Dr Nadja Rüger

Scientific Employee

Affiliations

Leipzig University

Postal address

Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Room: B.03.17

Contact details

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since 2020: Scientific Employee, Biodiversity Economics group, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig

2017 – 2020: Junior Research Group Leader, “Computational Forest Ecology”, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig

2013 – 2020: Research Fellow (DFG “Eigene Stelle”), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig
since 2012: Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama

2010 – 2012: Research Fellow (DFG “Eigene Stelle”), Department of Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity Research, Universität Leipzig

2008 – 2010: Scientific Employee, Department of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis, Technische Universität Dresden

2006 – 2008: PostDoc, Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Sciences – UFZ Leipzig

2006 PhD in Applied Systems Science, Universität Osnabrück

2002 Diploma in Applied Systems Science, Universität Osnabrück

 

Research focus

  • Forest ecology
  • Demographic rates and trade-offs in tropical tree species
  • Predictive forest modeling (PPA model)
  • Ecological-economic modeling of forest management

 

iDiv Publications

Publications 2024

Grady, John M., Read, Quentin D., Record, Sydne, Rüger, Nadja, Zarnetske, Phoebe L., Dell, Anthony I., Hubbell, Stephen P., Michaletz, Sean T., Enquist, Brian J. (2024): Life history scaling in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology

Publications 2023

Girard-Tercieux, Camille, Maréchaux, Isabelle, Clark, Adam T., Clark, James S., Courbaud, Benoît, Fortunel, Claire, Guillemot, Joannès, Künstler, Georges, le Maire, Guerric, Pélissier, Raphaël, Rüger, Nadja, Vieilledent, Ghislain (2023): Rethinking the nature of intraspecific variability and its consequences on species coexistence. Ecology and Evolution

Joswig, Julia S., Kattge, Jens, Kraemer, Guido, Mahecha, Miguel D., Rüger, Nadja, Schaepman, Michael E., Schrodt, Franziska, Schuman, Meredith C. (2023): Imputing missing data in plant traits: A guide to improve gap-filling. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Ohse, Bettina, Compagnoni, Aldo, Farrior, Caroline E., McMahon, Sean M., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Rüger, Nadja, Knight, Tiffany Marie (2023): Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Rüger, Nadja, Schorn, Markus E., Kambach, Stephan, Chazdon, Robin L., Farrior, Caroline E., Meave, Jorge A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, van Breugel, Michiel, Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Craven, Dylan, Hérault, Bruno, Jakovac, Catarina C., Norden, Natalia, Poorter, Lourens, van der Sande, Masha T., Wirth, Christian, Delgado, Diego, Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Dupuy, Juan M., Finegan, Bryan, Hall, Jefferson S., Hernández-Stefanoni, José L., Lopez, Omar R. (2023): Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Publications 2022

Díaz, Sandra, Kattge, Jens, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Wright, Ian J., Lavorel, Sandra, Dray, Stéphane, Reu, Björn, Kleyer, Michael, Wirth, Christian, Prentice, I. Colin, Garnier, Eric, Bönisch, Gerhard, Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Hendrik, Reich, Peter B., Moles, Angela T., Dickie, John, Zanne, Amy E., Chave, Jérôme, Wright, S. Joseph, Sheremetiev, Serge N., Jactel, Hervé, Baraloto, Christopher, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Pierce, Simon, Shipley, Bill, Casanoves, Fernando, Joswig, Julia S., Günther, Angela, Falczuk, Valeria, Rüger, Nadja, Mahecha, Miguel D., Gorné, Lucas D., Amiaud, Bernard, Atkin, Owen K., Bahn, Michael, Baldocchi, Dennis, Beckmann, Michael, Blonder, Benjamin, Bond, William, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Brown, Kerry, Burrascano, Sabina, Byun, Chaeho, Campetella, Giandiego, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Chapin, F. Stuart, Choat, Brendan, Coomes, David Anthony, Cornwell, William K., Craine, Joseph, Craven, Dylan, Dainese, Matteo, de Araujo, Alessandro Carioca, de Vries, Franciska T., Domingues, Tomas Ferreira, Enquist, Brian J., Fagúndez, Jaime, Fang, Jingyun, Fernández-Méndez, Fernando, Fernandez-Piedade, Maria T., Ford, Henry, Forey, Estelle, Freschet, Gregoire T., Gachet, Sophie, Gallagher, Rachael, Green, Walton, Guerin, Greg R., Gutiérrez, Alvaro G., Harrison, Sandy P., Hattingh, Wesley Neil, He, Tianhua, Hickler, Thomas, Higgins, Steven I., Higuchi, Pedro, Ilic, Jugo, Jackson, Robert B., Jalili, Adel, Jansen, Steven, Koike, Fumito, König, Christian, Kraft, Nathan, Kramer, Koen, Kreft, Holger, Kühn, Ingolf, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Lamb, Eric G., Laughlin, Daniel C., Leishman, Michelle, Lewis, Simon, Louault, Frédérique, Malhado, Ana C. M., Manning, Peter, Meir, Patrick, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Messier, Julie, Miller, Regis, Minden, Vanessa, Molofsky, Jane, Montgomery, Rebecca, Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel, Moretti, Marco, Müller, Sandra, Niinemets, Ülo, Ogaya, Romà, Öllerer, Kinga, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Onoda, Yusuke, Ozinga, Wim A., Pausas, Juli G., Peco, Begoña, Penuelas, Josep, Pillar, Valério D., Pladevall, Clara, Römermann, Christine, Sack, Lawren, Salinas, Norma, Sandel, Brody, Sardans, Jordi, Schamp, Brandon, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Schweingruber, Fritz, Shiodera, Satomi, Sosinski, Ênio, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda, Spasojevic, Marko J., Swaine, Emily, Swenson, Nathan, Tautenhahn, Susanne, Thompson, Ken, Totte, Alexia, Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocío, Valladares, Fernando, van Bodegom, Peter, Vasseur, François, Verheyen, Kris, Vile, Denis, Violle, Cyrille, von Holle, Betsy, Weigelt, Patrick, Weiher, Evan, Wiemann, Michael C., Williams, Mathew, Wright, Justin, Zotz, Gerhard (2022): The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset. Sci Data

