submitted / eingereicht

• ECKSTEIN, R.L., RUCH, D., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W.: Invasibility of a nutrient-poor pasture through resident and non-resident herbs is controlled by litter, gap size and propagule pressure.
  
• LOYDI, A., ECKSTEIN, R.L., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W.: Effect of litter on seedling establishment in natural and semi-natural grasslands: a meta-analysis
  
• WELLSTEIN, C., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R.: Impact of management and site on the population structure of three perennial grassland species.
  

accepted / akzeptiert

• JUNG, L.S., ECKSTEIN, R.L., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W.: Above- and below-ground nutrient and alkaloid dynamics in Colchicum autumnale: optimal mowing dates for population control or low hay toxicity. - Weed Research.
  
• VOSS, N., ECKSTEIN, R.L. & DURKA, W.: Range expansion of a selfing polyploid plant despite widespread genetic uniformity. - Annals of Botany.
  

2012

• DONATH, T.W. & ECKSTEIN, R.L. 2012: Litter effects on seedling establishment interact with seed position and earthworm activity. - Plant Biology 14: 163–170.
• SCHMIEDE, R., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W. 2012: Enhancing plant biodiversity in species-poor grassland through plant material application – the impact of sward disturbance. - Applied Vegetation Science 15: 290-298.
• SHAKERI, Z., MARVIE MOHADJER, M.R., SIMBERLOFF, D., ETEMAD, V., ASSADI, M., DONATH, T.W., OTTE, A. & ECKSTEIN, R.L. 2012: Plant community composition and disturbance in Caspian Fagus orientalis forests: which are the main driving factors? - Phytocoenologia 41: 247-263.
  
• VOSS, N., WELK, E., DURKA, W. & ECKSTEIN, R.L. 2012: Biological flora of Central Europe: Ceratocapnos claviculata (L.) Lidén. - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14: 61-77.

2011

• BURMEIER, S., ECKSTEIN, R. L., DONATH, T. W. & OTTE, A., 2011: Plant pattern development during early post-restoration succession in grasslands – a case study of Arabis nemorensis. - Restoration Ecology 19: 648-659.
• BURMEIER, S., ECKSTEIN, R.L., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W., 2011: Spatially-restricted plant material application creates colonization initials for flood meadow species. - Biological Conservation 144: 212-219.
• ECKSTEIN, R.L., PEREIRA, E., MILBAU, A. & GRAAE, B.J., 2011: Predicted changes in vegetation structure affect the susceptibility to invasion of bryophyte dominated subarctic heath. - Annals of Botany 108: 177-183.
• HENSGEN, F., ALBRECHT, C., DONATH, T.W., OTTE, A., ECKSTEIN, R.L., 2011: Distribution of gastropods in floodplain compartments and feeding preferences for river corridor plant species: is there an effect of gastropod herbivory on the distribution of river corridor plants? - Flora 206: 534-543.
• JUNG, L.S., ECKSTEIN, R.L., DONATH, T.W. & OTTE, A., 2011: A physiological approach to reduce population densities of Colchicum autumnale in extensively managed grasslands. Grassland Science in Europe 16: 67-69
• JUNG, L.S. & WINTER, S.,  ECKSTEIN, R.L., KRIECHBAUM, M., KARRER, G., WELK, E., ELSÄSSER, M., DONATH, T.W. & OTTE, A., 2011: Biological flora of Central Europe: Colchicum autumnale L. - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13: 227-244.
• MEHMETI, A., SHERIFI, E., DEMAJ, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2011: Growth and productivity of weeds in two maize crop production systems. - Herbologia 12: 105-112.
• THIELE, J., ISERMANN, M., KOLLMANN, J. & OTTE, A., 2011: Impact scores of invasive plants are biased by disragard of environmental co-variation and non-linearity. - NeoBiota 10: 65-79.
  
• VOSS, N., SIMMERING, D., PEPPLER-LISBACH, C., DURKA, W. & ECKSTEIN, R.L., 2011: Vegetation databases as a tool to analyze  factors affecting the range expansion of the forest understory herb Ceratocapnos claviculata. - Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 726-740.
  

2010

• BURMEIER, S., DONATH, T.W., OTTE, A. & ECKSTEIN, R.L., 2010:  Rapid burial has differential effects on germination and emergence of small- and large-seeded herbaceous plant species. - Seed Science Research 20: 189-200. PDF Publisher's notice
• BURMEIER, S., ECKSTEIN, R.L., OTTE, A. & DONATH, T.W., 2010: Desiccation cracks act as natural seed traps in flood-meadow systems. - Plant & Soil 333: 351-364.
• DONATH, T. W. & ECKSTEIN, R. L., 2010: Effects of bryophytes and grass litter on seedling emergence vary by vertical seed position and seed size. - Plant Ecology 207: 257-268.
  
