Experimental Plant Ecology

Complete publication list

2025

Morkvėnas Z, Arbeiter S, Kozulin A, Riauba G, Zhurauliou, Yakovich V & Tanneberger F
Successful translocation of a long-distant migrating passerine – new impetus for the conservation of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler. Animal Conservation.
https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.13018

2024

Sommer P, Lakner S, Nordt A, Tanneberger F & Wegmann J
Deriving a justified budget for peatland rewetting – Applying the German coal phase-out as a blueprint.
Land Use Policy 147: 107363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107363

Jaszczuk I, Jablonska E, Kozub L, Tanneberger F, Aggenbach C, Seeber E, van Diggelen R, Kreyling J, Silvennoinen HM & Kotowski W 
Peat formation potential of temperate fens increases with hydrological stability. 
Science of The Total Environment 947: 174617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174617

Tanneberger F, Berghöfer A, Brust K, Hammerich J, Holsten B, Joosten H, Michaelis D, Moritz F, Reichelt F, Schäfer A, Scheid A, Trepel M, Wahren A & Couwenberg J
Quantifying ecosystem services of rewetted peatlands - the MoorFutures methodologies.
Ecological Indicators 163, 112048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112048

Jurasinski G, Barthelmes A, Byrne KA, Chojnicki BH, Christiansen JR, Decleer K, Fritz C, Günther A, Huth V, Joosten H, Juszczak R, Juutinen S, Kasimir A, Klemedtsson L, Koebsch F, Kotowski W, Kull A, Lamentowicz M, Lindgren A, Lindsay R, Linkevičienė R, Lohila A, Mander Ü, Manton M, Minkkinen K, Peters J, Renou-Wilson F, Sendžikaitė J, Šimanauskienė R, Taminskas J, Tanneberger F, Tegetmeyer C, van Diggelen R, Vasander H, Wilson D, Zableckis N, Zak DH & Couwenberg J 
Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law. 
Ambio https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5

2023

Martens HR, Laage K, Eickmanns M, Drexler A, Heinsohn V, Wegner N, Muster C, Diekmann M, Seeber E, Kreyling J, Michalik P, Tanneberger F (2023)
Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands. 
Scientifc Reports 13:18091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44481-0

Elliott T, Thompson A, Klein A-M, Albert C, Eisenhauer N, Jansen F, Schneider A, Sommer M, Straka T, Settele J, Sporbert M, Tanneberger F & Mupele A-C (2023)
Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. 
Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13008

2022

Tanneberger F, Birr F, Couwenberg J, Kaiser M, Luthardt V, Nerger M, Pfister S, Oppermann R, Zeitz J, Beyer C, van der Linden S, Wichtmann W & Närmann F
Saving soil carbon, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity and the economy: paludiculture as sustainable land use option in German fen peatlands.
Regional Environmental Change 22:69.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-01900-8 

Reed MS, Curtis T, Kendall H, Gosal A, Pyndt Andersen S, Ziv G, Attlee A, Fitton R, Hay M, Gibson AC, Hume AC, Hill D, Mansfiel J, Martino S, Prior S, Rodgers C, Strange Olesen A, Rudman H, Tanneberger F
Integrating ecosystem markets to co-ordinate landscape-scale public benefits from nature. 
PLOS ONE.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258334 

Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, […], Tanneberger F, […] Nijs I, Lenoir J
Global maps of soil temperature. 
Global Change Biology.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060 

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

2021

Kreyling, J., Tanneberger, F., Jansen, F., van der Linden, S., Aggenbach, C., Blüml, V., Couwenberg, J., Emsens, W-J, Joosten, H., Klimkowska, A., Kotowski, W., Kozub, L., Lennartz, B., Liczner, Y., Liu, H., Michaelis, D., Oehmke, C., Parakenings, K., Pleyl, E., Poyda, A., Raabe, S., Röhl, M., Rücker, K., Schneider, A., Schrautzer, J., Schröder, C., Schug, F., Seeber, E., Thiel, F., Thiele, S., Tiemeyer, B., Timmermann, T., Urich, T., van Diggelen, R., Vegelin, K., Verbruggen, E., Wilmking, M., Wrage-Mönnig, N., Wołejko, L., Zak, D., Jurasinski, G.
Rewetting does not return drained fen peatlands to their old selves
Nature Communications 12/1
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25619-y

