Papers  for  downloading List of publications	Please note that the papers posted do not include many of their figures, photos, footnotes and tables. If you are interested in a paper which is not posted please let me know.   Publications in German - Veröffentlichungen auf Deutsch (Do not publish or reproduce any paper without author's permission)
Fungal Fragrance Bhutan's Buddha Mushroom Mirror Himalayan Gypsy 2009 Cordyceps Nyamnyi Dorje Morels in Tibet 2007 Infested by Caterpillar Fungus 2006 Medicinal Mushroom Journal 2005 Cordyceps East Tibet 2005 Matsutake Conservation 2004 Litang Forest Use & NTFPs 2003 Participation in Forestry 2002 Jiuzhaigou Vegetation Study 1998 Major Threats to Tibetan Forest Ecosystems 2001 Forest Distribution & Impact of Fire and Pastoralism 2000 Sustainable Development in the Tibetan Areas 2000 Forestry, Floods and Hydroelectricity 1999 Deforestation in Eastern Tibet - Past and Present 1998 Riwoqe Paper 1997 CFR Paper 1996 Jiuzhaigou Thesis Summary 1994 Jiuzhaigou Erdkunde Studie 1998 Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1997	Selected Publications 2010: Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) Production and Sustainability on the Tibetan Plateau and in the Himalayas. In: Chinese Journal of Grassland vol. 32 Suppl. p. 96-108. Download updated version from my blog (June 11, 2010) 2010: Morels in Eastern Tibet. Fungi 3.2: 6-7. 2010: Cordyceps sinensis - A precious parasitic fungus infecting Tibet. Field Mycology 11.2: 60-68.                                                              >link to paper<   2009: Tales of the Himalayan Gypsy - Wandering between Rozites and Cortinarius emodensis. In: Mushroom - The Journal of Wild Mushrooming 102, vol. 27.1, 2009, p.33-40. >link to paper< 2009: Bhutan's Buddha Mushroom and other Fungi. In: Spore Print - Bulletin of the Puget Sound Mycological Society 455:4-7. October. 2009: (with Karl Ryavec) Logging Impacts to Forests in Tibetan Areas of Southwest China. A Case Study from Ganze Prefecture Based on 1998 Landsat TM Imagery. In: Himalaya - Journal of the Association for Nepal & Himalayan Studies 2006, vol. 26.1: 38-45,  (yes '06, but published '09, however first submitted in 2000 pdf available.) >link to paper< not uploaded yet, sorry 2008: The Mushrooming Fungi Market in Tibet exemplified by Cordyceps sinensis and Tricholoma matsutake. In: Proc. 11. Seminar of International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn 2006. Editors Kenneth Bauer, Geoff Childs, Andrew Fischer & Daniel Winkler. In: Journal of the International Association for Tibetan Studies / JIATS 4: 1-47. >link to paper< 2008: Yartsa Gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis) and the Fungal Commodification of the Rural Economy in Tibet AR. In: Economic Botany 62.3 p.291-305 - Special on mushrooms edited by David Arora. Link to my blog to download file 2008: Present and Historic Relevance of Yartsa Gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis). An Ancient Myco-Medicinal in Tibet. In: Fungi 1.4:6-7 2008: Das Pilzwunder. Süddeutsche Zeitung - Wissen 9/2008, p.34-35   >link to paper<   2007: Der Tibetische Raupenpilz: Yartsa Gunbu. In: Der Tintling - Die Pilzzeitung 2007, Heft 52:39-43.              >link to paper<   2007: : The Return of the Cuckoo or Morels in Tibet. In: Mushroom - The Journal of Wild Mushrooming  97, vol. 25.4:5-8. >link to paper< 2006: Infested by the Caterpillar Fungus (Cordyceps sinensis). A once in a lifetime Tibetan experience. Mushroom - The Journal of Wild Mushrooming 89: 7-12.    >link to paper< 2005: Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc: Economy, Ecology & Ethno-mycology of Yartsa Gunbu, a Medicinal Fungus Endemic to the Tibetan Plateau [Abstract of presentation]. In: International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 7.3:481-482.  >link to paper< 2005: Yartsa Gunbu - Cordyceps sinensis. Economy, Ecology & Ethno-mycology of a Fungus Endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. In: A.Boesi & F. Cardi (eds.). Wildlife and plants in traditional and modern Tibet: Conceptions, Exploitation and Conservation. