Publications
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Articles/Abstracts: |
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| Miguel Alvarez et al.:: |
The taxlist package: managing plant taxonomic lists in R published in: Biodiversity Data Journal 6, 2018, e23635, 1-10 |
| Miguel Alvarez: |
published in: Phytocoenologia 47(4), 2017, 345-364 |
| Esther Amler et al.: |
Definitions and Mapping of East African Wetlands: A Review. published in: Remote Sensing - 2015, 7(5), 5256-5282 |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
The impact of water on health and ill-health in a sub-Saharan African wetland: Exploring both sides of the coin published in: Science of the Total Environment 624, 2018, 1411–1420 |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Contracting infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan African wetlands: A question of use? A review published in: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 220(7), 2017, 1110-1123 |
| Carmen Anthonj: |
Wetland-related Diseases, Health Risk Perceptions and Behaviour in Ewaso Narok Swamp, Kenya published in: WHO CC Newsletter Water & Risk, 24, 2016, 8-10 |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Water, sanitation and hygiene in wetlands. A case study from the Ewaso Narok Swamp, Kenya. published in: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health - 2016, 219(7/A), 606–616 |
| Ian Asige Mweresa et al.: |
published in: American Journal of Geographic Information System, 2017, 6(5), 187-200 |
| Mathias Becker: |
Wetlands in East Africa: Reconciling future use with environmental protection. published in: Tielkes, E and Fernandez, R. (eds.) Management of land use systems for enhanced food security: conflicts, controversies and resolutions. Cuvellier Verlag, Göttingen, 2015, 347 |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Using vegetation attributes to rapidly assess degradation of East African wetlands published in: Ecological Indicators, 2018, 89, 250-259 |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Monitoring wetland vegetation regeneration in an inland valley in Uganda. published in: Tielkes, E and Fernandez, R. (eds.) Management of land use systems for enhanced food security: conflicts, controversies and resolutions. Cuvellier Verlag, Göttingen, 2015, 91 |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
A rapid assessment of anthropogenic disturbances in East African wetlands. published in: Ecological Indicators, Vol. 67, 2016, 684-692 |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
Analyse von on-site und off-site Faktoren der hydrologischen Feuchtgebietsde-gradation in Ostafrika published in: Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, Vol. 35.15, Hennef 2015, 171-180 |
| Sonja Burghof et al.: |
published in: Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 26(1), 2018, 267–284 |
| Stephen Daniel et al.: |
Spatial Distribution of Soil Hydrological Properties in the Kilombero Floodplain, Tanzania published in: Hydrology, 4(4), 2017, 57 (1-13) |
| Geofrey Gabiri et al.: |
Modeling Spatial SoilWater Dynamics in a Tropical Floodplain, East Africa published in: Water 2018, 10(2), 191 (1-27) |
| Geofrey Gabiri et al.: |
published in: Hydrological Processes, 32(3), 2018, 349-362 |
| Clemens Greiner: |
Disputing the Floodplains: Institutional Change and the Politics of Resource Management in African Wetlands. published in: International Journal of the Commons 7(2), 2013, 579-581. |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Assessing seasonal land cover dynamics in the tropical Kilombero floodplain of East Africa published in: Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 12(2), 2018, 026027 1-23 |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
published in: Advances in Remote Sensing, 5, 2016, 28-42 |
| Julius Kwesiga et al.: |
Nutrient management strategies for rice production in the Kilombero floodplain of Tanzania. published in: Tielkes, E and Fernandez, R. (eds.) Management of land use systems for enhanced food security: conflicts, controversies and resolutions. Cuvellier Verlag, Göttingen, 2015, 119 |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
published in: Sustainability 2017, 9(9), 1513 (1-18) |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
East African wetland-catchment data base for sustainable wetland management published in: Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 374, 2016, 123–128 |
| Kristian Näschen et al.: |
Hydrological Modeling in Data-Scarce Catchments: The Kilombero Floodplain in Tanzania published in: Water, 2018, Vol. 10, 599, 1-27 |
| Peter Ngolo et al.: |
published in: Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, 14(2), 2018, 1-8 |
