Publikationen
Peer-Reviewed:
Ripa, R.R., Klinger, Y.P., Franzese, J., (accepted) The rarest invaders: systematic global evidence for the conservation- invasion paradox in plants. npj Biodiversity.
Irmscher, V., Hamer, U., Tischer, A., Klinger, Y.P., Nowak, S., Schreiner, F.-R., Rasouli Paeenroudposhti, N., Fedler, S., Frenz, D., von Maltzahn, M., Seidel, J., Shetekauri, L., Kleinebecker, T. (2026) Element stoichiometry across grassland plant tissues and rhizospheres: Roles of plant traits, environment and land use. European Journal of Soil Science. doi:10.1111/ejss.70321
Paikert, H.S., Castro Campos, B., Jauker, F., Kleinebecker, T., Klinger, Y.P. (2026) Managing the margins: practitioner perspectives on barriers and solutions for biodiversity-friendly roadside management in Germany. People and Nature. doi:10.1002/pan3.70273
Sommer, L., Schneider, S., Donath, T.W., Kleinebecker, T., Harvolk-Schöning, S., Klinger, Y.P. (2025) Drivers of Grassland Restoration Success in Central Europe: Insights from practical plant material transfer projects spanning a broad moisture gradient. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.70106
Klinger, Y.P.*, Kunze, S.*, Hölzel, N., Freitag, M., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Prati, D., Neuenkamp, L. (2025) Impact of land-use intensity, productivity, and aboveground richness on seed rain in temperate grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.109690 *equal contributions
Blomqvist, E.L., Klinger, Y.P., Kleinebecker, T., Eckstein, L. (2025) Above- and below-ground biomass and nutrient dynamics in garden lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus): optimal mowing dates for population control. Basic and Applied Ecology. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2025.02.006
Sommer L, Castro Campos, B, Harvolk-Schöning S, Donath TW, Kleinebecker T, Klinger YP (2023) Grassland restoration with plant material transfer – bridging the knowledge gap between science and practice. Global Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02638
Klinger, Y.P., Eckstein, R.L., Kleinebecker, T. (2023) iPhenology – using open-access citizen science photos to track plant phenology at continental scale. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.14114
Sommer, L., Klinger, Y.P., Donath, T.W., Kleinebecker, T., Harvolk-Schöning, S. (2023) Long-term success of floodplain meadow restoration on species-poor grassland. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.1061484
Eckstein, L.R., Welk, E., Klinger, Y.P., Lennartson, T., Wissmann, J., Ludewig, K., Hansen W., Ramula S. (2023) Biological Flora of Central Europe - Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2022.125715
Ludewig K., Klinger Y.P., Donath T.W., Bärmann L., Eichberg C., Thomsen J.G., Görzen E., Hansen W., Hasselquist E.M., Helminger T., Kaiskog F., Karlsson E., Kirchner T., Knudsen C., Lenzewski N., Lindmo S., Milberg P., Pruchniewicz D., Richter E., Sandner T.M., Sarneel J.M., Schmiede R., Schneider S., Schwarz K., Tjäder Å., Tokarska-Guzik B., Walczak C., Weber O., Żołnierz L., Eckstein R.L. (2022) Phenology and morphology of the invasive legume Lupinus polyphyllus along a latitudinal gradient in Europe. Neobiota. doi:10.3897/neobiota.78.89673
Hansen, W., Klinger, Y.P., Otte, A., Eckstein, R.L., Ludewig, K. (2022) Constraints in the restoration of mountain meadows invaded by the legume Lupinus polyphyllus. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.13682
Klinger, Y.P., , , ., ., . (2021) Mowing machinery and migratory sheep herds are complementary dispersal vectors for grassland species. Applied Vegetation Science 24:e12579. doi:10.1111/avsc.12579
Ludewig, K., Hansen, W., Klinger, Y.P., Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A. (2020) Seed bank offers potential for active restoration of mountain meadows. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.13311
Klinger, Y.P., Eckstein, R.L., Horlemann, D., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2020) Germination of the invasive legume Lupinus polyphyllus depends on cutting date and seed morphology. NeoBiota 60, 79-95. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.60.56117
Klinger Y.P., Harvolk-Schöning S., Eckstein, R.L., Hansen, W., Otte, A., & Ludewig, K. (2019) Applying landscape structure analysis to assess the spatio-temporal distribution of an invasive legume in the Rhön UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Biological Invasions 21, 2735–2749. doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-02012-x
Submitted/in preparation:
Safaei, M., Große-Stoltenberg, A., Bobric, S., Safaie, M., Klinger, Y.P., Kleinebecker, T. (under review) Drivers of public and administrative perceptions on the transition toward biodiversity-friendly and sustainable urban green space management.
