Jens Kattge

Scientist



phone (0049) 3641 - 57-6226
fax (0049) 3641 - 57-7200
email jkattge (at) bgc-jena.mpg.de
room: C2.024




Scientific Interests

  • Functional Plant Ecology
  • Vegetation Modeling
  • Model-Data Integration

Projects

  • TRY: Global Initiative on Plant Traits
  • FET: Functional Ecology of Trees Database Project
  • CCDAS: Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System

Curriculum Vitae

2010-ongoing: Scientist at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena; Department "Biogeochemical Processes" headed by Sue Trumbore

2005-2010: Scientist at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena; Independent Junior Research Group "Organismic Biogeochemistry" headed by Christian Wirth

2002-2005: Post Doctoral Scientist at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena; Department:"Integration of Biogeochemical Cycles" headed by Colin Prentice, Project: "CAMELS Carbon Assimilation and Modelling of the European Land-Surface", PI: Wolfgang Knorr

2002: PhD Thesis: "Nitrogen limitation of the CO2 fertilisation effect" at the University of Giessen; supervised by Gerd Esser

Scientific Awards

  • Kattge et al. (2009) selected for Faculty of 1000
  • Editors Citation for 'Excellence in Refereeing' presented by the American Geophysical Union, 2007

Reviewing Editor

  • Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology

Reviewer

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Biogeosciences
  • Biological Engineering Journal
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Oecologia
  • Photosynthetica
  • TreePhysiology

Publications

2012

Knapp S, L Dinsmore, C Fissore, SE Hobbie, I Jakobsdottir, J Kattge, J King, S Klotz, DC Laughlin, JP McFadden, J Cavender-Bares (accepted) Phylogenetic and functional characteristics of household yard floras and their changes along an urbanization gradient. Ecology

Tautenhahn S, A Fankhänel, H Heilmeier, M Jung, J Kattge, A Moffat and C Wirth (accepted) Beyond distance-invariant survival in inverse recruitment modelling: A case study in Siberian Pinus sylvestris forests. Ecological Modeling

Brovkin V, P van Bodegom, T Kleinen, C Wirth, W Cornwell, HJC Cornelissen, J Kattge (2012) Plant-driven variation in decomposition rates improves projections of global litter stock distribution. Biogeosciences 9:565-576 pdf

2011

Kueffer C, Ü Niinemets, RE Drenovsky, J Kattge, P Milberg, H Poorter, PB Reich, C Werner, M Westoby and IJ Wright (2011) Fame, glory and neglect in meta-analyses. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26:493-494 pdf

Braakhekke MC, T Wutzler, M Reichstein, J Kattge, C Beer, M Schrumpf, I Schoening, MR Hoosbeek, B Kruijt and P Kabat (2011) Modeling the vertical soil organic matter profile using 210Pbex measurements and Bayesian inversion. Biogeosciences Discussion 8:7257–7312 pdf

Kattge J, S Díaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice, P Leadley, G Bönisch, E Garnier, M Westoby, PB Reich, IJ Wright, JHC Cornelissen, C Violle, SP Harrison, PM v. Bodegom, M Reichstein, BJ Enquist, NA Soudzilovskaia, DD Ackerly, M Anand, O Atkin, M Bahn, TR Baker, D Baldocchi, R Bekker, C Blanco, B Blonder, WJ Bond, R Bradstock, DE Bunker, F Casanoves, J Cavender-Bares, JQ Chambers, FS Chapin, J Chave, D Coomes, WK Cornwell, JM Craine, BH Dobrin, L Duarte, W Durka, J Elser, G Esser, M Estiarte, WF Fagan, J Fang, F Fernández-Méndez, A Fidelis, B Finegan, O Flores, H Ford, D Frank, GT Freschet, NM Fyllas, RV Gallagher, WA Green, AG Gutierrez, T Hickler, S Higgins, JG Hodgson, A Jalili, S Jansen, C Joly, AJ Kerkhoff, D Kirkup, K Kitajima, M Kleyer, S Klotz, JMH Knops, K Kramer, I Kühn, H Kurokawa, D Laughlin, TD Lee, M Leishman, F Lens, T Lenz, SL Lewis, J Lloyd, J Llusià, F Louault, S Ma, MD Mahecha, P Manning, T Massad, B Medlyn, J Messier, AT Moles, SC Müller, K Nadrowski, S Naeem, Ü Niinemets, S Nöllert, A Nüske, R Ogaya, J Oleksyn, VG Onipchenko, Y Onoda, J Ordoñez, G Overbeck, WA Ozinga, S Patiño, S Paula, JG Pausas, J Peñuelas, OL Phillips, V Pillar, H Poorter, L Poorter, P Poschlod, A Prinzing, R Proulx, A Rammig, S Reinsch, B Reu, L Sack, B Salgado-Negret, J Sardans, S Shiodera, B Shipley, A Siefert, E Sosinski, J-F Soussana, E Swaine, N Swenson, K Thompson, P Thornton, M Waldram, E Weiher, M White, S White, SJ Wright, B Yguel, S Zaehle, AE Zanne and C Wirth (2011) TRY – a global database of plant traits. Global Change Biology 17:2905–2935 (selected for Faculty of 1000) pdf

