
Dr. Michael Beckmann
Head of the research group Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Computational Landscape Ecology
Permoserstr. 15 | 04318 Leipzig | Germany
phone: +49 341 235 1946
fax: +49 341 235 1939
email:
michael.beckmann@ufz.de
Research Interests
- Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
- Human/Environment Interactions
- Landscape Ecology
- Land Use/Land System Science
- Invasive Plant Species
Projects
BESTMAP - Behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy; Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission
Former projects
WAKANAKA ‐ Ermittlung naturschutzbezogener Kriterien in der Umweltprüfung der Bedarfsplanung für Stromnetze und in der Bundesfachplanung zur Erhöhung der Planungssicherheit und Verhinderung von Zielkonflikten
ESCALATE - Helmholtz Research School for Ecosystem Services under Changing Land-use and Climate
Publications
2023 (1)
- Bonato, M., Martin, E.A., Cord, A.F., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M. (2023):
Applying generic landscape-scale models of natural pest control to real data: Associations between crops, pests and biocontrol agents make the difference
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 342 , art. 108215
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2022 (4)
- Beckmann, M., Didenko, G., Bullock, J.M., Cord, A.F., Paulus, A., Ziv, G., Václavík, T. (2022):
Archetypes of agri-environmental potential: a multi-scale typology for spatial stratification and upscaling in Europe
Environ. Res. Lett. 17 (11), art. 115008
full text (doi) - Díaz, S., Kattge, J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Wright, I.J., Lavorel, S., Dray, S., Reu, B., Kleyer, M., Wirth, C., Prentice, I.C., Garnier, E., Bönisch, G., Westoby, M., Poorter, H., Reich, P.B., Moles, A.T., Dickie, J., Zanne, A.E., Chave, J., Wright, S.J., Sheremetiev, S.N., Jactel, H., Baraloto, C., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Pierce, S., Shipley, B., Casanoves, F., Joswig, J.S., Günther, A., Falczuk, V., Rüger, N., Mahecha, M.D., Gorné, L.D., Amiaud, B., Atkin, O.K., Bahn, M., Baldocchi, D., Beckmann, M., Blonder, B., Bond, W., Bond-Lamberty, B., Brown, K., Burrascano, S., Byun, C., Campetella, G., Cavender-Bares, J., Stuart Chapin III, F., Choat, B., Coomes, D.A., Cornwell, W.K., Craine, J., Craven, D., Dainese, M., de Araujo, A.C., de Vries, F.T., Ferreira Domingues, T., Enquist, B.J., Fagúndez, J., Fang, J., Fernández-Méndez, F., Fernandez-Piedade, M.T., Ford, H., Forey, E., Freschet, G.T., Gachet, S., Gallagher, R., Green, W., Guerin, G.R., Gutiérrez, A.G., Harrison, S.P., Hattingh, W.N., He, T., Hickler, T., Higgins, S.I., Higuchi, P., Ilic, J., Jackson, R.B., Jalili, A., Jansen, S., Koike, F., König, C., Kraft, N., Kramer, K., Kreft, H., Kühn, I., Kurokawa, H., Lamb, E.G., Laughlin, D.C., Leishman, M., Lewis, S., Louault, F., Malhado, A.C.M., Manning, P., Meir, P., Mencuccini, M., Messier, J., Miller, R., Minden, V., Molofsky, J., Montgomery, R., Montserrat-Martí, G., Moretti, M., Müller, S., Niinemets, Ü., Ogaya, R., Öllerer, K., Onipchenko, V., Onoda, Y., Ozinga, W.A., Pausas, J.G., Peco, B., Penuelas, J., Pillar, V.D., Pladevall, C., Römermann, C., Sack, L., Salinas, N., Sandel, B., Sardans, J., Schamp, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Schweingruber, F., Shiodera, S., Sosinski, E., Soudzilovskaia, N., Spasojevic, M.J., Swaine, E., Swenson, N., Tautenhahn, S., Thompson, K., Totte, A., Urrutia-Jalabert, R., Valladares, F., van Bodegom, P., Vasseur, F., Verheyen, K., Vile, D., Violle, C., von Holle, B., Weigelt, P., Weiher, E., Wiemann, M.C., Williams, M., Wright, J., Zotz, G. (2022):
The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset
Sci. Data 9 , art. 755
full text (doi) - Paulus, A., Hagemann, N., Baaken, M.C., Roilo, S., Alarcón-Segura, V., Cord, A.F., Beckmann, M. (2022):
Landscape context and farm characteristics are key to farmers' adoption of agri-environmental schemes
Land Use Pol. 121 , art. 106320
full text (doi) - Wittstock, F., Paulus, A., Beckmann, M., Hagemann, N., Baaken, M.C. (2022):
Understanding farmers' decision-making on agri-environmental schemes: A case study from Saxony, Germany
Land Use Pol. 122 , art. 106371
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2021 (5)
- Biffi, S., Traldi, R., Crezee, B., Beckmann, M., Egli, L., Epp Schmidt, D., Motzer, N., Okumah, M., Seppelt, R., Slabbert, E.L., Tiedeman, K., Wang, H., Ziv, G. (2021):
