Prof Christian Wirth
Committees and memberships
- Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein (GfÖ)
- Steering committee of the TRY initiative (DIVERSITAS, IGBP)
- German Botanical Society (DBG e.V.)
- DIVERSITAS Germany
Editorial boards
- Annals of Forest Research
- Oecologia
Academic positions
- since 2009 Professor at Leipzig University
- Head of department “Special Botany and Functional Biodiversity” and director of the Botanical Garden, Institute of Biology
- 2005–2009 Leader of junior research group “Organismic Biogeochemistry” at MPI-BGC
- 2000–2003 Postdoc at MPI-BGC, BMBF: Model analysis of carbon dynamics in Thuringian Forests
- 2003–2005 Princeton University, USA, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA and Sukachev Institut of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Education
- 1996 Diploma in Biology, University Bayreuth (with highest honours)
- 2000 PhD in Biology, University of Bayreuth under supervision of Prof. E.-D. Schulze (Plant Ecology; summa cum laude)
Research focus
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions, functional diversity of trees and forests, linking population ecology and biogeochemistry, disturbance ecology, dynamic of decay processes, research of natural forest, allometry and allocation, "diversification" of earth sytem models
Projects (Principal Investigator)
- FunDivEUROPE
- Kohlenstoffsequestrierung in Stadtbäumen (vTI)
- Diversitäts-Funktionsbeziehungen im Grünland - Jena Experiment (DFG)
- Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in subtropical forest in China - BEF China (DFG)
- Forest diversity and carbon dynamics - Biodiversitäty Exploratories (DFG)
- TRY - global data base for functional plant traits (IGBP / DIVERSITAS)
- FET (Functional Ecology of Trees) data base project (MPG)
iDiv publications
Mahecha, M. D., Bastos, A., Bohn, F. J., Eisenhauer, N., Feilhauer, H., Hickler, T., Kalesse-Los, H., Migliavacca, M., Otto, F. E. L., Peng, J., Sippel, S., Tegen, I., Weigelt, A., Wendisch, M., Wirth, C., Al-Halbouni, D., Deneke, H., Doktor, D., Dunker, S., Duveiller, G., Ehrlich, A., Foth, A., García-García, A., Guerra, C. A., Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Hartmann, H., Henning, S., Herrmann, H., Hu, P., Ji, C., Kattenborn, T., Kolleck, N., Kretschmer, M., Kühn, I., Luttkus, M. L., Maahn, M., Mönks, M., Mora, K., Pöhlker, M., Reichstein, M., Rüger, N., Sánchez-Parra, B., Schäfer, M., Stratmann, F., Tesche, M., Wehner, B., Wieneke, S., Winkler, A. J., Wolf, S., Zaehle, S., Zscheischler, J., Quaas, J.
(2024): Biodiversity and Climate Extremes: Known Interactions and Research Gaps. Earth's FutureLenk, Annalena, Richter, Ronny, Kretz, Lena, Wirth, Christian
(2024): Effects of canopy gaps on microclimate, soil biological activity and their relationship in a European mixed floodplain forest. Science of The Total EnvironmentSachsenmaier, 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 EcologySchnabel, F., Barry, K. E., Eckhardt, S., Guillemot, J., Geilmann, H., Kahl, A., Moossen, H., Bauhus, J., Wirth, C.
(2024): Neighbourhood species richness and drought-tolerance traits modulate tree growth and δ13C responses to drought. Plant BiologyLipoma, Lucrecia, Kambach, Stephan, Díaz, Sandra, Sabatini, Francesco María, Damasceno, Gabriella, Kattge, Jens, Wirth, Christian, Abella, Scott R., Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Belote, Travis R., Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Craven, Dylan, Dolezal, Jiri, Eisenhauer, Nico, Isbell, Forest, Jentsch, Anke, Kreyling, Jürgen, Lanta, Vojtech, Le Stradic, Soizig, Lepš, Jan, Manninen, Outi, Mariotte, Pierre, Reich, Peter B., Ruppert, Jan C., Schmidt, Wolfgang, Tilman, David, van Ruijven, Jasper, Wagg, Cameron, Wardle, David A., Wilsey, Brien, Bruelheide, Helge
(2024): No general support for functional diversity enhancing resilience across terrestrial plant communities. Global Ecology and BiogeographyRauschkolb, Robert, Bucher, Solveig Franziska, Hensen, Isabell, Ahrends, Antje, Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo, Heubach, Katja, Jakubka, Desiree, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, König, Andreas, Koubek, Tomáš, Kehl, Alexandra, Khuroo, Anzar A., Lindstädter, Anja, Shafee, Faizan, Mašková, Tereza, Platonova, Elena, Panico, Patrizia, Plos, Carolin, Primack, Richard, Rosche, Christoph, Shah, Manzoor A., Sporbert, Maria, Stevens, Albert-Dieter, Tarquini, Flavio, Tielbörger, Katja, Träger, Sabrina, Vange, Vibekke, Weigelt, Patrick, Bonn, Aletta, Freiberg, Martin, Knickmann, Barbara, Nordt, Birgit, Wirth, Christian, Römermann, Christine
(2024): Spatial variability in herbaceous plant phenology is mostly explained by variability in temperature but also by photoperiod and functional traits. International Journal of BiometeorologyAndraczek, Karl, Dee, Laura E., Weigelt, Alexandra, Hinderling, Judith, Prati, Daniel, Le Provost, Gaëtane, Manning, Peter, Wirth, Christian, van der Plas, Fons
(2024): Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands. Journal of EcologyPacheco-Labrador, Javier, de Bello, Francesco, Migliavacca, Mirco, Ma, Xuanlong, Carvalhais, Nuno, Wirth, Christian
(2023): A generalizable normalization for assessing plant functional diversity metrics across scales from remote sensing. Methods in Ecology and EvolutionSchuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Staab, M.
