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• Climatology; Ecology; Biogeography
• Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems; Borealis; European Alps; Mediterranean Mountains; African Savannahs
• Long-Term Ecosystem Research; Comparative Mountain Research; Nature-Society-Interactions
• Editor-in-Chief of ERDKUNDE---Journal of Human and Physical Geographies

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Articles in peer-reviewed journals

2024

ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S.,  PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2024) Complex Environmental Control of Growth in a Dominant Mediterranean-Alpine Shrub Species. Journal of Ecology, 112, 1516–1532. DOI: 10.1111/1365-27451.1432

ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S.,  PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2024) Patterns, Timing, and Environmental Drivers of Growth in two Coexisting Green-Stemmed Mediterranean Alpine Shrub Species. New Phytologist, 241, 114–130. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19285

ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S., KETURKA, K., KÜHNAPFEL, M., FRANCON, L., PAPE, R. WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2024) Annual Ring Widths in the Arctic-Alpine Dwarf-Shrub Species Betula nana—Dataset from Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in Central Norway (LTAER-NO). Erdkunde, 78, DP311206. https://doi.org/10.3112/erkunde.2024/dp01

HEIN, N., ASTRIN, J., BECKERS, N., GIEBNER, H., LANGEN, K., LÖFFLER, J., MISOF, B. & FONSECA, V. (2024). Arthropod Diversity in the Alpine Tundra using Metabarcoding: Spatial and Temporal Differences in Alpha- and Beta-Diversity. Ecology and Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10969

YTTREDAL, E. R., LÖFFLER, J. & TSCHORN, K. M. (2024) From the Question How to Act in a Sustainable Manner, Back to the Question Why We Act Unsustainably. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02024-5

2023

ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2023) Patterns, Timing, and Environmental Drivers of Secondary Growth in two Physiologically Distinct Mediterranean-Alpine Shrub Species. Environmental Research: Ecology, 2, 045002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-664X/acffcc

LÖFFLER, J., TSCHORN, K. M., DOBBERT, S., ALBRECHT, E. C., R. PAPE, R. & WUNDRAM, D. (2023) Dataset from Long-Term Air Quality Monitoring in the World Natural Heritage Geirangerfjord, Western Norway (AQM-G). Erdkunde, 77, DP311205. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2023.dp.03

ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R., WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2023) Annual Ring Width in the Mediterranean-Alpine Shrub Species Cytisus galianoi—Dataset from Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in the Sierra Nevada, Spain (LTAER-ES). Erdkunde, 77, DP311203. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2023.dp.01

KÜHNAPFEL, M., ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R., WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2023) Annual Ring Width in the Arctic-Alpine Dwarf-Shrub Species Salix herbacea—Dataset from Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in Central Norway (LTAER-NO). Erdkunde, 77, DP311204. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2023.dp.02

WEHNER, A., HEIN, N., BECKERS, N., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2023) Early Snow Melt and Diverging Thermal Constraints Control Body Size in Arctic-Alpine Spiders. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac127

2022

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) On Growth Patterns and Mechanisms in Arctic-Alpine Shrubs. Erdkunde, 76, 199–226. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2022.03.04

WEHNER, A., HEIN, N., BECKERS, N., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) Data from: Early Snow Melt and Diverging Thermal Constraints Control Body Size in Arctic-Alpine Spiders. Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18931zd1c

DOBBERT, S., ALBRECHT, E. C., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) Alpine Shrub Growth Follows Bimodal Patterns Across Biomes—Unexpected Environmental Controls. Communications Biology, 5, 739. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03741-x

MARR, P., WINKLER, S., DAHL, S. O. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) Age, Origin and Palaeoclimatic Implications of Peri- and Paraglacial Boulder-Dominated Landforms in Rondane, South Norway. Geomorphology, 408, 108251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108251

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) The Application of Dendrometers to Alpine Dwarf Shrubs—A Case Study to Investigate Stem Growth Responses to Environmental Conditions. Biogeosciences, 19, 1933–1958. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1933-2022

LÖFFLER, J., ALBRECHT, E. C., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & WUNDRAM, D. (2022) Dendrometer Measurements of Mediterranean-Alpine Dwarf Shrubs and Micro-Environmental Drivers of Plant Growth—Dataset from Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in the Sierra Nevada, Spain (LTAER-ES). Erdkunde, DP311202. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2022.dp.01

2021

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2021) How does Spatial Heterogeneity Affect Inter- and Intraspecific Growth Patterns in Tundra Shrubs? Journal of Ecology, 109, 4115–4131. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13784

