Dear colleagues,

With this first 2015 Quarterly Letter we want to start this year’s information series through the Quarterly Letter. We have now entered the ‘Sustainable Land Management’ research programme’s implementation phase and hope to be able to update you with various implementation oriented stories and messages in the remaining funding period of the programme.

Kindest regards,

The GLUES Scientific Coordination Team

GLUES PROJECT

Gerstner, K., Dormann, C. F., Stein, A., Manceur, A. M., Seppelt, R. (2014): EDITOR'S CHOICE: Effects of land use on plant diversity – A global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 51, Issue 6:1690–1700.

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Seppelt, R., Manceur, A. M., Liu, J., Fenichel, E. P., Klotz, S. (2014): Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use. Ecology and Society 19(4): 50.

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INNOVATE PROJECT

Hagel, H., Hoffmann, C., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Mathematical Programming Models to Increase Land and Water Use Efficiency in Semi-arid NE-Brazil. Int. J. Food System Dynamics 5 (4), 173-181.

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LEGATO PROJECT

Pisa, L. W., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bonmatin, J. M., Downs, C. A., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C., Liess, M., McField, M., Morrissey, C. A.,
Van Dyck, H., Wiemers, M. (2015) :Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:68–102.

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Simon-Delso, N., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bonmatin, J. M., Chagnon, M., Downs, C., Furlan, L., Gibbons, D. W., Giorio, C., Girolami, V., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C. H., Liess, M., Long, E., McField, M., Mineau, P., Mitchell, E. A. D., Morrissey, C. A., Noome, D. A., Pisa, L., Settele, J., Stark, J. D., Tapparo, A., Van Dyck, H., Van Praagh, J., Van der Sluijs, J. P., Whitehorn, P. R., Wiemers, M. (2015): Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:5–34.

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Spangenberg, J. H., Douguet, J-M., Settele, J., Heong, K. L. (2015): Escaping the lock-in of continuous insecticide spraying in rice: Developing an integrated ecological and socio-political DPSIR analysis. Ecological Modelling 295, 188–195.

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Spangenberg, J. H., Görg, C., Truong, D. T., Tekken, V., Bustamante, J. V., Settele, J. (2014): Provision of ecosystem services is determined by human agency, not ecosystem functions. Four case studies. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. Vol. 10 (1) 40-53.

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Van der Sluijs, J. P., Amaral-Rogers, V., Belzunces, L. P., Bijleveld van Lexmond, M. F. I. J., Bonmatin, J-M., Chagnon, M., Downs, C. A., Furlan, L., Gibbons, D. W., Giorio, C., Girolami, V., Goulson, D., Kreutzweiser, D. P., Krupke, C., Liess, M., Long, E., McField, M., Mineau, P., Mitchell, E. A. D., Morrissey, C. A., Noome, D. A., Pisa, L., Settele, J., Simon-Delso, N., Stark, J. D., Tapparo, A., Van Dyck, H., Van Praagh, J.  Whitehorn, P. R., Wiemers, M. (2015): Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:148–154.

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Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H., Heong, K.L., Burkhard, B., Bustamante, J.V., Cabbigat, J., Chien, H.V., Escalada, M., Grescho, V., Hai, L.H., Harpke, A., Horgan, F., Hotes, S., Jahn, R., Kühn, I., Marquez, L., Schädler, M., Tekken, V., Vetterlein, D., Villareal, S., Westphal, C., Wiemers, M. (2015): Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia – the LEGATO-Project.

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Settele, J., Spangenberg, J.H., Heong, K.L., Burkhard, B., Bustamante, J.V., Cabbigat, J., Chien, H.V., Escalada, M., Grescho, V., Hai, L.H., Harpke, A., Horgan, F., Hotes, S., Jahn, R., Kühn, I., Marquez, L., Schädler, M., Tekken, V., Vetterlein, D., Villareal, S., Westphal, C., Wiemers, M. (2015): Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia – the LEGATO-Project.

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TFO PROJECT

Grönemeyer, J. L., Kulkarni, A., Berkelmann, D., Hurek, T., Reinhold-Hurek, B. (2014): Rhizobia Indigenous to the Okavango Region in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diversity, Adaptations, and Host Specificity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 80 (23): 7244-7257.

SUMARIO PROJECT

Feike, T., Mamitimin, Y., Li, L., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Development of agricultural land and water use and its driving forces along the Aksu and Tarim River, P.R. China. Environmental Earth Sciences, Band: 73, Heft: 2:517-531.

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Kusi Appiah, M., Feike, T., Wiredu, A.M. and Mamitimin, Y. (2014) Cotton Production, Land Use Change and Resource Competition in the Aksu-Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 53(3):243-261.

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Mamitimin, Y., Feike, T., Seifert, I., Doluschitz, R. (2014): Irrigation in the Tarim Basin, China: farmers’ response to changes in water pricing practices. Environmental Earth Sciences, Band: 73, Heft: 2:559-569.

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SURUMER PROJECT

Ahlheim, M. et al. (2014), Chinese urbanites and the preservation of rare species in remote parts of the country: the example of eaglewood, Environmental Economics 5(4): 32-41.

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BMBF-Research Programme „Sustainable Land Management”
Scientific Coordination and Synthesis (GLUES)

Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department for Computational Landscape Ecology
Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

www.ufz.de

For more information please get in touch with:

Daniela Narr | daniela.narr(at)ufz.de | +49 (0) 341-235 1058 or

Andreas Werntze | andreas.werntze(at)ufz.de | +49 (0) 341-235 1816

Picture credits: COMTESS (1), Conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” (2), André Künzelmann/ UFZ (3), Doris Wolst UFZ (4), UFZ (5), Website Sustainable Land Management (6)

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