| Matian van Soest: |
Wetland encroachment in the urban fringe: land dynamics in central Uganda. published in: Voices from Around the World, 2017 (3), 75-78 |
| Matian van Soest: |
Small scale farming and malaria in Uganda: the ambivalent role of wetlands published in: WHO CC Newsletter Water & Risk, 24, 2016, 11-13 |
| Susanne Ziegler et al.: |
Potential of agronomic management options on rice productivity in valley swamps of Uganda. published in: Tielkes, E and Fernandez, R. (eds.) Management of land use systems for enhanced food security: conflicts, controversies and resolutions. Cuvellier Verlag, Göttingen, 2015, 303 (full paper version available at ISBN 978-3-7369-9092-0) |
Presentations: |
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| Miguel Alvarez & Kai Behn et al.: |
Vegetation surveys and bio-indication of hydrologic conditions in the GlobE-wetlands project: state of the art |
| Miguel Alvarez et al.: |
Database on wetland vegetation in East Africa |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
The impact of water on health and ill-health in a sub-Saharan wetland: Exploring both sides of a coin |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Can Health Risk Perception act as a Tool in Wetland Management? |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
WASH in Wetlands. Where do we stand? |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Gesundheitsverhalten und Nutzung von Gesundheitsversorgung im Ewaso Narok Swamp, Kenia |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Wasser und Gesundheit als Forschungsschwerpunkte am GeoHealth Centre |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Die Auswirkungen von Feuchtgebieten auf den Nexus von Wasser und Gesundheit |
| Carmen Anthonj & Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Feuchtgebiete in Ostafrika – Gesundheitsrisiko und Beitrag zum Wohlbefinden |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Estimating water-related health risks in East African wetland ecosystems |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Health risk assessment in wetlands – the case of a Kenyan floodplain |
| Carmen Anthonj et al.: |
Die Auswirkungen von Wetlands auf den Nexus von Wasser und Gesundheit. Eine Fallstudie aus Ruanda |
| Mathias Becker et al.: |
Wetland
research: Concepts for interdisciplinary and cross-scale integration. |
| Mathias Becker et al.: |
Agricultural use and vulnerability of small wetlands |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Wetland Vegetation around Namulonge: Classification and Regeneration |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Diversity of East African Wetland Vegetation: A Classification Based on Current and Historic Surveys |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Combining current and historical surveys for classification of wetland vegetation in East Africa |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
A vegetation‐based index of biotic integrity applied to riparian vegetation in East Africa |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
Development of hydrogeological conceptual models of wetlands in data scarce regions, the Kilombero floodplain, Tanzania and the Namulonge valley, Uganda. |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
Analyse von on-site und off-site Faktoren der hydrologischen Feuchtgebietsdegradation in Ostafrika |
| Bisrat Gebrekidan et al.: |
Farmers Intensification Decisions in Kilombero Valley Floodplain: A Bayesian Belief Network Approach |
| Bisrat Gebrekidan et al.: |
Farmers Intensification Decisions Under Fragile and Unpredictable Environment in Kilombero Valley Floodplain: A Bayesian Belief Network Approach |
| Björn Glasner et al.: |
Kohlenstoffspeicherung in Feuchtgebieten Ost-Afrikas |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
From Wastelands to the Land of Fortune. Perceptions and Consistencies about Wetlands in Uganda |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Von Wasser und Emotionen – Wie ein Feuchtgebiet das emotionale Wohlbefinden seiner Anwohner beeinflusst |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Place attachment as basic condition for wellbeing and life satisfaction in Africa |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Emotion matters - The meanings of a wetland in Uganda |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Ortsbezogenes Wohlbefinden und Raumwahrnehmung im Ökosystem “Wetland” in Uganda |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Place-related well-being of people being attached to wetlands in Wakiso District, Uganda |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Ortsbezogenes Wohlbefinden als lokaler Motor für die Nachhaltigkeit von Aktivitäten zum Umweltschutz – eine Fallstudie zu Feuchtgebieten in Uganda |
