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Christopher Martius is affiliated with the Center for International Forestry Research in Germany. Their research broadly focuses on environmental science, particularly within the domains of global and planetary change, ecology, environmental engineering, nature and landscape conservation, and soil science.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Christopher Martius has contributed to various frequent publication venues, such as:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Global Change Biology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Land Use Policy
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Selected recent papers include:

  • "An assessment of data sources, data quality and changes in national forest monitoring capacities in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005-2020," published in 2021 in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Spatial and temporal deep learning methods for deriving land-use following deforestation: A pan-tropical case study using Landsat time series," published in 2021 in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Maize production and environmental costs: Resource evaluation and strategic land use planning for food security in northern Ghana by means of coupled emergy and data envelopment analysis," published in 2020 in Land Use Policy
  • "Spatial and temporal variability of soil N2O and CH4 fluxes along a degradation gradient in a palm swamp peat forest in the Peruvian Amazon," published in 2020 in Global Change Biology
  • "Combined application of the EM-DEA and EX-ACT approaches for integrated assessment of resource use efficiency, sustainability and carbon footprint of smallholder maize production practices in sub-Saharan Africa," published in 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production

Christopher Martius has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Martin Herold, Veronique De Sy, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Louis Verchot, and Natalia Málaga.

In addition to journal articles, Christopher Martius has published multiple books under the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks series. Notable titles include:

  • REDD+: Combating Climate Change with Forest Science (2021)
  • Food systems emissions in Kenya and their reduction potential: A country profile (2023)
  • Food systems emissions in Colombia and their reduction potential: A country profile (2023)
  • Taking stock of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS): An analysis of global NBS submissions to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 (2022)
  • Going into COP26 and getting it right: Forests, agriculture, ecosystems and nature for climate change mitigation and adaptation (2021)
  • Food systems emissions in Vietnam and their reduction potential: A country profile (2023)
  • Achieving transformational change in land use and climate change: More inclusive and collaborative science is needed (2021)
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the global food system (2024)
  • Landscape resilience in the Mediterranean: Translating solutions into policy and practice (2025)

Best Publications

  • On the dynamics, floristic subdivision and geographical distribution of varzea forests in Central Amazonia

    Martin Worbes;Hans Klinge;Juan D. Revilla;Christopher Martius

  • Estimation of above-ground biomass of large tropical trees with Terrestrial LiDAR

    Jose Gonzalez de Tanago;Jose Gonzalez de Tanago;Alvaro Lau;Alvaro Lau;Harm Bartholomeus;Martin Herold

  • Organic carbon burial and sources in soils of coastal mudflat and mangrove ecosystems

    Sigit D. Sasmito;Sigit D. Sasmito;Yakov Kuzyakov;Ali Arman Lubis;Daniel Murdiyarso;Daniel Murdiyarso

  • Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data

    Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Rahel Sollmann;Andreas Wilting;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann

  • Atmospheric versus biological sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a tropical rain forest environment

    Martin Krauss;Wolfgang Wilcke;Christopher Martius;Adelmar G. Bandeira

  • Litter fall, litter stocks and decomposition rates in rainforest and agroforestry sites in central Amazonia

    Christopher Martius;Hubert Höfer;Marcos V.B. Garcia;Jörg Römbke

  • Diversity and ecology of termites in Amazonian forests

    C. Martius

  • Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems

    Hubert Höfer;Werner Hanagarth;Marcos Garcia;Christopher Martius

  • Groundwater table and salinity: Spatial and temporal distribution and influence on soil salinization in Khorezm region (Uzbekistan, Aral Sea Basin)

    M. Ibrakhimov;A. Khamzina;I. Forkutsa;G. Paluasheva

  • Mapping and assessing water use in a Central Asian irrigation system by utilizing MODIS remote sensing products

    Christopher Conrad;Christopher Conrad;Stefan W. Dech;Stefan W. Dech;Mohsin Hafeez;John Lamers

  • Quantifying branch architecture of tropical trees using terrestrial LiDAR and 3D modelling

    Alvaro Lau;Alvaro Lau;Lisa Patrick Bentley;Christopher Martius;Alexander Shenkin

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus supply controls soil organic carbon mineralization in tropical topsoil and subsoil

    Nele Meyer;Gerhard Welp;Andrei Rodionov;Nils Borchard;Nils Borchard

  • Modeling irrigated cotton with shallow groundwater in the Aral Sea Basin of Uzbekistan: II. Soil salinity dynamics

    I. Forkutsa;Rolf Sommer;Rolf Sommer;Y. I. Shirokova;J. P. A. Lamers

  • Environmental factors of spatial distribution of soil salinity on flat irrigated terrain

    A. Akramkhanov;C. Martius;S.J. Park;J.M.H. Hendrickx

  • Microclimate in agroforestry systems in central Amazonia: does canopy closure matter to soil organisms?

    Christopher Martius;Hubert Höfer;Marcos V.B. Garcia;Jörg Römbke

  • Biological sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Amazonian rain forest.

    Wolfgang Wilcke;Wulf Amelung;Christopher Martius;Marcos V. B. Garcia

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) patterns in climatically different ecological zones of Brazil

    Wolfgang Wilcke;Wulf Amelung;Martin Krauss;Christopher Martius

  • An assessment of data sources, data quality and changes in national forest monitoring capacities in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005-2020

    Mst Karimon Nesha;Martin Herold;Veronique De Sy;Amy E Duchelle

  • Soil carbon, multiple benefits

    Eleanor Milne;Eleanor Milne;Steven A. Banwart;Elke Noellemeyer;David James Abson

  • Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger

    Dougbedji Fatondji;Christopher Martius;Charles Bielders;Paul Vlek

  • Estimating aboveground net biomass change for tropical and subtropical forests : refinement of IPCC default rates using forest plot data

    Daniela Requena Suarez;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Véronique De Sy;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Soil aggregation and total diversity of bacteria and fungi in various tillage systems of sub-humid and semi-arid Kenya

    Job Kihara;Christopher Martius;André Bationo;Moses Thuita

  • Transforming REDD+: Lessons and new directions

    A. Angelsen;C. Martius;V. de Sy;A.E. Duchelle

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. A. Lamers
John P. A. Lamers University of Bonn
Paul L. G. Vlek
Paul L. G. Vlek University of Bonn
Martin Herold
Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Arild Angelsen
Arild Angelsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Anne M. Larson
Anne M. Larson Center for International Forestry Research, Peru
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Harm Bartholomeus
Harm Bartholomeus Wageningen University & Research
Reiner Wassmann
Reiner Wassmann International Atomic Energy Agency

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