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Marc Cotter

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Analysis of tropical production systems
  • Design of sustainable management alternatives

Projects

Training / professional career

  • Since 2021 Senior Scientist at FiBL
  • 2021 Habilitation in agroecology (Interactions between agriculture, human decision making and the environment)
  • 2012 - 2021 PostDoc University of Hohenheim (Projectcoordination, sustainable cropping systems, abiotic factors and management alternatives in rice in East Africa, Climate Change Adaptation Strategies, Ecosystem Services)
  • 2012 PhD in agricultural sciences (environmental impacts of rubber plantations)
  • 2007 Diploma in Biologe (Agroforstry and sustainbale afforestation in coconut plantations)

Committee work / further activities

  • Member of advisory council of ATSAF e.V.

Teaching

  • University of Hohenheim (since 2007): Introduction to agroecology, tropical agricultural systems, practical field work methods

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Abera, B., Senthilkumar, K., Cotter, M., Asch, F. (2021): Transplanting as an option to cope with abiotic stress in high-altitude lowland rice production systems in East Africa. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, doi: 10.1111/jac.12540
  • Abera, B., Stürz, S., Senthilkumar, K., Cotter, M., Rajaona, A., Asch, F. (2020): Season specific varietal management as an option to increase rainfed lowland rice production in East Africa high altitude cropping systems.Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206, 4
  • Chuma, B., Cotter, M., Kalisa, A., Rajaona, A., Senthilkumar, K., Stuerz, S., Vincent, I., Asch, F., (2020): Altitude, Temperature, and N-Management effects on yield and yield components of contrasting lowland rice cultivars. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206, 4
  • Cotter, M., Asch F., Abera, B., Chuma, B., Senthilkumar, K., Rajaona, A., Razafindrazaka, A., Saito, K., Asch, F. (2020): Creating the data basis to adapt agricultural decision support tools to new environments, land management and climate change – A case study of the RiceAdvice App. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206, 4
  • Cotter, M., Asch, F. (2020): Editorial: Smallholder targeted agriculture 4.0 in temperature limited cropping systems.  Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206, 4
  • Razafindrazaka A., Stuerz, S., Cotter, M., Rajaona, A., Asch, F. (2020): Genotypic yield responses of lowland rice in high altitude cropping. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206, 4
  • WoldeYohannes, A., Cotter, M., Biru, W., Kelboro, G. (2020): Assessing Changes in Ecosystem Service Values over 1985–2050 in Response to Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics in Abaya-Chamo Basin, Southern Ethiopia. Land 9 (2):37, doi: 10.3390/land9020037
  • Golbon, R., Cotter, M., Mahbod, M., Sauerborn, J. (2019): Global assessment of climate-driven susceptibility to South American leaf blight of rubber using emerging hot spot analysis and gridded historical daily data. Forests 10 (3), 203; doi: 10.3390/f10030203
  • Thellmann, K., Golbon, R., Cotter, M., Cadisch, G., Asch, F. (2019): Assessing Hydrological Ecosystem Services in a Rubber-Dominated Watershed under Scenarios of Land Use and Climate Change. Forests 10 (2), 176; doi: 10.3390/f10020176
  • Thellmann, K., Cotter, M., Baumgartner, S., Treydte, A., Cadisch, G., Asch, F. (2018): Tipping Points in the Supply of Ecosystem Services of a Mountainous Watershed in Southeast Asia.Sustainability 2018, 10(7), pp. 2418
  • Golbon, R., Cotter, M., Sauerborn, J. (2018): Climate change impact assessment on potential rubber cultivating area in the Greater Mekong Subregion.Environmental Research Letters 13; 084002
  • WoldeYohannes, A., Cotter, M., Kelboro, G., Dessalegn, W. (2018): Land Use and Land Cover Changes and Their Effects on the Landscape of Abaya-Chamo Basin, Southern Ethiopia. Land 2018, 7, 2; doi:10.3390/land7010002
  • Thellmann, K., Blagodatsky, S., Häuser, I.,Liu, H., Wang, J., Asch, f., Cadisch, G., Cotter, M. (2017): Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation. Forests, 8, 505; doi:10.3390/f8120505
  • Cotter, M., Asch, F., Hilger, T., Rajaona, A., Schappert, A., Stuerz, S., Yang, X. (2017): Measuring leaf area index in rubber plantations − a challenge. Ecological Indicators 82, 357-366, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.07.019
  • Cotter, M., Häuser, I., Harich, F.K., He, P., Sauerborn, J., Treydte, A.C., Martin, K., Cadisch, G., (2017): Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - A case study for the Assessment of Multiple Species and Functional Diversity Levels in a Cultural Landscape. Ecological Indicators 38, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.038
  • Tomáš Václavík, T., Langerwisch, f.,  Cotter, M., Fick, J., Häuser, I., Hotes, S.,Kamp, J.,Settele, J.,  Spangenberg, J. and Seppelt, R. (2016): Investigating potential transferability of place-based research in land system science. Environmental Research Letters 11,  9, dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/095002
  • Häuser, I., Cotter, M., et al. (2015): Environmental and socio-economic impacts of rubber cultivation in the Mekong region: challenges for sustainable land use.  CAB Reviews 10, No. 027, doi: 10.1079/PAVSNNR201510027
  • Häuser, I., Thellmann, K., Cotter, M., Sauerborn, J. (2015): Ecosystem services and biodiversity of rubber plantations - a systematic review. CAB Reviews 10, No. 037. doi:10.1079/PAVSNNR201510037
  • Mounde, L.G., Boh, M.J., Cotter, M., Rasche, F. (2015): Potential of rhizobacteria for promoting sorghum growth and suppressing Striga hermonthica development. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 122 (2), 100–106, 2015, ISSN 1861-3829.
  • Golbon, R., Ogutu, J.O., Cotter, M., Sauerborn, J. (2015): Rubber yield prediction by meteorological conditions using mixed models and multi-model inference techniques.  Int J Biometeorol, doi: 10.1007/s00484-015-0983-0
  • Cotter, M., Berkhoff, K., Gibreel, T., Ghorbani, A., Golbon, R., Nuppenau, E.-A., Sauerborn, J., (2014): Designing a sustainable land use scenario based on a combination of ecological assessments and economic optimization. Ecological Indicators 36; S. 779-787
  • Cotter, M. ,de la Pena-Lavander, R., Sauerborn, J. (2012): Understanding the present distribution of the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica and predicting its potential future geographic distribution in the light of climate change.  Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 434; S. 630-636
  • Sinon, FG, Kohler, R, Cotter, M, Müller, J (2011): Tenacity, fineness and ultimate fiber recovery of Abaca fiber strands. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 5; S. 433-441
  • Cotter, M., Martin, K., Sauerborn, J., 2009; How do "renewable products" impact biodiversity and ecosystem services - The example of natural rubber in China. Journal for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 110; S. 9-22