I am interested in how trees respond to environmental stress and how these responses shape the functioning and resilience of forest ecosystems under global change.

My research focuses on forest responses to drought, the potential of tree diversity to buffer drought impacts, and species-specific hydro-functional strategies of trees. In my current project, I investigate how trees regulate stomatal conductance under atmospheric drought in the research arboretum ARBOfun (Großpösna). With this, I seek to further develop my expertise in ecophysiology to better understand and predict forest responses to increasing drought stress.

I am part of the International Research Training Group TreeDì – 林地 on Tree Diversity Interactions at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig.

Publikationen 2025

Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, Pablo, Carmona, Carlos P., Schuman, Meredith Christine, Benavides, Raquel, Sachsenmaier, Lena, Li, Shan, Liu, Xiaojuan, Haider, Sylvia (2025): Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. Nature Communications

10.1038/s41467-025-67265-8

Sachsenmaier, Lena, Schnabel, Florian, Tezeh, Fon R., Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, Pablo, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ferlian, Olga, Haider, Sylvia, Richter, Ronny, Paligi, Sharath S., Schuldt, Bernhard, Wirth, Christian (2025): Hydro-Functional Traits and Their Dissimilarity to the Neighbourhood Buffer Tree Growth Against the 2018–2020 Central European Drought. Global Change Biology

10.1111/gcb.70588

Publikationen 2024

Kattenborn, Teja, Wieneke, Sebastian, Montero, David, Mahecha, Miguel D., Richter, Ronny, Guimarães-Steinicke, Claudia, Wirth, Christian, Ferlian, Olga,Feilhauer, Hannes, Sachsenmaier, Lena, Eisenhauer, Nico, Dechant, Benjamin (2024): Temporal dynamics in vertical leaf angles can confound vegetation indices widely used in Earth observations. Communications Earth & Environment

10.1038/s43247-024-01712-0

Sachsenmaier, Lena, Schnabel, Florian, Dietrich, Peter, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ferlian, Olga, Quosh, Julius, Richter, Ronny, Wirth, Christian (2024): Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type. Journal of Ecology

10.1111/1365-2745.14360

Publikationen 2023

Li, Kevin, Grass, Ingo, Zemp, Delphine Clara, Lorenz, Hendrik, Sachsenmaier, Lena, Nurdiansyah, Fuad, Hölscher, Dirk, Kreft, Holger, Tscharntke, Teja (2023): Tree identity and canopy openness mediate oil palm biodiversity enrichment effects on insect herbivory and pollination. Ecological Applications

10.1002/eap.2862

Montoya-Sánchez, Vannesa, Kreft, Holger, Arimond, Isabelle, Ballauff, Johannes, Berkelmann, Dirk, Brambach, Fabian, Daniel, Rolf, Grass, Ingo, Hines, Jes, Hölscher, Dirk, Irawan, Bambang, Krause, Alena, Polle, Andrea, Potapov, Anton, Sachsenmaier, Lena, Scheu, Stefan, Sundawati, Leti, Tscharntke, Teja, Zemp, Delphine Clara, Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly (2023): Landscape heterogeneity and soil biota are central to multi-taxa diversity for oil palm landscape restoration.Communications Earth & Environment

10.1038/s43247-023-00875-6

Zemp, Delphine Clara, Guerrero-Ramirez, Nathaly, Brambach, Fabian, Darras, Kevin, Grass, Ingo, Potapov, Anton, Röll, Alexander, Arimond, Isabelle, Ballauff, Johannes, Behling, Hermann, Berkelmann, Dirk, Biagioni, Siria, Buchori, Damayanti, Craven, Dylan, Daniel, Rolf, Gailing, Oliver, Ellsäßer, Florian, Fardiansah, Riko, Hennings, Nina, Irawan, Bambang, Khokthong, Watit, Krashevska, Valentyna, Krause, Alena, Kückes, Johanna, Li, Kevin, Lorenz, Hendrik, Maraun, Mark, Merk, Miryam Sarah, Moura, Carina C. M., Mulyani, Yeni A., Paterno, Gustavo B., Pebrianti, Herni Dwinta, Polle, Andrea, Prameswari, Di Ajeng, Sachsenmaier, Lena, Scheu, Stefan, Schneider, Dominik, Setiajiati, Fitta, Setyaningsih, Christina Ani, Sundawati, Leti, Tscharntke, Teja, Wollni, Meike, Hölscher, Dirk, Kreft, Holger (2023): Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature

10.1038/s41586-023-06086-5