KWON, T. O., SHIBATA, H., KEPFER-ROJAS, S., SCHMIDT, I. K., LARSEN, K. S., BEIER, C., BERG, B., VERHEYEN, K., LAMARQUE, J.-F., HAGEDORN, F., EISENHAUER, N., DJUKIC, I., ..., WUNDRAM, D., ..., LÖFFLER, J., ... et al.  (2021) Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

LÖFFLER, J., DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & WUNDRAM, D. (2021) Dendrometer Measurements of Arctic-Alpine Dwarf Shrubs and Micro-Environmental Drivers of Plant Growth—Dataset from Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in Central Norway. Erdkunde, DP311201. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2021.dp.01

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2021) A New Mechanistic Understanding of Ecophysiological Patterns in a Widespread Alpine Dwarf Shrub—Refining Climate-Growth Relationships. Biogeosciences Discussions 1–40 (Pre-Print).

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2021) Contrasting Growth Response of Evergreen and Deciduous Arctic-Alpine Shrub Species to Climate Variability. Ecosphere, 12 (8), e03688. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3688 Press Release

DOBBERT, S., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2021) Continent-Wide Modelling of Potential Habitats and Connectivity for the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Europe. Erdkunde, 75, 69–85. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2021.02.01

2020

SANDHAGE-HOFMANN, A., LÖFFLER, J., KOTZE, E., WEIJERS, S., WINGATE, V., WUNDRAM, D., WEIHERMÜLLER, L., PAPE, R., DU PREEZ, C. C. & AMELUNG, W. (2020) Woody Encroachment and Related Soil Properties in Different Tenure-Based Management Systems of Semiarid Rangelands. Geoderma, 372, 114399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114399

BECKERS, N., HEIN, N., ANNESER, A., VANSELOW, K. A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2020) Differences in Mobility and Dispersal Capacity Determine Body Size Clines in Two Common Alpine-Tundra Arthropods. Insects, 11 (2), 74. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11020074

LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2020) Thermal Niche Predictors of Alpine Plant Species. Ecology, 101, e02891. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2891

2019

MARR, P., WINKLER, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2019) Aspects of Late Weichselian Deglaciation in South Norway: Timing of Deglaciation, Ice Sheet Geometry, and Climate Variations Inferred from Surface Exposure Ages of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Landforms. Erdkunde, 73, 277–301. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2019.04.03

HEIN, N., LÖFFLER, J. & FEILHAUER, H. (2019) Mapping of Arthropod Alpha and Beta Diversity in Heterogeneous Arctic-Alpine Ecosystems. Ecological Informatics, 54, 101007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.101007

MARR, P., WINKLER, S., BINNIE, S. A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2019) ¹⁰Be-Based Exploration of the Timing of Deglaciation in Two Selected Areas of Southern Norway. E & G Quarternary Science Journal, 68, 165–176. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-68-165-2019

HEIN, N., PÉTILLON, J., PAPE, R., FEILHAUER, H., VANSELOW, K. A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2019) Broad-Scale Rather than Fine-Scale Environmental Variation Drives Body Size in a Wandering Predator (Araneae, Lycosidae). Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 51, 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1640039

NASSL, M. & LÖFFLER, J. (2019) How Societal Values Determine the Local Use of Forest Resources—Findings from the Rural Community Kegong (NW-Yunnan, China). Sustainability, 11, 3447. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11123447

OYUNMUNKH, B., WEIJERS, S., LÖFFLER, J., BYAMBAGEREL, S., SONINKHISHIG, N., BÜRKERT, A., GÖNSTER-JORDAN, S. & SIMMER, C. (2019) Climate Variations over the Southern Altai and Dzungarian Basin Region, Central Asia, Since 1580 CE. International Journal of Climatology, 39, 4543–4558. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6097

FRINDTE, K., PAPE, R., WERNER, K., LÖFFLER, J. & KNIEF, C. (2019) Temperature and Soil Moisture Control Microbial Community Composition in an Arctic-Alpine Ecosystem Along Elevational and Micro-Topographic Gradients. ISME Journal, 13, 2031–2043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0409-9

MARR, P., WINKLER, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2019) Schmidt-Hammer Exposure-Age Dating (SHD) Performed on Periglacial and Related Landforms in Opplendskedalen, Geirangerfjellet, Norway: Indications for Mid- and Late Holocene Climate Variability. Holocene, 29, 97–109. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618804634

2018

WEIJERS, S., BECKERS, N. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) Recent Spring Warming Limits Near-Treeline Deciduous and Evergreen Alpine Dwarf Shrub Growth. Ecosphere, 9 (6), e02328. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2328

BECKERS, N., HEIN, N., VANSELOW, K. A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) Effects of Microclimatic Thresholds on the Activity-Abundance and Distribution Patterns of Alpine Carabidae Species. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 55, 25–44. https://doi.org/10.5735/086.055.0104

ZIMMERMANN, S., DUBOVYK, O., OLDENBURG, C., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) Lichen Cover Mapping in Southern Norway—An Analysis with Remote Sensing and GIS. GIS Science, 2, 60–71.

