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Publications Wolfgang Cramer

ISI-journal articles and reviewed book chapters

(contact me or Gitta Krukenberg for reprints of any of these papers)

Papers in press

Mace GM, Cramer W, Diaz S, Faith DP, Larigauderie A, Le Prestre P, Palmer M, Perrings C, Scholes RJ, Walpole M, Walther BA, Watson JA & Mooney HA in press Biodiversity targets after 2010. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Meyn A, Schmidtlein S, Taylor SW, Girardin MP, Thonicke K & Cramer W in press Trends in wildfire and summer drought in British Columbia, Canada, 1920-2000. Int J Wildl Fire
Papers in press and available online

Poulter B, Aragão L, Heyder U, Gumpenberger M, Heinke J, Langerwisch F, Rammig A, Thonicke K & Cramer W in press Net biome production of the Amazon Basin in the 21st century. Gl Chg Biol, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02064.x

Poulter B, Hattermann F, Hawkins E, Zaehle S, Sitch S, Restrepo-Coupe N, Heyder U & Cramer W in press Robust dynamics of Amazon dieback to climate change with perturbed ecosystem model parameters. Gl Chg Biol, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02157.x
2010
[111] Gumpenberger M, Vohland K, Heyder U, Poulter B, Macey K, Rammig A, Popp A & Cramer W 2010 Predicting pan-tropical climate change induced forest stock gains and losses - implications for REDD. Env Res Lett 5 014013, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014013
[110] Meyn A, Taylor SW, Flannigan MD, Thonicke K & Cramer W 2010 Relationship between fire, climate oscillations, and drought in British-Columbia, Canada, 1920-2000. Gl Chg Biol 16(3):977-989, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02061.x
2009
[109] Kuhlbrodt T, Rahmstorf S, Zickfeld K, Vikebø F, Sundby S, Hofmann M, Link PM, Bondeau A, Cramer W & Jaeger C 2009 An integrated assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation. Clim Chg 96(4):489-537, doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9561-y
[108] Poulter B & Cramer W 2009 Satellite remote sensing of tropical forest canopy dynamics. Int J Rem Sens 30(24):6575-6590, doi: 10.1080/01431160903242005
[107] Poulter B, Heyder U & Cramer W 2009 Modelling the sensitivity of the seasonal cycle of GPP to dynamic LAI and soil depths in tropical rainforests. Ecosystems 12:517–533, doi: 10.1007/s10021-009-9238-4
2008
[106] Cramer W 2008 Global change impacts on the biosphere. In: Jørgensen SE & Fath BD (eds) Global Ecology, pp 1736-1741, Elsevier, Oxford
[105] Cramer W, Fritsch U, Leemans R, Lütkemeier S, Schröter D & Watt A 2008 Training future experts in "biodiversity and ecosystem services" - a progress report. Reg Env Chg 8:125-134, doi: 10.1007/s10113-008-0054-8
[104] Gerten D, Luo Y, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Keough C, Weng E, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Sowerby A, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L 2008 Modelled effects of precipitation, on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Gl Chg Biol 14:1-15, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01651.x
[103] Kühn I, Cramer W, Böhning-Gaese K & Klotz S 2008 Macroecology meets global change research. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 17:3-4, doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00377.x
[102] Luo Y, Gerten D, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Weng E, Zhou X, Keough C, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Emmett B, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L 2008 Modelled interactive effects of precipitation, temperature, and [CO2] on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Gl Chg Biol 14:1986-1999, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01629.x
[101] Metzger M, Schröter D, Leemans R & Cramer W 2008 A spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of ecosystem service change in Europe. Reg Env Change 8:91-107, doi: 10.1007/s10113-008-0044-x
2007
[100] Bondeau A, Smith PC, Zaehle S, Schaphoff S, Lucht W, Cramer W, Gerten D, Lotze-Campen H, Müller C, Reichstein M, Smith B 2007 Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance. Gl Ch Biol 13:679-706, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01305.x (46/11.50)
[99] Müller C, Eickhout B, Zaehle S, Bondeau A, Cramer W & Lucht W 2007 Effects of changes in CO2, climate, and land use on the carbon balance of the land biosphere during the 21st century. J Geophys Res 112, G02032, doi: 10.1029/2006JG000388
