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Professor Marion Pfeifer

Professor of Forest Landscape Restoration

  • Telephone: 0191 20 85626
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: SNES,
    Ridley 2, Level 5
    Office 5.73
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Background

I am a land systems scientist that uses socio-ecological method frameworks and concepts to understand and manage biodiversity, conservation and ecosystem (primarily forests) restoration challenges. I work with remote sensing data (mostly acquired by sensors on satellites but increasingly using TLS and drones)), biodiversity data, habitat quality data and data on human well-being with the aim to monitor natural capital and biodiversity. I lead the TROPical landScapes (TROPS) lab that does extensive fieldwork in the tropics, with sites in Tanzania, Brazil, South Africa, Peru, Gabon, Brunei Darussalam, and Sarawak. We are also working on agroforestry knowledge gaps, at Cockle Park farm (NU owned farm) and in Tanzania and the Philippines. We work collaboratively to find solutions that maximise positive well-being and biodiversity / ecological health outcomes. Our research is at local scale, as this is the scale at which landscape decisions are made. But we implement our research in a global scale context.


I am the Co-Director of the Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience at Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Director of the IAPETUS-2 DTP.


Key research outcomes:

  • developing and using novel method approaches () to demonstrate the pervasive impact of habitat loss and habitat edges on vertebrates, globally (published in Nature, Science and Ecology Letters. Our animation video captures key aspects of the research published in Nature . 
  • remotely sensing habitat quality indicators that link to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (e.g. ) and can be used for conservation planning (published in Journal of Applied Ecology, Remote Sensing of Environment, Peerj, Agriculture and Forest Meteorology)
  • methods and targets for implementing forest restoration (e.g. , ) and managing socio-ecological resilience (e.g. ) at landscape scale 


Research

Current key projects: for details see lab webpages


Using a new conceptual framework, developed in our lab as land systems science approach) to quantify natural capital and its values in different systems: (1) tropical agroforestry landscapes. This research aims to improve the process of forest landscape restoration to include equity and empower stakeholders. The framework forms a method framework that allows for and embeds the analysis of trade-offs between ecosystem services (or more accurately referred to as values) and disservices (sensu disvalues). (2) Coastal landscapes in the UK

  • see . (BBSRC funded, 2019-2021). With subsequent follow up ODA funding. PI on project.
  • see project - Wildlife Corridor Restoration - Evidence needs (Funded through Science for People and Nature Partnership with co-funding through Â鶹´«Ã½ Engagement and Impact funding). PI on project.
  • PhD candidates: Completed. Jelaine Gan (case study Philippines, 2022-2025), Completed. Eleanor Durrant (case study Tanzania, 2020-2024), IAPETUS PhD candidate Sheena Davis (case study Tanzania, 2023-2027) 'Riparian habitat restoration in farmed land for biodiversity and people (Tanzania)'.
  • PhD candidate: Yaofa Ren 'Embedding equity into research on and management for ecosystem services and disservices' (2024 - 2028)


Using tools from social and ecological sciences to investigate opportunities and constraints for tree planting on farms in Northern England.

  •  Northumberland. Natural England funded Participatory Research. PI on project.
  • NERC Treescapes Project Agroforestry Futures. Co-I on project.
  • 2023/24 Completed. Bats in Northumberland project. MRes student Molly Watson.


We use spatially explicit modelling in the lab to investigate human:wildlife interactions and wildlife - habitat interactions in fragmented landscapes and to use that evidence to inform mitigation and management including restoration interventions.

  • Conflict mapping and modelling. (1) Lions in the matrix: room to roam (funded through IAPETUS, NERC. 2017 - 2021. Completed. PhD candidate Becca Sargent). Elephant - Crop conflict in Tanzania (co-funded through Agrisys Tanzania and CORRESTOR - SNAPP funding. 2020 - 2023. Completed. RA Lauren Barnes). 
  • Mammal responses to infrastructure expansion, land use change and/or hunting in tropical forested landscapes. (1) funded through One Planet DTP NERC. 2020 - 2024. Completed. PhD candidate Bekah Puttick (case study Sarawak), (2) funded through IAPETUS. 2020 - 2024. Completed. Natasha Mannion (case study Brunei Darussalam), IAPETUS PhD candidate Jennifer Mc Farlane 2024 - 2028. 'Sustainable hunting and mammals in Peru - with case study research in Manu NP'
  • 2024/25 MRes Ecology student Georgia White, Â鶹´«Ã½, UK: Landscape ecology and conservation of the Philippine crocodile. Co-supervised with Dr Mark Shirley and Merlijn van Weerd at Mabuwaya Foundation.
  • Biodiversity in fragmented landscapes and the edge effect. Funded through Philippines government. 2022 - 2025. Completed. PhD candidate Jelaine Gan (case study Philippines), Completed: visiting PhD candidate Julian Wilmer (case study Brazil).


