Biological Conservation
Growing change: Promoting insect-friendly behaviour through gardening-framed interventions
Sarah Nieß et al.
2026
Marion Mehring has been a research scientist at ISOE since 2011. She is head of the research unit Biodiversity and People. She studied geoecology at the University of Bayreuth with the major subjects soil science and eco-toxicology. She wrote her doctoral thesis at the University of Greifswald. In her thesis she focused on buffer zone effectiveness in forest biosphere reserve management.
Focus of research
- Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
- Inter- and transdisciplinary research process
- Social-ecological systems
Memberships
- Faktencheck Artenvielfalt der BMBF-Forschungsinitiative zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt (FEdA)
- Innovationsnetzwerk Ökosystemleistungen (ESP-DE)
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Thematic Assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species
- Leitungsgremium DFG Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der UN-Dekade zur Wiederherstellung von Ökosystemen (2021–2030)
Publications
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- Nieß, Sarah, Flurina Schneider, Steffen U. Pauls, Sebastian Schuch, Marion Mehring (2026): Growing change: Promoting insect-friendly behaviour through gardening-framed interventions. Biological Conservation 313, 111565. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111565
- Oyundelger, Khurelpurev, Yun Jäschke, Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, Batbuyan Batjav, Sugar Damdindorj, Oyunbileg Munkhzul, Thanh Noi Phan, Lukas Drees, Ulan Kasymov, Lukas Lehnert, Irene Ring, Thomas Müller, Christiane M. Ritz, Marion Mehring, Karsten Wesche (2026): Pasture condition in the Mongolian steppe: Cross-validating traditional ecological knowledge and field-based ecological surveys. Biological Conservation 313, 111587. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111587
- Mehring, Marion, Maximilian Bugert, Bina Perl, Carolin Sommer, Daniela Warzecha (2025): Big City Life. Wichtiger Lebensraum für Insekten in der Großstadt. Senckenberg Natur, Forschung, Museum 157 (7-9), 30–31
- Ellerbrok, Julia S., Theresa Spatz, Veronika Braunisch, Michael Strohbach, Dagmar Haase, Kathrin Januschke, Josef Kaiser, Marion Mehring, Thilo Wellmann, Helge Bruelheide, Jori Maylin Marx, Josef Settele, Christian Wirth, Nina Farwig (2025): Most habitat's and species' assessments in German Natura 2000 sites reflect unfavourable conservation states. Basic and Applied Ecology, DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2025.07.001
- Trujillo Frede, Christina, Ina Danquah, Thomas Friedrich, Albrecht Jahn, Ilona Leyer, Marion Mehring, Eva Mosner, Diana Hummel (2025): The relevance of knowledge and use of medicinal plants for health and biodiversity: a perspective from Social Ecology. Discover Sustainability (6), 1007. DOI: 10.1007/s43621-025-01978-0
- Schreiner, Vera, Marion Mehring, Janina Kleemann, Jennifer Hauck, Stefan Knauß, Christian Poßer, Christian Schleyer, Thomas Potthast, Karsten Grunewald, Christine Fürst, Jennifer Müller, Christian Albert, Monika Egerer, Dagmar Haase, Sonja C. Jähnig, Josef Kaiser, Tanja Gm Sanders, Pia Sommer, Thilo Wellmann, Peter Keil, Heidi Wittmer (2025): Towards transformative change for biodiversity: What can we learn from case studies in Germany?. Journal of Environmental Management 386, 125663. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125663
- Mehring, Marion, Diana Hummel, Lukas Sattlegger, Immanuel Stieß, Flurina Schneider (2025): Trendwende zur Erhaltung der Biodiversität: Dimensionen einer sozial-ökologischen Transformation. Bending the curve of biodiversity loss: Dimensions of a social-ecological transformation. Natur und Landschaft 100 (6), 234–239