[98] Prentice IC, Bondeau A, Cramer W, Harrison SP, Hickler T, Lucht W, Sitch S, Smith B & Sykes MT 2007 Dynamic global vegetation modelling: quantifying terrestrial ecosystem responses to large-scale environmental change. Chapter 15 in: Canadell JP, Pataki D & Pitelka LF (eds.) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
[97] Reichstein M, Ciais P, Papale D, Valentini R, Running S, Viovy N, Cramer W, Granier A, Ogée J, Allard V, Aubinet M, Bernhofer C, Buchmann N, Carrara A, Grünwald T, Heimann M, Heinesch B, Knohl A, Kutsch W, Loustau D, Manca G, Matteucci G, Miglietta F, Ourcival JM, Pilegaard K, Pumpanen J, Rambal S, Schaphoff S, Seufert G, Soussana J-F, Sanz M-J, Vesala T & Zhao M 2007 Reduction of ecosystem productivity and respiration during the European summer 2003 climate anomaly: a joint flux tower, remote sensing and modelling analysis. Gl Ch Biol 13:634-651, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01224.x (42/10.50)
[96] Zaehle S, Bondeau A, Carter TR, Cramer W, Erhard M, Prentice IC, Reginster I, Rounsevell MDA, Sitch S, Smith B, Smith PC & Sykes M 2007 Projected changes in terrestrial carbon storage in Europe under climate and land use change, 1990-2100. Ecosystems 10:380-401, doi: 10.1007/s10021-007-9028-9 (11/2.75)
2006
[95] Cramer W 2006 Air pollution and climate change both reduce Indian rice harvests. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103(52):19609-19610, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0610075103
[94] Lucht W, Schaphoff S, Erbrecht T, Heyder U & Cramer W 2006 Terrestrial vegetation redistribution and carbon balance under climate change. C Bal Mgmt 1:6, doi: 10.1186/1750-0680-1-6 (open access)
[93] Müller C, Bondeau A, Lotze-Campen H, Cramer W & Lucht W 2006 Comparative impact of climatic and non-climatic factors on global terrestrial carbon and water cycles. Gl Biogeo Cycl 20, GB4015, doi: 10.1029/2006GB002742
[92] Schaphoff S, Lucht W, Gerten D, Sitch S, Cramer W & Prentice IC 2006 Terrestrial biosphere carbon storage under alternative climate projections. Clim Chg 74:97-122, doi: 10.1007/s10584-005-9002-5 (28/5.60)
[91] Thonicke K & Cramer W 2006 Long-term trends in vegetation dynamics and forest fires in Brandenburg (Germany) under a changing climate. Nat Haz 38(1-2):283-300, doi: 10.1007/s11069-005-8639-8
[90] Zaehle S, Sitch S, Prentice IC, Liski J, Cramer W, Erhard M, Hickler T & Smith B 2006 The importance of age-related decline in forest NPP for modeling regional carbon balances. Ecol Appl 16(4):1555-1574, doi: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1555:TIOADI]2.0.CO;2 (17/3.40)
2005
[89] Alcamo J, Van Vuuren D, Cramer W, Alder J, Bennett E, Carpenter S, Christensen V, Foley J, Maerker M, Masui T, Morita T, O’Neill B, Peterson G, Ringler C, Rosegrant M, Schulze K, Bouwman L, Eickhoudt B, Floerke M, Lal R & Takahashi K 2005 Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios. Chapter 9 in Carpenter S, Pingali PL, Bennett EM & Zurek MB (eds.) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Scenarios, Volume 2, Findings of the Scenarios Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press, Washington, Covelo, London, Pp. 297-373.
[88] Alcamo J, Van Vuuren D, Ringler C, Cramer W, Masui T, Alder J & Schulze K 2005 Changes in Nature’s Balance Sheet: Model-based Estimates of Future Worldwide Ecosystem Services Ecol Soc 10(2): 19. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss2/art19/ (19/3.80)
[87] Cramer W, Bondeau A, Schaphoff S, Lucht W, Smith B & Sitch S 2005 Twenty-first century atmospheric change and deforestation: potential impacts on tropical forests. Chapter 2 in: Malhi Y & Phillips OL (eds.) Tropical Forests & Global Atmospheric Change. Oxford University Press. Pp 17-30. (revised book chapter version of paper #78)
[86] DeFries R, Pagiola S, Adamowicz WL, Akçakaya HR, Arcenas A, Babu S, Balk D, Confalonieri U, Cramer W, Falconí F, Fritz S, Green R, Gutiérrez-Espeleta E, Hamilton K, Kane R, Latham J, Matthews E, Ricketts T, Xiang Yue T, Ash N & Thönell J 2005 Analytical approaches for assessing ecosystem condition and human well-being. Chapter 2 in Hassan R, Scholes R & Ash N (eds.) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1, Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press, Washington, Covelo, London, Pp. 37-71.
[85] Gerten D, Haberlandt U, Cramer W & Erhard M. 2005 Terrestrial Carbon and Water Fluxes. Chapter 12 in: Hantel M. (ed.) Observed Global Climate, Landolt-Börnstein New Series V/6. Pp 12-1 - 12-17, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
