Felix Witing
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Department Landschaftsökologie
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Tel: + 49 341 6025-1977
E-Mail:
felix.witing@ufz.de
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Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Landnutzungswandel und dessen Auswirkungen auf die Leistungen und Prozesse von Ökosystemen sowie auf die biologische Vielfalt
- Strategien und Maßnahmen für eine nachhalte Bewirtschaftung von Agrarlandschaften
- Analyse von Zielkonflikten und Optimierung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen
- Integrierte ökohydrologische Modellierung mit SWAT
- Modellierung der Bodenkohlenstoff- und Stickstoffdynamik mit
CCB
Projekte
OPTAIN - OPtimal strategies to reTAIN and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across different soil-climatic regions in Europe. EU H2020 . Projekt Website
CROSSLINK - Habitate und grün-blaue Infrastruktur in Auenlandschaften (BiodivERsA-Verbund); Teilvorhaben: Optimierungsverfahren und Lernumgebung. Projekt-Website
Dynamische Bilanzierung von Humushaushalt und Nährstoffaustrag im regionalen Maßstab im Kontext von Landnutzungs- und Klimawandel. Endbericht . In Kooperation mit der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Landschaftsforschung (GALF) bR und dem LfULG Sachsen .
Bioenergie Systemanalyse
(Projekt-Website)
:
Spatially dependent assessments for biomass and bioenergy production systems.
Teilprojekt: Multi-criteria optimization of land use and management pattern in the context of bioenergy production, food production and ecohydrology. In Kooperation mit dem
Deutschen Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
.
Beruflicher Werdegang
2020 -
2024
Promotion: "Dynamics of soil organic matter in agricultural systems: Assessing the impact of bioenergy production, agri-environmental measures and climate at regional scales"
2017 - 2020
UFZ Department Landschaftsökologie, Arbeitsgruppe Integrierte Modellierung und Optimierung (IMOP) ; wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im BiodivERsA Projekt CROSSLINK .
2015 - 2016
UFZ Department Bodenphysik, Arbeitsgruppe C-N-Dynamik ; wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
2011 - 2015
UFZ Department Bioenergie, Arbeitsgruppe Systemanalyse Bioenergie; Doktorand / wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
2010 - 2011
Diplomarbeit: ”Hydrologische Modellierung der Mulde mit SWAT - Verbesserte Berücksichtigung landschaftlicher Unterschiede durch simultane Modellkalibirerung an mehreren Pegeln”
2010 - 2011
UFZ Department Landschaftsökologie; wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft
2009
UFZ Department Landschaftsökologie; Praktikum; Projekt: Einfluss von Landschaftsmerkmalen auf das hydrologische Verhalten eines Einzugsgebietes - Eine Untersuchung mit dem IHACRES Modell.
2008 - 2009
Technische Universität Dresden; Tutor für EDV und Geoinformatik
2007 - 2008
Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd, HortResearch Palmerston North (jetzt
Plant & Food Research
), Department für Sustainable Land Use; Praktikum; Projekt: "Phosphorus movement in soils: Experiments and Modelling"
2003 - 2011
Studium der Geographie (Diplom) an der Technischen Universität Dresden mit der Viertiefung Geoinformationssysteme und den Nebenfächern Biologie, Bodenkunde und Meteorologie. Teilnahme am
FLOODmaster
Studienprogramm und dem Begleitstudium Lateinamerika
(BELA)
.
Publikationen (Auswahl)
Komplette Publikationsliste (PDF):
Szabó, B., Kassai, P., Plunge, S., Nemes, A., Braun, P., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Mészáros, J., & N. Čerkasova (2024). Addressing soil data needs and data gaps in catchment-scale environmental modelling: The European perspective. SOIL, 10(2), 587–617.
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-587-2024
Magnier, J., Fribourg-Blanc, B., Lemann, T., Witing, F., Critchley, W. & M. Volk (2024): Natural/Small Water Retention Measures: Their Contribution to Ecosystem-Based Concepts. Sustainability 16, 1308.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031308
Witing, F., Volk, M. & U. Franko (2023): Modeling Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics of Arable Land across Scales: A Simplified Assessment of Alternative Management Practices on the Level of Administrative Units. Agronomy 13(4): 1159.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041159
Witing, F., Forio, M.A.E., Burdon, F.J., McKie, B.G., Goethals, P.L.M., Strauch, M. & M. Volk (2022): Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale: Navigating trade‐offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 59(6): 1456–1471.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14176
Burdon, F.J., Ramberg, E., Sargac, J., Forio, M.A.E., de Saeyer, N., Mutinova, P.T., Moe, T.F., Pavelescu, M.O., Dinu, V., Cazacu, C., Witing, F., Kupilas, B., Grandin, U., Volk, M., Rîşnoveanu, G., Goethals, P., Friberg, N., Johnson, R.K. & B.G. McKie (2020): Assessing the Benefits of Forested Riparian Zones: A Qualitative Index of Riparian Integrity Is Positively Associated with Ecological Status in European Streams. Water 12(4): 1178.
