Dr. Benjamin Burkhard

Institute for Natural Resource Conservation Department of Ecosystem Management Olshausenstr. 75 D-24118 Kiel
Room 119 Phone +49(0)431/880-1230 Fax +49(0)431/880-4083 E-Mail bburkhard@ecology.uni-kiel.de

• Systems analysis, human-environmental interactions, ecosystem services
• Landscape ecology, Integrated landscape and coastal zone management
• Dynamics, resilience and adaptability of human-environmental systems

• LEGATO: Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems (BMBF, 01.03.2011 – 28.02.2015)

• EnvEurope: Environmental quality and pressures assessment across Europe: the LTER network as an integrated and shared system for ecosystem monitoring (EU, 01.01.2010 – 31.12.2013)

• EcoChange: Assessment of Freshwater Ecosystems under Global Change (DFG/NSF China, 01.01.2009-31.12.2011) 

• Entwicklung von Indikatoren für die Evaluierung und das Management der Naturerbeflächen der DBU (DBU, 01.04.2011-31.01.2012)
  
• Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures: Research for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (BMBF, 01.06.2004 - 30.04.2010)

• CLMIRF: Changing Landscape Management in Rural Finland (DAAD, Finnish Academy of Sciences, 2007-2009)

• Use of Landscape Sciences for Environmental Assessment (NATO CCMS, pilot study 2002-2006) 

• RENMAN: The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management: Integration and Sustainability in Europe's subarctic and boreal regions (EU, 01.03.2001 - 28.02.2004)

• Basics of Ecosystems Analysis (Module 2.1.1) MSc Environmental Management

• Advanced Ecosystems Analysis (Module 3.2.1) MSc Environmental Management

• Landscape Systems Analysis Northern Finland (Field course) (Module 2.1.8) MSc Environmental Management

• Organization of the Institute's colloquium "Ecobrunch"

• GISLERS Summer School "Bridging GIS, Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing for Landscape Planning", University of Salzburg
  

supervised graduate theses

• International Association for Landscape Ecology IALE (Executive Committee)
  
• Ecosystem Services Partnership ESP (Steering Committee)
• Editorial board member of the journal "Ecological Indicators" (Elsevier)
• Editorial board member of the journal "Ecosystem Services" (Elsevier)
• Guest editor for the journals "Ecological Complexity", "Ecosystem Services", "Ecological Indicators", "International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management"
• Reviewer for the journals "Ecological Indicators", "Ecological Modelling", "Ecological Economics", "Ecological Engineering", "Environmental Management", "Landscape Ecology", "Remote Sensing", "GAIA", "Landscape Online", "Sustainability", "Human Ecology Review", "Biodiversity and Conservation", "Journal of Environmental Management","Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment", "Mountain Research and Development", "International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management"
• Consultant for the nature protection area Schleimündung

since 2001

• Scientific employee at the Institute for Natural Resource Conservation of the Christian Albrecht University Kiel

2010

• Scientific employee at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Halle

2008-2009

• Guest scientist at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Adelaide/Australia

2007

• Guest scientist at the University of Salento Lecce/Italy

2004

• PhD in Ecology, topic of dissertation: "Ecological Assessment of the Reindeer Husbandry System in Northern Finland"

2000

• Diploma in Geography, diploma thesis: "GIS-basierte Analyse der Brutvogelverteilung im Naturschutzgebiet Oehe-Schleimünde/Ostsee"

1999-2000

• Civilian service in the Baltic Sea bird sanctuary Oehe-Schleimünde

1996

• Erasmus student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala

1993 - 1999

• Studies at the Humboldt-University Berlin: Geography, Geoinformatics, Cartography, Northern European studies

1990 - 1992

• Carl-von-Ossietzky grammar school Berlin Pankow

1980 - 1990

• 8. Polytechnical school Berlin Pankow

1974

• Born in the Charité Berlin

• The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP; Steering committee)

• International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE; Executive committee)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie (DGfG, VGDH)

• European Association for Landscape Ecology (EALE)

• Arbeitskreis Geographie der Meere und Küsten (AMK)

• Verein Jordsand zum Schutze der Seevögel und der Natur e.V.
• Verein zur Förderung der Ökosystemforschung Kiel e.V.

