooch Y, Kukkonen ST, Lalthanzara H, Lammel DR, Lebedev IM, Le Cadre E, Lincoln NK, López-Hernández D, Loss SR, Marichal R, Matula R, Minamiya Y, Moos JH, Moreno G, Morón-Ríos A, Muys B, Neirynck J, Norgrove L, Novo M, Nuutinen V, Nuzzo V, P MJR, Pansu J, Paudel S, Pérès G, Pérez-Camacho L, Ponge J-F, Prietzel J, Rapoport I, Rashid MI, Rebollo S, Rodríguez MA, Roth AM, Rousseau GX, Rozen A, Sayad E, van Schaik L, Scharenbroch BC, Schirrmann M, Schmidt O, Schröder B, Seeber J, Shashkov MP, Singh J, Smith SM, Steinwandter M, Szlavecz K, Talavera JA, Trigo D, Tsukamoto J, Uribe-López S, de Valença AW, Virto I, Wackett AA, Warren MW, Webster E, Wehr NH, Whalen JK, Wironen MB, Wolters V, Wu P, Zenkova IV, Zhang W, Cameron E, Eisenhauer N (2021): Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties. Scientific Data, 8: 136, doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z

2020

Carus J, Arndt C, Bouma TJ, Schröder B, Paul M (2020): Effect of artificial seagrass on hydro-dynamic thresholds for the early establishment of Zostera marina. Journal of Ecohydraulics. doi: 10.1080/24705357.2020.1858197

Giebels D, Carus J, Paul M, Kleyer M, Siebenhüner B, Arns A, Bartholomä A, Carlow VM, Jensen J, Tietjen B, Wehrmann A, Schröder B (2020): Transdisciplinary knowledge management: a key but under¬developed skill in ecosystem-based management. Marine Policy 119: 104020, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104020

Grunwald L, Schneider A-K, Schröder B, Weber S (2020): Predicting urban cold-air paths using boosted regression trees. Landscape and Urban Planning 201: 103843, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103843

Leitão PJ, Andrew CJ, Engelhardt EK, Graham CH, Martinez C, Mimet A, Pinkert S, Schröder B, Voskamp A, Zimmermann NE, Hof C, Fritz SA (2020): Macroecology as a hub between research disciplines: Opportunities, challenges and possible ways forward. Journal of Biogeography 47:13–15, doi: 10.1111/jbi.13751

Pérez-Sánchez AJ, Schibalski A, Schröder B, Klimek S, Dauber J (2020) Disentangling the effects of host resources, local, and landscape variables on the occurrence pattern of the endangered dusky large blue butterfly (Phengaris nausithous) in upland grasslands: Implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation 24(2): 327-341, doi: 10.1007/s10841-019-00204-3

Schneider, A-K, Strohbach MW, App M, Schröder B (2020): The ‘GartenApp’: Assessing and Communicating the Ecological Potential of Private Gardens. Sustainability 12(1): 95, doi: 10.3390/su12010095.

Zurell D, Franklin J, König C, Bouchet PJ, Serra-Diaz JM, Dormann CF, Elith J, Fandos Guzman G, Feng X, Guillera-Arroita G, Guisan A, Leitão PJ, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Park DS, Peterson AT, Rapacciuolo G, Schmatz D, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Yates KL, Zimmermann NE, Merow C (2020): A standard protocol for describing species distribution models. Ecography, in press, doi: 10.1111/ecog.04960

2019

Fischer C, Leimer S, Roscher C, Ravenek J, de Kroon H, Kreutziger Y, Baade J, Beßler H, Eisenhauer  N, Weigelt A, Mommer L, Lange M, Gleixner G, Wilcke W, Schröder B, Hildebrandt A (2019): Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade-long grassland experiment. Journal of Ecology 107(1): 127-141, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13046

Heuner M, Schröder B, Schröder U, Kleinschmit B (2019): Contrasting elevational responses of regularly flooded marsh plants in navigable estuaries. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 19(1): 38-53, doi: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2018.06.002

Lozada-Gobilard S, Stang S, Pirhofer-Walzl K, Kalettka T, Heinken T, Schröder B, Eccard JA, Joshi J (2019): Environmental filtering predicts plant community-trait distribution of two distinct types of temporary wetland ecosystems in agricultural landscapes. Ecology and Evolution 9(4): 1898-1910, doi: 10.1002/ece3.4883

Möck M, Vogeler CV, Bandelow NC, Schröder B (2019): Does governance fail due to spatial misfits and the water-food-energy nexus? The case of groundwater nitrate concentrations in an agricultural hub in Germany. Policy Studies Journal, doi: 10.1111/psj.12377

