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Niko Balkenhol is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Ecology. Within this broad discipline, their work further focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics explored in their research encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, as well as Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Balkenhol has contributed to numerous scientific articles with recent publications reflecting diverse aspects of ecological and conservation topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning" (2021), published in One Earth
  • "So close and yet so different: The importance of considering temporal dynamics to understand habitat selection" (2020), published in Basic and Applied Ecology
  • "An overview of computational tools for preparing, constructing and using resistance surfaces in connectivity research" (2022), published in Landscape Ecology
  • "Target-oriented habitat and wildlife management: estimating forage quantity and quality of semi-natural grasslands with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data" (2020), published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • "Integrated SDM database: Enhancing the relevance and utility of species distribution models in conservation management" (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Their frequent publication venues include Ecology and Evolution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Landscape Ecology, Movement Ecology, and Conservation Genetics.

In collaboration, Balkenhol has worked extensively with colleagues including Johannes Signer, Matthias Waltert, J. Isselstein, Trishna Dutta, and Friederike Riesch.

Best Publications

  • Use of resistance surfaces for landscape genetic studies: considerations for parameterization and analysis

    Stephen F. Spear;Niko Balkenhol;Marie-Josée Fortin;Brad H. Mcrae

  • Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges

    Duccio Rocchini;Niko Balkenhol;Gregory A. Carter;Giles M. Foody

  • Statistical approaches in landscape genetics: an evaluation of methods for linking landscape and genetic data

    Niko Balkenhol;Lisette P. Waits;Raymond J. Dezzani

  • Molecular road ecology: exploring the potential of genetics for investigating transportation impacts on wildlife

    Niko Balkenhol;Lisette P. Waits

  • Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research - exploring new avenues to address spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics.

    Florian Jeltsch;Dries Bonte;Guy Pe’er;Björn Reineking

  • Ecological connectivity research in urban areas

    Scott Daniel LaPoint;Scott Daniel LaPoint;Niko Balkenhol;James Hale;Jonathan Sadler

  • Landscape genetics : concepts, methods, applications

    Niko Balkenhol;Samuel A. Cushman;Andrew T. Storfer;Lisette P. Waits

  • Identifying future research needs in landscape genetics: Where to from here?

    Niko Balkenhol;Felix Gugerli;Sam A. Cushman;Lisette P. Waits

  • Path segmentation for beginners: an overview of current methods for detecting changes in animal movement patterns

    Hendrik Edelhoff;Johannes Signer;Niko Balkenhol

  • Reproducible home ranges (rhr): A new, user-friendly R package for analyses of wildlife telemetry data

    Johannes Signer;Niko Balkenhol

  • A comparative framework to infer landscape effects on population genetic structure: Are habitat suitability models effective in explaining gene flow?

    María C. Mateo-Sánchez;Niko Balkenhol;Samuel Cushman;Trinidad Pérez

  • A simulation-based evaluation of methods for inferring linear barriers to gene flow

    Christopher Blair;Christopher Blair;Dana E. Weigel;Matthew Balazik;Annika T. H. Keeley

  • Estimating effective landscape distances and movement corridors: Comparison of habitat and genetic data

    Maria C. Mateo-Sanchez;Niko Balkenhol;Samuel Cushman;Trinidad Perez

  • Conservation genetics: linking science with practice

    Rolf Holderegger;Niko Balkenhol;Janine Bolliger;Jan O. Engler

  • Livestock grazing in protected areas and its effects on large mammals in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran

    Mahmood Soofi;Arash Ghoddousi;Thorsten Zeppenfeld;Shirko Shokri

  • A plea for simultaneously considering matrix quality and local environmental conditions when analysing landscape impacts on effective dispersal.

    Femke J. Pflüger;Niko Balkenhol

  • Planning tiger recovery: Understanding intraspecific variation for effective conservation

    Andreas Wilting;Alexandre Courtiol;Per Christiansen;Jürgen Niedballa

  • Fencing solves human-wildlife conflict locally but shifts problems elsewhere: A case study using functional connectivity modelling of the African elephant

    Liudmila Osipova;Liudmila Osipova;Moses M. Okello;Steven J. Njumbi;Shadrack Ngene

  • Enhancing conservation network design with graph-theory and a measure of protected area effectiveness: Refining wildlife corridors in Belize, Central America

    Maarten P.G. Hofman;Maarten P.G. Hofman;Matthew W. Hayward;Matthew W. Hayward;Matthew W. Hayward;Marcella J. Kelly;Niko Balkenhol

  • Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning

    Arash Ghoddousi;Erin K. Buchholtz;Alia M. Dietsch;Matthew A. Williamson

  • Landscape Genomics: Understanding Relationships Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Genomic Characteristics of Populations

    Niko Balkenhol;Rachael Y. Dudaniec;Konstantin V. Krutovsky;Jeremy S. Johnson

  • Integrating movement ecology with biodiversity research

    Florian Jeltsch;Dries Bonte;Guy Pe'er;Björn Reineking

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Lisette P. Waits
Lisette P. Waits University of Idaho
Samuel A. Cushman
Samuel A. Cushman University of Oxford
Erin L. Landguth
Erin L. Landguth University of Montana
Matthias Waltert
Matthias Waltert University of Göttingen
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Frank E. Zachos
Frank E. Zachos Natural History Museum Vienna
Christoph Leuschner
Christoph Leuschner University of Göttingen
Christian Ammer
Christian Ammer University of Göttingen
Andrea Polle
Andrea Polle University of Göttingen

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