Scientific Output
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Rauschkolb, R., Bucher, S.F., Hensen, I., Ahrends, A., Fernández-Pascual, E., Heubach, K., Jakubka, D., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., König, A., Koubek, T., Kehl, A., Khuroo, A., Lindstädter, A., Shafee, F., Mašková, T., Platonova, E., Panico, P., Plos, C., Primack, R., Rosche, C., Shah, M.A., Sporbert, M., Stevens Alber-Dieter, Tarquini, F., Tielbörger, K., Träger, S., Vange, V., Weigelt, P., Bonn, A., Freiberg, M., Knickmann, B., Nordt, B., Wirth, C., Römermann, C (2023) Spatial variability in herbaceous plant phenology is mostly explained by variability in temperature but also by photoperiod and functional traits. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02621-9
Plos, C., Stelbrink, N., Römermann, C., Knight, T.M., Hensen, I. (2023) Abiotic conditions affect nectar properties and flower visitation in four herbaceous plant species. Flora, 303, 152279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2023.152279
Horbach, S., Rauschkolb, R., Römermann C. (2023) Flowering and leaf phenology are more variable and stronger associated to functional traits in herbaceous compared to tree species. Flora, 300, 152218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2023.152218
Sporbert, M., Jakubka, D., Bucher, S.F., Hensen, I., Freiberg, M., Heubach, K., König, A., Nordt, B., Plos, C., Blinova, I., Bonn, A., Knickmann, B., Koubek, T., Linstädter A., Mašková T., Primack, R.B., Rosche, C., Shah, M.A., Stevens, A.-D., Tielbörger, K., Träger, S., Wirth, C., Römermann, C. (2022) Functional traits influence patterns in vegetative and reproductive plant phenology - a multi-botanical garden study. NewPhytologist, 235, 2199-2210. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.1834
Nordt, B., Hensen, I., Bucher, S. F., Freiberg, M., Primack, R. B., Stevens, A.-D., Bonn, A., Wirth, C., Jakubka, D., Plos, C., Sporbert, M., and Römermann, C. (2021). The PhenObs initiative – A standardised protocol for monitoring phenological responses to climate change using herbaceous plant species in botanical gardens. Functional Ecology, 35, 821-834.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13747
Conference contributions
- Robert Rauschkolb, Solveig Franziska Bucher, Christine Römermann
BIOMET Tagung 2024, Talk, Offenbach (Germany)
"Räumliche Variabilität in der Phänologie von krautigen Arten wird größtenteils durch Temperatur, aber auch durch funktionelle Merkmale und die Lichtverfügbarkeit erklärt"
- Renáta Schnablová, Solveig Franziska Bucher, Tomas Herben, Christine Römermann
GFÖ Conference 2023, Talk, Leipzig (Germany)
"Overwintering buds as an important driver of plant phenology of temperate perennial herbs"
- Wayne Schmitt, Birgit Nordt, Robert Rauschkolb, Martin Freiberg, Rolf Engemann, Isabell Hensen, Christine Römermann, Sabrina Träger, Aletta Bonn, Gerold Parolly
GFÖ Conference 2023, Talk, Leipzig (Germany)
"Pflanze KlimaKultur!: Using citizen science to investigate the effects of urbanization on herbaceous plant phenology"
- Carolin Plos, Christine Römermann, Isabell Hensen
GFÖ Conference 2023, Talk, Leipzig (Germany)
"Climate and land-use interactively affect the flowering phenology of grassland species"
- Robert Rauschkolb, Tomas Herben, Annette Menzel, Karin Mora, Christine Römermann, Yann Vitasse, Patrick Weigelt
GFÖ Conference 2023, Talk, Leipzig (Germany)
"Growing degree days reliability to explain phenological events in herbaceous species depends on the species’ functional traits"
- David Adesua, Solveig Franziska Bucher
GFÖ Conference 2022, Talk, Metz (France)
"Frost resistance in herbaceous species: A driving factor for plant performance in response to global change"
- Solveig Franziska Bucher, Renata Schnablova, Tomas Herben, Christine Römermann
GFÖ Conference 2022, Poster, Metz (France)
"Is infloresence preformation in overwintering buds linked to changes in plant phenology and plant functional traits?"
- Robert Rauschkolb, Solveig Franziska Bucher, Christine Römermann
GFÖ Conference 2022, Talk, Metz (France) + PopBio 2023 (Annual Meeting of the GFÖ Special Group), Talk, Hohenheim (Germany)
"Spatio-temporal variability in herbaceous species’ phenology is explained by variability in temperature and phenological niche"
- Samira Babalou et al., TDWG Conference 2022 (Biodiversity information standards conference), Poster, Sofia (Bulgaria)
"iKNOW: A Platform for Knowledge Graph Construction for Biodiversity"
- Robert Rauschkolb, Sophie Horbach, Christine Römermann
PopBio 2022 (Annual Meeting of the GFÖ Special Group), Talk, Bolzano (Italy) + Phenology at the crossroads 2022, Talk, Avignon (France)
"Flowering and leaf phenology are more variable and stronger associated to traits in herbaceous compared to tree species"
- Till J. Deilmann, Josephine Ulrich, Christine Römermann
iDiv Annual Conference 2022, Talk, Online + Phenology at the crossroads 2022, Talk, Avignon (France)
"Habitat matters: Patterns in phenology and functional traits of herbaceous plant species from Botanical Gardens and natural habitats"
- Maria Sporbert et al.