- Tolksdorf, Farina L., Marie Weiss, Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno, Nina Maria Frölich, Nana Adjoa B. Amoah, David P. M. Lam, Claire Grauer, Julia Baird, Corinna Ballnat, Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu, Bettina König, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, María Máñez Costa, David Manuel-Navarrete, Dominic A. Martin, Bridget McGlynn, Marion Mehring, Susanne Mühlthaler, Flurina Schneider, Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Luciano Villalba, Annika Weiser, Daniel J. Lang (2025): Why context matters: understanding transdisciplinary research through the lens of nine context factors. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2025.2527104
- Zinngrebe, Yves, Elsa M. Cardona Santos, Ulrich Brand, Jennifer Hauck, Thomas Hickmann, Gregor Hagedorn, Elisabeth V. Henn, Sebastian Lakner, David P. M. Lam, Marion Mehring, Axel Paulsch, Sophia Schmid, Julia Tschersich, Luciana Zedda, Heidi Wittmer (2025): Wie kann die Nationale Strategie zur biologischen Vielfalt 2030 zu einem transformativen Wandel beitragen?. Natur und Landschaft 100 (1), 16–25
- Mehring, Marion (2025): Wissen, Werte, Wirksamkeit. Warum Biodiversitätsforschung gesellschaftliches Handlungswissen liefern muss. GAIA 34 (2), 65
- Arneth, Almut, Aletta Bonn, Nils Borchard, Abhishek Chaudhary, Marianne Darbi, Trishna Dutta, Ulrike Eberle, Nico Eisenhauer, Nina Farwig, Cecilia Flocco, Jens Freitag, Peter Grobe, Rita Grosch, Hans-Pete Grossart, Angela Grosse, Kim Grützmacher, Nina Hagemann, Bernd Hansjürgens, Amber Hartman Scholz, Christiane Hassenrück, Christoph Häuser, Thomas Hickler, Franz Hölker, Ute Jacob, Sonja Jähnig, Klaus Jürgens, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Conor Kretsch, Cornelia Krug, Jan Paul Lindner, Lasse Loft, Carsten Mann, Bettina Matzdorf, Marion Mehring, Rudolf Meier, Karen Meusemann, Daniel Müller, Mats Nieberg, Jörg Overmann, Ralph Peters, Lisa M. Pörtner, Praja Pradhan, Annette Prochnow, Vera Rduch, Christopher P. Reyer, Christian Roos, Christoph Scherber, Nicole Scheunemann, Sibylle Schroer, Andreas Schuck, Giles B. Sioen, Simone Sommer, Nike Sommerwerk, Franziska Tanneberger, Klement Tockner, Hein van der Voort, Tonjes Veenstra, Peter H. Verburg, Maike Voss, Barbara Warner, Wolfgang Wende, Karsten Wesche (2024): 10 Must-Knows aus der Biodiversitätsforschung 2024. Potsdam: Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Biodiversität. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10794362
- Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Amibeth Thompson, Sebastian Lakner, Anne-Christine Mupepele, Hubertus Paetow, Christian Sponagel, Claudia Bieling, Christoph Bleidorn, Laura Breitkreuz, Ute Hasenöhrl, Martin Sommer, Franziska Tanneberger, Helge Bruelheide, Kathrin Muus, Anja Schmidt, Josef Settele, Maria Sporbert, Ingolf Kuhn, Francois Buscot, Peter Otto, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Felix Fornoff, Axel Ssymank, Martin Musche, Alexander Harpke, Bartosz Bartkowski, Nico Eisenhauer, Christian Ristok, Christoph C. Tebbe, Cäcilia Hagenow, Nicolas Schoof, Vera Schreiner, Marion Mehring, Christopher Morhart (2024): Agrar- und Offenland. Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München: oekom verlag, 217–355. DOI: 10.14512/9783987263361
- Mehring, Marion, Nadine Leichter (2024): Hohes Biodiversitätsbewusstsein in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft: wie eine Trendwende beim Biodiversitätsschutz gelingen kann. Anliegen Natur 46 (2), 139–140
- Farwig, Nina, Philipp P. Sprenger, Bruno Baur, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Angelika Brandt, Nico Eisenhauer, Götz Ellwanger, Axel Hochkirch, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Marion Mehring, Martin Pusch, Finn Rehling, Nike Sommerwerk, Theresa Spatz, Jens-Christian Svenning, Sabine Tischew, Klement Tockner, Teja Tscharntke, Alice B. M. Vadrot, Julian Taffner, Christine Fürst, Sonja C. Jähnig, Volker Mosbrugger (2024): Identifying Major Factors for Success and Failure of Conservation Programs in Europe. Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02086-x
- Lakner, Sebastian, Sven Gruner, Pia Sommer, Ute Hasenöhrl, Zachary Turk, Hannah Bohner, Bernd Klauer, Menko Koch, Marie Meyer-Jurshof, Anne-Christine Mupepele, Andre Mascarenhas, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Carola Paul, Florian Jansen, Marion Mehring, Franziska Tanneberger, Helmut Winkler, Pe'er Guy, Hubertus Paetow (2024): Indirekte Treiber der Biodiversitätsentwicklung. Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München: oekom verlag, 1049–1119. DOI: 10.14512/9783987263361