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Vol. 33.1:69-85.  >link to paper< 2004: Matsutake Mycelium Under Attack in Southwest China. How The Mushrooming Trade Mines its Resource and How to Achieve Sustainability  [Draft]             >link to paper< 2003: Forest Use and Implications of the 1998 Logging Ban in the Tibetan Prefectures of Sichuan: Case Study on Forestry, Reforestation And NTFP in Litang County, Ganzi TAP, China. In: The Ecological Basis And Sustainable Management Of Forest Resources (eds Z. Jiang, M. Centritto, S. Liu & S. Zhang). Informatore Botanico Italiano 35 (Supplemento 2), 116-125.     >link to paper< 2002: Participation in Forestry in Tibetan Southwest China. A Strategy to Resolve Resource Use Conflicts.  [A slightly abbreviated version was published in: Mountain Research and Development 22.4: 397-399.]                                                                         >link to paper< 2001: Major Threats to Tibetan Forest Ecosystems and Strategies for Forest Biodiversity Conservation. In: Tibet's Biodiversity - Conservation and Management. WWF China Programme / TAR Forestry Bureau International Workshop, Lhasa September 1998, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 62-67 (+ inside cover photos).   >link to paper< 2000: Sustainable Development in the Tibetan Areas of West Sichuan after the Logging Ban. Unpublished presentation for 9th IATS Symposium, Leiden - Holland, June 24th -30th, 2000.  >link to paper< 2000: Patterns of Forest Distribution and the Impact of Fire and Pastoralism in the Forest Region of the Tibetan Plateau. In: G.Miehe & Zhang Yili (Eds.): Environmental Change in High Asia, Marburger Geogr. Schriften 135, 201-227.                    >link to paper< 1999: Forestry, Floods and Hydroelectricity - China's National Natural Forest Protection Project and its Impact on Tibetan Areas. In: Sinosphere Volume 3, Issue 2, published at http://chinaenvironment.net    >link to paper< 1998: Deforestation in Eastern Tibet: Human Impact - Past and Present: In: G.E. Clarke (ed.) Development, Society and Environment in Tibet, Papers Presented at the Panel of the 7th Seminar Intern. Assoc. for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Graz 1995. Proc. 7th Seminar IATS, vol.5, Vienna, 79-96. >link to paper<      To order the volume go to: <http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/e_index.html> and search for Clarke. 1998: The Forests of the Eastern Part of the Tibetan Plateau. A Case Study from Jiuzhaigou (Zitsa Degu; NNW-Sichuan). In: Plant Research and Development 47/48, Focus: Forest Management and Sustainability, 184-210.  >link to paper< 1998: Die waldfreien Sonnhänge Osttibets am Beispiel Jiuzhaigous (Zitsa Degu) und der Einfluß von Feuer und Weidewirtschaft. In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1998.3/4, 165-174. 1997: Waldvegetation in der Ostabdachung des Tibetischen Hochlands und die historische und gegenwärtige Entwaldung - Das Beispiel Jiuzhaigous (Zitsa Degu; NNW-Sichuan). In: Erdkunde 51, p.143-163.  <link to paper>     1997: On the Road to Environmental Projects in Riwoche County, Chamdo Prefecture. In: The Mirror 30, Arcidosso - Italy, Conway, Mass.   <link to paper>           1996: Forests, Forest Economy and Deforestation in the Tibetan Prefectures of West-Sichuan. In: Commonwealth Forestry Review 75.4, p. 295-301. <link to paper> 1994: Die Waldvegetation in der Ostabdachung des Tibetischen Hochlandes - Dreidimensionale Vegetationszonierung mit Bodenuntersuchungen am Beispiel des Jiuzhai-Tals in NNW-Sichuan [The forest vegetation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau - Spatial vegetation zonation with soil tests in the Jiuzhai-Valley]. Berliner Geogr. Abhandlungen - Beiheft 2, Berlin, 128 p. (English & Chinese abstract)  (I still have a couple of these books available for US$25 / € 20,  please contact me) <link to English summary> 1992: Die Waldvegetation in der Ostabdachung des Tibetischen Hochlandes. Diplomarbeit (master thesis), Geographisches Institut der Freien Universität Berlin.