• National Geographic Society

• 1. FC Union Berlin

• 2006 IALE-D Graduate Award for the best landscape ecological dissertation
  

• 2006 Otto Science Trophy (CAU sailing cup; with Dirk Lorenzen & Astrid Knieß)

• 2008 Otto Science Trophy (CAU sailing cup; with Dirk Lorenzen & Astrid Knieß)

• 2010 Otto Science Trophy (CAU sailing cup; with Dirk Lorenzen & Alexander Zink)

Peer reviewed articles

2012

• Burkhard, B., R. de Groot, R. Costanza, R. Seppelt, S.E. Jørgensen & M. Potschin (2012): Solutions for Sustaining Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services. Ecological Indicators 21: 1-6.
• Vihervaara, P., T. Kumpula, A. Ruokolainen, A. Tanskanen & B. Burkhard (2012): The use of detailed biotope data for linking biodiversity with ecosystem services in Finland. - International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, DOI:10.1080/21513732.2012.686120
• Burkhard, B., F. Kroll, S. Nedkov & F. Müller (2012): Mapping supply, demand and budgets of ecosystem services. - Ecological Indicators 21: 17-29.
• Busch, M., K. Gee, B. Burkhard, M. Lange & N. Stelljes (2012): Conceptualizing the link between marine ecosystem services and human well-being: the case of offshore wind farming. - International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 7 (3): 190-203.
• Nedkov, S. & B. Burkhard (2011): Flood regulating ecosystem services - Mapping supply and demand, in the Etropole municipality, Bulgaria. - Ecological Indicators 21: 67-79.
• Seppelt R., B. Fath, B. Burkhard, J. L. Fisher, A. Grêt-Regamey, S. Lautenbach, P. Pert, S. Hotes, J. Spangenberg, P. H. Verburg, A. P. E. Van Oudenhoven (2011): Form follows function? Proposing a blueprint for ecosystem service assessments based on reviews and case studies. - Ecological Indicators 21: 145-154.

2011

• Burkhard, B., B. D. Fath & F. Müller (2011): Adapting the adaptive cycle: Hypotheses on the development of ecosystem properties and services. - Ecological Modelling 222: 2878– 2890.
• Burkhard, B., S. Opitz, H.-J. Lenhart, K. Ahrendt, S. Garthe, B. Mendel & W. Windhorst (2011): Ecosystem based modeling and indication of ecological integrity in the German North Sea – Case study offshore wind farms. – Ecological Indicators 11/1: 168-174.
• De Groot, R., R. Costanza, D. van den Broeck, J. Aronson, B. Burkhard, E. Gomez-Baggethun, R. Haines-Young, I. Kubiszewski, F. Müller, I. Petrosillo, M. Potschin, S. van der Ploeg & G. Zurlini (2011): A global partnership for ecosystem services. - Solutions 2(6): 42-43.

2010

• Burkhard, B., I. Petrosillo & R. Costanza (2010): Ecosystem Services – Bridging Ecology, Economy and Social Sciences. - Ecological Complexity 7/3: 257-259.
• Vihervaara, P., Kumpula, T., Tanskanen, A. & B. Burkhard (2010): Ecosystem services – A tool for sustainable management of human–environment systems. Case study Finnish Forest Lapland. - Ecological Complexity 7/3: 410-420.
• Gee, K. & B. Burkhard (2010): Cultural ecosystem services in the context of offshore wind farming: a case study from the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein. – Ecological Complexity 7/3: 349-358.

2009

• Burkhard, B., F. Kroll, F. Müller & W. Windhorst (2009): Landscapes‘ Capacities to Provide Ecosystem Services – a Concept for Land-Cover Based Assessments. – Landscape Online 15: 1-22.
• Kannen, A. & B. Burkhard (2009): Integrated Assessment of Coastal and Marine Changes Using the Example of Offshore Wind Farms: the Coastal Futures Approach. – GAIA 18/3: 229–238.

2008

• Burkhard, B. & F. Müller (2008): Indicating Human-Environmental System Properties: Case Study Northern Fenno-Scandinavian Reindeer Herding. – Ecological Indicators 8: 828-840.
• Nunneri, C., H.-J. Lenhart, B. Burkhard, W. Windhorst (2008): Ecological Risk as a tool for evaluating the effects of offshore wind farm construction in the North Sea. - Regional Environmental Change 8: 31–43.
• Nunneri, C., H.-J. Lehnhart, B. Burkhard, F.Colijn, F. Müller & W. Windhorst (2008): The use of ‘ecological risk‘ for assessing effects of human activities: an example including eutrophication and offshore wind farm construction in the North Sea. - Landscape online 5: 1-20.

