PublicationsPublications72Refereed journal publicationsZIL funded projectsAfyuni, M., Rezaeinejad, Y., Schulin, R., <strong>2006</strong>: Extractability and plantuptake of Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd from a sludge-amended haplargid incentral Iran. Arid Land Research and Management 20: 29 – 41.Akbergenov, R., Si-Ammour, A., Blevins, T., Amin, I., Kutter, C.,Vanderschuren, H., Zhang, P., Gruissem, W., Meins, F. Jr., Hohn, T.,Pooggin, M. M., <strong>2006</strong>: Molecular characterization of geminivirusderivedsmall RNAs in different plant species. Nucleic AcidsResearch, 34(2): 462 – 471.Balvanera, P., Pfisterer, A. B., Buchmann, N., He, J., Nakashizuka, T.,Raffaelli, D., Schmid, B., <strong>2006</strong>: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning:A meta-analysis of experimental results. Ecology Letters, 9:1146 – 1156.Hess, H. D., Tiemann, T. T., Noto, F., Franzel, S., Lascano, C. E., Kreuzer,M., <strong>2006</strong>: The effects of cultivation site on forage quality of Calliandracalothyrsus var. Patulul. Agroforestry Systems, 68: 209 – 220.Schmale, I., Wäckers, F. L., Cardona, S., Dorn, S., <strong>2006</strong>: Biological controlof the bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Co.:Bruchidae), by the native parasitoid Dinarmus basalis (Rondani)(Hym.: Pteromalidae) on small-scale farms in Colombia. Journal ofStored Products Research, 42: 31 – 41.Stupak, M., Vanderschuren, H., Gruissem, W., Zhang, P., <strong>2006</strong>:Biotechnological approaches to cassava protein improvement.Trends in Food Science and Technology, 17: 634 – 641.Vanderschuren, H., Akbergenov, R., Pooggin, M., Hohn, T., Gruissem,W., Zhang, P., 20<strong>07</strong>: Transgenic cassava resistance to African cassavamosaic virus is enhanced by viral DNA-A bidirectional promoter-derivedsiRNAs. Plant Molecular Biology, 64: 549 – 557.Vanderschuren, H., Stupak, M., Fütterer, J., Gruissem, W., Zhang, P.,20<strong>07</strong>: Engineering resistance to geminiviruses – Review and perspectives.Plant Biotechnology Journal, 5: 2<strong>07</strong> – 220.Velten, G., Rott, A. S., Cardona, C. Dorn, S., 20<strong>07</strong>: The inhibitoryeffect of the natural seed storage protein arcelin on the developmentof Acanthoscelides obtectus. Journal of Stored ProductsResearch, 43: 550 – 557.RFPP projectsAbang, M., Baum, M., Ceccarelli, S., Grando, S., Linde, C., Yahyaoui,A., Zhan, J., McDonald, B., <strong>2006</strong>: Differential selection onRhynchosporium secalis during parasitic and saprophytic phases inthe barley scald disease cycle. Phytopathology, 96 (11): 1214 – 1222.Chacón, G., Adler, N. E., Jarrin, F., Flier, W. G., Gessler, C., Forbes, G. A.,<strong>2006</strong>: Genetic structure of the population of Phytophthora infestansattacking Solanum ochranthum in the highlands of Ecuador.European Journal of Plant Pathology, 115 (2): 235 – 245.Dirac, C., Andriambelo, L., Sorg, J.-P., <strong>2006</strong>: Scientific bases for a participatoryforest landscape management: A new research projectin Central Menabe. Madagascar Conservation and Development,(1): 51 – 53.Eyhorn, F., 20<strong>07</strong>: The viability of cotton-based organic farming systemsin India. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 5: 25 – 38.Hankoua, B. B., Taylor, N. J., Ng, S. Y. C., Fawole, I., Puonti-Kaerlas, J.,Padmanabhan, C., Yadav, J. S., Fauquet, C. M., Dixon, A. G. O.,Fondong V. N., <strong>2006</strong>: Production of the first transgenic cassava inAfrica via direct shoot organogenesis from friable embryogeniccalli and germination of maturing somatic embryos. AfricanJournal of Biotechnology, 5 (19): 1700 – 1712.Hansmann, R., Koellner, T., Scholz, R. W., <strong>2006</strong>: Influence of consumers’socio-ecological and economic orientations on preferencesfor wood products with sustainability labels. Forest Policyand Economics, 8: 239 – 250.Koellner, T., Schmitz, O., <strong>2006</strong>: Biodiversity, ecosystem function,and mitigation of investment risk. BioScience, 56: 977 – 985.Koellner, T., Scholz, R. W., 20<strong>07</strong>: Assessment of land use impacts onthe natural environment. Part 1: An analytical framework for pureland occupation and land use change. International Journal of LCA,12: 16 – 32.Koellner, T., Scholz, R.W., 20<strong>07</strong>: Assessment of land use impacts onthe natural environment. Part 2: Generic characterisation factorsfor local species diversity in Central Europe. International Journal ofLCA, http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/lca/Abstract/ArtikelId/9165Koellner, T., Suh, S., Weber, O., Moser, C., Scholz, R. W., 20<strong>07</strong>: Do conventionaland