Tanneberger, F., Moen, A., Barthelmes, A., Lewis, E., Miles, L., Sirin, A., Tegetmeyer, C., Joosten, H.
Mires in Europe - Regional diversity, condition and protection.
Diversity 13: 381.
doi: 10.3390/d13080381

Kirpotin ,SN, Antoshkina ,OA, Berezin ,AE, Elshehawi ,S, Feurdean ,A, Lapshina ,ED, Pokrovsky ,OS, Peregon ,AM, Semenova ,NM, Tanneberger ,F, Volkov ,IV, Volkova ,IV & Joosten ,H (2021) Great Vasyugan Mire: How the World’s largest peatland helps addressing the World’s largest problems.
Ambio
doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01520-2

Hinzke, T., Tanneberger, F., Aggenbach, C., Dahlke, S., Knorr, K., Kotowski, W., Kozub, Ł., Lange, J., Li, G., Pronin, E., Seeber, E., Wichtmann, W., Kreyling, J.
Can nutrient uptake by Carex counteract eutrophication in fen peatlands?
Science of The Total Environment, 785
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147276

Hinzke, T., Li, G., Tanneberger, F., Seeber, E., Aggenbach, C., Lange, J., Kozub, Ł., Knorr, K.‐H., Kreyling, J., Kotowski, W.
Potentially peat‐forming biomass of fen sedges increases with increasing nutrient levels
Functional Ecology
doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13803

Tanneberger, F., Abel, S., Couwenberg, J., Dahms, T., Gaudig, G., Günther, A., Kreyling, J., Peters, J., Pongratz, J., Joosten, H.
Towards net zero CO₂ in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany
Mires and Peat, 27, 05, 17pp.
doi: 10.19189/MaP.2020.SNPG.StA.1951

2020

Tanneberger F, Appulo L, Ewert S, Lakner S, Ó Brolcháin N, Peters J & Wichtmann W
The Power of Nature-based Solutions: How Peatlands can Help us to Achieve Key EU Sustainability Objectives.
Advanced Sustainability Systems.
doi: 10.1002/adsu.202000146

Tanneberger F, Schröder C, Hohlbein M, Lenschow U, Permien T, Wichmann S & Wichtmann W
Climate change mitigation through land use on rewetted peatlands – cross-sectoral spatial planning for paludiculture in Northeast Germany.
Wetlands.
doi: 10.1007/s13157-020-01310-8

Arbeiter S, Flinks H, Grünwald J & Tanneberger F
Diet of corncrakes Crex crex and prey availability in relation to meadow management.
Ardea 108(1): 1-10
doi: 10.5253/arde.v108i1.a7

Emsens W-J, van Diggelen R, Aggenbach C, Cajthaml T, Frouz J, Klimkowska A, Kotowski, Kozub L, Liczner Y, Seeber E, Silvennoinen H, Tanneberger F, Vicena J, Wilk M & Verbruggen E
Recovery of fen peatland microbiomes and predicted functional profiles after rewetting.
The ISME Journal
doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0639-x

Jurasinski G, Ahmad S, Anadon-Rosell A, Berendt J, Beyer F, Bill R, Blume-Werry G, Couwenberg J, Günther A, Joosten H, Koebsch F, Köhn D, Koldrack N, Kreyling J, Leinweber P, Lennartz B, Liu H, Michaelis D, Mrotzek A, Negassa W, Schenk S, Schmacka F, Schwieger S, Smiljanić M, Tanneberger F, Teuber L, Urich T, Wang H, Weil M, Wilmking M, Zak D & Wrage-Mönnig N
From understanding to sustainable use of peatlands: The WETSCAPES approach.
Soil Systems 4, 14
doi: 10.3390/soilsystems4010014 

