Gan, L., Halik, Ü., Shi, L., & Welp, M. (2023). Multi-scenario dynamic prediction of ecological risk assessment in an arid area of northwest China. Ecological Indicators, 154, 110727.

Litschel, J., Berendt, F., Wagner, H., Heidenreich, S., Bauer, D., Welp, M., & Cremer, T. (2023). Key actors’ perspectives on agroforestry’s potential in North Eastern Germany. Land, 12(2), 458.

Missall, S., Welp, M., Mehta, K., Degembaeva, N., Akmatov, K., & Zörner, W. (2022). In search for the optimal forest use behaviour: riparian forest use in Central Asia, using the example of Ak-Tal, Naryn, Kyrgyzstan. Forests, 13(8), 1254.

Wei, Z., Halik, Ü., Aishan, T., Abliz, A., & Welp, M. (2022). Spatial distribution patterns of trunk internal decay of Euphrates poplar riparian forest along the Tarim River, northwest China. Forest Ecology and Management, 522, 120434.

Stavi, I., Thevs, N., Welp, M., & Zdruli, P. (2022). Provisioning ecosystem services related with oak (Quercus) systems: a review of challenges and opportunities. Agroforestry Systems, 96(2), 293-313.

Thevs, N., Aliev, K., Emileva, B., Yuldasheva, D., Eshchanova, G., & Welp, M. (2022). Potential of agroforestry to provide wood resources to Central Asia. Forests 13 (8): 1193.

Shi, L., Halik, Ü., Mamat, Z., Aishan, T., & Welp, M. (2021). Identifying mismatches of ecosystem services supply and demand under semi‐arid conditions: The case of the Oasis City Urumqi, China. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17(6), 1293-1304.

Shi, L., Halik, Ü., Mamat, Z., Aishan, T., Abliz, A., & Welp, M. (2021). Spatiotemporal investigation of the interactive coercing relationship between urbanization and ecosystem services in arid northwestern China. Land Degradation & Development, 32(14), 4105-4120.

Zou, J., Ding, J., Welp, M., Huang, S., & Liu, B. (2020). Assessing the response of ecosystem water use efficiency to drought during and after drought events across Central Asia. Sensors, 20(3), 581.

Shi, L., Halik, Ü., Abliz, A., Mamat, Z., & Welp, M. (2020). Urban green space accessibility and distribution equity in an arid oasis city: Urumqi, China. Forests, 11(6), 690.

Ruppert, D., Welp, M., Spies, M., & Thevs, N. (2020). Farmers’ perceptions of tree shelterbelts on agricultural land in rural Kyrgyzstan. Sustainability, 12(3), 1093.

Sun, L., Yu, X., Li, B., Zhang, H., Sha, D., Wang, Y., ... & Yu, R. (2020). Coupling analysis of the major impact on sustainable development of the typical arid region of Turpan in Northwest China. Regional Sustainability, 1(1), 48-58.

Zou, J., Ding, J., Welp, M., Huang, S., & Liu, B. (2020). Using MODIS data to analyse the ecosystem water use efficiency spatial-temporal variations across Central Asia from 2000 to 2014. Environmental Research, 182, 108985.

Yu, Y., Chen, X., Disse, M., Cyffka, B., Lei, J., Zhang, H., ... & Yu, R. (2020). Climate change in Central Asia: Sino-German cooperative research findings. Science bulletin, 65(9), 689-692.

Junghans, L., Kreft, S., & Welp, M. (2018). Inclusive Visions for Urban Transitions: Lessons from stakeholder dialogues in Asian medium sized cities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 42, 512-520.

Keyimu, M., Halik, Ü., Li, Z., Abliz, A., & Welp, M. (2018). Comparison of water consumption of three urban greening trees in a typical arid oasis city, northwest China. Die Erde, 149(2-3), 173-183.

Walk, H., Ott, H. E. & Welp, M. (2018). Die Beteiligten: zivilgesellschaftliche Systeme. In: Ibisch, P. L., Molitor, H., Conrad, A., Walk, H, Mihotovic, V. & Geyer, J. (eds.) Der Mensch im globalen Ökosystem. Eine Einführung in die nachhaltige Entwicklung. oekom, München. 414 p. 241-260.