MARR, P., WINKLER, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) Investigations on Blockfields and Related Landforms at Blåhø (Southern Norway) Using Schmidt-Hammer Exposure-Age Dating (SHD): Palaeoclimatic and Morphodynamic Implications. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 100, 285–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2018.1474350

WEIJERS, S., MYERS-SMITH, I. H. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) A Warmer and Greener Cold World: Summer Warming Increases Shrub Growth in the Alpine and High Arctic Tundra. Erdkunde, 72, 63–85. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2018.01.04

HEIN, N., BRENDEL, M. R., FEILHAUER, H., FINCH, O.-D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2018) Egg Size vs. Egg Number Trade-Off in the Alpine-Tundra Wolf Spider, Pardosa palustris (Araneae: Lycosidae). Polar Biology, 41, 1607–1617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2301-x

DJUKIC, I., KEPFER-ROJAS, S., KAPPEL SCHMIDT, I., STEENBERG LARSEN, K., BEIER, C., BERG, B., VERHEYEN, K. & TeaComposition: CALIMAN, A., ..., WUNDRAM, D., ..., LÖFFLER, J., ...et al. (2018) Early Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628–629, 1369–1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

WEIJERS, S., PAPE, R., LÖFFLER, J. & MYERS-SMITH, I. H. (2018) Contrasting Shrub Species Respond to Early Summer Temperatures Leading to Correspondence of Shrub Growth Patterns. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 034005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa5b8

2017

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2017) Determinants of Arctic-Alpine Pasture Resources—The Need for a Spatially and Functionally Fine-Scaled Perspective. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 99, 353–370. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2017.1368833

ZACHARIAS, M., WEIJERS, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2017) Growth Rings in Bush Species of the South African Savanna. African Journal of Ecology, 56, 399–403. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12440

WEIJERS, S, BUCHWAL, A., BLOK, D., LÖFFLER, J. & ELBERLING, B. (2017) High Arctic Summer Warming Tracked by Increased Cassiope tetragona Growth in the World’s Northernmost Polar Desert. Global Change Biology, 23, 5006–5020. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.1374

MARR, P. & LÖFFLER, J. (2017) Establishing a Multi-Proxy Approach to Alpine Blockfield Evolution in South-Central Norway. AUC Geographica, 52, 219–236. https://doi.org/10.14721/23361980.2017.18

2016

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2016) Towards a Process-Based Biogeography of Reindeer: Scaling Space, Time, and Organizational Levels of Space Use. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 70, 230–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2016.1203018

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2016) Broad-Scale Assumptions on Available Pasture Resources and Reindeer´s Habitat Preferences Shown to be Decoupled from Ecological Reality of Arctic-Alpine Landscapes. Erdkunde, 70, 169–192. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2016.02.05

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2016) Spatial Patterns of Alpine Phytomass, Primary Productivity, and related Calorific Resources. Ecosphere, 7 (6), e01347. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1347

2015

ACKERMANN, S., AMELUNG, W. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Additional Nitrogen in Arctic-Alpine Soils and Plants—A Pilot Study using ¹⁵NO₃^- and ¹⁵NH₄⁺ Fertilization along an Elevation Gradient. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 178, 861–867. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln201500008

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Seasonality of Habitat Selection Shown to Buffer Alpine Reindeer Pastoralism Against Climate Variability. Ecosphere, 6 (12), 260. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00169.1

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Ecological Dynamics in Habitat Selection of Reindeer—An Interplay of Spatial Scale, Time, and Individual Animal´s Choice. Polar Biology, 38, 1891–1903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1750-8

NASSL, M. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Ecosystem Services in Coupled Social-Ecological Systems—Closing the Cycle of Service Provision and Societal Feedback. Ambio, 44, 737–749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0651-y

BLOK, D., WEIJERS, S., WELKER, J.M., COOPER, E.J., MICHELSEN, A., LÖFFLER, J. & ELBERLING, B. (2015) Deepened Winter Snow Increases Stem Growth and Alters Stem δ13C and δ15N in Evergreen Dwarf Shrub Cassiope tetragona in High-Arctic Svalbard Tundra. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (4), 044008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/4/044008

