Martin Drechsler
Contact
Department of Ecological Modelling
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Tel.: +49 341 235 1713
Fax: +49 341 235 1743
martin.drechsler@ufz.de
Research
My research interests include the mathematical modelling of populations in fragmented and dynamic landscapes, the model-based ecological-economic analysis of instruments and strategies for the conservation of biodiversity, the model-based analysis of renewable energy deployment as well as mathematical optimisation and decision theory.
Currently I am involved in the following third-party funded projects:
- Ecoclimb
- BTU Research Cluster “Multifunctional Landscapes under Climate Change” (MultiLand)
Publications
Latest publications:
Improving models of coordination incentives for biodiversity conservation by fitting a multi-agent simulation model to a lab experiment
J. Behav. Exp. Econ. 102 , art. 101967
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On the cost-effective temporal allocation of credits in conservation offsets when habitat restoration takes time and is uncertain
Environ. Resour. Econ. 82 (2), 437 - 459
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The hitchhiker's guide to generic ecological-economic modelling of land-use-based biodiversity conservation policies
Ecol. Model. 465 , art. 109861
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Large-scale PVA modelling of insects in cultivated grasslands: The role of dispersal in mitigating the effects of management schedules under climate change
Ecol. Evol. 12 (7), e9063
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Bundling of ecosystem services in conservation offsets: risks and how they can be avoided
Land 10 (6), art. 628
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On the cost-effective design of agglomeration bonus schemes for the conservation of multiple competing species
Front. Ecol. Evol. 9 , art. 695764
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Impacts of human behaviour in agri-environmental policies: How adequate is homo oeconomicus in the design of market-based conservation instruments?
Ecol. Econ. 184 , art. 107002
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Editorial: Policies and strategies for the conservation of metacommunities
Front. Ecol. Evol. 9 , art. 817530
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A quantitative approach for the design of robust and cost-effective conservation policies under uncertain climate change: The case of grasshopper conservation in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
J. Environ. Manage. 286 , art. 113201
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High-resolution PVA along large environmental gradients to model the combined effects of climate change and land use timing: lessons from the large marsh grasshopper
Ecol. Model. 440 , art. 109355
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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
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Conservation management in the face of climatic uncertainty – the roles of flexibility and robustness
Ecol. Complex. 43 , art. 100849
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Model-based integration of ecology and socio-economics for the management of biodiversity and ecosystem services: State of the art, diversity and current trends
Environ. Modell. Softw. 134 , art. 104892
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Ecological-economic modelling for biodiversity conservation
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 297 pp.
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Biodiversity conservation in a dynamic world may lead to inefficiencies due to lock-in effects and path dependence
Ecol. Econ. 173 , art. 106652
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Minimum distances for wind turbines: A robustness analysis of policies for a sustainable wind power deployment
Energy Policy 140 , art. 111431
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CV
I am a physicist by training and obtained my degree in 1991 with a thesis on superconductivity. After that I turned to ecological modelling and obtained my PhD with a thesis on stochastic metapopulation models. During a post-doc at the University of Melbourne I became familiar with population viability analysis and decision theory which eventually brought me to my current main field of research, which is ecological-economic modelling. In 2012 I obtained a doctorate degree in economics. Since 2019 I am honorary professor of ecological-economic modelling at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg.
Collaboration with BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Much of my research is in collaboration with Frank Wätzold, Chair of Economics in particular Environmental Economics at Bradenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, where I also teach regularly.