Peterson AT, Anderson RP, Beger M, Bolliger J, Brotons L, Burridge CP, Cobos ME, Cuervo- Robayo AP, Di Minin E, Diez J, Elith J, Embling CB, Escobar LE, Essl F, Feeley KJ, Hawkes L, Jiménez-García D, Jimenez L, Green DM, Knop E, Kühn I, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Lira-Noriega A, Lobo JM, Loyola R, Mac Nally R, Machado-Stredel F, Martínez-Meyer E, McCarthy M, Merow C, Nori J, Nuñez-Penichet C, Osorio L, Pyšek P, Rejmánek M, Ricciardi A, Robertson M, Rojas Soto O, Romero-Alvarez D, Roura-Pascual N, Santini L, Schoeman DS, Schröder B, Soberon J, Strubbe D, Thuiller W, Traveset A, Treml EA, Václavík T, Varela S, Watson JEM, Wiersma Y, Wintle BA, Yanez-Arenas C, Zurell D (2019): Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another. Diversity and Distributions 25(1): 5-8, doi: 10.1111/ddi.12885

Phillips HRP, Guerra CA, Bartz MLC, Briones MJI, Brown G, Crowther TW, Ferlian O, Gongalsky KB, van den Hoogen J, Krebs J, Orgiazzi A, Routh D, Schwarz B, Bach EM, Bennett J, Brose U, Decaëns T, König-Ries B, Loreau M, Mathieu J, Mulder C, van der Putten WH, Ramirez KS, Rillig MC, Russell D, Rutgers M, Thakur MP, De Vries FT, Wall DH, Wardle D, Arai M, Ayuke FO, Baker GH, Beauséjour R, Bedano JC, Birkhofer K, Blanchart E, Blossey B, Bolger T, Bradley RL, Callaham MA, Capowiez Y, Caulfield ME, Choi A, Crotty FV, Dávalos A, Diaz Cosin DJ, Dominguez A, Duhour AE, van Eekeren N, Emmerling C, Falco LB, Fernández R, Fonte SJ, Fragoso C, Franco ALC, Fugère M, Fusilero AT, Gholami S, Gundale MJ, Gutiérrez López M, Hackenberger DK, Hernández LM, Hishi T, Holdsworth AR, Holmstrup M, Hopfensperger KN, Huerta Lwanga E, Huhta V, Hurisso TT, Iannone III BV, Iordache M, Joschko M, Kaneko N, Kanianska R, Keith AM, Kelly CA, Kernecker ML, Klaminder J, Koné AW, Kooch Y, Kukkonen ST, Lalthanzara H, Lammel DR, Lebedev IM, Li Y, Lidon JBJ, Lincoln NK, Loss SR, Marichal R, Matula R, Moos JH, Moreno G, Morón-Ríos A, Muys B, Neirynck J, Norgrove L, Novo M, Nuutinen V, Nuzzo V, P MJR, Pansu J, Paudel S, Pérès G, Pérez-Camacho L, Piñeiro R, Ponge J-F, Rashid MI, Rebollo S, Rodeiro-Iglesias J, Rodríguez MA, Roth AM, Rousseau GX, Rozen A, Sayad E, van Schaik L, Scharenbroch BC, Schirrmann M, Schmidt O, Schröder B, Seeber J, Shashkov MP, Singh J, Smith SM, Steinwandter M, Talavera JA, Trigo D, Tsukamoto J, de Valença AW, Vanek SJ, Virto I, Wackett AA, Warren MW, Wehr NH, Whalen JK, Wironen MB, Wolters V, Zenkova IV, Zhang W, Cameron E, Eisenhauer N (2019) Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 366 (6464): 480-485, doi: 10.1126/science.aax4851

Strohbach MW, Döring A, Möck M, Schneider A-K, Sedrez M, Mumm O, Weber S, Schröder B (2019): The hidden urbanization: trends of surface sealing in low-density housing developments and their impacts on the environment. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences 7: 29, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00029

Strohbach MW, Schröder B (2019): Urban ecology. Oxford Reviews. Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0222

Vogeler CV, Möck M, Bandelow NC, Schröder B (2019): Barriers for sustainable governance in the German livestock sector – reconnecting water and food policy subsystems. Water 11, 2330, doi: 10.3390/w11112330

Wedekind-Grunert S, Schröder B, Richter D (2019): Basic reproduction number of Lyme disease spirochetes - Modelling various genospecies-host associations in Central Europe. Ecological Modelling 411, 108821, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108821

2018

Dormann CF, Guillera-Arroita G, Calabrese J, Matechou E, Barton K, Bahn V, Beale CM, Ciuti S, Elith J, Gerstner K, Guelat J, Keil P, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Lennon J, Pollock LS, Reineking B, Roberts D, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Warton DI, Wintle BA, Wood S, Wüest R, Hartig F (2018) Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic, machine-learning and other approaches. Ecological Monographs 88(4): 485-504, doi: 10.1002/ecm.1309

