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   2016 Oral presentations   

Conference

• Andriamparany JN (2016) Role of yam species and medicinal plants for food self-sufficiency and farmers’ livelihoods in SW Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Brinkmann K (2016) Agent-based modelling of subsistence agriculture and land cover changes in SW Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Englert A, Brinkmann K, Kobbe S, Buerkert A (2016) Dynamics of small-scale perched aquifers in the semi-arid south-western region of Madagascar and implications for the sustainable groundwater exploitation. AGU Fall Meeting 2016, 12–16 December 2016, San Francisco, USA.

• Goetter JF (2016) Cattle, kinship, and ceremonial boasting – Dynamics of funerary gift-giving among the Mahafaly. Madagascar Workshop 2016, 27–30 May 2016, Avignon, France.

• Goetter JF (2016) Informal institutions and development through the lens of New Institutional Anthropology – An illustration from rural Madagascar. 3^rd Witten Conference on Institutional Change ”Institutions in Development Research: New Buzzword or Real Impact?”, 1–2 December 2016, Witten/Herdecke, Germany.

• Kübler D (2016) REDD+ in a landscape context – The SuLaMa Project. SICSS Blockseminar, KlimaCampus Kolloquium, 18 May 2016, Hamburg, Germany

• Neudert R, Hänke H, Barkmann J, Wätzold F (2016) Surviving in a fragile environment – Livelihood challenges and strategies of households in semi-arid south-western Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Nopper J (2016) Effects of land use practices on biodiversity in dry southwestern Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Nopper J, Ratovonamana YR, Fricke R, Riemann JC, Ganzhorn JU (2016) Long-term monitoring for adaptive ecosystem management in southwestern Madagascar. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 19–23 June 2016, Montpellier, France

• Wesselow M, Fritz-Vietta N, Kobbe S, Rakotomalala D, Brinkmann K, Ratovonamana YR, Ratsimbarison R, Stoll-Kleemann S (2016) Different methods for different purposes – Experiences with participatory methods in the SuLaMa research project. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany

• Barkmann J, Hänke H, Hanisch S, Feldt T (2015) Sticking to the digging stick: Resilience traps perpetuate poverty in southwestern Madagascar’s Mahafaly region. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (DKG 2015), 1–6 October 2015, Berlin, Germany

• Goetter, J (2015) From open access to a regime of mixed common- and private property: Indigenous appropriation and regulation of the fodder tree Euphorbia stenoclada in southwest Madagascar.15^th Biennial Global Conference International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC 2015), 25–29 May 2015, Edmonton, Canada. 

• Ganzhorn JU (2015) Inseln als Modelle für Evolution – Zusammenleben und Schutz von Biodiversität. 8. Hamburger Symposium Geographie, 20–21 November 2015, Hamburg, Germany.

• Hänke H, Barkmann J (2015) Insurance function of livestock: Farmer’s coping capacity with regional droughts in south-western Madagascar. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG 2015), 21–25 April 2015, Chicago, USA.

• Kübler D (2015) REDD+ in a landscape context – The SuLaMa Project. SICSS Blockseminar, KlimaCampus Kolloquium, 26 November 2015, Hamburg, Germany.

• Thielsen K, Stoll-Kleemann S (2015) What can conservationists learn from local rule negotiation processes? National Park Tsimanampetsotse in southwestern Madagascar. International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (TROPENTAG 2015), 16–18 September 2015, Berlin, Germany

 2014

• Kübler D (2014) Prediction of forest structure parameters in a tropical dry forest in the southwest of Madagascar using remote sensing imagery.International Conference Forest Change, 2–4 April 2014, Freising, Germany.

• Nopper J, Lauströer B & Ganzhorn, J (2014) Einfluss von Landnutzung auf die Diversität von Reptilien im Südwesten Madagaskars.

• Nopper J, Brinkmann K, Ganzhorn J(2014) How changes in land cover affect reptile diversity in south-western Madagascar

GfÖ, Hildesheim

• Goetter J  (2014) Struggling for Regulating the Appropriation of Local Commons: The Case of Fodder-Trees at the Tanalana-People in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Andriamparany J, Brinkmann K, Buerkert A, Jeannoda V (2014) Role of local knowledge in the use of medicinal plants in SW-Madagascar.

• Fust P, Feldt T, Schlecht E (2014) Agent-based modelling of transhumant cattle herd movements in Southwestern Madagascar.

 2013

• Barkmann J & Hänke H (2013) Markets for the poor: long-term adoption of agricultural innovations via spontaneous economic activity.

• Brinkmann K (2013) Ernährungssicherung auf dem Mahafaly Plateau – Maniok, Yams und innovative Landnutzungsstrategien.

• Feldt T, Antsonantenainarivony O, Fust P & Schlecht E (2013) Escaping insecurity through increased livestock herd mobility – a sustainable strategy?

• Fricke R (2013) Effects of ecosystem degradation on plant and animal biodiversity in the Mahafaly plateau, SW Madagascar.

