Scientific publications
2022
Dejid, N., Olson, K., Stratmann, T.S.M., Mueller, T., 2022. A gazelle's extraordinary, 18,000-km-long journey through the steppes of Mongolia. Ecology. Accepted Author Manuscript e3660. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3660
Drees, L., Liehr, S., Batjav, B., Marg, O., Mehring, M., 2022. In search of a nomadic pastoralism for the 21st century. A transdisciplinary development of future scenarios to foster a social-ecological transformation in Mongolia. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 35, 481-505
Kasymov, U., Ring, I., Gonchigsumlaa, G., Dejid, N., Drees, L., 2022. Exploring complementarity among interdependent pastoral institutions in Mongolia. Sustainability Science
Tarne, A., Batjav, B., Matias, D.M., Mehring, M., 2022. Rural to urban migration in Mongolia - Social-ecological conditions for a stepwise process. ISOE Discussion paper, 47, ISSN 1436-3534
2021
Biurrun, I., ..., Wesche, K., ..., Dengler, J., 2021. Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science 32.
Busch, J., Ring, I., …, Kasymov, U., …, Zhou, K., 2021. A global review of ecological fiscal transfers. Nature Sustainability. 4, 756–765. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00728-0
Dashpurev, B., Wesche, K., Jäschke, Y., Oyundelger, K., Phan, T.N., Bendix, J., Lehnert, L.W., 2021. A cost-effective method to monitor vegetation changes in steppes ecosystems: A case study on remote sensing of fire and infrastructure effects in eastern Mongolia. Ecological Indicators 132, 108331.
Drees, L., Pastoors, D., 2021. Wissenschaft kann die Zukunft nicht vorhersagen - und das ist auch gut so. ISOE Blog Soziale Ökologie. Krise - Kritik - Gestaltung. ISSN 2747-6472
Esmaeili, S., …, Buuveibaatar B., …, Dejid, N., …, Mueller, T., …, Olson, K.A., …, Usukhjargal, D., …, Goheen, J.R., 2021. Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross-taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis. Ecology Letters, 24, 2178– 2191. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13848
Gonchigsumlaa, G., Damdindorj, S., 2021. Private cost-benefit analysis of herder household mobility in Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 34, 65–79
Kauffman, M.J., …, Mueller, T., …, Dejid, N., …, Olson, K.A., …, Zuther, S., 2021. Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science 372:6542
Kauffman, M.J., Aikens, E.O., Esmaeili, S., Kaczensky, P., Middleton, A., Monteith, K.L., Morrison, T.A., Mueller, T., Sawyer, H., Goheen, J.R., 2021. Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 52:1, 453-478
Munkhzul, O., Oyundelger, K., Narantuya, N., Tuvshintogtokh, I., Oyuntsetseg, B., Wesche, K., Jäschke, Y., 2021. Grazing effects on Mongolian steppe vegetation–a systematic review of local literature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9.
Oyundelger, K., Herklotz, V., Harpke, D., Oyuntsetseg, B., Wesche, K., Ritz, C.M., 2021. Contrasting effects of local environment and grazing pressure on the genetic diversity and structure of Artemisia frigida. Conservation Genetics 22.
Sabatini, F.M., …, Wesche, K., ..., Bruelheide, H., 2021. sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30.
Stratmann T.S.M., Dejid N., Calabrese J.M., Fagan W.F., Fleming C.H., Olson K.A., Mueller T., 2021. Resource selection of a nomadic ungulate in a dynamic landscape. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0246809. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246809
Xu, W., …, Mueller, T., …, Middleton, A.D., 2021. The plasticity of ungulate migration in a changing world. Ecology 102:e03293. 10.1002/ecy.3293
Xu, W., Dejid, N., Herrmann, V., Sawyer, H., Middleton, A.D., 2021. Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide-ranging ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, (November), 1–9. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13806
2020
Dashpurev, B., Bendix, J., Lehnert, L., 2020. Monitoring Oil Exploitation Infrastructure and Dirt Roads with Object-Based Image Analysis and Random Forest in the Eastern Mongolian Steppe, Remote Sensing 12:144. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010144.
Fleming, C.H., Drescher-Lehman, J., Noonan, M.J., Akre, T.S.B., Brown, D.J., Cochrane, M.M., Dejid, N.,…Mueller, T.,… Calabrese, J.M., 2020. A comprehensive framework for handling location error in animal tracking data. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.12.130195
Jäschke, Y., Heberling, G., Wesche, K., 2020. Environmental controls override grazing effects on plant functional traits in Tibetan rangelands. Functional Ecology 34, 747–760.
