Publications | Global freshwater biodiversity research

M. Schürz, A. Grigoropoulou, J.R. Garcia Marquez, T. Tomiczek, M. Floury, C. Schürz, G. Amatulli, H.-P. Grossart, S. Domisch (2023). hydrographr: an R package for scalable hydrographic data processing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, in press (equal contribution by M. Schürz and A. Grigoropoulou).

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P. Haase, D.E. Bowler, N.J. Baker, N. Bonada, S. Domisch, J.R.G. Marquez, J. Heino, D. Hering, S.C. Jähnig, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, R. Stubbington, F. Altermatt, M. Álvarez-Cabria, G. Amatulli, D. Angeler, G. Archambaud-Suard, I. Arrate Jorrín, T. Aspin, I. Azpiroz, I. Bañares, J. Barquín Ortiz, C.L. Bodin, L. Bonacina, R. Bottarin, M. Canedo-Arguelles, Z. Csabai, T. Datry, E. de Eyto, A. Dohet, G. Dörflinger, E. Drohan, K.A. Eikland, J. England, T.E. Eriksen, V. Evtimova, M.J. Feio, M. Ferréol, M. Floury, M. Forcellini, M. Eurie Forio, R. Fornaroli, N. Friberg, J.-F. Fruget, G. Georgieva, P. Goethals, M.A.S. Graça, W. Graf, A. House, K.-L. Huttunen, T.C. Jensen, R.K. Johnson, J.I. Jones, J. Kiesel, L. Kuglerová, A. Larranaga, P. Leitner, L. L'Hoste, M.-H. Lizée, A.W. Lorenz, A. Maire, J.A. Manzanos Arnaiz, B.G. McKie, A. Millán, D. Monteith, T. Muotka, J.F. Murphy, D. Ozolins, R. Paavola, P. Paril, F.J. Peñas, F. Pilotto, M. Polášek, J. Jessen Rasmussen, M. Rubio, D. Sánchez-Fernández, L. Sandin, R.B. Schäfer, A. Scotti, L.Q. Shen, A. Skuja, S. Stoll, M. Straka, H. Timm, V.G. Tyufekchieva, I. Tziortzis, Y. Uzunov, G:H. van der Lee, R. Vannevel, E. Varadinova, G. Varbiro, G. Velle, P.F.M. Verdonschot, R.C.M. Verdonschot, Y. Vidinova, P. Wiberg-Larsen, E.A.R. Welti (2023). The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature, 620, (7974).

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A. Brunner, J.R. Garcia Marquez, S. Domisch (2023). Downscaling future land cover scenarios for freshwater fish distribution models under climate change. in revision.

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Y. Torres-Cambas, Y.S. Megna, J.C. Salazar-Salina, Y.L. Diez, A. Catalá, A.D. Trapero-Quintana, B. Schröder-Esselbach, S. Domisch (2023). A database of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrence records across Cuba. Scientific Data, 10, 169.

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A. Grigoropoulou, S. Ab Hamid, R. Acosta, E.O. Akindele, S.A. Al-Shami, F. Altermatt, G. Amatulli, D.G. Angeler, F.O. Arimoro, J.Aroviita, A. Astorga-Roine, R. Costa Bastos, N. Bonada, N. Buckas, C. Brand, V. Bremerich, A. Bush, Q. Cai., M. Callisto, K. Chen, P. Vilela Cruz, O. Dangles, R. Death, X. Deng, E. Domínguez, D. Dudgeon, T.E. Eriksen, A. Justino Faria, M. João Feio, C. Fernández-Aláez, M. Floury, F. García-Criado, J. García-Girón, W. Graf, M. Gronroos, P. Haase, N. Hamada, F. He, J. Heino, R. Holzenthal, K.-L. Huttunen, D. Jacobsen, S.C. Jähnig, W. Jetz, R.K. Johnson, L. Juen, V. Kalkman, V. Kati, U.N. Keke, R. Koroiva, M. Kuemmerlen, S.D. Langhans, R. Ligeiro, K. Van Looy, A. Maasri, R. Marchant, J.R. Garcia Marquez, R. Tavares Martins, A.S. Melo, L. Metzeling, M.L. Miserendino, S.J. Moe, C. Molineri, T. Muotka, K.-R. Mustonen, H. Mykrä, J.M. Cavalcante do Nascimento, F. Valente-Neto, P.J. Neu, C. Nieto, S.U. Pauls, D.R. Paulson, B. Rios-Touma, M.E. Rodrigues, F. de Oliveira Roque, J. C. Salazar Salina, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, D. Narayan Shah, J.P. Simaika, T. Siqueira, R.D. Tachamo Shah, G. Theischinger, R. Thompson, J.D. Tonkin, Y. Torres-Cambas, C. Townsend, E. Turak, L. Twardochleb, B. Wang, L. Yanygina, C. Zamora-Munoz, S. Domisch (2023). The Global EPTO Database: worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects. Global Ecology and Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13648.