[84] Gerten D, Lucht W, Schaphoff S, Cramer W, Hickler T & Wagner W 2005 Hydrologic resilience of the terrestrial biosphere. Geophys Res Lett 32(21):L21408, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024247 (17/2.83)
[83] Nakicenovic N, McGlade J, Ma Shiming, Alcamo J, Bennett E, Cramer W, Robinson J, Toth FI & Zurek M 2005 Lessons learned for scenario analysis. Chapter 13 in Carpenter S, Pingali PL, Bennett EM & Zurek MB (eds.) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Scenarios, Volume 2, Findings of the Scenarios Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press, Washington, Covelo, London, Pp. 449-467
[82] Reichstein M, Kätterer T, Andrén O, Ciais P, Schulze E-D, Cramer W, Papale D & Valentini R 2005 Temperature sensitivity of decomposition in relation to soil organic matter pools: critique and outlook. Biogeosci 2:317-321 (30/6.00)
[81] Schröter D, Cramer W, Leemans R, Prentice IC, Araújo MB, Arnell NW, Bondeau A, Bugmann H, Carter TR, Garcia CA, de la Vega-Leinert AC, Erhard M, Ewert F, Glendining M, House JI, Kankaanpää S, Klein RJT, Lavorel S, Lindner M, Metzger MJ, Meyer J, Mitchell TD, Reginster I, Rounsevell M, Sabaté S, Sitch S, Smith B, Smith J, Smith P, Sykes MT, Thonicke K, Thuiller W, Tuck G, Zaehle S, Zierl B 2005 Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe. Science 310(25.11.2005):1333-1337, doi: 10.1126/science.1115233 (142/23.67)
before 2005
[80] Brovkin V, Sitch S, Von Bloh W, Claussen M, Bauer E & Cramer W 2004 Role of land cover changes for atmospheric CO2 increase and climate change during the last 150 years. Gl Ch Biol 10:1-14, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00812.x (43/6.14)
[79] Cramer W, Bondeau A, Schaphoff S, Lucht W, Smith B & Sitch S 2004 Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle: Impacts of atmospheric CO2, climate change and rate of deforestation. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 359:331-343, doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1428 (50/7.14)
[78] Huntley B, Green RE, Collingham YC, Hill JK, Willis SG, Bartlein PJ, Cramer W, Hagemeijer WJM & Thomas CJ 2004 The performance of models relating species geographical distributions to climate is independent of trophic level. Ecol Lett 7:417-426, doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00598.x (63/9.00)
[77] Bigelow NH, Brubaker LB, Edwards ME, Harrison SP, Prentice IC, Anderson PM, Andreev AA, Bartlein PJ, Christensen TR, Cramer W, Kaplan JO, Lozhkin AV, Matveyeva NV, Murray DF, McGuire AD, Razzhivin VY, Ritchie JC, Smith B, Walker DA, Gajewski K, Wolf V, Holmqvist BH, Igarashi Y, Kremenetskii K, Paus A, Pisaric MFJ & Volkova VS 2003 Climate change and Arctic ecosystems: I. Vegetation changes north of 55 °N between the last glacial maximum, mid-Holocene and present. J Geophys Res 108 (D19), 8170, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002558 (44/5.50)
[76] Kaplan JO, Bigelow NH, Prentice IC, Harrison SP, Bartlein PJ, Christensen TR, Cramer W, Matveyeva NV, McGuire AD, Murray DF, Razzhivin VY, Smith B, Walker DA, Anderson PM, Andreev AA, Brubaker LB, Edwards ME & Lozhkin AV 2003 Climate change and Arctic ecosystems: II. Modeling, paleodata-model comparisons, and future projections. J Geophys Res 108(D19), 8171, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002559 (66/8.25)
[75] Sitch S, Smith B, Prentice IC, Arneth A, Bondeau A, Cramer W, Kaplan JO, Levis S, Lucht W, Sykes MT, Thonicke K & Venevsky S 2003 Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model. Gl Ch Biol 9:161-185, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00569.x (375/46.88)
[74] Cramer W 2002 Biome models. in Mooney H & Canadell J (eds.) The Earth System: Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Encyclopaedia of Global Environmental Change. Wiley International, Chichester.
[73] Lindner M & Cramer W 2002 German forest sector under global change: an interdisciplinary impact assessment. Forstwiss Cbl 121 (Suppl 1):3-17 (10/1.11)
[72] Lindner M, Badeck F-W, Bartelheimer P, Bonk S, Cramer W, Dieter M, Döbbeler H, Dursky J, Duschl C, Fabrika M, Frömdling D, Gundermann E, Hennig P, Hölzer W, Lasch P, Leischner B, Liesebach M, Pommerening A, Pott M, Pretzsch H, Schlott W, Scholz F, Spellmann H, Suckow F, Suda M & Wolff B 2002 Integrating forest growth dynamics, forest economics and decision making to assess the sensitivity of the German forest sector to climate change. Forstwiss Cbl 121 (Suppl 1):191-208