Lehr C, Dannowski R, Kalettka T, Merz C, Schröder B, Steidl J, Lischeid G (2018): Detecting dominant changes in irregularly sampled multivariate water quality data sets. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22: 4401-4424. doi: 10.5194/hess-22-4401-2018

Löbel S, Mair L, Lönnell N, Schröder B, Snäll T (2018) Biological traits explain bryophyte species distributions and responses to forest fragmentation and climatic variation. Journal of Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12930

Reck A, Jackisch C, Hohenbrink TL, Schröder B, van Schaik L (2018) Impact of seasonal macropore dynamics on infiltration: field-based evidence and model simulations. Vadose Zone Journal 17(1) 170147, doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.08.0147

Schibalski A, Körner K, Maier M, Jeltsch F, Schröder B (2018): Novel model coupling approach for resilience analysis of coastal plant communities. Ecological Applications 28(6): 1640-1654. doi: 10.1002/eap.1758

Schneider AK, Hohenbrink TL, Reck A, Zangerlé A, Schröder B, Zehe E, van Schaik L (2018) Variability of earthworm-induced biopores and their hydrological effectiveness in space and time. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Biology 71: 8-19, doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2018.09.001

2017

Carus J, Heuner M, Paul M, Schröder B (2017): Which factors and processes drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of brackish marshes? - Insights from development and parameterisation of a mechanistic vegetation model. Ecological Modelling 363: 122-136, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.08.023

Roberts DR, Bahn V, Boyce MS, Ciuti S, Elith J, Guillera-Arroita G, Hartig F, Hauenstein S, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Warton D, Wintle BA, Dormann CF (2017): Block cross-validation meets extrapolation in ecology: gauging model quality optimism. Ecography 40: 913-929, doi: 10.1111/ecog.02881 with R code at: Dryad doi: 10.5061/dryad.737gk

Schibalski A, Lehtonen A, Hickler T, Schröder B (2017): Insights from comparing correlative and process-based tree modelling approaches in Finnish Lapland. Silva Fennica 51(4): 6977, doi: 10.14214/sf.6977

Carus J, Heuner M, Paul M, Schröder B (2017): Plant distribution and stand characteristics in brackish marshes: Unravelling the roles of abiotic factors and interspecific competition. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 196: 237-247, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.06.038

Brandt K, Glemnitz M, Schröder B (2017): The impact of crop parameters and surrounding habitats on different pollinator group occurrence on agricultural fields. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 243(1). 55-66, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.03.009

Kruse-Plass M, Hofmann F, Kuhn U, Otto M, Schlechtriemen U, Schröder B, Vögel R, Wosniok W (2017): Reply to EFSA (2016) on the relevance of recent publications (Hofmann et al. 2014, 2016) on environmental risk assessment and management of Bt-maize cultivation (MON810, Bt11 and 1507) Environmental Sciences Europe 29: 12 [1.5], doi: 10.1186/s12302‐017‐0106‐0

Schulz JJ, Schröder B (2017): Forest Landscape Restoration in Central Chile based on recent historical forest patterns and multiple functions. Ecosphere 8(1): e01644, doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1644

2016

Carus J**, Paul M, Schröder B (2016) Vegetation as self-adaptive costal protection: Reduction of current velocity and morphologic plasticity of a brackish marsh pioneer. Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.1002/ece3.1904

Heuner M, Weber A, Schröder U, Kleinschmit B, Schröder B (2016): Facilitating political decisions using species distribution models to assess restoration measures in heavily modified estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin 110(1): 250-260, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.056

Hofmann F, Kruse-Plass M, Kuhn U, Otto M, Schlechtriemen U, Schröder B, Vögel R, Wosniok W (2016): Accumulation and variability of maize pollen deposition on leaves of European Lepidoptera host plants and relation to release rates and deposition by standardized technical sampling. Environmental Sciences Europe 28: 14, doi: 10.1186/s12302-016-0082-9

Miller BA, Koszinski S, Hierold W, Schröder B, Wehrhan M, Sommer M (2016): Towards mapping soil carbon landscapes: Issues of sampling scale and transferability. Soil Tillage Research 156: 194-208 doi: 10.1016/j.still.2015.07.004

Schneider A-K**, van Schaik L, Zangerlé A, Schröder B (2016): Which abiotic filters shape earthworm distribution patterns at the catchment scale? European Journal of Soil Science, doi: 10.1111/ejss.12346

Stein F**, Doering-Arjes P, Fladung E, Brämick U, Bendal B, Schröder B (2016): Downstream migration of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Elbe River, Germany: movement patterns and potential impact of environmental factors. River Research and Applications 32(4): 666-676, doi: 10.1002/rra.2881