(2023): Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change BiologySanaei, Anvar, Herrmann, Hartmut, Alshaabi, Loreen, Beck, Jan, Ferlian, Olga, Fomba, Khanneh Wadinga, Haferkorn, Sylvia, van Pinxteren, Manuela, Quaas, Johannes, Quosh, Julius, Rabe, René, Wirth, Christian, Eisenhauer, Nico, Weigelt, Alexandra
(2023): Changes in biodiversity impact atmospheric chemistry and climate through plant volatiles and particles. Communications Earth & EnvironmentBonato Asato, A. E., Wirth, C., Eisenhauer, N., Hines, J.
(2023): On the phenology of soil organisms: Current knowledge and future steps. Ecology and EvolutionMunschek, Marius, Witt, Reinhard, Kaltofen, Katrin, Segar, Josiane, Wirth, Christian, Weigelt, Alexandra, Engelmann, Rolf A., Staude, Ingmar R.
(2023): Putting conservation gardening into practice. Scientific ReportsSchellenberger Costa, David, Boehnisch, Gerhard, Freiberg, Martin, Govaerts, Rafaël, Grenié, Matthias, Hassler, Michael, Kattge, Jens, Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., Rojas Andrés, Blanca M., Winter, Marten, Watson, Mark, Zizka, Alexander, Wirth, Christian
(2023): The big four of plant taxonomy – a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names. New PhytologistKattenborn, T., Richter, R., Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Feilhauer, H., Wirth, C.
(2022): AngleCam: Predicting the temporal variation of leaf angle distributions from image series with deep learning. Methods in Ecology and EvolutionMahecha, M. D., Bastos, A., Bohn, F. J., Eisenhauer, N., Feilhauer, H., Hartmann, H., Hickler, T., Kalesse-Los, H., Migliavacca, M., Otto, F. E. L., Peng, J., Quaas, J., Tegen, I., Weigelt, A., Wendisch, M., Wirth, C.
(2022): Biodiversity loss and climate extremes - study the feedbacks. NaturePacheco-Labrador, J., Migliavacca, M., Ma, X., Mahecha, M. D., Carvalhais, N., Weber, U., Benavides, R., Bouriaud, O., Barnoaiea, I., Coomes, D. A., Bohn, F. J., Kraemer, G., Heiden, U., Huth, A., Wirth, C.
(2022): Challenging the link between functional and spectral diversity with radiative transfer modeling and data. Remote Sensing of EnvironmentWolf, S., Mahecha, M. D., Sabatini, F. M., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Kattge, J., Moreno Martínez, Á., Mora, K., Kattenborn, T.
(2022): Citizen science plant observations encode global trait patterns. Nature Ecology & EvolutionGuimarães-Steinicke, C., Weigelt, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N. and Wirth, C.
(2022): Diversity Effects on Canopy Structure Change throughout a Growing Season in Experimental Grassland Communities. Remote SensingSchulz-Zunkel, C., Seele-Dilbat, C., Anlanger, C., Baborowski, M., Bondar-Kunze, E., Brauns, M., Gapinski, C. M., Gründling, R., Haaren, C. v., Hein, T., Henle, K., Junge, F. W., Kasperidus, H. D., Koll, K., Kretz, L., Rast, G., Schnauder, I., Scholz, M., Schrenner, H., Sendek, A., Sprössig, C., Tavares, C. N., Vieweg, M., von Tümpling, W., Weitere, M., Wirth, C., Wunsch, T. and Dziock, F.
(2022): Effective restoration measures in river-floodplain ecosystems: Lessons learned from the ‘Wilde Mulde’ project. International Review of HydrobiologySporbert, 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. New PhytologistHaack, N., Borges, P. A. V., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Schlegel, M., Wirth, C., Bernhard, D., Brunk, I., Henle, K. and Pereira, H. M.
(2022): Response of Common and Rare Beetle Species to Tree Species and Vertical Stratification in a Floodplain Forest. InsectsJucker, T., Fischer, F. J., Chave, J., Coomes, D. A., Caspersen, J., Ali, A., Loubota Panzou, G. J., Feldpausch, T. R., Falster, D., Usoltsev, V. A., Adu-Bredu, S., Alves, L. F., Aminpour, M., Angoboy, I. B., Anten, N. P. R., Antin, C., Askari, Y., Muñoz, R., Ayyappan, N., Balvanera, P., Banin, L., Barbier, N., Battles, J. J., Beeckman, H., Bocko, Y. E., Bond-Lamberty, B., Bongers, F., Bowers, S., Brade, T., van Breugel, M., Chantrain, A., Chaudhary, R., Dai, J., Dalponte, M., Dimobe, K., Domec, J.-C., Doucet, J.-L., Duursma, R. A., Enríquez, M., van Ewijk, K. Y., Farfán-Rios, W., Fayolle, A., Forni, E., Forrester, D. I., Gilani, H., Godlee, J. L., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Haeni, M., Hall, J. S., He, J.-K., Hemp, A., Hernández-Stefanoni, J. L., Higgins, S. I., Holdaway, R. J., Hussain, K., Hutley, L. B., Ichie, T., Iida, Y., Jiang, H.-s., Joshi, P. R., Kaboli, H., Larsary, M. K., Kenzo, T., Kloeppel, B. D., Kohyama, T., Kunwar, S., Kuyah, S., Kvasnica, J., Lin, S., Lines, E. R., Liu, H., Lorimer, C., Loumeto, J.-J., Malhi, Y., Marshall, P. L., Mattsson, E., Matula, R., Meave, J. A., Mensah, S., Mi, X., Momo, S., Moncrieff, G. R., Mora, F., Nissanka, S. P., O'Hara, K. L., Pearce, S., Pelissier, R., Peri, P. L., Ploton, P., Poorter, L., Pour, M. J., Pourbabaei, H., Dupuy-Rada, J. M., Ribeiro, S. C., Ryan, C., Sanaei, A., Sanger, J., Schlund, M., Sellan, G., Shenkin, A., Sonké, B., Sterck, F. J., Svátek, M., Takagi, K., Trugman, A. T., Ullah, F., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Valipour, A., Vanderwel, M. C., Vovides, A. G., Wang, W., Wang, L.-Q., Wirth, C., Woods, M., Xiang, W., Ximenes, F. d. A., Xu, Y., Yamada, T.Zavala, M. A.
