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Dr. Marten Winter

Research interests

After a half year PostDoc stay at the university of Fribourg (CH) in the group of Sven Bacher (within the Eu-project Pratique; My topic was/is: Which traits could favour plant-, insect species and pathogens, having an high ecological impact on native plants and/or ecosystems and animals?), I'm currently work on a concept to observe effects of climate change on biodiversity in Saxonia (Germany).

Generally I'm a zoological taxonomist in macroecologists clothing with a species invasion cap who worked the last years also with plants and just started to increase the animal percentage again. :O)

My main research areas are macroecology, invasion biology and species niche dynamics and diversity patterns. Interesting but rather technical aspects of my work are database programming, combining species inventories (data mining) and monitoring schemes. I was involved in the European project DAISIE and since my diploma time I'm still interested in the ecology and distribution of the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor).

However, some interesting aspects I'm particularly interested in at the moment are the influence of introductions and extinctions and their effect on taxonomical, functional and phylogenetical diversities at different across time and different geographical scales.

Co-operations / Projects

University of Bern
Zoological Institute - Community Ecology
Prof. Wolfgang Nentwig

DAISIE
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe
DAISIE Platform

Climate Change
Federal Agency of Nature Protection
Wolfgang Rabitsch Austrian Federal Environmental Agency

Pratique
PRATIQUE: ENHANCEMENTS OF PEST RISK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Project Homepage
Sven Bacher University Fribourg (CH)

Publications

Niche Evolution

Dormann, C.F., Gruber, B, Winter, M., Herrmann, D. (2009) Evolution of climate niches in European mammals? Biology Letters, online (DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0688). Reprint

Homogenization

Winter, M., Kühn, I., LaSorte, F., Schweiger, O., Nentwig, W., Klotz, S. (2010): The role of non-native plants and vertebrates in defining patterns of compositional dissimilarity within and across continents. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19 (3): 332-342 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00520.x). Reprint

Winter M. , Schweiger O., Nentwig W., Andriopoulos, P., Arianoutsou, M., Basnou, C., Delipetrou, P., Didziulis, V., Hejda, M., Hulme, P.E., Lambdon, P., Pergl, P., Pysek, P., Roy, D., Kühn, I. (2009): Plant extinctions and introductions lead to phylogenetic and taxonomic homogenization of the European flora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (51): 21721-21725; (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907088106). Paper (Open Access) Appendix

Winter, M., Kühn, I., Nentwig, W., Klotz, S.: Winter, M., Kühn, I. , Nentwig, W., Klotz, S. (2008) Spatial aspects of trait homogenization within the German Flora. Journal of Biogeography, 35 (12): 2289-2297; (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01967.x). Reprint

DAISIE / Alien Species (besides biotic homogenization pattern)

Pyšek P., Jarošík V., Hulme P. E., Kühn I., Wild J., Arianoutsou M., Bacher S., Chiron F., Didžiulis V., Essl F., Genovesi P., Gherardi F., Hejda M., Kark S., Lambdon P.W., Desprez-Loustau M.-L., Nentwig W., Pergl J., Poboljšaj K., Rabitsch W., Roques A., Roy D.B., Shirley S., Solarz W., Vila M., Winter M. (2010): Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 107 (27): 12157-12162; doi:10.1073/pnas.1002314107 Paper (Open Access) Appendix

Stohlgren, T. et al (Winter M.): Widespread plant species: Natives vs. aliens in our changing world. in review.

Lambdon P.W., Pyšek P., Basnou C., Hejda M., Arianoutsou M., Essl F., Jarošík V., Pergl J.,Winter M., Anastasiu P., Andriopoulos P., Bazos I., Brundu G., Celesti-Grapow L., Chassot P., Delipetrou P., Josefsson M., Kark S., Klotz S.,KokkorisY.,Kühn I., Marchante H., Perglová I., Pino J.,Vilà M., Zikos A., Roy D. & Hulme P. E. (2008): Alien flora of Europe: species diversity, temporal trends, geographical patterns and research needs. – Preslia 80: 101–149. Reprint

Vilà, M., Basnou, C., Pyšek, P., Josefsson, M., Genovesi, P., Gollasch, S., Nentwig, W., Olenin, S., Roques, A., Roy, D., Hulme, P.E., DAISIE partners (2010): How well do we understand the impacts of alien species on ecosystem services? A pan-European cross-taxa assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8 (3): 135-144, doi:10.1890/080083. Reprint

Pysek P, Lambdon P.W., Arianoutsou M, Kühn I, Pino J, Winter M (2009): Alien Vascular Plants of Europe. In: Handbook of Alien species in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. Reprint

Kauhala K & Winter M (2009): Nyctereutes procyonoides. In: Handbook of Alien species in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht.