2018

Arbeiter S., Roth T., Helmecke A., Haferland H.J., Tanneberger F., Jochen Bellebaum J.
Conflict between habitat conservation and Corncrake Crex crex brood protection in managed floodplain meadows
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 265: 15–21
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.030

2017

Tanneberger F, Flinks H, Arbeiter S, Minets M & Hegemann A
Diet analysis of wetland passerine nestlings using neck collars or faecal sampling produces similar results 
Ardea 105(2): 145–152
DOI: 10.5253/arde.v105i2.a7

Tanneberger F, Tegetmeyer C, Busse S, Barthelmes A, Shumka S, Moles Mariné A, Jenderedjian K, Steiner GM, Essl F, Etzold J, Mendes C, Kozulin A, Frankard P, Milanović Đ, Ganeva A, Apostolova I, Alegro A, Delipetrou P, Navrátilová J, Risager M, Leivits A, Fosaa AM, Tuominen S, Muller F, Bakuradze T, Sommer M, Christanis K, Szurdoki E, Oskarsson H, Brink SH, Connolly J, Bragazza L, Martinelli G, Aleksāns O, Priede A, Sungaila D, Melovski L, Belous T, Saveljić D, de Vries F, Moen A, Dembek W, Mateus J, Hanganu J, Sirin A, Markina A, Napreenko M, Lazarević P, Šefferová Stanová V, Skoberne P, Heras Pérez P, Pontevedra-Pombal X, Lonnstad J, Küchler M, Wüst-Galley C, Kirca S, Mykytiuk O, Lindsay R & Joosten H
The peatland map of Europe
Mires and Peat 19, Article 22: 1–17
DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2016.OMB.264

Arbeiter S, Franke E, Helmecke A, Tanneberger F
Habitat preference of female Corncrakes Crex crex: implications for the conservation of breeding sites in a secretive species
Bird Study 64(2): 255-263
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2017.1318107

2015

Kloskowski J, Tanneberger F, Marczakiewicz P, Wisniewska A, Choynowska A
Optimal habitat conditions for the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in eastern Poland and their implications for fen management
Ibis 157(2): 406-412
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12247

Milne W, Banwart, SA, Noellemeyer E, Abson DJ, Ballabio C, Bampa F, Bationo A, Batjes NH, Bernoux M, Bhattacharyya T, Black H, Buschiazzo DE, Cai Z, Cerri CE, Cheng K, Compagnone C, Conant R, Coutinho HL, de Brogniez D, de Carvalho Balieiro F, Duffy C, Feller C, Fidalgo EC, Figueira da Silva C, Funk R, Gaudig G, Gicheru PT, Goldhaber M, Gottschalk P, Goulet F, Goverse T, Grathwohl P, Joosten H, Kamoni PT, Kihara J, Krawczynski R, La Scala Jr N, Lemanceau P, Li L, Li Z, Maron P-A, Martius C, Melillo J, Montanarella L, Nikolaidis N, Nziguheba G, Pan G, Pascual U, Paustian K, Piñeiro G, Powlson D, Quiroga A, Richter D, Sigwalt A, Six J, Smith J, Smith P, Stocking M, Tanneberger F, Termansen M, van Noordwijk M, van Wesemael B, Vargas R, Luiz Victoria R, Waswa B, Werner D, Wichmann S, Wichtmann W, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Zheng J, Zheng J
Soil Carbon, Multiple Benefits 
Environmental Development 13: 33-38
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2014.11.005

2014

Wichtmann W, Oehmke C, Bärisch S, Deschan F, Malashevich U & Tanneberger F
Combustibility of biomass from wet fens in Belarus and its potential as a substitute for peat in fuel briquettes
Mires and Peat 13: Article 06, 01-10
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Frick A, Tanneberger F, Bellebaum J
Model based selection of areas for the restoration of Acrocephalus paludicola habitats in NE Germany
Environmental Management 53(4): 728-738.
DOI 10.1007/s00267-014-0234-x