Kambach, Stephan, Condit, Richard, Aguilar, Salomón, Bruelheide, Helge, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chen, Yu-Yun, Chuyong, George, Davies, Stuart J., Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fernando, Edwino S., Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kenfack, David, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, Lin, Yi-Ching, Makana, Jean-Remy, Mohamad, Mohizah Bt., Pongpattananurak, Nantachai, Pérez, Rolando, Rodriguez, Lillian Jennifer V., Sun, I-Fang, Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan, Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Valencia, Renato, Wirth, Christian, Wright, S. Joseph, Wu, Shu-Hui, Yamakura, Takuo, Yao, Tze Leong, Zimmerman, Jess, Rüger, Nadja (2022): Consistency of demographic trade-offs across 13 (sub)tropical forests. Journal of Ecology

Publications 2021

Compagnoni, Aldo, Levin, Sam, Childs, Dylan Z., Harpole, W. Stanley, Paniw, Maria, Römer, Gesa, Burns, Jean H., Che-Castaldo, Judy, Rüger, Nadja, Kunstler, Georges, Bennett, Joanne M., Archer, C. Ruth, Jones, Owen R., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Knight, Tiffany Marie (2021): Herbaceous perennial plants with short generation time have stronger responses to climate anomalies than those with longer generation time. Nature Communications

Crawford, Michael S., Barry, Kathryn E., Clark, Adam T., Farrior, Caroline E., Hines, Jes, Ladouceur, Emma, Lichstein, Jeremy W., Maréchaux, Isabelle, May, Felix, Mori, Akira S., Reineking, Björn, Turnbull, Lindsay A., Wirth, Christian, Rüger, Nadja (2021): The function-dominance correlation drives the direction and strength of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships. Ecology Letters

Joswig, Julia S., Wirth, Christian, Schuman, Meredith C., Kattge, Jens, Reu, Björn, Wright, Ian J., Sippel, Sebastian D., Rüger, Nadja, Richter, Ronny, Schaepman, Michael E., van Bodegom, Peter M., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Díaz, Sandra, Hattingh, Wesley N., Kramer, Koen, Lens, Frederic, Niinemets, Ülo, Reich, Peter B., Reichstein, Markus, Römermann, Christine, Schrodt, Franziska, Anand, Madhur, Bahn, Michael, Byun, Chaeho, Campetella, Giandiego, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Craine, Joseph M., Gonzalez-Melo, Andres, Gutiérrez, Alvaro G., He, Tianhua, Higuchi, Pedro, Jactel, Hervé, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Minden, Vanessa, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Peñuelas, Josep, Pillar, Valério D., Sosinski, Ênio, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Weiher, Evan, Mahecha, Miguel D. (2021): Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Lourens Poorter, Dylan Craven, Catarina C. Jakovac, Masha T. van der Sande, Lucy Amissah, Frans Bongers, Robin L. Chazdon, Caroline E. Farrior, Stephan Kambach, Jorge A. Meave, Rodrigo Muñoz, Natalia Norden, Nadja Rüger, Michiel van Breugel, Angélica María Almeyda Zambrano, Bienvenu Amani, José Luis Andrade, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Eben N. Broadbent, Hubert de Foresta, Daisy H. Dent, Géraldine Derroire, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan M. Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, Alfredo C. Fantini, Bryan Finegan, Alma Hernández-Jaramillo, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Peter Hietz, André B. Junqueira, Justin Kassi N’dja, Susan G. Letcher, Madelon Lohbeck, René López-Camacho, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Felipe P. L. Melo, Francisco Mora, Sandra C. Müller, Anny E. N’Guessan, Florian Oberleitner, Edgar Ortiz-Malavassi, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Bruno X. Pinho, Daniel Piotto, Jennifer S. Powers, Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá, Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Jorge Ruíz, Marcelo Tabarelli, Heitor Mancini Teixeira, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Hans van der Wal, Pedro M. Villa, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Braulio A. Santos, José Aguilar-Cano, Jarcilene S. de Almeida-Cortez, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Felipe Arreola-Villa, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, George A. L. Cabral, Carolina Castellanos-Castro, Ben H. J. de Jong, Jhon Edison Nieto, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, Maria C. Fandino, Hernando García, Daniel García-Villalobos, Jefferson S. Hall, Alvaro Idárraga, Jaider Jiménez-Montoya, Deborah Kennard, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Rita Mesquita, Yule R. F. Nunes, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Marielos Peña-Claros, Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas, Jorge Rodríguez-Velázquez, Lucía Sanaphre Villanueva, Naomi B. Schwartz, Marc K. Steininger, Maria D. M. Veloso, Henricus F. M. Vester, Ima C. G. Vieira, G. Bruce Williamson, Kátia Zanini, Bruno Hérault (2021): Multidimensional tropical forest recovery. Science