sustainability funds differ in their environmentalimpact? – A comparison by means of Input-Output Life CycleAssessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 11: 41 – 60.Odongo, D., Kamau, L., Skilton, R., Mwaura, S., Nitsch, C., Musoke, A.,Taracha, E., Daubenberger, C., Bishop, R., 20<strong>07</strong>: Vaccination of cattlewith TickGARD induces cross-reactive antibodies binding toconserved linear peptides of Bm86 homologues in Boophilus decoloratus.Vaccine, 25: 1287 – 1296.Ogutu, W. O., Mauremootoo, J. R., <strong>2006</strong>: Prosopis in Kenya:Acquiring the knowledge for informed management. BiocontrolNews and Information, 27 (2): 35 – 37.Oliva, R. F., Chacón, M. G., Cooke, D. E. L., Lees, A. K., Forbes, G. A.,20<strong>07</strong>: Is Phytophthora infestans a good taxonomist? Host recognitionand co-evolution in the Phytophthora/Solanum interaction.Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 745: 465 – 471.Sell, J., Koellner, T., Weber, O., Pedroni, L., Scholz, R. W., <strong>2006</strong>:Decision criteria of European and Latin American market actors fortropical forestry projects providing environmental services.Ecological Economics, 58: 17 – 36.Sell, J., Koellner, T., Weber, O., Pedroni, L., Proctor, W., Scholz, R. W. (20<strong>07</strong>).Ecosystem services from tropical forestry projects – The choice of internationalmarket actors. Forest Policy and Economics, 9: 496 – 515.Würtenberger, L., Koellner, T., Binder, C. R., <strong>2006</strong>: Virtual land useand agricultural trade: Estimating environmental and socio-economicimpacts. Ecological Economics, 57: 679 – 697.Zundel, C., Hanna, R., Scheidegger, U., Nagel, P., 20<strong>07</strong>: Living at thethreshold: Where does the neotropical phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalusaripo survive the dry season? Experimental and AppliedAcarology, 44: 11 – 26.
PublicationsOther international projects (non ZIL funded)Assanvo, J. B., Agbo, G. N., Behi, Y. E.N., Coulin, P., Farah, Z., <strong>2006</strong>:Microflora of traditional starter made from cassava for “attiéké”production in Dabou (Côte d’Ivoire). Food Control, 17: 37 – 41.Barnard, R.L., Salmon, Y., Kodama, N., Sörgel, K., Rost, J., Rennenberg,H., Gessler, A., Buchmann, N., 20<strong>07</strong>: Evaporative enrichment andtime-lags between ∂ 18 O of leaf water and organic pools in a pinestand. Plant, Cell and Environment, 30: 539 – 550.Behera, B., Engel, S., <strong>2006</strong>: The four levels of institutional analysisof the evolution of joint forest management in India: A new institutionaleconomics approach. Special issue on: Community-basedforestry in the next decade: Towards an ‘agrarian’ approach?, ForestPolicy and Economics 8(4): 350 – 362.Biebinger, R., Arnold, M., Koss, M., Kloeckener-Gruissem, B.,Langhans, W., Hurrell, R., Zimmermann, M., <strong>2006</strong>: Effect of concurrentvitamin A and iodine deficiencies on the pituitary thyroid axisin rats. Thyroid, 16 (10): 961 – 965.Bloem, S., Carpenter, J. E., Dorn, S., <strong>2006</strong>: Mobility of mass-reareddiapaused and nondiapaused Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae): Effect of mating status and treatment with gammaradiation. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99: 699 – 706.Bloem, S., Carpenter, J. E., Dorn, S., <strong>2006</strong>: Mobility of mass-reareddiapaused and nondiapaused Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae): Effect of different constant treatments and lengths ofcold storage. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99: 7<strong>07</strong> – 713.Bonfoh, B., Roth, C., Traoré, A. N., Fané, A., Simbé, C. F., Alfaroukh, I.O.,Nicolet, J., Farah, Z., Zinsstag, J., <strong>2006</strong>: Effect of washing and disinfectingcontainers on the microbiological quality of fresh milk soldin Bamako (Mali). Food Control, 17: 153 – 161.Brunnschweiler, J., Mang, D., Farah, Z., Escher, F., Conde-Petit, B.,<strong>2006</strong>: Structure-texture relationships of fresh pastes preparedfrom different yam (Dioscorea spp.) varieties. LWT-Food Science andTechnology, 39: 762 – 769.Buchmann, N., <strong>2006</strong>: Die Zukunft der Natur. Politische Ökologie, 99:46-48.Coulin, P., Farah, Z., Assanovo, J., Spillmann, H., Puhan, Z., <strong>2006</strong>:Characterisation of the microflora of attiéké, a fermented cassavaproduct, during traditional small-scale preparation. InternationalJournal of Food Microbiology, 106: 131 – 136.Ekberg, A., Buchmann, N., Gleixner, G., 20<strong>07</strong>: Rhizospheric influenceon soil respiration and decomposition in a temperate Norwayspruce stand. