List of works - Christian Levers

A bird's eye view of farm size and biodiversity: The ecological legacy of the iron curtain

scientific article published in 2021

Agricultural expansion and the ecological marginalization of forest-dependent people

scientific article published on 2 November 2021

Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe

Assessing land-use effects on European plant diversity using a biome-specific countryside species-area model

article

Challenges and opportunities in mapping land use intensity globally

scientific article published on October 2013

Changes in the spatial patterns of human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) in Europe 1990–2006

article

Characterizing European cultural landscapes: Accounting for structure, management intensity and value of agricultural and forest landscapes

Combining satellite data and agricultural statistics to map grassland management intensity in Europe

Competition for Land-Based Ecosystem Services: Trade-Offs and Synergies

article

Developing context-specific frameworks for integrated sustainability assessment of agricultural intensity change: An application for Europe

scientific article published in 2022

Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe

Drivers of forest harvesting intensity patterns in Europe

scientific article published in 2014

Fading opportunities for mitigating agriculture-environment trade-offs in a south American deforestation hotspot

scientific article published in October 2021

Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics

scientific article published in September 2022

Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity

scientific article published in 2015

Global-scale patterns and determinants of cropping frequency in irrigation dam command areas

Hotspots of land use change in Europe

article by Tobias Kuemmerle et al published 1 June 2016 in Environmental Research Letters

Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco

scientific article

Integrating inductive and deductive analysis to identify and characterize archetypical social-ecological systems and their changes

scientific article published in 2021

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

scientific article published on 5 April 2024

Mapping Export-Oriented Crop Production

scientific article

Mapping and modelling past and future land use change in Europe’s cultural landscapes

Mapping continuous fields of tree and shrub cover across the Gran Chaco using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 data

scientific article published in 2018

Mapping cropland-use intensity across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series

Mapping farmland abandonment and recultivation across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series

scholarly article

Mapping urban malaria and diarrhea mortality in Accra, Ghana: Evidence of vulnerabilities and implications for urban health policy.

scientific article

Mapping wood production in European forests

article

Multiscale spatial planning to maintain forest connectivity in the Argentine Chaco in the face of deforestation

scientific article published in 2018

One size does not fit all: European bison habitat selection across herds and spatial scales

scientific article published in 2018

Patterns and drivers of scattered tree loss in agricultural landscapes: orchard meadows in Germany (1968-2009).

scientific article published on May 2015

Representing composition, spatial structure and management intensity of European agricultural landscapes: A new typology

article

Simulating and delineating future land change trajectories across Europe

Spatial variation in determinants of agricultural land abandonment in Europe

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Variables to Explain European Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness across Biogeographical Scales

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco

scientific article published in 2019

Where are Europe’s last primary forests?

article by Francesco Maria Sabatini et al published 24 May 2018 in Diversity and Distributions

Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco

scholarly article

List of works by Christian Levers

A bird's eye view of farm size and biodiversity: The ecological legacy of the iron curtain

Agricultural expansion and the ecological marginalization of forest-dependent people

Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe

Assessing land-use effects on European plant diversity using a biome-specific countryside species-area model

Challenges and opportunities in mapping land use intensity globally

Changes in the spatial patterns of human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) in Europe 1990–2006

Characterizing European cultural landscapes: Accounting for structure, management intensity and value of agricultural and forest landscapes

Combining satellite data and agricultural statistics to map grassland management intensity in Europe

Competition for Land-Based Ecosystem Services: Trade-Offs and Synergies

Developing context-specific frameworks for integrated sustainability assessment of agricultural intensity change: An application for Europe

Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe

Drivers of forest harvesting intensity patterns in Europe

Fading opportunities for mitigating agriculture-environment trade-offs in a south American deforestation hotspot

Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics

Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity

Global-scale patterns and determinants of cropping frequency in irrigation dam command areas

Hotspots of land use change in Europe

Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco

Integrating inductive and deductive analysis to identify and characterize archetypical social-ecological systems and their changes

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

Mapping Export-Oriented Crop Production

Mapping and modelling past and future land use change in Europe’s cultural landscapes

Mapping continuous fields of tree and shrub cover across the Gran Chaco using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 data

Mapping cropland-use intensity across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series

Mapping farmland abandonment and recultivation across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series

Mapping urban malaria and diarrhea mortality in Accra, Ghana: Evidence of vulnerabilities and implications for urban health policy.

Mapping wood production in European forests

Multiscale spatial planning to maintain forest connectivity in the Argentine Chaco in the face of deforestation

One size does not fit all: European bison habitat selection across herds and spatial scales

Patterns and drivers of scattered tree loss in agricultural landscapes: orchard meadows in Germany (1968-2009).

Representing composition, spatial structure and management intensity of European agricultural landscapes: A new typology

Simulating and delineating future land change trajectories across Europe

Spatial variation in determinants of agricultural land abandonment in Europe

Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Variables to Explain European Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness across Biogeographical Scales

Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco

Where are Europe’s last primary forests?

Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco