Yves Klinger
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Research assistant
Yves.P.Klinger
Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning
Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management
Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition (iFZ)
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26–32
35392 Giessen
Tel : 0641 / 99-37177
Fax : 0641 / 99-37169
Research and methods:
Coordination Lore Steubing Institute JLU
I am currently working on three main research areas:
Grassland and restoration ecology:
vegetation ecology, field studies, greenhouse experiments and interview studies
Invasive species:
monitoring, development of management strategies at landscape level
Phenology
: use of freely available citizen science data to model large-scale phenological patterns
Ongoing Projects:
invaPICS - Analyse der phänologischen Einnischung invasiver Arten mit Citizen Science Fotobeobachtungen (DFG 2025-2028)
Potential am Wegrand - Resiliente Agrarlandschaften der Zukunft (WegAS; HLNUG 2022-2026)
PEGasuS - Plant-Enzyme Interactions along Gradients of Resource Stoichiometry (DFG 2023-2026)
Wildsaatgut in der Landwirtschaft (EIP-Agri 2024-2028)
Potenziale der oszillierenden Mähtechnik – Mahd ökonomisch und ökologisch nachhaltig gestalten (POEM; EIP-Agri 2024-2028)
Regenerationspotential des Gemeinen Wacholder (Juniperus communis) in Mitteleuropa und Patagonien (FCMH, CONICET 2025-2026)
Completed Projects:
Ziel erreicht? - Mahdgutübertragung in der Renaturierungspraxis
Peer-Reviewed:
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 Sci ence 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 prep:
Paikert, H.S., Castro Campos, B., Jauker, F., Kleinebecker, T., Klinger, Y.P. (under review) Managing the margins: practitioner perspectives on barriers and solutions for biodiversity-friendly roadside management in Germany.
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. (submitted) Element stoichiometry across grassland plant tissues and rhizosphere: Roles of plant traits, environment and land use.
Radjai, A., [...],
Klinger, Y.P.
, Kleinebecker, T. et al. (submitted) 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 three invasive Heracleum species across Europe based on citizen-science photo observations.
Horn, A., Kleinebecker, T., Klinger, Y.P. (in prep) Comparison of state agency vs. citizen-science data for modelling the spatio-temporal distribution of invasive non-native species of Union Concern in Central Germany.
Publications without peer-review and conference proceedings:
Paikert, H.S., Wilkin, A., Castro Campos, B., Hensen, F., Jauker, F., Klinger, Y.P., Kleinebecker, T. (in press) Erfassung der ökologischen Potentiale und Umsetzungsbarrieren am Wegrand (Projekt WegAS).
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
Data and 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:https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03850-7
Short contribution in "alles wissen" (Projekt WegAS)
Conference contributions:
Upcoming:
Grassland restoration via green hay transfer — practitioner's perspectives. SERE 2024 Conference . Talk. Tartu (Estonia). 26.-30.08.2024
Tracking the phenology of invasive hogweeds using citizen-science photo observation. GfÖ Annual Conference 2024 . Talk. Freising (Germany). 09.-13.09.2024
2024:
Symposium: Invasive Species Aware by 2030. ECCB 2024 Conference . Session Co-Chair. Bologna (Italy). 17.-21.06.2024
2023:
iPhenology – Nutzung von Fotobeobachtungen aus Citizen Science für phänologische Studien. Statuskonferenz „Biodiversität und Klimawandel – Synergien erforschen“ des Bundesamts für Naturschutz (BfN). Flash Talk + Poster. Berlin (Germany). 06.-07.12.2023
Using citizen-science photos to track the phenology of invasive species. Emapi 2023 - 16 th International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions: Promoting diversity in the science and management of biological invasions. Flash Talk + Poster. Pucón (Chile). 23.-27.10.2023
Using citizen-science photos to track the phenology of invasive species. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ). Talk. Leipzig (Germany). 12.-16.09.2023
Ziel erreicht? - Erfolgsfaktoren für Mahdgutübertragung aus Sicht von Praxis und Wissenschaft. Mähgutübertragung: Flächen, Anwendung, Akteure - Fachtagung der Bayerischen Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Kooperation mit dem Bayerischen Landesamt für Umwelt. Invited Talk. Augsburg (Germany). 26.-27.07.2023
Monitoring und langfristige Entwicklung nach Mahdgutübertragung - Erfahrungen von Rhein und Rhön. Naturschutzakademie Hessen: Rechtliche Anforderungen und Erfahrungen mit dem Einsatz von gebietseigenem Saatgut: Wiesendrusch, Mahdgutübertragung, Spenderflächen und die Umsetzung des §40 BNatschG. Invited Talk. Wetzlar (Germany). 13.07.2023
Ziel erreicht? Der Erfolg von Mahdgutübertragungzwischen Wissenschaft und Renaturierungspraxis.
Workshop Extensivgrünland -
Von traditioneller Bewirtschaftung zu wertvollen Naturschutzflächen.
