Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of
South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (FOR2730)

Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix

| Member in B3.1: Climate dynamics: past and present | Member in C3.1: The threat of southern bracken: Investigation and modelling of a fire-triggered succession that leads to the destruction of pastures in the area of the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador, and the potential for repastorization of abandoned areas | Member in Z1.1: Central data services and SVAT modelling | Member in Z2: Central Services - Coordination and Administration | Member in B1: The biology of southern bracken in the anthropogenic ecosystem in the San Francisco valley of South Ecuador | Member in D3: Impacts of environmental change on climate and ecosystem in southern Ecuador | Member in Z1: Data Warehouse | Member in Z2: Administration and Coordination | Member in T2: Knowledge Transfer in South Ecuador: RADARNET SUR - Operational rainfall monitoring in southern Ecuador | Member in C6: Development of area-wide functional indicators using remotely sensed data. | Member in C12: Climate indicators on the local scale for past, present and future, and platform data management. | Member in C2: Remote sensing as surrogate for phylodiversity and functional processes along land use and elevation gradients. | Member in Z: Coordination and Data Management | Member in A1: Atmospheric fluxes and optical trait diversity under climate and land use changes - observations and LSM modelling | Member in A1: Changes of water and carbon fluxes in mountain wet and dry forests under environmental changes - observations, area-wide remote sensing and LSMAtmo. |

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Articles

• Murkute, C.P.; Sayeed, M.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Carrillo-Rojas, G.; Homeier, J.; Limberger, O.; Fries, A.; Bendix, J. & Trachte, K. (2024): Turbulent Energy and Carbon Fluxes in an Andean Montane Forest—Energy Balance and Heat Storage. Forests 15(10), 1828.
• Schoen, J.; Keuth, R.; Homeier, J.; Limberger, O.; Bendix, J.; Farwig, N. & Brandl, R. (2024): Do leaf traits shape herbivory in tropical montane rainforests? A multispecies approach. Ecosphere 15(10), 1-15.
• Urgilés, G.; Celleri, R.; Bendix, J. & Orellana-Alvear, J. (2024): Identification of spatio-temporal patterns in extreme rainfall events in the Tropical Andes: A clustering analysis approach. Meteorological Applications 31(5), e70005.
• Álvarez-Estrella, J.; Muñoz, P.; Bendix, J.; Contreras, P. & Celleri, R. (2024): Enhancing Peak Runoff Forecasting through Feature Engineering Applied to X-Band Radar Data. Water 16(7), 968.
• Cordova, M.; Orellana-Alvear, J.; Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Celleri, R. (2024): Large-scale dynamics of extreme precipitation in the tropical Andes: combining weather radar observations and reanalysis data. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 136(4), 27.
• 2023
• Schoen, J.; Tiede, Y.; Becker, M.; Donoso, D.A.; Homeier, J.; Limberger, O.; Bendix, J.; Farwig, N. & Brandl, R. (2023): Effects of leaf traits of tropical trees on the abundance and body mass of herbivorous arthropod communities. PLOS ONE -(-), 1 - 21.
• Raffelsbauer, V.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Strobl, S.; Knüsting, J.; Schorsch, M.; Trachte, K.; Scheibe, R.; Bräuning, A.; Windhorst, D.; Bendix, J.; Silva, B. & Beck, E. (2023): Trees with anisohydric behavior as main drivers of nocturnal evapotranspiration in a tropical mountain rainforest. PloS ONE 18(3), 1-1.
• Wurz, A.; Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Matt, F.; Paladines, P.; Serrano, F. & Farwig, N. (2023): A hidden gem in the Tumbesian dry forest in southern Ecuador: Estacon Cientfica Laipuna. ECOTROPICA 25(1/2), -.
• 2022
• Rollenbeck, R.; Orellana-Alvear, J.; Bendix, J.; Rodriguez, R.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Guallpa, M.; Fries, A. & Celleri, R. (2022): The Coastal El Niño Event of 2017 in Ecuador and Peru: A Weather Radar Analysis. Remote Sensing 14(4), 824.
• 2021
• Wallis, C.; Tiede, Y.; Beck, E.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Brandl, R.; Donoso, D.A.; Espinosa, C.; Fries, A.; Homeier, J.; Inclan, D.; Leuschner, C.; Maraun, M.; Mikolajewski, K.; Neuschulz, E.L.; Scheu, S.; Schleuning, M.; Suárez, J.P.; Tinoco, B.A.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2021): Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Scientific Reports 11(1), 24530.
• Muñoz, P.; Orellana-Alvear, J.; Bendix, J.; Feyen, J. & Celleri, R. (2021): Flood Early Warning Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques: The Case of the Tomebamba Catchment at the Southern Andes of Ecuador. Hydrology 8(4), -.
• Velescu, A.; Homeier, J.; Bendix, J.; Valarezo, C. & Wilcke, W. (2021): Response of water-bound fluxes of potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium to nutrient additions in an Ecuadorian tropical montane forest. Forest Ecology and Management 501(119661), 1-14.
• 2018
• Carrillo Rojas, G.; Silva, B.; Rollenbeck, R.; Celleri, R. & Bendix, J. (2018): The breathing of the Andean highlands: Net ecosystem exchange and evapotranspiration over the páramo of southern Ecuador. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 265, 30-47.
• Knüsting, J.; Brinkmann, M.C.; Silva, B.; Schorsch, M.; Bendix, J.; Beck, E. & Scheibe, R. (2018): Who will win where and why? An ecophysiological dissection of the competition between a tropical pasture grass and the invasive weed Bracken over an elevation range of 1000m in the tropical Andes. PlosOne 13, 1-24.
• Campozano, L.; Trachte, K.; Celleri, R.; Samaniego, E.; Bendix, J.; Cristóbal, A. & Mejia, J.F. (2018): Climatology and Teleconnections of Mesoscale Convective Systems in an Andean Basin in Southern Ecuador: The Case of the Paute Basin. Advances in Meteorology 2018, 1-13.
• Gonzales-Jaramillo, V.; Fries, A.; Zeilinger, J.; Homeier, J.; Paladines, J. & Bendix, J. (2018): Estimation of Above Ground Biomass in a Tropical Mountain Forest in Southern Ecuador Using Airborne LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing 10, .
• 2017
• Oñate-Valdivieso, F.; Fries, A.; Mendoza, K.; Gonzales-Jaramillo, V.; Pucha Cofrep, F.; Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2017): Temporal and spatial analysis of precipitation patterns in an Andean region of southern Ecuador using LAWR weather radar. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 129(295), 1-12.
• Silva, B.; Alava Núñez, P.; Strobl, S.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2017): Area-wide evapotranspiration monitoring at the crown level of a tropical mountain rain forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 194, 219–229.
• Wallis, C.; Brehm, G.; Donoso, D.A.; Fiedler, K.; Homeier, J.; Paulsch, D.; Suessenbach, D.; Tiede, Y.; Brandl, R.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2017): Remote sensing improves prediction of tropical montane species diversity but performance differs among taxa. Ecological Indicators 1(1), 1-10.
• Farwig, N.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2017): Introduction to the Special Issue “Functional monitoring in megadiverse tropical ecosystems”. Ecological indicators 1(1), 1-3.
• Silva, B.; Álava-Núñez, P.; Strobl, S.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2017): Area-wide evapotranspirationmonitoring at the crown level of a tropical mountain rain forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 194( ), 219-229.
• Tiede, Y.; Schlautmann, J.; Donoso, D.A.; Wallis, C.; Bendix, J.; Brandl, R. & Farwig, N. (2017): Ants as indicators of environmental change and ecosystem processes. Ecological indicators 1(1), 1-6.
