Dr. Ralf Seppelt
professor
Department of Computational Landscape Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Germany
Biography
Dr. Ralf Seppelt is a mathematician and landscape ecologist, Professor Seppelt heads the Department of Computational Landscape Ecology at the UFZ Leipzig. He holds a professorship for Applied Landscape Ecology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and is spokesperson for the UFZ Research Topic "Land use, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services"“ in the Helmholtz Research Program "Terrestrial Ecosystems". His expertise lies in the field of land resourcemanagement utilizing integrated simulation models. He is coordinating the scientific and synthesis project “Global Assessment of Land Use Dynamics on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services” (GLUES, part of the BMBF Program "Sustainable Land Management"). He is spokesperson for the Helmholtz Research School ESCALATE (Ecosystem Services Under Changing Land-Use and Climate) and a member of the DFG Agroecosystems Senate Commission.
Research Interest
Model development, system analysis and simulation of environmental systems focussing on processes of human-environment interactions and the derivation of management strategies
Publications
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Renner, M., K. Brust, K. Schwärzel, M. Volk & C. Bernhofer (2014): Separating the effects of changes in land cover and climate: a hydro-meteorological analysis of the past 60 yr in Saxony, Germany. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, doi: 10.5194/hess-18-389-2014
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K. Gerstner, C. F. Dormann, A. Stein, A. Manceur, R. Seppelt (2014): Effects of land use on plant diversity – A global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12329
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Förster, J., J. Barkmann, R. Fricke, S. Hotes, M. Kleyer, S. Kobbe, D. Kübler, C. Rumbaur, M. Siegmund-Schultze, R. Seppelt, J. Settele, J. Spangenberg, V. Tekken, T. VáclavÃk, H. Wittmer (2015): Assessing ecosystem services for informing land-use decisions: a problem-oriented approach. Ecology & Society. doi: 10.5751/ES-07804-200331
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A.F. Cord, F. Roeßiger, N. Schwarz (2015): Geocaching data as an indicator for recreational ecosystem services in urban areas: exploring spatial gradients, preferences and motivations. Landscape and Urban Planning. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.08.015
