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Dr. Christoph Kueffer
Contact Information
Phone:(808) 956-3927
FAX: (808) 372-8329
Email: kuffer@hawaii.edu
PhD 2006, plant ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
KUEFFER, C., L. KRONAUER & P. J. EDWARDS. Higher variation of fruit traits in invasive
than native floras may increase the vulnerability of oceanic islands to plant invasions.
Submitted.

KUEFFER, C. Nutrient co-limitation reduces risk for positive soil-feedback on seedling
regeneration by the invasive tree Cinnamomum verum. Submitted.

SCHUMACHER, E., C. KUEFFER, P. J. EDWARDS, & H. DIETZ. Influence of light and nutrient
conditions on seedling growth of native and invasive trees in the Seychelles. Submitted to
Biological Invasions.

KUEFFER, C. & C. DAEHLER 2008. A habitat-classification framework and typology for
understanding, valuing and managing invasive species impacts. In: Inderjit (ed).
Management of Invasive Weeds. Springer, Berlin: accepted.

PAUCHARD, A., KUEFFER, C., DIETZ, H., DAEHLER, C.C., ALEXANDER, J., EDWARDS, P.J.,
ARÉVALO, J.R., CAVIERES, L., GUISAN, A., HAIDER, S., JAKOBS, G., MCDOUGALL, K.,
MILLAR, C.I., NAYLOR, B.J., PARKS, C.G., REW, L.J., & SEIPEL, T. 2008. Ain't no mountain
high enough: Plant invasions reaching high elevations. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment, in press.

KUEFFER, C. & HIRSCH HADORN G. 2008. How to achieve effectiveness in problem-oriented
landscape research - the example of research on biotic invasions. Living Reviews in
Landscape Research 2: 2. http://www.livingreviews.org/lrlr-2008-2.

SCHUMACHER, E, C. KUEFFER, M. TOBLER, V. GMÜR, P. J. EDWARDS, & H. DIETZ 2008.
Influence of drought and shade on seedling growth of native and invasive trees in the
Seychelles. Biotropica 40: 543-549.

KUEFFER, C., G. KLINGLER, K. ZIRFASS, E. SCHUMACHER, P J EDWARDS & S. GÜSEWELL
2008. Impacts of invasive trees on litter decomposition in phosphorus-poor tropical forests in
Seychelles. Functional Ecology 22: 359-366.

KUEFFER, C., G. HIRSCH HADORN, G. BAMMER, L. VAN KERKHOFF & C. POHL. 2007. Towards
a publication culture in transdisciplinary research. GAIA 16: 22-26.

KUEFFER, C., E. SCHUMACHER, K. FLEISCHMANN, P. J. EDWARDS & H. DIETZ. 2007. Strong
belowground competition shapes tree regeneration in invasive Cinnamomum verum forests.
Journal of Ecology 95: 273-282.

KUEFFER, C. 2006. Integrative ecological research: Case-specific validation of ecological
knowledge for environmental problem solving. GAIA 15: 115-120.

KUEFFER, C., P. J. EDWARDS, K. FLEISCHMANN, E. SCHUMACHER & H. DIETZ. 2003. Invasion
of woody plants into the Seychelles tropical forests: Habitat invasibility and propagule
pressure. Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute ETH 69:65-75.

Non-peer reviewed publications

KUEFFER, C., J. ALEXANDER, C. DAEHLER, K. MCDOUGALL, A. PAUCHARD, & MIREN
CONSORTIUM 2008. The Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN). Mountain Research
Initiative Newsletter 1: 12-14.

WILCOX, B. & C. KUEFFER 2008. Transdisciplinarity in EcoHealth: status and future prospects
(Editorial). EcoHealth, 5: 1-3.

POHL, C. & C. KUEFFER 2008. Design and Transdisciplinary Research. In: Bühlmann, V. & M
Wiedmer (eds). Pre-specifics. Some Comparatistic Investigations on Research in Design and
Art. Zurich, JRP Ringier. p. 99-104.

KUEFFER, C., K. BEAVER, & C. KAISER (eds) 2007. Seychelles Plant Conservation Research
Agenda 2008-1015. Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport (MENRT) and
Plant Conservation Action group (PCA), Victoria, Seychelles.

DIETZ, H., C. KUEFFER & C. G. PARKS. 2006. MIREN: A new research network concerned with
plant invasion into mountain areas. Mountain Research and Development 26:80-81.

BEAVER, K. & C. KUEFFER (eds). 2005. Seychelles National Strategy for Plant Conservation.
2005-2010. Seychelles Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources & PCA, Victoria,
Seychelles.

KUEFFER, C. & C. LAVERGNE. 2004. Case studies on the status of invasive woody plant
species in the Western Indian Ocean. 4. Réunion. Forest Health & Biosecurity Working Papers
FBS/4-4E, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), Rome, Italy.

KUEFFER, C. & J. MAUREMOOTOO. 2004. Case studies on the status of invasive woody plant
species in the Western Indian Ocean. 3. Mauritius (Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues).
Forest Health & Biosecurity Working Papers FBS/4-3E, Forestry Department, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.

KUEFFER, C. & P. VOS . 2004. Case studies on the status of invasive woody plant species in
the Western Indian Ocean: 5. Seychelles. Forest Health & Biosecurity Working Papers
FBS/4-5E Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Rome, Italy.

KUEFFER, C., P. VOS , C. LAVERGNE & J. MAUREMOTO . 2004. Case studies on the status of
invasive woody plant species in the Western Indian Ocean. 1. Synthesis. Forest Health and
Biosecurity Working PapersFBS/4-1E, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

FLEISCHMANN, K., P. J. EDWARDS , P. HÉRITIER , C. MEUWLY & C. KUEFFER. 2003. Virtual
gallery of the vegetation and flora of the Seychelles. Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute
ETH 69:57-64.

KUEFFER, C. 2003. Habitat restoration of mid-altitude secondary cinnamon forests in the
Seychelles. Pages 147-155 In: J. R. Mauremootoo (ed). Proceedings of the Regional Workshop
on Invasive Alien Species Management and Terrestrial Ecosystem Rehabilitation in Western
Indian Ocean Island States. Sharing Experience, Identifying Priorities and Defining Joint
Action. Indian Ocean Commission, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius.
Selected Publications
Life on a lavaflow
Research interests
· Species distribution modeling
· Functional traits of invasive plant species
· Plant invasions in island and mountain ecosystems
· Restoration ecology on oceanic islands
· Transdisciplinary research methodology

Affiliations
· Coordinator of the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN)
(www.miren.ethz.ch)
· Lecturer for Environmental Sciences at the Department of Information
Technology and Electric Engineering, ETH Zurich (www.ee.ethz.ch/index_EN)
· Editorial board, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
(PPEES) (www.elsevier.de/ppees)
· Editor of KAPISEN - Seychelles Plant Conservation Newsletter
(www.plantecology.ethz.ch/publications/books/kapisen)
· Founder and steering committee member of seed sustainability
(www.seed-sustainability.ch) - the platform of student based
transdisciplinary research in the field of sustainability.
· Scientific collaborator of td-net (Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences,
www.transdisciplinarity.ch) - the network for transdisciplinarity in sciences
und humanities.
Invasive species removal