Jäschke, Y., Li, F.Y., Wesche, K., 2020. Virtual Encyclopedia of the steppes (China) Holarctic Steppes Specialist Group, Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN
Kasymov, U., Oyundelger, K., Uvgunkhuu, M., Ring, I., 2020. Regional socio-economic report. Research report of the BioTip project MORE STEP – Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem. International Institute Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau.
Li, F.Y., Jäschke, Y., Guo, K., Wesche, K., 2020. Grasslands of China. In: Dengler, J., Török, P. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. Elsevier, pp. 773–784.
Matias, D.M., 2020. The extended present: conceptualizing tempocoupling and sustainability archaeology. ISOE Discussion paper, 44. ISSN 1436-3534
Matias, D.M., Drees, L., Kasymov, U., Dejid, N., Batjav, B., Dashpurev, T., Dorj, U., Gonchigsumlaa, G., Müller, T., Ring, I., Mehring M., 2020. Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian steppe ecosystem – developing a vision. Stakeholder involvement and identification of drivers and pathways towards sustainable development. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 62. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE – Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
McInturff, A., Xu, W., Wilkinson, C.E., Dejid, N., Brashares, J.S., 2020. Fence Ecology: Frameworks for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Fences. BioScience, 70(11), 971–985. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa103
Oyundelger, K., Ritz, C.M., Munkhzul, O., Lang, B., Ahlborn, J., Oyuntsetseg, B., Römermann, C., Wesche, K., 2020. Climate and land use affect genetic structure of Stipa glareosa P. A. Smirn. in Mongolia. Flora Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 266.
Pfeiffer, M., Dulamsuren, C., Wesche, K., 2020. Grasslands and shrublands of Mongolia. In: Goldstein, M.I., DellaSala, D.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. Elsevier, pp. 759–772.
Phan, T.N., Kuch, V., Lehnert, L., 2020. Land Cover Classification using Google Earth Engine and Random Forest Classifier - The Role of Image Composition, Remote Sensing.
Török, P., Neuffer, B., Heilmeier, H., Bernhardt, K.G., Wesche, K., 2020. Climate, landscape history and management drive Eurasian steppe biodiversity. Flora Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants.
Yu, L. & Kasymov, U., 2020. Social construction of pastureland: Changing rules and resource use rights in China and Kyrgyzstan, International Journal of the Commons. 14(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.940.
2019
Hummel, D. & Mehring, M., 2019. On the Move. Mobilität und sozial-ökologische Transformationen im westafrikanischen Sahel und in der Mongolei. Natur Forschung Museum 149 (10-12), 172-175.
Nandintsetseg, D., …, Olson, K.A., …, Stratmann, T., Mueller, T., 2019. Challenges in the conservation of wide-ranging nomadic species. Journal of Applied Ecology 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13380
Nandintsetseg, D., …, Buuveibaatar, B., …, Enkhtuvshin, Sh., …, Olson, K., …, Mueller, T., 2019. Variability in nomadism: Environmental gradients modulate movement behaviors of dryland ungulates. Ecosphere 10-11, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2924
Student theses
Damdindorj, S., 2020. Sustainable use of steppe pasture in Mongolian steppe. Bachelor thesis, School of Economics and Business, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (in Mongolian language).
Döring, D., 2020. Machine Learning Based Land Use Classification in Mongolia. Bachelor thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München.
Dejid, N., 2019. Nomadic animal movements and their conservation challenges. PhD thesis, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
Fezakov, M., 2021. A global review of grassland policy instruments and their impact on the conservation and sustainable use. Master thesis, Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Eberswalde.
Göhrig, C.J., 2022. Remote sensing of aboveground biomass in the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem: From field measurements to regional scaled prediction using machine learning. Bachelor thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München.
Hofmann, L., 2020. Untersuchung der Vegetationsdynamiken in der östlichen mongolischen Steppe in Abhängigkeit von Siedlungszentren und Klima. (Analysis of vegetation dynamics in the eastern Mongolian steppe in relation to settlement centres and climate). Master thesis in Environmental Science, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main.
Jolley, D., 2020. Detection of Gers in Mongolia from high resolution satellite data. Bachelor thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München.
Kim, K.E., 2021. Assessing Internal Migration in Mongolian Eastern Steppe and Building Prospective Scenarios. Master thesis, TU München.