• JUNG L.S. & WINTER S.,  KRIECHBAUM M., ECKSTEIN R.L., DONATH T.W. & OTTE A. 2010: Regulation of meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale L.) in extensively managed grasslands. - Grassland Science in Europe 15: 660-662. PDF
• KIEHL, K., KIRMER, A. , DONATH, T.W. , RASRAN, L. & HÖLZEL, N., 2010: Species introduction in restoration projects - evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe. - Basic and Applied Ecology 11: 285-299.
• MEHMETI, A., DEMAJ, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2010: Germination traits of three problematic arable weed species in Kosovo. - Web Ecology 10: 15-22.
• MEISS, H., LE LAGADEC, L., MUNIER-JOLAIN, N., WALDHARDT, R. & PETIT, S., 2010: Weed seed predation increases with vegetation cover in perennial forage crops. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 138: 10-16.
• MEISS, H., MÉDIÈNE, S., WALDHARDT, R., CANEILL, J., BRETAGNOLLE, V., REBOUD, X. & MUNIER-JOLAIN, N., 2010: Perennial lucerne affects weed community trajectories in grain crop rotations. - Weed Research 50: 331-340.
• MEISS, H., MÉDIÈNE, S., WALDHARDT, R., CANEILL, J. & MUNIER-JOLAIN, N., 2010: Contrasting weed species composition in perennial alfalfas and six annual crops: implications for Integrated Weed Management. - Agronomy for Sustainable Development 30: 657-666.
  
• RUPRECHT, E., ENYEDI, M.Z., ECKSTEIN, R. L. & DONATH, T. W., 2010: Restorative removal of plant litter and vegetation 40 years after abandonment enhances re-emergence of steppe grassland vegetation. - Biological Conservation 143: 449-456.
• THIELE, J., ISERMANN, M., OTTE, A. & KOLLMANN, J., 2010: Competitive displacement or biotic resistence? Disentangling relationships between community diversity and invasion success of tall herbs and shrubs. - Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 213-220.
• THIELE, J., KOLLMANN, J., MARKUSSEN, B. & OTTE, A.: Impact assessment revisited: improving the theoretical basis for management of invasive alien species. - Biological Invasions 12: 2025-2035.
• WALDHARDT, R., BACH, M., BORRESCH, R., BREUER, L., DIEKÖTTER, T., FREDE, H.-G., GÄTH, S., GINZLER, O., GOTTSCHALK, T., JULICH, S., KRUMPHOLZ, M., KUHLMANN, F., OTTE, A., REGER, B., REIHER, W., SCHMITZ, K., SCHMITZ, P.M., SHERIDAN, P., SIMMERING, D., WEIST, C., WOLTERS, V. & ZOERNER, D: Evaluating today's landscape multifunctionality and providing an alternative future: a normative scenario approach. - Ecology and Society 15(3): 30.

2009

• ECKSTEIN, R. L., DANIHELKA, J. & OTTE, A., 2009: Variation in life-cycle between three rare and endangered floodplain violets in two regions: implications for population viability and conservation. - Biologia 64: 69-80.
• MEHMETI, A., DEMAJ, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2009: Plant species richness and composition in the arable land of Kosovo. - Landscape Online 11: 1-29.
• REGER, B., MATTERN, T., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2009: Assessing the spatial distribution of grassland age in a marginal European landscape. - Journal of Environmental Management 90: 2900-2909.
  
• REGER, B., SHERIDAN, P., SIMMERING, D., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2009: Potential effects of direct transfer payments on farmland habitat diversity in a marginal European landscape. - Environmental Management 43: 1026-1038.
  
• SCHMIEDE, R., DONATH, T.W. & OTTE, A., 2009: Seed bank development after the restoration of alluvial grassland via transfer of seed-containing plant material. Biological Conservation 142: 158-167.
• WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2009: Indikatoren der floristischen Vielfalt im Hanggrünland des nordwestlichen Lahn-Dill-Gebiets (Hessen, Deutschland). Indicators of floristic diversity in grasslands on slopes of the northwestern Lahn-Dill area (Hesse, Germany). - Forstarchiv 80: 241-250.