Völlm C & Tanneberger F
Shallow inundation favours decomposition of Phragmites australis leaves in a near-natural temperate fen
Mires and Peat 14: Article 6, 01-09
Link

Bonn A, Reed MS, Evans CD, Joosten H, Bain C, Farmer J, Emmer I, Couwenberg J, Moxey A, Artz R, Tanneberger F, von Unger M, Smyth M-A & Birnie D
Investing in nature: developing ecosystem service markets for peatland restoration
Ecosystem Services 9: 54-65
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.06.011

2013

Tanneberger F, Knöfler V, Linke W, Tegetmeyer C, Kloskowski J
Rapid changes in vegetation structure of Aquatic Warbler habitats in Pomerania - outcomes of targeted five year habitat management
Plant Diversity and Evolution 130(3-4): 303-313
DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2013/0130-0079

Tanneberger F, Bellebaum J, Helmecke A, Minets M
Nesting and foraging characteristics of the strongly declining Aquatic Warbler population in  Pomerania
Acta Ornithologica 48(1): 109-118
DOI: 10.3161/000164513X670061

2011

Couwenberg J, Thiele A, Tanneberger F, Augustin J, Bärisch S, Dubovik D, Liashchynskaya N, Michaelis D, Minke M, Skuratovich A, Joosten H
Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands using vegetation as a proxy
Hydrobiologia 674(1): 67-89.
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0729-x

Tanneberger F, Bellebaum J, Dylawerski M, Fartmann T, Jurzyk-Nordlöw S, Koska I, Tegetmeyer C, Wojciechowska M
Habitats of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) in Pomerania – site conditions, flora, and vegetation characteristics
Plant Diversity and Evolution 129(3–4): 253–273
DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2011/0129-0047

Oppel S, Pain DJ, Lindsell J, Lachmann L, Diop I, Tegetmeyer C, Donald PF, Anderson G, Bowden C, Tanneberger F, Flade M (2011)
High variation reduces the value of feather stable isotope ratios in identifying new wintering areas for aquatic warblers in West Africa
Journal of Avian Biology 42(4): 342-354
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05252.x

2010

Tanneberger F, Flade M, Preiksa Z, Schröder B
Habitat selection of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler at the western margin of the breeding range and implications for management
Ibis 152(2): 347-358
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01016.x

2009

Tanneberger F, Tegetmeyer C, Dylawerski M, Flade M, Joosten H
Commercially cut reed as a new and alternative breeding habitat for the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler
Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1475-1489
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9495-0

2008

Tanneberger F, Bellebaum J, Helmecke A, Fartmann T, Just P, Jehle P, Sadlik J
Rapid deterioration of aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola habitats at the western margin of its breeding range
Journal of Ornithology 149 (1):105-115.
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0241-2

2007

Schipper AM, Zeefat R, Tanneberger F, Van Zuidam JP, Hahne W, Schep S, Loos S, Bleuten W, Joosten H, Lapshina ED, Wassen MJ
Vegetation characteristics and eco-hydrological processes in a pristine mire in the Ob River valley (Western Siberia)
Plant Ecology 193(1):131–145
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9253-x

2005

Wassen MJ, Olde Venterink H, Lapshina ED, Tanneberger F (2005)
Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation
Nature 437 (7058): 547-551
DOI: 10.1038/nature03950

Selected books and book chapters

Gaudig G & Tanneberger F
Peatland science and conservation: Contributions of the Greifswald Mire Centre, Germany. In: Mueller L & Eulenstein F (eds) Current trends in landscape research.
Innovations in landscape research. Springer, Cham. pp. 611-629. (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30069-2_28

Sirin A, Minayeva T, Joosten H & Tanneberger F
3.3.2.8 Peatlands. In: IPBES: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia.
Rounsevell, M., Fischer, M., Torre-Marin Rando, A. and Mader, A. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany, pp. 217-220. (2018)

Tanneberger F & Kubacka J
The Aquatic Warbler Conservation Handbook
Brandenburg State Office for Environment (LfU), Potsdam. 260 p. (2018)