GFÖ Conference 2021, Talk, Braunschweig (Deutschland)
“Functional traits are important predictors for phenology in herbaceous species in botanical gardens.”
- Maria Sporbert et al., PopBio 2021 (Annual Meeting of the GFÖ Special Group), Poster, Online
"The PhenObs initiative - Linking plant phenology to functional traits in herbaceous species in Botanical Gardens"
- Annalena Lenk, Tomáš Koubek, Jakubka D., Tomáš Herben, Christine Römerman
PopBio 2021 (Annual Meeting of the GFÖ Special Group), Talk, online
"Patterns in flowering and growth phenology in species from different habitats ‐ a case study comparing plant populations from Jena and Prague Botanical Gardens"
- Carolin Plos, Niklas Stelbrink, Christoph Rosche, Tiffany Knight, Isabell Hensen, Christine Römermann (2020)
Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Pollination (SCAPE), Poster, online
"The effect of temperature on nectar production and pollinator visitation rates in four herbaceous species"
Finished student projects
- Ibrahim Mammadov "Designing a Data Collection App for Phenology Research: A Contextual Inquiry" (Master thesis, 2023, supervision: Margarita Osipova, Eva Hornecker, Birgitta König-Ries)
- Juliane Nazari-Montazer "Phenological Patterns of Five Herbaceous Plant Species: A Comprehensive Analysis" (Bachelor thesis, 2023, supervision: Ingeborg Lang, University of Vienna)
- Luise Schidlo "Wie wichtig ist die Herkunft für die Phänologie krautiger Arten? – ein common-garden-Experiment an fünf Arten des PhenObs-Projektes" (Bachelor thesis, 2023, supervision: Robert Rauschkolb, Christine Römermann, Univ. of Jena)
- David Adesua “Is frost resistance linked to flowering phenology and plant distribution?” (Master thesis as part of the “FRESH project”, 2021, supervision: Franziska Bucher, Desiree Jakubka, Maria Sporbert, Univ. of Jena)
- Nahid Rasouli Paeenroudposhti “The advantage of a long or a short flowering period: Linking flowering phenology with seasonal variation in flower traits with pollinator diversity and density” (Master thesis, 2023, supervision: Christine Römermann, Anne Ebeling, Univ. of Jena, Susanne Dunker UFZ/iDiv)
- Claudia Messner "Effect of abiotic (micro-)site conditions on plant functional traits and phenology in plant species in the Botanical Gardens Jena and Trondheim" (Bachelor thesis, 2022, supervision: Christine Römermann, Robert Rauschkolb, Vibekke Vange)
- Sophie Horbach “Unterschiede im Zusammenhang zwischen Phänologie und funktionellen Merkmalen zwischen Kräutern und Bäumen” (Bachelor thesis, 2021, supervision: Christine Römermann & PhenObs team, Univ. of Jena)
- Marco Patrzek “Patterns in leaf phenology and plant functional traits in herbaceous species – applying the LHS and CSR concept in phenological research” (Bachelor thesis, 2021, supervision: Desiree Jakubka, Maria Sporbert, Franziska Bucher, Christine Römermann, Univ. of Jena)
- Annalena Lenk “Site-specific patterns in the seasonal variation in flowering and growth phenology” (Master thesis, 2021, supervision: Christine Römermann, Desiree Jakubka, Univ. of Jena; Tomáš Herben, Tomáš Koubek, Charles University Prague)
- Till Deilmann “Patterns in phenology from Botanical Gardens and natural habitats” (Master thesis, 2021, supervision: Christine Römermann, Josephine Ulrich, Univ. of Jena)
- Julian Selke “Investigating the relationships between phenology, traits, geographic range size and climatic niche size in 26 herbaceous plant species” (Bachelor thesis, 2021, supervision: Maria Sporbert, Erik Welk, Isabell Hensen, MLU Halle)
- Niklas Stelbrink “Variability of nectar production and pollinator activity in the course of a day and in response to abiotic factors” (Bachelor thesis, 2020, supervision: Carolin Plos, Isabell Hensen, MLU Halle)
- Luise Münsterberg “Vergleich der Phänologie im Bot. Garten und im Leipziger Auwald” (Bachelor thesis, 2020, supervision: Martin Freiberg, University Leipzig)
- Caroline Brandner "Phänologie von Pflanzen im Botanischen Garten: Überlegungen für ein Citizen Science Projekt“ (Bachelor thesis, 2019, supervision: Michael Kiehn, University of Vienna)
- Lara Escherich “Patterns in phenology and traits in plant populations from Botanical Gardens and their natural habitat” (Bachelor thesis, 2019, supervision: Christine Römermann, Josephine Ulrich, Univ. of Jena)