(2022): Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change BiologyDíaz, S., Kattge, J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Wright, I. J., Lavorel, S., Dray, S., Reu, B., Kleyer, M., Wirth, C., Prentice, I. C., Garnier, E., Bönisch, G., Westoby, M., Poorter, H., Reich, P. B., Moles, A. T., Dickie, J., Zanne, A. E., Chave, J., Wright, S. J., Sheremetiev, S. N., Jactel, H., Baraloto, C., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Pierce, S., Shipley, B., Casanoves, F., Joswig, J. S., Günther, A., Falczuk, V., Rüger, N., Mahecha, M. D., Gorné, L. D., Amiaud, B., Atkin, O. K., Bahn, M., Baldocchi, D., Beckmann, M., Blonder, B., Bond, W., Bond-Lamberty, B., Brown, K., Burrascano, S., Byun, C., Campetella, G., Cavender-Bares, J., Chapin, F. S., Choat, B., Coomes, D. A., Cornwell, W. K., Craine, J., Craven, D., Dainese, M., de Araujo, A. C., de Vries, F. T., Domingues, T. F., Enquist, B. J., Fagúndez, J., Fang, J., Fernández-Méndez, F., Fernandez-Piedade, M. T., Ford, H., Forey, E., Freschet, G. T., Gachet, S., Gallagher, R., Green, W., Guerin, G. R., Gutiérrez, A. G., Harrison, S. P., Hattingh, W. N., He, T., Hickler, T., Higgins, S. I., Higuchi, P., Ilic, J., Jackson, R. B., Jalili, A., Jansen, S., Koike, F., König, C., Kraft, N., Kramer, K., Kreft, H., Kühn, I., Kurokawa, H., Lamb, E. G., Laughlin, D. C., Leishman, M., Lewis, S., Louault, F., Malhado, A. C. M., Manning, P., Meir, P., Mencuccini, M., Messier, J., Miller, R., Minden, V., Molofsky, J., Montgomery, R., Montserrat-Martí, G., Moretti, M., Müller, S., Niinemets, Ü., Ogaya, R., Öllerer, K., Onipchenko, V., Onoda, Y., Ozinga, W. A., Pausas, J. G., Peco, B., Penuelas, J., Pillar, V. D., Pladevall, C., Römermann, C., Sack, L., Salinas, N., Sandel, B., Sardans, J., Schamp, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Schweingruber, F., Shiodera, S., Sosinski, Ê., Soudzilovskaia, N., Spasojevic, M. J., Swaine, E., Swenson, N., Tautenhahn, S., Thompson, K., Totte, A., Urrutia-Jalabert, R., Valladares, F., van Bodegom, P., Vasseur, F., Verheyen, K., Vile, D., Violle, C., von Holle, B., Weigelt, P., Weiher, E., Wiemann, M. C., Williams, M., Wright, J., Zotz, G.
(2022): The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset. Scientific DataRichter, R., Ballasus, H., Engelmann, R. A., Zielhofer, C., Sanaei, A., Wirth, C.
(2022): Tree species matter for forest microclimate regulation during the drought year 2018: disentangling environmental drivers and biotic drivers. Scientific ReportsSeele-Dilbat, C., Kretz, L. and Wirth, C.
(2022): Vegetation of natural and stabilized riverbanks and early effects of removal of bank fixation. International Review of HydrobiologyVolf, M., Volfová, T., Seifert, C. L., Ludwig, A., Engelmann, R. A., Jorge, L. R., Richter, R., Schedl, A., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C. and van Dam, N. M.