Forest canopies and their relationships with wildlife distribution, microclimate and ecosystem, functioning.

  • 2023/24. Completed. MRes student Evie Skinner (case study Peru)
  • Visiting PhD candidate Daniel da Silva (case study Brazil). Completed.
Teaching

Degree Programme Director - (SNES, Â鶹´«Ã½). Perhaps not the best name for it, as we are running this degree to prepare students for a career (in leadership roles) in environmental /natural/biodiversity/conservation sciences.


MSc / MRes and UG project supervision. For details see webpages. You can join our TROPS lab as UG for your final dissertation or as MRes student. Contact me to enquire about opportunities for PhDs and postdocs. I will be happy to provide support for developing independent applications. If you want to know more about the lab and how we do research in an inclusive environment: drop an email to one of the PhD candidates and they will be happy to chat (given availability: we do fieldwork after all).


I am course leader for:

  • Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. MSc. 20 credits.
  • The Africa Field course. BSc, stage 2. currently restructured for 20 credits.10 days conservation sciences field course in South Africa.


I contribute to

  • Biodiversity Science and Policy. BSc, stage 3 20 credits.


After developing conservation and biodiversity content for Stage 2 BIO2028 and passive remote sensing content for MSc course ArcGIS and Remote Sensing, I have passed on both to colleagues in 2019 and 2023.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Durrant E, Sallu SM, Lala M, Lyimo F, Nyiti PP, Mwanga L, Shirima D, Kioki E, Milheiras S, Pfeifer M. . Forest Policy and Economics 2025, 172, 103452.
    • Davis S, Grainger M, Pfeifer M, Pattison Z, Stephens P, Sanderson R. . Environmental Evidence 2025, 14(1), 2.
    • Boyle MJW, Williamson J, Rossiter SJ, Drinkwater R, Woon JS, Ashton LA, Breugel M, Eggleton P, Evans TA, Owen TL, Pfeifer M, et al. . iScience 2026, 29(2), 113936.
    • Mannion NLM, Gaulton R, Jamil ME, Pfeifer M, Slik JWF, Willis SG, Franco FM. . People and Nature 2025, Epub ahead of print.
    • Mackintosh E, Waite C, Putz F, Pfeifer M, Marshall AR. . Austral Ecology 2025, 50(6), e70050.
    • Gan JL, Pfeifer M, Soroño TC, Gicaraya VA, Torio ES, van Weerd M, Gatan-Balbas M, Shirley MDF. . Biotropica 2025, 57(5), e70076.
    • Ewers RM, Orme CDL, Pearse WD, Zulkifli N, Yvon-Durocher G, Yusah KM, Yoh N, Yeo DCJ, Wong A, Williamson J, Wilkinson CL, Wiederkehr F, Webber BL, Wearn OR, Wai L, Vollans M, Twining JP, Turner EC, Tobias JA, Thorley J, Telford EM, Teh YA, Tan HH, Swinfield T, Svatek M, Struebig M, Stork N, Sleutel J, Slade EM, Sharp A, Shabrani A, Sethi SS, Seaman DJI, Sawang A, Roxby GB, Rowcliffe JM, Rossiter SJ, Riutta T, Rahman H, Qie L, Psomas E, Prairie A, Poznansky F, Pillay R, Picinali L, Pianzin A, Pfeifer M, Parrett JM, Noble CD, Nilus R, Mustaffa N, Mullin KE, Mitchell S, Mckinlay AR, Maunsell S, Matula R, Massam M, Martin S, Malhi Y, Majalap N, Maclean CS, Mackintosh E, Luke SH, Lewis OT, Layfield HJ, Lane-Shaw I, Kueh BH, Kratina P, Konopik O, Kitching R, Kinneen L, Kemp VA, Jotan P, Jones N, Jebrail EW, Hrones M, Heon SP, Hemprich-Bennett DR, Haysom JK, Harianja MF, Hardwick J, Gregory N, Gray R, Gray REJ, Granville N, Gill R, Fraser A, Foster WA, Folkard-Tapp H, Fletcher RJ, Fikri AH, Fayle TM, Faruk A, Eggleton P, Edwards DP, Drinkwater R, Dow RA, Dobert TF, Didham RK, Dickinson KJM, Deere NJ, de Lorm T, Dawood MM, Davison CW, Davies ZG, Davies RG, Dancak M, Cusack J, Clare EL, Chung A, Chey VK, Chapman PM, Cator L, Carpenter D, Carbone C, Calloway K, Bush ER, Burslem DFRP, Brown KD, Brooks SJ, Brasington E, Brant H, Boyle MJW, Both S, Blackman J, Bishop TR, Bicknell JE, Bernard H, Basrur S, Barclay MVL, Barclay H, Atton G, Ancrenaz M, Aldridge DC, Daniel OZ, Reynolds G, Banks-Leite C. . Nature 2024, 631(8022), 808-813.