Publications 2020

Kunstler, Georges, Guyennon, Arnaud, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Rüger, Nadja, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Childs, Dylan Z., Dahlgren, Jonas, Lehtonen, Aleksi, Thuiller, Wilfried, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A., Salguero-Gomez, Roberto (2020): Demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold climatic edges. Journal of Ecology

Kattge, Jens, Bonisch, G., Diaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G. D. A., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A. T. R., Adamidis, G. C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C. H., Alcantara, J. M., Alcazar, C. C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., Amiaud, B., Ammer, C., Amoroso, M. M., Anand, M., Anderson, C., Anten, N., Antos, J., Apgaua, D. M. G., Ashman, T. L., Asmara, D. H., Asner, G. P., Aspinwall, M., Atkin, O., Aubin, I., Baastrup-Spohr, L., Bahalkeh, K., Bahn, M., Baker, T., Baker, W. J., Bakker, J. P., Baldocchi, D., Baltzer, J., Banerjee, A., Baranger, A., Barlow, J., Barneche, D. R., Baruch, Z., Bastianelli, D., Battles, J., Bauerle, W., Bauters, M., Bazzato, E., Beckmann, M., Beeckman, H., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bekker, R., Belfry, G., Belluau, M., Beloiu, M., Benavides, R., Benomar, L., Berdugo-Lattke, M. L., Berenguer, E., Bergamin, R., Bergmann, J., Carlucci, M. B., Berner, L., Bernhardt-Romermann, M., Bigler, C., Bjorkman, A. D., Blackman, C., Blanco, C., Blonder, B., Blumenthal, D., Bocanegra-Gonzalez, K. T., Boeckx, P., Bohlman, S., Bohning-Gaese, K., Boisvert-Marsh, L., Bond, W., Bond-Lamberty, B., Boom, A., Boonman, C. C. F., Bordin, K., Boughton, E. H., Boukili, V., Bowman, Dmjs, Bravo, S., Brendel, M. R., Broadley, M. R., Brown, K. A., Bruelheide, Helge, Brumnich, F., Bruun, H. H., Bruy, D., Buchanan, S. W., Bucher, S. F., Buchmann, N., Buitenwerf, R., Bunker, D. E., Burger, J., Burrascano, S., Burslem, Dfrp, Butterfield, B. J., Byun, C., Marques, M., Scalon, M. C., Caccianiga, M., Cadotte, M., Cailleret, M., Camac, J., Camarero, J. J., Campany, C., Campetella, G., Campos, J. A., Cano-Arboleda, L., Canullo, R., Carbognani, M., Carvalho, F., Casanoves, F., Castagneyrol, B., Catford, J. A., Cavender-Bares, J., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cervellini, M., Chacon-Madrigal, E., Chapin, K., Chapin, F. S., Chelli, S., Chen, S. C., Chen, A. P., Cherubini, P., Chianucci, F., Choat, B., Chung, K. S., Chytry, M., Ciccarelli, D., Coll, L., Collins, C. G., Conti, L., Coomes, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Cornwell, W. K., Corona, P., Coyea, M., Craine, J., Craven, D., Cromsigt, Jpgm, Csecserits, A., Cufar, K., Cuntz, M., da Silva, A. C., Dahlin, K. M., Dainese, M., Dalke, I., Dalle Fratte, M., Anh, T. D. L., Danihelka, J., Dannoura, M., Dawson, S., de Beer, A. J., De Frutos, A., De Long, J. R., Dechant, B., Delagrange, S., Delpierre, N., Derroire, G., Dias, A. S., Diaz-Toribio, M. H., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Dobrowolski, M., Doktor, D., Drevojan, P., Dong, N., Dransfield, J., Dressler, S., Duarte, L., Ducouret, E., Dullinger, S., Durka, Walter, Duursma, R., Dymova, O., E-Vojtko, A., Eckstein, R. L., Ejtehadi, H., Elser, J., Emilio, T., Engemann, K., Erfanian, M. B., Erfmeier, A., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Esser, G., Estiarte, M., Domingues, T. F., Fagan, W. F., Fagundez, J., Falster, D. S., Fan, Y., Fang, J. Y., Farris, E., Fazlioglu, F., Feng, Y. H., Fernandez-Mendez, F., Ferrara, C., Ferreira, J., Fidelis, A., Finegan, B., Firn, J., Flowers, T. J., Flynn, D. F. B., Fontana, V., Forey, E., Forgiarini, C., Francois, L., Frangipani, M., Frank, D., Frenette-Dussault, C., Freschet, G. T., Fry, E. L., Fyllas, N. M., Mazzochini, G. G., Gachet, S., Gallagher, R., Ganade, G., Ganga, F., Garcia-Palacios, P., Gargaglione, V., Garnier, E., Garrido, J. L., de