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F. Polazzo, S. Domisch, M. Flörke, A. Rico (2023). Modelling climate change impacts on the taxonomic and functional diversity of European stream macroinvertebrates: implications for water quality monitoring. in review.

M. Friedrichs-Manthey, S.D. Langhans, F. Borgwardt, T.Hein, H. Kling, P. Stanzel, S.C. Jähnig, S. Domisch (2023). Modelling 300 years of change for native fish species in the upper Danube River Basin – historical flow alterations versus future climate change. Diversity and Distributions, in review.

I. Soto, R.N. Cuthbert, D.A. Ahmed, Antonín Kouba, S. Domisch, J.R.G. Marquez, A. Beidas, G. Amatulli, J.Kiesel, L.Q. Shen, M. Florencio, H. Lima, E. Briski, F. Altermatt, G. Archambaud-Suard, P. Borza, Z. Csabai, T. Datry, M. Floury, M. Forcellini, J.-F. Fruget, P. Leitner, M.-H. Lizée, A. Maire, A. Ricciardi, R.B. Schäfer, R. Stubbington, G.H. Van der Lee, G. Varbiro, R.C.M. Verdonschot, P. Haase, P.J. Haubrock (2023). Tracking a killer shrimp: Dikerogammarus villosus invasion dynamics across Europe. Diversity and Distributions, 29, 157-172.

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I. Soto, D.A. Ahmed, A. Beidas, F.J. Oficialdegui, E. Tricarico, D.G. Angeler, G. Amatulli, E. Briski, T. Datry, A. Dohet, S. Domisch, J. England, M.J. Feio, M. Forcellini, R.K. Johnson, J.I. Jones, A. Larranaga, L. L'Hoste, J.F. Murphy, R.B. Schäfer, L.Q. Shen, A. Kouba, P.J. Haubrock (2023). Long-term trends in crayfish invasions across European rivers. Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161537.

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G. Amatulli, J.R. Garcia Marquez, T. Sethi, J. Kiesel, A. Grigoropoulou, M. Üblacker, L. Shen, S. Domisch (2022). Hydrography90m: A new high-resolution global hydrographic dataset. Earth System Science Data, 14, 4525–4550.

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D. Numberger, L. Zoccarato, J. Woodhouse, L. Ganzert, S. Sauer, J.R.G. Marquez, S. Domisch, H.-P. Grossart, A.D. Greenwood (2022). Urbanization promotes specific bacteria in freshwater microbiomes including potential pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 845, 157321.

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P.J. Haubrock, D.A. Ahmed, R.N. Cuthbert, R. Stubbington, S. Domisch, J.R.G. Marquez, A. Beidas, G. Amatulli, J. Kiesel, L.Q. Shen, I. Soto, D.G. Angeler, N. Bonada, M. Canedo-Arguelles, Z. Csabai, T. Datry, E. de Eyto, A. Dohet, E. Drohan, J. England, M.K. Feio, M.A.E. Forio, P. Goethals, W. Graf, J. Heino, E.J. Hudgins, S.C. Jähnig, R.K. Johnson, A. Larranaga, P. Leitner, L. L'Hoste, M.H. Lizee, A. Maire, J.J. Rasmussen, R.B. Schäfer, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, R. Vannevel, G. Varbiro, P. Wiberg-Larsen, P. Haase (2022). Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European-wide introduced species. Global Change Biology, 28, 15.

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A. Grigoropoulou, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, C. Múrria (2022). Incongruent latitudinal patterns of taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity reveal different drivers of caddisfly community assembly across spatial scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 5, 1006-1020.