Invited Talk. Burbach (Germany). 29.-30.06.2023
iPhenology - using open-access citizen science photos to track plant phenology. Internal Seminar River Ecology and Management Research Group. Invited Talk. Karlstad (Sweden). 20.06.2023
2022:
iPhenology - using open-access citizen science photos to track plant phenology at continental scale. Ecology and Evolution: New perspectives and societal challenges - SFE 2 GfÖ EEF Joint meeting, International Conference on Ecological Sciences . Poster. Metz (France). 12.-16.09.2022
Management der invasiven Stauden-Lupine im artenreichen Grünland — aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse und Konsequenzen für die Praxis. Hessischer Landschaftspflegetag 2022 . Invited Talk. Gießen (Germany). 30.09.2022
iPhenology - using open-access citizen science photos to track plant phenology at continental scale . Neobiota 2022 - Biological Invasions in a changing world . Poster. Tartu (Estonia). 12.-16.09.2022
Distribution and management of the invasive garden lupine in the Biosphere Reserve Rhön. Science and Research in, for and with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Conference for early career scientists and research managers. Talk. Eberswalde, 16.-20.05.2022
2021:
2020:
Hansen, W. * & Klinger, Y.P. * (2020) Effects and management of the invasive legume Lupinus polyphyllus in species-rich mountain meadows, Talk, RivEM Week 2020, Karlstad, Sweden, 17.-20.11.2020 *(equal contributions)
Klinger, Y.P. , Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2020) Landscape structure affects the spatio-temporal distribution of the invasive legume L. polyphyllus , Talk, NEOBIOTA 2020 - 11 th International Conference on Biological Invasions, Vodice, Croatia, 14.-18.9.2020
2019:
Klinger, Y.P. , Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2019) Germination of L. polyphyllus depends on cutting date and seed morphology, Poster, EMAPi 2019 - Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant invasions, Prague, Czech Republic, 9.-13.9.2019
2018:
Klinger, Y.P. , Hansen, W., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2018) Increased distribution of the invasive perennial Lupinus polyphyllus in the Rhön biosphere reserve between 1998 and 2016, Talk, 11 th GGL Conference on Life Sciences 2018, Gießen, Germany, 19.–20.09.2018
Klinger, Y.P. , Hansen, W., Otte, A., Ludewig, K. (2018) Ausbreitungsvektoren und Ausbreitungswege der invasiven Stauden-Lupine ( Lupinus polyphyllus ) im Biosphärenreservat Rhön, talk, Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt - Interdisziplinäre Expertentagung im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt, Vilm, Germany, 19.-23.08.2018
2017:
Klinger, Y.P. , Ludewig, K., Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A. (2017) Increased distribution of the invasive perennial Lupinus polyphyllus in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve between 1998 and 2016, Talk, Ecology Across Borders - Joint GfÖ and BES Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 10.-.13.12.2017
Ludewig, K., Hansen, W., Klinger, Y.P. , Eckstein, R.L., Otte, A. (2017) Effects of the invasive plant Lupinus polyphyllus on the seed bank of mountain meadows, Poster, Ecology Across Borders - Joint GfÖ and BES Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 10.-.13.12.2017
Winter/Summer Schools:
Participant in the
Drittmittel Expert*innen Programme
2021
Coaches: Prof. Dr. Annette Klussmann-Kolb und Dr. Christine Schmidt
Participant in the
Pathways into Life Science Professions
(PALS)
Mentoring-Programm 2020
Mentor: Dr. Tobias Garstecki, Freelance Consultant in Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation
Winter school „ Seed Functional Ecology School ”, Department of Earth and Environmental Science – Section Botanic Garden, University of Pavia, 25.-29.1.2021
Winter school „ Modelling Challenges for Mountain Ecosystems " (MCME 2020), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, 23.-28.2.2020
Interdisziplinäre Wissenschaftstagung zur Biodiversitätsforschung im Rahmen des UN-Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt (CBD) , Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Rügen/Insel Vilm, 19.-23.8.2018
Winter school „ Ökologische Modellierung ", Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig/Kohren-Salis, 1.-10.3.2018
Alumnus of the I nternational Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)
Reviewer for:
Applied Vegetation Science
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
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Ecological Engineering
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Functional Ecology
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Scientific Reports; Phytocoenologia
Memberships:
Ecological Societe of Germany, Austria and Switzerland ( GfÖ )
British Ecological Society ( BES ) - Member of the Invasion Science Group
Society for Conservation Biology ( SCB ) - Member of the Participatory and Citizen Science Working Group
Society for Ecological Restoration ( SER ) - Member of the International Network for Seed-based Restoration Section
Member of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law ( GGS )
Member of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers ( DHV )
Associated member of the Marburg University Research Academy ( MARA )
Alumnus of the International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences ( GGL )
| Since 2021 | Research assistant at the Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning |
| 2017-2021 |
PhD at the Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning. Subject: "Distribution, dispersal, and management of the invasive legume Lupinus polyphyllus in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön" |
| Since 2015 | Lecturer in the course "Umweltinformationssysteme" at the Gießen University for Applied Sciences (THM), Faculty Life Science Engineering (LSE) |
| 2015-2017 |
Research assistant at the Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Justus Liebig University Gießen |
| 2015-2019 | Lecturer in the courses BP101 "Projekt in Landscape Planning" and MP84 "Projekt in Landscape Ecology" |
| 2012-2015 | Study program Environmental and Resource Management (M. Sc.). Master thesis: " H istory of use and characteristics of the abandoned agricultural terraces of San Benedetto Belbo (Province of Cuneo, Italy) " |
| 2009-2012 | Study program Environmental Management (B.Sc.). Bachelor thesis: " S patial variability of N compounds in biological soil crusts as a function of relief and precipitation in the Negev desert, Israel " |
Main responsibility:
Project in landscape planning (BP101)
GIS project in landscape structural analysis (MK120)
Project in landscape ecology (MP84)
Further teaching activities:
Lecturer in the course "Environmental information systems" (Gießen University for Applied Sciences (THM), Faculty Life Science Engineering LSE)
Lectures in the courses "Restoration Ecology", " M ethods of vegetation and grassland ecology ", "Vegetation ecology",
Excursion in the course " E cology of agricultural landscapes "