- Mehring, Marion, Anna Brietzke, Janina Kleemann, Stefan Knauβ, Christian Poβer, Vera Schreiner, Heidi Wittmer, Christian Albert, Christine Fürst, Karsten Grunewald, Michael Kolkmann, Ludwig Lettenmaier, Tanja G. M. Sanders, Christian Schleyer, Josef Settele, Tanja M. Straka, Jennifer Hauck (2024): Multiple ways to bend the curve of biodiversity loss: An analytical framework to support transformative change. People and Nature, DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10690
- Bruelheide, Helge, Christian Wirth, Nina Farwig, Josef Settele, Nico Eisenhauer, Julia S. Ellerbrok, Jennifer Hauck, Helmut Hillebrand, Dorothee Hodapp, Jon Maylin Marx, Marion Mehring, Anja Schmidt, Maria Sporbert, Lea Sivers, Heidi Wittmer (2024): Synthese des Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Wie können negative Trends der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland umgekehrt und positive Trends unterstützt werden?. Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München: oekom verlag, 1179–1204. DOI: 10.14512/9783987263361
- Peter, Sophie, Sarah Nieß, Batbuyan Batjav, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Lukas Drees, Yun Jäschke, Ulan Kasymov, Sugar Damdindorj, Khishigdorj Dorjoo, Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, Denise Margaret S. Matias, Thomas Müller, Marion Mehring (2024): The role of traditional ecological knowledge, given the transformation of pastoralism in Central and Eastern Mongolia. Ambio, DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02057-w
- Hauck, Jennifer, Vera Schreiner, Karsten Grunewald, Janina Kleemann, Stefan Knauβ, Michael Kolkmann, Marion Mehring, Christian Poβer, Thomas Potthast, Christian Schleyer, Barbara Warner, Heidi Wittmer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Jasper Meya, Christine Fürst, Christian Albert, Hermann Ansorge, Tobias Behnen, Claudia Bieling, Alexandra Bökenkamp, Anna Brietzke, Markus Egermann, Nina Eschke, Nestor Fernandez, Johannes Förster, Jenny Garcia Ruales, Liana Geidezis, Nadine Gerner, Andreas Gutmann, Elke Hietel, Roman Lenz, Gunter Mann, Julian Richard Massenberg, Franca Maurer, Burghard Meyer, Jennifer Müller, Christian Papilloud, Marianne Penker, Heiko Schumacher, Heiner Schumann, Mario Sommerhäuser, Tanja M. Straka, Suleika Suntken, Katharina Talanow, Sander Westerling, Tobias M. Wildner, Roland Zieschank (2024): Transformationspotenziale zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt. Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München: oekom verlag, 1121–1177. DOI: 10.14512/9783987263361
- Mehring, Marion, Pia Ditscher, Melina Stein (2024): Von Menschen und Sechsbeinern. Der PalmenGarten (87), 54–57
- Neyret, Margot, Sophie Peter, Gaëtane Le Provost, Steffen Boch, Andrea Larissa Boesing, James M. Bullock, Norbert Hölzel, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Jochen Krauss, Jörg Müller, Sandra Müller, Christian Ammer, Francois Buscot, Martin Ehbrecht, Markus Fischer, Kezia Goldmann, Kirsten Jung, Marion Mehring, Thomas Müller, Swen C. Renner, Peter Schall, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Catrin Westphal, Tesfaye Wubet, Peter Manning (2023): Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. nature sustainability (6), 391–403. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-01045-w
- Müller, Ruth, Miklos Bálint, Kornelia Hardes, Henner Hollert, Sven Klimpel, Eileen Knorr, Judith Kochmann, Kwang-Zin Lee, Marion Mehring, Steffen U. Pauls, Greet Smets, Antje Steinbrink, Andreas Vilcinskas (2023): RNA interference to combat the Asian tiger mosquito in Europe: A pathway from design of an innovative vector control tool to its application. Biotechnology Advances 66, 108167. DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108167