Wiemer, F.L., 2021. Remote sensing of gers using Planet Scope imagery as a prerequisite to investigate nomadic settlement patterns in Mongolia. Bachelor thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München.
Zahlheimer, I., 2020 Dirt road classification by the use of remote sensing in Mongolia - A method comparison. Bachelor thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München.
Zhou, K., 2021. Options for Ecological Fiscal Transfers in Mongolia. Master Thesis, Professur für Ökosystemare Dienstleistungen, IHI Zittau, TU Dresden.
Contributions to conferences and workshops
Dashpurev, B., Bendix, J., Lehnert, L.W., 2020. Monitoring Oil Exploitation Infrastructure and Dirt Roads with Object-Based Image Analysis and Random Forest in the Eastern Mongolian Steppe. EGU General Assembly 2020.
Dashpurev, B., Phan, T.N., Bendix, J., Lehnert, L.W., 2021. Estimating the Effect of Infrastructure on Vegetation Degradation in Eastern Mongolia Steppe Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing. IEEE international symposium on geoscience and remote sensing - IGARSS47720.2021.9554537
Drees, L., 2019. Keep on moving - Mongolian pastoralism in the light of current societal transformations, POLISES Colloquium “Pastoralism in Transition: Sustainability, Policies, and Livelihoods”, Junior Research Group POLISES, UFZ Leipzig, 27.-28. Juni 2019, Leipzig. (Presentation)
Drees, L., & Liehr, S., 2019. No more nomads? How social-ecological dynamics change pastoralists’ livelihood strategies, Social Simulations Conference (SSC) 2019 - Social Simulation for Social Policy, 23.-27. September 2019, Mainz. (Poster)
Jäschke, Y., Munkhzuul, O., Khailiunaa U., 2021. Vegetation transitions in eastern Mongolian Steppe. Talk at the Virtual Gfö 50th. Anniversary Conference, Ecology Science in Transition, Science for Transition, Aug., 31st 2021.
Kasymov, U., Fezakov, M., Ring, I., 2021. A global review of grassland policies and their impact on the conservation and sustainable use of dryland ecosystems. Oral presentation at the 3rd ESP Europe Conference, Session “Human, livestock and wildlife (im)mobility in grassland and savannah ecosystems” on 07 June 2021.
Kasymov, U., Ring, I., 2021. Exploring Institutional Complementarity and Social Thresholds of Mobility in Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems in Mongolia. Paper presented at the XXIV International Grassland Congress / XI International Rangeland Congress (Sustainable Use of Grassland and Rangeland Resources for Improved Livelihoods), 25–29 October 2021. Available at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/24/6/25
Kasymov, U., Ring, I. & Hagemann, N., 2020. Exploring institutional drivers and social thresholds of transformation and mobility in pastoral social-ecological systems in Mongolia. Presentation at the New Institutional Economics (NIÖ) network workshop organised by TU Dresden, 6-7 February 2020, Zittau.
Lehnert, L.W. & Phan, T.N., 2020. Comparison of fire products in Mongolia reveals contrasting results. EGU General Assembly 2020.
Lkhagvadorj, A., 2020. Status quo of the Ecological Fiscal Transfer in Mongolia. Presentation at the International Virtual Workshop on Ecological Fiscal Transfers: Experiences, Achievements, Lessons, and Opportunities; Co-organised by the Earth Innovation Institute and TU Dresden, 21-24 September 2020.
Matias, D.M., 2019. Scaling Sustainability in Social-Ecological Systems in Mongolia and the Philippines. Robert-Bosch-Stiftung Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership 1st Seminar, September 25-27, 2019 (Poster)
Matias, D.M., 2020. MORE STEP – Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem, 23. June 2020, University of Bonn (Online)
Matias, D.M., 2020. Transdisciplinary research approaches and science-policy engagement. ZEF Online Development Studies and Research Community, 19 October 2020.
Matias, D.M., 2021. Rural-urban migration as a public health issue: the case of informal settlements in the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, International Online Right Livelihood College Alumni Workshop, Right Livelihood College Bonn and Mumbai, 18 June 2021.
Mehring, M., 2020. Mobilität im Wandel: Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und nachhaltige Entwicklung des mongolischen Steppenökosystems. SGN Vortragsreihe: Welt in Bewegung – Wanderungen, Mobilität und Migration im globalen Kontext, 15.1.2020.
Müller, T., 2022. Mobilität und Nachhaltigkeit in den östlichen Steppen der Mongolei. Lecture series of the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) “Konflikte in Gegenwart und Zukunft“, 17 January 2022, online.
