R. Leemans

Publication List Details

Period

1995 - 2008

Number

169

Co-Authors

A framework to identify appropriate spatial and temporal scales for modeling N flows from watersheds (2008)

Dumont, E.L., Bakker, E.J., Bouwman, L., Kroeze, C., Leemans, R., Stein, A.

We describe a framework (FAMOS) to identify the appropriate spatial and temporal scales for nitrogen (N) flow models. FAMOS has been developed for models of N export from large watersheds. With...

A spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of ecosystem service change in Europe (2008)

Metzger, M.J., Schröter, D., Leemans, R., Cramer, W.

Environmental change alters ecosystem functioning and may put the provision of services to human at risk. This paper presents a spatially explicit and quantitative assessment of the corresponding...

Projected environmental shifts under climate change: European trends and regional impacts (2008)

Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Leemans, R., Viner, D.

Potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems and the environment are generally assessed by summarizing climate change scenarios for broad regions (for example countries), or by specific...

Vulnerability and adapation of European farmers: a Multi-level analysis of yield and income responses to climate variability (in press) (2008)

Reidsma, P., Ewert, F., Leemans, R.

Climate change will affect crop yields and consequently farmers¿ income. The underlying relationships are not well understood, particularly the importance of crop management and related factors at...

Training future experts in "biodiversity and ecosystem services": a progress report (2008)

Cramer, W., Fritsch, U., Leemans, R., Lütkemeier, S., Schröter, D, Watt, A.

Biodiversity is essential for multiple aspects of human life and well-being, but many current assessments of the functioning of biodiversity and ecosystems, understanding of risks posed by...

A stakeholder dialogue on European vulnerability (2008)

Schröter, D., Leemans, R., Fritsch, U., Pluimers, J.C.

A stakeholder dialogue was embedded in the ATEAM project to facilitate the development and dissemination of its European-wide vulnerability assessment of global change impacts. Participating...

Sustainability or Collapse: What Can We Learn from Integrating the History of Humans and the Rest of Nature (2007)

Costanza, R., Graumlich, L.J., Steffen, W., Crumley, C.L., Dearing, J.A., Hibbard, K., ...

Understanding the history of how humans have interacted with the rest of nature can help clarify the options for managing our increasingly interconnected global system. Simple, deterministic...

Global desertification: building a science for dryland development (2007)

Reynolds, J.F., Smith, D.M.S., Lambin, E.F., Turner, B.L., Mortimore, M., Batterbury, S.P.J., ...

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the...

International review of the Globio model version 3 (2007)

Leemans, R., Gaston, K.J., Dixon, J., Harrison, J., Cheatle, M.E.

In April 2005, a review committee gathered to assess the scientifically validity and policyrelevance of the GLOBIO3 model as part of the International Biodiversity project. Four members of the...

Sustainability or collapse: What can we learn from integrating the history of humans and the rest of nature? (2007)

Costanza, R., Graumlich, L., Steffen, W., Crumley, C., Dearing, J., Hibbard, K., ...

Understanding the history of how humans have interacted with the rest of nature can help clarify the options for managing our increasingly interconnected global system. Simple, deterministic...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Uniting the perspectives of the 'Limits to the Growth (Club of Rome) and the 'Skeptical Environmentalist' (Lomborg) (2006)

Leemans, R.

The seminar will focus on the assessment process and findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which assessed the conditions, trends and responses and developed future scenarios for...

The vulnerability of ecosystem services to land use change (2006)

Metzger, M.J., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Acosta-Michlik, L., Leemans, R., Schroter, D.

Terrestrial ecosystems provide a number of vital services for people and society, such as biodiversity, food, fibre, water resources, carbon sequestration, and recreation. The future capability of...

A coherent set of future land use change scenarios for Europe (2006)

Rounsevell, M.D.A., Reginster, I., Araujo, M.B., Carter, T.R., Dendoncker, N., Ewert, F., ...

This paper presents a range of future, spatially explicit, land use change scenarios for the EU15, Norway and Switzerland based on an interpretation of the global storylines of the Intergovernmental...

CO2 and albedo climate impacts of extratropical carbon and biomass plantations (2006)

Schaeffer, M., Eickhout, B., Hoogwijk, M., Strengers, B., Leemans, R., ...

We explored the climate impacts for two land-use change scenarios, aimed at mitigating the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Using the integrated assessment model IMAGE 2.2, we found...

Ecological impacts of climate change in The Netherlands (2006)

Leemans, R.

Temperature in The Netherlands has increased substantially. In the last 20 years the annual temperature was 1°C higher than normal while the first months of the years were up to 2°C warmer than...

Ecosystem service supply and vulnerability to global change in Europe (2005)

Schröter, D, Cramer, W, Leemans, R, Prentice, I. C, Araújo, M. B., Arnell, N.W, ...

Global change will alter the supply of ecosystem services that are vital for human well-being. To investigate ecosystem service supply during the 21st century, we used a range of ecosystem models and...

Future scenarios of European agricultural land use. I. Estimating changes in crop productivity (2005)

Ewert, F., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Reginster, I., Metzger, M.J., Leemans, R.

The future of agricultural land use in Europe is unknown but is likely to be influenced by the productivity of crops. Changes in crop productivity are difficult to predict but can be explored by...

Future scenarios of European agricultural land use. II. Projecting changes in cropland and grassland (2005)

Rounsevell, M.D.A., Ewert, F., Reginster, I., Leemans, R., Carter, T.R.

This paper presents the development of quantitative, spatially explicit and alternative scenarios of future agricultural land use in Europe (the 15 European Union member states, Norway and...