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39: 2103 – 2110.Engel, S., Ibañez, A. M., 20<strong>07</strong>: Displacement due to violence inColombia: Determinants and effects at the household level.Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55(2): 335 – 366.Engel, S., Iskandarani, M., Useche, M. d. P., <strong>2006</strong>: Household watersecurity in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: Why do people still not useimproved water sources? International Journal of River BasinManagement, 5(2): 1 – 6.Engel, S., López, R., Palmer, C., <strong>2006</strong>: Community-industry contractingover natural resource use in a context of weak property rights:The case of Indonesia. Environmental and Resource Economics,33(1): 73 – 98.Engel, S., Palmer, C., <strong>2006</strong>: Who owns the right? The determinantsof community benefits from logging in Indonesia. Special issue on:Community-based forestry in the next decade: Towards an ‘agrarian’approach?, Forest Policy and Economics 8(4): 434 – 446.Eugster, W., Burkard, R., Holwerda, F., Scatena, F. N., Bruijnzeel, L. A.S., <strong>2006</strong>: Characteristics of fog and fogwater fluxes in a PuertoRican elfin cloud forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 139:288 – 306.Farah, Z., Mollet, M., Younan, M., Ragge, D., 20<strong>07</strong>: Camel dairy inSomalia: Limiting factors and development potential. LivestockScience, 110: 187 – 191.Ghazoul, J., 20<strong>07</strong>: Recognising the complexities of ecosystem managementand the ecosystem service concept. GAIA, 16 (3): 215 – 221.Göttlicher, S., Knohl, A., Wanek, W., Buchmann, N., Richter, A., <strong>2006</strong>:Short-term changes in carbon isotope composition of soluble carbohydratesand starch: From canopy leaves to the root system.Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 20: 653 – 660.Granier, A., Reichstein, M., Bréda, N., Janssens, I. A., Falge, E., Ciais, P.,Grünwald, T., Aubinet, M., Berbigier, P., Bernhofer, C., Buchmann, N.,Facini, O., Grassi, G., Heinesch, B., Ilvesniemi, H., Keronen, P., Knohl,A., Köstner, B., Lagergren, F., Lindroth, A., Longdoz, B., Loustau, D.,Mateus, J., Montagnani, L., Nys, C., Moors, E., Papale, D., Peiffer, M.,Pilegaard, K., Pita, G., Pumpanen, J., Rambal, S., Rebmann, C.,Rodrigues, A., Seufert, G., Tenhunen, J., Vesala, T., Wang, Q., 20<strong>07</strong>:Evidence for soil water control on carbon and water dynamics inEuropean forests during the extremely dry year: 2003. AgriculturalForest Meteorology, 143: 123 – 145.Gu, H., Hughes, J., Dorn, S., <strong>2006</strong>: Trade-off between mobility andfitness in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). EcologicalEntomology, 31: 68 – 74.Hahn, V., Högberg, P., Buchmann, N., <strong>2006</strong>: 14 C – A tool for separationof autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration. GlobalChange Biology, 12: 972 – 982.Holwerda, F., Burkard, R., Eugster, W., Scatena, F. N., Meesters, A. G.C. A., Bruijnzeel L. A., <strong>2006</strong>: Estimating fog deposition at a PuertoRican elfin cloud forest site: Comparison of the water budget andeddy covariance methods. Hydrological Processes, 20: 2669 – 2692.Jaturasitha, S., Kamopas, S., Suppadit, T., Khiaosa-ard, R., Kreuzer,M., <strong>2006</strong>: The effect of gender of finishing pigs slaughtered at 110kilograms on performance, and carcass and meat quality. ScienceAsia, 32: 297 – 305.Jaturasitha, S., Pichitpantapong, S., Leangwunta, V., Khiaosa-ard, R.,Suppadit, T., Kreuzer, M., <strong>2006</strong>: Increasing the slaughter weight ofboars: Effects on performance and pork quality. Journal of AppliedAnimal Research, 30: 19 – 24.Kahmen, A., Renker, C., Unsicker, S., Buchmann, N., <strong>2006</strong>: Nichecomplementarity for nitrogen use in grasslands – An explanationfor the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationship ingrasslands? Ecology Letters, 87: 1244 – 1255.Kappeler, S., van den Brink, H., Rahbek-Nielsen, H., Farah, Z., Puhan,Z., Hansen, E. B., Johansen, H., <strong>2006</strong>: Characterisation of recombinantcamel chymosin reveals superior properties for the coagulationof bovine and camel milk. Biochemical and BiophysicalResearch Communications, 342: 647 – 654.Korf, B., Engel, S., <strong>2006</strong>: On the incentives of violence: Greed andpride in Sri Lanka’s civil war. <strong>South</strong> Asian Economic Journal, 7 (1):117 – 129.Li, S.-G., Asanuma, J., Kotani, A., Eugster, W., Davaa, G., Oyunbaatar,D., Sugita, M., <strong>2006</strong>: Year-round measurements of net ecosystemCO 2 flux over a montane larch forest in Mongolia. Journal ofGeophysical Research, 110: D09303.73
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