Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS (peer reviewed)

2019
Jan, F., Schüler, L. and H. Behling (2019) Vegetation dynamics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwestern Pakistan, inferred from the Kabal Swat pollen record during the last 3300 years. Acta Palaeobotanica (accepted).


2018
Montade, V., Schüler, L.., Hemp, A., Bremond, L., Duarte, A. M. S., Behling, H., (2018) Late Quaternary ecotone change between subalpine and montane forest zone on the dry northern slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29:459-468.

Schüler, L., A. Hemp, and H. Behling. (2018) Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro. In C. Hemp, K. Böhning-Gaese, M. Fischer and A. Hemp (Ed.) The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change. Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes, pp 91-95. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-929907-96-4

Schüler, L. and A. Hemp (2018) A milestone in pollen identification – the East African Pollen and Spore Atlas. In C. Hemp, K. Böhning-Gaese, M. Fischer and A. Hemp (Ed) The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change. Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes, p 98. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-929907-96-4

Montade, V., Schüler, L., A. Hemp, and H. Behling. (2018) Does drought make a difference?. In C. Hemp, K. Böhning-Gaese, M. Fischer and A. Hemp (Ed). The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change. Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes, pp 96-97. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-929907-96-4

Sylvestre, F., M. Schuster, H. Vogel, M. Abdheramane, D. Ariztegui, U. Salzmann, A. Schwalb, N. Waldmann, and ICDP CHADRILL Consortium. 2018. The Lake CHAd Deep DRILLing project (CHADRILL) – targeting ∼ 10 million years of environmental and climate change in Africa. Scientific Drilling 24:71–78.


2016
Schüler, L., Hemp, A., (2016) Atlas of pollen and spores and their parent taxa of Mt Kilimanjaro and tropical East Africa. Quaternary International 425, 301-386.

Jan, F.,Schüler, L. & Behling, H. (2016) Vegetation and pollen along a 200-km transect in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, northwestern Pakistan. Palynology 14(3), 322-342.


2015
Jan F., Schüler L., Behling H. (2015) Trends of pollen grain size variation in C3 and C4 Poaceae species using pollen morphology for future assessment of grassland ecosystem dynamics. Grana: 54, 129-145.


2014
Schüler L., Hemp, A., Behling, H. (2014) Pollen-rain - vegetation relationship along an elevational gradient between 1900 and 3200 m on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The Holocene 24 (6), 702-713.

Schüler L., Hemp, A., Behling, H. (2014) Pollen-based temperature and precipitation inferences for the montane forest of Mt Kilimanjaro during the last Glacial and the Holocene. Climate of the Past Discussions 10, 195-234.

2012
Schüler L., Hemp, A., Zech, W., Behling, H. (2012) Vegetation, climate and fire-dynamics in East Africa inferred from the Maundi crater pollen record from Mt Kilimanjaro during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Quaternary Science Reviews 39, 1-13.

2011
Schüler L., Behling, H. (2011) Characteristics of Poaceae pollen grains as a tool to assess palaeoecological grassland dynamics in South America. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 (2), 97-108.

Schüler L., Behling, H. (2011) Poaceae pollen grain size as a tool to distinguish past grasslands in South America: a new methodological approach. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 20 (2), 83-96.

Behling, H., Jeske-Pieruschka, V., Schüler, L.., DePatta Pillar, V. (2009) Dinâmica dos campos no sul do Brasil durante o Quaternário tardio, p. 13-25. In: Pillar, V., Müller, S.C., Souza Castilhos, de Z.M., Jacques, A.V.Á. (eds). Campos Sulinos: conservação e uso sustentável da biodiversidade. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasilia/DF, 403pp.

DOCTORAL THESIS

2013
Schüler, L. (2013) Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro. Dissertation, University of Göttingen, GCBE - Göttingen Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology, Göttingen, 191 pp.


ONLINE CONTRIBUTION

2015
Future Earth Working Group: Positive impacts through land use change (2015) Comment to Mind meld - Interdisciplinary science must break down barriers between fields to build common ground. NATURE. http://www.nature.com/news/mind-meld-1.18353


CONFERENCE-, WORKSHOP- und SUMMERSCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

2017
Montade, V., Schüler, L., Hemp, A., Bremond, L., Behling, H.: Past vegetation dynamic from Mt. Kilimanjaro based on pollen and phytolith data comparison. Annual meeting of the Reinhold-Tüxen-Society, 29.9.-1.10.2017, Goettingen, Germany.

Montade, V., Schüler, L., Hemp, A., Bremond, L., Behling, H.: Altitudinal vegetation changes on the dry southern slope of the Mt. Kilimanjaro from the late glacial to the Holocene. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, 6.2.-10.2.2017, Brussels, Belgium.


2016
Montade, V., Schüler, L., Hemp, A., Behling, H.: Late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt. Kilimanjaro - comparing the wet northern with the dry southern slopes. XIV International Palynological Congress - X International Organisation of Palaeobotany Conference, 23-28 Oct 2016, Salvador, Brazil.