- Mehring, Marion, Naomi Bi, Anna Brietzke, Konrad Götz, Vladimir Gross, Volker Mosbrugger, Philipp Sprenger, Melina Stein, Immanuel Stieß, Georg Sunderer, Julian Taffner (2023): Zielvorstellung Biodiversität - Biodiversitätsbewusstsein in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft. Konzeptentwicklung und Ergebnisse einer standardisierten Befragung in Deutschland. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, 72. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Rice, Jake, Tamara Ticktin, Caroline Akachuku, Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, Takuya Furukawa, Edson Gandiwa, Lusine Margayan, Pua'ala , Jyothis Sathyapalan, Vukan Lavadinovic, Hélène Artaud, Håkon Aspøy, Ákos Avar, Dániel Babai, Tamatoa Bambridge, Hossein Barani, Elizabeth S. Barron, E. B. Uday Bhaskar Reddy, Anna Brietzke, Pablo Dominguez, Rosie Franco, Mike Gilby, HyeJin Kim, Lorena Jaramillo, Katie Kamelamela, Berit Köhler, Olve Krange, Emma Lee, Ulrika Lein, Stefan Liehr, Lukasz Luczaj, Daniel Maghanjo Mwamidi, Denise Margaret S. Matias, Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Alexander Mawyer, Camille Mazé, Marion Mehring, Csaba Mészáros, Zsolt Molnár, Snehlata Nath, Mohanty Neha, Ivana Padierna, Frederic Perron-Welch, Juan Gabriel Renom, Matthieu Salpeteur, Aibek Samakov, Lisa Sasaki, Engelbert Schramm, Krishnan Siddhartha, Håkon Stokland, Kim-Ly Thompson, Jiska van Dijk, Anita Varghese, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Xiaoyue Li (2022): Conceptualizing the sustainable use of wild species. Thematic Assessment Report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Bonn: IPBES, 60–143. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10925297
- Drees, Lukas, Stefan Liehr, Batjav Batbuyan, Oskar Marg, Marion Mehring (2022): In search of a nomadic pastoralism for the 21st century. A transdisciplinary development of future scenarios to foster a social-ecological transformation in Mongolia. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 35 (3), 481–505. DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2022.2100744
- Mehring, Marion (2022): Methods for Transdisciplinary Integration - Lessons Learned from Case Studies in Different Cultural Contexts. Discussion Paper. Berlin: Max Planck Society/Population Europe, 46–48
- Tarne, Anika, Batbuyan Batjav, Denise Margaret S. Matias, Marion Mehring (2022): Rural to urban migration in Mongolia - Social-ecological conditions for a stepwise process. ISOE-Diskussionspapiere, 47. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Mehring, Marion, Diana Hummel, Florian Dirk Schneider (2021): Biodiversität im Anthropozän. Ein sozial-ökologischer Ansatz zur Bewertung von Biodiversität. Ökologisches Wirtschaften 36 (3), 46–50. DOI: 10.14512/OEW360346
- Schneider, Florian Dirk, Anna Brietzke, Marion Mehring (2021): Biodiversität, Ökosystemprozesse, Interdisziplinarität, Langzeituntersuchung, Landnutzungsintensität. Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels - Museum Koenig
- Schneider, Florian Dirk, Denise Margaret S. Matias, Stefanie Burkhart, Lukas Drees, Thomas Fickel, Diana Hummel, Stefan Liehr, Engelbert Schramm, Marion Mehring (2021): Biodiversity conservation as infectious disease prevention: why a social-ecological perspective is essential. Global Sustainability 4 (e13), 1–6. DOI: 10.1017/sus.2021.11
- Peter, Sophie, Gaëtane Le Provost, Marion Mehring, Thomas Müller, Peter Manning (2021): Cultural worldviews consistently explain bundles of ecosystem service prioritisation across rural Germany. People and Nature, DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10277
- Mortelmans, Dieter, Thomas Fickel, Edward Ott, Francis Turkelboom, Marion Mehring, Monika Suskevics, Philip K. Roche (2021): IMAGINE COOKBOOK SERIES N°5 Policy Coherence analysis (PoICA): methodological approach. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27253.29925
- Arbieu, Ugo, Guillaune Chapron, Christos Astaras, Nils Brunnefeld, Steven Harkins, Yorgos Iliopoulos, Marion Mehring, Ilka Reinhardt, Thomas Müller (2021): News selection and framing: the media as a stakeholder in human-carnivore coexistence. Environmental Research Letters 16 (6), 064075
- Schneider, Florian Dirk, Lukas Drees, Marion Mehring, Stefanie Burkhart (2021): Prävention von Zoonosen durch Biodiversitätsschutz - eine sozial-ökologische Aufgabe