https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041178
Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Drechsler, M., Kaim, A., Liebelt, V., Müller, B., Witing, F., & M. Strauch (2020): Aligning Agent-Based Modeling With Multi-Objective Land-Use Allocation: Identification of Policy Gaps and Feasible Pathways to Biophysically Optimal Landscapes. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8:103.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00103
Witing, F., Gebel, M., Kurzer, H.-J., Friese, H. & U. Franko (2019): Large-scale integrated assessment of soil carbon and organic matter-related nitrogen fluxes in Saxony (Germany). Journal of Environmental Management 237: 272-280.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.036
Witing, F., Prays, N., O’Keeffe, S., Gründling, R., Gebel, M., Kurzer, H.-J., Daniel-Gromke, J. & U. Franko (2018): Biogas production and changes in soil carbon input - A regional analysis. Geoderma 320: 105–114.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.01.030
2025 (2)
- White, S.E., Witing, F., Wittekind, C.I.H., Volk, M., Strauch, M. (2025):
Distilling the Pareto optimal front into actionable insights
Environ. Modell. Softw. 191 , art. 106508 10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106508 - White, S.E., Witing, F., Wittekind, C., Volk, M., Strauch, M. (2025):
PyretoClustR (executable version)
Version: 1.1 Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14761001
2024 (9)
- Magnier, J., Fribourg-Blanc, B., Lemann, T., Witing, F., Critchley, W., Volk, M. (2024):
Natural/Small Water Retention Measures: their contribution to ecosystem-based concepts
Sustainability 16 (3), art. 1308 10.3390/su16031308 - Möckel, S., Baaken, M.C., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A. (2024):
Sustainable cultivated landscapes in Germany: comparison of 27 practical measures for more sustainability and their effectiveness
UFZ Discussion Papers 2/2024
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 23 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.13766763 - Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., Baaken, M.C. (2024):
Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – praktische Maßnahmen und ihre Wirksamkeit im Vergleich
Nat. Recht 46 (1), 13 - 24 10.1007/s10357-023-4282-y - Özdemır, A., Volk, M., Strauch, M., Witing, F. (2024):
The effects of climate change on streamflow, nitrogen loads, and crop yields in the Gordes Dam Basin, Turkey
Water 16 (10), art. 1371 10.3390/w16101371 - Piniewski, M., Strauch, M., Plunge, S., Schürz, C., Čerkasova, N., Chiaradia, E., Witing, F. (2024):
Assessment of NSWRM effectiveness under current and future climate at the catchment scale. Deliverable D4.4 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Zenodo
318 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.11233622 - Szabó, B., Kassai, P., Plunge, S., Nemes, A., Braun, P., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Mészáros, J., Čerkasova, N. (2024):
Addressing soil data needs and data gaps in catchment-scale environmental modelling: the European perspective
Soil 10 (2), 587 - 617 10.5194/soil-10-587-2024 - Volk, M., Amorsi, N., Bokal, S., Čerkasova, N., Cvejić, R., Farkas, C., Fribourg-Blanc, B., Glavan, M., Honzak, L., Krzeminska, D., Lemann, T., Monaco, F., Nemes, A., Nesheim, I., Piniewski, M., Schürz, C., Strauch, M., Szabó, B., Witing, F. (2024):
OPTAIN - Optimal strategies to retain and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments in Europe
Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)
Zenodo
11 - 12 10.5281/zenodo.14285085 - Witing, F. (2024):
Dynamics of soil organic matter in agricultural systems : assessing the impact of bioenergy production, agri- environmental measures and climate at regional scales
Dissertation, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät III - Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften, Geowissenschaften und Informatik
130 pp. 10.25673/117684 - Wittekind, C.I., Charlton, M.B., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Klaare, M.J. (2024):
Climate change impacts on river flow in England: a comparison of the UKCP18 and euro-CORDEX regional climate projections
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU22-7748 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7748
2023 (4)
- Bokal, S., Semko, J., Witing, F., Volk, M., Strauch, M., Amorsi, N., Nesheim, I., Cvejic, R. (2023):
Communication and Dissemination Strategy (Update 2). Deliverable D7.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Zenodo
51 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.13981815 - Derepasko, D., Witing, F., Peñas, F.J., Barquín, J., Volk, M. (2023):
Towards adaptive water management - Optimizing river water diversion at the basin scale under future environmental conditions
Water 15 (18), art. 3289 10.3390/w15183289 - Schwengbeck, L., Hölting, L., Witing, F. (2023):
