Skip to content

Home Search Authors Pakistan News Saved

SciRah

SciRah does not host or store research papers. Results come live from free, official scholarly APIs, and every paper links back to its original source.

Data sources

OpenAlex
Semantic Scholar
Crossref
CORE
arXiv
PubMed

Privacy policy Terms of service

O. Mertz · SciRah

Researcher profile · Semantic Scholar

O. Mertz

Share profile

O. Mertz — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 61
Works: 172
Citations: 13K

Most-cited papers

Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6
G. Hurtt, L. Chini, R. Sahajpal, S. Frolking +28 more
2020Geoscientific Model Development710 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Land system science and sustainable development of the earth system: A global land project perspective
P. Verburg, N. Crossman, Erle C. Ellis, A. Heinimann +15 more
2015580 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Harmonization of Global Land-Use Change and Management for the Period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6
G. Hurtt, L. Chini, R. Sahajpal, S. Frolking +28 more
2020477 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability
P. Meyfroidt, Ariane de Bremond, C. Ryan, E. Archer +46 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America434 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel
M. Brandt, C. Tucker, Ankit Kariryaa, K. Rasmussen +20 more
2020Nature404 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification
L. V. Rasmussen, B. Coolsaet, Adrian Martin, O. Mertz +6 more
2018Nature Sustainability303 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Land System Science: between global challenges and local realities
P. Verburg, Karlheinz Erb, O. Mertz, G. Espindola
2013Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability291 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
A global view of shifting cultivation: Recent, current, and future extent
A. Heinimann, O. Mertz, S. Frolking, Andreas Egelund Christensen +6 more
2017PLoS ONE248 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa
M. Brandt, K. Rasmussen, J. Peñuelas, F. Tian +5 more
2017Nature Ecology &Evolution234 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Ecosystem services and nature’s contribution to people: negotiating diverse values and trade-offs in land systems
Erle C. Ellis, U. Pascual, O. Mertz
2019Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability203 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Land system change and food security: towards multi-scale land system solutions
P. Verburg, O. Mertz, Karlheinz Erb, H. Haberl +1 more
2013Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability160 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Synthesis in land change science: methodological patterns, challenges, and guidelines
N. Magliocca, T. Rudel, P. Verburg, W. Mcconnell +4 more
2014Regional Environmental Change141 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change
D. Müller, Zhan-Li Sun, Thoumthone Vongvisouk, Dirk Pflugmacher +2 more
2014139 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Meta-studies in land use science: Current coverage and prospects
J. van Vliet, N. Magliocca, B. Büchner, Elizabeth Cook +14 more
2015Ambio135 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Closing global knowledge gaps: Producing generalized knowledge from case studies of social-ecological systems
N. Magliocca, Erle C. Ellis, Ginger R. H. Allington, A. Bremond +6 more
2018131 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
More than one quarter of Africa’s tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest
Florian Reiner, M. Brandt, X. Tong, D. Skole +20 more
2023Nature Communications129 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands
M. Brandt, K. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, S. Herrmann +11 more
2018Nature Geoscience126 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda
M. Mugabowindekwe, M. Brandt, J. Chave, Florian Reiner +17 more
2022Nature Climate Change117 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Wild food collection and nutrition under commercial agriculture expansion in agriculture-forest landscapes
R. Broegaard, L. V. Rasmussen, Neil Dawson, O. Mertz +2 more
2017112 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The carbon sequestration potential of tree crop plantations
Rico Kongsager, Jonas Napier, O. Mertz
2013Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change111 citations
Semantic Scholar
Unravelling the link between global rubber price and tropical deforestation in Cambodia
K. Grogan, Dirk Pflugmacher, P. Hostert, O. Mertz +1 more
2018Nature Plants107 citations
Semantic Scholar
Mangrove forest decline: consequences for livelihoods and environment in South Sulawesi
A. Malik, O. Mertz, R. Fensholt
2016Regional Environmental Change107 citations
Semantic Scholar
The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+
O. Mertz, D. Müller, T. Sikor, Cornelia Hett +24 more
2012102 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Prospects for agroforestry in REDD+ landscapes in Africa
P. Minang, L. Duguma, Florence Bernard, O. Mertz +1 more
201499 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Economic Valuation of Mangroves for Comparison with Commercial Aquaculture in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
A. Malik, R. Fensholt, O. Mertz
201593 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Comparing climate change perceptions and meteorological data in rural West Africa to improve the understanding of household decisions to migrate
F. de Longueville, P. Ozer, F. Gemenne, S. Henry +2 more
2020Climatic Change89 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Shifting cultivation stability and change: Contrasting pathways of land use and livelihood change in Laos