- Mehring, Marion, Katharina Geitmann-Mügge, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Diana Hummel (2021): Urban Social Ecology. Cities and Nature. Cham: Springer, 79–105. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67650-6_4
- Schneider, Florian Dirk, Anna Brietzke, Marion Mehring (2021): Winzige Nachbarn unter der Lupe. Das Insektenhotel im eigenen Garten als Beitrag zu Biodiversität und Umweltbildung. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Mehring, Marion, Nicolai Mehlhaus, Edward Ott, Diana Hummel (2020): A systematic review of biodiversity and demographic change: A misinterpreted relationship?. Ambio 49, 1297–1312. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01276-w
- Mehring, Marion, Alexandra Lux, Thomas Jahn (2020): Anthropocene Biodiversity Challenges. Über die Notwendigkeit einer sozial-ökologischen Biodiversitätsforschung. Senckenberg Natur, Forschung, Museum 150 (7-9), 114–116
- Schramm, Engelbert, Diana Hummel, Marion Mehring (2020): Die Soziale Ökologie und ihr Beitrag zu einer Gestaltung des Naturschutzes. Natur und Landschaft 95 (9/10), 397–406
- Mehring, Marion, Ruth Müller, Axel Magdeburg, Markus Pfenninger, Friederike Reuß (2020): Gut vorbereitet. Wie Senckenberg und Partner umweltfreundliche Bekämpfungsmethoden gegen Stechmücken testen. Natur Forschung Museum 150 (1-3), 12–17
- Reuß, Friederike, Aljoscha Kreß, Markus Braun, Axel Magdeburg, Markus Pfenninger, Ruth Müller, Marion Mehring (2020): Knowledge on exotic mosquitoes in Germany, and public acceptance and effectiveness of Bti and two self-prepared insecticides against Aedes japonicus japonicus. scientific reports 10 (18901), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75780-5
- Matias, Denise Margaret S., Lukas Drees, Ulan Kasymov, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Batjav Batbuyan, Tserendeleg Dashpurev, Usukhjargal Dorj, Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, Thomas Müller, Irene Ring, Marion Mehring (2020): Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian steppe ecosystem - developing a vision. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, 62. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Jahn, Thomas, Diana Hummel, Lukas Drees, Stefan Liehr, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Immanuel Stieß, Carolin Völker, Martina Winker, Martin Zimmermann (2020): Shaping social-ecological transformations in the Anthropocene. ISOE-Diskussionspapiere, 45. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Jahn, Thomas, Diana Hummel, Lukas Drees, Stefan Liehr, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Immanuel Stieß, Carolin Völker, Martina Winker, Martin Zimmermann (2020): Sozial-ökologische Gestaltung im Anthropozän. GAIA 29 (2), 93–97. DOI: 10.14512/gaia.29.2.6
- Arbieu, Ugo, Jörg Albrecht, Marion Mehring, Nils Bunnefeld, Ilka Reinhardt, Thomas Müller (2020): The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild. Conservation Science and Practice 2 (e184), 1–11. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.184
- Arbieu, Ugo, Marion Mehring, Nils Bunnefeld, Petra Kaczensky, Ilka Reinhardt, Hermann Ansorge, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Jenny A. Glikman, Gesa Kluth, Carsten Nowak, Thomas Müller (2019): Attitudes towards returning wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany: Exposure, information sources and trust matter. Biological Conservation 234 (June), 202–210. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.027
- van Dijk, Jiska, David Carss, Hans Keune, Suvi Vikström, Lucette Flandroy, Graham Rook, Tari Haahtela, Marion Mehring, Barbara Birzle-Harder, Friederike Reuß, Ruth Müller, Sandra Luque, Joao Garcia Rodrigues (2019): Invited background document on biodiversity and health for the Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 drafted by the Independent Group of Scientists. NINA Report, 1555. Trondheim: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
- Hummel, Diana, Marion Mehring (2019): On the Move. Mobilität und sozial-ökologische Transformationen im westafrikanischen Sahel und in der Mongolei. Natur Forschung Museum 149 (10-12), 172–175