HEIN, N., FEILHAUER, H., LÖFFLER, J. & FINCH, O.-D. (2015) Elevational Variation of Reproductive Traits in five Pardosa (Lycosidae) Species. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 47, 67–73. https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0013-111

2014

HEIN, N., FEILHAUER, H., FINCH, O.-D., SCHMIDTLEIN, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2014) Snow Cover Determines the Ecology and Biogeography of Spiders (Araneae) in Alpine Tundra Ecosystems. Erdkunde, 68, 157–172. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2014.03.01

HEIN, N., PAPE, R., FINCH, O.-D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2014) Alpine Activity Patterns of Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779) are induced by Variations in Temperature and Humidity at Different Scales in Central Norway. Journal of Mountain Science, 11, 644–655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-013-2913-0

2013

HEIN, N., SOLHØY, T., SCHATZ, H. & LÖFFLER, J. (2013) An Oribatid Species Provertex kuehnelti Mihelčič, 1959 (Acari, Oribatida) New to Fennoscandia. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 60, 163–168.

HÅGVAR, S., HEIN, N., LÖFFLER, J., LUNDMO, S. & STRAUMFORS, P. (2013) New Data on the Distribution of Chionea Dalman, 1816 (Diptera, Limoniidae), and on Habitat Choice of C. araneoides Dalman, 1816 at High Altitudes. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 60, 176–181.

ZECH, M., TUTHORN, M., GLASER, B., AMELUNG, W., HUWE, B., ZECH, W., ZÖLLER, L. & LÖFFLER, J. (2013) Natural Abundance of ¹⁸O of Sugar Biomarkers in Topsoils along a Climate Transect over the Central Scandinavian Mountains, Norway. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 176, 12–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201200365

2012

RÖSSLER, O., DIEKKRÜGER, B. & LÖFFLER, J. (2012) Potential Drought Stress in a Swiss Mountain Catchment—Ensemble Forecasting of High Mountain Soil Moisture Reveals a Drastic Decrease, Despite Major Uncertainties. Water Resources Research, 48, W04521. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011188

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2012) Climate Change, Land Use Conflicts, Predation and Ecological Degradation as Challenges for Reindeer Husbandry in Northern Europe—What Do We Really Know After Half a Century of Research? Ambio, 41, 421–434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0257-6

2011

LÖFFLER, J., ANSCHLAG, K., BAKER, B., FINCH, O.-D., DIEKKRÜGER, B., WUNDRAM, D., SCHRÖDER, B., PAPE, R. & LUNDBERG, A. (2011) Mountain Ecosystem Response to Global Change. Erdkunde, 65, 191–215. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2011.02.06

2010

FINCH, O.-D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2010) Indicators of Species Richness at the Local Scale in an Alpine Region: A Comparative Approach Between Plant and Invertebrate Taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, 1341–1352. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10531-009-9765-5

RÖSSLER, O. & LÖFFLER, J. (2010) Potentials and Limitations of Modeling Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Soil Moisture in a High Mountain Catchment Using WaSiM-ETH. Hydrological Processes, 24, 2182–2196. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7663

WEIDNER, K., HEINRICH, I., HELLE, G., LÖFFLER, J., NEUWIRTH, B., SCHLESER, G. H. & VOS, H. (2010) Consequences of Larch Budmoth Outbreaks on the Climatic Significance of Ring Width and Stable Isotopes of Larch. Trees, 24, 399–409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-010-0421

WUNDRAM, D., PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2010) Alpine Soil Temperature Variability at Multiple Scales. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 42, 117–128. https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-42.1.117

2009

FRIEDRICHS, D. A., BÜNTGEN, U., TROUET, V., FRANK, D., ESPER, J., NEUWIRTH, B. & LÖFFLER, J. (2009) Species-Specific Climate Sensitivity of Tree Growth in Central-West Germany. Trees, 23, 729–739. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-0090315-2

FRIEDRICHS, D. A., BÜNTGEN, U., FRANK, D. C., ESPER, J., NEUWIRTH, B. & LÖFFLER, J. (2009) Complex Climate Controls on 20th Century Oak Growth in Central-West Germany. Tree Physiology, 29, 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpn003

FRIEDRICHS, D. A., NEUWIRTH, B., WINIGER, M. & LÖFFLER, J. (2009) Methodologically Induced Differences in Oak Site Classifications in a Homogeneous Tree-Ring Network. Dendrochronologia, 27, 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2008.02.001

PAPE, R., WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2009) Modelling Near-Surface Temperature Conditions in High Mountain Environments—An Appraisal. Climate Research, 39, 99–109. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr00795