2008

• DONATH, T.W. & ECKSTEIN, R.L., 2008: Grass and oak litter exert different effects on seedling emergence of herbaceous perennials from grasslands and woodlands. Journal of Ecology 96: 272-280.
• MEHMETI, A., DEMAJ, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2008: Ackernutzung und aktuelle Ackervegetation im Kosovo. - Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 60: 61-66.
• OTTE, A., GINZLER, O., WALDHARDT, R. & SIMMERING, D., 2008: Die Allmendeweide "NSG Kanzelstein bei Eibach" (Lahn-Dill Kreis, Hessen): Wandel und Zustand eines Biotopkomplexes der vorindustriellen Kulturlandschaft. - Tuexenia 28: 151-184.
• RUPRECHT, E., DONATH, T. W., OTTE, A. & ECKSTEIN, R. L., 2008: Chemical effects of dominant grass on seed germination of four familial pairs of dry grassland species. Seed Science Research 18: 239-248. PDF Publisher's notice
• SIMMERING, D., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2008: Steuergrößen der Pflanzenartenvielfalt in Mosaiklandschaften - eine Betrachtung auf zwei räumlichen Skalenebenen. - Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 60: 67-72. PDF
  
• THIELE, J. & OTTE, A., 2008: Invasion patterns of Heracleum mantegazzianum in Germany on the regional and local scale. - Journal for Nature Conservation 16: 61-71.
• THIELE J., SCHUCKERT, U. & OTTE, A., 2008: Cultural landscapes of Germany are patch-corridor-matrix mosaics for an invasive megaforb. - Landscape Ecology 23: 453-465.

2007

• DONATH, T.W., BISSELS, S., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2007:Large scale application of diaspore transfer with plant material in restoration practice - impact of seed and microsite limitation. Biological Conservation 138: 224-234.
• HIETEL, E., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2007: Statistical modeling of land-cover changes based on key socio-economic indicators. - Ecological Economics 62: 496-507.
• HÜLS, J., OTTE, A. & ECKSTEIN, R. L., 2007: Population life-cycle and stand structure in dense and open stands of the introduced tall herb Heracleum mantegazzianum. - Biological Invasions 9: 799-811.
• OTTE, A., SIMMERING, D. & WOLTERS, V., 2007: Biodiversity at the landscape level: recent concepts and perspectives for multifunctional land use. - Landscape Ecology 22 (5): 639-642
• REGER, B., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2007: Identifying patterns of land-cover change and their physical attributes in a marginal European landscape. - Landscape and Urban Planning. 81: 104-113.
• WALDHARDT, R., 2007: The Collaborative Research Centre SFB 299: An example of landscape ecological research? - Colloquium Geographicum 28: 27-47.
• WELLSTEIN, C., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2007: Seed bank diversity in mesic grasslands and their relation to vegetation, management, and site conditions. - Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 153-162.
• WELLSTEIN, C., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2007: Impact of site and management on the diversity of Central European mesic grassland. - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 122: 203-210.

2006

• BACH, M., BREUER, L., FREDE, H.G., HIETEL, E., HUISMAN, J.A., OTTE, A. & WALDHARDT, R., 2006: Accuracy and congruency of three different digital land-use maps. - Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 289-299.
• BISSELS, S., DONATH, T. W., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2006: Effects of different mowing regimes on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology 7: 433-442.
• DAUBER, J. & SIMMERING, D., 2006: Ant assemblages in successional stages of Scotch Broom stands. - Mymecological News 9: 55-64.
• DONATH, T. W., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2006: Influence of competition by sown grass, disturbance and litter on recruitment of rare flood-meadow species. Biological Conservation 130: 315-323.
• ECKSTEIN, R. L., HÖLZEL, N. & DANIHELKA, J., 2006: Biological Flora of Central Europe: Viola elatior, V. pumila, and V. stagnina. - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 8: 45-66.
• ECKSTEIN, R. L., O'NEILL, R. A., DANIHELKA, J., OTTE, A. & KÖHLER, W., 2006: Genetic structure among and within peripheral and central populations of three endangered floodplain violets. - Molecular Ecology 15: 2367-2379.
• OTTE, A., BISSELS, S. & WALDHARDT, R., 2006: Samen-, Keimungs- und Habitateigenschaften: Welche Parameter erklären Veränderungstendenzen in der Häufigkeit von Ackerwildkräutern in Deutschland? - Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, Sonderheft 20: 507-516.
• SHERIDAN, P. & WALDHARDT, R., 2006: Spatially explicit approaches in integrated land use and phytodiversity modelling at multiple scales. - In: MEYER, B.C. (ed.), 2006: Sustainable Land Use in Intensively Used Agricultural Regions. - Alterra Report No. 1338, Wageningen: 68-72.
• SIMMERING, D., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2006: Quantifying Determinants Contributing to Plant Species Richness in Mosaic Landscapes: A Single- and Multi-Patch Perspective. - Landscape Ecology 21: 1233-1251.
• THIELE, J. & OTTE, A., 2006: Analysis of habitats and communities invaded by Heracleum mantegazzianum Somm. et Lev. (Giant Hogweed) in Germany. - Phytocoenologia 36: 281-320.
• ZAITSEV, A.S., WOLTERS, V., WALDHARDT, R. & DAUBER, J., 2006: Long-term succession of oribatid mites after conversion of croplands to grasslands. - Applied Soil Ecology 34: 230-239.