Gasper, A. L., Gea-Izquierdo, G., Gibson, D., Gillison, A. N., Giroldo, A., Glasenhardt, M. C., Gleason, S., Gliesch, M., Goldberg, E., Goldel, B., Gonzalez-Akre, E., Gonzalez-Andujar, J. L., Gonzalez-Melo, A., Gonzalez-Robles, A., Graae, B. J., Granda, E., Graves, S., Green, W. A., Gregor, T., Gross, N., Guerin, G. R., Gunther, A., Gutierrez, A. G., Haddock, L., Haines, A., Hall, J., Hambuckers, A., Han, W. X., Harrison, S. P., Hattingh, W., Hawes, J. E., He, T. H., He, P. C., Heberling, J. M., Helm, A., Hempel, S., Hentschel, J., Herault, B., Heres, A. M., Herz, K., Heuertz, M., Hickler, T., Hietz, P., Higuchi, P., Hipp, A. L., Hirons, A., Hock, M., Hogan, J. A., Holl, K., Honnay, O., Hornstein, D., Hou, E. Q., Hough-Snee, N., Hovstad, K. A., Ichie, T., Igic, B., Illa, E., Isaac, M., Ishihara, M., Ivanov, L., Ivanova, L., Iversen, C. M., Izquierdo, J., Jackson, R. B., Jackson, B., Jactel, H., Jagodzinski, A. M., Jandt, Ute, Jansen, S., Jenkins, T., Jentsch, A., Jespersen, J. R. P., Jiang, G. F., Johansen, J. L., Johnson, D., Jokela, E. J., Joly, C. A., Jordan, G. J., Joseph, G. S., Junaedi, D., Junker, R. R., Justes, E., Kabzems, R., Kane, J., Kaplan, Z., Kattenborn, T., Kavelenova, L., Kearsley, E., Kempel, A., Kenzo, T., Kerkhoff, A., Khalil, M. I., Kinlock, N. L., Kissling, W. D., Kitajima, K., Kitzberger, T., Kjoller, R., Klein, T., Kleyer, M., Klimesova, J., Klipel, J., Kloeppel, B., Klotz, Stefan, Knops, J. M. H., Kohyama, T., Koike, F., Kollmann, J., Komac, B., Komatsu, K., Konig, C., Kraft, N. J. B., Kramer, K., Kreft, H., Kuhn, I., Kumarathunge, D., Kuppler, J., Kurokawa, H., Kurosawa, Y., Kuyah, S., Laclau, J. P., Lafleur, B., Lallai, E., Lamb, E., Lamprecht, A., Larkin, D. J., Laughlin, D., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., le Maire, G., le Roux, P. C., le Roux, E., Lee, T., Lens, F., Lewis, S. L., Lhotsky, B., Li, Y. Z., Li, X. E., Lichstein, J. W., Liebergesell, M., Lim, J. Y., Lin, Y. S., Linares, J. C., Liu, C. J., Liu, D. J., Liu, U., Livingstone, S., Llusia, J., Lohbeck, M., Lopez-Garcia, A., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lososova, Z., Louault, F., Lukacs, B. A., Lukes, P., Luo, Y. J., Lussu, M., Ma, S. Y., Pereira, C. M. R., Mack, M., Maire, V., Makela, A., Makinen, H., Malhado, A. C. M., Mallik, A., Manning, P., Manzoni, S., Marchetti, Z., Marchino, L., Marcilio-Silva, V., Marcon, E., Marignani, M., Markesteijn, L., Martin, A., Martinez-Garza, C., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Maskova, T., Mason, K., Mason, N., Massad, T. J., Masse, J., Mayrose, I., McCarthy, J., McCormack, M. L., McCulloh, K., McFadden, I. R., McGill, B. J., McPartland, M. Y., Medeiros, J. S., Medlyn, B., Meerts, P., Mehrabi, Z., Meir, P., Melo, F. P. L., Mencuccini, M., Meredieu, C., Messier, J., Meszaros, I., Metsaranta, J., Michaletz, S. T., Michelaki, C., Migalina, S., Milla, R., Miller, J. E. D., Minden, V., Ming, R., Mokany, K., Moles, A. T., Molnar, V. A., Molofsky, J., Molz, M., Montgomery, R. A., Monty, A., Moravcova, L., Moreno-Martinez, A., Moretti, M., Mori, A. S., Mori, S., Morris, D., Morrison, J., Mucina, L., Mueller, S., Muir, C. D., Muller, S. C., Munoz, F., Myers-Smith, I. H., Myster, R. W., Nagano, M., Naidu, S., Narayanan, A., Natesan, B., Negoita, L., Nelson, A. S., Neuschulz, E. L., Ni, J., Niedrist, G., Nieto, J., Niinemets, U., Nolan, R., Nottebrock, H., Nouvellon, Y., Novakovskiy, A., Nystuen, K. O., O’Grady, A., O’Hara, K., O’Reilly-Nugent, A., Oakley, S., Oberhuber, W., Ohtsuka, T., Oliveira, R., Ollerer, K., Olson, M. E., Onipchenko, V., Onoda, Y., Onstein, Renske