2008

BÄR, A., PAPE, R., BRÄUNING, A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) Growth-Ring Variations of Dwarf Shrubs Reflect Regional Climate Signals in Alpine Environments rather than Micro-Climatic Differences. Journal of Biogeography, 35, 625–636. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01804.x

FINCH, O.-D., LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2008) Assessing the Sensitivity of Melanoplus frigidus (Boheman, 1846) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) to Different Weather Conditions: A Modelling Approach Focussing on Development Times. Insect Science, 15, 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00198.x

LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2008) Diversity Patterns in Relation to the Environment in Alpine Tundra Ecosystems of Northern Norway. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40, 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(06-097) 

LÖFFLER, U. C. M., CYPIONKA, H. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) Soil Microbial Activity along an Arctic-Alpine Altitudinal Gradient from a Seasonal Perspective. European Journal of Soil Science, 59, 842–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01054.x

RÖSSLER, O., BRÄUNING, A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) Dynamics and Driving Forces of Treeline Fluctuations and Regeneration in Central Norway During the Past Decades. Erdkunde, 62, 117–128. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2008.02.02

SCHMID, B. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) Precipitation, Interception, and Soil Moisture Variability along an Alpine Altitudinal Gradient in the Norwegian Mountains. Geoöko, 29, 33–53.

WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) High Resolution Spatial Analysis of Mountain Landscapes Using a Low Altitude Remote Sensing Approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29, 961–974. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160701352113

2007

BÄR, A., BRÄUNING, A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Tree Ring Chronology Derived from Ring Widths of the Alpine Dwarf Shrub Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum in the Norwegian Mountains. IAWA Journal, 28, 325–338. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-90001644

BÄR, A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Ecological Process Indicators Used for Nature Conservation Scenarios of the Agricultural Landscapes in SW Norway. Ecological Indicators, 7, 396–411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.04.001

LÖFFLER, J. (2007) The Influence of Micro-Climate, Snow Cover, and Soil Moisture on Ecosystem Functioning in High Mountains. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 17, 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11442-007-0003-3

LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Reindeer Grazing Changes Diversity Patterns in Arctic-Alpine Landscapes of Northern Norway. Die Erde, 138, 215–233.

RÖSSLER, O. & LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Uncertainties of Treeline Alterations Due to Climatic Change During the Past Century in the Central Norwegian Scandes. Geoöko, 28, 104–114. pdf

2006

BÄR, A., BRÄUNING, A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2006) Dendroecology of Dwarf Shrubs in High Mountains—A Methodological Approach from the Norwegian Scandes. Dendrochronologia, 24, 17–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2006.05.001

LÖFFLER, J., PAPE, R. & WUNDRAM, D. (2006) The Climatologic Significance of Topography, Altitude and Region in High Mountains—A Survey of Oceanic-Continental Differentiations of the Scandes. Erdkunde, 60, 15–24. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2006.01.02

2005

LÖFFLER, J. (2005) Reindeer Grazing Impact on Arctic-Alpine Landscapes in Western Greenland, and Central and Northern Norway. Geoöko, 26, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2001.tb00530.x

LÖFFLER, J. (2005) Snow Cover Dynamics, Soil Moisture Variability and Vegetation Ecology in Central Norwegian High Mountain Catchments. Hydrological Processes, 19, 2385–2405. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5891

LÖFFLER, J. & FINCH, O.-D. (2005) Spatio-Temporal Gradients between High Mountain Ecosystems of Central Norway. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37, 499–513. https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037

2004

BÄR, A., LÖFFLER, J. & LUNDBERG, A. (2004) Spatio-Temporal Changes of a Nature Protection Area in the Agricultural Landscape of Jæren, SW-Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 58, 147–157. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291950410002412

LÖFFLER, J. (2004) Degradation of High Mountain Ecosystems in Northern Europe. Journal of Mountain Science, 2, 97–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/2FBF02919333

LÖFFLER, J., LUNDBERG, A., RÖSSLER, O., BRÄUNING, A., JUNG, G., PAPE, R. & WUNDRAM, D. (2004) The Central Norwegian Alpine Tree Line under a Changing Climate and Changing Land Use. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 58, 183–193. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291950410002421

LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2004) Across Scale Temperature Modelling Using a Simple Approach for the Characterisation of High Mountain Ecosystem Complexity. Erdkunde, 58, 331–348. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2004.04.04

LÖFFLER, J. & STEINHARDT, U. (2004) Herleitung von Landschaftsleitbildern für die Landschaftsbewertung. Beiträge für Forstwirtschaft und Landschaftsökologie, 38, 147–154.