• Fricke R, Brändle M, Brandl R (2013) Species richness patterns in temperate deciduous forests are not correlated within or across trophic levels.

• Ganzhorn JU (2013) Turning Madagascar upside down.

• Ganzhorn JU, Plugge D, Kobbe S, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotomalala D (2013) Beziehungen zwischen Landnutzungspraktiken und Biodiversität.

• Götter J & Neudert R (2013) Haushaltsentscheidungen bezüglich Viehhaltung unter sich verändernden ökologischen und sozialen Bedingungen in der Mahafaly-Plateau-Region, Madagaskar.

• Kobbe S, Nopper J, Ratovonamana YR, Rakotomalala D, Braskamp E, Lauströer B, Marzec S, Randiamiharisoa LO, Raonizafinarivo S, Ganzhorn JU (2013) Changes of vertebrate species distribution in response to different forms of land use on the Mahafaly Plateau in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Paulsch C, Rumbauer C, Falk T, Jürgens N, Mubyana-John T, Plugge D (2013) Implementing UNCCD objectives - experiences from research projects in China, Madagascar and the Okavango region

• Ratovonamana YR (2013) Plant phenology of Madagascar dry spiny forest in relation to recent climate change.

• Thielsen K (2013) Decision making processes in natural resource management among the Tanalana (Southwest Madagascar).

• Thielsen K (2013) Decision making processes in natural resource management in south-west Madagascar.

 2012   

• Nopper J,  Braskamp E, Lauströer B, Mananjara FH & Ganzhorn JU (2012) Habitat affinities and population characteristics of reptiles from arid south-western Madagascar.

• Plugge D (2012) REDD+ in a landscape context - the SuLaMa Project.

• Seppelt R, Werntze A, Plugge D (2012) Side Event: Adapting NRM in Africa: lessons learnt, ways forward and the ‘sustainable land management program.

   2016    Poster

Konferenz

• Ahlers F, Feldt T, Brinkmann K, Schlecht E (2016) The potential of Silver Thicket (Euphorbia stenoclada Baill.) as dry season supplement feed for pastoral herds in southwestern Madagascar. X International Rangeland Congress, 17–22 July 2016, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

• Englert A, Dworak L, Rasoloariniaina JR, Brinkmann K, Kobbe S, Buerkert A (2016) Hydrogeology in the South-West of Madagascar – A multi-scale approach. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Feldt T, Fust P, Ahlers F, Schlecht E, Antsonantenainarivony O, Ramananoro FM, Edmont R, Rakotoarimanana V (2016) Interrelatedness of grazing livestock with vegetation parameters against the background of political instability in the Mahafaly region, southwestern Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Fritz-Vietta N, Mbola MM, Tahirindraza HS, Thielsen K, Wesselow M, Marikandia LM, Stoll-Kleemann S (2016) The role of cultural values to the Tanalana people from the Mahafaly Plateau region, southwest Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany

• Goetter JF, Antsonantenainarivony O, Rabemirindra H, Schlecht E, Wätzold F (2016) Drivers of overuse and degradation of the important fodder tree Euphorbia stenoclada in southwest Madagascar and approaches for mitigation. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Kübler D, Olschofsky K, Prill L, Plugge D, Ranirison A, Köhl M (2016) Assessing the potential for sustainable forest management of a dry forest ecosystem in south western Madagascar. BMBF Research Programme ’Sustainable Land Management’ Final Conference 2016, 7–9 March 2016, Berlin, Germany.

• Prill L, Kübler D (2016) Tropische Wälder im Spannungsfeld zwischen Übernutzung und Nachhaltigkeit — Lösungsansätze am Beispiel Madagaskars. Deutsche Aktionstage Nachhaltigkeit (DAN 2016), 30 May–5 June 2016, Hamburg, Germany.

• Ramananoro FM, Schlecht E, Fust P (2016) Caught in the act – Assessment of intensity and spatial variation of cattle intrusion by a network of camera traps in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar. International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (TROPENTAG 2016), 18–21 September 2016, Vienna, Austria.

• Kübler D, Plugge D, Rakotomalala Y (2014) Meeting the demand of local populations by purposeful sustainable dry forest management - understanding growth patterns of heavily used tree species

• Faust, S., Hanisch, S., Buerkert, A., Joergensen, R.G. (2015) Soil Properties under Manured Tamarindus indica in the Littoral Plain of South-WesternMadagascar

Tropentag, Berlin

 2014

• Kübler D, Köhl M (2014) Prediction of forest structure parameters in a tropical dry forest in the southwest of Madagascar using remote sensing imagery.

• Antsonantenainarivony O, Rabemirindra H, Rakotoarimanana V, Edmond R, Brinkmann K, Schlecht E (2014) Regeneration and biomass production of Euphorbia stenoclada in the coastal plains of Southwestern Madagascar.

• Fanambinantsoa N, Faramalala MH, Buerkert A, Brinkmann K (2014) Dynamics and drivers of land use changes in Southwestern Madagascar during the past 60 years.