    • McFarlane JJ, Mujica Chacón O, Arauco-Aliaga RP, Braunholtz L, Sanderson R, Pfeifer M. . Biotropica 2024, 56(5), e13367.
    • Mackintosh E, Waite CE, Putz FE, Pfeifer M, Marshall AR. . Biotropica 2024, 56(5), e13348.
    • Elsy AD, Pfeifer M, Jones IL, DeWalt SJ, Lopez OR, Dent HD. . Biotropica 2024, 56(1), 36-49.
    • Ngute ASK, Schoeman DS, Pfeifer M, van der Heijden GMF, Phillips OL, van Breugel M, Campbell MJ, Chandler CJ, Enquist BJ, Gallagher RV, Gehring C, Hall JS, Laurance S, Laurance WF, Letcher SG, Liu W, Sullivan MJP, Wright SJ, Yuan C, Marshall AR. . Global Change Biology 2024, 30(1).
    • Mackintosh E, Waite C, Putz F, Pfeifer M, Chen C, Lan Z, Brennan S, Marshall A. . Ecology and Evolution 2024, 14(10), e70374.
    • da Silva DA, Vibrans AC, Pfeifer M. . Plant Ecology and Diversity 2024, 17(5-6), 195-208.
    • Davis S, Guerreiro Milheiras S, Olivier PL, Barnes L, Shirima D, Kioko E, Sallu SM, Ishengoma E, Marshall AR, Pfeifer M. . Bird Conservation International 2024, 34, 1-10.
    • Ngute ASK, Pfeifer M, Schoeman DS, Gereau RE, Mnendendo HR, Mwakisoma A, Mhagawale W, Kivambe EE, Kyasapa G, Lyatuu HM, Shirima DD, Marshall AR. . Forest Ecology and Management 2024, 562, 121962.
    • Calders K, Brede B, Newnham G, Culvenor D, Armston J, Bartholomeus H, Griebel A, Hayward J, Junttila S, Lau A, Levick S, Morrone R, Origo N, Pfeifer M, Verbesselt J, Herold M. . Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2023, 9(5), 587-598.
    • Lala M, Sallu SM, Lyimo F, Moore E, Shirima DD, Nnyiti P, Mwanga L, Pfeifer M. . Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 2023, 7, 1148928.
    • Loveridge R, Marshall AR, Pfeifer M, Rushton S, Nnyiti PP, Fredy L, Sallu SM. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 2023, 378(1867), 20210080.
    • Löfqvist S, Kleinschroth F, Bey A, Bremond A, DeFries R, Dong J, Fleischman F, Lele S, Martin DA, Messerli P, Meyfroidt P, Pfeifer M, Rakotonarivo SO, Ramankutty N, Ramprasad V, Rana R, Rhemtulla JM, Ryan CM, Vieira ICG, Wells GJ, Garrett RD. . BioScience 2023, 73(2), 134–148.
    • Marshall AR, Waite CE, Pfeifer M, Banin LF, Rakotonarivo S, Chomba S, Herbohn J, Gilmour DA, Brown M, Chazdon RL. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 2023, 378(1867), 20210065.
    • Durrant E, Howson P, Puttick B, Potts S, Shennan-Farpón Y, Sari N, Allen N, Jo Y, Grainger M, Teh YA, Pfeifer M. . Environmental Evidence 2023, 12, 27.
    • Pfeifer M, Sallu S, Marshall A, Rushton S, Moore E, Shirima DD, Smit J, Kioko E, Barnes L, Waite C, Raes L, Braunholtz L, Olivier PI, Ishengoma E, Bowers S, Guerreiro Milheiras S. . Philosophical Transactions Royal Society B 2023, 378, 20210111.
    • Wills AR, Shirima DD, Villemaire-Cote O, Platts PJ, Knight SJ, Loveridge R, Seki H, Waite CE, Munishi PKT, Lyatuu H, Bernal B, Pfeifer M, Marshall AR. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 2023, 378(1867), 20210070.