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2004) Spatio-Temporal Near-Surface Temperature Variation in High Mountain Landscapes. Ecological Modelling, 178, 483–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.02.019

WEERDA, I. & LÖFFLER, J. (2004) Landmanagementsystem zur Prognose von Entwicklungsszenarien im Biosphärenreservat Schaalsee. Beiträge für Forstwirtschaft und Landschaftsökologie, 38, 1–7.

2003

LÖFFLER, J. (2003) Micro-Climatic Determination of Vegetation Patterns Along Topographical, Altitudinal, and Oceanic-Continental Gradients in the High Mountains of Norwegian. Erdkunde, 57, 232–249. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2003.03.05

2022

LÖFFLER, J. (2002) Altitudinal Changes of Ecosystem Dynamics in the Central Norwegian High Mountains. Die Erde, 133, 227–258.

LÖFFLER, J., DEHRENDORF, E., STROBACH, T. & RÖSSLER, O. (2002) Entwicklungsperspektiven ehemaliger Hochmoore NW-Deutschlands—Fintlandsmoor, Schwaneburger Moor. Telma, 32, 107–126.

2000

LÖFFLER, J. (2000) High Mountain Ecosystems and Landscape Degradation in Northern Norway. Mountain Research and Development, 20, 356–363. https://doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2000)020[0356:HMEALD]2.0.CO;2

1994

KÖHLER, B., LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (1994) Problems of Local Geoecovariance in the Central Norwegian Mountains. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 48, 99–111.

Books / book chapters

2022

MARR, P., WINKLER, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2022) Environmental and Socio-Economic Consequences of Recent Mountain Glacier Fluctuations in Norway. In: SCHICKHOFF, U. & R. B. SINGH SURAJ MAL (eds) Mountain Landscapes in Transition, 289–314, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70238-0_10

2020

WEIJERS, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2020) Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf das Wachstum von Zwergsträuchern in Hochgebirgen. In: LOZÁN J. L., S.-W. BRECKLE, H. ESCHER-VETTER, H. GRASSL, D. KASANG, F. PAUL & U. SCHICKHOFF (eds.) Warnsignal Klima—Hochgebirge im Wandel, 246–251. pdf

2017

LESER, H. & LÖFFLER, J. (2017) Landschaftsökologie. 5. Auflage, = UTB-Bandnr. 8718. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. ISBN-10: 3825287181. ISBN-13: 978-3825287184. https://doi.org/10.36198/9783838587189

2010

RÖSSLER, O. & LÖFFLER, J. (2010) Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Hydrological Processes and Related Gradients to Improve Hydrological Modeling in High Mountains. In: OTTO, J.-C. & DIKAU, R. (eds.) Landform—Structure, Evolution, Process Control. Lecture Notes in Earth Science 115, 243–257. Springer. Berlin/Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75761-0_15

2007

LÖFFLER, J., PLOTNIKOV, M., DUBININ, M. & TSCHETSCHELNITZKI, A. (2007) Die russische Taiga: Eine sensible Landschaft. Planet Erde: Asien. (ed. by GLASER, R. & KREMB, K.), pp. 67–76. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

2005

LÖFFLER, J. & RÖSSLER, O. (2005) Climatologic and Hydrologic Coupling in the Ecology of Norwegian High Mountain Catchments. Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas. (ed. by DE JONG, C., COLLINS, D. & RANZI, R.), pp. 195–224. Chichester, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/0470858249.ch13

2002

LÖFFLER, J. (2002) Vertical Landscape Structure and Functioning. Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology. (ed. by BASTIAN, O. & STEINHARDT, U.), pp. 44–58. Dordrecht, Kluwer.

LÖFFLER, J. (2002) Landscape Complexes. Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology. (ed. by BASTIAN, O. & STEINHARDT, U.), pp. 58–68. Dordrecht, Kluwer.

LÖFFLER, J. (2002) Landscape-Ecological Mapping. Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology. (ed. by BASTIAN, O. & STEINHARDT, U.), pp. 257–271. Dordrecht, Kluwer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1237-8_6

Other publications

2015

BECKERS, N., HEIN, N. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Klimaökologische Diversitätsmuster von Laufkäfern (Carabidae) im norwegischen Hochgebirge. Norden 21: 45–53. Bremen.

PAPE, R. & LÖFFLER, J. (2015) Mehr als Raum und Zeit—Skalen und die Habitatselektion von Rentieren in Norwegen. Norden, 21, 37–44. Bremen.