[71] Lindner M & Cramer W 2002 National and regional climate change impact assessments in the forestry sector. For Ecol Management 162:1-2
[70] Lucht W, Prentice IC, Myneni RB, Sitch S, Friedlingstein P, Cramer W, Bousquet P, Buermann W & Smith B 2002 Climatic control of the high-latitude vegetation greening trend and Pinatubo effect. Science 296:1687-1689, doi: 10.1126/science.1071828 (196/21.78)
[69] Venevsky S, Thonicke K, Sitch S & Cramer W 2002 Simulating fire regimes in human-dominated ecosystems: Iberian Peninsula case study. Gl Ch Biol 8:984-998, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00528.x (30/3.33)
[68] Cramer W 2001 Mögliche Auswirkungen eines vom Menschen beeinflußten Klimas auf terrestrische Ökosysteme. In: Guderian R (ed.) Handbuch der Umweltveränderungen und Ökotoxikologie 2B: Terrestrische Ökosysteme - Wirkungen auf Pflanzen, Diagnose und Überwachung, Wirkungen auf Tiere. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Pp 224-251
[67] Cramer W 2001 Fire ecology, Mediterranean forests and global change. For Ecol Management 147:1-2 (all papers of the special feature to be found here)
[66] Cramer W, Bondeau A, Woodward FI, Prentice IC, Betts RA, Brovkin V, Cox PM, Fisher V, Foley J, Friend AD, Kucharik C, Lomas MR, Ramankutty N, Sitch S, Smith B, White A & Young-Molling C 2001 Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models. Gl Ch Biol 7(4):357-373, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00383.x, (link to the data archive from this study) (460/46.00)
[65] Cramer W, Olson RJ, Prince SD, Scurlock JMO and members of the Global Primary Production Data Initiative (GPPDI) 2001 Global Productivity: Determining Present Patterns. In: Roy J, Saugier B & Mooney H (Eds.) Terrestrial Global Productivity: Past, Present, Future. Academic Press. Pp. 429-448
[64] Gitay H, Brown S, Easterling W, Jallow B, Antle J, Apps M, Beamish R, Chapin T, Cramer W, Frangi J, Laine J, Erda L, Magnuson J, Noble I, Price J, Prowse T, Root T, Schulze E-D, Sirotenko O, Sohngen B & Soussana J 2001 Ecosystems and their goods and services. Chapter 5 in: McCarthy JJ, Canziani OF, Leary NA, Dokken DJ & White KS (eds.) Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. Pp 235-342
[63] Kundzewicz ZW, Parry ML, Cramer W, Holten JI, Kaczmarek Z, Martens P, Nicholls R, Öquist M, Rounsevell MDA & Szolgay J 2001 Europe. Chapter 13 in: McCarthy JJ, Canziani OF, Leary NA, Dokken DJ & White KS (eds.) Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. Pp 641-692
[62] Prentice IC, Farquhar GD, Fasham MJR, Goulden ML, Heimann M, Jaramillo VJ, Kheshgi HS, Le Quéré C, Scholes RJ, Wallace DWR, Archer D, Ashmore MR, Aumont O, Baker D, Battle M, Bender M, Bopp LP, Bousquet P, Caldeira K, Ciais P, Cox PM, Cramer W, Dentener F, Enting IG, Field CB, Friedlingstein P, Holland EA, Houghton RA, House JI, Ishida A, Jain AK, Janssens IA, Joos F, Kaminski T, Keeling CD, Keeling RF, Kicklighter DW, Kohfeld KE, Knorr W, Law R, Lenton T, Lindsay K, Maier-Reimer E, Manning AC, Matear RJ, McGuire AD, Melillo JM, Meyer R, Mund M, Orr JC, Piper S, Plattner K, Rayner PJ, Sitch S, Slater R, Taguchi S, Tans PP, Tian HQ, Weirig MF, Whorf T & Yool A 2001 The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Chapter 3 in: Houghton JT, Ding Y, Griggs DJ, Noguer M, Van der Linden PJ, Dai X, Maskell K & Johnson CA (eds.) Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. Pp 183-237
[61] Schimel DS, House JI, Hibbard KA, Bousquet P, Ciais P, Peylin P, Braswell BH, Apps MJ, Baker D, Bondeau A, Canadell J, Churkina G, Cramer W, Denning AS, Field CB, Friedlingstein P, Goodale C, Heimann M, Houghton RA, Melillo JM, Moore III B, Murdiyarso D, Noble I, Pacala SW, Prentice IC, Raupach MR, Rayner PJ, Scholes RJ, Steffen WL & Wirth C 2001 Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems. Nature 414:169-172, doi: 10.1038/35102500 (394/39.40)
[60] Sykes MT, Prentice IC, Smith B, Cramer W & Venevsky S 2001 An introduction to the European Terrestrial Ecosystem Modelling Activity. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 10:581-593, doi: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.2001.00263.x (link to the other papers in this special feature)
[59] Thonicke K, Venevsky S, Sitch S & Cramer W 2001 The role of fire disturbance for global vegetation dynamics: coupling fire into a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 10:661-677, doi: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.2001.00175.x (93/9.30)