Missall, S., Abliz, A., Halik, Ü., Thevs, N., & Welp, M. (2018). Trading natural riparian forests for urban shelterbelt plantations—a sustainability assessment of the kökyar protection forest in NW China. Water, 10(3), 343.

Rouzi, A., Halik, Ü., Thevs, N., Welp, M., & Aishan, T. (2017). Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China. Sustainability, 10(1), 35.

Welp, M., Ward, N., Missall, S., Abliz, A. and Halik, Ü. (2016). Providing Urban Ecosystem Services for Human Well-Being: A Comparison of Exemplary Institutional Arrangements in China and Germany. In: Wang, F. & Prominski, M. (eds.) Urbanization and Locality: Strengthening Identity and Sustainability by Site-Specific Planning and Design. Springer. 384 p. 229-247.

Missall, S., Welp, M., Thevs, N., Abliz, A., and Halik, Ü. (2015). Establishment and maintenance of regulating ecosystem services in a dryland area of central Asia, illustrated using the Kökyar Protection Forest, Aksu, NW China, as an example, Earth System Dynamics, 6: 359-373.

Rumbaur, C., N. Thevs, M. Disse, M. Ahlheim, A. Brieden, B. Cyffka, D. Duethmann, T. Feike, O. Frör, P. Gärtner, Ü. Halik, J. Hill, M. Hinnenthal, P. Keilholz, B. Kleinschmit, V. Krysanova, M. Kuba, S. Mader, C. Menz, H. Othmanli, S. Pelz, M. Schroeder, T. F. Siew, V. Stender, K. Stahr, F. M. Thomas, M. Welp, M. Wortmann, X. Zhao, X. Chen, T. Jiang, J. Luo, H. Yimit, R. Yu, X. Zhang, and C. Zhao. (2015). Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River (SuMaRiO) in Northwest China under conditions of climate change. Earth System Dynamics, 6: 83-107.

Graef, F., Schneider, I., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Gevorgyan, E., Haule, F., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F.C., Kashaga, L., Kissoly, L., Lambert, C., Lana, M., Mahoo, H.F., Makoko, B., Mbaga, S.H., Mmbughu, A., Mkangwa, S., Mrosso, L., Mutabazi, K.D., Mwinuka, L., Ngazi, H., Nkonya, E., Said, S., Schaffert, A., Schäfer, M.P., Schindler, J., Sieber, S., Swamila, M., Welp, M., William, L. & Lambert, C. (2015). Assessment of upgrading strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania: Food processing, waste management and bioenergy, and income generation. Outlook on AGRICULTURE, 44(3), 179-186.

Kuba, M, Halik, Ü., Welp, M. & Cyffka, B. (2014). Nachhaltigkeit von Dienstleistungen in Ökosystemen unter Stress. In: Müller, M, Hemmer, I & Trappe, M. (eds.). Nachhaltigkeit neu denken. Rio+X: Impulse für Bildung und Wissenschaft. oekom, München. 312 p. 101-106.

Welp, M. and Frost, I. (2012). Non-knowledge and organisational learning. In: Ibisch, P., Geiger, L. and Cybulla, F. (eds.) Global Change Management: Knowledge Gaps, Blindspots and Unknowables. Nomos. 250 p. 213-222 (ISBN-10: 3832967141).

Krause, G. and Welp, M. (2012). Systems Thinking in Social Learning for Sustainability. In: Glaser, M., Krause, G., Ratter, B., and Welp, M. (eds.) Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. Routledge. 232 p. 13-33.

Glaser, M., Ratter, B., Krause, G. and Welp, M. (2012). New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations. In: Glaser, M., Ratter, B., Krause, G. and Welp, M. (eds.): Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. Routledge, New York, London. 256 p. 3-12.

Reyer, C., Bachinger, J., Bloch, R, Hattermann, F.F., Ibisch, P.L., Kreft, S., Lasch, P., Lucht, W., Nowicki, C, Spathelf, P., Stock, M. and Welp, M. (2011). Climate change adaptation and sustainable regional development: a case study for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany . Regional Environmental Change, Vol. 12 (3): 523-542.

