Tim Appelhans (Ph.D.)

2024

• Röder J., Appelhans T., Peters M.K., Nauss T., Brandl R.:
  Disturbance can slow down litter decomposition, depending on severity of disturbance and season: an example from Mount Kilimanjaro
  In: Web Ecology 24 (2024), S. 11-33
  ISSN: 1399-1183
  DOI: 10.5194/we-24-11-2024
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2022

• Ziegler A., Meyer H., Otte I., Peters M.K., Appelhans T., Behler C., Böhning-Gaese K., Classen A., Detsch F., Deckert J., Eardley C.D., Ferger S.W., Fischer M., Gebert F., Haas M., Helbig-Bonitz M., Hemp A., Hemp C., Kakengi V., Mayr A.V., Ngereza C., Reudenbach C., Röder J., Rutten G., Costa D.S., Schleuning M., Ssymank A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Tardanico J., Tschapka M., Vollstädt M.G.R., Wöllauer S., Zhang J., Brandl R., Nauss T., Nauss T.:
  Potential of Airborne LiDAR Derived Vegetation Structure for the Prediction of Animal Species Richness at Mount Kilimanjaro
  In: Remote Sensing 14 (2022), Art.Nr.: 786
  ISSN: 2072-4292
  DOI: 10.3390/rs14030786
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2020

• Schuhmacher B., Katurji M., Meyer H., Appelhans T., Otte I., Nauss T.:
  Atmospheric moisture pathways of East Africa and implications for water recycling at Mount Kilimanjaro
  In: International Journal of Climatology 40 (2020), S. 4477-4496
  ISSN: 0899-8418
  DOI: 10.1002/joc.6468
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2019

• Hertel D., Huwe B., Kiese R., Kleyer M., Zhang J., Bogner C., Böhning-Gaese K., Brandl R., Fischer M., Steffan-Dewenter I., Kuzyakov Y., Nauss T., Schleuning M., Tschapka M., Hemp A., Peters M.K., Becker J.N., Appelhans T., Detsch F., Ensslin A., Behler C., Classen A., Gebert F., Gerschlauer F., Ferger S.W., Frederiksen S.B., Hemp C., Kindeketa W.J., Gütlein A., Helbig-Bonitz M., Mwangomo E., Ngereza C., Kühnel A., Mayr A.V., Renner M., Pabst H., Otte I., Njovu H.K., Sierra-Cornejo N., Schellenberger Costa D., Rutten G., Röder J., Howell K.M., Eardley C.D., Dulle H.I., Vollstädt M.G.R., Kakengi V., Ssymank A., Peters R.S., Keller A.:
  Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions
  In: Nature 568 (2019), S. 88-92
  ISSN: 0028-0836
  DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1048-z
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2017

• Röder J., Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Nauss T., Peters M., Brandl R.:
  Heterogeneous patterns of abundance of epigeic arthropod taxa along a major elevation gradient
  In: Biotropica 49 (2017), S. 217-228
  ISSN: 0006-3606
  DOI: 10.1111/btp.12403
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• Gottwald J., Appelhans T., Adorf F., Hillen J., Nauss T.:
  High-Resolution MaxEnt Modelling of Habitat Suitability for Maternity Colonies of the Barbastelle Bat Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  In: Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2017), S. 389-398
  ISSN: 1508-1109
  DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.015
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• Kiese R., Gütlein A., Zistl-Schlingmann M., Becker J.N., Cornejo N.S., Detsch F., Dannenmann M., Appelhans T., Hertel D., Kuzyakov Y.:
  Nitrogen turnover and greenhouse gas emissions in a tropical alpine ecosystem, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  In: Plant and Soil 411 (2017), S. 243-259
  ISSN: 0032-079X
  DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-3029-4
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• Otte I., Detsch F., Gütlein A., Scholl M., Kiese R., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
  Seasonality of stable isotope composition of atmospheric water input at the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  In: Hydrological Processes 31 (2017), S. 3932-3947
  ISSN: 0885-6087
  DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11311
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• Böhning-Gaese K., Otte I., Schleuning M., Ferger S., Peters M., Appelhans T., Detsch F., Hemp A., Nauss T.:
  Synergistic effects of climate and land use on avian beta-diversity
  In: Diversity and Distributions 23 (2017), S. 1246-1255
  ISSN: 1366-9516
  DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12615
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2016

• Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
  A comparative study of cross-product NDVI dynamics in the Kilimanjaro region-a matter of sensor, degradation calibration, and significance
  In: Remote Sensing 8 (2016), Art.Nr.: 159
  ISSN: 2072-4292
  DOI: 10.3390/rs8020159
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• Meyer H., Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
  Comparison of four machine learning algorithms for their applicability in satellite-based optical rainfall retrievals
  In: Atmospheric Research 169 (2016), S. 424-433
  ISSN: 0169-8095
  DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.09.021
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• Appelhans T., Mwangomo E., Otte I., Detsch F., Nauss T., Hemp A.:
  Eco-meteorological characteristics of the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  In: International Journal of Climatology 36 (2016), S. 3245-3258
  ISSN: 0899-8418
  DOI: 10.1002/joc.4552
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• Meyer H., Katurji M., Appelhans T., Müller M.U., Nauss T., Roudier P., Zawar-Reza P.:
  Mapping daily air temperature for Antarctica Based on MODIS LST
  In: Remote Sensing 8 (2016), Art.Nr.: 732
  ISSN: 2072-4292
  DOI: 10.3390/rs8090732
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• Peters M.K., Hemp A., Appelhans T., Behler C., Classen A., Detsch F., Ensslin A., Ferger S.W., Frederiksen S.B., Gebert F., Haas M., Helbig-Bonitz M., Hemp C., Kindeketa W.J., Mwangomo E., Ngereza C., Otte I., Röder J., Rutten G., Schellenberger Costa D., Tardanico J., Zancolli G., Deckert J., Eardley C.D., Peters R.S., Rödel M.O., Schleuning M., Ssymank A., Kakengi V., Zhang J., Böhning-Gaese K., Brandl R., Kalko E.K.V., Kleyer M., Nauss T., Tschapka M., Fischer M., Steffan-Dewenter I., Peters M.K., Steffan-Dewenter I.:
  Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level
  In: Nature Communications 7 (2016), Art.Nr.: 13736
  ISSN: 2041-1723
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13736
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• Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Hemp A., Nauss T.:
  Seasonal and long-term vegetation dynamics from 1-km GIMMS-based NDVI time series at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  In: Remote Sensing of Environment 178 (2016), S. 70-83
  ISSN: 0034-4257
  DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.007
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• Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
  Spatial patterns of sea surface temperature influences on East African precipitation as revealed by empirical orthogonal teleconnections
  In: Frontiers in Earth Science 4 (2016), Art.Nr.: 3
  ISSN: 2296-6463
  DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00003
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2015

• Appelhans T., Detsch F., Nauss T.:
  Remote: Empirical orthogonal teleconnections in R
  In: Journal of Statistical Software 65 (2015), S. 1-19
  ISSN: 1548-7660
  DOI: 10.18637/jss.v065.i10
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• Nauss T., Hemp A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Classen A., Peters M.K., Kindeketa W.J., Appelhans T., Eardley C.D., Gikungu M.W.:
  Temperature versus resource constraints: Which factors determine bee diversity on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania?
  In: Global Ecology and Biogeography 24 (2015), S. 642-652
  ISSN: 1466-822X
  DOI: 10.1111/geb.12286
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2014

• Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Nauss T.:
  Improving the accuracy of rainfall rates from optical satellite sensors with machine learning – A random forests-based approach applied to MSG SEVIRI
  In: Remote Sensing of Environment 141 (2014), S. 129-143
  ISSN: 0034-4257
  DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.026
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• Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Nauß T.:
  Precipitation estimates from MSG SEVIRI daytime, nighttime, and twilight data with random forests
  In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 53 (2014), S. 2457-2480
  ISSN: 1558-8424
  DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0082.1
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2013

• Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Kokhanovsky A., Nauss T.:
  An evaluation of a semi-analytical cloud property retrieval using MSG SEVIRI, MODIS and CloudSat
  In: Atmospheric Research 122 (2013), S. 111-135
  ISSN: 0169-8095
  DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.029
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• Appelhans T., Sturman A., Zawar-Reza P.:
  Synoptic and climatological controls of particulate matter pollution in a Southern Hemisphere coastal city
  In: International Journal of Climatology 33 (2013), S. 463-479
  ISSN: 0899-8418
  DOI: 10.1002/joc.3439
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2010

• Appelhans T., Sturman A., Zawar-Reza P.:
  Modelling emission trends from non-constant time series of PM10 concentrations in Christchurch, New Zealand
  In: International Journal of Environment and Pollution 43 (2010), S. 354-363
  ISSN: 0957-4352
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.036932
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• Zawar-Reza P., Appelhans T., Gharaylou M., Shamsipour A.:
  Mesoscale controls on particulate matter pollution for a mega city in a semi-arid mountainous environment: Tehran, Iran
  In: International Journal of Environment and Pollution 41 (2010), S. 166-183
  ISSN: 0957-4352
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.032252
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