Erwin Beck: Publications

Peer reviewed

2022

Adams, J., Samimi, C., Mitterer, C., Bendix, J., Beck, E.: Comparison of pasture types in the tropical Andes : Species composition, distribution, nutritive value and responses to environmental change. Basic and Applied Ecology, 59, 139-150 (2022).
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2022.01.005

2012

Silva, B., Roos, K., Voss, I., König, N., Rollenbeck, R., Scheibe, R., Beck, E., Bendix, J.: Simulating canopy photosynthesis for two competing species of an anthropogenic grassland community in the Andes of southern Ecuador. Ecological Modelling, 239, 14-26 (2012).

Seyoum, Y., Fetene, M., Strobl, S., Beck, E.: Foliage dynamics, leaf traits, and growth of coexisting evergreen and deciduous trees in a tropical montane forest in Ethiopia. Trees, 26(5), 1495-1512 (2012).
doi:10.1007/s00468-012-0723-6

2011

Strobl, S., Fetene, M., Beck, E.: Analysis of the "shelter tree-effect" of natural and exotic forest canopies on the growth of young Podocarpus falcatus trees in southern Ethiopia. Trees, 25(5), 769-783 (2011).
doi:10.1007/s00468-011-0554-x

Tesfaye, G., Fetene, M., Beck, E., Teketay, D.: Phenology of seven indigenous tree species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia. Tropical Ecology, 52(3), 229-241 (2011).

Roos, K., Rödel, H., Beck, E.: Short- and long-term effects of weed control on pastures infested with Pteridium arachnoideum and an attempt to regenerate abandoned pastures in South Ecuador. Weed Research, 51(2), 165-176 (2011).
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00833.x

2010

Roos, K., Rollenbeck, R., Peters, T., Bendix, J., Beck, E.: Growth of Tropical Bracken (Pteridium arachnoideum) : Response to Weather Variations and Burning. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 3(4), 402-411 (2010).
doi:10.1614/IPSM-D-09-00031.1

Tesfaye, G., Teketay, D., Fetene, M., Beck, E.: Regeneration of seven indigeneous species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia. Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 205(2), 135-143 (2010).
doi:10.1016/j.flora.2008.12.006

2009

Sikolia, S., Beck, E., Onyango, J.: Carbon dioxide compensation points of some dicots of the centrospermeae species and their ecological implications for agroforestry. International Journal of Botany, 5(1), 67-75 (2009).
doi:10.3923/ijb.2009.67.75

Sikolia, S., Onyango, J., Beck, E., Kinyamario, J.: The distribution c3 and c4 photosynthetic species of the centrospermeae along an altitudinal gradient in Western Kenya. International Journal of Botany, 5(1), 47-57 (2009).
doi:10.3923/ijb.2009.47.57

Pant, D., Bhattarai, T., Beck, E., Fettig, S.: Genetic transformation of Nepalese spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars with ipt gene under the regulation of a senescence enhanced promoter from maize. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 12(2), 101-109 (2009).
doi:10.3923/pjbs.2009.101.109

Mahecha, M., Martinez, A., Lange, H., Reichstein, M., Beck, E.: Identification of characteristic plant co-occurrences in neotropical secondary montane forests. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2(1), 31-41 (2009).
doi:10.1093/jpe/rtp001

Bendix, J., Silva, B., Roos, K., Göttlicher, D., Rollenbeck, R., Nauss, T., Beck, E.: Model parameterization to simulate and compare the PAR absorption potential of two competing plant species. International Journal of Biometeorology, 54(3), 283-295 (2009).
doi:10.1007/s00484-009-0279-3

Richter, M., Diertl, K., Emck, P., Peters, T., Beck, E.: Reasons for an outstanding plant diversity in the tropical Andes of Southern Ecuador. Landscape Online, (12), 1-35 (2009).
doi:10.3097/LO.200912

Bendix, J., Beck, E.: Spatial aspects of ecosystem research in a biodiversity hot spot of southern Ecuador : an introduction. Erdkunde, 63(4), 305-308 (2009).
doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2009.04.01

2008

Beck, E., Kottke, I.: Facing a hotspot of tropical biodiversity. Basic and Applied Ecology, 9(1), 1-3 (2008).
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2007.06.017

2007

Zwölfer, H., Böheim, M., Beck, E.: Eurytoma robusta (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), a local key factor in the population dynamics of Urophora cardui (Diptera: Tephritidae) : a comparative analysis. European Journal of Entomology, 104(2), 217-224 (2007).
doi:10.14411/eje.2007.034

Mahecha, M., Martinez, A., Lischeid, G., Beck, E.: Nonlinear dimensionality reduction : Alternative ordination approaches for extracting and visualizing biodiversity patterns in tropical montane forest vegetation data. Ecological Informatics, 2(2), 138-149 (2007).
doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.05.002

Beck, E., Fettig, S., Knake, C., Bhattarai, T., Hartig, K.: Specific and unspecific responses of plants to cold and drought stress. Journal of Biosciences, 32(3), 501-510 (2007).
doi:10.1007/s12038-007-0049-5

2006

Hartig, K., Beck, E.: Crosstalk between auxin, cytokinins, and sugars in the plant cell cycle. Plant Biology, 8(3), 389-396 (2006).
doi:10.1055/s-2006-923797

Cueva-Ortiz, E., Homeier, J., Breckle, S., Bendix, J., Emck, P., Richter, M., Beck, E.: Seasonality in an evergreen tropical mountain rainforest in southern Ecuador. Ecotropica, 12(2), 69-85 (2006).

Bendix, J., Homeier, J., Cueva-Ortiz, E., Emck, P., Breckle, S., Richter, M., Beck, E.: Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest. International Journal of Biometeorology, 50(6), 370-384 (2006).
doi:10.1007/s00484-006-0029-8

Fritzsche, F., Abate, A., Fetene, M., Beck, E., Weise, S., Guggenberger, G.: Soil-plant hydrology of indigenous and exotic trees in an Ethiopian montane forest. Tree Physiology, 26(8), 1043-1054 (2006).
doi:10.1093/treephys/26.8.1043

2005

Hartig, K., Beck, E.: Assessment of lovastatin application as a tool in probing cytokinin-mediated cell cycle regulation. Physiologia Plantarum, 125(2), 260-267 (2005).
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00556.x

Hartig, K., Beck, E.: Endogenous cytokinin oscillations control cell cycle progression of tobacco BY-2 cells. Plant Biology, 7(1), 33-40 (2005).
doi:10.1055/s-2004-830474

2004

Beck, E.: German Research Programs, related to the understanding and conservation of biodiversity as an example of the impact of the Convention of Rio on an industrial nation. Lyonia, 6(1), 7-18 (2004).

Reinbothe, C., Pollmann, S., Desvignes, C., Weigele, M., Beck, E., Reinbothe, S.: LHPP, the light-harvesting NADPH : protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) oxidoreductase : Pchlide complex of etiolated plants, is developmentally expressed across the barley leaf gradient. Plant Science, 167(5), 1027-1041 (2004).
doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.05.044

Beck, E., Heim, R., Hansen, J.: Plant resistance to cold stress : Mechanisms and environmental signals triggering frost hardening and dehardening. Journal of Biosciences, 29(4), 449-459 (2004).
doi:10.1007/BF02712118

Netondo, G., Onyango, J., Beck, E.: Sorghum and Salinity : I. Response of growth, water relations, and ion accumulation to NACl salinity. Crop Science, 44(3), 797-805 (2004).

