Wolfgang Cramer

Directeur de Recherche CNRS
Professor of Global Eology

Biosketch
IMBE - Bâtiment Villemin
Europole de l'Arbois - BP 80
F-13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04
Tel.: +33-4-42-90-84-86
Email: wolfgang.cramer-at-univ-cezanne.fr
Expertise : Global Ecology

Regional Environmental Change

Recent publications (full list of publications here):

Papers in press
  • Hickler T, Vohland K, Feehan J, Miller PA, Smith B, Costa L, Giesecke T, Fronzek S, Carter T, Cramer W, Kühn I & Sykes MT in press Projecting the future distribution of European potential natural vegetation zones with a generalized, tree species-based dynamic vegetation model. Gl Ecol Biogeogr, doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00613.x

    2011 :
  • Fader M, Gerten D, Thammer M, Heinke J, Lotze-Campen H, Lucht W & Cramer W 2011 Internal and external green-blue agricultural water footprints of nations, and related water and land savings through trade. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 15:1641-1660, doi: 10.5194/hess-15-1641-2011
  • Hare WL, Cramer W, Schaeffer M, Battaglini A & Jaeger CC 2011 Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions, climate change and limits to warning. Reg Env Chg OnlineFirst, 11(1):1-13, doi: 10.1007/s10113-010-0195-4
  • Müller C, Cramer W, Hare WL, Lotze-Campen H 2011 Climate change risks for African agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 108(11):4313-4315, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015078108

    2010 :
  • Gumpenberger M, Vohland K, Heyder U, Poulter B, Macey K, Rammig A, Popp A & Cramer W 2010 Predicting pan-tropical climate change induced forest stock gains and losses - implications for REDD. Env Res Lett 5 014013, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014013
  • Jupp TE, Cox PM, Rammig A, Thonicke K, Lucht W & Cramer W 2010 Development of probability density functions for future South American rainfall. New Phytol 187(3):682-693, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03368.x
  • Mace GM, Cramer W, Diaz S, Faith DP, Larigauderie A, Le Prestre P, Palmer M, Perrings C, Scholes RJ, Walpole M, Walther BA, Watson JA & Mooney HA 2010 Biodiversity targets after 2010. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2:1-6, doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.03.003
  • Meyn A, Schmidtlein S, Taylor SW, Girardin MP, Thonicke K & Cramer W 2010 Spatial variation in wildfire and summer drought in British Columbia, Canada, 1920-2000. International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:272-283, doi: 10.1071/WF09055
  • Meyn A, Taylor SW, Flannigan MD, Thonicke K & Cramer W 2010 Relationship between fire, climate oscillations, and drought in British-Columbia, Canada, 1920-2000. Gl Chg Biol 16(3):977-989, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02061.x
  • Poulter B, Aragão L, Heyder U, Gumpenberger M, Heinke J, Langerwisch F, Rammig A, Thonicke K & Cramer W 2010 Net biome production of the Amazon Basin in the 21st century. Gl Chg Biol 16(7):2062-2075, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02064.x
  • Poulter B, Hattermann F, Hawkins E, Zaehle S, Sitch S, Restrepo-Coupe N, Heyder U & Cramer W 2010 Robust dynamics of Amazon dieback to climate change with perturbed ecosystem model parameters. Gl Chg Biol 16(9):2476-2495, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02157.x
  • Rammig A, Jupp T, Thonicke K, Tietjen B, Heinke J, Ostberg S, Lucht W, Cramer W & Cox P 2010 Estimating the risk of Amazonian forest dieback. New Phytol 187(3):694-706 (supporting online material), doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03318.x

    2009 :
  • Kuhlbrodt T, Rahmstorf S, Zickfeld K, Vikebø F, Sundby S, Hofmann M, Link PM, Bondeau A, Cramer W & Jaeger C 2009 An integrated assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation. Clim Chg 96(4):489-537, doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9561-y
  • Poulter B & Cramer W 2009 Satellite remote sensing of tropical forest canopy dynamics. Int J Rem Sens 30(24):6575-6590, doi: 10.1080/01431160903242005
  • Poulter B, Heyder U & Cramer W 2009 Modelling the sensitivity of the seasonal cycle of GPP to dynamic LAI and soil depths in tropical rainforests. Ecosystems 12:517-533, doi: 10.1007/s10021-009-9238-4

    2008 :
  • Cramer W 2008 Global change impacts on the biosphere. In: Jørgensen SE & Fath BD (eds) Global Ecology, pp 1736-1741, Elsevier, Oxford
  • Cramer W, Fritsch U, Leemans R, Lütkemeier S, Schröter D & Watt A 2008 Training future experts in "biodiversity and ecosystem services" - a progress report. Reg Env Chg 8:125-134, doi: 10.1007/s10113-008-0054-8
  • Gerten D, Luo Y, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Keough C, Weng E, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Sowerby A, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L 2008 Modelled effects of precipitation, on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Gl Chg Biol 14:1-15, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01651.x
  • Kühn I, Cramer W, Böhning-Gaese K & Klotz S 2008 Macroecology meets global change research. Gl Ecol Biogeogr 17:3-4, doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00377.x
  • Luo Y, Gerten D, Le Maire G, Parton WJ, Weng E, Zhou X, Keough C, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Emmett B, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L 2008 Modelled interactive effects of precipitation, temperature, and [CO2] on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Gl Chg Biol 14:1986-1999, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01629.x
  • Metzger M, Schröter D, Leemans R & Cramer W 2008 A spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of ecosystem service change in Europe. Reg Env Change 8:91-107, doi: 10.1007/s10113-008-0044-x
  • Edited books and special features
  • Cramer W (ed.) 2008 Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and Modelling. Regional Environmental Change 8:3
  • Kühn I, Cramer W, Böhning-Gaese & Klotz S (eds.) 2008 Macroecology meets global change research. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:1
  • Schellnhuber HJ, Cramer W, Nakicenovic N, Wigley T & Yohe G (eds.) 2006 Avoiding dangerous climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 392pp.
  • Lindner M & Cramer W (eds.) 2002 National and regional climate change impact assessments in the forestry sector. Forest Ecology and Management 162
  • Cramer W (ed.) Fire ecology, Mediterranean forests and global change. Forest Ecology and Management 147
  • Cramer W, Doherty R, Hulme M & Viner D (eds.) 2000 Climate Scenarios for Agricultural, Forest and Ecosystem Impacts. ECLAT-2 Workshop Report No. 2. Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. 120 pp.
  • Cramer W & Field CB (eds.) 1999 Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Global Change Biology 5 Suppl 1 76pp
  • Lavorel S & Cramer W (eds.) 1999 Plant functional types and disturbance dynamics. J Veg Sci 10.5
  • Huntley B, Cramer W, Morgan AV, Prentice HC & Allen JRM (eds.) 1997 Past and future rapid environmental changes: The spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag. NATO ASI Series I 47
  • Woodward FI & Cramer W (eds.) 1996 Plant Functional Types and Climatic Change. Knivsta, Sweden: Opulus Press
  • Jones MH & Cramer W (eds.) 1992 Levekår og planlegging. Festskrift til Asbjørn Aase 60 År. Tapir. 284 pp. Trondheim, Norway.
  • Cramer W & Sjong M-L (eds.) 1991 Klimaendringer og prosesser på jordoverflaten. Norske Geografers Forenings Årsmøte 1991 Norske Geografers Forening. Trondheim, Norway