Oyundelger, K., Ritz, C., Herklotz, V., Harpke, D., Oyuntsetseg B., Troeva, E. Wagner, V., Wesche, K., 2021. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the key steppe species Artemisia frigida. Invited talk at the “Steppe Symposium”, Vienna, Sep., 6.-9th. 2021
Phan, T.N., Jäschke, Y., Chuluunkhuyag, O., Oyunbileg, M., Wesche, K., Lehnert, L.W., 2020. Remote sensing of grassland communities in Mongolian Steppe combining multi-source data and machine learning classification algorithms. EGU General Assembly 2020.
Rauchecker, M., Kasymov, U., Drees, L., Ring, I., 2021. State’s Immobility vs. Pastoralist Mobility – A Case Study of Mongolia and Namibia. Oral presentation at the 3rd ESP Europe Conference, Session “Human, livestock and wildlife (im)mobility in grassland and savannah ecosystems” on 7 June 2021.
Ring, I., 2020. Ecological fiscal transfers – Foundations and developments; Keynote presentation at the International Virtual Workshop on Ecological Fiscal Transfers: Experiences, Achievements, Lessons, and Opportunities; Co-organised by the Earth Innovation Institute and TU Dresden, 21-24 September 2020.
Ring, I., 2020. Ecological fiscal transfers in Germany: Existing transfers and suggested developments. Presentation at the International Virtual Workshop on Ecological Fiscal Transfers: Experiences, Achievements, Lessons, and Opportunities; Co-organised by the Earth Innovation Institute and TU Dresden, 21-24 September 2020.
Stratmann, T.S.M., Calabrese, J., Dejid, N., Fagen, F., Flemming, C., Olson, K., and Müller, T. 2019. Variability in Step-Selection in Dynamic Landscapes (Oral presentation). The Wildlife Society & American Fisheries Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference. October 3, 2019.
Wesche, K., Jäschke, Y., Munkhzuul T., Ahlborn, J., Reinicke, J., Seeber, E. , Engler J. O., von Wehrden, H., 2021. Effects of changing land use and climate on rangeland vegetation of Central Asia. Talk at the Chinese Grassland Society, Oct. 21st, 2021.
Wesche, K., Meyer, S., Schuch, S., 2021. Landwirtschaft und Biodiversität: Gewinne, Verluste und Konsequenzen für unsere Ökosysteme. Invited Plenary Talk at the “25. Naturschutztag Schleswig-Holstein”, Neumünster, Nov., 3rd, 2021.
Wesche, K., Jäschke, Y., Munkhzuul T., Ahlborn, J., Reinicke, J., Seeber, E., Engler J. O., von Wehrden, H., 2021. Effects of changing land use and climate on rangeland vegetation of Central Asia. Invited Talk at the seminar “Quantitative Ecology”, Univ. of Ceske Budejovice, Nov., 17th, 2021.
Zhou, K., Ring, I. & Kasymov, U., 2020. Ecological fiscal transfers in China. Presentation at the International Virtual Workshop on Ecological Fiscal Transfers: Experiences, Achievements, Lessons, and Opportunities; Co-organised by the Earth Innovation Institute and TU Dresden, 21-24 September 2020.
Contributions to IPBES
IPBES: Assessment on the sustainable use of wild species, chapter 2. Contributing author (Denise M. Matias, Stefan Liehr, Marion Mehring).
Matias D.M. (2020): IPBES Fellows Workshop, 18-20. June 2020, IPBES (Online)
Matias D. M. (2019): Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Indigenous and Local Knowledge Dialogue for the Thematic Assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species (October 8-10, 2019)
Matias D. M. (2019): Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Second Author Meeting of the Thematic Assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species (November 18-22, 2019)
Other contributions
Joint session with projects „NamTip“ und „ORYCS“ (SPACES II funding) in the 3rd ESP Europe Conference 2021 in Tartu/Estonia accepted (Denise Margaret Matias, Stefan Liehr): Session B4: „Human, livestock and wildlife (im)mobility in grassland and savannah ecosystems“
Matias D.M. (2020): Reflections on the thought of Manfred Max-Neef: A dialogue with contemporary economics, 10. Oktober 2020, Universidad Austral de Chile Instituto de Economia (Online)
Matias D.M. (2020): SIANI Expert Group Discussion Series, 18. August 2020, NTFP-EP Asia (Online)
Matias D.M. (2020): Linking science and policy for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity, 04. November 2020, WABES and YESS Network (Online)