Netondo, G., Onyango, J., Beck, E.: Sorghum and Salinity : II. Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of Sorghum under salter stress. Crop Science, 44(3), 806-811 (2004).

Fetene, M., Beck, E.: Water relations of indigenous versus exotic tree species, growing at the same site in a tropical montane forest in southern Ethiopia. Trees, 18(4), 428-435 (2004).
doi:10.1007/s00468-004-0321-3

2003

Hartig, K., Beck, E.: The bracken fern (Pteridium arachnoideum (Kaulf.) maxon) dilemma in the andes of southern Ecuador. Ecotropica, 9, 3-13 (2003).

Lüttge, U., Berg, A., Fetene, M., Nauke, P., Peter, D., Beck, E.: Comparative characterization of photosynthetic performance and water relations of native trees and exotic plantation trees in an ethiopian forest. Trees, 17(1), 40-50 (2003).
doi:10.1007/s00468-002-0201-7

Fountain, M., Valdes, O., Fettig, S., Beck, E.: Expression of cell cycle control factors in non-dividing and ageing photoautotrophic plant cells. Physiologia Plantarum, 119(1), 30-39 (2003).
doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00169.x

Reinbothe, C., Lepinat, A., Deckers, M., Beck, E., Reinbothe, S.: The extra loop distinguishing POR from the structurally related short-chain alcohol dehydrogenases is dispensable for pigment binding but needed for the assembly of light-harvesting POR-protochlorophyllide complex. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(2), 816-822 (2003).
doi:10.1074/jbc.M209739200

Fountain, M., Beck, E.: Isolation of full-length cDNAs of two cell cycle control factors from proliferating Chenopodium rubrum cells: A CDKB;1 and a transcription factor E2F. Physiologia Plantarum, 119(1), 40-43 (2003).
doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00141.x

Beck, E., Scheibe, R.: Senescence and ageing in plants and cyanobacteria. Physiologia Plantarum, 119(1), 1-4 (2003).
doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00140.x

2002

Feyera, S., Beck, E., Lüttge, U.: Exotic trees as nurse-trees for the regeneration of natural tropical forests. Trees, 16(4-5), 245-249 (2002).
doi:10.1007/s00468-002-0161-y

Dolezal, K., Astot, C., Hanus, J., Holub, J., Peters, W., Beck, E., Strnad, M., Sandberg, G.: Identification of aromatic cytokinins in suspension cultured photoautotrophic cells of Chenopodium rubrum by capillary liquid chromatography/frit - fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Plant Growth Regulation, 36(2), 181-189 (2002).
doi:10.1023/A:1015027906046

Beck, E., Nauke, P., Fetene, M.: Tropische Hochgebirge : Hotspots der Biodiversitätsentwicklung. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 32(2), 82-88 (2002).
doi:10.1002/1521-415X(200202)32:2<82:AID-BIUZ82>3.0.CO;2-N

2001

Schindler, I., Renz, A., Schmid, F., Beck, E.: Activation of spinach pullulanase by reduction results in a decrease in the number of isomeric forms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta : Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, 1548(2), 175-186 (2001).
doi:10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00228-X

Beck, E., Müller-Hohenstein, K.: Analysis of undisturbed and disturbed tropical mountain forest ecosystems in Southern Ecuador. Die Erde, 132, 1-8 (2001).

Lüttge, U., Fetene, M., Liebig, M., Rascher, U., Beck, E.: Ecophysiology of niche occupation by two giant rosette plants, Lobelia gibberoa Hemsl and Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C. Jeffrey, in an afromontane forest Valley. Annals of Botany, 88(2), 267-278 (2001).
doi:10.1006/anbo.2001.1450

Hemp, A., Beck, E.: Erica excelsa as a fire-tolerating component of Mt. Kilimanjaro's forests. Phytocoenologia, 31(4), 449-475 (2001).
doi:10.1127/phyto/31/2001/449

Zech, W., Bäumler, R., Madhikermi, D., Gerl, T., Beck, E.: Zur pleistozänen und holozänen Landschaftsgeschichte des Modi Khola-Tals (Annapurna, Nepal). Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 37(2), 159-190 (2001).

2000

Getenga, Z., Jondiko, J., Wandiga, S., Beck, E.: Dissipation behavior of malathion and dimethoate residues from the soil and their uptake by garden pea (pisum sativum). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 64(3), 359-367 (2000).
doi:10.1007/s001280000008

Peters, W., Ritter, J., Tiller, H., Valdes, O., Renner, U., Fountain, M., Beck, E.: Growth, ageing and death of a photoautotrophic plant cell culture. Planta, 210(3), 478-487 (2000).
doi:10.1007/PL00008155

1999

Fountain, M., Murray, J., Beck, E.: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a cyclin D3 protein (accession no. AJ011776) from suspension cultured photoautotrophic Chenopodium rubrum L. cells. Plant Physiology, 119(1), 363 (1999).

Fountain, M., Renz, A., Beck, E.: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a G1-cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (ICDK) from suspension cultured photoautotrophic Chenopodium rubrum L. (accession no. AJ002173) cells. Plant Physiology, 120(1), 339 (1999).
doi:10.1104/pp.120.1.339

Fountain, M., Murray, J., Beck, E.: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a retinoblastoma (accession no. AJ011681) protein from suspension cultured photoautotrophic Chenopodium rubrum L. cells. Plant Physiology, 119(1), 363 (1999).

1998

Fetene, M., Gashaw, M., Nauke, P., Beck, E.: Microclimate and ecophysiological significance of the tree-like life-form of Lobelia rhynchopetalum in a tropical alpine environment. Oecologia, 113(3), 332-340 (1998).
doi:10.1007/s004420050384

Henker, A., Schindler, I., Renz, A., Beck, E.: Protein heterogeneity of spinach pullulanase results from the coexistence of interconvertible isomeric forms of the monomeric enzyme. Biochemical Journal, 331(3), 929-935 (1998).
doi:10.1042/bj3310929

Renz, A., Schikora, S., Schmid, R., Kossmann, J., Beck, E.: cDNA sequence and heterologous expression of monomeric spinach pullulanase : multiple isomeric forms arise from the same polypeptide. Biochemical Journal, 331(3), 937-945 (1998).
doi:10.1042/bj3310937

Vogg, G., Heim, R., Hansen, J., Schäfer, C., Beck, E.: Frost hardening and photosynthetic performance of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles. I. Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic apparatus and its function. Planta, 204(2), 193-200 (1998).
doi:10.1007/s004250050246

Vogg, G., Heim, R., Gotschy, B., Beck, E., Hansen, J.: Frost hardening and photosynthetic performance of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). II. Seasonal changes in the fluidity of thylakoid membranes. Planta, 204(2), 201-206 (1998).
doi:10.1007/s004250050247

Höft, M., Verpoorte, R., Beck, E.: Growth and alkaloid patterns of roots of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon and Rauvolfia mombasiana as influenced by environmental factors. Botanica Acta, 111(3), 222-230 (1998).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00699.x

Höft, M., Verpoorte, R., Beck, E.: Leaf alkaloid contents of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon as influenced by endogenous and environmental factors in the natural habitat. Planta Medica, 64(2), 148-152 (1998).
doi:10.1055/s-2006-957393

1997

Peters, W., Beck, E., Piepenbrock, M., Lenz, B., Schmitt, J.: Cytokinin as a negative effector of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Journal of Plant Physiology, 151(3), 362-367 (1997).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(97)80266-0

Renz, A., Schmelzl, B., Beck, E.: Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding a CDK34-protein kinase (accession no. Y10160) from a photoautotrophic cell-suspension culture of Chenopodium rubrum L.. Plant Physiology, 113(3), 1004 (1997).