(2021): A mosaic of induced and non-induced branches promotes variation in leaf traits, predation and insect herbivore assemblages in canopy trees. Ecology LettersA. Perino, H. M. Pereira, M. Felipe-Lucia, H. Kim, H. S. Kühl, M. R. Marselle, J. N. Meya, C. Meyer, L. M. Navarro, R. van Klink, G. Albert, C. D. Barratt, H. Bruelheide, Y. Cao, A. Chamoin, M. Darbi, M. Dornelas, N. Eisenhauer, F. Essl, N. Farwig, J. Förster, J. Freyhof, J. Geschke, F. Gottschall, C. Guerra, P. Haase, T. Hickler, U. Jacob, T. Kastner, L. Korell, I. Kühn, G. U. C. Lehmann, B. Lenzner, A. Marques, E. Motivans Švara, L. C. Quintero, A. Pacheco, A. Popp, J. Rouet-Leduc, F. Schnabel, J. Siebert, I. R. Staude, S. Trogisch, V. Švara, J.-C. Svenning, G. Pe'er, K. Raab, D. Rakosy, M. Vandewalle, A. S. Werner, C. Wirth, H. Xu, D. Yu, Y. Zinngrebe and A. Bonn
(2021): Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation LettersJoswig, J. S., Wirth, C., Schuman, M. C., Kattge, J., Reu, B., Wright, I. J., Sippel, S. D., Rüger, N., Richter, R., Schaepman, M. E., van Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Díaz, S., Hattingh, W. N., Kramer, K., Lens, F., Niinemets, Ü., Reich, P. B., Reichstein, M., Römermann, C., Schrodt, F., Anand, M., Bahn, M., Byun, C., Campetella, G., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Craine, J. M., Gonzalez-Melo, A., Gutiérrez, A. G., He, T., Higuchi, P., Jactel, H., Kraft, N. J. B., Minden, V., Onipchenko, V., Peñuelas, J., Pillar, V. D., Sosinski, Ê., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Weiher, E. and Mahecha, M. D.
(2021): Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation. Nature Ecology & EvolutionSchnabel, F., Purrucker, S., Schmitt, L., Engelmann, R. A., Kahl, A., Richter, R., Seele-Dilbat, C., Skiadaresis, G., Wirth, C.
(2021): Cumulative growth and stress responses to the 2018–2019 drought in a European floodplain forest. Global Change Biology
Schnabel, F., Liu, X., Kunz, M., Barry, K. E., Bongers, F. J., Bruelheide, H., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Li, S., Pfaff, C.-T., Schmid, B., Schwarz, J. A., Tang, Z., Yang, B., Bauhus, J., Oheimb, G. v., Ma, K. and Wirth, C.
(2021): Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. Science AdvancesSchmidt, A., Hines, J., Türke, M., Buscot, F., Schädler, M., Weigelt, A., Gebler, A., Klotz, S., Liu, T., Reth, S., Trogisch, S., Roy, J., Wirth, C. and Eisenhauer, N.
(2021): The iDiv Ecotron—A flexible research platform for multitrophic biodiversity research. Ecology and EvolutionTrogisch, S., Liu, X., Rutten, G., Xue, K., Bauhus, J., Brose, U., Bu, W., Cesarz, S., Chesters, D., Connolly, J., Cui, X., Eisenhauer, N., Guo, L., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Liu, L., Ma, Z., Neumann, S., Sang, W., Schuldt, A., Tang, Z., van Dam, N. M., von Oheimb, G., Wang, M.-Q., Wang, S., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xu, X., Yang, B., Zhang, N., Zhu, C.-D., Ma, K., Wang, Y. and Bruelheide, H.
(2021): The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic and Applied EcologySendek, A., Kretz, L., van der Plas, F., Seele-Dilbat, C., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Vieweg, M., Bondar-Kunze, E., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C.
(2021): Topographical factors related to flooding frequency promote ecosystem multifunctionality of riparian floodplains. Ecological IndicatorsKretz, L., Bondar-Kunze, E., Hein, T., Richter, R., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Seele-Dilbat, C., van der Plas, F., Vieweg, M., Wirth, C.
(2021): Vegetation characteristics control local sediment and nutrient retention on but not underneath vegetation in floodplain meadows. PLOS ONEC. Guimarães-Steinicke, A. Weigelt, R. Proulx, T. Lanners, N. Eisenhauer, J. Duque-Lazo, B. Reu, C. Roscher, C. Wagg, N. Buchmann, C. Wirth
(2021): Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities. Journal of EcologyC. Wirth, R. A. Engelmann, N. Haack, H. Hartmann, R. Richter, F. Schnabel, M. Scholz, C. Seele-Dilbat
(2021): Naturschutz und Klimawandel im Leipziger Auwald: Ein Biodiversitätshotspot an der Belastungsgrenze. Biologie in unserer ZeitG. Kunstler, A. Guyennon, S. Ratcliffe, N. Rüger, P. Ruiz-Benito, D. Z. Childs, J. Dahlgren, A. Lehtonen, W. Thuiller, C. Wirth, M. A. Zavala, R. Salguero-Gomez
(2021): Demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold climatic edges. Journal of EcologyHaack, N., A. Grimm-Seyfarth, M. Schlegel, C. Wirth, D. Bernhard, I. Brunk, K. Henle
(2021): Patterns of richness across forest beetle communities—A methodological comparison of observed and estimated species numbers. Ecology and EvolutionL. Kretz, K. Koll, C. Seele-Dilbat, F. van der Plas, A. Weigelt, C. Wirth
(2021): Effects of plant species identity override diversity effects in explaining sedimentation within vegetation in a flume experiment. International Review of HydrobiologyL. Kretz, K. Koll, C. Seele-Dilbat, F. van der Plas, A. Weigelt, C. Wirth
(2021): Plant structural diversity alters sediment retention on and underneath herbaceous vegetation in a flume experiment. PLOS ONEM. Freiberg, M. Winter, A. Gentile, A. Zizka, A. N. Muellner-Riehl, A. Weigelt, C. Wirth
(2021): A New and Improved Online Catalogue of all Extant Vascular Plant Names Available. TAXONM. S. Crawford, K. E. Barry, A. T. Clark, C. E. Farrior, J. Hines, E. Ladouceur, J. W. Lichstein, I. Maréchaux, F. May, A. S. Mori, B. Reineking, L. A. Turnbull, C. Wirth, N. Rüger
(2021): The function-dominance correlation drives the direction and strength of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships. Ecology LettersNordt, B., I. Hensen, S. F. Bucher, M. Freiberg, R. B. Primack, A.-D. Stevens, A. Bonn, C. Wirth, D. Jakubka, C. Plos, M. Sporbert, C. Römermann
(2021): The PhenObs initiative: A standardised protocol for monitoring phenological responses to climate change using herbaceous plant species in botanical gardens. Functional EcologyRichter, R., C. Hutengs, C. Wirth, L. Bannehr, M. Vohland
(2021): Detecting Tree Species Effects on Forest Canopy Temperatures with Thermal Remote Sensing: The Role of Spatial Resolution. Remote SensingFreiberg, M., M. Winter, A. Gentile, A. Zizka, A. N. Muellner-Riehl, A. Weigelt, C. Wirth
(2020): LCVP, The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants, a new taxonomic reference list for all known vascular plants. Scientific DataKattge, J., ..., Bruelheide, H., ..., De Frutos, A.,..., Durka, W., ..., Erfmeier, A., ..., Jandt, U., ..., Klotz, S., ..., Kühn, I.,..., Römermann, C., ..., Roscher, C., ..., Rüger, N.,..., Wirth, C., Nutrient, N.
