"Here we describe the first articulated olenid trilobite specimens recovered from the lowermost Fezouata Shale Formation (lower Tremadocian, Ordovician) of Morocco. Prior to the discovery of this sample, only two partial olenid trilobite specimens had been found from this part of the rock record. T...
"The Upper Jurassic Plattenkalk deposits of the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria in southern Germany, one of the most productive Fossillagerstätten worldwide, are widely believed to be devoid of palynomorphs or to contain only poorly preserved organic matter. A first palynological study of sediments ...
"Red Queen (RQ) theory states that adaptation does not protect species from extinction because their competitors are continually adapting alongside them. RQ was founded on the apparent independence of extinction risk and fossil taxon age, but analytical developments have since demonstrated that age...
"A systematic horizon scanning was undertaken to identify the up-to-date perspectives on paleontological research. A summarized evaluation (applicability and acceptability) was also provided to identify the challenges and opportunities of paleontological techniques. Present-day advances in molecula...
"Data compilations expand the scope of research; however, data citation practice lags behind advances in data use. It remains uncommon for data users to credit data producers in professionally meaningful ways. In paleontology, databases like the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) enable assessment of pat...
"Birds are among the best-studied animal groups, but their prehistoric diversity is poorly known due to low fossilization potential. Hence, while many human-driven bird extinctions (i.e., extinctions caused directly by human activities such as hunting, as well as indirectly through human-associated...
"Effective visitor management requires reaching visitors with fitting information at the right time through the channels they already use. To identify effective communication channels, 410 recreationists were interviewed in north-east Bavaria to determine how they plan and navigate their outdoor ac...
"Rinaldo Zardini (1902–1988) was an Italian palaeontologist and botanist born in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Having a background as a professional photographer, he was able to illustrate his collection of mostly tiny fossils in high definition. For his significant contributions to the field of palaeontology...
A book on nature, mountain biking and the consequences (in German).
"Das Thema Outdoorsport und Natur bewegt viele Menschen und es wird oftmals hitzig und kontrovers diskutiert. Bislang gibt es immer wieder Konflikte, denn sowohl auf Seiten des Naturschutzes als auch auf Seiten der Outdoorsport...
"Articulated natural assemblages contain direct evidence of the element numbers, morphologies, positions and structures for reconstructing the feeding apparatuses of conodont animals, but these kind of materials are very rare in fossil records. Here we report ten new conodont natural assemblages fr...