Renz, A., Fountain, M., Beck, E.: Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding a D-type cyclin (accession no. Y10162) from a photoautotrophic cell-suspension culture of Chenopodium rubrum L.. Plant Physiology, 113(3), 1004 (1997).

Renz, A., Schmelzl, B., Beck, E.: Nucleotide Sequence of a cDNA Encoding a Mitotic Cyclin (Accession No. Y10161) from a Photoautotrophic Cell-Suspension Culture of Chenopodium rubrum L.. Plant Physiology, 113(3), 1004 (1997).

Fetene, M., Benker, C., Beck, E.: The pathway of assimilate flow from source to sink in Urtica dioica l., studied with 14C under ambient atmospheric conditions. Annals of Botany, 79(6), 585-591 (1997).
doi:10.1006/anbo.1996.0392

Fetene, M., Nauke, P., Lüttge, U., Beck, E.: Photosynthesis and photoinhibition in a tropical alpine giant rosette plant, Lobelia rhynchopetalum. New Phytologist, 137(3), 453-461 (1997).
doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00844.x

Lange, S., Bussmann, R., Beck, E.: Stand structure and regeneration of the subalpine Hagenia abyssinica forests of Mt. Kenya. Botanica Acta, 110(6), 473-480 (1997).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00665.x

1996

Hansen, J., Vogg, G., Beck, E.: Assimilation, allocation and utilization of carbon by 3-year-old scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees during winter and early spring. Trees, 11(2), 83-90 (1996).
doi:10.1007/PL00009659

Rost, S., Frank, C., Beck, E.: The chloroplast envelope is permeable for maltose but not for maltodextrins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta : General Subjects, 1291(3), 221-227 (1996).
doi:10.1016/S0304-4165(96)00068-2

Höft, M., Verpoorte, R., Beck, E.: Growth and alkaloid contents in leaves of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf (Apocynaceae) as influenced by light intensity, water and nutrient supply. Oecologia, 107(2), 160-169 (1996).
doi:10.1007/BF00327899

Hübel, F., Beck, E.: Maize root phytase (purification, characterization, and localization of enzyme activity and its putative substrate). Plant Physiology, 112(4), 1429-1436 (1996).

Beck, E.: Regulation of shoot/root ratio by cytokinins from roots in Urtica dioica: opinion. Plant and Soil, 185(1), 3-12 (1996).
doi:10.1007/BF02257560

1995

Bussmann, R., Beck, E.: The Forests of Mt. Kenya (Kenya), a phytosociological synopsis. Phytocoenologia, 25(4), 467-560 (1995).

Peters, W., Füchtbauer, B., Beck, E.: Nitrate reductase activity is endogenously induced by zeatin riboside in habituated suspension cultured Chenopodium rubrum cells. Journal of Plant Physiology, 147(3-4), 401-407 (1995).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)82175-9

Tolbert, N., Benker, C., Beck, E.: The oxygen and carbon-dioxide compensation points of c-3 plants : possible role in regulating atmospheric oxygen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 92(24), 11230-11233 (1995).

Bussmann, R., Beck, E.: Regeneration and succession processes in the cedar forests (Juniperion procerae) of Mount Kenya. Ecotropica, 1, 79-84 (1995).

Renz, A., Schmid, R., Kossmann, J., Beck, E.: Sequence of a cDNA of the spinacia oleracea L. starch debranching enzyme (EMBL/GenBank X83969) : PGR95-010. Plant Physiology, 108(3), 1342 (1995).

1994

Strnad, M., Peters, W., Hanus, J., Beck, E.: Ortho-topolin-9-glucoside, an aromatic cytokinin from Populus x canadensis cv robusta leaves. Phytochemistry, 37(4), 1059-1062 (1994).
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89528-X

Beck, E., Wagner, B.: Quantification of the daily cytokinin transport from the root to the shoot of Urtica dioica l.. Botanica Acta, 107(5), 342-348 (1994).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1994.tb00805.x

Hansen, J., Beck, E.: Seasonal changes in the utilization and turnover of assimilation products in 8-year-old scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees. Trees, 8(4), 172-182 (1994).
doi:10.1007/BF00196844

1993

Wagner, B., Beck, E.: Cytokinins in the perennial herb Urtica dioica L. as influenced by its nitrogen status. Planta, 190(4), 511-518 (1993).
doi:10.1007/BF00224790

Fetene, M., Möller, I., Beck, E.: The Effect of Nitrogen Supply to Urtica dioica L. Plants on the Distribution of Assimilate Between Shoot and Roots. Botanica Acta, 106(3), 228-234 (1993).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1993.tb00745.x

Hübel, F., Beck, E.: In-situ determination of the P-relations around the primary root of maize with respect to inorganic and phytate-P. Plant and Soil, 157(1), 1-9 (1993).
doi:10.1007/BF02390221

Buns, R., Acker, G., Beck, E.: The Plastids of the Yew Tree (Taxus baccata L.) : Ultrastructure and Immunocytochemical Examination of Chloroplastic Enzymes. Botanica Acta, 106(1), 32-41 (1993).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1993.tb00335.x

Renz, A., Henker, A., Beck, E.: Regulation of a non-allosteric enzyme by protein microheterogeneity. Biological Chemistry Hoppe Seyler, 374(9), 780 (1993).
doi:10.1515/bchm3.1993.374.7-12.671

Fetene, M., Beck, E.: Reversal of the direction of photosynthate allocation in Urtica-dioica l. plants by increasing cytokinin import into the shoot. Botanica Acta, 106(3), 235-240 (1993).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1993.tb00746.x

1992

Möller, I., Beck, E.: The fate of apoplastic sucrose in sink and source leaves of Urtica dioica. Physiologia Plantarum, 85(4), 618-624 (1992).
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1992.tb04763.x

Strnad, M., Peters, W., Beck, E., Kaminek, M.: Immunodetection and identification of N(6)-(o-hydroxybenzylamino)purine as a naturally-occurring cytokinin in Populus x canadensis Moench cv robusta leaves. Plant Physiology, 99(1), 74-80 (1992).

Schmitt, K., Beck, E.: On the afroalpine vegetation of the Ruwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Phytocoenologia, 21(3), 313-332 (1992).
doi:10.1127/phyto/21/1992/313

1991

Zhu, J., Beck, E.: Water relations of pachysandra leaves during freezing and thawing : evidence for a negative pressure potential alleviating freeze-dehydration stress. Plant Physiology, 97(3), 1146-1153 (1991).

