Research
Articles
2026Fierke, J., Simon, A., Putzenlechner, B., Winter, A.N., Gowda, J.H., Kappas, M. (2026): Climate Variations Across Landscape Gradients of Northern Patagonian Andean Forests: Lessons from High-Resolution Climate Datasets and Microclimatic Records. In: Walentowski, H., Kitzberger, T., Kappas, M., Zerbe, S., Loguercio, G.A. (eds) Ecology, Structure and Dynamics of North Patagonian Forests and Derivations for Ecosystem Management . Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 46. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17737-7_4
Fierke, J., Gowda, J. H., Díaz, G. M., Koal, P., Walentowski, H., Kappas, M., Putzenlechner, B. (2026): Contrasting vegetation height and elevation shape near-surface thermal responses more strongly than slope orientation during summer in northern Patagonia. International Journal of Biometeorology 70, 197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-026-03254-w
2025
Joelson, N. Z., Schneider, E., Heinrichs, S., Zerbe, S., Leuschner, C., Reiter, E. J., Fierke, J., & Walentowski, H. (2025): A 50-year perspective on conservation challenges and legacy effects in temperate Patagonian forests. Biological Conservation, 306, 111124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111124
Fierke, J., Putzenlechner, B., Simon, A., Gowda, J. H., Reiter, E. J., Walentowski, H., & Kappas, M. (2025): Modelling microclimatic variability in Andean forests of northern Patagonia. International Journal of Biometeorology, 69(6), 1279–1295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02891-x
2024
Reiter, E. J., Weigel, R., Walentowski, H., Loguercio, G. A., Fierke, J., Winter, A. F. N., Simon, A., Kotowska, M. M., Joelson, N. Z., Caselli, M., & Leuschner, C. (2024): Climate vulnerability of Nothofagus pumilio, Nothofagus dombeyi and Austrocedrus chilensis in northern Patagonia’s temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 572, 122261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122261
Fierke, J., Joelson, N. Z., Loguercio, G. A., Putzenlechner, B., Simon, A., Wyss, D., Kappas, M., & Walentowski, H. (2024): Assessing uncertainty in bioclimatic modelling: a comparison of two high-resolution climate datasets in northern Patagonia. Regional Environmental Change 24, 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02278-5
Simon, A., Fierke, J., Reiter, E. J., Walentowski, H., & Kappas, M. (2024): The interior climate and its microclimatic variation of temperate forests in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Biometeorology, 68(6), 719–730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02617-5
2020
Fierke, J., Kappas, M., & Wyss, D. (2020): Quantifying forest cover at Mount Kenya: Use of Sentinel-2 for a discrimination of tropical tree composites. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14(6), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST2020.2832
Conferences and Workshops
2026Fierke, J.; Cingolani, S.; Crego, A.; Gonzalez Musso, R.; Gowda, J., Koal, P.; Putzenlechner, B.: An integrated field-to-satellite Framework linking vegetation structure and microclimate to fire risk and landscape resilience in northern Patagonia. 3rd Microclimate Ecology and Biogeography conference, June 2026, Montpellier, France.
Fierke, J.; Simon, A.; Putzenlechner, B.; Neri Winter, A., Gowda, J. H.; Kappas, M.: Climate Variations Across Landscape Gradients of Northern Patagonian Andean Forests: Lessons from High-Resolution Climate Datasets and Microclimatic Records. IUFRO, Mar 2026, Coyhaique, Chile.
2025
Fierke, J., Putzenlechner, B., Simon, A., Gowda, J., Reiter, E., Walentowski, H., Kappas, M.: Modelling microclimatic variability in Andean forests of northern Patagonia. EGU General Assembly, Apr 2025, Vienna, AT. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8571