Dr. Guy Pe’er
Research interests
Understanding and addressing anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity, especially through habitat loss, fragmentation, land-use- and climatic changes. I am particularly interested in how animal movement and dispersal interact with species’ demography to determine population viability, range-shift dynamics, and community structures in fragmented landscapes.
Patterns and trends in biodiversity: long-term monitoring, targeted fieldwork on rare species, and biodiversity surveys help determining the status and trends in biodiversity. With particular interest in butterflies, I am one of the founders of the Israeli Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (BMS-IL) established 2009, and nowadays serving as a scientific supervisor and consultant to the programme.
Agriculture and agricultural policy and their effects on nature and humans: Agricultural production, expansion and intensification exert pressures on our society, economy and environment. To address these pressures I am engaged in interdisciplinary research onto how the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) affects both nature and humans. I am particularly interested in how the CAP affects Socio-Ecological Systems in terms of the interactions between farm structure and economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and consequently also rural vitality and farmers’ wellbeing.
CAP Fitness Check: Recent publications
- Presentation of preliminary results (PPT, Brussels 11 May 2017)
- Preliminary results - Executive Summary, English
- Preliminary results - Deutsche Zusammenfassung
The full report will be published in Autumn 2017
Curriculum Vitae
March 2017- present
sDiv “Catalyst PostDoc” Position
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Synthesis Centre sDiv, Leipzig, Germany
Since 4.2015
Member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany
2011–2016
Research associate (Group leader: Population Ecology and Landscape Structure), Dept. of Conservation Biology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
2009–2011
Post Doctorate, joint affiliation between Dept. of Conservation Biology at UFZ, Leipzig, and Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece
2007-2009
Post Doctorate, Dept. of Ecological Modelling, UFZ, Leipzig,
2005-2006
Post Doctorate, Dept. of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2004
Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Ecological Modelling, UFZ, Leipzig
1999-2004
Direct studies for PhD (including M.Sc.) in Conservation Biology, Mitrani Dept. for Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Thesis Title: Spatial and behavioral determinants of butterfly movement patterns in topographically complex landscapes.
1996-1998
B.Sc. in Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Teaching
Nature and Environmental Protection
Modelling dispersal and connectivity in fragmented landscapes
Ecological modelling
Publications before iDiv
Please see my Google Scholar Profile!
Google Scholar
iDiv publications
Menger, J., W. E. Magnusson, M. J. Anderson, M. Schlegel, G. Pe'er, and K. Henle. (in press). Environmental Characteristics Drive Variation in Amazonian Understorey Bird Assemblages. PloS one in press.
Zurita, G. A., G. Pe’er, and M. I. Bellocq. (in press). Bird responses to forest loss: the influence of habitat specialization and perception of the habitat grain in the Atlantic forest. Diversity and Distributions, in press.
Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H. R. P., Alhusseini, T. I., Bedford, F. E., ..., Pe'er, G., et al. (2017): The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7(1), 145-88 10.1002/ece3.2579
Schultz, C. B., Pe'er, B. G., Damiani, C., Brown, L., Crone, E. E. (2017): Does movement behaviour predict population densities? A test with 25 butterfly species. Journal of Animal Ecology 86(2), 384-93 10.1111/1365-2656.12609
Dislich, C., Keyel, A. C., Salecker, J., Kisel, Y., Meyer, K. M., Auliya, M., Barnes, A. D., Corre, M. D., Darras, K., Faust, H., Hess, B., Klasen, S., Knohl, A., Kreft, H., Meijide, A., Nurdiansyah, F., Otten, F., Pe'er, G., et al. (2016): A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system. Biological Reviews (in press) 10.1111/brv.12295
Ibisch, P. L., Hoffmann, M. T., Kreft, S., Pe’er, G., Kati, V., Biber-Freudenberger, L., DellaSala, D. A., Vale, M. M., Hobson, P. R., Selva, N. (2016): A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status. Science 354(6318), 1423-27 10.1126/science.aaf7166
