Prof. Dr. Kurt Jax
Deputy department head
Contact/Address
Prof. Dr. Kurt Jax
Department of Conservation Biology
Helmholtz-Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel: ++49-341 235 1648
Fax: ++49-341 235 3191
kurt.jax@ufz.de
Projects
Teaching
Recent publications
HEGER, T., PAHL, A.T. , BOTTA-DUKÁTC, Z., GHERARDI, F., HOPPE, C., HOSTE, I., JAX. K., LINDSTRÖM, L., BOETS, P., HAIDER, S., KOLLMANN, J., WITTMANN, M.J. & JESCHKE, J.M. (2013): Conceptual frameworks and methods for advancing invasion ecology. - Ambio (online first) DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0379-x
HAUCK, J., GÖRG, C., VARJOPURO, R., RATAMÄKI, O., MAES, J., WITTMER, H. and JAX, K. (2013). "Maps have an air of authority": Potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making. Ecosystem Services, (online first). doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.11.003
HAUCK, J., GÖRG, C., VARJOPURO, R., RATAMÄKI, O. und JAX, K. (2013). Benefits and limitations of the ecosystem services concept in environmental policy and decision making: Some stakeholder perspectives. Environmental Science & Policy, 25 (1), 13-21.
MAES, J., HAUCK, J., PARACCHINI, M. L., RATAMÄKI, O., TERMANSEN, M., PEREZ-SOBA, M., KOPPEROINEN, L., RANKINEN, K., SCHÄGNER, J. P., HENRYS, P., CISOWSKA, I., ZANDERSEN, M., JAX, K., LA NOTTE, A., LEIKOLA, N., POUTA, E., SMART, S., HASLER, B., LANKIA, T., ANDERSEN, H. E., LAVALLE, C., VERMAAS, T., ALEMU, M. H., SCHOLEFIELD, P., BATISTA, F., PYWELL, R., HUTCHINS, M., BLEMMER, M., FONNESBECH-WULFF, A., VANBERGEN, A. J., MÜNIER, B., BARANZELLI, C., ROY, D., THIEU, V., ZULIAN, G., KUUSSAARI, M., THODSEN, H., ALANEN, E.-L., EGOH, B., SØRENSEN, P. B., BRAAT, L. AND BIDOGLIO, G. (2012). A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase 2. Synthesis report, Ispra: Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER). Available as PDF at: http://www.peer.eu/projects/press-project/
ROZZI, R., ARMESTO, J. J., GUTIÉRREZ, J. R., MASSARDO, F., LIKENS, G. E., ANDERSON, C. B., POOLE, A., MOSES, K. P., HARGROVE, E., MANSILLA, A. O., KENNEDY, J. H., WILLSON, M., JAX, K., JONES, C. G., CALLICOTT, J. B. AND ARROYO, M. T. K. (2012). Integrating ecology and environmental ethics: Earth stewardship in the southern end of the Americas. Bioscience, 62 (3), 226-236.
MAES, J., BRAAT, L., JAX, K., HUTCHINS, M., FURMAN, E., TERMANSEN, M., LUQUE, S., PARACCHINI, M. L., CHAUVIN, C., WILLIAMS, R., VOLK, M., LAUTENBACH, S., KOPPEROINEN, L., SCHELHAAS, M.-J., WEINERT, J., GOOSSEN, M., DUMONT, E., STRAUCH, E., GÖRG, C., DORMANN, C., KATWINKEL, M., ZULIAN, G., VARJOPURO, R., RATAMÄKI, O., HAUCK, J., FORSIUS, M., HENGEVELD, G., PEREZ-SOBA, M., BOURAOUI, F., SCHOLZ, M., SCHULZ-ZUNKEL, C., LEPISTÖ, A., POLISHCHUK, Y. AND BIDOGLIO, G. (2011). A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - Phase I. - 147 pp. Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER): Ispra.
Available in PDF format at http://www.peer.eu/projects/press/
SCHWARZ, A. & K. JAX (eds.) (2011): Ecology revisited: reflecting on concepts, advancing science. 412 pp. - Dordrecht: Springer.
SCHÜTTLER, E., ROZZI, R. & K. JAX (2011): Towards a societal discourse on invasive species management: a case study of public perceptions of the mink and beavers in Cape Horn - Journal for Nature Conservation 19, 175-184.
JAX, K., SCHÜTTLER, E. & U. BERGHÖFER (2011): Von Bibern und Menschen auf Feuerland. - Geographische Rundschau 63 (3), 28-32.
JAX, K. (2011): Vom Brückenbauen: interdisziplinäre Forschung und die vermittelnde Rolle einer Theorie der Ökologie, in: Landschaftsökologie. Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. Laufener Spezialbeträge 2011, 61-65. - Laufen (Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege (ANL)).
HEGER, T, WEIL-JUNG, A., GNÄDINGER, J. & K. JAX (2011): Ungleiches ungleich behandeln. Ansätze einer organismenorientierten Ökologie, in: Landschaftsökologie. Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. Laufener Spezialbeträge 2011, 72-77. - Laufen (Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege (ANL)).
JAX, K. (2011): History of Ecology. in: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003084.pub2
JAX, K. (2010): Ecosystem functioning. 272 pp. - Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
