In recent years considerable progress has been made in the understanding of urban land-
use change and its dynamic interrelationships with economic, social, and environmental …

Evidence for successful restoration of riverine communities is scarce, particularly for benthic
invertebrates. Among the multitude of reasons discussed so far for the lack of observed …

Two commonly used models to assess air pollution concentration for investigating health
effects of air pollution in epidemiological studies are Land Use Regression (LUR) models …

The extent and magnitude of land cover change effect on local and regional future climate
during the vegetation period due to different forms of bioenergy plants are quantified for …

Since 1990, urbanization in post-socialist countries has frequently resulted in a loss of urban
density in the existing building stock while land use patterns at the outskirts of growing city …

Transitional ecotones such as vegetated buffer strips, stream banks, and streambeds retain
phosphorus (P) in the immediate surroundings of farmland. Yet the fate of P in these …

Context In patchy environments, such as agricultural landscapes, both spatial and temporal
scales of habitat heterogeneity can affect population dynamics and trophic interactions. As a …

The implementation of sustainable land policies is in need of monitoring methods that go
beyond a mere description of the proportion values of land use classes. The annual …

Background Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition into terrestrial ecosystems is frequently
considered as a threat to phyto-diversity. In previous investigations, the atmospheric N …

Seit der Finanz-und Wirtschaftskrise wird zunehmend bezweifelt, ob das bisherige
Wachstumsmodell die zukünftigen Anforderungen einer ökologisch, sozial und ökonomisch …