Stein FM**, Wong JCY, Sheng V, Law SWC, Schröder B, Baker DM (2016): First genetic evidence of illegal trade in endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from Europe to Asia. Conservation Genetics Resources. 8(4): 533-537, doi: 10.1007/s12686-016-0576-1

van Schaik, NLMB, Palm J, Klaus J, Zehe E, Schröder B (2016): Potential effects of tillage and field borders on within-field spatial distribution patterns of earthworms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 228: 82-90, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.05.015

Zurell D, Zimmermann NE, Sattler T, Nobis M, Schröder B (2016): Effects of functional traits on the prediction accuracy of species richness models. Diversity and Distributions, doi: 10.1111/ddi.12450

2015

Hunke P, Müller EN, Schröder B, Zeilhofer P (in press): The Brazilian Cerrado: Ecohydrological assessment of the water and soil degradation of meso-scale catchments under intensive agricultural use. Ecohydrology 8, doi: 10.1002/eco.1573

Rillig MC, Kiessling W, Borsch T, Gessler A, Greenwood AD, Hofer H, Joshi J, Schröder B, Thonicke K, Tockner K, Weisshuhn K, Jeltsch F (2015) Biodiversity research: data without theory - theory without data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: 20, doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00020

Heuner M, Silinski A, Schoelynckc J, Bouma TJ, Puijalon S, Troch P, Fuchs E, Schröder B, Schröder U, Meire P, Temmerman S (2015): Ecosystem engineering by plants on wave-exposed intertidal flats is governed by relations of effect-response-traits. PLoS One 10(9): e0138086. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138086

Beudert B, Bässler C, Thorn S, Noss R, Schröder B, Dieffenbach-Fries H, Foullois N, Müller J (2015): Bark beetle outbreaks in protected mountain forests increase biodiversity while maintaining high drinking water quality. Conservation Letters 8(4): 271-281, doi: 10.1111/conl.12153

Hunke P, Roller R, Zeilhofer P, Schröder B, Müller EN (2015): Soil changes under different land use in heavily modified regions of the Cerrado of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Geoderma Regional 4: 31-43, doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.12.001

2014

Zehe E, Ehret U, Pfister L, Blume T, Schröder B, Westhoff M, Jackisch C, Schymanski SJ, Weiler M, Schulz K, Altroggen N, Tronicke J, van Schaik L, Dietrich P, Scherer U, Eccard J, Wulfmeyer V, Kleidon A (2014): HESS Opinions: From response units to functional units: a thermodynamic re¬inter-pretation of the HRU concept to link spatial organization and functioning of intermediate scale catch-ments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18: 4635-4655, doi: 10.5194/hess-18-4635-2014

Müller EN, van Schaik NLMB, Blume T, Carus J, Fleckenstein J, Fohrer N, Geißler K, Gerke HH, Graeff T, Hesse C, Hildebrandt A, Hölker A, Hunke P, Körner K, Lewandowski J, Lohmann D, Meinikmann K, Schibalski A, Schmalz B, Schröder B, Tietjen B (with revisions): Skalen, Schwerpunkte, Rückkopplungen und Herausforderungen der ökohydrologischen Forschung in Deutschland / Scales, topics, feedbacks and key challenges of ecohydrological research from a German perspective. Hydrologie & Wasserbewirtschaftung 58(4.2): 221-240, doi: 10.5675/HyWa_2014,4_2

Zehe E, Ehret U, Blume T, Pfister L, Schröder B, Westhoff M, Jackisch C, Schymanski SJ, Weiler M, Schulz K, Altroggen N, Tronicke J, Dietrich P, Scherer U, Eccard J, Wulfmeyer V, Kleidon A (2014): Functional units: a new framework to explore the link between spatial organization and hydrological functioning of intermediate scale catchments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion 11: 3249-3313 doi: 10.5194/hessd-11-3249-2014

Fischer C, Schröder B (2014): Predicting spatial and temporal habitat use of rodents in a highly intensive agricultural area. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 189: 145-153, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.039

Klaus J**, Zehe E, Elsner M, Palm J**, Schneider D, Schröder B, Steinbeiss S, van Schaik NLME, West S (2014): What are the controls of event-based pesticide leaching in natural soils? A systematic study based on replicated field scale irrigation experiments. Journal of Hydrology 512: 528-539, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.020

Maggini R, Lehmann A, Zimmermann NE, Bolliger J, Schröder B, Foppen R, Schmid H, Beniston M, Zbinden N, Jenni L (2014) Assessing the vulnerability of Swiss breeding birds to climate and land-use change. Diversity and Distributions 20(6): 708-719, doi: 10.1111/ddi.12207