Numa, C., van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Wiemers, M., Barrios, V., Allen, D., Sayer, C., López Munguira, M., Balletto, E., Benyamini, D., Beshkov, S., Bonelli, S., Caruana, R., Dapporto, L., Franeta, F., Garcia-Pereira, K., Katbeh-Bader, A., Maes, D., Micevski, N., Miller, R., Monteiro, E., Moulai, R., Nieto, A., Pamperis, L., Pe’er, G., et al. (2016): The status and distribution of Mediterranean butterflies. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Regional Assessment
Pe'er, G., Zinngrebe, Y., Hauck, J., Schindler, S., Dittrich, A., Zingg, S., Tscharntke, T., Oppermann, R., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sirami, C., et al. (2016): Adding Some Green to the Greening: Improving the EU's Ecological Focus Areas for Biodiversity and Farmers. Conservation Letters (in press) 10.1111/conl.12333
Urban, M. C., Bocedi, G., Hendry, A. P., Mihoub, J.-B., Pe’er, G., Singer, A., Bridle, J. R., Crozier, L. G., De Meester, L., Godsoe, W., Gonzalez, A., Hellmann, J. J., Holt, R. D., Huth, A., et al. (2016): Improving the forecast for biodiversity under climate change. Science353(6304) 10.1126/science.aad8466
Schmucki, R., Pe'er, G., Roy, D. B., Stefanescu, C., Van Swaay, C. A. M., Oliver, T. H., Kuussaari, M., Van Strien, A. J., Ries, L., Settele, J., et al. (2015): A regionally informed abundance index for supporting integrative analyses across butterfly monitoring schemes. Journal of Applied Ecology 53(2), 501-51 10.1111/1365-2664.12561
Singer, A., Johst, K., Banitz, T., Fowler, M. S., Groeneveld, J., Gutiérrez, A. G., Hartig, F., Krug, R. M., Liess, M., Matlack, G., Meyer, K. M., Pe’er, G., Radchuk, V., et al. (2015): Community dynamics under environmental change: How can next generation mechanistic models improve projections of species distributions?. Ecological Modelling 326, 63-74 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.007
Van Swaay, C., Regan, E., Ling, M., Bozhinovska, E., Fernandez, M., Marini-Filho, O. J., Huertas, B., Phon, C.-K., Korösi, A., Meerman, J.,Pe’er, G., et al. (2015): Guidelines for Standardised Global Butterfly Monitoring. GEO BON Technical Series 1, Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network, Leipzig, Germany
iDiv-Publikationen
Rouet-Leduc, Julia, van der Plas, Fons, Bonn, Aletta, Helmer, Wouter, Marselle, Melissa R., von Essen, Erica, Pe’er, Guy
(2024): Exploring the motivation and challenges for land-users engaged in sustainable grazing in Europe. Land Use PolicyTrouillier, M., Meyer, K. M., Santini, L., Pe'er, G.
(2023): A comparison of population viability measures. Ecology and EvolutionCandel, J., Pe’er, G., Finger, R.
(2023): Science calls for ambitious European pesticide policies. Nature FoodPe'er, G., Finn, J. A., Díaz, M., Birkenstock, M., Lakner, S., Röder, N., Kazakova, Y., Šumrada, T., Bezák, P., Concepción, E. D., Dänhardt, J., Morales, M. B., Rac, I., Špulerová, J., Schindler, S., Stavrinides, M., Targetti, S., Viaggi, D., Vogiatzakis, I. N.Guyomard, H.
(2022): How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts. Conservation LettersA. Perino, H. M. Pereira, M. Felipe-Lucia, H. Kim, H. S. Kühl, M. R. Marselle, J. N. Meya, C. Meyer, L. M. Navarro, R. van Klink, G. Albert, C. D. Barratt, H. Bruelheide, Y. Cao, A. Chamoin, M. Darbi, M. Dornelas, N. Eisenhauer, F. Essl, N. Farwig, J. Förster, J. Freyhof, J. Geschke, F. Gottschall, C. Guerra, P. Haase, T. Hickler, U. Jacob, T. Kastner, L. Korell, I. Kühn, G. U. C. Lehmann, B. Lenzner, A. Marques, E. Motivans Švara, L. C. Quintero, A. Pacheco, A. Popp, J. Rouet-Leduc, F. Schnabel, J. Siebert, I. R. Staude, S. Trogisch, V. Švara, J.-C. Svenning, G. Pe'er, K. Raab, D. Rakosy, M. Vandewalle, A. S. Werner, C. Wirth, H. Xu, D. Yu, Y. Zinngrebe and A. Bonn
(2021): Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation LettersRouet-Leduc, J., Pe'er, G., Moreira, F., Bonn, A., Helmer, W., Shahsavan Zadeh, S. A. A., Zizka, A. and van der Plas, F.
(2021): Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation. Journal of Applied EcologyCandel, J. J. L., Lakner, S., Pe'er, G.
(2021): Europe's reformed agricultural policy disappoints. NATURERichter, A., Comay, O., Svenningsen, C. S., Larsen, J. C., Hecker, S., Tøttrup, A. P., Pe'er, G., Dunn, R. R., Bonn, A. and Marselle, M.