• 2016
• Strobl, S.; Cueva, E.; Silva, B.; Knüsting, J.; Schorsch, M.; Scheibe, R.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2016): Water relations and photosynthetic water use efficiency as indicators of slow climate change effects on trees in a tropical mountain forest in South Ecuador. Ecological Indicators xxx, xxx-xxx.
• Knoke, T.; Paul, C.; Hildebrandt, P.; Calvas, B.; Castro, L.M.; Härtl, F.; Döllerer, M.; Hamer, U.; Windhorst, D.; Wiersma, Y.; Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Obermeier, W.A.; Adams, J.; Breuer, L.; Mosandl, R.; Beck, E.; Weber, M.; Stimm, B.; Haber, W.; Fürst, C. & Bendix, J. (2016): Compositional diversity of rehabilitated tropical lands supports multiple ecosystem services and buffers uncertainties. Nature Communications 7, Article number:11877.
• Gonzalez, V.; Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Paladines, J.; Oñate-Valivieso, F. & Bendix, J. (2016): Assessment of deforestation during the last decades in Ecuador using NOAA-AVHRR satellite data. Erdkunde 70(No. 3), 217-235.
• Wallis, C.; Paulsch, D.; Zeilinger, J.; Silva, B.; Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Brandl, R.; Farwig, N. & Bendix, J. (2016): Contrasting performance of Lidar and optical texture models in predicting avian diversity in a tropical mountain forest. Remote sensing of environment 174, 223-232.
• Carrillo Rojas, G.; Silva, B.; Cordova, M.; Celleri, R. & Bendix, J. (2016): Dynamic Mapping of Evapotranspiration Using an Energy Balance-Based Model over an Andean Páramo Catchment of Southern Ecuador. Remote Sensing 8(2), 160 (1-24).
• Rollenbeck, R.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2016): A New Class of Quality Controls for Micrometeorological Data in Complex Tropical Environments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 33(1), 169-183.
• Tiede, Y.; Homeier, J.; Cumbicus Torres, N.; Pena Tamayo, J.E.; Albrecht, J.; Ziegenhagen, B.; Bendix, J.; Brandl, R. & Farwig, N. (2016): Phylogenetic niche conservatism does not explain elevational patterns of species richness, phyodiversity and family age of tree assemblages in Andean rainforest. Erdkunde 70(1), 83-106.
• Silva, B.; Strobl, S.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2016): Canopy evapotranspiration, leaf transpiration and water use efficiency of an Andean pasture in SE-Ecuador – a case study. Erdkunde 70(1), 5-18.
• Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2016): Environmental Change And Its Impacts In A Biodiversity Hotspot Of The South Ecuadorian Andes–Monitoring And Mitigation Strategies. Erdkunde 70(1), 1-4.
• 2015
• Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Obermeier, W.A.; Gerique, A.; López Sandoval, M.F.; Lehnert, L.W.; Thies, B. & Bendix, J. (2015): Land Cover Change in the Andes of Southern Ecuador - Patterns and Drivers. Remote Sensing 7(3), 2509-2542.
• 2014
• Knoke, T.; Bendix, J.; Pohle, P.; Hamer, U.; Hildebrandt, P.; Roos, K.; Gerique, A.; Lopez Sandoval, M.F.; Breuer, L.; Tischer, A.; Silva, B.; Calvas, B.; Aguirre, N.; Castro, L.M.; Windhorst, D.; Weber, M.; Stimm, B.; Günter, S.; Palomeque, X.; Mora, J.; Mosandl, R. & Beck, E. (2014): Afforestation or intense pasturing improve the ecological and economic value of abandoned tropical farmlands. Nature Communications 5:5612, 1-50.
• Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Bayer, F.; Gonzalez, V.; Oñate-Valivieso, F.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2014): Catchment precipitation processes in the San Francisco valley in southern Ecuador: combined approach using high-resolution radar images and in situ observations. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 703, x.