- Mehring, Marion, Edward Ott, Diana Hummel (2018): Ecosystem services supply and demand assessment: Why social-ecological dynamics matter. Ecosystem Services 30, 124–125. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.02.009
- Watt, Allan, Gill Ainsworth, Estelle Balian, George Cojocaru, Marianne Darbi, Lynn Dicks, Hilde Eggermont, Eeva Furman, Lise Goudeseune, Pierre Huybrecht, Eszter Kelemen, Florian Koch, Zoi Konstantinou, Barbara Livoreil, Karla Locher, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Carsten Neßhöver, Riikka Paloniemi, Heli Saarikoski, Isabel Sousa Pinto, Marie Vandewalle, Riku Varjopuro, Liisa Varumo, Heidi Wittmer, Juliette C. Young (2018): EKLIPSE: engaging knowledge holders and networks for evidence-informed European policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Evidence & Policy, DOI: 10.11332/174426418X15314036194114
- Mehring, Marion, Batjav Batbuyan, Sanjaa Bolortsetseg, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Tserendeleg Dashpurev, Lukas Drees, Shiilegdamba Enkhtuvshin, Gonchigsumlaa Ganzorig, Thomas Hickler, Lukas Lehnert, Stefan Liehr, Georg Miehe, Gungaa Munkhbolor, Thomas Müller, Dejid Nandintsetseg, Kirk Olson, Irene Ring, Anika Tarne, Yun Wang, Karsten Wesche (2018): Keep on moving - How to facilitate nomadic pastoralism in Mongolia in the light of current societal transformation processes. ISOE Policy Brief, 7. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Mehring, Marion, Batjav Batbuyan, Sanjaa Bolortsetseg, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Tserendeleg Dashpurev, Lukas Drees, Shiilegdamba Enkhtuvshin, Gungaa Munkhbolor, Thomas Müller, Dejid Nandintsetseg, Karsten Wesche (2018): Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem - societal transformation processes. Stakeholder analysis and identification of drivers and potential solution pathways. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, 52. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Schleyer, Christian, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring, Christoph Görg (2017): Ecosystem Services as a Boundary Concept: Arguments from Social Ecology. Sustainability 9 (7), 1107. DOI: 10.3390/su9071107
- Mehring, Marion, Barbara Bernard, Diana Hummel, Stefan Liehr, Alexandra Lux (2017): Halting biodiversity loss: how social-ecological biodiversity research makes a difference. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 13 (1), 172–180. DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2017.1289246
- Liehr, Stefan, Julia Röhrig, Marion Mehring, Thomas Kluge (2017): How the Social-Ecological Systems Concept Can Guide Transdisciplinary Research and Implementation: Addressing Water Challenges in Central Northern Namibia. Sustainability 9 (7), 1109. DOI: 10.3390/su9071109
- Mehring, Marion, Uwe Zajonz, Diana Hummel (2017): Social-Ecological Dynamics of Ecosystem Services: Livelihoods and the Functional Relation between Ecosystem Service Supply and Demand - Evidence from Socotra Archipelago, Yemen and the Sahel Region, West Africa. Sustainability 9 (7), 1037. DOI: 10.3390/su9071037
- Mehring, Marion, Diana Hummel, Alexandra Lux (2017): Social-ecological Perspective in Biodiversity Research - A Framework of a Transdisciplinary Research Process. In: Kabisch, Nadja, Jutta Stadler, Simon Duffield, Horst Korn, Aletta Bonn (Ed.): BfN-Skripten. Bundesamt für Naturschutz BfN, 123–124
- Mehring, Marion (2017): Sozial-ökologische Perspektiven auf Biodiversität. BfN-Skripten. Bonn - Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz BfN, 40–44
- Mehring, Marion, Diana Hummel (2017): The need for transdisciplinary social-ecological biodiversity research - More a lack of knowledge rather than a lack of action. ISOE Policy Brief, 5. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Mehring, Marion, Alexandra Lux (2016): Der Wert der Biodiversität. Warnsignal Klima: Die Biodiversität. Hamburg: Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, 32–37
