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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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WF Forestry

All peer-reviewed articles of PD Dr. Sven Günter from 2014 until today

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    Fischer R, Zhunusova E, Günter S, Iost S, Schier F, Schweinle J, Weimar H, Dieter M (2024) Leakage of biodiversity risks under the European Union Biodiversity Strategy 2030. Conserv Biol 38(3):e14235, DOI:10.1111/cobi.14235

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067722.pdf

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    Aleeje A, Ehbrecht M, Ahimbisibwe V, Höhl M, Günter S, Stanturf JA, Bolte A (2024) Mixed active and passive forest restoration facilitates plant diversity recovery in southern Ethiopia. Restoration Ecol: Online First, Oct 2024, DOI:10.1111/rec.14301

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn068949.pdf

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    Holler S, Kübler D, Conrad O, Schmitz O, Bonannella C, Hengl T, Böhner J, Günter S, Lippe M (2024) Quo vadis, smallholder forest landscape? An introduction to the LPB-RAP model. PLoS One 19(2):e0297439, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0297439

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067735.pdf

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    Ahimbisibwe V, Zhunusova E, Kassa H, Günter S (2024) Technical efficiency drivers of farmer-led restoration strategies, and how substantial is the unrealised potential for farm output? Agric Syst 213:103799, DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103799

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    Peters F, Lippe M, Eguiguren P, Günter S (2023) Forest ecosystem services at landscape level - Why forest transition matters? [online] Forest Ecol Manag 534:120782, zu finden in <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112723000154> [zitiert am 28.02.2023], DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120782

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066091.pdf

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    Cabrera O, Ramón P, Stimm B, Günter S, Mosandl R (2023) Functional traits and local environmental conditions determine tropical rain forest types at microscale level in Southern Ecuador. Diversity 15(3):420, DOI:10.3390/d15030420

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067517.pdf

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    Sadeghi A, Zhunusova E, Günter S, Dieter M (2023) Households' livelihood in restricted forest landscapes: What is the impact of contextual factors? Forest Pol Econ 154:103008, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103008

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    Ferrer Velasco R, Lippe M, Fischer R, Torres B, Tamayo F, Kanungwe Kalaba F, Kaoma H, Bugayong L, Günter S (2023) Reconciling policy instruments with drivers of deforestation and forest degradation : cross-scale analysis of stakeholder perceptions in tropical countries. Sci Rep 13:2180, DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-29417-y

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066090.pdf

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    Sarker PK, Fischer R, Tamayo F, Torres Navarrete B, Günter S (2022) Analyzing forest policy mixes based on the coherence of policies and the consistency of legislative policy instruments: A case study from Ecuador. Forest Pol Econ 144:102838, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102838

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    Toledo-Aceves T, Günter S, Guariguata MR, Garcia-Diaz M, Zhunusova E (2022) Financial revenues from timber harvesting in secondary cloud forests: a case study from Mexico. Forests 13(9):1496, DOI:10.3390/f13091496

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065406.pdf

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    Zhunusova E, Ahimbisibwe V, Sen LTH, Sadeghi A, Toledo-Aceves T, Kabwe G, Günter S (2022) Potential impacts of the proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains on smallholders, indigenous peoples, and local communities in producer countries outside the EU. Forest Pol Econ 143:102817, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102817

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    Toledo-Aceves T, López-Barrera F, Vásquez-Reyes V, Günter S (2022) Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest in bracken dominated pastures: The role of nurse shrubs. Forest Ecol Manag 508:120055, DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120055

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    Lippe M, Rummel L, Günter S (2022) Simulating land use and land cover change under contrasting levels of policy enforcement and its spatially-explicit impact on tropical forest landscapes in Ecuador. Land Use Pol 119(Aug. 2022):106207, DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106207

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    Zhunusova E, Lippe M, Yang AL, Günter S (2022) The implications of remittances for agricultural land use and fuelwood collection: Evidence from the remaining forested landscapes in the Philippines. Environ Res Lett 17(2):024041, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac44c4

