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Home > People > Emeritus, Staff & Researchers > Christoph Kueffer

Christoph Kueffer

  Postdoctoral Researcher


PhD 2006, Plant Ecology,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH Zurich)


Contact Information
Phone: (808) 956-3927
Email: kuffer@hawaii.edu


Affiliations
Botany

Research Interests:

  • Functional traits of invasive plant species


  • Species distribution modeling


  • Restoration ecology on oceanic islands


  • Transdisciplinary research methodology

Personal Statement:



Publications:

Peer-Reveiwed:
  • KUEFFER, C., L. KRONAUER & P. J. EDWARDS. Impacts of invasive trees on frugivore-plant interactions in Seychelles. In preparation.


  • STAUFFACHER, M., S. GUENTHER, P. KRUETLLI, F. FLEISCHER-DOGLEY, C. KUEFFER & R. W. SCHOLZ. Stakeholder based multicriteria analysis within a transdisciplinary case study design: the case of sustainable tourism development in the Seychelles. In preparation.


  • 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.


  • SCHUMACHER, E, C. KUEFFER, M. TOBLER, V. GMÜR, P. J. EDWARDS, & H. DIETZ. Influence of drought and shade on seedling growth of native and invasive trees in the Seychelles. Submitted.


  • SCHUMACHER, E, C. KUEFFER, K. FLEISCHMANN, P. J. EDWARDS, & H. DIETZ. The role of forest gaps in woody plant invasions into secondary forests in the Seychelles. Submitted.


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


  • KUEFFER, C., G. HIRSCH HADORN, G. BAMMER, L. VAN KERKHOFF & C. POHL. 2007. Towards a publication culture in transdisciplinary research. GAIA 16 (1): 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 (2): 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.


  • SCHUMACHER, E., H. DIETZ, K. FLEISCHMANN, C. KUEFFER & P. J. EDWARDS. 2003. Invasion of woody plants into the Seychelles tropical forests: Species traits in the establishment phase. Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute ETH 69:77-86.

Other:
  • 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. 2005. The relations between disciplinary and transdisciplinary environmental research. Pages 164-174 In: Wiek, A., D. Lang, A. Walter, R. W. Scholz (eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium on Transdisciplinary Case Study Research for Sustainable Development. 11th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, June 6-8, Helsinki, Finland.


  • 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 Papers FBS/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.


   
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