Schüler, L., Rucina, S.M., Hemp, A., Verschuren, D.: Vegetation and climate dynamics in the savanna of south-eastern Kenya: the 25ka BP pollen record from Lake Challa. European Conference of Tropical Ecology, 23.2.-26.2.2016, Göttingen, Germany

2015
Schüler,L., Rucina, S.M., Gelorini, V., Marchant, R., Hemp, A., Verschuren, D. (2015)Tracing 25,000 years of vegetation dynamics in the savanna of south-eastern Kenya: the pollen record from Lake Challa. GfOe Annual Meeting 2015, 31.8.-4.9.2015, Göttingen, Germany

Greiser, C., Schüler, L., Behling, H.: Does drought make a difference? Palaeo-environmental reconstructions at Mt. Kilimanjaro?s northern slopes. GTÖ Conference, April 2015, Zurich, Switzerland

2014
Schüler, L.: Quantitative climate reconstructions for the montane forest of Mt Kilimanjaro based on pollen analysis. BAYCEER Workshop, 2.10.2014, Universität Bayreuth (oral)

2013
Schüler, L.: Pollen-based temperature and precipitation inferences for the montane forest of Mt Kilimanjaro during the last Glacial and the Holocene using transfer functions. Workshop Analysis of Ecological and Palaeoecological Data with R, 6.-13.8.2013, University of Maine, USA (oral)

Rucina, S.M, Schüler, L., Gelorini, V., Marchant, R., Hemp, A., Verschuren, D.: 25,000 years of vegetation dynamics in the savanna of south-eastern Kenya: the pollen record from Lake Challa. Eastern African Quaternary Research Association (EAQUA) 4th Conference, 23.-27.7.2013, Nanyuki, Kenya.


2012
Schüler, L. and A. Hemp: Investigating modern and past vegetation around Lake Challa. ICDP (International Continental Scientific Drilling Program) workshop on scientific drilling of Lake Challa: the climatic and ecological history of equatorial East Africa, 10.-13.9.2012, Taveta, Kenia (oral)

Schüler, L., A. Hemp and H. Behling: Digging up the Past: ~80,000 years of late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt Kilimanjaro. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ), 22.-25.2.2012, Erlangen (oral)

2011
Schüler, L., A. Hemp and H. Behling: Late Quaternary vegetation, climate and fire-dynamics in East Africa inferred from the Maundi Crater pollen record from Mt Kilimanjaro. 10th International NCCR Climate Summer School "Climate Change, Extremes and Ecosystem Services", 4.-9.9. 2011, Grindelwald, Schweiz (poster)

Schüler, L. and H. Behling: Late Quaternary environmental dynamic on Mt Kilimanjaro inferred from the sediment core of the Maundi Crater. XVIII INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Science)-Congress, 21.-27.7.2011, Bern, Schweiz (oral)

Schüler, L., A. Hemp and H. Behling: A new method to investigate past grassland dynamics in South America based on Poaceae pollen grain size. XVIII INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Science)-Congress, 21.-27.7.2011, Bern, Schweiz (poster)

Schüler, L., A. Hemp, W. Zech and H. Behling: 80,000 yrs of late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt Kilimanjaro inferred from the sediment core of the Maundi Crater. ATBC (Association of Tropical Biology & Conservation), 12.-16.6.2011, Arusha, Tansania (oral)

2010
Schüler, L., A. Hemp and H. Behling: Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt Kilimanjaro. 5th ESA (European Space Agency) Earth Observation Summer School on Earth System Monitoring & Modelling, 2.-13.8.2010, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italien (poster)

Schüler, L., A. Hemp and H. Behling: Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt. Kilimanjaro - first results. Urbino Summer School of Palaeoclimatology, 9.-20.7.2010, Urbino, Italien (poster)

Schüler, L. and H. Behling: Characteristics of Poaceae pollen grains as a tool to assess palaeoecological grassland dynamics in South America. Internationales Lateinamerika Symposium, 17.-18.12.2010, Bonn (poster)

2009
Behling, H., V. Jeske-Pieruschka and L. Schüler: Investigación de los ecosistemas de gramíneas en America del Sur mediante caracteristicas de polen - un estudio piloto. Symposium "O Futuro dos Campos: Conservação y Uso Sustentável", 3.-5.8.2009, Porto Alegre/Brasilien (oral)

Schüler, L. and H. Behling: Assessing South American Grassland Dynamics in Space and Time using Poaceae Pollen Morphology. Joint Meeting of the Society of Tropical Ecology & The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (GTÖ/ATBC), 27.-30.7. 2009, Marburg (poster)

2008
Schüler, L. and H. Behling: Grassland dynamics in South America throughout space and time: a pollen morphological pilot study of Poaceae. Joint meeting of the European Ecological Federation (EEF) and the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, Switzerland (GFOE) "Biodiversity in an Ecosystem Context", 15.-19.9.2008, Leipzig (oral)

Schüler, L. and H. Behling: Grassland dynamics in South America throughout space and time: a pollen morphological pilot study of Poaceae. 12th International Palynological Congress (IPC) and 8th International Organisation of Palaeobotany Conference (IOPC), 30.8.-5.9.2008, Bonn (oral)

Jeske-Pieruschka, V., H. Behling and L. Schüler: Modern pollen rain-vegetation relationships on a forest-grassland transect in southern Brazi. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ), 27.-30.7.2008, Stuttgart-Hohenheim (poster)