Research interests

• Impact of land use on biodiversity and ecosystem services
  
• Multifunctionality of landscapes
  
• Spatial modeling of species distributions and ecosystem services
• Potential of remote sensing data for biodiversity and ecosystem research
  

Projects

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations

TALE - Towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes in Europe: Assessing and governing synergies between food production, biodiversity and ecosystem services

Trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services given different land use intensities and landscape configurations (WP3 within IP "Land use conflicts")

Improving species distribution models of endangered plants in Mexico (completed)

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

2020 / in press

Dittrich, A., Roilo, S., Sonnenschein, R., Cerrato, C., Ewald, M., Viterbi, R., Cord, A.F. (2020): Modelling distributions of rove beetles in mountainous areas using remote sensing data, Remote Sensing, 12, 80. Link

2019

Hölting, L., Jacobs, S., Felipe-Lucis, M., Maes, J., Norsträm, A.V., Plieninger, T, Cord, A.F. (2019): Measuring ecosystem multifunctionality across scales, Environmental Research Letters, 14, 124083. Link

Strauch, M., Cord, A.F., Pätzold, C., Lautenbach, S., Kaim, A., Schweitzer, C., Seppelt, R, Volk, M. (2019): Constraints in multi-objective optimization of land use allocation – Repair or penalize? Environmental Modelling & Software, 118, 241-251. Link

Karner, K., Cord, A.F., Hagemann, N., Holzkämper, A., Jeangros, B., Lienhoop, N., Nitsch, H., Rivas, D., Schmid, E., Schulp, C.J.E., Strauch, M., van der Zanden, E.H., Volk, M., Willaarts, B., Zarineh, N., Schönhart, M. (2019): Developing stakeholder-driven scenarios on land sharing and land sparing - insights from five European case studies. Journal of Environmental Management, 241, 488-500. Link

Hölting, L., Beckmann, M., Volk, M., Cord, A.F. (2019): Multifunctionality assessments – More than assessing multiple ecosystem functions and services? A quantitative literature review. Ecological Indicators, 103, 226-235.
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Ramirez-Reyes, C., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Adamo, S.A., Anderson, C.B., Anderson, C., Allington, G.R., Bagstad, K.J., Coe, M.T., Cord, A.F., Dee, L.E., Gould, R.K., Jain, M., Kowal, V.A., Muller-Karger, F., Norriss, J., Potapov, P., Qiu, J., Rieb, J.T., Robinson, R.E., Samberg, L.H., Singh, N., Szeto, S.H., Voigt, B., Watson, K., Wright, T.M. (2019). Reimagining the potential of Earth Observations for ecosystem service assessment. Science of the Total Environment, 665, 1053-1063. Link

Gobeyn, S., Mouton, A.M., Cord, A.F., Kain, A., Volk, M., Goethals, P.L.M. (2019). Evolutionary algorithms for species distribution modelling: A review in the context of machine learning. Ecological Modelling, 392, 179-195 Link

2018

Pasetto, D., Arenas-Castro, S., Bustamante, J., Casagrandi, R., Chrysoulakis, N., Cord, A. F., Dittrich, A., Domingo, C., El Serafy, G., Karnieli, A., Kordelas, G., Manakos, I., Mari, L., Monteiro, A., Palazzi, E., Poursanidis, D., Rinaldo, A., Terzago, S., Ziemba, A., Ziv, G. (2018). Integration of satellite remote sensing data in ecosystem modelling at local scales: practices and trends. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(8), 1810-1821. Link

Ziv, G., Hassall, C., Bartkowski, B., Cord, A.F., Kaim, A., Kalamandeen, M., Landaverde-González, P., Melo, J.L.B., Seppelt, R., Shannon, C., Václavík, T., Zoderer, B.A.,Beckmann, M. (2018): A bird’s eye view over ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites across Europe. Ecosystem Services, 30, 287-298. Link

Kaim, A., Cord, A. F., Volk, M. (2018): A review of multi-criteria optimization techniques for agricultural land use allocation. Environmental Modelling & Software, 105, 79-93. Link

2017

Hofmann, S., Everaars, J., Schweiger, O., Frenzel, M., Bannehr, L., Cord, A.F. (2017): Modelling patterns of pollinator species richness and diversity using satellite image texture. PLoS ONE, 12(10), e0185591. Link

Dittrich, A., Seppelt, R., Václavík, T., Cord, A.F. (2017): Integrating ecosystem service bundles and socio-environmental conditions – A national scale analysis from Germany. Ecosystem Services, 28, 273-282. Link

Cord, A.F., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Dittrich, A., Hermans-Neumann, K., Kaim, A., Lienhoop, N., Locher-Krause, K., Priess, J., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Schwarz, N., Seppelt, R., Strauch, M., Václavík, T., Volk, M. (2017): Towards systematic analyses of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies: Main concepts, methods and the road ahead. Ecosystem Services, 28, 264-272. Link

Geijzendorffer, I.R., Cohen-Shacham, E., Cord, A.F., Cramer, W., Guerra, C., Martín-López, B. (2017). Ecosystem services in global sustainability policies. Environmental Science and Policy, 74, 40-48. Link

Cord, A.F., Brauman, K.A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Huth, A., Ziv, G., Seppelt, R. (2017). Priorities to advance monitoring of ecosystem services using Earth observation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(6), 416-428. Link

Václavík, T., Beckmann, M., Cord, A.F., Bindewald, A.M. (2017). Effects of UV-B radiation on leaf hair traits of invasive plants - Combining historical herbarium records with novel remote sensing data. PLoS ONE, 12(4), e0175671. Link 