E., Ordonez, J. C., Osada, N., Ostonen, I., Ottaviani, G., Otto, S., Overbeck, G. E., Ozinga, W. A., Pahl, A. T., Paine, C. E. T., Pakeman, R. J., Papageorgiou, A. C., Parfionova, E., Partel, M., Patacca, M., Paula, S., Paule, J., Pauli, H., Pausas, J. G., Peco, B., Penuelas, J., Perea, A., Peri, P. L., Petisco-Souza, A. C., Petraglia, A., Petritan, A. M., Phillips, O. L., Pierce, S., Pillar, V. D., Pisek, J., Pomogaybin, A., Poorter, H., Portsmuth, A., Poschlod, P., Potvin, C., Pounds, D., Powell, A. S., Power, S. A., Prinzing, A., Puglielli, G., Pysek, P., Raevel, V., Rammig, A., Ransijn, J., Ray, C. A., Reich, P. B., Reichstein, M., Reid, D. E. B., Rejou-Mechain, M., de Dios, V. R., Ribeiro, S., Richardson, S., Riibak, K., Rillig, M. C., Riviera, F., Robert, E. M. R., Roberts, S., Robroek, B., Roddy, A., Rodrigues, A. V., Rogers, A., Rollinson, E., Rolo, V., Romermann, Christine, Ronzhina, D., Roscher, Christiane, Rosell, J. A., Rosenfield, M. F., Rossi, C., Roy, D. B., Royer-Tardif, S., Ruger, Nadja, Ruiz-Peinado, R., Rumpf, S. B., Rusch, G. M., Ryo, M., Sack, L., Saldana, A., Salgado-Negret, B., Salguero-Gomez, R., Santa-Regina, I., Santacruz-Garcia, A. C., Santos, J., Sardans, J., Schamp, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schleuning, M., Schmid, B., Schmidt, M., Schmitt, S., Schneider, J. V., Schowanek, S. D., Schrader, J., Schrodt, F., Schuldt, B., Schurr, F., Garvizu, G. S., Semchenko, M., Seymour, C., Sfair, J. C., Sharpe, J. M., Sheppard, C. S., Sheremetiev, S., Shiodera, S., Shipley, B., Shovon, T. A., Siebenkas, A., Sierra, C., Silva, V., Silva, M., Sitzia, T., Sjoman, H., Slot, M., Smith, N. G., Sodhi, D., Soltis, P., Soltis, D., Somers, B., Sonnier, G., Sorensen, M. V., Sosinski, E. E., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Souza, A. F., Spasojevic, M., Sperandii, M. G., Stan, A. B., Stegen, J., Steinbauer, K., Stephan, J. G., Sterck, F., Stojanovic, D. B., Strydom, T., Suarez, M. L., Svenning, J. C., Svitkova, I., Svitok, M., Svoboda, M., Swaine, E., Swenson, N., Tabarelli, M., Takagi, K., Tappeiner, U., Tarifa, R., Tauugourdeau, S., Tavsanoglu, C., te Beest, M., Tedersoo, L., Thiffault, N., Thom, D., Thomas, E., Thompson, K., Thornton, P. E., Thuiller, W., Tichy, L., Tissue, D., Tjoelker, M. G., Tng, D. Y. P., Tobias, J., Torok, P., Tarin, T., Torres-Ruiz, J. M., Tothmeresz, B., Treurnicht, M., Trivellone, V., Trolliet, F., Trotsiuk, V., Tsakalos, J. L., Tsiripidis, I., Tysklind, N., Umehara, T., Usoltsev, V., Vadeboncoeur, M., Vaezi, J., Valladares, F., Vamosi, J., van Bodegom, P. M., van Breugel, M., Van Cleemput, E., van de Weg, M., van der Merwe, S., van der Plas, F., van der Sande, M. T., van Kleunen, M., Van Meerbeek, K., Vanderwel, M., Vanselow, K. A., Varhammar, A., Varone, L., Valderrama, M. Y., Vassilev, K., Vellend, M., Veneklaas, E. J., Verbeeck, H., Verheyen, K., Vibrans, A., Vieira, I., Villacis, J., Violle, C., Vivek, P., Wagner, K., Waldram, M., Waldron, A., Walker, A. P., Waller, M., Walther, G., Wang, H., Wang, F., Wang, W. Q., Watkins, H., Watkins, J., Weber, U., Weedon, J. T., Wei, L. P., Weigelt, P., Weiher, E., Wells, A. W., Wellstein, C., Wenk, E., Westoby, M., Westwood, A., White, P. J., Whitten, M., Williams, M., Winkler, D. E., Winter, K., Womack, C., Wright, I. J., Wright, S. J., Wright, J., Pinho, B. X., Ximenes, F., Yamada, T., Yamaji, K., Yanai, R., Yankov, N., Yguel, B., Zanini, K. J., Zanne, A. E., Zeleny, D., Zhao, Y. P., Zheng, J. M., Zheng, J., Zieminska, K., Zirbel, C. R., Zizka, G., Zo-Bi, I. C., Zotz, G., Wirth, Christian, Nutrient, Network (2020): TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology

Rüger, Nadja, Condit, Richard, Dent, Daisy H., DeWalt, Saara J., Hubbell, Stephen P., Lichstein, Jeremy W., Lopez, Omar R., Wirth, Christian, Farrior, Caroline E. (2020): Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics. Science

Thomas, H. J. D., Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Kattge, Jens, Diaz, S., Vellend, M., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Forbes, B. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Normand, S., Prevéy, J. S., Rixen, C., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Cornwell, W. K., Beck, P. S. A., Georges, D., Goetz, S. J., Guay, K. C., Rüger, Nadja, Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Spasojevic, M. J., Alatalo, J. M., Alexander, H. D., Anadon-Rosell, A., Angers-Blondin, S., te Beest, M., Berner, L. T., Björk, R. G., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., Christie, K. S., Collier, L. S., Cooper, E. J., Elberling, B., Eskelinen, Anu, Frei, E. R., Grau, O., Grogan, P., Hallinger, M., Heijmans, M. M. P. D., Hermanutz, L., Hudson, J. M. G., Johnstone, J. F., Hülber, K., Iturrate-Garcia, M., Iversen, C. M., Jaroszynska, F., Kaarlejarvi, E., Kulonen, A., Lamarque, L. J., Lantz, T. C., Lévesque, E., Little, C. J., Michelsen, A., Milbau, A., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nielsen, S. S., Ninot, J. M., Oberbauer, S. F., Olofsson, J., Onipchenko, V. G., Petraglia, A., Rumpf, S. B., Shetti, R., Speed, J. D. M., Suding, K. N., Tape, K. D., Tomaselli, M., Trant, A. J., Treier, U. A., Tremblay, M., Venn, S. E., Vowles, T., Weijers, S., Wookey, P. A., Zamin, T. J., Bahn, M., Blonder, B., van Bodegom, P. M., Bond-Lamberty, B., Campetella, G., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chapin, F. S., Craine, J. M., Dainese, M., Green, W. A., Jansen, S., Kleyer, M., Manning, P., Niinemets, Ü, Onoda, Y., Ozinga, W. A., Peñuelas, J., Poschlod, P., Reich, P. B., Sandel, B., Schamp, B. S., Sheremetiev, S. N., de Vries, F. T. (2020): Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature Communications

Publications 2019

Kupers, Stefan J., Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J., Hernández, Andrés, Wright, S. Joseph, Wirth, Christian, Rüger, Nadja (2019): Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings. Journal of Ecology