[58] Bolin B, Sukumar R, Ciais P, Cramer W, Jarvis P, Kheshgi H, Nobre CA, Semenov S & Steffen W 2000 Global Perspective. Pp 23-52 in Watson RT, Noble IR, Bolin B, Ravindranath NH, Verardo DJ & Dokken DJ (eds) Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry - A Special Report of the IPCC. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
[57] Bugmann H, Lindner M, Lasch P, Flechsig M, Ebert B & Cramer W 2000 Scaling issues in forest succession modelling. Clim Change 44(3):265-289, doi: 10.1023/A:1005603011956 (11/1.00)
[56] Fleming MD, Chapin III FS, Cramer W Hufford GL & Serreze MC 2000 Geographic patterns and dynamics of Alaskan climate interpolated from a sparse station record. Gl Ch Biol 6 (Suppl 1):49-58, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06008.x (26/2.60)
[55] Foley JA, Levis S, Heil Costa M, Cramer W & Pollard D 2000 Incorporating dynamic vegetation cover within global climate models. Ecol Appl 10:1620-1632 (56/5.09)
[54] Ni J, Sykes MT, Prentice IC & Cramer W 2000 Modelling the vegetation of China using the process-based equilibrium terrestrial biosphere model BIOME3. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 9(6):463-480, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00206.x (25/2.50) (note the minor corrigendum: Ni J, Sykes MT, Prentice IC & Cramer W 2004 Modelling the vegetation of China using the process-based equilibrium terrestrial biosphere model BIOME3 (vol 9, pg 463, 2000) Gl Ecol Biogeogr 13:189, doi: 10.1111/j.1466-882X.2004.00080.x)
[53] Toth FL, Cramer W & Hizsnyik E 2000 Climate impact response functions: An introduction. Clim Change 46(3):225-246, doi: 10.1023/A:1005668420713
[52] Cramer W & Field CB 1999 Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Introduction. Gl Ch Biol 5 (Suppl.1):iii-iv
[51] Cramer W, Kicklighter DW, Bondeau A, Moore B III, Churkina G, Nemry B, Ruimy A, Schloss AL & Participants of "Potsdam'95" 1999 Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Overview and key results. Gl Ch Biol 5 (Suppl.1):1-15, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00009.x (link to the data presented in this paper) (link to the other papers of the special feature) (299/24.92)
[50] Cramer W, Leemans R, Schulze E-D, Bondeau A & Scholes R 1999 Data needs and limitations for broad-scale ecosystem modelling. In: Walker BH, Steffen WL, Canadell J & Ingram JSI (Eds) The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. IGBP Book Series 4:88-105
[49] Cramer W, Shugart HH, Noble IR, Woodward FI, Bugmann H, Bondeau A, Foley JA, Gardner RH, Lauenroth B, Pitelka LF, Sala O & Sutherst RW 1999 Ecosystem composition and structure. In: Walker BH, Steffen WL, Canadell J & Ingram JSI (Eds.) The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 4:190-228
[48] Cramer W & Whittaker RJ 1999 Changing the surface of our planet - results from studies of the global ecosystem. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 8(5):363-365
[47] Farrera I, Harrison SP, Prentice IC, Ramstein G, Guiot J, Bartlein PJ, Bonnefille R, Bush M, Cramer W, von Grafenstein U, Holmgren K, Hooghiemstra H, Hope G, Jolly D, Lauritzen SE, Ono Y, Pinot S, Stute M & Yu G 1999 Tropical palaeoclimates at the Last Glacial Maximum: A new synthesis of terrestrial data. Clim Dyn 15(11):823-856 (137/11.42)
[46] Fosberg MA, Cramer W, Brovkin V, Fleming R, Gardner RH, Gill AM, Goldammer JG, Keane R, Koehler P, Lenihan J, Neilson RP, Sitch S, Thonicke K, Venevsky S, Weber MG & Wittenberg U 1999 Strategy for a fire module in dynamic global vegetation models. International Journal of Wildland Fire 9:79-84
[45] Goudriaan J, Shugart HH, Bugmann H, Cramer W, Bondeau A, Gardner B, Hunt T, Lauenroth B, Landsberg J, Linder S, Noble I, Parton W, Pitelka L, Smith MS, Sutherst B, Valentin C & Woodward FI 1999 Use of models in global change studies. In: Walker BH, Steffen WL, Canadell J & Ingram JSI (Eds.) The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 4:106-140
[44] McIntyre S, Diaz S, Lavorel S & Cramer W 1999 Plant functional types and disturbance dynamics - Introduction. J Veg Sci 10(5):605-608
[43] Scurlock JMO, Cramer W, Olson RJ, Parton WJ & Prince SD 1999 Terrestrial NPP: toward a consistent data set for global model evaluation. Ecol App 9(3):913-919 (52/4.33)