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A. Maasri, S.C. Jähnig, M.C. Adamescu, R. Adrian, C. Baigun, D. J. Baird, A. Batista-Morales, N. Bonada, L.E. Brown, J.V. Campos-Silva, V. Clausnitzer, T. Contreras-MacBeath, S.J. Cooke, T. Datry, G. Delacamara, L. De Meester, K.B. Dijkstra, V.T. Do, S. Domisch, D. Dudgeon, T. Eros, H. Freitag, J. Freyhof, J. Friedrich, M. Friedrichs-Manthey, J. Geist, M.O. Gessner, P. Goethals, M. Gollock, C. Gordon, H.P. Grossart, G. Gulemvuga, P.E. Gutierrez-Fonseca, P. Haase, D. Hering, H.K. Hahn, C.P. Hawkins, F. He, J. Heino, V. Hermoso, Z. Hogan, F. Hölker, J.M. Jeschke, M. Jiang, R.K. Johnson, G. Kalinkat, B.K. Karimov, A. Kasangaki, I.A. Kimirei, B. Kohlmann, M. Kuemmerlen, J.K. Kuiper, B. Kupilas, S.D. Langhans, R. Lansdown, F. Leese, F.S. Magbanua, S.S. Matsuzaki, M.T. Monaghan, L. Mumladze, J. Muzon, P.A. Mvogo Ndongo, J.C. Nejstgaard, O. Nikitina, C. Ochs, O.N. Odume, J.J. Opperman, H. Patricio, S.U. Pauls, R. Raghavan, A. Ramirez, B. Rashni, V. Ross-Gillespie, M.J. Samways, R.B. Schäfer, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, O. Seehausen, D.N. Shah, S. Sharma, J. Soininen, N. Sommerwerk, J.D. Stockwell, F. Suhling, R.D. Tachamo Shah, R.E. Tharme, J.H. Thorp, D. Tickner, K. Tockner, J.D. Tonkin, M. Valle, J. Vitule, M. Volk, D. Wang, C. Wolter, S. Worischka (2022). A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research. Ecology Letters, 25, 2.

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M. Harper, H.S. Mejbel, D. Longert, R. Abell, T.D. Beard, J.R. Bennett, S.M. Carlson, W. Darwall, A. Dell, S. Domisch, D. Dudgeon, J. Freyhof, I. Harrison, K.A. Hughes, S.C. Jähnig, J.M. Jeschke, R. Lansdown, M. Lintermans, A.J. Lynch, H.M.R. Meredith, S. Molur, J.D. Olden, S.J. Ormerod, H. Patricio, A.J. Reid, A. Schmidt-Kloiber, M. Thieme, D. Tickner, E. Turak, O.L.F. Weyl, S.J. Cooke (2021). Twenty-five essential research questions to inform the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31, 9.

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S. Gupta, S.D. Langhans, S. Domisch, F. Fuso-Nerini, A. Felländer, M. Battaglini, M. Tegmark, R. Vinuesa (2021). Assessing whether artificial intelligence is an enabler or an inhibitor of sustainability. Transportation Engineering, 4, 100064.

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A. Burian, Q. Mauvisseau, M. Bulling, S. Domisch, S. Qian, M. Sweet (2021). Improving the reliability of eDNA data interpretation. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21, 5.

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D.J. MacGuigan, C.W. Hoagstrom, S. Domisch, C.D. Hulsey, T.J. Near (2021). Integrative species delimitation: testing the efficacy of the multispecies coalescent model in the Greenthroat Darter complex (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Zoologica Scripta, 50, 707-733.

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S.C. Jähnig, V. Baranov, F. Altermatt, P. Cranston, M. Friedrichs‐Manthey, J. Geist, F. He, J. Heino, D. Hering, F. Hölker, J. Jourdan, G. Kalinkat, J. Kiesel, F. Leese, A. Maasri, M.T. Monaghan, R.B. Schäfer, K. Tockner, J.D. Tonkin, S. Domisch (2021). Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity. WIREs Waters, 2021;8:e1506.

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G. Amatulli, D. McInerney, T. Sethi, P. Strobl, S. Domisch (2020). Geomorpho90m, empirical evaluation and accuracy assessment of global high-resolution geomorphometric layers. Scientific Data, 7, 162.

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L.Q. Shen, G. Amatulli, T. Sethi, P. Raymond, S. Domisch (2020). Estimating nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in streams and rivers, within a machine learning framework. Scientific Data, 7, 161.

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K. Kakouei, S. Domisch, J. Kiesel, J. Kail, S.C. Jähnig (2020). Climate model variability leads to uncertain predictions of the future abundance of stream macroinvertebrates. Scientific Reports, 10, 2520.

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M. Friedrichs-Manthay, S.D. Langhans, T. Hein, F. Borgwardt, H. Kling, S.C. Jähnig, S. Domisch (2020). From topography to hydrology - the modifiable area unit problem impacts freshwater species distribution models. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 2956-2968.