Thoumthone Vongvisouk, O. Mertz, S. Thongmanivong, A. Heinimann +1 more
201489 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Rush for cash crops and forest protection: Neither land sparing nor land sharing
Thoumthone Vongvisouk, R. Broegaard, O. Mertz, S. Thongmanivong
201683 citations
Semantic Scholar
Agroecological Transitions: A Systematic Review of Research Approaches and Prospects for Participatory Action Methods
Erwan Sachet, O. Mertz, J. Le Coq, Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia +3 more
2021Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems79 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Deforestation leakage undermines conservation value of tropical and subtropical forest protected areas
S. Ford, M. Jepsen, N. Kingston, Edward Lewis +3 more
2020Global Ecology and Biogeography79 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Mangrove exploitation effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services
A. Malik, R. Fensholt, O. Mertz
2015Biodiversity and Conservation75 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Intensification of Upland Agriculture in Thailand: Development or Degradation?
T. B. Bruun, A. Neergaard, Maria Libach Burup, C. Hepp +5 more
201770 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Contradictory Land Use Plans and Policies in Laos: Tenure Security and the Threat of Exclusion
R. Broegaard, Thoumthone Vongvisouk, O. Mertz
201767 citations
Semantic Scholar
Land Sparing and Land Sharing Policies in Developing Countries – Drivers and Linkages to Scientific Debates
O. Mertz, C. Mertens
201765 citations
Semantic Scholar
Diversification and adaptation strategies to climate variability: A farm typology for the Sahel
M. Zorom, B. Barbier, O. Mertz, E. Servat
201365 citations
Semantic Scholar
“Slash and Burn” and “Shifting” Cultivation Systems in Forest Agriculture Frontiers from the Brazilian Amazon
N. van Vliet, C. Adams, I. Vieira, O. Mertz
201363 citations
Semantic Scholar
Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict
A. Castro-Nunez, O. Mertz, Alexander Buriticá, Chrystian C. Sosa +1 more
201762 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Environmental justice research shows the importance of social feedbacks in ecosystem service trade-offs
Neil Dawson, K. Grogan, Adrian Martin, O. Mertz +2 more
201760 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
From food to pest: Conversion factors determine switches between ecosystem services and disservices
L. V. Rasmussen, A. E. Christensen, F. Danielsen, Neil Dawson +5 more
2016Ambio51 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
A combination of methods needed to assess the actual use of provisioning ecosystem services
L. V. Rasmussen, O. Mertz, A. E. Christensen, F. Danielsen +2 more
201651 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Challenges and opportunities for REDD+: A reality check from perspectives of effectiveness, efficiency and equity
M. Pasgaard, Zhan-Li Sun, D. Müller, O. Mertz
201645 citations
Semantic Scholar
Improved sampling methods document decline in soil organic carbon stocks and concentrations of permanganate oxidizable carbon after transition from swidden to oil palm cultivation
T. B. Bruun, K. Egay, O. Mertz, J. Magid
201342 citations
Semantic Scholar
Finite land resources and competition
H. Haberl, C. Mbow, Xiangzheng Deng, E. Irwin +5 more
201441 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Transformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania
C. J. Kilawe, O. Mertz, Dos Santos Aristaricky Silayo, T. Birch-Thomsen +1 more
201840 citations
Semantic Scholar
Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon-storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: implications for policy design
A. Castro-Nunez, O. Mertz, Chrystian C. Sosa
201739 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Adapting Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to Local Contexts in REDD+: Lessons from Three Experiments in Vietnam
T. T. Pham, J. Castella, G. Lestrelin, O. Mertz +5 more
201538 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The Last Swiddens of Sarawak, Malaysia
O. Mertz, K. Egay, T. B. Bruun, Tina Svan Colding
201338 citations
Semantic Scholar
Uncertainty in establishing forest reference levels and predicting future forest-based carbon stocks for REDD+
O. Mertz, K. Grogan, Dirk Pflugmacher, G. Lestrelin +7 more
201735 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Development of allometric models for above and belowground biomass in swidden cultivation fallows of Northern Laos
I. McNicol, N. Berry, T. B. Bruun, K. Hergoualc’h +3 more
201534 citations
Semantic Scholar
Propensity of farmers to conserve forest within REDD+ projects in areas affected by armed-conflict
A. Castro-Nunez, O. Mertz, M. Quintero
201632 citations
Semantic Scholar

Frequent co-authors

Invite them to SciRah by sharing their profile.

R. Fensholt×11
Invite
R. Fensholt — researcher profile on SciRah
A. Heinimann×9
Invite
A. Heinimann — researcher profile on SciRah
P. Verburg×7
Invite
P. Verburg — researcher profile on SciRah
L. V. Rasmussen×6
Invite
L. V. Rasmussen — researcher profile on SciRah

Thoumthone Vongvisouk

×6

Invite

Thoumthone Vongvisouk — researcher profile on SciRah

Erle C. Ellis×5

Invite

Erle C. Ellis — researcher profile on SciRah

P. Meyfroidt×5

Invite

P. Meyfroidt — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

M. Brandt — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

Neil Dawson — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

T. B. Bruun — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

P. Hostert — researcher profile on SciRah

Karlheinz Erb×4

Invite

Karlheinz Erb — researcher profile on SciRah