Publications

peer-reviewed

2026
Fierke, J., Simon, A., Putzenlechner, B., Winter, A.N., Gowda, J.H., Kappas, M. (2026): Climate Variations Across Landscape Gradients of Northern Patagonian Andean Forests: Lessons from High-Resolution Climate Datasets and Microclimatic Records. In: Walentowski, H., Kitzberger, T., Kappas, M., Zerbe, S., Loguercio, G.A. (eds) Ecology, Structure and Dynamics of North Patagonian Forests and Derivations for Ecosystem Management . Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 46. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17737-7_4

Fierke, J., Gowda, J. H., Díaz, G. M., Koal, P., Walentowski, H., Kappas, M., Putzenlechner, B. (2026): Vegetation structure and elevation provide stronger thermal buffering than slope orientation during summer heat in northern Patagonia. Accepted in International Journal of Biometeorology

George, S., Putzenlechner, B., Kalbitz, K., Grieger, S., Landgraf, D., Koal, P. (2026): Soil nutrient stocks after forest dieback under different management regimes. Forest Ecology and Management 612(123727). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123727

Koal, P.; Putzenlecher, B.; Eichler-Löbermann, B. (2026): Recycled Phosphorus from Biomass Ash: Fertilizer Performance Across Crops. Agronomy, 16(2), 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16020224

[PREPRINT - under review] Putzenlechner, B.; Zwanzig, M.; Bässler, C.; Bernhardt-Römermann, M.; Ebert, J.; Grieger, S. ; Koal, P.; Oechler, H.; Peter, D., Profft, I.; Spaleck, S.; Steinebrunner, F.; Tischer, A.; Thorn, S.; Wehnert, A.; Zhou, X.; Huth, F. (2026): Reforestation under climate change - a cross-regional deadwood retention experiment to develop multifunctional forests on disturbed Norway spruce areas. bioRxiv 2026.01.12.698939 https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.12.698939

2025
Putzenlechner, B., Grieger, S., Czech, C., Koal, P. (2025): Post-disturbance treatment effects on microclimate and vegetation recovery on Norway spruce calamity areas from in situ and UAV-based monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management 597(123131). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123131

Basnet, P., Grieger, S., Putzenlechner, B., Seidel. P. (2025): Forests with high structural complexity contribute more to land surface cooling- empirical support for management for complexity. Journal of Forestry Research 36 (59). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-01855-6

Fierke, S., Putzenlechner, B., Simon, A., Gowda, J.H., Reiter, R.J., Walentwoski, H., Kappas, M. (2025): Modelling microclimatic variability in Andean forests of northern Patagonia. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02891-x

Grieger, S., Kappas, M., Karel, S., Koal, P., Koukal, T., Löw, M., Zwanzig, M., Putzenlechner, B. (2025): Impact of forest disturbance derived from Sentinel-2 time series on Landsat 8/9 land surface temperature: the case of Norway spruce in Central Germany. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 228, 388-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.07.006

2024
Putzenlechner, B., Bevern, F., Koal, P., Grieger, S., Kappas, M., Koukal, T., Löw, M., Filipponi, F. (2024): Accuracy assessment of LAI, PAI and FCOVER from Sentinel-2 and GEDI for monitoring forests and their disturbance in Central Germany. European Journal of Remote Sensing 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2024.2422323

Fierke, J., Joelsen, N. Z., Loguercio, G., Putzenlechner, B., Simon, A., Wyss, D., Kappas, M., Walentowski, H.: Assessing regional uncertainties of high-resolution climate datasets through a projection of future bioclimates in the Andes of northern Patagonia. Regional Environmental Change 24(110). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02278-5

Simon, A., Fierke, J., Reiter, E., Loguercio, G., Heinrichs, S., Putzenlechner, B., Joelson, N., Walentwoski, H. (2024): The interior climate and its microclimatic variation of temperate forests in northern Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02617-5

2023
Putzenlechner, B., Koal, P., Kappas, M., Löw, M., Mundhenk, P., Tischer, A., Wernicke, J. and Koukal, T.: Towards precision forestry: drought response from remote sensing-based disturbance monitoring and fine-scale soil information in Central Europe. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163114

2022
Chand, D., Berg, L. K., Tagestad, J., Putzenlechner, B., Yang, Z., Tai, S., Fast, J. D. (2022): Fine Scale Variability in Green Vegetation Fraction Over the Southern Great Plains Using Sentinel-2 Satellite: A Case Study. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100799

Putzenlechner, B., Marzahn, P., Koal, P., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. (2022): Fractional vegetation cover derived from UAV and Sentinel-2 imagery as a proxy for in situ FAPAR in a dense mixed-coniferous forest? Remote Sensing 14(2): 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14020380

Xue, L., Kappas, M., Wyss, D., Wang, C., Putzenlechner, B., Thi, N. P., Chen, J. (2022): Assessment of Climate Change and Human Activities on Vegetation Development in Northeast China. Sensors 22(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072509

Xue, L., Kappas, M., Wyss, D., Putzenlechner, B. (2022): Assessing the Drought Variability in Northeast China over Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales. Atmosphere 13(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091506

2018-2020
Putzenlechner, B., Marzahn, P. and Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. (2020): Accuracy assessment on the number of flux terms needed to estimate in situ fAPAR. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 88(C): 102061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102061

Putzenlechner, B., Castro, S. M., Kiese, R., Ludwig, R., Marzahn, P. and Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. (2019): Validation of Sentinel-2 fAPAR products using ground observations across three forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 232(C): 111310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111310

Putzenlechner, B., Marzahn, P., Ludwig, R. and Sanchez-Azofeifa, A. (2018): Assessing the variability and uncertainty of two-flux FAPAR measurements in a conifer-dominated forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 264:149-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.10.007

2013-2015
Mauser, W., Klepper, G., Zabel, F., Delzeit, R., Hank, T., Putzenlechner, B. and Calzadilla, A. (2015): Global biomass production potentials exceed expected future demand without the need for cropland expansion. Nature Communications, 6: 8946. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9946

Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B. and Mauser, W. (2014): Global Agricultural Land Resources – A High Resolution Suitability Evaluation and Its Perspectives until 2100 under Climate Change Conditions. PLoS ONE 9(12): e114980. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107522

Avellan, T., Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B. and Mauser, W. (2013): A Comparison of Using Dominant Soil and Weighted Average of the Component Soils in Determining Global Crop Growth Suitability. International Journal of Environment and Pollution 2(3):40-51. https://doi.org/10.5539/ep.v2n3p40