2014

WEIJERS, S. & LÖFFLER, J. (2014) Growth Responses of one Evergreen and one Deciduous Dwarf Shrub to the Alpine Micro-Climate in the Norwegian Mountains. In Accepted Abstracts of the 9th International Conference on Dendrochronology, 13-17 January 2014, Melbourne, Australia. pp. 125–126.

2013

BECKERS, N., RHEINHEIMER, L.H., LÖFFLER, J. & WEIJERS, S. (2013) Growth Response of Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum to the Alpine Micro-Climate in the Norwegian Mountains. In Hochgebirge in Globalen Wandel—22. Jahrestagung des AK Hochgebirge. Tagungsband. p. 44. Bonn.

2009

HELLEBUSCH, B., WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFLLER, J. (2009) Phytodiversität im Waldgrenzökoton. Ökologische Gradienten im mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirge (Vågå, Oppland). Norden, 19, pp. 143–154, Bremen.

2008

ERDMANN, K.-H., LÖFFLER, J. & ROSCHER, S. (2008) Naturschutz im Kontext einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Ansätze, Konzepte, Strategien. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 67, pp. 1–265, Bad Godesberg.

LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2008) Plant Diversity Patterns and Reindeer Pastoralism in Northern Norwegian Mountain Systems. Colloquium Geographicum, 31, pp. 57–72, Bonn.

LÖFFLER, J. & STADELBAUER, J. (2008) Diversity in Montain Systems. Studies on Mountain Environments: Prepared by the Members of the "Working Group on High Mountains", German Geographical Society (DGfG). Submitted to the Commission C04.08, "Diversity of Mountain Systems", of the International Geographical Union (IGU) on the Occasion of the 31st International Congress, Tunis 2008. Colloquium Geographicum, 31, Bonn.

SCHULTZ, J., NEUWIRTH, B., FRIEDRICHS, D. A. & LÖFFLER, J. (2008) Circulation Patterns as Origin of Negative Pointer Years form Central European Tree-Rings. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 6, pp. 80–86, Riga.

2007

FISCHER, S., NEUWIRTH, B., WINIGER, M. & LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Nature Conservation – Influencing Factor on Radial Tree Growth? A Conceptional Approach of a New Project. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 5, pp. 196–199, Tervuren.

FRIEDRICHS, D. A., NEUWIRTH, B., LÖFFLER, J. & WINIGER, M. (2007) Dendroclimatology in the Low Mountain Ranges, Germany. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 5, pp. 97–102, Tervuren.

LÖFFLER, J. (2007) The Influence of Soil Moisture on Ecosystem Functioning in the High Mountains of Central Norway. Acta Geographica Debrecina, 17, 17–42, Debrecen. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-007-0003-3

LÖFFLER, J. & STEINHARDT, U. (2007) Landscape Ecology. Colloquium Geographicum, 28, Bonn.

SCHULTZ, J., NEUWIRTH, B., LÖFFLER, J. & WINIGER, M. (2007) GWL-Fingerprints in Central-European Tree-Rings. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 5, pp. 121–126, Tervuren.

WEIDNER, K., HELLE, G., LÖFFLER, J., NEUWIRTH, B. & SCHLESER, G. H. (2007) Stable Isotopes and Tree-Ring Width Variations of Larch affected by Larch Budmoth Outbreaks. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 5, pp. 148–155, Tervuren.

WUNDRAM, D. & LÖFFLER, J. (2007) Kite Aerial Photography in High Mountain Ecosystem Research Austria. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography, 43, pp. 15–22, Institute for Geography and Regional Science, Karl Franzens University Graz.

2006

BÄR, A., LÖFFLER, J. & BRÄUNING, A. (2006) Methodological Approach for Dendroecological Analyses of Dwarf Shrubs – A Contribution to Ecosystem Reconstructions in the Norwegian Scandes. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 4, pp. 114–119, Jülich.

RÖSSLER, O., LÖFFLER, J. & BRÄUNING, A. (2006) The Use of Dendroecological Methods in a Landscape-Ecological Approach on Upper Treeline Fluctuations. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 4, pp. 174–178, Fribourg.

WEIDNER, K., HELLE, G., LÖFFLER, J., NEUWIRTH, B. & SCHLESER, G. H. (2006) The Reaction ´ 13C, ´ 18O and Ring Width on Larch Budmoth (Zeiraphera diniana Gn.) Outbreaks in the European Larch (Larix decidua Mill.)—A Case Study in the Lötschental, Switzerland. TRACE—Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 4, pp. 281–286, Fribourg.