| Laura Heiß et al.: |
Assessment of hydrogeological setting and water quality in relation to agricultural production in an Ugandan wetland. |
| Laura Heiß et al.: |
Hydrogeochemical evolution of subsurface water in a valley bottom wetland, Uganda. |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Land use and land cover dynamics assessment at different spatial and temporal scales – Kilombero Catchment, Tanzania |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
East African wetland-catchment data base for sustainable wetland management |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
A rapid tile approach for wetland degradation assessment in
East Africa |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
WETLANDS in EAST AFRICA - Reconciling future food production with environmental protection |
| Moses Muriuki et al.: |
Land cover changes and effects on hydrology in Ewaso Narok wetland, Laikipia County, Kenya |
| Magdalene Mutumi Mwangi et al.: |
Time preference and resource use behavior by wetland users: The case of Ewaso Narok wetland, Kenya |
| Kristian Näschen et al.: |
Land use and climate changes in the Kilombero catchment and their potential impact on water resources |
| Kristian Näschen et al.: |
Applying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to estimate impacts of land use and climate change on water resources in a data scarce catchment in Tanzania |
| Kristian Näschen et al.: |
Regional scale wetland-catchment interactions in East Africa |
| Andrea Rechenburg et al.: |
Wetlands and Human Health |
| Stefan Sieber & Mathias Becker et al.: |
Wetland research: GlobE: a research initiative on food security in Africa. |
| Frank Thonfeld et al.: |
The role of the Kilombero wetland (Tanzania) for food production - long-term change assessment based on image composites. |
| Frank Thonfeld et al.: |
Fusion von RapidEye-Zeitreihendaten mit UAV-Daten - Untersuchungen im Kilombero-Feuchtgebiet nahe Ifakara (Tansania). |
| Johanna Treidl: |
How to load a marshland on a plane and export it to Europe. Rwandan farmers' experiences with marshland policies and private investors. |
| Matian van Soest: |
Peri-urban redistribution of land in Uganda: social and socio–economic implications. |
| Matian van Soest: |
Small-scale farming and the political ecology of health in the urban fringes: malaria and health seeking in Uganda. |
| Matian van Soest: |
GlobE - Wetlands in East Africa: Chances and Challenges of Wetland Agriculture. |
| Matian van Soest: |
Malaria and health-seeking among wetland users in central Uganda: notions of time and temporality |
Posters: |
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| Simon Alibu et al.: |
Production potential of dry season maize along a hydrological gradient of an inland valley in Central Uganda |
| Simon Alibu et al.: |
Effect of mineral and organic fertilizers on maize productivity in an inland valley in Uganda |
| Miguel Alvarez et al.: |
SWEA-Dataveg: A database of vegetation-plots from Eastern Africa and abroad |
| Miguel Alvarez et al.: |
Typology and assessment of wetlands |
| Esther Amler: |
Getting on the track of potential food baskets: A multitemporal satellite data analysis to develop an inventory of East African wetland |
| Esther Amler: |
A remote sensing based inventory
of East African wetlands |
| Esther Amler et al.: |
Assessment of condition, change and potential of East African wetlands for food security |
| Esther Amler et al.: |
The contribution of multisensor satellite data to a systematic sampling strategy of East African wetlands |
| Mathias Becker et al.: |
Central field experiments |
| Mathias Becker et al.: |
Wetlands in East Africa |
| Mathias Behangana et al.: |
Biodiversity and indicators of change |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Classification of East African wetland vegetation using recent and historic surveys |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Regeneration dynamics in floodplains: plant species guilds in the Kilombero Floodplain, Tanzania |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Flora and Vegetation in East African Wetlands in the Context of Land Use Changes |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Monitoring Wetland Vegetation Regeneration
in an Inland Valley in Uganda |
| Kai Behn et al.: |
Assessment of floristic and structural variables of
vegetation: the impact of agricultural use in East African wetland ecosystems |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
Linkages between groundwater and agricultural production in a Ugandan wetland. |