Winter M (2009): Procyon lotor. In: Handbook of Alien species in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. Reprint

Aspects of climate change

Schweiger, O.; Biesmeijer, J.; Bommarco, R.; Hickler, T.; Hulme, P.; Klotz, S.; Kühn, I.; Moora, M.; Nielsen, A.; Ohlemüller, R.; Petanidou, T.; Potts, S.; Pysek, P.; Stout, J.; Sykes, M.; Tscheulin, T.; Vila, M.; Wather, G.-R.; Westphal, C.; Winter, M.; Zobel, M.; Settele, J.: Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: climate change and alien species affect pollination in concert. Biological Reviews. Early view. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00125.x). Reprint

Rabitsch, W., Winter, M., Kühn, E., Kühn, I., Essl, F. & Gruttke, H.: Auswirkungen des rezenten Klimawandels auf die Fauna in Deutschland. BfN-Skript, in prep

German raccoon stuff

publications
Winter M. (2005): Zur Ökologie des Waschbären (Procyon lotor L., 1758) in Sachsen-Anhalt. - Diploma thesis, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Diploma_thesis.pdf (9.1 MByte)
Winter M., Stubbe M., Heidecke D. (2005): Zur Ökologie des Waschbären (Procyon lotor L., 1758) in Sachsen-Anhalt. - Beiträge zur Jagd- und Wildtierforschung 30: 303-322. Racoon_Winter2005.pdf (0.8 MByte)

Others

Stubbe A., Stubbe M., Batsajchan N., Samjaa R., Driechciarz E., Driechciarz R., Schonert A., Winter M. (2007): Euchoreutes naso Sclater, 1890 – ein Säugetier-Endemit Zentralasiens. Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei 10: 471-486. Euchoreutes_naso_Mongolia.pdf (2.6 MByte)

BRITZ, P., CHALMERS, R., GRAY, M., HENDERSON, R., KAISER, H., SIMON, C. and WINTER, M., 2005. Final Research Report – Investigations into the Biology of Terebrasabella heterouncinata, a Problematic Sabellid Polychaete Living on Haliotis midae. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, pp.1-33.

WINTER, M., 2001. Investigations into the reproductive strategy of
T. heterouncinata under farm conditions. Internal report. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, pp. 2-19.

Selected talks and posters

selected talks

Winter M., Kuehn I., Klotz S. (2005): Homogenization effects on a plant-functional scale. Annual Conference of German speaking society of Ecology - Landscapes, ecosystems and populations dynamics, functions and conservation. In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 35: 157

Winter, M., Kühn, I., Nentwig, W., Klotz, S. (2007): Funktionelle Homogenisierung in der Flora Deutschlands? - Tagung des Informationskreises Makroökologie der GFÖ in Mainz, März 2007.

Winter, M., Kühn, I., Nentwig, W., Klotz, S. (2007): Homogenization patterns (of plants) in the northern Hemisphere - EMAPI - Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Perth (Australia)

Winter, M., Kühn, I., LaSorte, F., Schweiger, O., Nentwig, W., Klotz, S. (2008): Are we starting to face a "Homogocene"? - Homogenization patterns between Europe and North America. - NEOBIOTA: Towards a Synthesis. Prag (CZ). Book of abstracts (p. 44)

selected poster

Winter M., Kühn I., Klotz S. (2005): Homogenization effects on a plant-functional scale. EMAPI - Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Katowice (PL)

Winter, M., Kühn I., Klotz S. (2006): Genetic homogenization at different spatial scales. NEOBIOTA - From Ecology to Conservation, Wien (AT) Book of abstracts (p. 274)

Winter, M., Kühn, I., LaSorte, F., Schweiger, O., Nentwig, W. & Klotz, S. (2008): Are we starting to face a “Homogocene”? - Between loss of uniqueness and increased diversity. Symposium “Fifty years of invasion ecology – the legacy of Charles Elton”, Stellenbosch (ZA) Book of abstracts (p. 37)

Winter M., Stubbe M., Welk E & Seidler G (2004): Bioclimatic modelling of the potential distribution of the raccoon, (Procyon lotor L., 1758). NEOBIOTA - From Ecology to Control, Bern (CH) (6.4 MByte)

Winter M., Stubbe M., Heidecke D. (2005): Zur Ökologie des Waschbären (Procyon lotor L., 1758) in Sachsen-Anhalt. International Symposium of the Gesellschaft für Jagd- und Wildtierforschung, Chorin

Scientific Services
Reviewer for Journal of Biogeography, Conservation Biology, Journal of Ecology, Diversity and Distribution, Plant Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography;
technical editing for parts of the DAISIE book

Scientific Affiliations
International Biogeography Society
Gesellschaft für Wildtier- und Jagdforschung
(Association of wild animals and hunting research)
Member of the IUCN Small Carnivore Specialist Group (SCSG)

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