Bellebaum J & Tanneberger F
Schutz von Seggenrohrsänger, Wachtelkönig und Brenndoldenwiesen am Beispiel des Unteren Odertals
Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt Heft 161. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn - Bad Godesberg. 132 p. (2017)

Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt M-V
Umsetzung von Paludikultur auf landwirtschaftlich genutzten Flächen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Fachstrategie zur Umsetzung der nutzungsbezogenen Vorschläge des Moorschutzkonzeptes.
Erarbeitet von C. Schröder, M. Hohlbein, S. Wichmann, F. Tanneberger, U. Lenschow & T. Permien. Schwerin. 98 S. (2017)

Joosten H, Tanneberger F & Moen A (eds) 
Mires and peatlands of Europe: Status, distribution and conservation
Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, 730 p. (2017)

Joosten H, Gaudig G, Tanneberger F, Wichmann S & Wichtmann W
Paludicultures: Sustainable productive use of wet and rewetted peatlands
In: Bonn A, Allott T, Evans M, Joosten H & Stoneman R (eds.): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: science, practice, policy.
Cambridge University Press. pp. 339-357 (2016)

Wichtmann W, Kapitsa V, Tanneberger F & Tanovitskaja N
Belarus – Biomass from rewetted peatlands as a subsitute for peat and for promoting biodiversity
In: Wichtmann W., Schröder C & Joosten H (eds.) Paludiculture – productive use of wet peatlands. Climate protection – biodiversity – regional economic benefits
Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart. pp. 205-206 (2016)

Tanneberger F, Garkowski D & Krogulec J
Poland – Paludiculture for biodiversity and peatland protection
In: Wichtmann W., Schröder C & Joosten H (eds.) Paludiculture – productive use of wet peatlands. Climate protection – biodiversity – regional economic benefits
Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart. pp. 207-208 (2016)

Bachinger, J. Berger, G., Blocj, R., Deumlich, D., Freier, B., Funk, R., Glemnitz, M., Gottwald, F., Horn, H., Kersebaum, C., Kühne, S., Müller, K., Pfeffer, H., Plieninger, T., Podhora, A., Reckling, M., Reutter, M., Saure, C., Schleyer, C., Steidl, J., Stein-Bachinger, K., Tanneberger, F., Trepel, M., Wagener, E. & Wichmann, S.
Ökosystemleistungen in Agrarlandschaften
In: von Haaren, C. & Albert, C. (eds.): Naturkapital Deutschland
TEEB-DE. Ökosystemleistungen in Ländlichen Räumen. Hannover, Leipzig. pp. 45-146  (2016)

Bonn, A., Berghöfer, A., Couwenberg, J., Drösler, M., Jensen, R., Kantelhardt, J., Luthardt, V., Permien, T., Röder, N., Schaller, L., Schweppe-Kraft, B., Tanneberger, F., Trepel, M. & Wichmann, S.
Klimaschutz durch Wiedervernässung von kohlenstoffreichen Böden
In: Hartje, V., Wüstemann, H. & Bonn, A. (eds.): Naturkapital und Klimapolitik – Synergien und Konflikte. Technische Universität Berlin, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ. Berlin, Leipzig, pp. 124-147 (2015)

Joosten H, Brust K, Couwenberg J, Gerner A, Holsten B, Permien T, Schäfer A, Tanneberger F, Trepel M & Wahren A
MoorFutures® Integration of additional ecosystem services (including biodiversity) into carbon credits – standard, methodology and transferability to other regions
BfN-Skript 407. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 120 p. (2015) pdf

Joosten H, Gaudig G, Krawczynski R, Tanneberger F, Wichmann S & Wichtmann W
Managing Soil Carbon in Europe: paludicultures as new perspective for peatlands
In: Banwart SA, Noellemeyer E, Milne E (eds.) Soil Carbon: Science, management and policy for multiple benefits. SCOPE Series Vol. 71. CABI, Wallingford, UK. pp. 297-306 (2014)