• Silva, B.; Roos, K.; Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2014): Mapping Two Competing Grassland Species from a Low-Altitude Helium Balloon. IEEE Journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing 7(7), 3038 - 3049.
• 2013
• Wilcke, W.; Leimer, S.; Peters, T.; Emck, P.; Rollenbeck, R.; Trachte, K.; Valarezo, C. & Bendix, J. (2013): The nitrogen cycle of tropical montane forest in Ecuador turns inorganic under environmental change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27(4), 1194-1204.
• Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Silva, B.; Adams, J.; Thies, B. & Bendix, J. (2013): Bracken fern frond status classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador: combining multispectral satellite data and field spectroscopy. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34, 7020-7037.
• Makowski, S.; Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P. & Bendix, J. (2013): Complex topography influences atmospheric nitrate deposition in a neotropical mountain rainforest. Atmospheric environment 79, 385-394.
• 2012
• Thies, B.; Meyer, H.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2012): Projecting land use and land cover changes in a tropical mountain forest of southern Ecuador. Journal of Land Use Science xx, 1-33.
• Silva, B.; Roos, K.; Voss, I.; König, N.; Rollenbeck, R.; Scheibe, R.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2012): Simulating canopy photosynthesis for two competing species of an anthropogenic grassland community in the Andes of southern Ecuador. Ecological Modelling 239, 14-26.
• Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2012): Katabatic Flows and Their Relation to the Formation of Convective Clouds - Idealized Case Studies. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 51, 1531?1546.
• Lotz, T.; Nieschulze, J.; Bendix, J.; Dobbermann, M. & König-Ries, B. (2012): Diverse or uniform? - Intercomparison of two major German project databases for interdisciplinary collaborative functional biodiversity research. Ecological Informatics 8, 10-19.
• Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2012): Near surface air humidity in a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem of southern Ecuador and its regionalization.. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 152, 17-30.
• 2011
• Bendix, J.; Trachte, K.; Palacios, E.W.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, A. (2011): El Niño meets La Niña - anomalous rainfall patterns in the "traditional" El Niño region of southern Ecuador . Erdkunde 65, 151-167.
• Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2011): Rainfall distribution in the Andes of southern Ecuador derived from blending weather radar data and meteorological field observations. . Atmos. Res. 99, 277?289.
• Göttlicher, D.; Albert, J.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2011): Optical properties of selected plants from a tropical mountain ecosystem - Traits for Plant Functional Types to parametrize a land surface model. . Ecological Modelling 222, 493-502.
• Rollenbeck, R.; Bendix, J. & Fabian, P. (2011): Spatial and temporal dynamics of atmospheric water inputs in tropical mountain forests of South Ecuador. . Hydrological Processes 25, 344 - 352.
• 2010
• Trachte, K.; Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2010): Nocturnal convective cloud formation under clear‐sky conditions at the eastern Andes of south Ecuador. Journal of Geophysical Research 115, D24203.
• Roos, K.; Rollenbeck, R.; Peters, T.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2010): Growth of Tropical Bracken (Pteridium arachnoideum): Response to Weather Variations and Burning. Invasive Plant Science and Management 3, 402-411.
• Göttlicher, D.; Dobbermann, M.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2010): Central Data Services in Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Projects - The Data-Management of the DFG Research Unit 816. Kölner Geographische Arbeiten 90, 59-64.
• Trachte, K.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2010): The Impact of Different Terrain Configurations on the Formation and Dynamics of Katabatic Flows: Idealised Case Studies. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 134, 307-325.
• 2009
• Bendix, J.; Silva, B.; Roos, K.; Göttlicher, D.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T. & Beck, E. (2009): Model parameterization to simulate and compare the PAR absorption potential of two competing plant species. International Journal of Biometeorology OnlineFirs, xx-xx.