- Bernard, Barbara, Anna Walz, Alexandra Lux, Marion Mehring (2014): Klimaschutz- und Anpassungsmaβnahmen - Zielkonflikte und Synergien mit dem Biodiversitätsschutz. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, 43. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Marquard, Elisabeth, Jan Barkmann, Svenja Busse, Viola Clausnitzer, Uta Eser, Johannes Förster, Christoph Görg, Kurt Jax, Ina Lehmann, Marion Mehring, Carsten Neßhöver, Axel Paulsch, Carmen Richerzhagen, Vera Tekken, Malte Timpte, Heidi Wittmer (2013): Comments regarding the MEP proposal to develop three different conceptual frameworks for IPBES. NeFo statement Paper. Leipzig: Netzwerk-Forum zur Biodiversitätsforschung Deutschland (NeFo)
- Mehring, Marion (2013): How to Frame Social-Ecological Biodiversity Research - A Methodological Comparison between two Approaches of Social-Ecological Systems. In: Friedrich, Jan, Aurélie Halsband, Lisa Minkmar (Ed.): Biodiversität und Gesellschaft.Gesellschaftliche Dimensionen von Schutz und Nutzung biologischer Vielfalt. Universitätsverlag, 91–98
- Hauck, Jennifer, Burkhard Schweppe-Kraft, Christian Albert, Christoph Görg, Kurt Jax, Rita Jensen, Christine Fürst, Joachim Maes, Irene Ring, Iva Hönigovà, Benjamin Burkhard, Marion Mehring, Maria Tiefenbach, Karsten Grunewald, Markus Schwarzer, Julian Meurer, Mario Sommerhäuser, Jörg A. Priess, Jenny Schmidt, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey (2013): The Promise of the Ecosystem Services Concept for Planning and Decision-Making. GAIA (4), 232–236
- Mehring, Marion, Estelle Balian, Angelique Berhault, Engelbert Schramm (2012): Transdisciplinary. Research on Biodiversity - Steps towards Integrated Biodiversity Research. Frankfurt am Main, Germany/Brussels, Belgium: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung/EPBRS
- Mehring, Marion (2011): Evaluation of Buffer Zone Effectiveness in Forest Biosphere Reserve Management - Global Insights and an Indonesian Case Study. Greifswald: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
- Mehring, Marion, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann (2011): How Effective is the Buffer Zone? Linking Institutional Processes with Satellite Images from a Case Study in the Lore Lindu Forest Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia. Ecology and Society 16 (4), 1–16
- Mehring, Marion, Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Sebastian Koch, Jan Barkmann, Stefan Schwarze, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann (2011): Local institutions: Regulation and valuation of forest use - Evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Land Use Policy 28 (4), 736–747
- Stoll-Kleemann, Susanne, Monika Bertzky, Anne Cristina de La Vega-Leinert, Nadine Fritz-Vietta, Nele Leiner, Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers, Marion Mehring, Thomas Reinhold, Rainer Schliep (2008): The Governance of Biodiversity (GoBi) Projekt. A Vision for Protected Area Management and Governance. Greifswald
Current Publications
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Growing change: Promoting insect-friendly behaviour through gardening-framed interventions -
Pasture condition in the Mongolian steppe: Cross-validating traditional ecological knowledge and field-based ecological surveys Biological ConservationPasture condition in the Mongolian steppe: Cross-validating traditional ecological knowledge and field-based ecological surveys
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2026Available online
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Big City Life. Wichtiger Lebensraum für Insekten in der Großstadt Senckenberg Natur, Forschung, MuseumBig City Life. Wichtiger Lebensraum für Insekten in der Großstadt
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Most habitat's and species' assessments in German Natura 2000 sites reflect unfavourable conservation states Basic and Applied EcologyMost habitat's and species' assessments in German Natura 2000 sites reflect unfavourable conservation states
Julia S. Ellerbrok et al.
2025Available online
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The relevance of knowledge and use of medicinal plants for health and biodiversity: a perspective from Social Ecology Discover SustainabilityThe relevance of knowledge and use of medicinal plants for health and biodiversity: a perspective from Social Ecology
Christina Trujillo Frede et al.
2025Available online
