Team > Maria Hänsel


Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Science
- Since 06/2017: Research associate at the Professorship of Ecological Services, University of Bayreuth (AgentDNDC)
- 2015-2016: Project manager for a bi-national excursion program (Ethiopia, UAE) to UNESCO Biosphere Reserves – UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office
- 2015-2016: Internship at the UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office, with a focus on Biosphere Reserves and sustainable land management in Ethiopia (Carlo-Schmid-Program)
- 2014: Internship at the headquarter of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit” (GIZ) in the sectoral department of rural development and agriculture
- 2012 – 2016: Master student Geoecology – Environmental Sciences (M.Sc) at the University of Bayreuth
- 2008 – 2012: Bachelor student Geoecology – Environmental Sciences (B.Sc) at the University of Bayreuth

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Science
Current Research:
Land use decisions in agriculture have an essential impact on the ecosystem services a landscape can provide. Within the project AgentDNDC (BioTip Program, BMBF) I want to analyze the socio-economic and environmental feedbacks that lead to conversion of grassland to cropland. The study mainly focusses on selected areas in Bavaria (Franconia and prealpine regions). In the long run this projects wants to support decision making of policy makers on various levels to optimize the effectiveness of agricultural policy measures that are designed to improve the provision of ecosystem services.
Publications:
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- De Blécourt, M.; Hänsel, V.M.; Brumme, R.; Corre, M.D.; Veldkamp, E. (2014) „Soil redistribution by terracing alleviates soil organic carbon losses caused by forest conversion to rubber plantation“ Forest Ecology and Management 313, S. 26-3
Theses
- Hänsel, V.M., 2016. Emerging erosion risk in South-West Ethiopia: Farmers’ preparedness and soil conservation strategies. Master thesis, University of Bayreuth
- Hänsel, V.M., 2012. Influence of terrace formation on the carbon distribution in soils – a case study in a caoutchouc plantation in Xishuangbanna. Bachelor thesis, University of Bayreuth
Presentations
- Haensel, V. M., Arnhold, S., Koellner, T. Hurni, H. (2016). Emerging Erosion Risk in South-West Ethiopia: Farmers’ Prepardness and Soil Conservation Strategies; BayCEER Workshop, October 13, 2016, Bayreuth, Germany. (BayCEER Bridge Builder Prize)
- Haensel, V. M., Arnhold, S., Koellner, T. Hurni, H. (2016). Emerging Erosion Risk in South-West Ethiopia: Farmers’ Prepardness and Soil Conservation Strategies; Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Science
Publications
2023
Atienza Casas, Sara; Calicis, Camille; Candiago, Sebastian; Dendoncker, Nicolas; Desair, Jomme; Fickel, Thomas; Finne, Eirik Aasmo; Frison, Christine; Haensel, Maria; Hinsch, Malte; Kulfan, Tyler; Kumagai, Joy A.; Mialyk, Oleksandr; Nawrath, Maximilian; Nevzati, Fiona; Washbourne, Carla; Wübbelmann, Thea
Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: how transdisciplinary learning can foster transformativ ...
in Biodiversity and Conservation (2023)
doi:10.1007/s10531-023-02603-0 ...
Küchen, Lisa; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Riebl, Rebekka; Haensel, Maria; Steinbauer, Manuel; Fricke, Ute; Redlich, Sarah; Koellner, Thomas
Where and why is landscape considered valuable? Societal actors' perceptions of ecosystem servi ...
in Ecosystems and People volume 19 (2023) issue 1
doi:10.1080/26395916.2023.2192813 ...
Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Bogenreuther, Jakob
Teaching the Modeling of Human–Environment Systems : Acknowledging Complexity with an Agent-Bas ...
in Journal of Science Education and Technology (2023)
doi:10.1007/s10956-022-10022-z ...
Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Bogenreuther, Jakob
World of Cows - Exploring land-use policies for a dairy-farm world (teaching modeling complex human- ...
CoMSES Computational Model Library (2023)
https://www.comses.net/codebases/b67c5833-96fb-4c1 ...
2022
Englmeier, Jana; von Hoermann, Christian; Rieker, Daniel; Benbow, Marc Eric; Benjamiin, Caryl; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Lackner, Tomáš; Mitesser, Oliver; Redlich, Sarah; Riebl, Rebekka; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Rummler, Thomas; Salamon, Jörg-Alfred; Sommer, David; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Zhang, Jie; Müller, Jörg
Dung-visiting beetle diversity is mainly affected by land use, while community specialization i ...
in Ecology and Evolution volume 12 (2022) issue 10
doi:10.1002/ece3.9386 ...
Gebhardt, Swantje; Haensel, Maria; Schulp, Catharina J. E.; Kaim, Andrea
