Affiliations
Leipzig University
Postal address
Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany
Room: B.00.11
Contact details
Email: rike.schwarz@idiv.de
Phone: +49 341 9733122
iDiv Publications
Publications 2025
Schwarz, Rike, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ammer, Christian, Bradler, Pia M., Decker, Orsi, Delory, Benjamin M., Dietrich, Peter, Fichtner, Andreas, Huang, Yuanyuan, Lettenmaier, Ludwig, Junginger, Michael, Mitesser, Oliver, Müller, Jörg, von Oheimb, Goddert, Pierick, Kerstin, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Cesarz, Simone (2025): Inconsistent short-term effects of enhanced structural complexity on soil microbial properties across German forests. Applied Soil Ecology
Publications 2023
Schwarz, Rike, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ferlian, Olga, Maestre, Fernando. T., Rosenbaum, Benjamin, Uthe, Henriette, Thouvenot, Lise (2023): Invasive earthworms modulate native plant trait expression and competition. Oikos
Scientific career
August 2022- present
PhD student at EIE, iDiv in the BETA-FOR project investigating effects of enhanced structural beta
complexity in forests on soil biodiversity and functioning
February- April 2022
Scientific employee at EIE, iDiv
2021-2022
MSc thesis at EIE, iDiv: “Effects of invasive earthworms on plant functional traits and biotic
interactions” supervised by Dr. Lise Thouvenot and Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer
2018-2022
MSc in Environmental Sciences and MSc in Forestry Sciences with focus on wildlife and biodiversity,
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg
2014-2018
BSc in Biology at Freie Universität, Berlin
Thesis: “Rarity and persistence as linked traits in nectar yeasts” supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Rillig