Peter Messerli

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Messerli is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Messerli has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 15 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Messerli's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (31 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (20 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). Peter Messerli is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (31 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (20 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). Peter Messerli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Madagascar. Peter Messerli's co-authors include Andreas Heinimann, Markus Giger, Thomas Breu, Michael Epprecht, Cornelia Hett, Julie G. Zaehringer, Christoph Oberlack, Sandra Eckert, Stephan Rist and Ward Anseeuw and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Peter Messerli

74 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Mapping interactions between the sustainable development goals: lessons learned and ways forward

2018 399 citations Måns Nilsson, Elinor Chisholm et al. Sustainability Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interactive visual syntheses for social-ecological systems understanding 2024 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Dominic A. Martin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elke Kellner, Jorge C. Llopis, Peter Messerli, (unknown), (unknown), Annemarie Wurz, (unknown), Andreas Heinimann	0
2	Agricultural commercialization in borderlands: Capturing the transformation of a tropical forest frontier through participatory mapping 2023 ·Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems ·(unknown), Jorge C. Llopis, Andreas Heinimann, Sithong Thongmanivong, Thoumthone Vongvisouk, Peter Messerli, Julie G. Zaehringer	5
3	Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar 2022 ·People and Nature ·Jorge C. Llopis, (unknown), Flurina Schneider, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Messerli, Julie G. Zaehringer	10
4	Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique 2021 ·Ecology and Society ·Christoph Oberlack, Markus Giger, Ward Anseeuw, Camilla Adelle, (unknown), Perrine Burnod, Sandra Eckert, (unknown), Ève Fouilleux, Sheryl L. Hendriks, Boniface Kiteme, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael van der Laan, Julie G. Zaehringer, Peter Messerli	13
5	Where to begin? Defining national strategies for implementing the 2030 Agenda: the case of Switzerland 2020 ·Sustainability Science ·Thomas Breu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sabin Bieri, Peter Messerli, Cordula Ott, Christoph Bader	39
6	Knowledge for Sustainable Development: Interactive repository of SDG interactions 2019 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·(unknown), Henri Rueff, Peter Messerli	4
7	Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making 2019 ·Ecology and Society ·Christoph Oberlack, Diana Sietz, (unknown), Ariane de Bremond, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Klaus Eisenack, Erle C. Ellis, Graham Epstein, Markus Giger, Andreas Heinimann, Christian Kimmich, Marcel Kok, David Manuel‐Navarrete, Peter Messerli, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tomáš Václavík, Sergio Villamayor‐Tomás	141
8	Mapping interactions between the sustainable development goals: lessons learned and ways forward breakdown → 2018 ·Sustainability Science ·Måns Nilsson, Elinor Chisholm, David Griggs, Philippa Howden‐Chapman, David McCollum, Peter Messerli, Barbara Neumann, Anne‐Sophie Stevance, Martin Visbeck, Mark Stafford‐Smith	399
9	Whose Agency Counts in Land Use Decision-Making in Myanmar? A Comparative Analysis of Three Cases in Tanintharyi Region 2018 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Flurina Schneider, Julie G. Zaehringer, Christoph Oberlack, (unknown), Peter Messerli	20
10	Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems: Is the tragedy of the grabbed commons unavoidable? 2017 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·Christoph Oberlack, Sébastien Boillat, Stefan Brönnimann, Jean‐David Gerber, Markus Giger, Andreas Heinimann, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Stefan Mann, Peter Messerli, Stephan Rist, Urs Wiesmann	2
11	Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Keynote presentation. 2017 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·Peter Messerli, Christoph Oberlack, (unknown), Stephan Rist, Markus Giger	1
12	Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Its Effects on the Water Balance in Investor and Host Countries 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Thomas Breu, Christoph Bader, Peter Messerli, Andreas Heinimann, Stephan Rist, Sandra Eckert	42
13	Large-scale land acquisitions: Focus on South-East Asia 2015 ·Econstor (Econstor) ·(unknown), Christophe Golay, Peter Messerli	14
14	Towards a Spatial Understanding of Trade-Offs in Sustainable Development: A Meso-Scale Analysis of the Nexus between Land Use, Poverty, and Environment in the Lao PDR 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Peter Messerli, Christoph Bader, Cornelia Hett, Michael Epprecht, Andreas Heinimann	22
15	Soils, agriculture and food security: the interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being 2015 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Hans Hurni, Markus Giger, Hanspeter Liniger, Rima Mekdaschi Studer, Peter Messerli, Brigitte Portner, Gudrun Schwilch, (unknown), Thomas Breu	62
16	Secondary Forests and Local Livelihoods along a Gradient of Accessibility: A Case Study in Northern Laos 2013 ·Society & Natural Resources ·(unknown), Dietrich Schmidt‐Vogt, Peter Messerli, Andreas Heinimann, Michael Epprecht	10
17	Finding Homogeneity in Heterogeneity—A New Approach to Quantifying Landscape Mosaics Developed for the Lao PDR 2009 ·Human Ecology ·Peter Messerli, Andreas Heinimann, Michael Epprecht	80
18	Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar 2007 ·Mountain Research and Development ·Peter Messerli	2
19	The Dynamics of Secondary Forest Landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin 2007 ·Mountain Research and Development ·Andreas Heinimann, Peter Messerli, Dietrich Schmidt‐Vogt, Urs Wiesmann	18
20	Forschungspartnerschaften mit dem Süden: die Schweiz etabliert ein neuartiges Instrument der Entwickungszusammenarbeit 2004 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·Hans Hurni, Peter Messerli, (unknown)	2

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