Ziehn T, J Kattge, W Knorr and M Scholze (2011) Improving the predictability of global CO2 assimilation rates under climate change. Geophysical Research Letters 38, L10404 pdf

McMahon SM, SP Harrison, WS Armbruster, PJ Bartlein, C Beale, ME Edwards, J Kattge, G Midgley, X Morin, IC Prentice (2011) Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26:249-259 pdf

Kattge J, K Ogle, G Bönisch, S Diaz, S Lavorel, J Madin, K Nadrowski, S Nöllert, K Sartor, C Wirth (2011) A generic structure for plant trait databases. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:202-213 pdf

Esser G, J Kattge, A Sakalli (2011): Feedback of carbon and nitrogen cycles enhances carbon sequestration in the terrestrial biosphere. Global Change Biology 17:819-842 pdf

2009

Müller C, T Rütting, MK Abbasi, RJ Laughlin, C Kammann, TJ Clough, RR Sherlock, J Kattge, H-J Jäger, CJ Watson, RJ Stevens (2009): Effect of elevated CO2 on soil N dynamics in a temperate grassland soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41:1996–2001 pdf

Kutsch WL, C Wirth, J Kattge, S Noellert, M Herbst, L Kappen (2009): Ecophysiological characteristics of large, mature trees and consequences for old-growth functioning. In Wirth C, Gleixner G, Heimann M (eds.) Old-growth forests: Function, fate and value. Ecological Studies, Vol. 207, Springer New York, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Williams M, AD Richardson, M Reichstein, PC Stoy, P Peylin, H Verbeeck, N Carvalhais, M Jung, DY Hollinger, J Kattge, R Leuning, Y Luo, E Tomelleri, C Trudinger, and Y-P Wang (2009) Improving land surface models with FLUXNET data. Biogeosciences 6:1341-1359 pdf

Kattge J, W Knorr, T Raddatz, C Wirth (2009) Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen use efficiency for earth system models. Global Change Biology 15:976-991 (selected for Faculty of 1000) pdf

2008

Lasslop G, M Reichstein, J Kattge, D Papale (2008) Influences of observation errors in eddy flux data on inverse model parameter estimation. Biogeosciences 5:751-785 pdf

Desai AR, AD Richardson, AM Moffat, J Kattge, DY Hollinger, A Barr, E Falge, A Noormets, D Papale, M Reichstein & VJ Stauch (2008) Cross site evaluation of eddy covariance GPP and RE decomposition techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 48:821–838 pdf

Richardson AD, MD Mahecha, E Falge, J Kattge, AM Moffat, D Papale, M Reichstein, VJ Stauch, BH Braswell, G Churkina, B Kruijt & DY Hollinger (2008) Statistical properties of random CO2 flux measurement uncertainty inferred from model residuals. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148:38-50 pdf

2007

Kattge J & W Knorr (2007) Temperature acclimation in a biochemical model of photosynthesis: a reanalysis of data from 36 species. Plant, Cell and Environment 30:1176-1190 pdf

Moffat, AM, D Papale, M Reichstein, DY Hollinger, AD Richardson, AG Barr, C Beckstein, BH Braswell, G Churkina, AR Desai, E Falge, JH Gove, M Heimann, D Hui, AJ Jarvis, J Kattge, A Noormets, VJ Stauch (2007) Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 147:209–232 pdf

Müller C, T Rütting, J Kattge, RJ Laughlin & RJ Stevens (2007) Estimation of parameters in complex 15N tracing models by Monte Carlo sampling. Soil, Biology & Biochemistry 39:715-726 pdf

Raddatz TJ, C Reick, W Knorr, J Kattge, E Roeckner, R Schnur, K-G Schnitzler, P Wetzel & J Jungclaus (2007) Is the tropical land biosphere dominating the carbon cycle - climate feedback during the 21st century? Climate Dynamics 29:565-574 pdf

Trudinger C, M Raupach, JP Rayner, J Kattge, Q Liu, B Pack, M Reichstein, L Renzullo, AD Richardson, S Roxburgh, J Styles, YP Wang, P Briggs, D Barrett & S Nikolova (2007) The OptIC project: an intercomparison of optimisation techniques for parameter estimation in terrestrial biogeochemical models. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, G02027 pdf

2005

Knorr W & J Kattge (2005) Inversion of terrestrial ecosystem model parameter values against eddy covariance measurements by Monte Carlo sampling. Global Change Biology 11:1333-1351 pdf

Knorr W, N Gobron, M Scholze, P Rayner, T Kaminski, R Giering, H Widmann & J Kattge (2005) Carbon and fAPAR assimilation within CCDAS. In P. Viterbo, editor, Proceedings of ECMWF/ELDAS Workshop on Land Surface Assimilation, 8-11 November 2004, pages 213-219. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts pdf

Older

Kattge J, U Grüters, J Hoffstadt, A Fangmeier & H-J Jäger (1997): Reaktion des Wasserhaushaltes von Wildkräutern auf erhöhte CO2-Konzentrationen der Atmosphäre. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27:273-282.

Gützl M, U Grüters, J Kattge, A Fangmeier & H-J Jäger (1997): Arten der Chenopodietea unter erhöhter CO2-Konzentration: Reaktion der photosynthetischen Licht- und Dunkelprozesse. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27:329-333.