Welp, M., Battaglini, A. and Jaeger, C.C. (2009). Defining Dangerous Climate Change: The Beijing Exercise. In: Patt, A., Schröter, D., Klein, R.J.T., and De la Vega-Leinert, A. (eds.) Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change: Making Research Useful for Adaptation Decision Making and Policy. Earthscan. 258 p. 215-229 (ISBN: 978-1-84407-697-0)

Welp, M., Kasemir, B. and Jaeger, C.C. (2009). Citizens' Voices in Environmental Policy: The Contribution of Integrated Assessment Focus Groups to Accountable Decision-Making. In: Coenen, F.H.J.M. and Paterson, R. (eds.) Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions: The Promise and Limits of Participatory Processes for the Quality of Environmentally Related Decision-making. Springer. 209 p. 21-34. (ISBN: 978-1-4020-9324-1)

Welp, M. (2009). Forest-related Climate Mitigation Options: Dialogues for exploring opportunities and threats. In: Spathelf, P. (ed.): Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World: a European Perspective. Springer. 258 p. 155-168.

Stoll-Kleemann, S. and Welp, M. (2008). Participatory and Integrated Management of Biosphere Reserves - Lessons from Case Studies and a Global Survey. GAIA S1/08: 161-168.

Welp, M., de la Vega-Leinert, A., Stoll-Kleemann, S & Jaeger, C.C. (2006). Science-based stakeholder dialogues: tools and theories. Global Environmental Change, Vol. 16 (2): 170-181.

Lotze-Campen, H. and Welp, M. (2007). More food with less water: the role of efficiency gains, lifestyles and trade. In: Lozán, J.L.; Graßl, H.; Hupfer, P.; Menzel, L.; Schönwiese, C.D. (eds.): Global change – Enough water for all? Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen/GEO. 384 p. 306-309.

Lotze-Campen, H. and Welp, M. (2004). Mehr Nahrungsmittel mit weniger Wasser erzeugen: Effizienzgewinne, Lebensstile, Handel. In: Lozán, J.L., Graßl, H., Hupfer, P., Menzel, L. and Schönwiese, C.-D . (eds.) Warnsignal Klima: Genug Wasser für alle?

Hasselmann, K., Latif, M., Hooss, G., Azar, C., Edenhofer, O., Jaeger, C.C., Johannessen, O.M., Kemfert, C., Welp, M. and Wokaun, A. (2003). The Challenge of Long-Term Climate Change. Science. Vol. 302, Number 5652, pp. 1923-1925.

O'Riordan, T., Fairbrass, J., Welp, M. and Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2002). The politics of biodiversity in Europe. In: Stoll-Kleemann, S and O'Riordan, T. (eds.) Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities: Protecting Beyond the Protected. Cambridge University Press. 336 p. 115-141. (ISBN: 0521890527)

Welp, M., Hamidovic, D., Buchori, D. and Ardhian, D. (2002). The uncertain role of biodiversity management in emerging democracies. In: Stoll-Kleemann, S and O'Riordan, T. (eds.) Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities: Protecting Beyond the Protected. Cambridge University Press. 336 p. 260-291 (ISBN: 0521890527)

Welp, M. (2001). The Use of Decision Support Tools in Participatory River Basin Management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans & Atmosphere, Vol. 26 (7-8): 535-539. Elsevier Science Limited.

Welp, M. (1999). Defining Integrated Coastal Management for the Baltic Sea Region. In: Hedegaard, L. & Lindström, B. (eds.) The NEBI Yearbook 1999: North European and Baltic Sea Integration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. 491 p. 101-119. (ISBN 3-540-66407-6).

Welp, M. (1993). Metsälait ja metsäpolitiikka Saksan Liittotasavallassa (Forest Laws and Forest Policy in Germany). In: Palo, M. & Hellström, E. (eds.) 1993. Metsäpolitiikka valinkauhassa (Forest Policy in the Process of Change). Publications of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 471. 467 p. 23-73. (ISBN 951-40-1318-2).