(2020): TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change BiologyKretz, L., Seele, C., van der Plas, F., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C.
(2020): Leaf area and pubescence drive sedimentation on leaf surfaces during flooding. OecologiaKühl, H. S., D. E. Bowler, L. Bösch, H. Bruelheide, J. Dauber, D. Eichenberg, N. Eisenhauer, N. Fernández, C. A. Guerra, K. Henle, I. Herbinger, N. J. B. Isaac, F. Jansen, B. König-Ries, I. Kühn, E. B. Nilsen, G. Pe'er,A. Richter, R. Schulte, J. Settele, N. M. van Dam,M. Voigt, W. J. Wägele, C. Wirth,A. Bonn
(2020): Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration. One EarthKunstler, G., A. Guyennon, S. Ratcliffe, N. Rüger, P. Ruiz-Benito, D. Z. Childs, J. Dahlgren, A. Lehtonen, W. Thuiller, C. Wirth, M. A. Zavala, R. Salguero-Gomez
(2020): Demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold climatic edges. Journal of EcologyMa, X. L., Migliavacca, M., Wirth, C., Bohn, F. J., Huth, A., Richter, R., Mahecha, M. D.
(2020): Monitoring Plant Functional Diversity Using the Reflectance and Echo from Space. Remote SensingRüger, N., Condit, R., Dent, D. H., DeWalt, S. J., Hubbell, S. P., Lichstein, J. W., Lopez, O. R., Wirth, C., Farrior, C. E.
(2020): Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics. ScienceVolf, M., A. Weinhold, C. L. Seifert, T. Holicová, H. Uthe, E. Alander, R. Richter, J.-P. Salminen, C. Wirth, N. M. van Dam
(2020): Branch-Localized Induction Promotes Efficacy of Volatile Defences and Herbivore Predation in Trees. Journal of Chemical EcologyVolf, M., Wirth, C., van Dam, N. M.
(2020): Localized defense induction in trees: a mosaic of leaf traits promoting variation in plant traits, predation, and communities of canopy arthropods?. American Journal of BotanyWeise, H., Auge, H., Baessler, C., Bärlund, I., Bennett, E. M., Berger, U., Bohn, F., Bonn, A., ..., Wirth, C., Wolf, C., Grimm, V.
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(2019): Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings. Journal of EcologyKupers, S. J., Wirth, C., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Hernández, A., Condit, R., Wright, S. J., Rüger, N.
(2019): Performance of tropical forest seedlings under shade and drought: an interspecific trade-off in demographic responses. Scientific ReportsKupers, S. J., Wirth, C., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Rüger, N.
(2019): Dry season soil water potential maps of a 50 hectare tropical forest plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Scientific DataPurahong, W., K. A. Pietsch, H. Bruelheide, C. Wirth, F. Buscot, T. Wubet
(2019): Potential links between wood‐inhabiting and soil fungal communities: Evidence from high‐throughput sequencing. MicrobiologyOpenSchuldt, A., Ebeling, A., Kunz, M., Staab, M., Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Bachmann, D., Buchmann, N., Durka, W., Fichtner, A., Fornoff, F., Härdtle, W., Hertzog, L. R., Klein, A.-M., Roscher, C., Schaller, J., von Oheimb, G., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N.