Editorships and Books

2012

• Burkhard, B., R. de Groot, R. Costanza, R. Seppelt,, S.E. Jørgensen & M. Potschin (2012): Challenges of sustaining natural capital and ecosystem services: Quantification, modelling & valuation/accounting. Special Issue. Ecological Indicators 21. 1-154.

2010

• Burkhard, B., I. Petrosillo & R. Costanza (Eds.) (2010): Ecosystem Services – Bridging Ecology, Economy and Social Sciences. - Ecological Complexity 7/3. Special Issue: 257-420.
• Lange, M., B. Burkhard, S. Garthe, K. Gee, A. Kannen, H. Lenhart & W. Windhorst (Eds.) (2010): Analyzing Coastal and Marine Changes: Offshore Wind Farming as a Case Study. - LOICZ Research & Studies 36. 214 pages.

2004

• Burkhard, B. (2004) : Ecological Assessment of the Reindeer Husbandry System in Northern Finland. – EcoSys Suppl.-Bd. 43. 117 pages.
  

Book chapters 

2010

• Burkhard, B.  & F. Kroll (2010): Maps of ecosystem services, supply and demand. In: Cutler J. Cleveland (ed.): Encyclopedia of Earth, Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, D.C.
• Müller, F., B. Burkhard & F. Kroll (2010): Resilience, Integrity and Ecosystem Dynamics: Bridging Ecosystem Theory and Management. In: Otto, J.-C. & Dikau, R. (Eds.): Landform – Structure, Evolution, Process Control. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences Series. Vol. 115. Springer: 221-242.
• Müller, F. & B. Burkhard (2010): Ecosystem Indicators for the Integrated Management of Landscape Health and Integrity. In: S. E. Jorgensen, L. Xu, R. Costanza (eds.): Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Second Edition. Taylor & Francis: 391-423.
• Vihervaara, P., T. Kumpula, A. Tanskanen & B. Burkhard (2010): Ekosysteemipalvelututkimuksen aineistot ja menetelmät kestävän maankäytön suunnittelussa – Esimerkkinä Metsä-Lappi. In: Hiedanpää, J., Suvantola, L. & A. Naskali (eds.): Hyödyllinen luonto - Ekosysteemipalvelut hyvinvointimme perustana. Vastapaino Tampere: 179-203.

2009

• Kannen, A., K. Ahrendt, A. Bruns., B. Burkhard, D. Diembeck, K. Gee, B. Glaeser, K. Licht-Eggert, T. Michler, O. Meyer-Engelhard, C. Nunneri, S. Stragies & W. Windhorst, W. (2009): Exploring the future of seas and coasts: Scenarios within the joint research project "Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures". In: Moksness, E., E. Dahl & J. Støttrup, (Eds): Integrated Coastal Zone Management. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester: 207-218.

2008

• Burkhard, B. & F. Müller (2008): Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Response. In: Jørgensen, S.E. & B.D. Fath (Eds.): Ecological Indicators. Vol. [2] of Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. Oxford: Elsevier: 967-970.
• Burkhard, B., F. Müller & A. Lill (2008): Ecosystem health indicators: overview. In: Jørgensen, S.E. & B.D. Fath (Eds.): Ecological Indicators. Vol. [2] of Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. Oxford: Elsevier: 1132-1138.
• Burkhard, B. & F. Müller (2008): Indicating ecosystem health and integrity. In: Denhardt, A., U. Petschow (Eds.): Sustainability in River Basins – A Question of Governance. Ökom Verlag München: 35-57.
• Kumpula, T., B. Burkhard & F. Müller (2008): Environmental assessing of reindeer herding in changing landscapes on different scales. In: Petrosillo, I., Müller, F., Jones, K.B., Zurlini, G., Krauze, K., Victorov, S., Li, B.-L., Kepner, W.G. (Eds.), 2007, Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security. Springer: 413-427.
• Seppelt, R., B. Burkhard & N. Zaccarelli (2008): Assessments of Human-Environmental Systems in Landscapes. In: Petrosillo, I., Müller, F., Jones, K.B., Zurlini, G., Krauze, K., Victorov, S., Li, B.-L., Kepner, W.G. (Eds.), 2007, Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security. Springer: 317-318.
• Müller, F., B. Burkhard, W. Windhorst & F. Kroll (2008): Der „ökosystemare Ansatz“ der Biodiversitätskonvention: Fallstudien für ein nachhaltiges Umweltmanagement. In: Dengler, J., Dolnik, C., Trepel, M. (Eds.): Flora, Vegetation und Naturschutz zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Südamerika – Festschrift für Klaus Dierssen zum 60. Geburtstag. - Mitt. Arbeitsgem. Geobot. Schleswig-Holstein Hamb. 65. Kiel: 443-460.
• Müller, F., B. Burkhard & F. Kroll (2008.): Welches sind die wichtigsten Eigenschaften von funktionstüchtigen terrestrischen Ökosystemen? In: Der “gute ökologische Zustand” naturnaher terrestrischer Ökosysteme – ein Indikator für Biodiversität? UBA-Texte 29/08. Umweltbundesamt Dessau (Ed.): 18-32.