    • Mannion NLM, Charles JK, Gaulton R, Wong Sia How J, Khalid S, Pfeifer M, Slik JWF. . Mammalia 2023, 87(6), 587-590.
    • Fleischman F, Coleman E, Fischer H, Kashwan P, Pfeifer M, Ramprasad V, Rodriguez Solorzano C, Veldman JW. . Nature 2022, 607, E5-E6.
    • da Silva DA, Pfeifer M, Vibrans AC. . Austral Ecology 2022, 47(8), 1609-1621.
    • Sargent R, Sarobidy Rakotonarivo O, Rushton SP, Cascio B, Grau A, Bell AR, Bunnefeld N, Dickman A, Pfeifer M. . People and Nature 2022, 4(5), 1263-1278.
    • Milheiras SG, Sallu SM, Marshall AR, Shirima DD, Kioko EN, Loveridge R, Moore E, Olivier P, Teh YA, Rushton S, Pfeifer M. . Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2022, 5, 709971.
    • Bowler E, Lefebvre V, Pfeifer M, Ewers RM. . Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2021, 13(1), 217-229.
    • Boyle MJW, Bishop TR, Luke SH, van Breugel M, Evans TA, Pfeifer M, Fayle TM, Hardwick SR, Lane-Shaw RI, Yusah KM, Ashford ICR, Ashford OS, Garnett E, Turner EC, Wilkinson CL, Chung AYC, Ewers RM. . Functional Ecology 2021, 35(5), 1094-1108.
    • Loveridge R, Sallu SM, Pfeifer M, Oldekop JA, Mgaya M, da Silva DA, Latham J, Platts PJ, Marshall AR. . Conservation Letters 2021, 14(6), e12831.
    • Pfeifer M, Shirima D. . Nature 2021, 593, 42-43.
    • Watling JI, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Pfeifer M, Baeten L, Banks-Leite C, Cisneros LM, Fang R, Hamel-Leigue AC, Lachat T, Leal IR, Lens L, Possingham HP, Raheem DC, Ribeiro DB, Slade EM, Urbina-Cardona JN, Wood EM, Fahrig L. . Ecology Letters 2020, 23(4), 674-681.
    • da Silva DA, Pfeifer M, Pattison Z, Vibrans AC. . Forest Ecology and Management 2020, 476, 118477.
    • Marshall AR, Platts PJ, Seki H, Chazdon RL, Campbell MJ, Phillips OL, Marchant R, Liang J, Herbohn J, Malhi Y, Pfeifer M. . Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2020, 3, 35.
    • Pfeifer A, Boyle MJW, Dunning S, Olivier PI. . PeerJ 2019, 7, e6190.
    • Betts MG, Wolf C, Pfeifer M, Banks-Leite C, Arroyo-Rodriguez V, Bandini Ribeiro D, Barlow J, Eigenbrod F, Faria D, Fletcher Jr. RJ, Hadley AS, Hawes JE, Holt RD, Klingbeil B, Kormann U, Lens L, Levi T, Medina-Rangel GF, Melles SL, Mezger D, Morante-Filho JC, Orme CDL, Peres CA, Phalan BT, Pidgeon A, Possingham H, Ripple WJ, Slade EM, Somarriba E, Tobias JA, Tylianakis JM, Urbina-Cardona JN, Valente JJ, Watling JI, Wells K, Wearn OR, Wood E, Young R, Ewers RM. . Science 2019, 366(6470), 1236-1239.
    • Cuni-Sanchez A, Omeny P, Pfeifer M, Olaka L, Boru M, Marchant R, Burgess N. . Climate and Development 2019, 11(6), 513-524.
    • Pfeifer M, Gonsamo A, Woodgate W, Cayuela L, Marshall AR, Ledo A, Paine TCE, Marchant R, Burt A, Calders K, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Cuni-Sanchez A, Deere NJ, Denu D, de Tanago JG, Hayward R, Lau A, Macia MJ, Olivier PI, Pellikka P, Seki H, Shirima D, Trevithick R, Wedeux B, Wheeler C, Munishi PKT, Martin T, Mustari A, Platts PJ. . Forest Ecosystems 2018, 5, 7.
    • Wearn O, Carbone C, Rowcliffe J, Pfeifer M, Bernard H, Ewers R. . Journal of Animal Ecology 2018, 88(1), 125-137.
    • Deere NJ, Guillera-Arroita G, Baking EL, Bernard H, Pfeifer M, Reynolds G, Wearn OR, Davies ZG, Struebig MJ. . Journal of Applied Ecology 2018, 55(2), 997-1008.
    • Cuni-Sanchez A, Pfeifer M, Marchant R, Pompeu PV, Burgess ND. . New Forests 2018, 49(4), 511-528.
    • Rolo V, Olivier PI, Pfeifer M, van Aarde RJ. . Forest Ecology and Management 2018, 407, 174-183.