Aligning agri-environmental subsidies and environmental needs: a comparative analysis between the US and EU
Environ. Res. Lett. 16 (5), art. 054067
full text (doi) - Gosal, A.S., Giannichi, M.L., Beckmann, M., Comber, A., Massenberg, J.R., Palliwoda, J., Roddis, P., Schägner, J.P., Wilson, J., Ziv, G. (2021):
Do drivers of nature visitation vary spatially? The importance of context for understanding visitation of nature areas in Europe and North America
Sci. Total Environ. 776 , art. 145190
full text (doi) - Palliwoda, J., Fischer, J., Felipe-Lucia, M.R., Palomo, I., Neugarten, R., Büermann, A., Price, M.F., Torralba, M., Eigenbrod, F., Mitchell, M.G.E., Beckmann, M., Seppelt, R., Schröter, M. (2021):
Ecosystem service coproduction across the zones of biosphere reserves in Europe
Ecosyst. People 17 (1), 491 - 506
full text (doi) - Schröter, M., Crouzat, E., Hölting, L., Massenberg, J.R., Rode, J., Hanisch, M., Kabisch, N., Palliwoda, J., Priess, J.A., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2021):
Assumptions in ecosystem service assessments: Increasing transparency for conservation
Ambio 50 (2), 289 - 300
full text (doi) - Spake, R., Mori, A.S., Beckmann, M., Martin, P.A., Christie, A.P., Duguid, M.C., Doncaster, C.P. (2021):
Implications of scale dependence for cross‐study syntheses of biodiversity differences
Ecol. Lett. 24 (2), 374 - 390
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2020 (7)
- 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
full text (doi) - Eigenbrod, F., Beckmann, M., Dunnett, S., Graham, L., Holland, R.A., Meyfroidt, P., Seppelt, R., Song, X.-P., Spake, R., Václavík, T., Verburg, P.H. (2020):
Identifying agricultural frontiers for modeling global cropland expansion
One Earth 3 (4), 504 - 514
full text (doi) - Hölting, L., Komossa, F., Filyushkina, A., Gastinger, M.-M., Verburg, P.H., Beckmann, M., Volk, M., Cord, A.F. (2020):
Including stakeholders’ perspectives on ecosystem services in multifunctionality assessments
Ecosyst. People 16 (1), 354 - 368
full text (doi) - Kambach, S., Bruelheide, H., Gerstner, K., Gurevitch, J., Beckmann, M., Seppelt, R. (2020):
Consequences of multiple imputation of missing standard deviations and sample sizes in meta‐analysis
Ecol. Evol. 10 (20), 11699 - 11712
full text (doi) - Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Beckmann, M., Dechant, B., Durka, W., Klotz, S., Roscher, C., Doktor, D., Prentice, I.C., et al. (2020):
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (1), 119 - 188
full text (doi) - Seppelt, R., Arndt, C., Beckmann, M., Martin, E.A., Hertel, T.W. (2020):
Deciphering the biodiversity-production mutualism in the global food security debate
Trends Ecol. Evol. 35 (11), 1011 - 1020
full text (doi) - Ziv, G., Beckmann, M., Bullock, J., Cord, A., Delzeit, R., Domingo, C., Dreßler, G., Hagemann, N., Masó, J., Müller, B., Neteler, M., Sapundzhieva, A., Stoev, P., Stenning, J., Trajković, M., Václavík, T. (2020):
BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy
Research Ideas and Outcomes 6 , e52052
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2019 (4)
- Beckmann, M., Gerstner, K., Akin‐Fajiye, M., Ceaușu, S., Kambach, S., Kinlock, N.L., Phillips, H.R.P., Verhagen, W., Gurevitch, J., Klotz, S., Newbold, T., Verburg, P.H., Winter, M., Seppelt, R. (2019):
Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis
Glob. Change Biol. 25 (6), 1941 - 1956
full text (doi) - Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S.M., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V.D., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R.K., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F.M., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Winter, M., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Alvarez, M., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Khan, M.A.S.A., Arnst, E., Attorre, F., Baraloto, C., Beckmann, M., Kühn, I., Virtanen, R., Berg, C., et al. (2019):
sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses
J. Veg. Sci. 30 (2), 161 - 186
full text (doi) - Hölting, L., Beckmann, M., Volk, M., Cord, A.F. (2019):
Multifunctionality assessments – More than assessing multiple ecosystem functions and services? A quantitative literature review
Ecol. Indic. 103 , 226 - 235