(2019): Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems. Nature CommunicationsBruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Purschke, O., Lenoir, J., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Hennekens, S. M., Botta-Dukat, Z., Chytry, M., Field, R., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Pillar, V. D., Schrodt, F., Mahecha, M. D., Peet, R. K., Sandel, B., van Bodegom, P., Altman, J., Alvarez-Davila, E., Khan, M., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Baraloto, C., Barroso, J. G., Bauters, M., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A. D., Blonder, B., Carni, A., Cayuela, L., Cerny, T., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Craven, D., Dainese, M., Derroire, G., De Sanctis, M., Diaz, S., Dolezal, J., Farfan-Rios, W., Feldpausch, T. R., Fenton, N. J., Garnier, E., Guerin, G. R., Gutierrez, A. G., Haider, S., Hattab, T., Henry, G., Herault, B., Higuchi, P., Holzel, N., Homeier, J., Jentsch, A., Jurgens, N., Kacki, Z., Karger, D. N., Kessler, M., Kleyer, M., Knollova, I., Korolyuk, A. Y., Kühn, I., Laughlin, D. C., Lens, F., Loos, J., Louault, F., Lyubenova, M. I., Malhi, Y., Marceno, C., Mencuccini, M., Muller, J. V., Munzinger, J., Myers-Smith, I. H., Neill, D. A., Niinemets, U., Orwin, K. H., Ozinga, W. A., Penuelas, J., Perez-Haase, A., Petrik, P., Phillips, O. L., Partel, M., Reich, P. B., Römermann, C., Rodrigues, A. V., Sabatini, F. M., Sardans, J., Schmidt, M., Seidler, G., Espejo, J. E. S., Silveira, M., Smyth, A., Sporbert, M., Svenning, J. C., Tang, Z. Y., Thomas, R., Tsiripidis, I., Vassilev, K., Violle, C., Virtanen, R., Weiher, E., Welk, E., Wesche, K., Winter, M., Wirth, C., Jandt, U.
(2018): Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & EvolutionHuang, Y., Chen, Y., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Baruffol, M., Brezzi, M., Lang, A. N., Li, Y., Hardtle, W., Oheimb, G., Yang, X., Liu, X., Pei, K., Both, S., Yang, B., Eichenberg, D., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Behrens, T., Buscot, F., Chen, X. Y., Chesters, D., Ding, B. Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fang, J., Fischer, M., Guo, L. D., Guo, D., Gutknecht, J. L. M., He, J. S., He, C. L., Hector, A., Hoenig, L., Hu, R. Y., Klein, A. M., Kuehn, P., Liang, Y., Li, S., Michalski, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Shi, X., Tan, M. Z., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wang, Z., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xiang, W., Yu, M., Yu, X. D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, N., Zhou, H. Z., Zhu, C. D., Zhu, L., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Schmid, B.
(2018): Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. ScienceLedo, A., Paul, K. I., Burslem, D., Ewel, J. J., Barton, C., Battaglia, M., Brooksbank, K., Carter, J., Eid, T. H., England, J. R., Fitzgerald, A., Jonson, J., Mencuccini, M., Montagu, K. D., Montero, G., Mugasha, W. A., Pinkard, E., Roxburgh, S., Ryan, C. M., Ruiz-Peinado, R., Sochacki, S., Specht, A., Wildy, D., Wirth, C., Zerihun, A., Chave, J.
(2018): Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally. New PhytologistMagnabosco Marra, D., Trumbore, S. E., Higuchi, N., Ribeiro, G. H. P. M., Negrón-Juárez, R. I., Holzwarth, F., Rifai, S. W., dos Santos, J., Lima, A. J. N., Kinupp, V. F., Chambers, J. Q., Wirth, C.
(2018): Windthrows control biomass patterns and functional composition of Amazon forests. Global Change BiologyMarra, D. M., Trumbore, S. E., Higuchi, N., Ribeiro, G., Negron-Juarez, R. I., Holzwarth, F., Rifai, S. W., dos Santos, J., Lima, A. J. N., Kinupp, V. F., Chambers, J. Q., Wirth, C.
(2018): Windthrows control biomass patterns and functional composition of Amazon forests. Global Change BiologyPietsch, K. A., Eichenberg, D., Nadrowski, K., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Purahong, W., Wipfler, B., Wubet, T., Yu, M., Wirth, C.
(2018): Wood decomposition is more strongly controlled by temperature than by tree species and decomposer diversity in highly species rich subtropical forests. OikosRüger, N., Comita, L. S., Condit, R., Purves, D., Rosenbaum, B., Visser, M. D., Joseph, W. S., Wirth, C.
(2018): Beyond the fast–slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community. Ecology LettersSchuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Pietsch, K. A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C.-D., Bruelheide, H.
(2018): Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communicationsvan der Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dahlgren, J., Checko, E., Coppi, A., Dawud, S. M., Deconchat, M., De Smedt, P., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Jucker, T., Kambach, S., Kaendler, G., Kattge, J., Koricheva, J., Kunstler, G., Lehtonen, A., Liebergesell, M., et al.
(2018): Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology LettersChen, H., Oram, N. J., Barry, K. E., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, C., Gleixner, G., Gessler, A., González Macé, O., Hacker, N., Hildebrandt, A., Lange, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Oelmann, Y., Wagg, C., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Weigelt, A.
(2017): Root chemistry and soil fauna, but not soil abiotic conditions explain the effects of plant diversity on root decomposition. OecologiaFerlian, O., Wirth, C., Eisenhauer, N.
(2017): Leaf and root C-to-N ratios are poor predictors of soil microbial biomass C and respiration across 32 tree species. PedobiologiaMadrigal-González, J., Ruiz-Benito, P., Ratcliffe, S., Rigling, A., Wirth, C., Zimmermann, N. E., Zweifel, R., Zavala, M. A.
(2017): Competition Drives Oak Species Distribution and Functioning in Europe: Implications Under Global Change. In: E. Gil-Pelegrín, J. J. Peguero-Pina, D. Sancho-Knapik (Eds.) Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L. Springer International PublishingOhse, B., Seele, C., Holzwarth, F., Wirth, C.