    • Jucker T, Asner GP, Dalponte M, Brodrick PG, Philipson CD, Vaughn NR, Arn Teh Y, Brelsford C, Burslem DFRP, Deere NJ, Ewers RM, Kvasnica J, Lewis SL, Malhi Y, Milne S, Nilus R, Pfeifer M, Phillips OL, Qie L, Renneboog N, Reynolds G, Riutta T, Struebig MJ, Svatek M, Turner EC, Coomes DA. . Biogeosciences 2018, 15(12), 3811-3830.
    • Luke SH, Barclay H, Bidin K, Khen CV, Ewers RM, Foster WA, Nainar A, Pfeifer M, Reynolds G, Turner EC, Walsh RPD, Aldridge DC. . Ecohydrology 2017, 10(4), e1827.
    • Cuni-Sanchez A, Pfeifer M, Marchant R, Calders K, Sorensen CL, Pompeu PV, Lewis SL, Burgess ND. . Forest Ecology and Management 2017, 399, 235-246.
    • Wearn OR, Rowcliffe JM, Carbone C, Pfeifer M, Bernard H, Ewers RM. . Biological Conservation 2017, 212(Part A), 162-171.
    • Hadi H, Pfeifer M, Korhonen L, Wheeler C, Rautiainen M. . Remote Sensing of Environment 2017, 201, 314-330.
    • Pfeifer M, Lefebvre V, Peres CA, Banks-Leite C, Wearn OR, Marsh CJ, Butchart SHM, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Barlow J, Cerezo A, Cisneros L, D’Cruze N, Faria D, Hadley A, Harris S, Klingbeil BT, Kormann U, Lens L, Medina-Rangel GF, Morante-Filho JC, Olivier P, Peters SL, Pidgeon A, Ribeiro DB, Scherber C, Schneider-Maunory L, Struebig M, Urbina-Cardona N, Watling JI, Wood MR, Ewers RM. . Nature 2017, 551, 187-191.
    • Pfeifer M, Kor L, Nilus R, Turner E, Cusack J, Lysenko I, Khoo M, Chey VK, Chung AC, Ewers RM. . Remote Sensing of Environment 2016, 176, 84-97.
    • Cuni-Sanchez A, Pfeifer M, Marchant R, Burgess ND. . Ecosystem Services 2016, 19, 42-50.
    • Schneider-Maunoury L, Lefebvre V, Ewers RM, Medina-Rangel GF, Peres CA, Somarriba E, Urbina-Cardona N, Pfeifer M. . Biological Conservation 2016, 200, 207-215.
    • Hardwick S, Toumi R, Pfeifer M, Turner EC, Nilus R, Ewers RM. . Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2015, 201, 187-195.
    • Ewers RM, Boyle MJW, Gleave RA, Plowman NS, Benedick S, Bernard H, Bishop TR, Bakhtiar EY, Khen Chey V, Chung AYC, Davies RG, Edwards DP, Eggleton P, Fayle TM, Hardwick SR, Homathevi R, Kitching RL, Sheng Khoo M, Luke SH, March JJ, Nilus R, Pfeifer M, Rao SV, Sharp AC, Snaddon JL, Stork NE, Struebig MJ, Wearn OR, Yusah KM, Turner EC. . Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6836.
    • Shirima D, Pfeifer M, Platts PJ, Totland O, Moe S. . PLoS One 2015, 10, e0142784.
    • Martin P, Newton A, Pfeifer M, Khoo M, Bullock JM. . Forest Ecology and Management 2015, 356, 224-233.
    • Hailu BT, Maeda EE, Pellikka P, Pfeifer M. . International Journal of Remote Sensing 2015, 36(11), 2898-2919.
    • Reyer CPO, Brouwers N, Grant RF, Brook BW, Rammig A, Epila J, Holmgren M, Langerwisch F, Leuzinger S, Lucht W, Medlyn B, Pfeifer M, Steinkamp J, Vanderwel MC, Verbeeck H, Villela DM. . Journal of Ecology 2015, 103(1), 5-15.
    • Pfeifer M, Lefebvre V, Turner E, Cusack J, Khoo M, Chey VK, Peni M, Ewers RM. . Environmental Research Letters 2015, 10(4), 044019.
    • Pfeifer M, Lefebvre V, Gonsamo A, Pellikka P, Marchant R, Denu D, Platts PJ. . Remote Sensing 2014, 6(3), 1973-1990.