full text (doi) - Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Ceauşu, S., Cord, A.F., Gerstner, K., Gurevitch, J., Kambach, S., Klotz, S., Mendenhall, C., Phillips, H.R.P., Powell, K., Verburg, P.H., Verhagen, W., Winter, M., Newbold, T. (2019):
Trade-offs and synergies between biodiversity conservation and productivity in the context of increasing demands on landscapes
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. 251 - 256
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2018 (3)
- Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Václavík, T., Volk, M. (2018):
The art of scientific performance
Trends Ecol. Evol. 33 (11), 805 - 809
full text (doi) - Wiederkehr, C., Beckmann, M., Hermans, K. (2018):
Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands
Environ. Res. Lett. 13 (11), art. 113003
full text (doi) - 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.M., Beckmann, M. (2018):
A bird's eye view over ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites across Europe
Ecosyst. Serv. 30 (Part B), 287 - 298
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2017 (5)
- Cord, A.F., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Dittrich, A., Hermans-Neumann, K., Kaim, A., Lienhoop, N., Locher-Krause, K.E., 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
Ecosyst. Serv. 28 (Part C), 264 - 272
full text (doi) - Dittrich, A., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D.J., 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
Ecol. Indic. 75 , 101 - 110
full text (doi) - Gerstner, K., Moreno-Mateos, D., Gurevitch, J., Beckmann, M., Kambach, S., Jones, H.P., Seppelt, R. (2017):
Will your paper be used in a meta-analysis? Make the reach of your research broader and longer lasting
Methods Ecol. Evol. 8 (6), 777 - 784
full text (doi) - Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Václavík, T. (2017):
Searching for win–win archetypes in the food–biodiversity challenge: a response to Fischer et al.
Trends Ecol. Evol. 32 (9), 630 - 632
full text (doi) - 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
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2016 (4)
- Beckmann, M., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A. (2016):
Reduced tolerance to simulated herbivory on clonal organs in alien genotypes: a multi-species experiment with native and introduced origins
Biol. Invasions 18 (2), 549 - 563
full text (doi) - 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
Ecol. Indic. 70 , 317 - 339
full text (doi) - Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Ceauşu, S., Cord, A.F., Gerstner, K., Gurevitch, J., Kambach, S., Klotz, S., Mendenhall, C., Phillips, H.R.P., Powell, K., 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
full text (doi) - Ziv, G., Mullin, K., Boeuf, B., Fincham, W., Taylor, N., Villalobos-Jiménez, G., von Vittorelli, L., Wolf, C., Fritsch, O., Strauch, M., Seppelt, R., Volk, M., Beckmann, M. (2016):
Water quality is a poor predictor of recreational hotspots in England
PLOS One 11 (11), e0166950
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2015 (1)
- Hock, M., Beckmann, M., Hofmann, R.R., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A. (2015):
Effects of UV-B radiation on germination characteristics in invasive plants in New Zealand
Neobiota 26 , 21 - 37
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2014 (3)
- Beckmann, M., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A. (2014):
Local performance of six clonal alien species differs between native and invasive regions in Germany and New Zealand
Austral Ecol. 39 (4), 378 - 387
full text (doi) - Beckmann, M., Václavík, T., Manceur, A.M., Šprtová, L., von Wehrden, H., Welk, E., Cord, A.F. (2014):
glUV: a global UV-B radiation data set for macroecological studies
Methods Ecol. Evol. 5 (4), 372 - 383
full text (doi) - 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
Landsc. Ecol. 29 (6), 941 - 948
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2012 (2)
- Beckmann, M., Hock, M., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A. (2012):
The role of UV-B radiation in the invasion of Hieracium pilosella - comparison of German and New Zealand plants
Environ. Exp. Bot. 75 , 173 - 180
full text (doi) - Beckmann, M., von Wehrden, H. (2012):
Where you search is what you get: literature mining – Google Scholar versus Web of Science using a data set from a literature search in vegetation science
J. Veg. Sci. 23 (6), 1197 - 1199
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