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064440.pdf

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    Ferrer Velasco R, Lippe M, Tamayo F, Mfuni T, Sales-Come R, Mangabat C, Schneider T, Günter S (2022) Towards accurate mapping of forest in tropical landscapes: A comparison of datasets on how forest transition matters. Remote Sens Environ 274:112997, DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2022.112997

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064744.pdf

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    Wiebe P, Zhunusova E, Lippe M, Ferrer Velasco R, Günter S (2022) What is the contribution of forest-related income to rural livelihood strategies in the Philippines' remaining forested landscapes? Forest Pol Econ 135:102658, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102658

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064230.pdf

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    Kazungu M, Ferrer Velasco R, Zhunusova E, Lippe M, Kabwe G, Gumbo DJ, Günter S (2021) Effects of household-level attributes and agricultural land-use on deforestation patterns along a forest transition gradient in the Miombo landscapes, Zambia. Ecol Econ 186:107070, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107070

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    Kazungu M, Zhunusova E, Kabwe G, Günter S (2021) Household-level determinants of participation in forest support programmes in the Miombo landscapes, Zambia. Sustainability 13(5):2713, DOI:10.3390/su13052713

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063441.pdf

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    Fischer R, Tamayo Cordero F, Ojeda Luna T, Ferrer Velasco R, DeDecker M, Torres B, Giessen L, Günter S (2021) Interplay of governance elements and their effects on deforestation in tropical landscapes: Quantitative insights from Ecuador. World Dev 148:105665, DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105665

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063888.pdf

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    Toledo-Aceves T, Guariguata MR, Günter S, Porter-Bolland L, Merino L (2021) Overcoming key barriers for secondary cloud forest management in Mexico. Land 10(10):1078, DOI:10.3390/land10101078

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064049.pdf

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    Schröder J-M, Avila Rodriguez LP, Günter S (2021) Research trends: Tropical dry forests: The neglected research agenda? Forest Pol Econ 122:102333, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102333

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    Trujillo-Miranda AL, Toledo-Aceves T, López-Barrera F, Günter S (2021) Tree diversity and timber productivity in planted forests: Pinus patula versus mixed cloud forest species. New Forests 52:177-195, DOI:10.1007/s11056-020-09787-1

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    Nansikombi H, Fischer R, Ferrer Velasco R, Lippe M, Kanungwe Kalaba F, Kabwe G, Günter S (2020) Can de facto governance influence deforestation drivers in the Zambian Miombo? Forest Pol Econ 120:102309, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102309

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    Marian F, Ramirez Castillo P, Iniguez Armijos C, Günter S, Maraun M, Scheu S (2020) Conversion of Andean montane forests into plantations: Effects on soil characteristics, microorganisms, and microarthropods. Biotropica 52(6):1143-1154, DOI:10.1111/btp.12813

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062477.pdf

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    Torres B, Fischer R, Vargas JC, Lajones A, Günter S (2020) Cooperación científica para enfrentar la deforestación tropical: perspectivas políticas del proyecto LaForeT en Ecuador. Serie de publicaciones misceláneas del INABIO 15:14-22

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    Torres B, Fischer R, Vargas JC, Günter S (eds) (2020) Deforestación en paisajes forestales tropicales del Ecuador: bases científicas para perspectivas políticas. Puyo: Universidad Estatal Amazónica ; Instituto Johann Heinrich von Thünen, 172 p, Serie de publicaciones misceláneas del INABIO 15

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    Eguiguren P, Ojeda Luna T, Torres B, Lippe M, Günter S (2020) Ecosystem service multifunctionality: Decline and recovery pathways in the Amazon and Chocó Lowland rainforests. Sustainability 12(18):7786, DOI:10.3390/su12187786

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062659.pdf

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    Kübler D, Hildebrandt P, Günter S, Stimm B, Weber M, Muñoz J, Cabrera O, Zeiliger J, Silva B, Mosandl R (2020) Effects of silvicultural treatments and topography on individual tree growth in a tropical mountain forest in Ecuador. Forest Ecol Manag 457:117726, DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117726