Schibalski A**, Lehtonen A, Schröder B (2014) Climate change shifts environmental space and limits transferability of treeline models. Ecography 37(4): 321-335, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00368.x

van Schaik NLMB, Palm J**, Klaus J**, Zehe E, Schröder B (2014): Linking spatial earthworm distribution to macropore numbers and effectivity. Ecohydrology 7(2): 401-408, doi: 10.1002/eco.1358

Häring T**, Reger B, Ewald J, Hothorn T, Schröder B (2014): Regionalising indicator values for soil reaction in the Bavarian Alps - how reliable are averaged indicator values for prediction? Folia Geobotanica 49(3): 385-405, doi: 10.1007/s12224-013-9157-1

2013

Kramer-Schadt S, Niedballa J, Pilgrim J, Schröder B, Lindenborn J, Reinfelder V, Stillfried M, Heckmann I, Scharf A, Augeri D, Cheyne S, Hearn A, Ross J, Macdonald D, Mathai J, Eaton J, Marshall A, Semiadi G, Rustam R, Bernard H, Alfred R, Samejima H, Duckworth J, Breitenmoser-Würsten C, Belant J, Hofer H Wilting A (2013) The importance of correcting for sampling bias in MaxEnt distribution models. Diversity and Distributions 19(11): 1366-1379, doi: 10.1111/ddi.12096

Jeltsch F, Bonte D, Pe'er G, Reineking B, Leimgruber P Balkenhohl N, Schröder B, Buchmann C, Mueller T, Blaum N, Zurell D, Boehning-Gaese K, Wiegand T, Eccard J, Hofer H, Reeg J, Eggers U, Bauer S (2013) Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research - exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics. Movement Ecology 1: 6 http://www.movementecologyjournal.com/content/1/1/6

Silva B, Dislich C, Voss I, Roos K, Scheibe R, Vorpahl P**, Schröder B, Huth A, Beck E, Bendix J (2013) Climate change and its impact on current and future vegetation dynamics and carbon cycling. in: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S, Wilcke W (Eds.). Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador, Ecological Studies 221, pp. 331-341, Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_24

Bendix J, Dislich C, Huth A, Huwe B, Ließ M, Schröder B, Thies B, Vorpahl P**, Wagemann J, Wilcke W (2013) Natural landslides which impact current regulating services: Environmental pre­con­di­tions and modelling. in: Bendix J, Beck E, Bräuning A, Makeschin F, Mosandl R, Scheu S, Wilcke W (Eds.). Ecosystem services, biodiversity and environmental change in a tropical mountain ecosystem of South Ecuador, Ecological Studies 221, pp. 153-170, Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_12

Jeltsch F, Blaum N, Brose U, Chipperfield JD, Clough Y, Farwig N, Geissler K, Graham CH, Grimm V, Hickler T, Huth A, May F, Meyer KMM, Pagel J, Reineking B, Rillig MC, Shea K, Schurr FM, Schröder B, Tielbörger K, Weiss L, Wiegand K, Wiegand T, Wirth C, Zurell D (2013): How can we bring together empiricists and modellers in functional biodiversity research? Basic and Applied Ecology 14(2): 93-101 doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.01.001

Dormann CF, Elith J, Bacher S, Buchmann C, Carl G, Carré G, García Marquéz JR, Gruber B, Lafourcade B, Leitão PJ, Münkemüller T, McClean C, Osborne P, Reineking B, Schröder B, Skidmore A, Zurell D**, Lautenbach S (2013): Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance. Ecography 36(1):27-46 - Editor's choice! doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07348.x

Schymanski SJ, Dormann, CF, Cabral J, Chuine I, Graham C, Hartig F, Kearney M, Morin X, Römermann C, Schröder B, Singer A (2013): Process, correlation and parameter fitting in Species Distribution Models: a response to Kriticos et al. Journal of Biogeography 40(3): 611-613 doi: 10.1111/jbi.12075

Vorpahl P**, Dislich C**, Elsenbeer H, Märker M, Schröder B (2013): Modeling vegetation landslides - An extension to the infinite slope model to accommodate thick organic layers. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38(2): 198-212, doi: 10.1002/esp.3320

Richter D, Schröder B, Hartmann N, Matuschka F-R (2013): Spatial zoo­pro­phylactic effect of host composition on Lyme disease genospecies in Central European vector ticks. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 83(3): 738-744, doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12029

Palm J**, van Schaik NLMB, Schröder B (2013): Modelling distribution patterns of anecic, epigeic and endogeic earthworms at catchment-scale in agro-ecosystems. Pedobiologia 56(1): 23-31, doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.08.007

Häring T**, Reger B, Ewald J, HothornT, Schröder B (2013): Predicting Ellenberg's soil moisture indicator value in the Bavarian Alps using additive georegression, Applied Vegetation Science 16: 110-212, doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01210.x.

