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Overview

Joern Fischer is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany. Their research is concentrated in the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on various subfields and topics related to ecology, biodiversity, and sustainability.

The main areas of study for Joern Fischer include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Among recent publications authored by Joern Fischer is the paper titled "Making the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a Social-Ecological Endeavour", published in 2020 in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. This publication has been cited 400 times. Other notable papers co-authored in related fields, though not exclusively by Fischer, include works published in venues such as Technology in Society, One Earth, Landscape Ecology, and AMBIO.

The scientist has frequently collaborated with peers including Jannik Schultner, Maraja Riechers, David J. Abson, Girma Shumi, and Berta Martín-López, reflecting a strong network of research partnerships.

Joern Fischer's work has also appeared prominently in journals and publication venues such as:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • AMBIO
  • Ecosystems and People
  • Ecology and Society
  • Landscape Ecology

In addition to journal articles, Fischer has published book content, notably with the European Organization for Nuclear Research. One such work is titled "Harmonising biodiversity conservation and food security in southwestern Ethiopia" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis

    Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer

  • An assessment of the published results of animal relocations

    Joern Fischer;David B Lindenmayer

  • Leverage points for sustainability transformation

    David James Abson;Jörn Fischer;Julia Leventon;Jens Newig

  • Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis

    David B. Lindenmayer;Joern Fischer

  • Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future Research

    Andra Ioana Milcu;Jan Hanspach;David Abson;Joern Fischer

  • Scattered trees are keystone structures – Implications for conservation

    Adrian D. Manning;Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer

  • General management principles and a checklist of strategies to guide forest biodiversity conservation

    David Lindenmayer;J F Franklin;Joern Fischer

  • A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

    David Lindenmayer;Richard J. Hobbs;Rebecca Montague-Drake;Jason Alexandra

  • Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife‐friendly farming?

    Joern Fischer;Berry Brosi;Gretchen C Daily;Paul R Ehrlich

  • Biodiversity, ecosystem function, and resilience: ten guiding principles for commodity production landscapes

    Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer;Adrian D. Manning

  • Reconnecting with nature for sustainability

    Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;David J. Abson;Henrik von Wehrden;Christian Dorninger

  • Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective

    Joern Fischer;Toby A Gardner;Elena M Bennett;Patricia Balvanera

  • Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

    D.J. Abson;H. von Wehrden;S. Baumgärtner;J. Fischer

  • What do conservation biologists publish

    Ioan Fazey;Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Tackling the habitat fragmentation panchreston

    David B. Lindenmayer;Joern Fischer

  • Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes

    Joern Fischer;Tibor Hartel;Tibor Hartel;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle

  • The focal-species approach and landscape restoration: A critique

    David Lindenmayer;Adrian Manning;Peter Smith;Hugh P Possingham

  • Putting meaning back into “sustainable intensification”

    Jacqueline Loos;David J Abson;M Jahi Chappell;M Jahi Chappell;Jan Hanspach

  • Making the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a Social-Ecological Endeavour.

    Joern Fischer;Maraja Riechers;Jacqueline Loos;Berta Martin-Lopez

  • Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability

    Victor Galaz;Miguel A. Centeno;Peter W. Callahan;Amar Causevic

  • Beyond fragmentation: the continuum model for fauna research and conservation in human‐modified landscapes

    Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward.

    J. Fischer;D. J. Abson;V. Butsic;M. J. Chappell

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Jan Hanspach
Jan Hanspach Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Adrian D. Manning
Adrian D. Manning Australian National University
Henrik von Wehrden
Henrik von Wehrden Leuphana University of Lüneburg
David J. Abson
David J. Abson Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Ioan Fazey
Ioan Fazey University of York
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Adam Felton
Adam Felton Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Philip Gibbons
Philip Gibbons Australian National University
Kristoffer Hylander
Kristoffer Hylander Stockholm University

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