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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 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