2012

Graeff T, Zehe E, Blume T, Francke T, Schröder B (2012): Predicting event response in a nested catchment with generalized linear models and a distributed watershed model. Hydrological Processes 26(24): 3749-3769, doi: 10.1002/hyp.8463

Schurr FM, Pagel J, Cabral JS, Groeneveld J, Bykova O, O'Hara R, Hartig F, Kissling DW, Linder HP, Midgley GP, Schröder B, Singer A, Zimmermann NE (2012): How to understand species niches and range dynamics: a demographic research agenda for biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 39(12): 2146-2162, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02737.x

Dormann CF, Schymanski SJ, Cabral JS, Chuine I, Graham CH, Hartig F, Kearney M, Morin X, Römermann C, Schröder B, Singer A (2012): Correlation and process in species distribution models: bridging a dichotomy. Journal of Biogeography 39(12): 2119-2131, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02659.x

Revermann R*, Schmid H, Zbinden N, Schröder B (2012): Habitat at the mountain tops: How long can Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta helvetica) survive rapid climate change in the Swiss Alps? A multiscale approach. Journal of Ornithology 153(3): 891-905, doi: 10.1007/s10336-012-0819-1

Zurell D**, Grimm V, Rossmanith E, Zbinden N, Zimmermann NE, Schröder B (2012): Uncertainty in predictions of range dynamics: Black grouse climbing the Swiss Alps. Ecography 35(7): 590-603, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07200.x

Vorpahl P**, Elsenbeer H, Märker M, Schröder B (2012): How can statistical models help to determine driving factors of landslides? Ecological Modelling 239: 27-39

Häring T**, Dietz E, Osenstetter S, Koschitzki T, Schröder B (2012): Spatial disaggregation of complex soil map units: A decision tree based approach in Bavarian forest soils. Geoderma 185-186: 37-47.

Zurell D**, Elith J, Schröder B (2012): Why range predictions differ: on the importance of understanding niche and data dimensions. Diversity and Distributions 18(6): 628-634.

Schneider A-K**, Schröder B (2012): Perspectives in modelling earthworm dynamics and their feedbacks with abiotic soil properties. Applied Soil Ecology 58: 29-36.

2011

Wintle BA, Bekessy SA, Keith DA, Van Wilgen BW, Cabeza M, Schröder B, Carvalho S, Falcucci A, Maiorano L, Regan TJ, Rondinini C, Boitani L, Possingham HP (2011): Ecological-economic optimization of biodiversity conservation under climate change. Nature Climate Change 1(7): 355-359.

Krause RH**, Buse J, Matern A, Schröder B, Assmann T (2011): Eresus kollari (Araneae, Eresidae) calls for heathland management. Journal of Arachnology 39(3): 384-392.

Wellstein C, Schröder B, Reineking B, Zimmermann NE (2011): Understanding species and community response to environmental change - a functional trait perspective. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 145(1): 1-4.

Gevers J*, Høye TT, Topping C, Glemnitz M, Schröder B (2011): Biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change through bioenergy: Impacts of increased maize cultivation on abundance of farmland wildlife. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 3(6): 472-482.

Schulz JJ**, Cayuela L, Rey-Benayas JM, Schröder B (2011): Factors influencing vegetation cover change in Mediterranean Central Chile (1975-2008). Applied Vegetation Science 14(4): 571-582.

Löffler J, Anschlag K, Baker B, Finch OD, Wundram D, Schröder B, Lundberg A (2011): Mountain response to global change. Erdkunde 65(2): 189-213.

Hothorn T, Müller J, Schröder B, Kneib T, Brandl R (2011): Decomposing environmental, spatial and spatio-temporal components of species distributions. Ecological Monographs 81(2): 329-347.

Märker M, Pelacani S, Schröder B (2011): A functional entities approach to predict soil erosion processes in a small Plio-Pleistocene Mediterranean catchment in Northern Chianti, Italy. Geomorphology 125(4): 530-540.

2010

Zurell D**, Berger U, Cabral JS, Jeltsch F, Meynard CN, Münkemüller T, Nehrbass N, Pagel J, Reineking B, Schröder B, Grimm V (2010): The virtual ecologist approach: simulating data and observers. Oikos 119(4): 622-635.

Tanneberger F**, Flade M, Preiksa Z, Schröder B (2010): Habitat selection of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler at the western margin of the breeding range: Implications for management. Ibis 152(2): 347-358.

2009

Schröder B, Strauss B*, Biedermann R, Binzenhöfer B**, Settele J (2009): Predictive species distribution modelling in butterflies. - In: Settele J, Shreeve TG, Konvicka M, van Dyck H (Eds.): Ecology of Butterflies in Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 62-78.