(2017): Different facets of tree sapling diversity influence browsing intensity by deer dependent on spatial scale. Ecology and EvolutionPurahong, W., Pietsch, K. A., Lentendu, G., Schöps, R., Bruelheide, H., Wirth, C., Buscot, F., Wubet, T.
(2017): Characterization of Unexplored Deadwood Mycobiome in Highly Diverse Subtropical Forests Using Culture-independent Molecular Technique. Frontiers in MicrobiologyRatcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Chećko, E., Dawud, S. M., Wandeler, H. D., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Kambach, S., Kolb, S., Koricheva, J., Liebersgesell, M., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Pollastrini, M., Purschke, O., et al.
(2017): Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology LettersRuiz-Benito, P., Ratcliffe, S., Jump, A. S., Gómez-Aparicio, L., Madrigal-González, J., Wirth, C., Kändler, G., Lehtonen, A., Dahlgren, J., Kattge, J., Zavala, M. A.
(2017): Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests. Global Ecology and BiogeographyRuiz-Benito, P., Ratcliffe, S., Zavala, M. A., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Vila-Cabrera, A., Lloret, F., Madrigal-Gonzalez, J., Wirth, C., Greenwood, S., Kandler, G., Lehtonen, A., Kattge, J., Dahlgren, J., Jump, A. S.
(2017): Climate- and successional-related changes in functional composition of European forests are strongly driven by tree mortality. Global Change BiologyScholten, T., Goebes, P., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Shi, X., Song, Z., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Schmidt, K.
(2017): On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China. Journal of Plant EcologySchuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Assmann, T., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Wubet, T.
(2017): Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest. Scientific ReportsWeisser, W. W., Roscher, C., Meyer, S., Ebeling, A., Luo, G., Allan, E., Beßler, H., Barnard, R., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Engels, C., Fischer, C., Fischer, M., Gessler, A., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Hillebrand, H., de Kroon, H., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Le Roux, X., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P., Oelmann, Y., Proulx, R., Roy, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Wachendorf, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B., Eisenhauer, N.
(2017): Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: patterns, mechanisms, and open questions. Basic and Applied EcologyBaber, K., Otto, P., Kahl, T., Gossner, M. M., Wirth, C., Gminder, A., Bässler, C.
(2016): Disentangling the effects of forest-stand type and dead-wood origin of the early successional stage on the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi. Forest Ecology and ManagementChen, H., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Fischer, C., Gessler, A., Hildebrandt, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Wirth, C., Weigelt, A.
(2016): Plant species richness negatively affects root decomposition in grasslands. Journal of EcologyDíaz, S., Kattge, J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Wright, I. J., Lavorel, S., Dray, S., Reu, B., Kleyer, M., Wirth, C., Colin Prentice, I., Garnier, E., Bönisch, G., Westoby, M., Poorter, H., Reich, P. B., Moles, A. T., Dickie, J., Gillison, A. N., Zanne, A. E., Chave, J., Joseph Wright, S., Sheremet’ev, S. N., Jactel, H., Baraloto, C., Cerabolini, B., Pierce, S., Shipley, B., Kirkup, D., Casanoves, F., Joswig, J. S., Günther, A., Falczuk, V., Rüger, N., Mahecha, M. D., Gorné, L. D.
(2016): The global spectrum of plant form and function. NatureJucker, T., Caspersen, J., Chave, J., Antin, C., Barbier, N., Bongers, F., Dalponte, M., van Ewijk, K. Y., Forrester, D. I., Haeni, M., Higgins, S. I., Holdaway, R. J., Iida, Y., Lorimer, C., Marshall, P. L., Momo, S., Moncrieff, G. R., Ploton, P., Poorter, L., Rahman, K. A., Schlund, M., Sonké, B., Sterck, F. J., Trugman, A. T., Usoltsev, V. A., Vanderwel, M. C., Waldner, P., Wedeux, B. M. M., Wirth, C., et al.
(2016): Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes. Global Change BiologyKunstler, G., Falster, D., Coomes, D. A., Hui, F., Kooyman, R. M., Laughlin, D. C., Poorter, L., Vanderwel, M., Vieilledent, G., Wright, S. J., Aiba, M., Baraloto, C., Caspersen, J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hanewinkel, M., Herault, B., Kattge, J., Kurokawa, H., Onoda, Y., Peñuelas, J., Poorter, H., Uriarte, M., Richardson, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Sun, I. F., Ståhl, G., Swenson, N. G., Thompson, J., Westerlund, B., Wirth, C., et al.
(2016): Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition. NatureLeimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Milcu, A., Roscher, C., Scheu, S., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W.
(2016): Mechanisms behind plant diversity effects on inorganic and organic N leaching from temperate grassland. BiogeochemistryLiebergesell, M., Reu, B., Stahl, U., Freiberg, M., Welk, E., Kattge, J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Penuelas, J., Wirth, C.
(2016): Functional Resilience against Climate-Driven Extinctions - Comparing the Functional Diversity of European and North American Tree Floras. Plos OneMadrigal-González, J., Ruiz-Benito, P., Ratcliffe, S., Calatayud, J., Kändler, G., Lehtonen, A., Dahlgren, J., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A.
(2016): Complementarity effects on tree growth are contingent on tree size and climatic conditions across Europe. Scientific ReportsMarra, D. M., Higuchi, N., Trumbore, S. E., Ribeiro, G. H. P. M., dos Santos, J., Carneiro, V. M. C., Lima, A. J. N., Chambers, J. Q., Negron-Juarez, R. I., Holzwarth, F., Reu, B., Wirth, C.