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M. Friedrichs-Manthay, S.D. Langhans, T. Hein, F. Borgwardt, H. Kling, S.C. Jähnig, S. Domisch (2020). Art-Areal-Modellierung für Fischarten im Einzugsgebiet der oberen Donau: Aspekte zur Interpretation der Projektionen. Wasserwirtschaft, 2-3, 38-40.

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R. Vinuesa, H. Azizpour, I. Leite, M. Balaam, V. Dignum, S. Domisch, A. Felländer, S.D. Langhans, M. Tegmark, F. Fuso-Nerini (2020). The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Communications, 11, 233.

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F. He, N. Wu, X. Dong, T. Tang, S. Domisch, Q. Cai., S.C. Jähnig (2020). Elevation, aspect, and local environment jointly determine diatom and macroinvertebrate diversity in the Hengduan Mountains region. Ecological Indicators, 108, 105618.

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N. Schuwirth, F. Borgwardt, S. Domisch, M. Friedrichs-Manthay, M. Kattwinkel, D. Kneis, M. Kuemmerlen, S.D. Langhans, J. Martinez-Lopez, P. Vermeiren (2019). How to make ecological models useful for environmental management. Ecological Modelling, 411, 108784.

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S.D. Langhans, S. Domisch, S. Balbi, G. Delacamara, V. Hermoso, M. Kuemmerlen, R. Martin, J. Martinez-Lopez, P. Vermeiren, F. Villa, S.C. Jähnig (2019). Combining eight research areas to foster the uptake of ecosystem-based management in fresh waters. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, (29), 7.

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S. Domisch, M. Friedrichs, T. Hein, F. Borgwardt, A. Wetzig, S.C. Jähnig, S.D. Langhans (2019). Spatially explicit species distribution models: A missed opportunity in conservation planning?. Diversity and Distributions (25), 758–769.

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M. Perez Rocha, L.M. Bini, S. Domisch, K.T. Tolonen, J. Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, J. Soininen, J. Hjort, J. Heino (2018). Local environment and space drive multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate beta diversity. Journal of Biogeography (45), 2744-2754.

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G. Amatulli, S. Domisch, J. Kiesel, T. Sethi, D. Yamazaki, P. Raymond (2018). High-resolution stream network delineation using digital elevation models: assessing the spatial accuracy. PeerJ Preprints (6), e27109v1.

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G. Amatulli, S. Domisch, M.-N. Tuanmu, B. Parmentier, A. Ranipeta, K. Malczyk, W. Jetz (2018). A suite of global, cross-scale topographic variables for environmental and biodiversity modeling. Scientific Data (5), 180040.

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K.S. Irving, M. Kuemmerlen, J. Kiesel, K. Kakouei, S. Domisch, S.C. Jähnig (2018). A high-resolution streamflow and hydrological metrics dataset for ecological modeling using a regression model. Scientific Data (5), 180224.

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K. Kakouei, J. Kiesel, S. Domisch, K.S. Irving, S.C. Jähnig, J. Kail (2018). Projected effects of Climate-change-induced flow alterations on stream macroinvertebrate abundances. Ecology and Evolution (8), 3393-3409.

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S. Domisch, K. Kakouei, J. Martinez-Lopez, K.J. Bagstad, A. Magrach, S. Balbi, F. Villa, A. Funk, T. Hein, F. Borgwardt, V. Hermoso, S.C. Jähnig, S.D. Langhans (2018). Social equity shapes zone-selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the transboundary Danube River Basin. Science of the Total Environment, (656), 797-807.

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D.E. Bowler, P. Haase, C. Hof, I. Kröncke, L. Baert, W. Dekoninck, S. Domisch, F. Hendrickx, T. Hickler, H. Neumann, R.B. O'Hara, A.F. Sell, M. Sonnewald, S. Stoll, M. Turkay, R. van Klink, O. Schweiger, R. Vermeulen, K. Böhning-Gaese (2017). Cross-taxa generalities in the relationship between population abundance and ambient temperatures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (284), 20170870.

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S. Domisch, F.T. Portmann, M. Kuemmerlen, R.B. O'Hara, R.K. Johnson, J. Davy-Bowker, T. Baekken, C. Zamora-Munoz, M. Sainz-Bariain, N. Bonada, P. Haase, P. Döll, S.C. Jähnig (2017). Using streamflow observations to estimate the impact of hydrological regimes and anthropogenic water use on European stream macroinvertebrate occurrences. Ecohydrology (10), e1895.