Dislich C**, Günter S, Homeier J, Schröder B, Huth, A (2009): Simulating forest dynamics of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Erdkunde 63(4): 347-364.

Seppelt R, Müller F, Schröder B, Volk M (2009): Challenges of simulating complex environmental systems: A controversial dialogue between two cups of espresso. Ecological Modelling 220(24): 3481-3489.

Zurell D**, Jeltsch F, Dormann CF, Schröder B (2009): Static species distribution models in dynamically changing systems: How good can predictions really be? Ecography 32(5): 733-744.

Müller D*, Schröder B, Müller J (2009): Modelling habitat selection of the cryptic Hazel Grouse Bonasia bonasia in a montane forest. Journal of Ornithology 150(4): 719-732.

Heisswolf A**, Reichmann S*, Poethke H-J, Schröder B, Obermaier E (2009): Habitat quality matters for the distribution of an endangered leaf beetle and its egg parasitoid in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Insect Conservation 13(2): 165-175.

Graeff T*, Zehe E, Reusser D, Lück E, Schröder B, Wenk G, John H, Bronstert A (2009): Process identification through rejection of model structures in a mid-mountainous rural catchment: observations of rainfall-runoff response, geophysical conditions and model inter-comparison. Hydrological Processes 23(5): 702-718.

Pagel J*, Fritzsch K**, Biedermann R, Schröder B (2008): Annual plants under cyclic disturbance regimes - better understanding through model aggregation. Ecological Applications 18(8): 2000-2015.

Müller J, Pöllath J*, Moshammer R, Schröder B (2009): Predicting the occurrence of Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius on a regional scale, using forest inventory data. Forest Ecology and Management 257(2): 502-509.

2008

Schröder B (2008): Challenges of species distribution modelling belowground. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 171(3): 325-337.

Dormann CF, Purschke O*, García Márquez JR, Lautenbach S, Schröder B (2008): Components of uncertainty in species distribution analysis: A case study of the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor L. Ecology 89(12): 3371-3386.

Francke T**, López-Tarazón JA, Schröder B (2008): Estimation of suspended sediment concentration and yield using linear models, random forests and quantile regression forests. Hydrological Processes 22(25): 4892-4904.

von dem Bussche J*, Spaar R, Schmid H, Schröder B (2008): Modelling the recent and potential future spatial distribution of ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) and blackbird (T. merula) in Switzerland. Journal of Ornithology 149(4): 529-544.

Schröder B, Rudner M, Biedermann R, Kögl H, Kleyer M (2008): A landscape model for quantifying the trade-off between conservation needs and economic constraints in the management of a semi-natural grassland community. Biological Conservation 141(3): 719-732.

Binzenhöfer B**, Biedermann R, Settele J, Schröder B (2008): Connectivity compensates for low habitat quality and small patch size in the butterfly Cupido minimus. Ecol. Research 23 (2): 259-269.

2007

Buse J**, Schröder B, Assmann T (2007): Modeling habitat and spatial distribution of an endangered longhorn beetle - a case study for saproxylic insect conservation. Biological Conservation 137(2): 372-381.

Dormann CF, McPherson JM, Araújo MB, Bivand R, Bolliger J, Carl G, Davis R, Hirzel A, Jetz W, Kissling WD, Kühn I, Ohlemüller R, Peres-Neto PR, Reineking B, Schröder B, Schurr FM, Wilson R (2007): Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review. Ecography 30(5): 609-628.

Hein S**, Voss J*, Poethke H-J, Schröder B (2007): Habitat suitability models for the conservation of thermophilic grasshoppers and bush crickets. Journal of Insect Conservation 11(3): 221-240.

Hein S**, Binzenhöfer B**, Poethke H-J, Biedermann R, Settele J, Schröder B (2007): The generality of habitat suitability models: How well may grasshopper presence be predicted by butterfly models? Basic and Applied Ecology 8(4): 310-320.

Kleyer M, Biedermann R, Henle K, Poethke H-J, Poschlod P, Schröder B, Settele J, Vetterlein D (2007): Mosaic cycles of habitat quality in grasslands of Central Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology 8(4): 295-309.

Rudner M, Biedermann R, Schröder B, Kleyer M (2007): Integrated Grid Based Ecological and Economic (INGRID) Landscape Model - a tool to support landscape management decisions. Environmental Modelling and Software 22(2): 177-187.

Schröder B, Reuter H, Reineking B (Eds.) (2007): Multiple Scales and Scaling in Ecology in der Reihe Theorie in der Ökologie Vol. 13, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 123 pp.

2006

Schröder B (2006): Pattern, process and function in landscape ecology and catchment hydrology - how can quantitative landscape ecology support? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 10: 967-979.