    • Pfeifer M, Lefebvre V, Gardner TA, Arroyo-Rodriguez V, Baeten L, Banks-Leite C, Barlow J, Betts MG, Brunet J, Cerezo A, Cisneros LM, Collard S, D'Cruze N, Silva-Motta Cd, Duguay S, Eggermont H, Eigenbrod F, Hadley AS, Hanson TR, Hawes JE, Heartsill-Scalley T, Klingbeil BT, Kolb A, Kormann U, Kumar S, Lachat T, Lakeman-Fraser P, Lantschner V, Laurance WF, Leal IR, Lens L, Marsh CJ, Medina-Rangel GF, Melles S, Mezger D, Oldekop JA, Overal WL, Owen C, Peres CA, Phalan B, Pidgeon AM, Pilia O, Possingham HP, Possingham ML, Raheem DC, Ribeiro DB, Ribeiro-Neto JD, Robinson WD, Robinson R, Rytwinski T, Scherber C, Slade EM, Somarriba E, Stouffer PC, Struebig MJ, Tylianakis JM, Tscharntke T, Tyre AJ, Urbina-Cardona JN, Vasconcelos HL, Wearn O, Wells K, Willig MR, Wood E, Young RP, Bradley AV, Ewers RM. . Ecology and Evolution 2014, 4(9), 1524-1537.
    • Packer C, Swanson A, Canney S, Loveridge A, Garnett S, Pfeifer M, Burton AC, Bauer H, MacNulty D. . Ecology Letters 2013, 16(11), 1414-e4.
    • Burgess ND, Mwakalila S, Munishi P, Pfeifer M. REDD herrings or REDD menace: Response to Beymer-Farris and Bassett. Global Environ Change 2013, 23, 1349-1354.
    • Pfeifer M, Platts PJ, Burgess N, Swetnam R, Willock S, Marchant R. Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements. Environ Conserv 2013, 40, 241-252.
    • Packer C, Pfeifer M. Conserving Large Carnivores: Dollars and Fence. Ecol Letters 2013, 16, 635-641.
    • Pfeifer M, Burgess ND, Swetnam RD, Platts PJ, Willcock S, Marchant R. Protected Areas: Mixed Success in Conserving East Africa’s Evergreen Forests. PLOS ONE 7 2012, e39337. In Preparation.
    • Pfeifer M, Gonsamo A, Disney M, Pellikka P, Marchant R. Leaf area index for biomes of the Eastern Arc Mountains: Landsat and SPOT observations along precipitation and altitude gradients. Remote Sens Environ 2012, 118, 103-115.
    • Burgess N, Munishi P, Mwakalila S, Pfeifer M, Willcock S, Shirima D, Hamidu S, Bulenga GG, Marchant R. Enhancing Tanzanian Capacity to Deliver Short and Long Term Data on Forest Carbon Stocks across the Country. The Arc Journal 2012, 27, 22-26.
    • Pfeifer M, Disney M, Quaife T, Marchant R. Terrestrial Ecosystems from space: a review of earth observation products for macroecology applications. Global Ecol Biogeogr 2011, 21, 603-624.
    • Disney M, Kalogirou V, Lewis P, Prieto-Blanco A, Hancock S, Pfeifer M. Simulating the impact of discret-return lidar system and survey characteristics over young conifer and broadleaf forests. Remote Sens Environ 2010, 114, 1546-1560.
    • Pfeifer M, Passalacqua NG, Bartram S, Schatz B, Carey P, Jeltsch F. Conservation priorities differ at opposing species borders of an European orchid. Biol Conserv 2010, 143, 2207-2220.
    • Pfeifer M, Schatz B, Pico X, Passalacqua NG, Fay MF, Carey PD, Jeltsch F. Phylogeography and genetic structure of the orchid Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. across its European central-marginal gradient. J Biogeogr 2009, 36, 2353-2365.
    • Pfeifer M, Disney M, Lewis P. Simulating Canopy Gap Fraction of Complex Forest scenes of Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). Intl. Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2007, XXXVI, P63, pp. 6.
    • Pfeifer M, Wiegand K, Heinrich W, Jetschke G. Long-term demographic fluctuations in an orchid species driven by weather: implications for conservation planning. J Appl Ecol 2006, 43, 313-324.
    • Pfeifer M, Jetschke G. Influence of geographical isolation on genetic diversity of Himantoglossum hircinum (Orchidaceae). Folia Geobot 2006, 41, 3-20.
    • Pfeifer M, Heinrich W, Jetschke G. Climate, size and flowering history determine flowering pattern of an orchid. Bot J of Linn Soc 2006, 151, 511-526. In Preparation.