2005

• BISSELS, S., DONATH, T. W., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2005: Ephemeral wetland vegetation of irregularly flooded arable fields: the importance of persistent soil seed banks. Phytocoenologia 35: 469-488.
• DAHMS, H., WELLSTEIN, C., WOLTERS, V. & DAUBER, J., 2005: Effects of management practices on ant species richness and community composition in grasslands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Myrmecological News 7: 9-16.
• ECKSTEIN, R. L., 2005: Differential effects of interspecific interactions and water availability on survival, growth and fecundity of three congeneric grassland herbs. - New Phytologist 166: 525-536.
• ECKSTEIN, R. L. & DONATH, T. W., 2005: Interactions between litter and water availability affect seedling emergence in four familial pairs of floodplain species. Journal of Ecology 93: 807-816. PDF Publisher's notice
• ECKSTEIN, R. L. & OTTE, A., 2005: The effects of cleistogamy and pollen source on seed production and offspring performance in three endangered violets. - Basic and Applied Ecology 6:339-350.
• HIETEL, E., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2005: Linking socioeconomic factors, environment and land cover in the German Highlands, 1945-99. - Journal of Environmental Management 75: 133-143.
• HÖLZEL, N., 2005: Seedling recruitment in flood-meadow species: The effect of gaps, litter and vegetation matrix. - Applied Vegetation Science 8: 115-124.
• OTTE, A. & MAUL, P., 2005: Verbreitungsschwerpunkte und strukturelle Einnischung der Stauden-Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl.) in Bergwiesen der Rhön. - Tuexenia 25: 151-182.

2004

• BISSELS, S., HÖLZEL, N., DONATH, T. W. & OTTE, A., 2004: Evaluation of restoration success in alluvial grasslands under contrasting flooding regimes. Biological Conservation: 118/5: 641-650
• BISSELS, S., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2004: Population structure of the threatened long-lived perennial Serratula tinctoria in relation to vegetation and management. - Applied Vegetation Science 7: 267-274.
• DONATH, T. W., HÖLZEL, N., BISSELS, S. & OTTE, A., 2004: Perspectives for incorporating biomass from non-intensively managed temperate flood meadows into farming systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 104: 439-451.
• ECKSTEIN, R.L., DANIHELKA, J., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2004: The effects of management and environmental variation on population stage structure in three river-corridor violets. - Acta Oecologica 25: 83-91.
• ECKSTEIN, R. L. & OTTE, A., 2004: Evidence for consistent trait-habitat relations in two closely related violets of contiguous habitat types from a fertilisation experiment. - Flora 199: 234-246.
  
• HIETEL, E., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2004: Analysing land-cover changes in relation to environmental variables in Hesse, Germany. - Landscape Ecology 19: 473-489.
• HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2004: Inter-annual variation in the soil seed bank of flood-meadows over two years with different flooding-patterns. - Plant Ecology 174: 279-291.
• HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2004: Ecological significance of seed germination characteristics in flood-meadow species. - Flora 199: 12-24.
• HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2004: Assessing soil seed bank persistence in flood-meadows: the search for reliable traits? - Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 93-100.
• WALDHARDT, R., SIMMERING, D. & OTTE, A., 2004: Estimation and prediction of plant species richness in a mosaic landscape. - Landscape Ecology 19: 211-226.