Tanneberger F, Krogulec J & Gatkowski D
Managing wet fens for biodiversity conservation and sustainable biomass use. Using peatland biomass for fuel at Biebrza
In: Cris R, Buckmaster S, Bain C, Reed M (Eds) Global Peatland Restoration demonstrating SUCCESS. IUCN UK National Committee Peatland Programme, Edinburgh. pp. 26-27 (2014)

Dommain R, Barthelmes A, Tanneberger F, Bonn A, Bain C, Joosten H
Country-wise opportunities
In: Joosten H, Tapio-Biström M-L, Tol S (eds.) Peatlands - guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use. Mitigation of climate change in agriculture
Series 5. FAO and Wetlands International, Rome. pp. 45-84 (2012)

Tanneberger F & Wichtmann W (eds.)
Carbon credits from peatland rewetting. Climate – biodiversity – land use
Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. 223 p. (2011)

Tanneberger F & Wichtmann W (eds.)
Uglerodnye kredity i zabolachivanie degradirovannyh torfjanikov. Klimat – Bioraznoobrazie – Zemlepolzovanie
Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. 223 p. (2011)

• WETSCAPES 2.0 - sinks, links and legacies of novel ecosystems in rewetted fen landscapes (CRC/Transregio, 2025-2028)
   
• EO4ANK - Earth observation for the Natural Climate Protection Action Programme (BMUV, 2025-2027)
   
• MoorPower - sustainable and innovative photovoltaic solutions for rewetted peatlands (BMBF, 2024-2027)
   
• Paludi4All – Socio-economic and climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture (Horizon Europe, 2024-2029)
   
• PaludiAllianz - Development of scalable value chains with paludiculture biomass from rewetted peatlands in Germany in alliance with economic actors (BMEL, 2024-2026)
   
• PaludiZentrale – Central coordination of modell and demonstration projects for peat soil protection and paludiculture in Germany (BMEL, 2023-2032)
   
• CuliMoor - Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in rewetted peatlands and the assessment of the occurrence of zoonoses (Nationale Forschungsplattform für Zoonosen, 2022-2025)
   
• MoorNet - Technical monitoring of the implementation of the national peatland protection strategy and networking of the actors (BfN, 2022-2026)
   
• Sector targets – climate protection study for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LM M-V, 2022-2023)
   
• MoKKA – Capacity building for peatland climate protection (BMU/NKI, 2021-2024)
   
• toMOORow – Wet peatlands for a sustainable future (Umweltstiftung Michael Otto, 2021-2025)
   
• PRINCESS - Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and Society (ERA-Net/BMBF, 2021-2024)
   
• KLIBB - Klimaschonende, biodiversitätsfördernde Bewirtschaftung von Niedermoorböden (BfN, 2018-2019)
   
• INVESTIGATE - Improving national GHG inventories for organic soils and  mitigation potential of wet land use (European Climate Initiative EUKI, 2017-2018)
   
• REPEAT - Restoration and prognosis of peat formation in fens linking diversity in plant functional traits to soil biological and biogeochemical processes (ERA-Net/DFG, 2017-2019)
   
• WETSCAPES - Understanding turnover and exchange of matter in wetlands to foster better land  management, climate adaptation and protection of water bodies (excellence  initiative  of  the  German  federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2017-2020)
   
• Integrated Peatland Standard (TEEB Implementation) (BfN, 2011-2013)
   
• VIP - Vorpommern Initiative for Paludiculture (BMBF, 2010-2013)
   
• Habitat restoration and conservation for the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler using novel approaches in wet grassland management in Lower Oder Valley National Park (BfN, 2012-2016)
   
• The Pomeranian population of the Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) - habitat selection and management (DBU, 2005-2008)

since 2015
Director of the Greifswald Mire Centre

since 2012
Researcher at the University of Greifswald

2013 - 2014
Researcher at the Hemholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ

2009 - 2011
Freelance work for Landesumweltamt Brandenburg, Michael Succow Foundation 

2005 - 2008
PhD project at University of Greifswald 

2004 - 2005
Researcher at the University of Greifswald

1996 - 2003
Studies in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation at Universities of Greifswald und Reading/UK