| Sonja Beuel et al.: |
Groundwater – wetland interactions in the northeastern Kilombero catchment, Tanzania. |
| Volker Ermert et al.: |
Climate variability and scenarios |
| Sabine Fiedler & Nicolas Brüggemann et al.: |
Soil attributes and dynamics |
| Bisrat Gebrekidan et al.: |
Farmers Intensification Decisions Under Fragile and Unpredictable Environment in Kilombero Valley Floodplain: A Bayesian Belief Network Approach |
| Bisrat Gebrekidan et al.: |
The Dynamics of Land-use Change in Kilombero Valley Floodplain: Characterization of Agents. |
| Björn Glasner et al.: |
Fate of redox-sensitive elements in two different East-African wetland systems |
| Björn Glasner et al.: |
Nährstoffhaushalt in Feuchtgebietsböden Ostafrikas |
| Clemens Greiner et al.: |
Socio-economic dynamics in and beyond wetlands |
| Collins Handa et al.: |
Traditional uses of weed flora by local communities in agriculturally used wetlands of East Africa |
| Sophie-Bo Heinkel et al.: |
Wetland's impact on mental well-being - a case study from Uganda |
| Paul Kiepe et al.: |
Boosting Africa`s rice sector |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Preliminary soil moisture retrieval results from TerraSAR-X Satellite Images in Ifakara (Tanzania) |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Tropical Wetland Monitoring using RapidEye and Sentinel 1 Satellite Images in Ifakara (Tanzania) |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Mapping of East African Wetlands using Multisensor Remote Sensing |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Wetland Dynamics using RapidEyeTasseled Cap Coefficients |
| Fridah Kirimi et al.: |
Multiscale mapping of East African wetlands using multi sensor remote sensing |
| Julius Kwesiga et al.: |
Soil Management Options for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice in the Kilombero Flood Plains |
| Julius Kwesiga et al.: |
Nutrient Management Strategies for Rice Production in the Kilombero Flood Plain in Tanzania |
| Julius Kwesiga et al.: |
Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Rice Production in Rainfed Kilombero Floodplains, Tanzania presented at: Workshop of the Right Livelihood College, "Food security and sustainable agriculture: The future of smallholder farmers?", Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany, May 30 – June 4, 2015 |
| Daniel Kyalo Willy: |
Economics and ecosystem services |
| Matthias Langensiepen et al.: |
Modelling concept |
| Constanze Leemhuis et al.: |
Water dynamics at multiple scales |
| Andreas Müller et al.: |
Usability of a UAV for wetland mapping - Results from a flight campaign in East Africa |
| Kristian Näschen et al.: |
Hydrological modeling of a data scarce catchment in East Africa |
| Kristian Naeschen & Geofrey Gabiri et al.: |
Hydrological modeling on multiple scales in a data scarce catchment in East Africa |
| Andrea Rechenburg et al.: |
Human health in wetlands |
| Claudia Schepp et al.: |
Slope-valley bottom water and nutrient fluxes in an inland valley wetland, Namulonge, Uganda |
| Patrik Veltins et al.: |
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in temporary settlements of farmers in the Kilombero floodplain,Tanzania |
| Susanne Ziegler et al.: |
Potential of Agronomic Management Options
on Rice Production in Valley Swamps of Uganda |
PhD theses: |
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Carmen Anthonj |
Mosquitoes and Maladies among Men using Marshes - Is the Contraction of Diseases in Wetlands a Question of Use? Behaviours, Risk Assessments and Perceptions from the Ewaso Narok Swamp, Kenya (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Thomas Kistemann, University of Bonn - Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger) |
Sonja Burghof |
Hydrogeology and water quality of wetlands in East Africa: case studies of a floodplain and a valley bottom wetland (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert, University of Québec - Prof. Dr. Romain Chesnaux) |
Master theses: |
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| Austiano Yobele Bernard | Soil-Inorganic Nitrogen Changes in Rice Fields under Selected Crop Management Interventions and Hydrological Conditions in Kilombero Floodplain, Tanzania (Sokoine University – Prof. Method Kilasara, Forschungszentrum Jülich - Prof. Dr. Nicolas Brüggemann) |
| Henrik Bours | Irrigation Water Requirements in the Ewaso Narok Swamp in Laikipia, Kenya Using the CropWat Model and their Influence on Downstream River Discharges (Radboud University – Prof. Dr. Toine Smits, University of Duisburg-Essen - Dr. Gabriele Berberich) |