[42] Wessman CA, Cramer W, Gurney RJ, Martin P, Mauser W, Nemani R, Paruelo JM, Peñuelas J, Prince SD, Running SW & Waring RH 1999 Group report: Remote sensing perspectives and insights for study of complex landscapes. In: Tenhunen JD & Kabat P (Eds.) Integrating Hydrology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemistry in Complex Landscapes. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. Pp. 89-103
[41] Bugmann H & Cramer W 1998 Improving the behaviour of forest gap models along drought gradients. For Ecol Managem 103:247-263 (also PIK-Report No.24) (45/3.46)
[40] IGBP Terrestrial Carbon Working Group (Steffen W, Noble I, Canadell J, Apps M, Schulze E-D, Jarvis PG, Baldocchi D, Ciais P, Cramer W, Ehleringer J, Farquhar G, Field CB, Ghazi A, Gifford R, Heimann M, Houghton R, Kabat P, Körner C, Lambin E, Linder S, Mooney HA, Murdiyarso D, Post WM, Prentice IC, Raupach MR, Schimel DS, Shvidenko A & Valentini R) 1998 The terrestrial carbon cycle: implications for the Kyoto Protocol. Science 280:1393-1394 (177/13.62)
[39] Cramer W 1997 Using plant functional types in a global vegetation model. In: Smith TM, Shugart HH & Woodward FI (Eds.) Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. IGBP Book Series 1:271-288 (also PIK-Report No 3)
[38] Cramer W & Kohlmaier GH 1997 Modelle zur Simulation von Struktur und Dynamik der terrestrischen Biosphäre. In: Müller F (Ed.) Handbuch der Umweltwissenschaften V-3.10.1. 15pp
[37] Cramer W & Steffen W 1997 Forecast changes in the global environment: What they mean in terms of ecosystem responses on different time-scales. In: Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM (Eds.) Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. NATO ASI Series Vol.I 47:415-426
[36] Huntley B & Cramer W 1997 Arctic ecosystems and environmental change: Perceptions from the past and predictions for the future. In: Crawford RMM (Ed.) Disturbance and Recovery in Arctic Lands: An Ecological Perspective. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp 1-24
[35] Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM 1997 Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota - Introduction. In: Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM (Eds.) Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. NATO ASI Series Vol.I 47
[34] Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM 1997 The likely response of terrestrial biota to future environmental changes (conclusions). In: Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM (Eds.) Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. NATO ASI Series Vol.I 47
[33] Lindner M, Bugmann H, Lasch P, Flechsig M & Cramer W 1997 Regional impacts of climatic change on forests in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Agric For Met 84(1-2):123-135 (36/2.57)
[32] Cramer W 1996 Modeling the possible impact of climate change on broad-scale vegetation structure: examples from northern Europe. In: Oechel WC, Callaghan T, Gilmanov T, Holten JI, Maxwell B, Molau U & Sveinbjörnsson, B (Eds) Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems. New York: Springer. Ecological Studies 124:312-329 (also PIK-Report No.22)
[31] Cramer W & Fischer A 1996 Data requirements for global terrestrial ecosystem modelling. In: Walker B & Steffen W (Eds.) Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. IGBP Book Series 2:530-565
[30] Kirschbaum MUF, Fischlin A, Cannell MGR, Cruz RVO, Cramer W et al 1996 Climate Change Impacts on Forests. In: Watson RT, Zinyowera MC & Moss RH (Eds.) Climate Change 1995 - Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Pp 95-129
[29] Kirschbaum MUF, et al (incl Cramer W) 1996 Ecophysiological, Ecological, and Soil Processes in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Primer on General Concepts and Relationships. In: Watson RT, Zinyowera MC & Moss RH (Eds) Climate Change 1995 - Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Pp 57-74
[28] Leemans R, Cramer W & Van Minnen JG 1996 Prediction of global biome distribution using bioclimatic equilibrium models. In: Breymeyer A et al (Eds.) Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. Chichester: SCOPE, John Wiley and Sons. Pp 414-450
[27] Lindner M, Lasch P & Cramer W 1996 Application of a forest succession model to a continentality gradient through Central Europe. Clim Change 34:191-199 (also PIK-Report No.10)
[26] Steffen WL, Cramer W, Plöchl M & Bugmann H 1996 Global vegetation models: incorporating transient changes to structure and composition. J Veg Sci 7(3):321-328 (32/2.13)
[25] Sykes MT, Prentice IC & Cramer W 1996 A bioclimatic model for the potential distributions of North European tree species under present and future climates. J Biogeogr 23(2):203-233 (177/11.80)
