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 6025 1946
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
2024 (4)
- Burian, A., Kremen, C., Wu, J.S.-T., Beckmann, M., Bulling, M., Garibaldi, L.A., Krisztin, T., Mehrabi, Z., Ramankutty, N., Seppelt, R. (2024):
Biodiversity-production feedback effects lead to intensification traps in agricultural landscapes
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 10.1038/s41559-024-02349-0 - Equihua, J., Beckmann, M., Seppelt, R. (2024):
Connectivity conservation planning through deep reinforcement learning
Methods Ecol. Evol. 10.1111/2041-210x.14300 - Roilo, S., Paulus, A., Alarcón-Segura, V., Kock, L., Beckmann, M., Klein, N., Cord, A.F. (2024):
Quantifying agricultural land-use intensity for spatial biodiversity modelling: implications of different metrics and spatial aggregation methods
Landsc. Ecol. 39 (3), art. 55 10.1007/s10980-024-01853-9 - Zhang, C., Su, B., Beckmann, M., Volk, M. (2024):
Emergy-based evaluation of ecosystem services: Progress and perspectives
Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 192 , art. 114201 10.1016/j.rser.2023.114201
2023 (7)
- Alarcón-Segura, V., Roilo, S., Paulus, A., Beckmann, M., Klein, N., Cord, A.F. (2023):
Farm structure and environmental context drive farmers’ decisions on the spatial distribution of ecological focus areas in Germany
Landsc. Ecol. 38 (9), 2293 - 2305 10.1007/s10980-023-01709-8 - Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Bednář, M., Biffi, S., Domingo-Marimon, C., Mesaroš, M., Schüßler, C., Šarapatka, B., Tarčak, S., Václavík, T., Ziv, G., Wittstock, F. (2023):
Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: Cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers
People Nat. 5 (5), 1610 - 1621 10.1002/pan3.10526 - 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 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108215 - Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., Baaken, M.C. (2023):
Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – praktische Maßnahmen und ihre Wirksamkeit im Vergleich
Nat. Recht 46 , 13 - 24 10.1007/s10357-023-4282-y - Takola, E.E., Bonfanti, J., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2023):
An open-access global database of meta-analyses investigating yield and biodiversity responses to different management practices
Data Brief 51 , art. 109696 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109696 - Takola, E.E., Bonfanti, J., Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M. (2023):
Takola et al. (2023)_An open-access global database of meta-analyses investigating yield and biodiversity responses to different management practices
Open Science Framework (OSF) 10.17605/OSF.IO/7S9R4 - Zhang, C., Ran, W., Fang S., , Hu, S., Beckmann, M., Volk, M. (2023):
Divergent glacier area and elevation changes across the Tibetan Plateau in the early 21st century
Anthropocene 44 , art. 100419 10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100419
2022 (6)
- 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 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9cf5 - 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 10.1038/s41597-022-01774-9 - 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 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106320 - Václavík, T., Langerwisch, F., Ziv, G., Gunning, J., Gosal, A., Beckmann, M., Paulus, A., Wittstock, F., Cord, A., Roilo, S., Domingo-Marimon, C., Sanchez, A., Broekman, A., Vujaklija, D. (2022):
D1.3 Guidelines and protocols harmonizing activities across case studies
ARPHA Preprints 10.3897/arphapreprints.e81337 - 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 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106371 - Ziv, G., Gunning, J., Václavík, T., Beckmann, M., Paulus, A., Mueller, B., Will, M., Cord, A., Roilo, S., Bullock, J., Evans, P., Domingo-Marimon, C., Masó Pau, J. (2022):
Deliverable D2.2 BESTMAP Conceptual Framework Design & Architecture
ARPHA Preprints 10.3897/arphapreprints.e82404
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 10.1088/1748-9326/abfa4e - 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 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145190 - 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 10.1080/26395916.2021.1968501 - 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 10.1007/s13280-020-01379-9 - 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 10.1111/ele.13641
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 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00103 - 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 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.006 - 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 10.1080/26395916.2020.1833986 - 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 10.1002/ece3.6806 - 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 10.1111/gcb.14904 - 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 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.012 - 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
Rio 6 , e52052 10.3897/rio.6.e52052
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 10.1111/gcb.14606 - 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 10.1111/jvs.12710 - 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 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.009 - 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 10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_39
2018 (3)
- Seppelt, R., Beckmann, M., Václavík, T., Volk, M. (2018):
The art of scientific performance
Trends Ecol. Evol. 33 (11), 805 - 809 10.1016/j.tree.2018.08.003 - 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 10.1088/1748-9326/aae6de - 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 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.08.011
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 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.012 - 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 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.12.010 - 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 10.1111/2041-210X.12758 - 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 10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.015 - 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 10.1371/journal.pone.0175671
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 10.1007/s10530-015-1027-8 - 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 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.022 - 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 10.1093/biosci/biw004 - 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 10.1371/journal.pone.0166950
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 10.3897/neobiota.26.4405
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 10.1111/aec.12087 - 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 10.1111/2041-210X.12168 - 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 10.1007/s10980-014-0038-7
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 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.09.010 - 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 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01454.x