(2021): Motivation and support services in citizen science insect monitoring: A cross-country study. Biological ConservationO. Comay, O. Ben Yehuda, R. Schwartz-Tzachor, D. Benyamini, I. Pe'er, I. Ktalav, G. Pe'er
(2021): Environmental controls on butterfly occurrence and species richness in Israel: The importance of temperature over rainfall. Ecology and EvolutionR. van Klink, D. E. Bowler, O. Comay, M. M. Driessen, S. K. M. Ernest, A. Gentile, F. Gilbert, K. B. Gongalsky, J. Owen, G. Pe'er, I. Pe'er, V. H. Resh, I. Rochlin, S. Schuch, A. B. Swengel, S. R. Swengel, T. J. Valone, R. Vermeulen, T. Wepprich, J. L. Wiedmann, J. M. Chase
(2021): InsectChange: a global database of temporal changes in insect and arachnid assemblages. EcologyUdy, K., M. Fritsch, K. M. Meyer, I. Grass, S. Hanß, F. Hartig, T. Kneib, H. Kreft, C. B. Kukunda, G. Pe’er, H. Reininghaus, B. Tietjen, T. Tscharntke, C.-S. van Waveren, K. Wiegand
(2021): Environmental heterogeneity predicts global species richness patterns better than area. Global Ecology and BiogeographyComay, O., Ben Yehuda, O., Benyamini, D., Schwartz-Tzachor, R., Pe'er, I., Melochna, T., Pe’er, G.
(2020): Analysis of monitoring data where butterflies fly year-round. Ecological ApplicationsKühl, H. S., D. E. Bowler, L. Bösch, H. Bruelheide, J. Dauber, D. Eichenberg, N. Eisenhauer, N. Fernández, C. A. Guerra, K. Henle, I. Herbinger, N. J. B. Isaac, F. Jansen, B. König-Ries, I. Kühn, E. B. Nilsen, G. Pe'er,A. Richter, R. Schulte, J. Settele, N. M. van Dam,M. Voigt, W. J. Wägele, C. Wirth,A. Bonn
(2020): Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration. One EarthOtero, I., Farrell, K. N., Pueyo, S., Kallis, G., Kehoe, L., Haberl, H., Plutzar, C., Hobson, P., García-Márquez, J., Rodríguez-Labajos, B., Martin, J.-L., Erb, K.-H., Schindler, S., Nielsen, J., Skorin, T., Settele, J., (...), Pe'er, G.
(2020): Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth. Conservation LettersPe'er, G., Bonn, A., Bruelheide, H., Dieker, P., Eisenhauer, N., Feindt, P., Hagedorn, G., Hansjürgens, B., Herzon, I., Lomba, Â., Marquard, E., Moreira, F., Nitsch, H., Oppermann, R., Perino, A., Röder, N., Schleyer, C., Schindler, S., Wolf, C., Lakner, S.
(2020): Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges. People and NaturePe’er, G., Lakner, S.
(2020): The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Could Be Spent Much More Efficiently to Address Challenges for Farmers, Climate, and Biodiversity. One Earth
Prieto-Ramirez, A. M., Röhler, L., Cord, A. F., Pe’er, G., Rödder, D., Henle, K.
(2020): Differential effects of habitat loss on occupancy patterns of the eastern green lizard Lacerta viridis at the core and periphery of its distribution range. PLOS ONEHauenstein, S., J. Fattebert, M. U. Gruebler, B. Naef-Daenzer, G. Pe'er, F. Hartig
(2019): Calibrating an individual-based movement model to predict functional connectivity for little owls. Ecological ApplicationsLakner, S., Holst, C., Dittrich, A., Hoyer, C., Pe’er, G.
(2019): Impacts of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. In: M. Schröter, A. Bonn, S. Klotz, R. Seppelt and C. Baessler (Eds.) Atlas of Ecosystem Services: Drivers, Risks, and Societal Responses Springer International PublishingLakner, S., Holst, C., Pe'er, G.
(2019): Ecological impacts of Greening versus Agri-Environmental and Climate Measures (AECM): An ecological-economic evaluation for Lower Saxony, Germany. Research in Agricultural & Applied EconomicsPe'er, G., Zinngrebe, Y., Moreira, F., Sirami, C., Schindler, S., Müller, R., Bontzorlos, V., Clough, D., Bezák, P., Bonn, A., Hansjürgens, B., Lomba, A., Möckel, S., Passoni, G., Schleyer, C., Schmidt, J., Lakner, S.
(2019): A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy. SciencePellissier, V., Schmucki, R., Pe'er, G., ..., Settele, J. et al.
(2019): Effects of Natura 2000 on nontarget bird and butterfly species based on citizen science data. Conservation BiologyPerino, A., H. M. Pereira, L. M. Navarro, N. Fernandez, J. M. Bullock, S. Ceausu, A. Cortes-Avizanda, R. van Klink, T. Kuemmerle, A. Lomba, G. Pe'er et al.
(2019): Rewilding complex ecosystems. ScienceSalecker, J., Dislich, C., Wiegand, K., Meyer, K. M., Pe´er, G.
(2019): EFForTS-LGraf: A landscape generator for creating smallholder-driven land-use mosaics. PLOS ONE
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