[24] Watson RT, Zinyowera MC, Moss RH, et al (incl Cramer W) 1996 Technical Summary: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation Options. In: Watson RT, Zinyowera MC & Moss RH (Eds.) Climate Change 1995 - Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Pp 19-53
[23] Woodward FI & Cramer W 1996 Plant functional types and climatic changes - Introduction. J Veg Sci 7(3):306-308 (85/5.67)
[22] Plöchl M & Cramer W 1995 Possible impacts of global warming on tundra and boreal forest ecosystems - comparison of some biogeochemical models. J Biogeogr 22(4-5):775-784 (also PIK-Report No.11)
[21] Plöchl M & Cramer W 1995 Coupling global models of vegetation structure and ecosystem processes - an example from arctic and boreal ecosystems. Tellus B - Chem Phys Meteorol 47(1-2):240-250 (also PIK-Report No.5) (14/0.88)
[20] Huntley B, Berry PM, Cramer W & McDonald AP 1995 Modelling present and potential future ranges of some European higher plants using climate response surfaces. J Biogeogr 22(6):967-1001 (193/12.87)
[19] Cramer W & Leemans R 1993 Assessing impacts of climate change on vegetation using climate classification systems. In: Solomon AM & Shugart HH (Eds.) Vegetation Dynamics and Global Change. New York: Chapman and Hall. Pp 190-217
[18] Cramer W & Solomon AM 1993 Climatic classification and future redistribution of global agricultural land. Clim Res 3:97-110 (18)
[17] Cramer W 1993 Dry coastal ecosystems in the northern Baltic Sea. In: Van der Maarel E (Ed.) Dry Coastal Ecosystems. Polar Regions and Europe. Ecosystems of the World. Elsevier. pp.95-107. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[16] Prentice IC, Sykes MT & Cramer W 1993 A simulation model for the transient effects of climate change on forest landscapes. Ecol Modelling 65(1-2):51-70 (190/10.56)
[15] Smith TM, Cramer W, Dixon RK, Leemans R, Neilson RP & Solomon AM 1993 The global terrestrial carbon cycle. Wat Air and Soil Poll 70(1-4):19-37 (42/2.47)
[14] Solomon AM, Prentice IC, Leemans R & Cramer W 1993 The interaction of climate and land use in future terrestrial carbon storage and release. Wat Air and Soil Poll 70(1-4):595-614 (31/1.82)
[13] Solomon AM & Cramer W 1993 Biospheric implications of global environmental change. In: Solomon AM & Shugart HH (Eds.) Vegetation Dynamics and Global Change. New York: Chapman and Hall. Pp 25-52
[12] Prentice IC, Cramer W, Harrison SP, Leemans R, Monserud RA & Solomon AM 1992 A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate. J Biogeogr 19(2):117-134 (824/43.37)
[11] Prentice IC, Sykes MT & Cramer W 1991 The possible dynamic response of northern forests to greenhouse warming. Gl Ecol Biogeogr Lett 1:129-135 (57/2.85)
[10] Cramer W, Christophersen A & Jones MH 1990 Naturtopografi og strandforskyvning i Trondheim i sen forhistorisk tid. Bebyggelsehist Tidskr 19:79-108
[9] Prentice HC & Cramer W 1990 The plant community as a niche bioassay: environmental correlates of local variation in Gypsophila fastigiata. J Ecol 78:313-325 (34/1.62)
[8] Skarpe C, Hytteborn H & Cramer W 1989 Femtio års skogsutveckling på Granskär, norra Uppland. Sv Bot Tidsk 83:177-185
[7] Cramer W & Prentice IC 1988 Simulation of soil moisture deficits on a European scale. Norsk Geogr Tidskr 42:149-151
[6] Cramer W & Hytteborn H 1987 The separation of fluctuation and long-term change in vegetation dynamics of a rising seashore. Vegetatio 69:157-167 (57/2.38)
[5] Hytteborn H, Cramer W, Packham JR & Verwijst T 1987 Three different types of forest dynamics. In: Hanxi YI, Zhan W, Jeffers JNR & Ward PA (Eds.) The temperate forest ecosystem Abbots Ripton: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Pp 32-39
[4] Cramer W 1986 Vegetation Dynamics on Rising Sea Shores in Eastern Central Sweden. Ph.D. Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden
[3] Verwijst T & Cramer W 1986 Age structure of woody species in primary succession on a rising Bothnian sea-shore. In: Fanta J (Ed.) Forest dynamics research in Western and Central Europe. Wageningen: PUDOC. Pp 145-163
[2] Cramer W 1985 The effect of sea shore displacement on population age structure of coastal Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. Holarct Ecol 8:265-272 (18/0.72)
[1] Cramer W 1980 Strandverschiebung und Strandvegetation auf Häverö Prästäng. In: Sjögren E (Ed.), Studies in Plant Ecology, dedicated to Hugo Sjörs. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp.43-50