1990

Fahrendorf, T., Beck, E.: Cytosolic and cell-wall-bound acid invertases from leaves of Urtica dioica l. : a comparison. Planta, 180(2), 237-244 (1990).
doi:10.1007/BF00194002

Hansen, J., Beck, E.: The fate and path of assimilation products in the stem of 8-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees. Trees, 4(1), 16-21 (1990).
doi:10.1007/BF00226235

Beck, E., Renner, U.: Net fluxes and pools of nitrogenous compounds during suspension culture of photoautotrophic chenopodium rubrum cells. Plant, Cell & Environment, 13(2), 111-122 (1990).
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.1990.tb01283.x

Beck, E., Lüttge, U.: Streß bei Pflanzen. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 20(5), 237-244 (1990).
doi:10.1002/biuz.19900200506

1989

Rehder, H., Beck, E., Kokwaro, J.: The afroalpine plant communities of Mt. Kenya (Kenya) : Comment of the vegetation map of Mt. Kenya. Phytocoenologia, 17(2), 287-288 (1989).
doi:10.1127/phyto/17/1989/287

Beck, E., Renner, U.: Ammonium triggers uptake of NO⁻₃ by Chenopodium rubrum suspension culture cells and remobilization of their vacuolar nitrate pool. Plant & Cell Physiology, 30(4), 487-495 (1989).
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077767

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Reiner, J.: An assessment of the rubisco inhibitor : 2-carboxyarabinitol-1-phosphate and d-hamamelonic acid 2(1)-phosphate are identical compounds. Plant Physiology, 90(1), 13-16 (1989).

Beck, E., Ziegler, P.: Biosynthesis and degradation of starch in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 40(1), 95-117 (1989).
doi:10.1146/annurev.pp.40.060189.000523

Beck, E., Fußeder, A., Kraus, M.: The maize root-system in situ : evaluation of structure and capability of utilization of phytate and inorganic soil phosphates. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, 152(2), 159-167 (1989).
doi:10.1002/jpln.19891520205

Zhu, J., Steudle, E., Beck, E.: Negative pressure produced in an artificial osmotic cell by extracellular freezing. Plant Physiology, 91(4), 1454-1459 (1989).

Fußeder, A., Ziegler, P., Peters, W., Beck, E.: Turnover of O-glucosides of dihydrozeatin and dihydrozeatin-9-riboside during the cell growth cycle of photoautotrophic cell suspension cultures of Chenopodium rubrum. Botanica Acta, 102(4), 335-340 (1989).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1989.tb00114.x

1988

Rehder, H., Beck, E., Kokwaro, J.: The afroalpine plant communities of Mt. Kenya (Kenya). Phytocoenologia, 16(4), 433-463 (1988).
doi:10.1127/phyto/16/1988/433

Hansen, J., Beck, E.: Evidence for ideal and non-ideal equilibrium freezing of leaf water in frosthardy ivy (Hedera helix) and winter barley (Hordeum vulgare). Botanica Acta, 101(1), 76-82 (1988).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1988.tb00014.x

Renner, U., Beck, E.: Nitrate reductase activity of photoautotrophic suspension culture cells of Chenopodium rubrum is under the hierarchical regime of NO₃⁻, NH₄⁺ and light. Plant & Cell Physiology, 29(7), 1123-1131 (1988).
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077612

Beck, E.: Plant life on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 181, 379-381 (1988).

Fußeder, A., Wagner, B., Beck, E.: Quantification by ELISA of cytokinins in root-pressure exudates of Urtica dioica plants grown under different nitrogen levels. Botanica Acta, 101(3), 214-219 (1988).
doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1988.tb00035.x

Fußeder, A., Kraus, M., Beck, E.: Reassessment of root competition for P of field-grown maize in pure and mixed cropping. Plant and Soil, 106(2), 299-301 (1988).
doi:10.1007/BF02371230

1987

Kuhn, U., Beck, E.: Conductance of needle and twig axis phloem of damaged and intact Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) as investigated by application of 14C in situ. Trees, 1(4), 207-214 (1987).
doi:10.1007/BF01816817

Kraus, M., Fußeder, A., Beck, E.: Development and replenishment of the P-depletion zone around the primary root of maize during the vegetation period. Plant and Soil, 101(2), 247-255 (1987).
doi:10.1007/BF02370652

Bodner, M., Beck, E.: Effect of supercooling and freezing on photosynthesis in freeezing tolerant leaves of Afroalpine 'giant rosette' plants.. Oecologia, 72(3), 366-371 (1987).
doi:10.1007/BF00377565

Beck, E.: Die Frostresistenz der tropisch-alpinen Schopfbäume. Naturwissenschaften, 74(8), 355-361 (1987).
doi:10.1007/BF00405462

Kraus, M., Fußeder, A., Beck, E.: In situ-determination of the phosphate-gradient around a root by autoradiography of frozen soil sections. Plant and Soil, 97(3), 407-418 (1987).
doi:10.1007/BF02383231

1986

Beck, E.: Biology of afroalpine Dendrosenecio (Asteraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 152(1), 123-131 (1986).
doi:10.1007/BF00985353

Ziegler, P., Beck, E.: Exoamylase activity in vacuoles isolated from pea and wheat leaf protoplasts. Plant Physiology, 82(4), 1119-1121 (1986).

Beck, E., Mägdefrau, K., Senser, M.: Globular mosses. Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 178, 73-83 (1986).

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Schulze, E.: Recovery from fire : Observations in the alpine vegetation of western Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). Phytocoenologia, 14(1), 55-77 (1986).

1985

Schulze, E., Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Ziegler, P.: Carbon dioxide assimilation and stomatal response of afroalpine giant rosette plants. Oecologia, 65(2), 207-213 (1985).
doi:10.1007/BF00379219

Küppers, M., Zech, W., Schulze, E., Beck, E.: CO2-Assimilation, Transpiration and Wachstum von Pinus silvestris L. bei unterschiedlicher Magnesiumversorgung. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt, 104(1), 23-36 (1985).
doi:10.1007/BF02740701

1984

Senser, M., Beck, E.: Correlation of chloroplast ultrastructure and membrane lipid composition to the different degrees of frost resistance achieved in leaves of spinach, ivy, and spruce. Journal of Plant Physiology, 117(1), 41-55 (1984).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(84)80015-2

Campbell, W., Ziegler, P., Beck, E.: Development of nitrogen assimilation enzymes during photoautotrophic growth of Chenopodium rubrum suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 74(4), 947-950 (1984).

Beck, E., Schulze, E., Senser, M., Scheibe, R.: Equilibrium freezing of leaf water and extracellular ice formation in Afroalpine ‘giant rosette’ plants. Planta, 162(3), 276-282 (1984).
doi:10.1007/BF00397450

Beck, E.: Frostresistenz bei höheren Pflanzen. Nachrichten aus Chemie, Technik und Laboratorium, 32, 868-874 (1984).
doi:10.1002/nadc.19840321004

Beck, E., Schlütter, I., Scheibe, R., Schulze, E.: Growth-rates and population rejuvenation of East-African giant groundsels (Dendrosenecio-keniodendron). Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 175(4), 243-248 (1984).

Ludwig, I., Ziegler, P., Beck, E.: Purification and properties of spinach leaf debranching enzyme. Plant Physiology, 74(4), 856-861 (1984).