Modeling climate regulation of arable soils in northern Saxony under the influence of climate change and management practices
Sustainability 15 (14), art. 11128 10.3390/su151411128 - Witing, F., Volk, M., Franko, U. (2023):
Modelling soil organic carbon dynamics of arable land across scales: a simplified assessment of alternative management practices on the level of administrative units
Agronomy-Basel 13 (4), art. 1159 10.3390/agronomy13041159
2022 (7)
- Eurie Forio, M.A., Burdon, F.J., Witing, F., Risnoveanu, G., Kupilas, B., Friberg, N., Volk, M., Mckie, B., Goethals, P. (2022):
A Bayesian Belief Network model assessing the multi-scale effects of riparian vegetation on stream invertebrates
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7796 - Forio, M.A.E., Burdon, F.J., de Troyer, N., Lock, K., Witing, F., Baert, L., de Saeyer, N., Rîșnoveanu, G., Popescu, C., Kupilas, B., Friberg, N., Boets, P., Johnson, R.K., Volk, M., McKie, B.G., Goethals, P. (2022):
A Bayesian Belief Network learning tool integrates multi-scale effects of riparian buffers on stream invertebrates
Sci. Total Environ. 810 , art. 152146 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152146 - Honzak, L., Čerkasova, N., Farkas, C., Gelybó, G., Piniewski, M., Pogačar, T., Schürz, C., Strauch, M., Tóth, B., Witing, F. (2022):
Bias-corrected EURO-CORDEX RCM simulations for the OPTAIN case studies (Version v4) [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.6202062 - Marval, Š., Fučík, P., Čerkasova, N., Schürz, C., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Piniewski, M., Plunge, S., Farkas, C., Weiland, S., Krzeminska, D., Lemann, T. (2022):
SWAT+ and SWAP retention measure implementation handbook. Deliverable D2.3 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Zenodo
116 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.11232719 - Szabó, B., Mészáros, J., Kassai, P., Braun, P., Nemes, A., Farkas, C., Čerkasova, N., Monaco, F., Chiaradia, E.A., Witing, F. (2022):
Solutions to overcome data scarcity. Deliverable D3.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Zenodo
70 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.13970742 - Witing, F., Forio, M.A.E., Burdon, F.J., Mckie, B., Goethals, P., Strauch, M., Volk, M. (2022):
Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale – Navigating trade-offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity
J. Appl. Ecol. 59 (6), 1456 - 1471 10.1111/1365-2664.14176 - Witing, F., Forio, M.A.E., Burdon, F.J., Mckie, B., Goethals, P., Strauch, M., Volk, M. (2022):
Data from: Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale – Navigating trade-offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.6412403
2021 (1)
- Kupilas, B., Burdon, F.J., Thaulow, J., Håll, J., Mutinova, P.T., Forio, M.A.E., Witing, F., Rîșnoveanu, G., Goethals, P., McKie, B.G., Friberg, N. (2021):
Forested riparian zones provide important habitat for fish in urban streams
Water 13 (6), art. 877 10.3390/w13060877
2020 (6)
- Amorsi, N., Semko, J., Bokal, S., Witing, F. (2020):
Launch of OPTAIN website and social media. Deliverable D7.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Zenodo
13 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.7053719 - Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Drechsler, M., Kaim, A., Liebelt, V., Müller, B., Witing, F., Strauch, M. (2020):
Aligning agent-based modeling with multi-objective land-ese allocation: Identification of policy gaps and feasible pathways to biophysically optimal landscapes
Front. Environ. Sci. 8 , art. 103 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00103 - Burdon, F.J., Ramberg, E., Sargac, J., Forio, M.A.E., de Saeyer, N., Mutinova, P.T., Fosholt Moe, T., Pavelescu, M.O., Dinu, V., Cazacu, C., Witing, F., Kupilas, B., Grandin, U., Volk, M., Rîşnoveanu, G., Goethals, P., Friberg, N., Johnson, R.K., McKie, B.G. (2020):
Assessing the benefits of forested riparian zones: A qualitative index of riparian integrity is positively associated with ecological status in European streams
Water 12 (4), art. 1178 10.3390/w12041178 - Cambien, N., Gobeyn, S., Nolivos, I., Forio, M.A.E., Arias-Hidalgo, M., Dominguez-Granda, L., Witing, F., Volk, M., Goethals, P.L.M. (2020):
Using the soil and water assessment tool to simulate the pesticide dynamics in the data scarce Guayas River basin, Ecuador
Water 12 (3), art. 696 10.3390/w12030696 - Forio, M.A.E., de Troyer, N., Lock, K., Witing, F., Baert, L., de Saeyer, N., Rîșnoveanu, G., Popescu, C., Burdon, F.J., Kupilas, B., Friberg, N., Boets, P., Volk, M., McKie, B.G., Goethals, P. (2020):
Small patches of riparian woody vegetation enhance biodiversity of invertebrates
Water 12 (11), art. 3070 10.3390/w12113070 - Franko, U., Witing, F. (2020):
Dynamics of soil organic matter in agricultural landscapes
In: Mirschel, W., Terleev, V.V., Wenkel, K.-O. (eds.)