Edited books and special features

Cramer W (ed.) 2008 Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and Modelling. Regional Environmental Change 8:3

Kühn I, Cramer W, Böhning-Gaese & Klotz S (eds.) 2008 Macroecology meets global change research. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:1

Schellnhuber HJ, Cramer W, Nakicenovic N, Wigley T & Yohe G (eds.) 2006 Avoiding dangerous climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 392pp.

Lindner M & Cramer W (eds.) 2002 National and regional climate change impact assessments in the forestry sector. Forest Ecology and Management 162

Cramer W (ed.) Fire ecology, Mediterranean forests and global change. Forest Ecology and Management 147

Cramer W, Doherty R, Hulme M & Viner D (eds.) 2000 Climate Scenarios for Agricultural, Forest and Ecosystem Impacts. ECLAT-2 Workshop Report No. 2. Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. 120 pp.

Cramer W & Field CB (eds.) 1999 Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Global Change Biology 5 Suppl 1 76pp

Lavorel S & Cramer W (eds.) 1999 Plant functional types and disturbance dynamics. J Veg Sci 10.5

Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM (eds.) 1997 Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag. NATO ASI Series I 47

Woodward FI & Cramer W (eds.) 1996 Plant Functional Types and Climatic Change. Knivsta, Sweden: Opulus Press

Jones MH & Cramer W (eds.) 1992 Levekår og planlegging. Festskrift til Asbjørn Aase 60 År. Tapir. 284 pp. Trondheim, Norway.

Cramer W & Sjong M-L (eds.) 1991 Klimaendringer og prosesser på jordoverflaten. Norske Geografers Forenings Årsmøte 1991 Norske Geografers Forening. Trondheim, Norway

Miscellaneous publications (editorials, reports etc, without review)

see separate list

The ten most cited papers

Prentice IC, Cramer W, Harrison SP, Leemans R, Monserud RA & Solomon AM 1992 A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate. J Biogeogr 19(2):117-134 (824/43.37 - the most cited paper ever in this journal)

Cramer W, Bondeau A, Woodward FI, Prentice IC, Betts RA, Brovkin V, Cox PM, Fisher V, Foley J, Friend AD, Kucharik C, Lomas MR, Ramankutty N, Sitch S, Smith B, White A & Young-Molling C 2001 Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models. Global Change Biology 7(4):357-373, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00383.x, (link to the data archive from this study) (460/46.00 - the third most cited paper in this journal)

Schimel DS, House JI, Hibbard KA, Bousquet P, Ciais P, Peylin P, Braswell BH, Apps MJ, Baker D, Bondeau A, Canadell J, Churkina G, Cramer W, Denning AS, Field CB, Friedlingstein P, Goodale C, Heimann M, Houghton RA, Melillo JM, Moore III B, Murdiyarso D, Noble I, Pacala SW, Prentice IC, Raupach MR, Rayner PJ, Scholes RJ, Steffen WL, & Wirth C 2001 Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems. Nature 414:169-172 (394/39.40)

Sitch S, Smith B, Prentice IC, Arneth A, Bondeau A, Cramer W, Kaplan JO, Levis S, Lucht W, Sykes MT, Thonicke K & Venevsky S 2003 Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model. Gl Ch Biol 9:161-185, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00569.x (375/46.88 - the eighth most cited paper in this journal)

Cramer W, Kicklighter DW, Bondeau A, Moore B III, Churkina G, Nemry B, Ruimy A, Schloss AL & Participants of "Potsdam'95" 1999 Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Overview and key results. Gl Ch Biol 5 (Suppl.1):1-15, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00009.x (link to the data presented in this paper) (link to the other papers of the special feature) (299/24.92 - the seventh most cited paper in this journal)

Lucht W, Prentice IC, Myneni RB, Sitch S, Friedlingstein P, Cramer W, Bousquet P, Buermann W & Smith B 2002 Climatic control of the high-latitude vegetation greening trend and Pinatubo effect. Science 296:1687-1689, doi: 10.1126/science.1071828 (196/21.78)

Huntley B, Berry PM, Cramer W & McDonald AP 1995 Modelling present and potential future ranges of some European higher plants using climate response surfaces. J Biogeogr 22(6):967-1001 (193/12.87)

Prentice IC, Sykes MT & Cramer W 1993 A simulation model for the transient effects of climate change on forest landscapes. Ecol Modelling 65(1-2):51-70 (190/10.65)

IGBP Terrestrial Carbon Working Group (Steffen W, Noble I, Canadell J, Apps M, Schulze E-D, Jarvis PG, Baldocchi D, Ciais P, Cramer W, Ehleringer J, Farquhar G, Field CB, Ghazi A, Gifford R, Heimann M, Houghton R, Kabat P, Körner C, Lambin E, Linder S, Mooney HA, Murdiyarso D, Post WM, Prentice IC, Raupach MR, Schimel DS, Shvidenko A & Valentini R) 1998 The terrestrial carbon cycle: implications for the Kyoto Protocol. Science 280:1393-1394 (177/13.62)

Sykes MT, Prentice IC & Cramer W 1996 A bioclimatic model for the potential distributions of North European tree species under present and future climates. J Biogeogr 23(2):203-233 (177/11.80)

(italic numbers in brackets are # of citations in total / per year, from ISI records, updated 7.3.10, h-index from ISI: 31)

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