1983

Beck, E., Burkert, A., Hofmann, M.: Uptake of l-ascorbate by intact spinach chloroplasts. Plant Physiology, 73(1), 41-45 (1983).
doi:10.1104/pp.73.1.41

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Senser, M.: The vegetation of the Shira Plateau and the western slopes of Kibo (Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania). Phytocoenologia, 11(1), 1-30 (1983).
doi:10.1127/phyto/11/1983/1

1982

Beck, E., Hopf, H.: Carbohydrate Metabolism. Progress in Botany, 44, 132-153 (1982).
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-68752-5_7

Beck, E., Senser, M., Scheibe, R., Steiger, H., Pongratz, P.: Frost avoidance and freezing tolerance in Afroalpine 'giant rosette' plants. Plant, Cell & Environment, 5(3), 215-222 (1982).
doi:10.1111/1365-3040.ep11572080

1981

Steiger, H., Beck, E.: Formation of hydrogen-peroxide and oxygen dependence of photosynthetic CO2 assimilation by intact chloroplasts. Plant & Cell Physiology, 22(3), 561-576 (1981).

1980

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Senser, M., Müller, W.: Estimation of leaf and stem growth of unbranched Senecio keniodendron trees. Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 170, 68-76 (1980).

Beck, E., Wieczorek, J., Reinecke, W.: Purification and properties of hamamelosekinase. European Journal of Biochemistry, 107(2), 485-489 (1980).
doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb06054.x

1979

Groden, D., Beck, E.: H2O2 destruction by ascorbate-dependent systems from chloroplasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta : Bioenergetics, 546(3), 426-435 (1979).
doi:10.1016/0005-2728(79)90078-1

Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: On the Mechanism of activation by light of the NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase in spinach chloroplasts. Plant Physiology, 64(5), 744-748 (1979).
doi:10.1104/pp.64.5.744

1978

Pongratz, P., Beck, E.: Diurnal oscillation of amylolytic activity in spinach chloroplasts. Plant Physiology, 62(5), 687-689 (1978).

Senser, M., Beck, E.: Photochemically, active chloroplasts from spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). Photosynthetica, 12(3), 323-327 (1978).

1977

Beck, E., Wieczorek, J.: Carbohydrate Metabolism. Progress in Botany, 39, 62-82 (1977).
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-66803-6_5

Sellmair, J., Beck, E., Kandler, O., Kress, A.: Hamamelose and its derivatives as chemotaxonomic markers in the genus Primula. Phytochemistry, 16(8), 1201-1204 (1977).
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94360-7

Senser, M., Beck, E.: On the mechanisms of frost injury and frost hardening of spruce chloroplasts. Planta, 137(3), 195-201 (1977).
doi:10.1007/BF00388150

Steiger, H., Beck, E., Beck, R.: Oxygen concentration in isolated-chloroplasts during photosynthesis. Plant Physiology, 60(6), 903-906 (1977).
doi:10.1104/pp.60.6.903

1976

Schilling, N., Scheibe, R., Beck, E., Kandler, O.: Maltose phosphate in isolated spinach chloroplasts. FEBS Letters, 61(2), 192-193 (1976).
doi:10.1016/0014-5793(76)81035-6

1975

Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: Formation of C-4 dicarboxylic acids by intact spinach chloroplasts. Planta, 125(1), 63-67 (1975).
doi:10.1007/BF00388873

Senser, M., Schötz, F., Beck, E.: Seasonal changes in structure and function of spruce chloroplasts. Planta, 126(1), 1-10 (1975).
doi:10.1007/BF00389354

Gilck, H., Thanbichler, A., Sellmair, J., Beck, E.: A simple method for the isolation of Crystalline D-Hamamelose. Carbohydrate Research, 39(1), 160-161 (1975).
doi:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)82651-8

1974

Beck, E.: Carbohydrate metabolism. Progress in Botany, 37, 121-132 (1974).
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-66259-1_10

Thanbichler, A., Beck, E.: Catabolism of Hamamelose : The Anaerobic Dissimilation of D-Hamamelose by Kluyvera citrophila 627. European Journal of Biochemistry, 50(1), 191-196 (1974).
doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1974.tb03887.x

1973

Eickenbusch, J., Beck, E.: Evidence for Involvement of 2 Types of Reaction in Glycolate Formation during Photosynthesis in Isolated Spinach Chloroplasts. FEBS Letters, 31(2), 225-228 (1973).
doi:10.1016/0014-5793(73)80109-7

1971

Beck, E., Stransky, H., Fürbringer, M.: Synthesis of Hamamelose-diphosphate by isolated Spinach Chloroplasts. FEBS Letters, 13(4), 229-234 (1971).
doi:10.1016/0014-5793(71)80542-2

1962

Beck, E., Merxmüller, H., Wagner, H.: Über die Art der Anthocyane bei Plumbaginaceen, Alsinoideen und Molluginaceen. Planta, 58(2), 220-224 (1962).
doi:10.1007/BF01911219

Books and Book sections

2013

Silva, B., Dislich, C., Voss, I., Roos, K., Scheibe, R., Vorpahl, P., Schröder, B., Huth, A., Beck, E., Bendix, J.: Climate Change and its Impact on Current and Future Vegetation Dynamics and Carbon Cycling. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 331-341.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_24

Roos, K., Bendix, J., Curatola, G., Gawlik, J., Gerique, A., Hamer, U., Hildebrandt, P., Knoke, T., Meyer, H., Pohle, P., Potthast, K., Thies, B., Tischer, A., Beck, E.: Current Provisioning Services : Pasture Development and Use, Weeds (Bracken) and Management. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 205-217.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_15

Bendix, J., Beck, E., Bräuning, A., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R., Scheu, S., Wilcke, W.: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - XII, 440
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9

Beck, E., Bendix, J., Silva, B., Rollenbeck, R., Lehnert, L., Hamer, U., Potthast, K., Tischer, A., Roos, K.: Future provisioning Services : Repasturisation of Abandonded Pastures, Problems and Pasture Management. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 355-370.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_26

Pohle, P., López, M., Beck, E., Bendix, J.: The Role of Biodiversity Research for the Local Scientific Community. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 411-428.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_29

Richter, M., Beck, E., Rollenbeck, R., Bendix, J.: The Study Area. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 3-17.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_1

Beck, E., Bendix, J.: Synopsis: Towards a Sustainable Land Use Portfolio. In: Bendix, Jörg ; Beck, Erwin ; Bräuning, Achim ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard ; Scheu, Stefan ; Wilcke, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2013. - 373-393.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_27

2011

Beck, E.: Abiotischer Stress pur : Überlebensstrategien von (tropischen) Hochgebirgspflanzen. In: Leben unter extremen Bedingungen : Rundgespräch am 19. Oktober 2010 in München. - München : Pfeil, 2011. - 93-110.

Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: Drought, Desiccation and Oxidative Stress. In: Lüttge, Ulrich ; Beck, Erwin ; Bartels, Dorothea (Hrsg.): Plant desiccation tolerance. - Berlin : Springer, 2011. - 209-231.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19106-0_11

Bartels, D., Lüttge, U., Beck, E.: Introduction. In: Lüttge, Ulrich ; Beck, Erwin ; Bartels, Dorothea (Hrsg.): Plant desiccation tolerance. - Berlin : Springer, 2011. - 3-8.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19106-0_1

Plant Desiccation Tolerance. - Lüttge, U., Beck, E., Bartels, D. (eds.). - Berlin : Springer, 2011.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19106-0

Tesfaye, G., Teketay, D., Fetene, M., Beck, E.: Seedling growth and survival of indigenous tree species along a light gradient in a dry afromomtane forest. In: Boehm, Diane A. (ed.): Forestry : Research, Ecology and Policies. - New York : Nova Science, 2011. - 99-111.

