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Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Köster N., Kreft H., Nieder J. & Barthlott W. (in press): Range size and climatic niche correlate with the vulnerability of epiphytes to human land use in the tropics. Journal of Biogeography.
Köster N. & Croat T. B. 2011: A new section and a new species of Philodendron (Araceae) from Ecuador. Willdenowia 41(1): 119-124.
Köster N., Nieder J. & Barthlott W. 2011: Effect of host tree traits on epiphyte diversity in natural and anthropogenic habitats in Ecuador. Biotropica 43(6): 685–694. PDF request.
Werner F. A., Köster N., Kessler M. & Gradstein S. R. 2011: Is the resilience of epiphyte assemblages to human disturbance a function of local climate? Ecotropica 17(2): 15-20. PDF request.
Köster N., Friedrich K., Nieder J. & Barthlott W. 2009: Conservation of epiphyte diversity in an Andean landscape transformed by human land-use. Conservation Biology 24(4): 911-919. PDF request.
Kreft H., Köster N., Küper W., Nieder J. & Barthlott W. 2004: Diversity and biogeography of vascular epiphytes in Western Amazonia, Yasuní, Ecuador. Journal of Biogeography 31(9): 1463-1476. PDF request.
Küper W., Kreft H., Nieder J., Köster N. & Barthlott W. 2004: Large-scale diversity patterns of vascular epiphytes in Neotropical montane rain forests. Journal of Biogeography 31(9): 1477-1487. PDF request.
Other publications
Westrich P. & Köster N. 2010: Wildbienen – die „anderen“ Bienen. Gartenpraxis 05-2010: 6.
Köster N. 2009: Texts, scientific editing, and translations in Edvard Koinberg: Herbarium Amoris – das Liebesleben der Pflanzen. Taschen Verlag, Köln.
Köster N. 2008: Tropical epiphyte diversity under human impact - Comparing primary forests, secondary forests, and forest fragments in Ecuador. Dissertation thesis, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. 210 pp.
Lobin W., Löhne C., Kiefer I., Köster N. & von den Driesch M. 2008: Pflanzenvielfalt erhalten – was tun die Botanischen Gärten der Universität Bonn. Botanische Gärten der Universität Bonn, Bonn. PDF.
Kreft H. & Köster N. 2004: Vascular Epiphytes of Yasuní. Colour Guide Series. Field Museum, Chicago. Guide 159.