  • Book Chapter

    • Mannion N, Braunholtz L, Pfeifer M, Puttick R. . In: Demolin-Leite GL, ed. Terrestrial Biomes : Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming: Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity. London: Elsevier, 2025, pp.457-481.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Hurskainen P, Hemp A, Pellikka PKE, Pfeifer M. . In: 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. 2015, Berlin, Germany: ISRSE Proceedings.

  • Letters

    • Sandbrook C, Albury-Smith S, Allan JR, Bhola N, Bingham HC, Brockington D, Byaruhanga AB, Fajardo J, Fitzsimons J, Franks P, Fleischman F, Frechette A, Kakuyo K, Kaptoyo E, Kuemmerle T, Kalunda PN, Nuvunga M, O'Donnell B, Onyai F, Pfeifer M, Pritchard R, Ramos A, Rao M, Ryan CM, Shyamsundar P, Tauli J, Tumusiime DM, Vilaca M, Watmough GR, Worsdell T, Zaehringer JG. . Nature Ecology and Evolution 2023.
    • Pfeifer M, Packer C, Burton AC, Garnett ST, Loveridge AJ, MacNulty D, Platts PJ. . Science 2014, 345(6195), 389-389.

  • Reviews

    • Gan JL, Grainger MJ, Shirley MDF, Davis S, Watson M, Dube S, Pfeifer M. . Environmental Evidence 2025, 14, 10.
    • Gan JL, Grainger MJ, Shirley MDF, Pfeifer M. . Environmental Evidence 2023, 12, 15.
    • Sargent R, Deere NJ, McGowan PJK, Bunnefeld N, Pfeifer M. . Mammal Review 2022, 52(1), 39-51.