Bartels, D., Lüttge, U., Beck, E.: Synopsis: Drying without Dying. In: Lüttge, Ulrich ; Beck, Erwin ; Bartels, Dorothea (Hrsg.): Plant desiccation tolerance. - Berlin : Springer, 2011. - 367-373.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-19106-0_17

2010

Bendix, J., Behling, H., Peters, T., Richter, M., Beck, E.: Functional biodiversity and climate change along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical mountain rainforest. In: Tscharntke, Teja (Hrsg.): Tropical rainforests and agroforests under global change : ecological and socio-economic valuations. - Berlin : Springer, 2010. - 239-268.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-00493-3_11

2008

Bendix, J., Rollenbeck, R., Fabian, P., Emck, P., Beck, E.: Climate Variability. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 281-290.

Beck, E., Richter, M.: Ecological aspects of a biodiversity hotspot in the Andes of southern Ecuador. In: Gradstein, S. Robbert ; Homeier, Jürgen ; Gansert Dirk (eds.): The tropical mountain forest : Patterns and Processes in a Biodiversity Hotspot. - Göttingen : Univ.-Verl., 2008. - 195-217.

Beck, E., Makeschin, F., Haubrich, F., Richter, M., Bendix, J., Valarezo, C.: The Ecosystem (Reserva Biológica San Francisco). In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 1-13.

Beck, E., Hartig, K., Roos, K.: Forest Clearing by Slash and Burn. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 371-374.

Huwe, B., Zimmermann, B., Zeilinger, J., Quizhpe, M., Elsenbeer, H.: Gradients and patterns of soil physical parameters at local, field and catchment scales. In: Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R. (eds.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 375-387.

Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R.: Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem - a Synthesis. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 451-463.

Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. - Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R. (eds.). - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - XXIII, 525

Bräuning, A., Homeier, J., Cueva-Ortiz, E., Beck, E., Günter, S.: Growth Dynamics of Trees in Tropical Mountain Ecosystems. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 291-302.

Beck, E., Mosandl, R., Richter, M., Kottke, I.: The Investigated Gradients. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 55-62.

Fiedler, K., Beck, E.: Investigating Gradients in Ecosystem Analysis. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 49-54.

Beck, E., Hartig, K., Roos, K., Preußing, M., Nebel, M.: Permanent Removal of the Forest : Construction of Roads and Power Supply Lines. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 361-370.

Stimm, B., Beck, E., Günter, S., Aguirre, N., Cueva-Ortiz, E., Mosandl, R., Weber, M.: Reforestation of Abandoned Pastures : Seed Ecology of Native species and Production of Indigenous Plant Material. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 417-429.

Martinez, A., Mahecha, M., Lischeid, G., Beck, E.: Succession Stages of Vegetation Regeneration : Secondary Tropical Mountain Forests. In: Beck, Erwin ; Bendix, Jörg ; Kottke, Ingrid ; Makeschin, Franz ; Mosandl, Reinhard (Hrsg.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 409-415.

Bogner, C., Engelhardt, S., Zeilinger, J., Huwe, B.: Visualisation and analysis of flow patterns and water flow simulations in disturbed and undisturbed tropical soils. In: Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R. (eds.): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - 387-397.

2006

Fetene, M., Assefa, Y., Gashaw, M., Woldu, Z., Beck, E.: Diversity of Afroalpine Vegetation and Ecology of Treeline Species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and the Influence of Fire. In: Spehn, Eva (Hrsg.): Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. - 25-38.

2005

Schulze, E., Beck, E., Müller-Hohenstein, K.: Plant Ecology. - Berlin : Springer, 2005. - IX, 702

2004

Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity - A challenge for society : Proceedings of the International Symposium Berlin, 1 – 4 December 2003. - Beck, E., Berendsohn, W., Boutros, M., Denich, M., Henle, K., Jürgens, N., Kirk, M., Wolters, V. (eds.). - Bonn : PT-DLR Environmental Research and Technology, 2004. - 200

2003

Aufbruch ins 21. Jahrhundert : Die Botanischen Gärten Deutschlands ; Aufgaben, Ziele, Ressourcen ; eine Denkschrift der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft e.V.. - Beck, E. (eds.). - Berlin : Dt. Botan. Ges, 2003. - 31

Fetene, M., Assefa, Y., Woldu, Z., Beck, E.: Diversity of afroalpine vegetation and ecology of treeline species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia and the influence of fire. In: 6th Congress of the African Mountains Association and the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assesment workshop. - s.l. : 2003.

2002

Faszination Lebenswissenschaften. - Beck, E. (eds.). - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2002. - XVIII, 286

Schulze, E., Beck, E., Müller-Hohenstein, K.: Pflanzenökologie. - Heidelberg : Spektrum, Akad. Verl., 2002. - IX, 846

1999

Advances in Regulation of Plant Growth and Development. - Stmad, M., Peč, P., Beck, E. (eds.). - Prague : Peres, 1999. - 258

Scholze, W., Paulsch, A., Beck, E.: Herbivory damage in the afroalpine zone of Mt. Kenya : possible causes and consequences for a unique community. In: Vegetationsökologische, ethnobotanische und faunistische Beiträge über Äquatorial-Afrika : Mount Kenya - Kilimanjaro - Äthiopien - Elfenbeinküste. - Bayreuth : BITÖK, 1999. - 45-53.

Beck, E.: Towards an understanding of plant growth regulation: cytokinins as major signals for biomass distribution. In: Miroslav Strnad, Pavel Pec, Erwin Beck (eds.): Advances in Regulation of Plant Growth and development. - Prague : Peres, 1999. - 97-110.

Bussmann, R., Beck, E.: Vegetation units of Mt. Kenya Forest Reserve : Comment. In: Vegetationsökologische, ethnobotanische und faunistische Beiträge über Äquatorial-Afrika : Mount Kenya - Kilimanjaro - Äthiopien - Elfenbeinküste. - Bayreuth : 1999. - 17-28.

1997

Hansen, J., Turkington, R., Vogg, G., Heim, R., Beck, E.: Conifer carbohydrate physiology : Updating classical views. In: Heinz Rennenberg, Walter Eschrich, Hubert Ziegler (eds.): Trees - contributions to modern tree physiology. - Leiden : Backhuys, 1997. - 97-108.

1995

Beck, E., Hansen, J., Heim, R., Schäfer, C., Vogg, G., Leborgne-Castel, N., Teulières, C., Boudet, A.: Cold hardening and dehardening of evergreen trees. In: Heinrich Sandermann (eds.): Eurosilva : contribution to forest tree physiology. - Paris : 1995. - 171-193.

Beck, E.: "Winter every night, summer every day", ökophysiologische Herausforderung tropischer Hochgebirgspflanzen. In: Bayerische Tropenforschung : einst und jetzt. - München : Pfeil, 1995. - 187-198.

1994

Beck, E.: Cold Tolerance in tropical alpine plants. In: Philip W. Rundel, Alan P. Smith, F. C. Meinzer (eds.): Tropical Alpine Environments : Plant Form and Function. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - 77-110.
doi:10.1017/CBO9780511551475.006

Schulze, E., Beck, E., Steudle, E., Stitt, M., Zwölfer, H.: Flux Control in Biological Systems : A Comparative View. In: Ernst-Detlef Schulze (eds.): Flux control in biological systems : from enzymes to populations and ecosystems. - San Diego : Academic Press, 1994. - 471-485.

Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: The Malate Valve : Flux Control at the Enzymatic Level. In: Ernst-Detlef Schulze (eds.): Flux Control In Biological Systems : from enzymes to populations and ecosystems. - San Diego : Academic Press, 1994. - 3-11.

Beck, E.: The Morphogenic Response of Plants to Soil Nitrogen : Adaptive Regulation of Biomass Distribution and Nitrogen Metabolism by Phytohormones. In: Ernst-Detlef Schulze (eds.): Flux control in biological systems : from enzymes to populations and ecosystems. - San Diego : Academic Press, 1994. - 119-151.
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-633070-0.50010-4

Beck, E.: Turnover and Conservation of Nutrients in the Pachycaul Dendrosenecio keniodendron. In: Philip W. Rundel, Alan P. Smith, F. C. Meinzer (eds.): Tropical Alpine Environments : Plant Form and Function. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - 215-221.
doi:10.1017/CBO9780511551475.012

1992

Wagner, B., Beck, E.: Cytokinins in Urtica dioica plants : Production, metabolism and fluxes. In: Physiology and biochemistry of cytokinins in plants : developed from the symposium held at Liblice, Czechoslovakia, 10 - 14 September, 1990. - The Hague : SPB Academic Publ., 1992. - 53-57.

Peters, W., Beck, E.: Endogenous cytokinins in suspension cultured cells of Chenopodium rubrum at different growth stages. In: Miroslav Kamínek (eds.): Physiology and biochemistry of cytokinins in plants : developed from the symposium held at Liblice, Czechoslovakia, 10 - 14 September, 1990. - The Hague : SPB Academic Publ., 1992. - 71-73.

Beck, E.: Reduzierende Substanzen, Aminosäuren und Zytokinine in der "Wurzel" von Urtica dioica und Urtica urens. In: Georg Rutishauser (eds.): Benigne Prostatahyperplasie III : 3. Klinisch-Experimentelle Konferenz zu Fragen der Benignen Prostatahyperplasie. - München : Zuckschwerdt, 1992. - 151-156.

1990

Beck, E., Hopf, H.: Branched-chain Sugars and Sugar Alcohols. In: Prakash M. Dey (eds.): Carbohydrates. - London : Academic Press, 1990. - 235-289.

Beck, E., Rehder, H., Kokwaro, J.: Classification and mapping of the vegetation of the alpine zone of Mt. Kenya (Kenya). In: Matthias Wininger (eds.): Mount Kenya area : differentiation and dynamics of a tropical mountain ecosystem. - Bern : Institute of Geography, University of Berne, 1990. - 41-46.

Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: Ecophysiological studies on afroalpine plants. In: Matthias Wininger (eds.): Mount Kenya area : differentiation and dynamics of a tropical mountain ecosystem. - Bern : 1990. - 159-166.

1989

Kuhn, U., Beck, E.: Short-term Studies of Sulfate Uptake by Norway Spruce Needles under Outdoor Conditions. In: Ernst-Detlef Schulze (eds.): Forest decline and air pollution : a study of spruce (Picea abies) on acid soils. - Berlin : Springer, 1989. - 215-218.

1987

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Hansen, J.: Mechanisms of freezing avoidance and freezing tolerance in tropical alpine plants. In: Paul H. Li (eds.): Plant Cold Hardiness. - New York : Liss, 1987. - 155-168.

Beck, E., Hansen, J.: Physicochemistry of intercellular water fluxes in freezing leaves. In: Pfeffer-Symposium Leipzig. - s.l. : 1987. - 110-117.

Beck, E.: Vegetationstypen in den Tropen. In: Die Tropen als Lebensraum. - Tübingen : Attempo-Verlag, 1987. - 37-60.

1985

Beck, E.: The Degradation of Transitory Starch Granules in Chloroplasts. In: Robert L. Heath, Jack Preiss (eds.): Regulation of Carbohydrate Partitioning in Photosynthetic Tissue. - Rockville : American Society of Plant Phyiologists, 1985. - 27-44.

1982

Beck, E.: Branched-Chain Sugars. In: Loewus, Frank A. ; Tanner, Widmar (Hrsg.): Plant carbohydrates. Vol. 1. Intracellular carbohydrates. - Berlin : Springer, 1982. - 124-157.

1981

Beck, E., Pongratz, P., Reuter, I.: The amylolytic system of isolated spinach chloroplasts and its role in the breakdown of assimilatory starch. In: Akoyunoglou, George (Hrsg.): Photosynthesis : Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Photosynthesis, September 7 - 13, 1980, Halkidiki, Greece. Vol. 4. Regulation of carbon metabolism. - Glenside : Balaban Internat. Science Service, 1981. - 529-538.

1979

Beck, E.: II F. Glycolic Acid and Photorespiration : 25. Glycolate Synthesis. In: Gibbs, Martin ; Latzko, Erwin (Hrsg.): Photosynthesis II : photosynthetic carbon metabolism and related processes. - Berlin : Springer, 1979. - 327-337.

1974

Beck, E., Eickenbusch, J., Steiger, H.: Characterization of glycolate producing reactions in isolated Spinach chloroplasts. In: Avron, Mordhay (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Photosynthesis held at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Reḥôvôt, Israel, September 2-6, 1974. Vol. 2. Bioenergetics and carbon metabolism. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1974. - 1329-1334.

1972

Beck, E.: Formation of Hamamelose-Diphosphate During Photosynthesis by Isolated Spinach Chloroplasts. In: Forti, Giorgio (Hrsg.): Photosynthesis, two centuries after its discovery by Joseph Priestley : proceedings of the IInd International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Stresa, June 24 - 29, 1971. - The Hague : Junk, 1972. - 2029-2033.

1968

Beck, E.: Isotopenstudien zur Biosynthese der verzweigt-kettigen Monosaccharide der höheren Pflanzen. - München : 1968. - 59

1963

Beck, E.: Beiträge zur Chemosystematik einiger Centrospermen, Plumbaginaceen und Primulaceen. - München : 1963. - II, 82

Other publications

2014

Knoke, T., Bendix, J., Pohle, P., Hamer, U., Hildebrandt, P., Roos, K., Gerique, A., Sandoval, M., Breuer, L., Tischer, A., Brenner, S., Calvas, B., Aguirre, N., Castro, L., Windhorst, D., Weber, M., Stimm, B., Günter, S., Palomeque, X., Mora, J., Mosandl, R., Beck, E.: Afforestation or intense pasturing improve the ecological and exonomic value of abandoned tropical farmlands. Nature Communications, 5, Article Number: 5612 (2014).
doi:10.1038/ncomms6612

2010

Bendix, J., Paladines, B., Ribadeneira Sarmiento, M., Romero, L., Valarezo, C., Beck, E.: Benefit Sharing by research, education and knowledge transfer : a success story of biodiversity research in southern Ecuador. - Bayreuth, 2010. -

2009

Nyunja, A., Onyango, J., Beck, E.: The Kakamega Forest Medicinal Plant Resources and their Utilization by the Adjacent Luhya Community. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 4(3), 82-90 (2009).