Horn, A., Lozano, V., Kleinebecker, T., Klinger, Y.P. (under review) Data sources shape species niches: integrating citizen science and state agency data expands habitat suitability models and improves biological invasion predictions. Preprint available at bioRxiv: doi:10.64898/2026.04.20.719594
Radjai, A., Klinger, Y.P., Kleinebecker, T. et al. (under review) Vegetation dynamics over three decades in the Northern
Maadid cedar forest (Algeria).
Klinger, Y.P., Lozano, V., Franzese, J., Eckstein, R.L., Kleinebecker, T. (in prep) Modelling the phenology of two invasive Heracleum species across Europe based on citizen-science photo observations.
Deutschsprachige Publikationen und Conference Proceedings:
Paikert, H.S., Wilkin, A., Castro Campos, B., Hensen, F., Jauker, F., Klinger, Y.P., Kleinebecker, T. (2025) Erfassung der ökologischen Potentiale und Umsetzungsbarrieren am Wegrand (Projekt WegAS). Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen.
Klinger, Y.P.*, Castro Campos, B.* (2025) Mahdgutübertragung: Praxisperspektiven und Handlungsempfehlungen. Anliegen Natur. *equal contributions. Anliegen Natur 47/1.
Jauker, F., Usinger, K., Klinger, Y.P., Wolters, V. (2023): Der Weg(rand) ist das Ziel – Funktion und Pflege von Wegrändern für Insekten. Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 22:68-71.
Klinger, Y.P. (2023) Distribution and management of the invasive garden lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. In: Aschenbrand, E., Gräbener, U., Ibisch, P.L., Luthardt, V., Matias, D.M.S., Mutschler, L.M. (2023) Science and Research in, for and with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves – Conference Proceedings, including the Eberswalde Declaration. Biosphere Reserves Institute, Eberswalde (Germany).
Klinger, Y.P., Paikert, H., Kleinebecker, T. (2023): Der Weg(rand) ist das Ziel. Gießener Universitätsblätter 56:101-104.
Klinger, Y.P., Hansen, W., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2021): Ausbreitung durch Management? – Potentielle Ausbreitungsvektoren der invasiven Stauden-Lupine im Biosphärenreservat Rhön. Anliegen Natur 43/2: 89-92.
Otte, A., Hansen, W., Klinger, Y.P., Schulze-Brüninghoff, D., Ludewig, K., Stenchly, K., Wachendorf, M. (2021): Blaues Wunder im Land der offenen Ferne – Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen landschaftsökologischer und landwirtschaftlicher Forschung zur Erhaltung und Wiederherstellung der Artenvielfalt in den Bergwiesen der Rhön. Anliegen Natur 43/2: 81-88.
Hansen, W., Klinger, Y.P., Ludewig, K., Otte, A. (2021): Restituierung von mit der Stauden-Lupine invadierten Berg-Mähwiesen in der Rhön: Erprobung verschiedener Maßnahmen. Anliegen Natur 43/2: 93-98.
Klinger Y.P., Hansen, W., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2019) Ausbreitungsvektoren und Ausbreitungswege der invasiven Stauden-Lupine im UNESCO Biosphärenreservat Rhön. BfN-Skripten 527: 167-172
Datensätze und Software:
Kleinebecker, T., Klinger, Y. P., & Irmscher, V. (2025). Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents in plant biomass at all grassland experimental plots, 2020-2024. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de
Bruns, Brenton J., Klinger, Y.P. (2023) imgbif - an R package to pre-process, classify, and write images from GBIF multimedia files, R package, available at github.com/brjoey/imgbif
Ludewig, K., Klinger, Y.P., et al. (2022), Phenology of Lupinus polyphyllus from Central to Northern Europe, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.stqjq2c3t
Outreach:
Beitrag in D. Kwon (2025). How to stop the revolving door of German Academia. Nature 647, S27-S29 (2025) doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03850-7
Klinger, Y.P. (2024). Grassland Restoration With Plant Material Transfer: Bridging The Knowledge Gap Between Science and Practice, Floodplain Meadow Partnership Blog.
Klinger, Y.P. (2023) Using citizen science photos to perform phenological studies, Methods Blog.
Kurzbeitrag in "alles wissen" des Hessischen Rundfunks (Projekt WegAS)