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peer-reviewed articles

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Spiegelberger T., Matthies D., Müller-Schärer H., Schaffner U. (2009) Sawdust addition reduces the productivity of nitrogen-enriched mountain grasslands. Restoration Ecology, 17, pp. 865-872. 
Cassagne N., Spiegelberger T., Cecillon L., Juvy B., Brun J.-J. (2008) The impact of soil temperature increase on organic matter and faunal properties in a frozen calcareous scree in the French Alps
Geoderma,146, pp. 239–247. 
Spiegelberger T., Hegg O., Matthies D., Hedlund K., Schaffner U. (2006) Long-term effects of short-term perturbation in a sub-alpine grassland. Ecology, 87, pp. 1939-1944.
Spiegelberger T., Matthies D., Müller-Schärer H., Schaffner U. (2006) Scale-dependent effects of land use on plant species richness of mountain grassland in the European Alps. Ecography, 29, pp. 541-548.
Spiegelberger T. and Ganslosser U. (2005) Food habitats of the Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Coswine Swamps (French Guiana, South America). Tropical Zoology 18. pp. 1-12. 
de Thoisy B., Spiegelberger T., Rousseau S., Talvy G., Vogel  I. and Vié J.-C. (2003) Distribution, habitat, and conservation status of the West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus in French Guiana. - Oryx 37(4). pp. 431-436. 
Sliva J., Spiegelberger,T. and Buchhart M. (2000) Renaturierung von Feuchtgebieten Bayerns – erste Ergebnisse einer Umfrage. TELMA 30. pp.125-130.

thesis

Spiegelberger T. (2006): Land use, soil nutrients availability and conservation of biodiversity on mountain grasslands. PhD thesis. Department of Biology, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, University of Fribourg , Switzerland. 119 pp. 
Spiegelberger T. (2002): Analysis of a habitat used by Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in French Guiana. Diploma thesis (short version dt.), Department of vegetation ecology, TUM Munich-Weihenstephan.
Complete thesis: part 1 (engl., 2.4 MB), part 2 (engl., 3.0 MB), part 3 (engl., 1.6 MB)

conference papers

Lannas K., Gavazov K., Spiegelberger T., Buttler A., Gillet F. (2009) Integrative analysis of ecosystem dynamics under global change in sylvopastoral ecosystems. Poster presentation at GreenDays, Arolla, Switzerland.
Spiegelberger, T. (2009) Impact of climate change on ecosystem services in the Alps. Oral presentation at Workshop on Securing the Sustainable Provision of Ecosystem Services in the Alps and the Carpathians, Bratislava, Slovaquia.
Spiegelberger T., Poly F. (2009) REFOSOL - Restauration du fonctionnement d’un écosystème prairial montagnard dégradé. Poster presentation, IngEco, Paris, France.
Spiegelberger T., Daumergue N., Anthelme F. (2009) Installation des renouées exotiques en milieu montagnard. Oral presentation, ECOVEG5. Gembloux, Belgique.
Spiegelberger T. , Anthelme,F., Gourgues F. (2008) Propagule pressure, not climate mainly limits Fallopia x bohemica’s current distribution. Oral presentation, EURECO, Leipzig, Germany.
Vanpeene-Bruhier S. , Spiegelberger, T.  Brun J.J. (2007) Analyse bibliographique de la méthodologie d’identification de réseaux écologiques de l’échelle pan-européenne à l’échelle locale. Oral presentation, IALE France 2007.
  Spiegelberger T., and Schaffner U. (2006) L’apport de la sciure  technique prometteuse pour la restauration des pâturages montagnards. Oral presentation, Ecoveg2, Avignon, France.
Spiegelberger T., Hegg O., Matthies D., Hedlund K., Schaffner U. (2005) Long-term effects of short-term perturbation on a sub-alpine grassland. Oral presentation, International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2005) Plant species richness on mountain grasslandschanges with land-use and spatial scale. Poster presentation, Biology 05 symposium, Basel, Switzerland.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2004) Spatial patterns of plant species richness on mountain grasslands altered by changed land-use practise. Oral presentation, 34rd GfÖ annual meeting, Giesen, Germany.
Müller-Schärer, H., Schaffner, U., Hesse, E., Spiegelberger, T. (2004) Veratrum album in moutain grasslands under changing farming activities. NFP 48 Workshop, Eggiwil, Switzerland.
Spiegelberger, T. (2004) Le Vératre et la richesse floristique sur les pâturages de montagne. Oral presentation, Departmental Seminar, University of Grenoble, France.
Spiegelberger, T. (2004) Can sawdust addition reduce weed pressure on mountain grasslands ? Oral presentation, Research Seminar, University of Fribourg.
Spiegelberger, T. (2003) Species richness and productivity. Oral presentation, Interaction Seminar, University of Fribourg. 
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2003) Nitrogen reduction via carbon addition on mountain pastures. Poster presentation, BES annual meeting, Lancaster, UK.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2003) Changes in patterns of plants species richness and unpalatable plants from intensive mountain pastures to abandoned grasslands. Poster presentation, 33rd GfÖ annual meeting, Halle, Germany.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2003) Does a gradual abandonment of traditional management favour the spread of weeds and loss of plant species diversity on mountain grassland? Poster presentation, International meeting of the French section of IALE, Gap, France.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. and Müller-Schärer, H. (2003) Plant species richness and unpalatable plants over different spatial scales and management methods on mountain pastures. Oral presentation, NCCR Symposium Biodiversity & Species Interaction, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

other publications

Spiegelberger, T., Daumergue, N., Bibollet, S. (2008) INFAME - Invasive Fallopia sp. in mountain areas. CEMAGREF, Grenoble, internal report. pp. 2-12.
Spiegelberger, T. (2007) Suivi et contrôle à long-terme du développement du vératre (Veratrum album L.) dans trois Espaces Naturels Sensibles de l’Isère. Rapport pour le Conseil général de l'Isère. pp 3-9.
Spiegelberger, T. (2007) L'ambiguïté d'une « mauvaise » herbe. Espaces naturels 18. pp 25-26. 
Spiegelberger, T., Gerber, E., Schaffner, U., eds. (2006) Ecologie, impact sur l'environnement et gestion des renouées envahissantes. Conference Preceedings of "Reynoutria 2006". CABI Bioscience, Delémont. 38 pp.
Spiegelberger, T., Murell, C. and Gerber, E. (2005) Inventaire des sites et des surfaces occupés par les renouées et par l’impatiente glanduleuse sur la commune de Delémont. Unpublished report, CABI Bioscience. 12 pp.
Müller-Schärer, H., Schaffner, U., Hesse, E., Spiegelberger, T. (2004) Suche nach einem Unkrautmanagement für Alpweiden. Montagna 15, pp. 15-17.
Spiegelberger, T., Schaffner, U. Nutrient manipulation on mountain grassland – the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In preparation for Oecologia.
Spiegelberger T., Weishäupl, J., Steinlein, T., and Schaffner, U. Short-term effects of carbon addition on above- and belowground parameters of a mountain pastures. In preparation for Restoration Management.
Spiegelberger, T., Steinlein, T., Schaffner, U. Seedling recruitment of mountain grasslands restricted by space and herbivory. In preparation for Journal of Ecology.
Spiegelberger, T., Stohlgren, T., Schaffner, U. Comparison of species richness of alpine pastures in the Rocky Mountains and the Alps. In preparation for Ecological Monographs.
Eschen, R. and T. Spiegelberger. Carbon addition as a tool for prairie restoration – a review. In preparation for Restoration Ecology.

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