Beck, E., Hartig, K.: Wie Hormone die Zellteilung der Pflanzen kontrollieren : Auxin und Cytokinin. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 39(4), 268-277 (2009).
doi:10.1002/biuz.200910399

2002

Hansen, J., Beck, E.: Kälte und Pflanze: Updating classical views, Vortrag, gehalten am 27. Mai 1998. Schriften des Vereins zur Verbreitung Naturwissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse, 137-140, 337-381 (2002).

2001

Zech, W., Madhikermi, D., Gerl, T., Beck, E.: Rekonstruktion der spätglazialen und holozänen Vergletscherung des Annapurna III-Nordgletschers unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Böden als Indikatoren für Klimaschwankungen. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 37(2), 141-158 (2001).

1995

Bussmann, R., Beck, E.: Regeneration- and cyclic processes in the Ocotea-Forests (Ocotea usambarensis Engl.) of Mount Kenya. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 24, 35-38 (1995).

1992

Beck, E., Scheibe, R., Schlütter, I., Sauer, W.: Senecio x saundersii Sauer and Beck (Asteraceae), an intermediate hybrid between S. keniodendron and S. keniensis of Mt. Kenya. Phyton, 32(1), 9-37 (1992).

Schmitt, K., Beck, E.: Die Zerstörung eines Bergwalds in Kenia : Beispiele des Zusammenwirkens von Mensch und Großwild.. Jahrbuch des Vereins zum Schutz der Bergwelt, 57, 207-226 (1992).

1989

Beck, E.: Brennesselwurzel : Zur Frage der Standardisierbarkeit des wässerigen Methanolextrakts von Urticae radix mit Hilfe von reduzierenden Substanzen und Aminosäuren. Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung, 129, 2169-2172 (1989).

1988

Rehder, H., Beck, E., Kokwaro, J.: Vegetation map of Mt. Kenya, 1988

1987

Beck, E., Rehder, H., Schulze, E., Kokwaro, J.: Alpine Plant Communities of Mt. Elgon : An altitutdinal Transect along the Koitoboss Route. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum, 190, 1-12 (1987).

Kokwaro, J., Beck, E.: The animal threat to Mount Kenya's Afro-alpine plants. Swara, 10(1), 30-31 (1987).

John, U., Beck, E.: Assimilatexport und Kohlenstoffallokation in geschädigten und schadsymptom-freien Fichten in mittleren Höhenlagen des Fichtelgebirges. Allgemeine Forstzeitschrift, 42, 750-752 (1987).

1985

Beck, E.: Krankt der Wald an falscher Diagnose?. Mitteilungen des Verbandes Deutscher Biologen, 326, 1-2 (1985).

1983

Beck, E.: Frost- und Feuerresistenz tropisch-alpiner Pflanzen. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, 36(3), 105-109 (1983).

1982

Senser, M., Beck, E.: Frost-resistance in spruce (Picea-abies (L.) Karst) : V. Influence of photoperiod and temperature on the membrane-lipids of the needles. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 108(1), 71-85 (1982).
doi:10.1016/S0044-328X(82)80092-5

Senser, M., Beck, E.: Frost-resistance in spruce [Picea-abies (L.) Karst] : IV. The lipid-composition of frost resistant and frost sensitive spruce chloroplasts. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 105(3), 241-253 (1982).
doi:10.1016/S0044-328X(82)80018-4

1981

Beck, E., Rehder, H., Pongratz, P., Scheibe, R., Senser, M.: Ecological analysis of the boundary between the afroalpine vegetation types 'Dendrosenecio Woodlands' and 'Senecio Brassica-Lobelia Keniensis community' on Mt. Kenya. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum, 172, 1-11 (1981).

Rehder, H., Beck, E., Kokwaro, J., Scheibe, R.: Vegetation analysis of the Upper Teleki Valley (Mt. Kenya) and adjacent areas. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum, 171, 1-8 (1981).

1979

Senser, M., Beck, E.: Kälteresistenz der Fichte. II. Einfluß von Photoperiode und Temperatur auf die Struktur und photochemischen Reaktionen von Chloroplasten. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 92(1), 243-259 (1979).

1976

Beck, E.: Lehrinhalte eines ökologischen Blockpraktikums im Rahmen des Botanischen Großpraktikums I für alle Studenten der Biologie. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 89(2-3), 201-203 (1976).

1975

Eickenbusch, J., Scheibe, R., Beck, E.: Active glycolaldehyde and ribulose diphosphate as carbon sources for oxidative glycolate formation. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 75, 375-380 (1975).

1974

Beck, E., Knaupp, I.: Biosynthese der Hamamelose III. Identifizierung von Hamamelose-21, 5-diphosphat, Hamamelose-5-phosphat und Hamamelose-21-Phosphat. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 72(2), 141-147 (1974).
doi:10.1016/S0044-328X(74)80124-8

Gilck, H., Beck, E.: Biosynthese der Hamamelose IV. Nachweis der biosynthesesequenz : Fructose-diphosphat → Hamamelose-diphosphat → Hamamelose-monophosphat → Hamamelose. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 72(5), 395-409 (1974).

1973

Gilck, H., Beck, E.: Über den Mechanismus der Hamamelose-Biosynthese. Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie, 354, 1194 (1973).

1972

Beck, E.: Kohlenhydrat- und Säurestoffwechsel. Fortschritte der Botanik, 34, 139-154 (1972).

1971

Thanbichler, A., Gilck, H., Beck, E.: Über den Katabolismus von Hamamelose (2-C-(Hydroxymethyl)-D Ribose; I. Die Oxidation von Hamamelose durch Pseudomonas. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 26, 912-915 (1971).

Eickenbusch, J., Sellmair, J., Beck, E.: Biosynthese der Hamamelose. II. Der Einbau von Radiokohlenstoff aus 14C-markierten Substanzen des Glykolat- und Tricarbonsäurezyklus in Hamamelose in Blättern von Primula clusiana (Tausch). Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 65, 24-34 (1971).

1969

Beck, E.: Isolierung und Identifizierung von Clusianose, einem 1-0-α-D-Galactopyranosyl-Hamamelit. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 61(4), 360-366 (1969).

Sellmair, J., Beck, E., Kandler, O.: Zur Physiologie der Clusianose. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 61(4), 338-342 (1969).

1968

Beck, E., Sellmair, J., Kandler, O.: Biosynthese der Hamamelose. I. Die intramolekulare 14C-Verteilung in Hamamelose nach Assimilation von 14CO2 und 14C-positionsmarkierter Glucose durch Blätter von Primula clusiana (Tausch). Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 58, 434-451 (1968).

Sellmair, J., Beck, E., Kandler, O.: Isolierung und Identifizierung von Hamamelit aus Primula clusiana (Tausch). Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 59, 70-79 (1968).

1967

Beck, E.: Isolierung und Charakterisierung eines Apiogalacturonans aus der Zellwand von Lemna minor. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 57, 444-461 (1967).

1966

Beck, E., Kandler, O.: Isotopenstudien zur Biosynthese von Apiose in Lemna. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 55, 71-84 (1966).

1965

Beck, E., Kandler, O.: Apiose als Bestandteil der Zellwand höherer Pflanzen. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 20(1), 62-67 (1965).

1964

Beck, E.: Apian aus der Zellwand höherer Pflanzen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 77(1), 396-397 (1964).