• Feldt T, Neudert R, Schlecht E (2014) Reproductive and growth performance of extensively managed goat herds in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Ranaivoson T, Rakouth B, Buerkert A, Brinkmann K (2014) Analysis of biomass production of Tamarind trees and their role in local communities of south-western Madagascar.

Tropentag, Prag

 2013

• Andriamparany J, Jeannoda V, Brinkmann K & Buerkert A (2013) The potential of wild yams to improve food security on the Mahafaly Plateau in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Andriamparany R, Opgenoorth L, Andrianarimisa A, Brandl R, Buerkert A, Hanisch S & Fricke R (2013) Manure and charcoal effects on soil faunal activity in irrigated vegetable gardens in South-west Madagascar.

• Antsonantenainarivony O, Rakotoarimanana V, Edmond R & Schlecht E (2013) Grazed vegetation types near Tsimanampetsotsa National Park in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Brinkmann K, Schaeper W, Fanambinantsoa N, Buerkert A (2013) Acquisition of RGB and NIR photographs from Unmanned  Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) for crop and land use monitoring. 

• Fanambinantsoa N, Faramalala MH, Buerkert A & Brinkmann K (2013) Use of remote sensing data to assess crop yields and food security on the Mahafaly Plateau, SW Madagascar.

• Fricke R, Luck M & Opgenoorth L (2013) Habitat degradation shapes biodiversity patterns of plants and ants in South-west Madagascar.

• Ganzhorn JU (2013) Trading endangered species as an ecosystem service for habitat and species conservation in Madagascar´s spiny forest.

• Gérard A, Ganzhorn JU, Carriére SM & Kull CA (2013) The role of non-native plant species for nature conservation in Madagascar.

• Hanisch S (2013) Agricultural innovations in cropping systems of semi-arid Southwestern Madagascar under multiple ecological and socio-economic constraints.

• Holzmann S, Plugge D, Köhl M (2013) Developing strategies against land degradation and desertification: a heat-map for priority intervention areas in sub-Sahara Africa.

• Lauströer B & Braskamp E (2013) Impact of land use types on the richness and composition of reptile communities in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Lauströer B, Braskamp E, Mananjara F, Rakotomalala D, Ratovonamana YR, Nopper J, Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU (2013) Impact of land use types on the richness and composition of reptile communities in southwestern Madagascar.

• Marzec S, Hammer J, Mananjara WR, Rasoma RVJ, Ranivoarivelo S, Ganzhorn JU (2013) Impacts of habitat types and land use on tortoises (Pyxis arachnoides, Astrochelys radiata) in Southern Madagascar.

• Nopper J, Atrefony F, Kasola C & Fisy L (2013) Response of reptiles to short-term changes in habitat characteristics in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park.

• Nopper J, Ratovonamana, YR, Rakotondranary J, Rakotomalala D, Marzec S, Lauströer B, Braskamp E, Randriamiharisoa LO, Raonizafinarivo S, Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU (2013) Impacts of land use on the biodiversity of vertebrates in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Ranaivoson T & Rakouth B (2013) Allometric equations for timber stock and stem biomass estimation of Phanerophytes in dry forests on the Mahafaly Plateau, Madagascar.

• Randriamiharisoa LO, Raonizafinarivo S, Raherlialao MJ, Ranivo J, Rakotondravony D, Wilmé L, Ganzhorn JU (2013) Impact of land use types on the richness and composition of bird communities in Southwestern Madagascar.

• Randriamiharisoa LO, Ranirison A, Raherilalao MJ, Rakotondravony D, Wilmé L & Ganzhorn JU  (2013) Effects of transhumance on the richness and composition of bird communities in Tsimanampetsotse National Park.

• Ranirison A, Ratovonamana Y, Plugge D, Holtzman S, Faramalala M & Roger E (2013) Influence of transhumance on spatio-temporal dynamic of forest cover in Southwestern Madagascar.

Open Landscapes, Hildesheim

• Raonizafinarivo S, Randriamiharisoa LO, Raherilalao MJ, Ranivo J, Rakotondravony D, Wilmé L & Ganzhorn, JU (2013) Bird communities in different anthropogenic habitats in southwestern Madagascar.

Open Landscapes, Hildesheim

• Rasoloariniaina JR & Raminosoa N (2013) Physicochemical and bacteriological quality assessment of the water resources in the Mahafaly Plateau, Madagascar.

Tropentag, Stuttgart

• Ronto WM, Rakotondravony D & Ganzhorn JU (2013) Thermoregulation behavior of radiated tortoise.

Tropentag, Stuttgart

• Thielsen K, Tahirindraza HS, Mampiray MM, Fritz-Vietta N, Stoll-Kleemann S (2013) Taboos in natural resource management.

Statuskonferenz Nachhaltiges Landmanagment, BMBF, Berlin

 2012

Fritz-Vietta (2012) Sustainable Land Management in Madagascar (SuLaMa) – What Does Inter‐ and Transdisciplinary Research Need to Learn?

Poster for Planet under Pressure Conference 2012