| Tilmann Christoph Brunnberg | Pest Screening in Smallholder Tomato Production: Comparison of Occurrence and Impactof Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.) on Tomato Production on Wetland Soils of Ewaso Narok at Different Stages of Cultivation (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Florian Grundler, Kenyatta University Nairobi - Dr. George M. Kariuki) |
| Stephen Daniel | Characterization of Soil Hydrological Properties in Agricultural Used Transect of the Kilombero Floodplain in Tanzania (The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology – Dr. Kelvin Mtei, University of Bonn - Dr. Constanze Leemhuis) |
| Michael Fuh | Implications of iron-toxic conditions on some contrasting rice genotypes at the reproductive stages (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Mathias Becker) |
| Tina Geißler | Hydrochemical characterization of the northeastern Kilombero catchment around Ifakara, Tanzania (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert) |
| Gesa Heinichen | Water use related conflicts and resource management around a small wetland in central Kenya (Ewaso Narok, Laikipia) (University of Cologne – Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig) |
| Kim Hußmann | Evaluation and numerical modeling of falling-head permeability tests in wetland piezometers, Uganda and Tanzania (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert) |
| Kornelia Kleißler | Assessment of areal drivers and pressures determining wetland degradation in East Africa (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger) |
| Katharina Liedtke | Geochemical and hydrogeological characterization of the northeastern Kilombero catchment around Ifakara, Tanzania (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert) |
| Yasmin Krohm | Seasonal soil N dynamics and contribution of valley slopes to matter fluxes in wetlands of Uganda. (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert & Prof. Dr. Mathias Becker) |
| Magdalene Mutumi Mwangi | Analysis of Factors Influencing Resource Use Behavior and Individual Rate of Time Preference among Ewaso Narok Wetland Users, Kenya (University of Nairobi – Dr. Cecilia Ritho, University of Bonn - Dr. Daniel Kyalo Willy) |
| Piotr Przysucha | Assessment of hydro-physical properties and development of a "false chronosequence" of anthropogenic influenced soils in wetland regions of Namulonge, Uganda (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger) |
| Bernd Schnäbeli | Tomatenanbau in Namulonge/Uganda: Pflanzenschutzpotentiale durch Sortenwahl (University of Bonn - Prof. Dr. U. Köpke & Dr. Daniel Neuhoff) |
| Patrik Veltins | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Assessment of temporary settlements in the Kilombero floodplains, Tanzania (University of Cologne – Prof. Dr. Michael Sturm & University of Bonn – Dr. Andrea Rechenburg) |
| Nicole Werstein | Geochemische Analyse von Nährstoffgehalten in Reisböden in Uganda (University of Mainz – Prof. Dr. Sabine Fiedler; University of Mainz - Dr. Kurt Emde) |
| Maximilian Wieczorek | Spatial distribution and sources of fluoride in groundwater of the north-eastern Kilombero floodplain, Tanzania (University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Barbara Reichert) |
| Anna Wörfel | Charakterisierung von Böden entlang einer Catena im Schwemmfächer des Lumemo im Kilombero Bassin in Tansania (University of Mainz – Prof. Dr. Sabine Fiedler; University of Mainz - Dr. Kurt Emde) |
| Martin Ziegler | Survey and Analysis of the Soil Moisture Dynamics in a Wetland (University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal – Prof. Dr. Frido Reinstorf & University of Bonn – Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger) |
Books: |
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| Mathias Becker, Miguel Alvarez, Kai Behn, Bodo M. Möseler, Collins Handa, Helida Oyieke, Salome Misana, Neema Mogha: |
Small wetlands in East Africa: A field guide to the representative flora. 2014. Selbstverlag, Bonn. Germany. 202 pp. ISBN 978-3-00-047349-4. |
Reports: |
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| GlobE-Wetlands |
Annual progress report (January 2017 – December 2017) |
| GlobE-Wetlands |
Annual progress report (January 2016 – December 2016) |
| GlobE-Wetlands |
Annual progress report (January 2015 – December 2015) |
| GlobE-Wetlands |
Annual progress report (January 2014 – December 2014) |
| GlobE-Wetlands |
Annual progress report (July 2013 – December 2013) |
Shared data set: |
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| Alvarez, Miguel et al. |
EA-Splist: Species list of East Africa (version for turboveg 2.118) |
| Alvarez, Miguel et al. |
EA-Splist: Species list of East Africa (version for taxlist package) |