Dittrich, A., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D.A., Bartkowski, B., Cord, A.F., Fust, P., Hoyer, C., Kambach, S., Meyer, M.A., Radzevičiūtė, R., Nieto-Romero, M., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2017). Mapping and analysing historical indicators of ecosystem services in Germany. Ecological Indicators, 75, 101-110. Link

2016

Dawson, M.N., Axmacher, J.C., Beierkuhnlein, C., Blois, J., Bradley, B.A., Cord, A.F., Dengler, J., He, K.S., Heaney, L.R., Jansson, R., Mahecha, M.D., Myers, C., Nogués-Bravo, D., Papadopoulou, A., Reu, B., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Steinbauer, M.J., Stigall, A., Tuanmu, M.-N., Gavin, D.G. (2016). A second horizon scan of biogeography: Golden ages, Midas touches, and the red queen. Frontiers of Biogeography, 8(4), e29770. Link

Lausch, A., Bannehr, L., Beckmann, M., Boehm, C., Feilhauer, H., Hacker, J.M., Heurich, M., Jung, A., Klenke, R., Neumann, C., Pause, M., Rocchini, D., Schaepman, M.E., Schmidtlein, S., Schulz, K., Selsam, P., Settele, J., Skidmore, A.K., Cord, A.F. (2016). Linking Earth Observation and taxonomic, structural and functional biodiversity: Local to ecosystem perspectives. Ecological Indicators, 70, 317-339. Link

Rödder, D., Nekum, S., Cord, A.F. & Engler, J.O. (2016). Coupling satellite data with species distribution and connectivity models as a tool for environmental management and planning in matrix-sensitive species. Environmental Management, 58, 130-143. Link

Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Ceauşu, S., Cord, A.F., Gerstner, K., Gurevitch, J., Kambach, S., Klotz, S., Mendenhall, C., Phillips, H.R.P., Kristin Powell, Verburg, P.H., Verhagen, W., Winter, M. & Newbold, T. (2016). Harmonizing biodiversity conservation and productivity in the context of increasing demands on landscapes. BioScience, 66 (10), 890-896. Link

Karger, D.N., Cord, A.F., Kessler, M., Kreft, H., Kühn, I., Pompe, S., Sandel, B., Sarmento Cabral, J., Smith, A.B., Svenning, J.-C., Tuomisto, H., Weigelt, P., Wesche, K. (2016). Delineating probabilistic species pools in ecology and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(4), 489-501. Link

2015

He, K.S., Bradley, B.A., Cord, A.F., Rocchini, D., Tuanmu, M.-N., Schmidtlein, S., Turner, W., Wegmann, M. & Pettorelli, N. (2015). Will remote sensing shape the next generation of species distribution models? Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1(1), 4-18. Link

Cord, A.F., Roeßiger, F. & Schwarz, N. (2015). Geocaching data as an indicator for recreational ecosystem services in urban areas: Exploring spatial gradients, preferences and motivations. Landscape and Urban Planning, 144, 151-162. Link

Cord, A.F., Seppelt, R. & Turner, W. (2015). Sustainable development goals: Monitor ecosystem services from space. Nature, 525, 33. Link

2014

von Wehrden, H., Abson, D.J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A.F., Klotz, S. & Seppelt, R. (2014). Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history. Landscape Ecology, 29(6), 941-948. Link

Beckmann, M., Václavík, T., Manceur, A.M., Šprtová, L., von Wehrden, H., Welk, E. & Cord, A.F. (2014). glUV: A global UV-B radiation dataset for macroecological studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(4), 372-383. Link

Cord, A.F., Klein, D., Mora, F. & Dech, S. (2014). Comparing the suitability of classified land cover data and remote sensing variables for modeling distribution patterns of plants, Ecological Modelling, 272, 129-140. Link

Cord, A.F., Klein, D., Gernandt, D.S., Pérez de la Rosa, J.A. & Dech, S. (2014). Remote sensing data can improve predictions of species richness by stacked species distribution models: a case study for Mexican pines, Journal of Biogeography, 41(4), 736-748. Link

2010 - 2013

Cord, A.F., Meentemeyer, R.K., Leitão, P.J. & Václavík, T. (2013). Modelling species distributions with remote sensing data: bridging disciplinary perspectives, Journal of Biogeography, 40(12), 2226-2227. Link

Cord, A. & Rödder, D. (2011). Inclusion of habitat availability in species distribution models through multi-temporal remote sensing data?. Ecological Applications, 21(8), 3285-3298. Link

Hüttich, C., Herold, M., Wegmann, M., Cord, A., Strohbach, B., Schmullius, C. & Dech, S. (2011). Assessing effects of temporal compositing and varying observation periods for large-area land-cover mapping in semi-arid ecosystems: Implications for global monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(10), 2445-2459. Link

Cord, A., Conrad, C., Schmidt, M. & Dech, S. (2010). Standardized FAO-LCCS land cover mapping in heterogeneous tree savannas of West Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 74(9), 1083-1091. Link

Wilting, A., Cord, A., Hearn, A., Hesse, D., Mohamed, A., Traeholdt, C., Cheyne, S.M., Sunarto, S., Jayasilan, M.-A., Ross, J., Shapiro, A.C., Sebastian, A., Dech, S., Breitenmoser, C., Sanderson, J., Duckworth, J.W. & Hofer, H. (2010). Modelling the species distribution of flat-headed cats (Prionailurus planiceps), an endangered South-East Asian small felid. PLoS ONE, 5(3): e9612. Link