2005

RÖSSLER, O. & LÖFFLER, J. (2005) Zur Regeneration der alpinen Birkenwaldgrenze nach Nutzungsumstellung im ozeanischen Zentralnorwegen. Norden, 17, pp. 37–44, Bremen.

2004

LUNDBERG, A., BÄR, A., EITER, S., POTTHOFF, K., SKJERPING, N. & LÖFFLER, J. (2004) Landschaftswandel in Westnorwegen. Norden, 16, pp. 145–154, Bremen.

2003

LÖFFLER, J., FÜRSTE, C., HEIDER, T., KELCH, T., LÖLKE, K., NAUJOK, J., PAPE, R., SCHADEK, U., SIMON, M. & SPARKE, S. (2003) Aspekte der Landschaftsdegradation auf Island. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 9, pp. 3–40, Oldenburg.

LÖFFLER, J. & PAPE, R. (2003) Simulation des Energiehaushalts in mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirgslandschaften. Norden, 15, pp. 221–233, Bremen.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (2003) Die Bedeutung des Wasser- und Temperaturhaushalts für die biotische Aktivität im mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirge. Norden, 15, pp. 235–259, Bremen.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (2003) Geoökologische Untersuchungen zur Prozessdynamik mittelnorwegischer Hochgebirgsökosysteme. Oldenburger Geoökologische Studien, 2, pp. 3–158, Oldenburg.

2001

LÖFFLER, J. (2001) Ökologische Situation und Perspektiven der Rentierwirtschaft in Nord-Norwegen. Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung, 37, 55–73.

LÖFFLER, J., FINCH, O.-D., NAUJOK, J. & PAPE, R. (2001) Möglichkeiten der Integration zoologischer Aspekte in die landschaftsökologische Untersuchung von Hochgebirgen. Methodendiskussion am Beispiel ökologischer Prozesssysteme und Biozönosen. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 33, 351–357.

LÖFFLER, J., NAUJOK, J., PAPE, R. & RÖSSLER, O. (2001) Ökosysteme und Landschaftsdegradation im Hochgebirge Westgrönlands. Norden, 14, pp. 103–114, Bremen.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (2001) Räumliche und zeitliche Differenzierung des Temperaturhaushalts von Hochgebirgsökosystemen. Norden, 14, pp. 85–102, Bremen.

2000

LÖFFLER, J. (2000) Nutzungspotenziale und Nutzungsgrenzen in den norwegischen Hochgebirgslandschaften. Norwegen eine Naturlandschaft?—Ökologie und nachhaltige Nutzung. Oldenburger Geoökologische Studien, 4. (ed. by JUNG, G.), pp. 163–188. Oldenburg.

1999

LÖFFLER, J. (1999) Neuere Ergebnisse geoökologischer Kartierungen in Nordnorwegen. Norden, 13, Bremen.

LÖFFLER, J. (1999) Podsolierung als energetisch gesteuerter Translokationsprozess? Untersuchungsergebnisse aus dem mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirge. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 6. Oldenburg.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (1999) Kleinräumige Klimavarianz im mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirgsraum Vågå/Oppland. Norden, 13, pp. 267–276, Bremen.

1998

LÖFFLER, J. (1998) Geoökologische Untersuchungen zur Struktur mittelnorwegischer Hochgebirgsökosysteme. Oldenburger Geoökologische Studien, 1, 1–207.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (1998) Prozessorientierte Landschaftsanalyse von Waldökosystemen—Abschlussbericht des Hasbruch-Projekts. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 4, pp. 101–145, Oldenburg.

1997

JUNG, G., LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (1997) Untersuchungen zur Struktur, Funktion und Dynamik mittelnorwegischer Hochgebirgsökosysteme—Forschungsansatz. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 3, pp. 4–36, Oldenburg.

LÖFFLER, J. (1997) Böden als komplexe Strukturparameter in mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirgsökosystemen. Methodische Konzeption zur geoökologischen Strukturmosaikkartierung, Strukturkomplexkartierung und Standortstrukturanalyse. Dissertation, Universität Oldenburg.

LÖFFLER, J. (1997) Großmaßstäbige geoökologische Kartierungen in den Höhenstufen des mittelnorwegischen Gebirges. Norden, 12, Bremen.

LÖFFLER, J. & WUNDRAM, D. (1997) Klimatische Phänomene in mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirgslandschaften und ihre ökosystemare Bedeutung. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 3, pp. 37–86, Oldenburg.

1996

LÖFFLER, J. (1996) Geoökologische Kartierungen im mittelnorwegischen Hochgebirge. Oldenburger Geoökologisches Kolloquium, 1, pp. 4–31, Oldenburg.