Publications

  • Kuss, P. (2019) Neue Artenkennerinnen und Artenkenner braucht
    das Land: Erfolgreiche Feldbotanikkurse und Zertifizierung in der Schweiz. DNT Journal 2019: 272-278. (pdf, slides)
  • Walker, D., Epstein, H., Šibík, J., Bhatt, U., Romanovsky, V., Breen, A., Chasnikova, S., Daanen, R., Druckenmiller, L., Ermokhina, K., Frost, J., Geml, J., Kaarlejärvi, E., Khitun, O., Khomutov, A., Kuss, P., Matyshak, G., Moskalenko, N., Orekhov, P., Peirce, J., Raynolds, M., Timling I. (2019) Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700‐km maritime Eurasia Arctic Transect. Applied Vegetation Science 22 (1): 150-167. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12401 (Abstract/Zusammenfassung)
  • Li W.-J., Sui X.-L., Kuss, P.., Liu Y.-Y., Li A.-R., Guan K-.Y. (2016) Long-Distance Dispersal after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) Led to the Disjunctive Distribution of Pedicularis kansuensis (Orobanchaceae) between the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and  Tianshan Region. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165700. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165700 (Abstract/Zusammenfassung)
  • Sui X.-L., Kuss, P., Li W.-J., Yang M.-G. Guan K.-Y. Li A.-R. (2016) Identity and distribution of weedy Pedicularis kansuensis Maxim. (Orobanchaceae) in Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang: morphological, anatomical and molecular evidence. Journal of Arid Land (2016) 8(3): 453–461. doi: 10.1007/s40333-016-0004-0
  • Liu, M.-L., Yu, W.-B., Kuss, P., Li, D.-Z., Wang, H. (2015). Floral nectary morphology and evolution in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 178:592-607
  • Kuss, P., Ree, R.H., (2015). Reproductive biology of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) in Nepal. In: Miehe, G. & Pendry, C.A. (eds.). Nepal. An introduction to the natural history, ecology and human environment of the Himalayas. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-910877-02-9
  • Tkach, N., Ree, R.H., Kuss, P., Röser, M., Hoffmann, M.H. (2014) High mountain origin, phylogenetics, evolution, and niche conservatism of arctic lineages in the hemiparasitic genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.004
  • Yu, W.-B., Kuss, P., Wang, H., Ree, R., Li, D.-Z. (2014) Lectotypification of Linnaean names in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Taxon 63 (1): 172–176.
  • Oehl, F., Palenzuela, J., Sánchez-Castro, I. , Kuss, P., Sieverding, E., da Silva, G.A. (2012) Acaulospora nivalis, a new fungus in the Glomeromycetes, characteristic for high alpine and nival altitudes of the Swiss Alps. Nova Hedwigia 95: 105–122.
  • Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Raynolds, M.K., Kuss, P., Kopecky, M.A., Frost, G.V., Daniëls, F.J.A., Leibman, M.O., Moskalenko, N.G., Matyshak, G.V., Khitun, O.V., Khomutov, A.V., Forbes, B.C., Bhatt, U.,S., Kade, A.N., Vonlanthen, C.M., Tichý, L.(2012) Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects. Environ. Res. Lett 7 (1), S. 15504.
  • Kuss, P., Armbruster, G., Scheepens, J.F., Ægisdóttir, H.H., & Stöcklin, J. (2011) Spatial genetic structure of Campanula thyrsoides across the European Alps: Indications for glaciation-driven allopatric subspeciation. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 13, 101-110.
  • Walker, D.A., Kuss, P., Epstein, H.E., Kade, A.N., Vonlanthen, C., Raynolds, M.K., & Daniëls, F.J.A. (2011) Vegetation of zonal patterned-ground ecosystems along the North America Arctic bioclimate gradient. Applied Vegetation Science 44, 4, 440-463. Doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01149.x
  • Scheepens, J.F., Kuss, P., & Stöcklin, J. (2011) Morphological, reproductive and phenological differentiation between two Campanula thyrsoides L. subspecies and its adaptive significance. Alpine Botany, 1, 37-47.
  • Wellstein, C. & Kuss, P. (2011) Diversity and frequency of clonal traits along natural and land-use gradients in grasslands of the Swiss Alps. Folia Geobotanica, 46, 255-270.
  • Walker, D., Bhatt, U., Raynolds, M., Romanovsky, V., Kofinas, G., Kuss, P., Forbes, B., Stammler, F., Kumpula, T., Kaarlejärvi, E., Leibman, M., Moskalenko, N., Gubarkov, A., Khomutov, A., Drozdov, D., Epstein, H., Yu, Q., Jia, G., Kaplan, J., & Comiso, J. (2011). Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. In: Gutman, G. & Reissell, A. (eds.) Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate. pp. 207-236. Springer, Heidelberg.