2007

• Müller, F. & B. Burkhard (2007): An ecosystem based framework to link landscape structures, functions and services. In: Mander, Ü., H. Wiggering & K. Helming (Eds.): Multifunctional Land Use – Meeting Future Demands for Landscape Goods and Services. Springer: 37-64.

2006

• B. Burkhard & F. Müller (2006): Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management. In: Forbes B.C., M. Bölter, L. Müller-Wille, J. Hukkinen, F. Müller, N. Gunslay, Y. Konstantinov (Eds.): Reindeer Management in northernmost Europe. Ecological Studies 184. Springer: 341-364.

Further scientific publications

2010

• Burkhard, B. (2010): Scenarios for Driver – Pressure Relationships. LOICZ Research & Studies 36: 39-51.
• Lenhart, H., K. Ahrendt, B. Burkhard, S. Garthe, D. Gloe, W. Kühn, B. Mendel, P. Nerge, S. Opitz & A. Schmidt (2010): Ecological Impact Assessment. LOICZ Research & Studies 36: 52-96.
• Busch, M., B. Burkhard, M. Lange, K. Gee & N. Stelljes (2010): Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on the Provision of Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being. LOICZ Research & Studies 36: 121-160.
• Kannen, A., B. Burkhard & W. Windhorst (2010): The Integrated Approach in Zukunft Küste – Coastal Futures. LOICZ Research & Studies 36: 30-38.
• Burkhard, B., S. Opitz, H. Lenhart, K. Ahrendt, S. Garthe, B. Mendel, P. Nerge & W. Windhorst (2010) Modellbasierte Bewertung der Auswirkungen von Offshore-Windkraftanalgen auf die ökologische Integrität der Nordsee. Coastline Reports 15: 15-29.
• Lange, M., B. Burkhard, K. Gee & A. Kannen (2010): Risiko im Kontext von Offshore-Windkraft und systemischem Risikodiskurs. Coastline Reports 15: 1-13.

2009

• Burkhard, B., T. Kumpula & P. Vihervaara (2009): Changing landscape management in rural Finland. – Mitteilungen zur Kieler Polarforschung 23: 67-72.
• Burkhard, B, F. Müller, F. Kroll, & W. Windhorst (2009): Never bite the hand that feeds you - human actions’ impacts on the provision of ecosystem goods and services. In: Breuste, J., M. Kozová & M. Finka (Eds.): European Landscapes in Transition: Challenges for Landscape Ecology and Management. Salzburg (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia): 409-412.

2008

• Ahrendt, K. & B. Burkhard (2008): Integrative Managementkonzepte zur Meeresnutzung. - Schiff & Hafen 03/08: 78-81.