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    Nansikombi H, Fischer R, Kabwe G, Günter S (2020) Exploring patterns of forest governance quality: Insights from forest frontier communities in Zambia´s Miombo ecoregion. Land Use Pol 99:104866, DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104866

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    Kazungu M, Zhunusova E, Yang AL, Kabwe G, Gumbo DJ, Günter S (2020) Forest use strategies and their determinants among rural households in the Miombo woodlands of the Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Forest Pol Econ 111:102078, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102078

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    Cabrera O, Hildebrandt P, Stimm B, Günter S, Fries A, Mosandl R (2020) Functional diversity changes after selective thinning in a tropical mountain forest in Southern Ecuador. Diversity 12(6):256, DOI:10.3390/d12060256

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062404.pdf

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    Fischer R, Giessen L, Günter S (2020) Governance effects on deforestation in the tropics: A review of the evidence. Environ Sci Pol 105:84-101, DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2019.12.007

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    Ojeda Luna T, Zhunusova E, Günter S, Dieter M (2020) Measuring forest and agricultural income in the Ecuadorian lowland rainforest frontiers: Do deforestation and conservation strategies matter? Forest Pol Econ 111:102034, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102034

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    Quichimbo P, Jimenez L, Veintimilla D, Potthast K, Tischer A, Günter S, Mosandl R, Hamer U (2020) Nutrient dynamics in an Andean forest region: a case study of exotic and native species plantations in southern Ecuador. New Forests 51:313-334, DOI:10.1007/s11056-019-09734-9

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    Ferrer Velasco R, Köthke M, Lippe M, Günter S (2020) Scale and context dependency of deforestation drivers: Insights from spatial econometrics in the tropics. PLoS One 15(1):e0226830, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0226830

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062062.pdf

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    Hargita Y, Giessen L, Günter S (2020) Similarities and differences between international REDD+ and transnational deforestation-free supply chain initiatives - a review. Sustainability 12(3):896, DOI:10.3390/su12030896

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062013.pdf

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    Veridiano RKA, Schröder J-M, Come R, Baldos A, Günter S (2020) Towards forest landscape restoration programs in the Philippines: Evidence from logged forests and mixed-species plantations. Environments 7(3):20, DOI:10.3390/environments7030020

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062142.pdf

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    Ojeda Luna T, Eguiguren P, Günter S, Torres B, Dieter M (2020) What drives household deforestation decisions? Insights from the Ecuadorian lowland rainforests. Forests 11(11):1131, DOI:10.3390/f11111131

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062808.pdf

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    Eguiguren P, Fischer R, Günter S (2019) Degradation of ecosystem services and deforestation in landscapes with and without incentive-based forest conservation in the ecuadorian amazon. Forests 10:442, DOI:10.3390/f10050442

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061016.pdf

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    Cabrera O, Fries A, Hildebrandt P, Günter S, Mosandl R (2019) Early growth response of nine timber species to release in a tropical mountain forest of southern Ecuador. Forests 10:254, DOI:10.3390/f10030254

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn060922.pdf

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    Zhunusova E, Le Thi Hoa S, Schröder J-M, Ziegler S, Dieter M, Günter S (2019) Smallholder decision-making on sawlog production: The case of acacia plantation owners in Central Vietnam. Forests 10(11):969, DOI:10.3390/f10110969

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061559.pdf

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    Gordillo Vera F, Elsasser P, Günter S (2019) Willingness to pay for forest conservation in Ecuador: Results from a nationwide contingent valuation survey in a combined "referendum" - "Consequential open-ended" design. Forest Pol Econ 105:28-39, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2019.05.002

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    Torres B, Vasco C, Günter S, Knoke T (2018) Determinants of agricultural diversification in a hotspot area: Evidence from colonist and indigenous communities in the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon. Sustainability 10:1432, DOI:10.3390/su10051432

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn059822.pdf

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    Torres B, Günter S, Acevedo-Cabra R, Knoke T (2018) Livelihood strategies, ethnicity and rural income: the case of migrant settlers and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Forest Pol Econ 86(1):22-34, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2017.10.011

