Research group
Ecosystem Service Change

Contacts | Projects | Publications |
Short description
In a context of continuous land use change and telecoupled relationships, we investigate the effects of land management on ecosystem services and their contribution to human well-being. We use different approaches to assess potential supply, use and demand, including people’s preferences and values. In turn, we look at how management is related to aspects of equity and the distribution of ecosystem services across different social groups, as well as the governance regimes that may contribute to a more equal access to ecosystem services.Methodological focus
- Conceptual studies and systematic literature reviews
- Geospatial analysis and statistical modeling of spatio-temporal patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Quantitative, spatially explicit analyses of trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services and between ecosystem services and biodiversity
- Semi-structured interviews
- Socio-ecological surveys and questionnaires
- Policy assessments
Contacts
Projects & Working Groups
Projects:
- ESuDis - Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
- INTERCEDE
- Inequalities in ecosystem services supply and demand: a Chile case study
- DFG Biodiversity Exploratories
- Fitness Check of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
- GrazeLIFE
- Ecosystem services in river restoration projects
Working Groups:
- sTradES
- Advancing interdisciplinary research on social-ecological networks to understand ecosystem services across scales - SESYNC Working group
- Social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem services: PECS Working group (Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society)
- Biodiversity & Ecosystem services (ESP Working group – TWG 2 (Ecosystem Services Partnership)
- Global ES Flows (ESP Working group – TWG 11 (Ecosystem Services Partnership)
- Telecoupling Research Towards Sustainable Transformation of Land Systems: Global Land Programme (GLP) Working group
Former Projects & Working Groups
- ECOPOTENTIAL - Improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations
- Use and demand of cultural ecosystem services in the Bavarian Forest National Park
- sTeleBES - Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence
- Historical Ecosystem Services of Natural Heritage Sites in Germany (Nationales Naturerbe)
- Urban Ecosystem Services of Urban Gardens in Leipzig and Lisbon (UGALL)
Publications (selection)
In review
Kleemann, J., Schröter, M., Bagstad, K., Kuhlicke, C., Kastner, T., Fridmann, D., Schulp, N., Wolff, S., Martínez-López, J., Koellner, T., Arnhold, S., Martin-Lopez, B., Marques, A., Lopez-Hoffmann, L., Liu, J., Kissinger, M., Guerra, C.A. & Bonn, A. (in review). Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services – a case study for Germany.
2019
Benra, F., Nahuelhual, L., Gaglio, M., Gissi, E., Aguayo, M., Jullian, C. & Bonn, A. (2019) Ecosystem services tradeoffs arising from non-native tree plantation expansion in southern Chile. Landscape and Urban Planning, 190, 103589.
Benra, F. & Nahuelhual, L. (2019) A trilogy of inequalities: Land ownership, forest cover and ecosystem services distribution. Land Use Policy, 82, 247-257.
Koellner, T., Bonn, A., Arnhold, S., Bagstad, K.J., Fridmann, D., Guerra, C., Kastner, T., Kissinger, M., Kleemann, J., Kuhlicke, C., Liu, J., López-Hoffman, L., Marques, A., Martín-López, B., Schulp, C.J.E., Wolff, S. & Schröter, M. (2019) Guidance for assessing interregional ecosystem service flows. Ecological Indicators, 105, 92-106.
Pe'er, G., Zinngrebe, Y., Moreira, F., Sirami, C., Schindler, S., Müller, R., Bontzorlos, V., Clough, D., Bezák, P., Bonn, A., Hansjürgens, B., Lomba, A., Möckel, S., Passoni, G., Schleyer, C., Schmidt, J. & Lakner, S. (2019) A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy. Science, 365, 449-451.
Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R. & Baessler, C. (2019) Atlas of Ecosystem Services: Drivers, Risks and Societal Responses. Springer, Cham. https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319962283.
2018
Schröter, M., Koellner, T., Alkemade, R., Arnhold, S., Bagstad, K.J., Frank, K., Erb, K.-H., Kastner, T., Kissinger, M., Liu, C.R., López-Hoffman, L., Maes, J., Marques, A., Martin-Lopez, B., Meyer, C., Schulp, N., Schulze, J., Wolff, S. & Bonn, A. (2018) Interregional flows of ecosystem services: a conceptual framework for future ecosystem service assessments. Ecosystem Services, 31, 231-241.
ten Brink, B., Cantele, M., Bonn, A., Davies, J., Fernandez, M., Matthews, N., Ramirez Hernandez, W., Morris, J., Schoolenberg, M., Adams, V.M., Oluwabunmi Ajilore, O., van den Berg, M., Mantel, M., Pennock, D., Toth, G., van Vuurenm, D. & Balehegn, M. (2018) Scenarios of land degradation and restoration. IPBES Assessment on land degradation and restoration. Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn.
2017
Wüstemann, H., Bonn, A., Albert, C., Bertram, C., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, R., 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. Ecosystem Services, 24, 187-199.
2016
Schröter, M., Albert, C., Marques, A., Tobon, W., Lavorel, S., Maes, J., Brown, C., Klotz, S. & Bonn, A. (2016) National Ecosystem Assessments in Europe: A Review. Bioscience, 66, 813-828.