  • Kuss, P. (2011). Competence-oriented Bachelor seminars (Kompetenzorientierte Planung eines Bachelor-Seminars). In: Wehr-Rappo, S. & Tribelhorn, T (eds.) Bolognagerechte Hochschullehre. Beiträge aus der hochschuldidaktischen Praxis. Haupt Verlag, Bern. Pp. 37-61. (in German)
  • Kuss, P. (2011) Vegetation of Europe (Die gehölzfreie Vegetation im europäischen Überblick). Bauhinia, 23. (book review of Klötzli, F. et al. Vegetation Europas. hep Verlag, Bern (2010). (in German)
  • Kuss, P. (2010) Book review: The Biology of Alpine Habitats, L. Nagy, G. Grabherr. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2009). Basic and Applied Ecology 11:93 Stöcklin, J., Kuss, P. & Pluess, A.R. (2009). Genetic diversity, phenotypic variation and local adaptation in the alpine landscape: case studies with Alpine plant species. Botanica Helvetica 119:125-133.
  • Ægisdóttir, H.H., Kuss, P. & Stöcklin, J. (2009). Isolated populations of a rare alpine plant show high genetic diversity and considerable population differentiation. Annals of Botany. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp242
  • Walker, D.A., Leibman, M.O., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Comiso, J.C., Gubarkov, A.A., Khomutov, A.A., Jia, G.J., Kaarlejärvi, E., Kaplan, J.O., Kumpula, T., Kuss, P., Matyshak, G., Moskalenko, N.G., Orekhov, P., Romanovsky, V.E., Ukraientseva, N.G. & Yu, Q. (2009). Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Interactions of ecological and social factors affecting Arctic NDVI. Environmental Research Letters, 4, 045004.
  • Kuss, P. (2009) Urban Neophytes (Neubürger im Stadtgebiet). Bauhinia, 21, 61-62. (book review of Pils P et al. (2008) Neophytenflora der Stadt Salzburg (Österreich) Sauteria, Band 17, Verlag Alexander Just, Dorfbeuern/Salzburg) (in German)
  • Kuss, P., Rees, M., Ægisdóttir, H.H., Ellner, S.P. & Stöcklin, J. (2008). Evolutionary demography of long-lived monocarpic perennials: a time-lagged integral projection model. Journal of Ecology, 96, 821–832.
  • Kuss, P., Pluess, A.R., Aegisdottir, H.H. & Stöcklin, J. (2008). Spatial isolation and genetic differentiation in naturally fragmented plant populations of the Swiss Alps. Journal of Plant Ecology, 1, 149 – 159.
  • Vonlanthen, C.M., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Kade, A., Kuss, P., Daniëls, F.J.A. & Matveyeva, N.V. (2008). Patterned-ground plant communities along a bioclimate gradient in the High Arctic, Canada. Phytocoenologia, 38, 23-63.
  • Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky, V.E., Ping, C.L., Michaelson, G.J., Daanen, R.P., Shur, Y., Peterson, R.A., Krantz, W.B., Raynolds, M.K., Gould, W.A., Gonzalez, G., Nicolsky, D.J., Vonlanthen, C.M., Kade, A., Kuss, P., Kelley , A.M., Munger, C.A., Tarnocai, C.T., Matveyeva, N.V. & Daniëls, F.J.A. (2008). Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G03S01.
  • Kuss, P. & Walker, D.A. (2008). Project for interlinked Arctic flora and vegetation databases. CAFF Technical Report No. 15, 63-65.
  • Kuss, P., Ægisdóttir, H.H. & Stöcklin, J. (2007). The biological flora of Central Europe: Campanula thyrsoides L. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9, 37-51.
  • Ægisdóttir, H.H., Jespersen, D., Kuss, P. & Stöcklin, J. (2007). No inbreeding depression in an outcrossing alpine species: The breeding system of Campanula thyrsoides. Flora, 202, 218-225.
  • Ægisdóttir, H.H., Koller, B., Kuss, P. & Stöcklin, J. (2007). Development and characterization of microsatellite DNA markers for the Alpine plant species Campanula thyrsoides. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 996-997.
  • Fischer, M., Kuss, P. & Stöcklin, J. (2007). Neophytische Opuntien im Sukkulentenbusch auf Teneriffa. Bauhinia, 20, 35-44. (in German).
  • Kuss, P. (2006) The ecology of fire. Schweizer Beiträge zur Dendrologie 49:62-65. (in German)
  • Kuss, P. (2005) Fascination Mountain Biota (Faszination Gebirgswelt). Bauhinia 19:70-71. (book review of Burga, C.A., Klötzli, F. & Grabherr, G. (2004). Gebirge der Erde. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany) (in German)
  • Kuss, P., Raidl S, Beenken L et al. (2004) Cortinarius huronensis Ammirati & Smith var. huronensis + Pinus rotundata Link. Descriptions of Ectomycorrhizae 7/8:21-27.