Ecologically and biophysically optimal allocation of expanded soy production in Bavaria, German ...
in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2022)
doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.916003 ...
Ganuza, Cristina; Redlich, Sarah; Uhler, Johannes; Tobisch, Cynthia; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Peters, Marcell K.; Zhang, Jie; Benjamin, Caryl S.; Englmeier, Jana; Ewald, Jörg; Fricke, Ute; Haensel, Maria; Kollmann, Johannes; Riebl, Rebekka; Uphus, Lars; Müller, Jörg; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
Interactive effects of climate and land use on pollinator diversity differ among taxa and scale ...
in Science Advances volume 8 (2022) issue 18
doi:10.1126/sciadv.abm9359 ...
Fricke, Ute; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Zhang, Jie; Tobisch, Cynthia; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Benjamin, Caryl S.; Englmeier, Jana; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Riebl, Rebekka; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Ewald, Jörg; Kollmann, Johannes; Redlich, Sarah
Landscape diversity and local temperature, but not climate, affect arthropod redation among hab ...
in PLoS One volume 17 (2022) issue 4
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264881 ...
Englmeier, Jana; Mitesser, Oliver; Benbow, M. Eric; Hothorn, Torsten; von Hoermann, Christian; Benjamin, Caryl; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Redlich, Sarah; Riebl, Rebekka; Rojas Botero, Sandra; Rummler, Thomas; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Stengel, Elisa; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Zhang, Jie; Müller, Jörg
Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition
in Ecosystems (2022)
doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00764-7 ...
Redlich, Sarah; Zhang, Jie; Benjamin, Caryl S.; Singh Dhillon, Maninder; Englmeier, Jana; Ewald, Jörg; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Hovestadt, Thomas; Kollmann, Johannes; Koellner, Thomas; Kübert-Flock, Carina; Kunstmann, Harald; Menzel, Annette; Moning, Christoph; Peters, Wibke; Riebl, Rebekka; Rummler, Thomas; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Uphus, Lars; Müller, Jörg; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
Disentangling effects of climate and land use on biodiversity and ecosystem services : A multi- ...
in Methods in Ecology and Evolution volume 13 (2022) issue 2. - page 514-527
doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13759 ...
Thiemann, Miriam; Riebl, Rebekka; Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Steinbauer, Manuel; Landwehr, Theresa; Fricke, Ute; Redlich, Sarah; Koellner, Thomas
Perceptions of ecosystem services : Comparing socio-cultural and environmental influences
in PLoS One volume 17 (2022) issue 10. - page e0276432
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276432 ...
Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Riebl, Rebekka; Martín-López, Berta; Haensel, Maria; Koellner, Thomas
Plural valuation in space : mapping values of grasslands and their ecosystem services
in Ecosystems and People volume 18 (2022) issue 1. - page 258-274
doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2065361 ...
Benjamin, Caryl S.; Uphus, Lars; Lüpke, Marvin; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Dhillon, Maninder Singh; Englmeier, Jana; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Redlich, Sarah; Riebl, Rebekka; Tobisch, Cynthia; Uhler, Johannes; Zhang, Jie; Menzel, Annette; Peters, Wibke
Modelling the Relative Abundance of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) along a Climate and Land- ...
in Animals volume 12 (2022) issue 3
doi:10.3390/ani12030222 ...
2021
Uhler, Johannes; Redlich, Sarah; Zhang, Jie; Hothorn, Torsten; Tobisch, Cynthia; Ewald, Jörg; Thorn, Simon; Seibold, Sebastian; Mitesser, Oliver; Morinière, Jérôme; Bozicevic, Vedran; Benjamin, Caryl S.; Englmeier, Jana; Fricke, Ute; Ganuza, Cristina; Haensel, Maria; Riebl, Rebekka; Rojas-Botero, Sandra; Rummler, Thomas; Uphus, Lars; Schmidt, Stefan; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Müller, Jörg
Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient
in Nature Communications volume 12 (2021)
doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26181-3 ...
Hartmann, Hanna; Haensel, Maria; Riebl, Rebekka; Lohse, Eva Julia; Koellner, Thomas
Volksbegehren Artenvielfalt : Gesetzesänderungen können auch Ökosystemdienstleistungen in Bayer ...
in Gaia volume 30 (2021) issue 2. - page 106-113
doi:10.14512/gaia.30.2.8 ...

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Science
Maria Hänsel
Research Associate
University Bayreuth
Nürnbergerstr. 38
Zapf Building – House 4, Office 2.16
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4647
E-mail: maria.haensel@uni-bayreuth.de