Kupers, Stefan J., Wirth, Christian, Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J., Hernández, Andrés, Condit, Richard, Wright, S. Joseph, Rüger, Nadja (2019): Performance of tropical forest seedlings under shade and drought: an interspecific trade-off in demographic responses. Scientific Reports

Kupers, Stefan J., Wirth, Christian, Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J., Rüger, Nadja (2019): Dry season soil water potential maps of a 50 hectare tropical forest plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Sci Data

Prevéy, Janet S., Rixen, Christian, Rüger, Nadja, Høye, Toke T., Bjorkman, Anne D., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Ashton, Isabel W., Cannone, Nicoletta, Chisholm, Chelsea L., Clark, Karin, Cooper, Elisabeth J., Elberling, Bo, Fosaa, Anna Maria, Henry, Greg H. R., Hollister, Robert D., Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala, Klanderud, Kari, Kopp, Christopher W., Lévesque, Esther, Mauritz, Marguerite, Molau, Ulf, Natali, Susan M., Oberbauer, Steven F., Panchen, Zoe A., Post, Eric, Rumpf, Sabine B., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Schuur, Edward, Semenchuk, Philipp R., Smith, Jane G., Suding, Katharine N., Totland, Ørjan, Troxler, Tiffany, Venn, Susanna, Wahren, Carl-Henrik, Welker, Jeffrey M., Wipf, Sonja (2019): Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Publications 2018

Bjorkman, Anne D., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Normand, Signe, Rüger, Nadja, Beck, Pieter S. A., Blach-Overgaard, Anne, Blok, Daan, Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Forbes, Bruce C., Georges, Damien, Goetz, Scott J., Guay, Kevin C., Henry, Gregory H. R., HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Hollister, Robert D., Karger, Dirk N., Kattge, Jens, Manning, Peter, Prevéy, Janet S., Rixen, Christian, Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela, Thomas, Haydn J. D., Vellend, Mark, Wilmking, Martin, Wipf, Sonja, Carbognani, Michele, Hermanutz, Luise, Lévesque, Esther, Molau, Ulf, Petraglia, Alessandro, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Spasojevic, Marko J., Tomaselli, Marcello, Vowles, Tage, Alatalo, Juha M., Alexander, Heather D., Anadon-Rosell, Alba, Angers-Blondin, Sandra, Beest, Mariska te, Berner, Logan, Björk, Robert G., Buchwal, Agata, Buras, Allan, Christie, Katherine, Cooper, Elisabeth J., Dullinger, Stefan, Elberling, Bo, Eskelinen, Anu, Frei, Esther R., Grau, Oriol, Grogan, Paul, Hallinger, Martin, Harper, Karen A., Heijmans, Monique M. P. D., Hudson, James, Hülber, Karl, Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane, Iversen, Colleen M., Jaroszynska, Francesca, Johnstone, Jill F., Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan, Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Klady, Rebecca, Kuleza, Sara, Kulonen, Aino, Lamarque, Laurent J., Lantz, Trevor, Little, Chelsea J., Speed, James D. M., Michelsen, Anders, Milbau, Ann, Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob, Nielsen, Sigrid Schøler, Ninot, Josep M., Oberbauer, Steven F., Olofsson, Johan, Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Rumpf, Sabine B., Semenchuk, Philipp, Shetti, Rohan, Collier, Laura Siegwart, Street, Lorna E., Suding, Katharine N., Tape, Ken D., Trant, Andrew, Treier, Urs A., Tremblay, Jean-Pierre, Tremblay, Maxime, Venn, Susanna, Weijers, Stef, Zamin, Tara, Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie, Gould, William A., Hik, David S., Hofgaard, Annika, Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S., Jorgenson, Janet, Klein, Julia, Magnusson, Borgthor, Tweedie, Craig, Wookey, Philip A., Bahn, Michael, Blonder, Benjamin, van Bodegom, Peter M., Bond-Lamberty, Benjamin, Campetella, Giandiego, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Chapin, F. Stuart, Cornwell, William K., Craine, Joseph, Dainese, Matteo, de Vries, Franciska T., Díaz, Sandra, Enquist, Brian J., Green, Walton, Milla, Ruben, Niinemets, Ülo, Onoda, Yusuke, Ordoñez, Jenny C., Ozinga, Wim A., Penuelas, Josep, Poorter, Hendrik, Poschlod, Peter, Reich, Peter B., Sandel, Brody, Schamp, Brandon, Sheremetev, Serge, Weiher, Evan (2018): Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature

Kissling, W. Daniel, Walls, Ramona, Bowser, Anne, Jones, Matthew O., Kattge, Jens, Agosti, Donat, Amengual, Josep, Basset, Alberto, van Bodegom, Peter M., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Denny, Ellen G., Deudero, Salud, Egloff, Willi, Elmendorf, Sarah C., Alonso García, Enrique, Jones, Katherine D., Jones, Owen R., Lavorel, Sandra, Lear, Dan, Navarro, Laetitia M., Pawar, Samraat, Pirzl, Rebecca, Rüger, Nadja, Sal, Sofia, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Schigel, Dmitry, Schulz, Katja-Sabine, Skidmore, Andrew, Guralnick, Robert P. (2018): Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Rüger, Nadja, Comita, Liza S., Condit, Richard, Purves, Drew, Rosenbaum, Benjamin, Visser, Marco D., Joseph, Wright S., Wirth, Christian (2018): Beyond the fast–slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community. Ecology Letters

Publications 2017

Prevéy, Janet, Vellend, Mark, Rüger, Nadja, Hollister, Robert D., Bjorkman, Anne D., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Clark, Karin, Cooper, Elisabeth J., Elberling, Bo, Fosaa, Anna M., Henry, Gregory H. R., Høye, Toke T., Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S., Klanderud, Kari, Lévesque, Esther, Mauritz, Marguerite, Molau, Ulf, Natali, Susan M., Oberbauer, Steven F., Panchen, Zoe A., Post, Eric, Rumpf, Sabine B., Schmidt, Niels M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Semenchuk, Phillip R., Troxler, Tiffany, Welker, Jeffrey M., Rixen, Christian (2017): Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes. Global Change Biology

Publications 2016

Díaz, Sandra, Kattge, Jens, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Wright, Ian J., Lavorel, Sandra, Dray, Stéphane, Reu, Björn, Kleyer, Michael, Wirth, Christian, Colin Prentice, I., Garnier, Eric, Bönisch, Gerhard, Westoby, Mark, Poorter, Hendrik, Reich, Peter B., Moles, Angela T., Dickie, John, Gillison, Andrew N., Zanne, Amy E., Chave, Jérôme, Joseph Wright, S., Sheremet’ev, Serge N., Jactel, Hervé, Baraloto, Christopher, Cerabolini, Bruno, Pierce, Simon, Shipley, Bill, Kirkup, Donald, Casanoves, Fernando, Joswig, Julia S., Günther, Angela, Falczuk, Valeria, Rüger, Nadja, Mahecha, Miguel D., Gorné, Lucas D. (2016): The global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature

Publications 2015

Holzwarth, Frédéric, Rüger, Nadja, Wirth, Christian (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 Science

Publications 2014

Stephenson, N. L., Das, A. J., Condit, R., Russo, S. E., Baker, P. J., Beckman, N. G., Coomes, D. A., Lines, E. R., Morris, W. K., Rüger, Nadja, Alvarez, E., Blundo, C., Bunyavejchewin, S., Chuyong, G., Davies, S. J., Duque, A., Ewango, C. N., Flores, O., Franklin, J. F., Grau, H. R., Hao, Z., Harmon, M. E., Hubbell, S. P., Kenfack, D., Lin, Y., Makana, J. R., Malizia, A., Malizia, L. R., Pabst, R. J., Pongpattananurak, N., Su, S. H., Sun, I. F., Tan, S., Thomas, D., van Mantgem, P. J., Wang, X., Wiser, S. K., Zavala, M. A. (2014): Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size. Nature

Publications 2013

Grote, S., Condit, R., Hubbell, S., Wirth, C., Rüger, Nadja (2013): Response of Demographic Rates of Tropical Trees to Light Availability: Can Position-Based Competition Indices Replace Information from Canopy Census Data?. PLoS ONE

Publications before iDiv

For a complete publication list see my ResearchID.

 

Díaz, S., Kattge, J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Wright, I. J., Lavorel, S., et al. including Rüger, N. 2016. The global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature 529: 167-71.

Stephenson, N.L., A.J. Das, R. Condit, S.E. Russo, P.J. Baker, N.G. Beckman, D.A. Coomes, E.R. Lines, W.K. Morris, N. Rüger, et al. 2014. Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size. Nature507: 90–93.

Rüger, N., C. Wirth, S.J. Wright, and R. Condit. 2012. Functional traits explain light and size response of growth rates in tropical tree species. Ecology93: 2626–2636.

Rüger, N., and R. Condit. 2012. Testing metabolic theory with models of tree growth that include light competition. Functional Ecology26: 759–765.

Rüger, N., U. Berger, S.P. Hubbell, G. Vieilledent, and R. Condit. 2011. Growth strategies of tropical tree species: disentangling light and size effects. PLoS ONE 6(9): e25330.

Rüger, N., A. Huth, S.P. Hubbell, and R. Condit. 2011. Determinants of mortality across a tropical lowland rainforest community. Oikos120: 1047–1056.

Rüger, N., A. Huth, S.P. Hubbell, and R. Condit. 2009. Response of recruitment to light availability across a tropical lowland rainforest community. Journal of Ecology97: 1360–1368.