Schröder B, Seppelt R (2006): Analysis of pattern-process-interactions based on landscape models - overview, general concepts, methodological issues. - Ecological Modelling 199(4): 505-516.

Seppelt R, Schröder B (2006): Pattern and processes of dynamic mosaic landscapes. - Ecological Modelling 199(4): 377-378.

Reineking B, Schröder B (2006): Constrain to perform: Regularization of habitat models. - Ecological Modelling 193(3-4): 675-690.

Vogt J*, Fonti P, Conedera M, Schröder B (2006): Temporal and spatial dynamics of stool uprooting in abandoned chestnut coppice forests. - Forest Ecology and Management 235(1-3): 88-95.

2005

Binzenhöfer B**, Schröder B, Biedermann R, Strauß B*, Settele J (2005): Habitat models and habitat connectivity analysis for butterflies and burnet moths - the example of Zygaena carniolica and Coenonympha arcania. Biological Conservation 126(2): 247-259.

2004

Peppler-Lisbach C, Schröder B (2004): Predicting the species composition of mat-grass communities (Nardetalia) by logistic regression modelling. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 623-634.

Oppel S*, Schaefer HM, Schmidt V, Schröder B (2004): The role of habitat selection and interspecific competition for the conservation of the Pale-headed Brush-Finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, in Southern Ecuador. Biological Conservation 118(1): 33-40.

Oppel S*, Schaefer HM, Schmidt V, Schröder B (2004): Cowbird parasitism of the Pale-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes pallidiceps: Implications for conservation and management. Bird Conservation International 14: 63-75.

Oppel S*, Schaefer HM, Schmidt V, Schröder B (2004): How much suitable habitat is left for the last known population of the Pale-Headed Brush-Finch? Condor 106: 429-434.

Rudner M, Biedermann R, Schröder B, Kleyer M (2004): Assessing management systems for the conservation of open landscapes using an integrated landscape model approach.- iEMSs-Proceedings 2004.

2003

Reineking B**, Schröder B (2003): Computer-intensive methods in the analysis of species-habitat relationships.- in: Breckling B, Reuter H, Mitwollen A (Eds): Gene Bits und Ökosysteme - Implikationen neuer Technologien für die ökologische Theorie P. Lang, Frankfurt am Main: 165-182.

Rudner M, Schröder B, Biedermann R, Müller M (2003): Habitat modelling in GIMOLUS - webGIS-based e-learning modules using logistic regression to assess species-habitat relationships.- in: Strobl J, Blaschke T, Griesebner G. (Eds): Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung XV, Beiträge zum AGIT-Symposium Salzburg 2003, 387-396.

Söndgerath D, Schröder B** (2002): Population dynamics and habitat connectivity affecting spatial spread of populations - a simulation study. Landscape Ecology 17(1): 57-70.

2001

Bonn A**, Schröder B (2001): Habitat models and their transfer for single- and multi species groups: a case study of carabids in an alluvial forest. Ecography 24(4): 483-496.

1999

Schröder B**, Richter O (1999): Are habitat models transferable in space and time? Journal for Nature Conservation (formerly Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Naturschutz) 8(4): 195-205.

Kleyer M, Kratz R, Lutze G, Schröder B** (1999): Habitatmodelle für Tierarten: Entwicklung, Methoden und Perspektiven für die Anwendung. Journal for Nature Conservation (formerly Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Naturschutz) 8(4): 177-194.

Rolff J, Schröder B (1999): Regaining the water: a simulation model approach for Arrenurus larvae (Hydrochnellae) parasitizing damselflies (Coenagrion puella: Odonata). In: Bruin J, van der Geest LPS, Sabelis MW (Eds): Evolution and Ecology of Acari. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 359-366.

1997

Schröder B* (1997): Fuzzy Logik und klassische Statistik - ein kombiniertes Habitateignungsmodell für Conocephalus dorsalis (Latreille 1804) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Verh. Ges. Ökol. 27: 219-226.

in the BSc and MSC programmes Environmental Sciences/Geoecology and Environmental Engineering (courses  below.) More information at StudIP. Teaching is so far mostly in German.
_{V = lecture, S = seminar, Ü = exercise, Ex = excursion, WiSe = in winter term, SoSe = in summer term}

In winter term

• V & Ü Introduction to statistics (3. Sem., BSc Environmental Sciences)
• V Landscape Ecology (3. Sem., BSc Environmental Sciences)
• V & Ü Environmental Systems Analysis ( 3. Sem., BSc Environmental Engineering)

In summer term

• V & Ü Modelling Environmental Processes (4. Sem., BSc Environmental Sciences)
• V & Ü Ecology Modelling (2. Sem., MSc Environmental Sciences)