2003

• DAUBER, J., HIRSCH, M., SIMMERING, D., WALDHARDT, R., WOLTERS, V. & OTTE, A., 2003: Landscape structure as an indicator of biodiversity: matrix effects of species richness. - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 98: 321-330.
• DONATH, T., HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2003: The impact of site conditions and seed dispersal on restoration success in alluvial meadows. Applied Vegetation Science 6: 13-22 PDF Appendix
• HÖLZEL, N., 2003: Re-assessing the ecology of rare flood-meadow violets (Viola elatior, V. pumilaV. persicifolia) with large phytosociological data sets. and - Folia Geobotanica 38: 281-298.
• HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2003: Restoration of a species-rich flood meadow by topsoil removal and diaspore transfer with plant litter. - Applied Vegetation Science 6: 131-140.
• MÜCKSCHEL, C. & OTTE, A., 2003: Morphometric parameters: an approach for the indication of conservation value of low-productive calcareous grassland. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 98: 213-226.
• WALDHARDT, R., 2003: Biodiversity and landscape - summary, conclusions and perspectives. - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 98: 305-309.
• WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2003: Indicators of plant species and community diversity in grasslands. - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 98: 339-351.
• WALDHARDT, R., SIMMERING, D. & ALBRECHT, H., 2003: Floristic diversity at the habitat scale in agricultural landscapes of Central Europe - summary, conclusions and perspectives. - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 98: 79-85.

2002

• HÖLZEL, N., HAUB, C., INGELFINGER, M. P, OTTE, A. & PILIPENKO, V. N., 2002: The return of the steppe - large-scale restoration of degraded land in southern Russia during the post-soviet era. - Journal for Nature Conservation 10: 75-86.
• SCHUBERT, P., O'NEILL, R., KÖHLER, W., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2002: Reproductive traits and genetic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana populations originating from different agricultural regimes. - Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, Sonderheft 18: 57-66.
• STEINER, N., KNECHT, C., DAUBER, J., HIRSCH, M., OTTE, A., PURTAUF, T., SIMMERING, D., WALDHARDT, R., WOLTERS, V. & KÖHLER, W., 2002: Modellierung der Artenvielfalt in Abhängigkeit vom Landschaftsmuster. - Berichte über Landwirtschaft 80: 468-481.

2001

• HÖLZEL, N. & OTTE, A., 2001: The impact of flooding-regime on the soil seed bank of flood-meadows. - Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 209-218.
• LABASCH, M. & OTTE, A., 2001: Administration levels and tasks of nature conservation efficiency control. Burga, C.A. & A. Kratochwil (eds.): Biomonitoring - General and applied aspects in regional and global scales. - Tasks for Vegetation Science 35, 41-60.
• SIMMERING, D., WALDHARDT, R. & OTTE, A., 2001: Syndynamik und Ökologie von Besenginsterbeständen des Lahn-Dill-Berglands unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Genese aus verschiedenen Rasengesellschaften. - Tuexenia 21: 51-89.
• WALDHARDT, R., FUHR-BOßDORF, K. & OTTE, A., 2001: The significance of the seed bank as a potential for the reestablishment of arable-land vegetation in a marginal cultivated landscape. - Web Ecology 2: 83-87.

2000

• EKSCHMITT, K., BAXTER, R., CAMPBELL, C.D., CEULEMANS, R., GÜNTHER, K.P., HEAL, W.O., HECTOR, A., HENNING, F., MATOUCH, A.K.S., MOLAU, U., NAGY, P.I., OTTE, A., PAUSAS, J.G., PFLUG, A., SCHRÖTER, D., SILLENCE, G., STEINER, N.C., STRUWE, ST., WOLTERS, V. & WOOKEY, P.A., 2000: Ecosystem functioning and management under multiple stresses and extreme events. - In: SUTTON, M.A., MORENO, J.M., VAN DER PUTTEN, W.H. & STRUWE, S. (eds.): Terrestrial Ecosystem Research in Europe: Successes, Challenges and Policy. EU Commission, Luxembourg, 28-34.

1998 and earlier

• OTTE, A. & FRANKE, R., 1998: The ecology of the Caucasian herbaceus perennial Heracleum mantegazzianum Somm. et Lev. (Giant Hogweed) in cultural ecosystems of Central Europe. - Phytocoenologia 28: 205 - 232.
• OTTE, A., 1996: Populationsbiologische Parameter zur Kennzeichnung von Ackerwildkräutern. - Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, Sonderheft 15: 45 - 60.
• OTTE, A., 1990: Die Entwicklung von Ackerwildkraut-Gesellschaften auf Böden mit guter Ertragsfähigkeit nach dem Aussetzen von Unkrautregulierungsmaßnahmen. - Phytocoenologia 19: 43-92.