• Bendix, J.; Trachte, K.; Cermak, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Nauss, T. (2009): Formation of convective clouds at the foothills of the tropical eastern Andes (South Ecuador). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 48, 1-17.
• Göttlicher, D.; Obregón, A.; Homeier, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2009): Land-cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30, 1867-1886.
• Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T.; Homeier, J.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2009): Thermal structure of a megadiverse Andean mountain ecosystem in southern Ecuador and its regionalization. Erdkunde 63, 321-335.
• Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2009): Spatial aspects of ecosystem research in a biodiversity hot spot of southern Ecuador - an introduction. Erdkunde 63, 305-308.
• 2008
• Sklenar, P.; Bendix, J. & Balslev, H. (2008): Cloud frequency correlates to plant species composition in the high Andes of Ecuador. Basic and Applied Ecology 9(5), 504-513.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T. & Fabian, P. (2008): Seasonality and diurnal pattern of very low clouds in a deeply incised valley of the eastern tropical Andes (South Ecuador) as observed by a cost-effective WebCam system. Meteorological Applications 15, 281-291.
• 2007
• Nauss, T.; Göttlicher, D.; Dobbermann, M. & Bendix, J. (2007): Central Data Services in Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Projects. eZAI 2, 1-13.
• Rollenbeck, R.; Bendix, J.; Fabian, P.; Boy, J.; Dalitz, H.; Emck, P.; Oesker, M. & Wilcke, W. (2007): Comparison of different techniques for the measurement of precipitation in tropical montane rain forest regions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 24, 156-168.
• 2006
• Cueva Ortiz, E.; Homeier, J.; Breckle, S.W.; Bendix, J.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality in an evergreen tropical mountain rain forest of South Ecuador. Ecotropica 12, 69-85.
• Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P. & Bendix, J. (2006): Precipitation dynamics and chemical properties in tropical mountain forests of Ecuador. Advances in Geosciences 6, 73-76.
• Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2006): Experimental calibration of a cost-effective X-band weather radar for climate-ecological use in southern Ecuador. Atmospheric Research 79, 296-316.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D. & Cermak, J. (2006): Cloud occurrence and cloud properties in Ecuador. Climate Research 30, 133-147.
• Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Cueva Ortiz, E.; Emck, P.; Breckle, S.W.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest. International Journal of Biometeorology 50(6), 370-384.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Reudenbach, C. (2006): Diurnal patterns of rainfall in a tropical Andean valley of southern Ecuador as seen by a vertically pointing K-band Doppler Radar. International Journal of Climatology 26(6), 829-846.
• 2005
• Göttlicher, D. & Bendix, J. (2005): Eine modulare Multi-User Datenbank für eine ökologische Forschergruppe mit heterogenem Datenbestand. Zeitschrift für Agrarinformatik 4, 95-103.
• 2004
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Palacios, E.W. (2004): Cloud detection in the Tropics - a suitable tool for climate-ecological studies in the high mountains of Ecuador. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25, 4521-4540.
• 2001
• Bendix, J. & Rafiqpoor, M.D. (2001): Studies on the thermal conditions of soils at the upper tree line in the Páramo of Papallacta (Eastern Cordillera of Ecuador) . Erdkunde 55, 257-276.

Other:

• 2019
• Bogner, F.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. 2019: El Bosque Tropical de Montaña - Hotspot de Biodiversidad. (Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional, (Loja, Ecuador).
• 2017
• Beck, E.; Knoke, T.; Farwig, N.; Breuer, L.; Siddons, D. & Bendix, J. 2017: Landscape Restoration, Sustainable Land Use and Cross-scale Monitoring of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions. A Science-directed Approach for South Ecuador. (Universität Bayreuth).
• 2016
• Bogner, F.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. 2016: Biodiversity Hotspot - Tropical Mountain Rainforest. (NCI Foundation, Ecuador).