2007

• Burkhard, B., F. Hosenfeld & W. Windhorst (2007): Daten und Informationen für die deutsche Nordseeküste – Das virtuelle Kompetenzzentrum im Verbundprojekt “Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures“. In: Traub, K.-P. & J. Kohlus (Eds.): Geoinformationen für die Küstenzone. Wichmann Verlag: 141-149.
• Burkhard, B. (2007): Das Naturschutzgebiet Vogelfreistätte Oehe-Schleimünde. – Seevögel Bd. 28. Sonderband 100 Jahre Seevogelschutz an deutschen Küsten: 182-187.
• Hosenfeld, F., B. Burkhard & W. Windhorst (2007):Virtuelles Kompetenzzentrum - Informations- und Managementplattform im Verbundprojekt „Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures“. UBA-Texte 12/07. Umweltbundesamt Dessau (Ed.): 109-115.
• Licht-Eggert, K., A. Kannen, K. Ahrendt, B. Burkhard, A. Bruns, D. Diembeck, K. Gee,  B. Glaeser, B. Grimm, J. Köhn, T. Michler, C. Nunneri, S. Stragies & W. Windhorst (2007): Szenarien über mögliche Zukünfte der Nordseeküste bis 2055 – Herangehensweise und methodische Gesichtspunkte mit Schwerpunkt auf sozioökonomischen Aspekten. - In: G. Gönnert, B. Pflüger & J.-A. Bremer: Von der Geoarchäologie über die Küstendynamik zum Küstenzonenmanagement. - Coastline Reports 9 (2007), S. 207 - 216.

2006

• Burkhard, B. (2006): Nordsee 2055 – Zukunftsszenarien für die Küste. – EcoSys Suppl. 46: 70-89.
• Müller, F. & B. Burkhard (2006): Beiträge zur Indikation der ökologischen Integrität auf verschiedenen Skalen. – EcoSys Suppl. 46: 53-69.
• Lenhart, H., B. Burkhard & W. Windhorst (2006): Ökologische Auswirkungen erhöhter Schwebstoffgehalte als Folge der Baumaßnahmen von Offshore Windkraftanlagen. – EcoSys Suppl. 46: 90-106.
• Burkhard, B. (2006): Offshore Windenergieparks in der deutschen Nordsee – neue Planungen, neue Potentiale und neue Effekte. – Forum der Geoökologie 17 (2): 14-15.
• Hosenfeld, F., B. Burkhard & W. Windhorst (2006): Virtual Centre of Competence - information and management platform in the project “Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures”. In: Tochtermann, K. & A. Scharl (Eds): Managing Environmental Knowledge - 20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection, Graz, Shaker Verlag, Aachen: 521-524.
• Burkhard, B. & D. Diembeck (2006): Zukunftsszenarien für die deutsche Nordsee. – Forum der Geoökologie 17 (2): 27-30.
• Burkhard, B. & F. Müller (2006) : Von der norddeutschen Kulturlandschaft zu den Grenzen der Ökumene - Modellierung des Wasser- und Stoffhaushaltes auf verschiedenen Skalen. In: Kulke, E., H. Monheim & K. Wessel (Eds.): GrenzWerte -wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen des 55. Deutschen Geographentages Trier 2005: 383-392.

2005

• Kumpula, T., B. Burkhard & F. Müller (2005): Can you see it all in the image? Using remote sensing techniques for landscape assessment in northern Fennoscandia. – EcoSys 11.  S. 13-23.

2004

• Burkhard, B., F. Müller & T. Kumpula (2004) : Integrative Assessment of Different Reindeer Management Strategies in Northern Finland. - EcoSys Suppl. 42: 60-66.
• Burkhard, B., F. Müller (2004) : Integrative Analysis and Modelling in the RENMAN project. - Mitteilungen zur Kieler Polarforschung 20-2004: 46-48.
• M. Bölter, B. Burkhard (2004): RENMAN - The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management: Integration and Sustainable Development in Europe's Subarctic and Boreal Regions. - Mitteilungen zur Kieler Polarforschung 20-2004: 14-16.

2003

• Burkhard, B., T. Kumpula & F. Müller (2003): Landscape Assessment for a Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry in Northern Scandinavia. - EcoSys 10: 116-124.
• Burkhard, B., F. Müller (2003): Systems analysis and modelling of reindeer husbandry in northern Finland. - Rangifer Report No. 7, Nordic Council for Reindeer Research Tromsø.

2002

• Burkhard, B., F. Müller (2002): Development of a General Indicator Concept for Reindeer Management. - Rangifer Report No. 6, Nordic Council for Reindeer Research Tromsø.
• Burkhard, B. (2002) : Sturmmöwenbrutkolonie an der südlichen Schleimündung bei Olpenitz. - Seevögel Bd. 23, Heft 1: 25-28.