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    Ramirez Castillo P, Marian L, Marian F, Günter S, Espinosa CI, Maraun M, Scheu S (2018) Response of oribatid mites to reforestation of degraded tropical montane pastureland. Eur J Soil Biol 84:35-41, DOI:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.09.009

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    Manchego C, Hildebrandt P, Cueva J, Espinosa CI, Stimm B, Günter S (2017) Climate change versus deforestation: Implications for tree species distribution in the dry forests of southern Ecuador. PLoS One 12(12):e0190092, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0190092

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn059547.pdf

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    Alonso-Fernandez AM, Finegan B, Brenes C, Günter S, Palomeque X (2017) Evaluación de la conectividad estructural y funcional en el corredor de conservación Podocarpus-Yacuambi, Ecuador. Caldasia 39(1):140-156, DOI:10.15446/caldasia.v39n1.64324

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058771.pdf

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    Quichimbo P, Jimenez L, Veintimilla D, Tischer A, Günter S, Mosandl R, Hamer U (2017) Forest site classification in the Southern Andean Region of Ecuador: a case study of pine plantations to collect a base of soil attributes. Forests 8:473, DOI:10.3390/f8120473

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn059417.pdf

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    Palomeque X, Günter S, Siddons D, Hildebrandt P, Stimm B, Aguirre N, Arias R, Weber M (2017) Natural or assisted succession as approach of forest recovery on abandoned lands with different land use history in the Andes of Southern Ecuador. New Forests 48(5):643-662, DOI:10.1007/s11056-017-9590-8

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    Palomeque X, Maza A, Iñamagua JP, Günter S, Hildebrandt P, Weber M, Stimm B (2017) Variabilidad intraexpecifica en la calidad de semillas de especies forestales nativas en bosques montanos en el sur del Ecuador: Implicaciones para la restauracion de bosques. Rev Ciencias Ambient 51(2):52-72, DOI:10.15359/rca.51-2.3

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058800.pdf

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    Hargita Y, Günter S, Köthke M (2016) Brazil submitted the first REDD+ reference level to the UNFCCC-Implications regarding climate effectiveness and cost-efficiency. Land Use Pol 55:340-347, DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.08.027

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    Jadan O, Torres B, Selesi D, Peña D, Rosales C, Günter S (2016) Diversidad florística y estructura et cacaotales tradicionales y bosque natural (Sumaco, Ecuador). Colombia Forestal 19(2):5-18

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056915.pdf

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    Fischer R, Hargita Y, Günter S (2016) Insights from the ground level? A content analysis review of multi-national REDD+ studies since 2010. Forest Pol Econ 66(1):47-56, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2015.11.003

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    Abelleira Martinez OJ, Fremier AK, Günter S, Ramos Bedana Z, Vierling L, Galbraith SM, Bosque-Perez NA, Ordonez JC (2016) Scaling up functional traits for ecosystem services with remote sensing: concepts and methods. Ecol Evol 6(13):4359-4371, DOI:10.1002/ece3.2201

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn056832.pdf

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    Jadan O, Cifuentes M, Torres B, Selesi D, Veintimilla Ramos DA, Günter S (2015) Influence of tree cover on diversity, carbon sequestration and productivity of cocoa systems in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Bois & Forêts des Tropiques 325(3):36-47

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn055715.pdf

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    Knoke T, Bendix J, Pohle P, Hamer U, Hildebrandt P, Roos K, Gerique A, Sandoval ML, Breuer L, Tischer A, Brenner S, Calvas B, Aguirre N, Castro LM, Windhorst D, Weber M, Stimm B, Günter S, Palomeque X, Mora J, et al (2014) Afforestation or intense pasturing improve the ecological and economic value of abandoned tropical farmlands. Nature Comm:12 S., DOI:10.1038/ncomms6612

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    Habel JC, Eggermont H, Günter S, Mulwa RK, Rieckmann M, Koh LP, Niassy S, Ferguson JWH, Gebremichael G, Githiru M, Weisser WW, Lens L (2014) Towards more equal footing in north-south biodiversity research: European and sub-Saharan viewpoints. Biodiv Conserv 23(12):3143-3148, DOI:10.1007/s10531-014-0761-z

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