Landscape modelling and decision support
Innovations in Landscape Research
Springer, Cham, p. 283 - 298 10.1007/978-3-030-37421-1_14
2019 (2)
- Franko, U., Witing, F., Volk, M. (2019):
Climate change induced carbon competition: bioenergy versus soil organic matter reproduction
In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (eds.)
Atlas of ecosystem services : drivers, risks, and societal responses
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 257 - 262 10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_40 - Witing, F., Gebel, M., Kurzer, H.-J., Friese, H., Franko, U. (2019):
Large-scale integrated assessment of soil carbon and organic matter-related nitrogen fluxes in Saxony (Germany)
J. Environ. Manage. 237 , 272 - 280 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.036
2018 (1)
- Witing, F., Prays, N., O'Keeffe, S., Gründling, R., Gebel, M., Kurzer, H.-J., Daniel-Gromke, J., Franko, U. (2018):
Biogas production and changes in soil carbon input - A regional analysis
Geoderma 320 , 105 - 114 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.01.030
2017 (2)
- Hansjürgens, B., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Berghöfer, A., Bonn, A., Dehnhardt, A., Kantelhardt, J., Liebersbach, H., Matzdorf, B., Osterburg, B., Ring, I., Röder, N., Scholz, M., Thrän, D., Schaller, L., Witing, F., Wüstemann, H. (2017):
Ökosystembasierte Klimapolitik für Deutschland
In: Marx, A. (Hrsg.)
Klimaanpassung in Forschung und Politik
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH - Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden, S. 237 - 260 10.1007/978-3-658-05578-3_12 - Wüstemann, H., Bonn, A., Albert, C., Bertram, C., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, I., Elsasser, P., Hartje, V., Mehl, D., Kantelhardt, J., Rehdanz, K., Schaller, L., Scholz, M., Thrän, D., Witing, F., Hansjürgens, B. (2017):
Synergies and trade-offs between nature conservation and climate policy: Insights from the ‘‘Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE” study
Ecosyst. Serv. 24 , 187 - 199 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.02.008
2016 (2)
- Meyer, M.A., Seppelt, R., Witing, F., Priess, J.A. (2016):
Making environmental assessments of biomass production systems comparable worldwide
Environ. Res. Lett. 11 (3), art. 034005 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034005 - Witing, F., Franko, U., Gebel, M. (2016):
Dynamische Bilanzierung von Humushaushalt und Nährstoffaustrag im regionalen Maßstab im Kontext von Landnutzungs- und Klimawandel
Schriftenreihe des LfULG 20
Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (LfULG), Dresden, 99 S.
2015 (2)
- Franko, U., Witing, F., Jäckel, G., Volk, M. (2015):
Large-scale identification of hot spots for soil carbon demand under climate change and bioenergy production
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 178 (2), 199 - 208 10.1002/jpln.201400241 - Vohland, K., Doyle, U., Albert, C., Bertram, C., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Bonn, A., Brenck, M., Burkhard, B., Förster, J., Fuchs, E., Galler, C., von Haaren, C., Ibisch, P.L., Kaphengst, T., Klassert, C., Klenke, R., Klotz, S., Kreft, S., Kühn, I., Marquard, E., Mehl, D., Meinke, I., Naumann, K., Reckermann, M., Rehdanz, K., Rüter, S., Saathoff, W., Sauermann, J., Scholz, M., Schröder, U., Seppelt, R., Thrän, D., Witing, F. (2015):
Ökosystemleistungen, Biodiversität und Klimawandel: Grundlagen
In: Hartje, V., Wüstemann, H., Bonn, A. (Hrsg.)
Naturkapital Deutschland – TEEB DE: Naturkapital und Klimapolitik - Synergien und Konflikte
Technische Universität Berlin ; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Berlin, Leipzig, S. 66 - 99
2012 (3)
- Thrän, D., Bunzel, K., Witing, F. (2012):
Sustainable bioenergy cropping
In: Mäkelä, P., Stoddard, F.L. (eds.)
12th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy (ESA), Helsinki, Finland, 20-24 August 2012
Universtity of Helsinki, Helsinki, p. 58 - 59 - Witing, F. (2012):
Optimization of land use and management pattern in the context of bioenergy production, food production and ecohydrology - first working concept
1st UFZ Energy Days 2012: 4-5 April 2012. Book of abstracts
UFZ Report 6/2012
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, p. 24 - Witing, F., Thrän, D. (2012):
Book review: Review of "Rise and fall of the carbon civilisation: resolving global environmental and resource problems" by Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery
Energy Sustain. Soc. 2 , art. 17 10.1186/2192-0567-2-17
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