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D.E. Bowler, C. Hof, P. Haase, I. Kröncke, O. Schweiger, R. Adrian, L. Baert, H.G. Bauer, T. Blick, R.W. Brooker, W. Dekoninck, S. Domisch, R. Eckmann, F. Hendrickx, T. Hickler, S. Klotz, A. Kraberg, I. Kühn, S. Matesanz, A. Meschede, H. Neumann, R.B. O'Hara, D.J. Russell, A.F. Sell, M. Sonnewald, S. Stoll, A. Sundermann, O. Tackenberg, M. Turkay, F. Valladares, K. van Herk, R. van Klink, R. Vermeulen, K. Voigtlander, R. Wagner, E. Welk, M. Wiemers, K.H. Wiltshire, K. Böhning-Gaese (2017). Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends. Nature Ecology & Evolution (1), 0067.

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S.C. Jähnig, J. Tonkin, M. Gies, S. Domisch, D. Hering, P. Haase (2017). Severity Multipliers as a Methodology to Explore Potential Effects of Climate Change on Stream Bioassessment Programs. Water (9), 188.

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S. Domisch, A.M. Wilson, W. Jetz (2016). Model-based integration of observed and expert-based information for assessing the geographic and environmental distribution of freshwater species. Ecography (39), 1078-1088.

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S. Domisch, G. Amatulli, W. Jetz (2015). Near-global freshwater-specific environmental variables for biodiversity analyses in 1 km resolution. Scientific Data (2), 150073.

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S. Domisch, S.C. Jähnig, J.P. Simaika, M. Kuemmerlen, S. Stoll (2015). Incongruent latitudinal patterns of taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity reveal different drivers of caddisfly community assembly across spatial scales. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (186), 45–61.

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M. Kuemmerlen, T. Petzoldt, S. Domisch (2015). Ecological models in freshwater ecosystems. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie (186), 1-3.

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D.N. Shah, S. Domisch, S.U. Pauls, P. Haase, S.C. Jähnig (2014). Current and future latitudinal gradients in stream macroinvertebrates richness across North America. Freshwater Science (33), 1136-1147.

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S. Domisch, M. Kuemmerlen, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase (2013). Choice of study area and predictors affect habitat suitability projections, but not the performance of species distribution models of stream biota. Ecological Modelling (257), 1-10.

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S. Domisch, M.B. Araujo, N. Bonada, S.U. Pauls, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase (2013). Modelling distribution in European stream macroinvertebrates under future climates. Global Change Biology (19), 3, 752-62.

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J.P. Simaika, M.J. Samways, J. Kipping, F. Suhling, K.D.B. Dijkstra, V. Clausnitzer, J.P. Boudot, S. Domisch (2013). Continental-scale conservation prioritization of African dragonflies. Biological Conservation (157), 245-254.

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J. Sauer, S. Domisch, C. Nowak, P. Haase (2012). Modelling of riverine ecosystems by integrating models: conceptual approach, a case study and research agenda. Journal of Biogeography (39), 12, 2253-2263.

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M. Kuemmerlen, S. Domisch, B. Schmalz, Q. Cai., N. Fohrer, S.C. Jähnig (2012). Integrierte Modellierung von aquatischen Ökosystemen in China: Arealbestimmung von Makrozoobenthos auf Einzugsgebietsebene - Integrated modelling of aquatic ecosystems in China: Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates at catchment scale. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung (56), 185-192.

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R.D.T. Shah, D.N. Shah, S. Domisch (2012). Range shifts of a relict Himalayan dragonfly in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region under climate change scenarios. International Journal of Odonatology (15), 209-222.

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J. Sauer, S. Domisch, C. Nowak, P. Haase (2011). Low mountain ranges: summit traps for montane freshwater species under climate change. Biodiversity and Conservation (20), 3133-3146.

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M. Balint, S. Domisch, C.H.M. Engelhardt, P. Haase, S. Lehrian, J. Sauer, K. Theissinger, S.U. Pauls, C. Nowak (2011). Cryptic biodiversity loss linked to global climate change. Nature Climate Change (1), 313-318.

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S. Domisch, S.C. Jähnig, P. Haase (2011). Climate-change winners and losers: stream macroinvertebrates of a submontane region in Central Europe. Freshwater Biology (56), 2009-2020.

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