• 2015
• Pérez Postigo, I.; Silva, B. & Bendix, J. (2015): Potential of Remotely Sensed Image Textures for Predicting Herbivory in the Ecuadorian Andes Fachbereich Philipps-Universität Marburg, Geographie , master thesis
• Niepoth, A.; Bendix, J. & Kümmerle, T. (2015): Remote sensing based measures of tree diversity in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geographisches Institut, master thesis
• 2013
• Bendix, J.; Beck, E.; Bräuning, A.; Makeschin, F.; Mosandl, R.; Scheu, S. & Wilcke, W. 2013: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador.: Ecological Studies 221 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg).
• 2012
• Lotz, T.; Bendix, J. & Dobbermann, M. (2012-09-12). Information Management System FOR816dw - Experiences derived from the development and running of an EML‐based data platform for the ecological research unit FOR816‐Ecuador. Presented at GfÖ-2012, Session: Data - publishing, linking, using ecological data online, Lüneburg / Germany.
• Silva, B. & Bendix, J. (2012-07-26). Monitoring and modelling competing grassland species using very-high and high-resolution remote sensing in the Andes of Ecuador. Presented at IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS, Munich, Germany.
• Roos, K.; Adams, J.; Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2012-04-18). Mountain pastures in tropical Ecuador: Ruin and rehabilitation. Presented at Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Beck, E.; Roos, K.; Hamer, U.; Potthast, K.; Tischer, A.; Silva, B. & Bendix, J. (2012-02-24). Ecological Aspects of Repasturisation of Abandoned Mountain Pastures in South Ecuador. Presented at Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, University of Erlangen, Germany.
• 2011
• Lotz, T.; Dobbermann, M. & Bendix, J. (2011-10-06). Ecological research data on their way to the public domain. Presented at Status Symposium FOR816, UTPL - Loja/Ecuador.
• 2010
• Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P. & Bendix, J. (2010): Spatial and temporal dynamics of atmospheric water- and nutrient inputs in tropical mountain forests of southern Ecuador. . In: L. A. Bruijnzeel, F. N. Scatena,; L. S. Hamilton (eds.): Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management ( ), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 367- 377.
• Bendix, J.; Paladines, B.; Ribadeneira Sarmiento, M.; Romero, L.M.; Valarezo, C. & Beck, E. (2010-01-25). Benefit sharing by research, education and knowledge transfer - a success story of biodiversity research in southern Ecuador. Presented at UNESCO IYB Biodiversity Science-Policy Conference, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.
• 2009
• Bendix, J.; Behling, H.; Peters, T.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2009): Functional biodiversity and climate change along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical mountain rainforest. In: Tscharnke, T. et al. (eds.): Tropical rainforests and agroforests under global change (Environmental Science Series ), Springer.
• 2008
• Beck, E.; Makeschin, F.; Haubrich, F.; Richter, M.; Bendix, J. & Valerezo, C. (2008): The Ecosystem (Reserva Biológica San Francisco). In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 1-15.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2008): Climatic variability. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 281-290.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Richter, M.; Fabian, P. & Emck, P. (2008): Climate. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 63-74.
• Beck, E.; Bendix, J.; Kottke, I.; Makeschin, F. & Mosandl, R. 2008: Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador.: Ecological Studies 198 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg).
• Beck, E.; Kottke, I.; Bendix, J.; Makeschin, F. & Mosandl, R. (2008): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem - a Synthesis. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 467-480.
• Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P. & Bendix, J. (2008): Temporal Heterogeneities - Matter Deposition from Remote Areas. In: Beck, Erwin; Bendix, Jörg; Kottke, Ingrid; Makeschin, Franz; Mosandl, Reinhard (eds.): Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (Ecological Studies 198), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 303-310.
• 2006
• Rollenbeck, R.; Bendix, J. & Fabian, P., Spatial and temporal dynamics of atmospheric water- and nutrient inputs in tropical mountain forests of southern Ecuador(Hawaii, 2006).