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Daehler Lab People |
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 |