(2016): Predicting biomass of hyperdiverse and structurally complex central Amazonian forests - a virtual approach using extensive field data. BiogeosciencesMusavi, T., Migliavacca, M., van de Weg, M. J., Kattge, J., Wohlfahrt, G., van Bodegom, P. M., Reichstein, M., Bahn, M., ..., Wirth, C., Mahecha, M. D.
(2016): Potential and limitations of inferring ecosystem photosynthetic capacity from leaf functional traits. Ecology and EvolutionRatcliffe, S., Liebergesell, M., Ruiz-Benito, P., Gonzalez, J. M., Castaneda, J. M. M., Kandler, G., Lehtonen, A., Dahlgren, J., Kattge, J., Penuelas, J., Zavala, M. A., Wirth, C.
(2016): Modes of functional biodiversity control on tree productivity across the European continent. Global Ecology and BiogeographyRichter, R., Reu, B., Wirth, C., Doktor, D., Vohland, M.
(2016): The use of airborne hyperspectral data for tree species classification in a species-rich Central European forest area. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoinformationSchroeder-Georgi, T., Wirth, C., Nadrowski, K., Meyer, S. T., Mommer, L., Weigelt, A.
(2016): From pots to plots: hierarchical trait-based prediction of plant performance in a mesic grassland. Journal of EcologyTautenhahn, S., Lichstein, J. W., Jung, M., Kattge, J., Bohlman, S. A., Heilmeier, H., Prokushkin, A., Kahl, A., Wirth, C.
(2016): Dispersal limitation drives successional pathways in Central Siberian forests under current and intensified fire regimes. Global Change Biologyvan der Plas, F., Manning, P., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Hector, A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Berthold, F., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., et al.
(2016): Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests. Nature Communicationsvan der Plas, F., Manning, P., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., et al.
(2016): Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesBouriaud, O., Teodosiu, M., Kirdyanov, A. V., Wirth, C.
(2015): Influence of wood density in tree-ring based annual productivity assessments and its errors in Norway spruce. Biogeosciences Discussion PaperHolzwarth, F., Rüger, N., Wirth, C.
(2015): Taking a closer look: disentangling effects of functional diversity on ecosystem functions with a trait-based model across hierarchy and time. Royal Society Open ScienceKahl, T., Baber, K., Otto, P., Wirth, C., Bauhus, J.
(2015): Drivers of CO2 Emission Rates from Dead Wood Logs of 13 Tree Species in the Initial Decomposition Phase. ForestsKröber, W., Li, Y., Haerdtle, W., Ma, K., Schmid, B., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H.
(2015): Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment. Ecology and EvolutionLeimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W.
(2015): Time matters for plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from temperate grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & EnvironmentMusavi, T., Mahecha, M. D., Migliavacca, M., Reichstein, M., van de Weg, M. J., van Bodegom, P. M., Bahn, M., Wirth, C., Reich, P. B., Schrodt, F., Kattge, J.
(2015): The imprint of plants on ecosystem functioning: A data-driven approach. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoinformationRatcliffe, S., Holzwarth, F., Nadrowski, K., Levick, S., Wirth, C.
(2015): Tree neighbourhood matters - Tree species composition drives diversity-productivity patterns in a near-natural beech forest. Forest Ecology and ManagementSchrodt, F., Kattge, J., Shan, H., Fazayeli, F., Joswig, J., Banerjee, A., Reichstein, M., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Dickie, J., Gillison, A., Karpatne, A., Lavorel, S., Leadley, P., Wirth, C. B., et al.
(2015): BHPMF – a hierarchical Bayesian approach to gap-filling and trait prediction for macroecology and functional biogeography. Global Ecology and BiogeographySchuldt, A., Wubet, T., Buscot, F., Staab, M., Assmann, T., Bohnke-Kammerlander, M., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Pietsch, K., Schultze, S., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Zumstein, P., Bruelheide, H.
(2015): Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales. Nature CommunicationsWilhelm, C., Wirth, C.
(2015): Physiodiversity – New tools allow physiologist to embrace biodiversity and reconstruct the evolution of ‘physiologies’?. Journal of Plant PhysiologyBöhnke, M., Kröber, W., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, I.
(2014): Maintenance of constant functional diversity during secondary succession of a subtropical forest in China. Journal of Vegetation ScienceBruelheide, H., Nadrowski, K., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Gutknecht, J. L. M., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liang, Y., Liu, X., Michalski, S., Niklaus, P. A., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Seidler, G., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., et al.
(2014): Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China. Methods in Ecology and EvolutionKattge, J., Diaz, S., Wirth, C.
(2014): Of carrots and sticks. Nature GeoscienceMarra, D. M., Chambers, J. Q., Higuchi, N., Trumbore, S. E., Ribeiro, G., dos Santos, J., Negron-Juarez, R. I., Reu, B., Wirth, C.
(2014): Large-Scale Wind Disturbances Promote Tree Diversity in a Central Amazon Forest. PLoS ONENadrowski, K., Pietsch, K., Baruffol, M., Both, S., Gutknecht, J., Bruelheide, H., Heklau, H., Kahl, A., Kahl, T., Niklaus, P., Kröber, W., Liu, X., Mi, X., Michalski, S., von Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Schmid, B., Fang, T., Welk, E., Wirth, C.
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