Publications

Lenk, A.; Waha, S.; Wirth, C.: Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 586, 122678 (2025)

Schorn, M. E.; Quaas, M. F.; Schenk, H.; Wirth, C.; Rüger, N.: Optimising profits from timber harvest and the biodiversity conservation value in a central European beech forest using a novel bioeconomic forestry model. Ecological Modelling 505, 111108 (2025)

Mendonça, A. C.S.; Dias-Júnior, C. Q.; Acevedo, O. C.; Marra, D. M.; Cely-Toro, I. M.; Fisch, G.; Brondani, D. V.; Manzi, A. O.; Portela, B. T.T.; Quesada, C. A. et al.; Mortarini, L.: Estimation of the nocturnal boundary layer height over the Central Amazon forest using turbulence measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 367, 110469 (2025)

Kretz, L.; Schnabel, F.; Richter, R.; Raabgrund, A.; Kattge, J.; Andraczek, K.; Kahl, A.; Künne, T.; Wirth, C.: Functional traits explain growth response to successive hotter droughts across a wide set of common and future tree species in Europe. Plant Biology (2025)

Pan, Q.; Bauters, M.; Peaucelle, M.; Ellsworth, D.; Kattge, J.; Verbeeck, H.: Network-informed analysis of a multivariate trait-space reveals optimal trait selection. Communications Biology 8, 569 (2025)

Chebbo, S.; Violle, C.; Mahaut, L.; Kattge, J.; Peaucelle, M.; Choler, P.; Viovy, N.: Unveiling the role of spatial functional trait variations on grassland primary productivity at france scale. Journal of Biogeography 52 (4), e15079 (2025)

Wu, F.; Liu, S.; Lamour, J.; Atkin, O. K.; Yang, N.; Dong, T.; Xu, W.; Smith, N. G.; Wang, Z.; Wang, H. et al.; Su, Y.; Liu, X.; Shi, Y.; Xing, A.; Dai, G.; Dong, J.; Swenson, N. G.; Kattge, J.; Reich, P. B.; Serbin, S. P.; Rogers, A.; Wu, J.; Yan, Z.: Linking leaf dark respiration to leaf traits and reflectance spectroscopy across diverse forest types. New Phytologist 246 (2), pp. 481 - 497 (2025)

Rauschkolb, R.; Herben, T.; Kattge, J.; Knickmann, B.; Linstädter, A.; Menzel, A.; Mora, K.; Nordt, B.; Vitasse, Y.; Weigelt, P. et al.; Römermann, C.: The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche. Functional Ecology (2025)

Sanaei, A.; van der Plas, F.; Chen, H.; Davids, S.; Eckhardt, S.; Hennecke, J.; Kahl, A.; Möller, Y.; Richter, R.; Schütze, J. et al.; Wirth, C.; Weigelt, A.: Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits. Communications Biology 8, 313 (2025)

Ahmed, W.; Vamsi, K. K.; König-Ries, B.; Gaikwad, J.; Gadelha, L.; Samuel, S.: Evaluating the method reproducibility of deep learning models in biodiversity research. PeerJ Computer Science 11, e2618 (2025)

Gorné, L. D.; Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J.; Souza, F. C.; Swenson, N. G.; Kraft, N. J. B.; Marimon, B. S.; Baker, T. R.; de Lima, R. A. F.; Vilanova, E.; Álvarez-Dávila, E. et al.; Mendoza, A. M.; Llampazo, G. R. F.; Santos, R. M. d.; Boenisch, G.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Rivas-Torres, G.; Ramírez-Angulo, H.; Prestes, N. C. d. S.; Morandi, P. S.; Ribeiro, S. C.; da Cruz, W. J. A.; Disney, M.; Fiore, A. D.; Marimon-Junior, B. H.; Feldpausch, T. R.; Malhi, Y.; Phillips, O. L.; Galbraith, D.; Díaz, S.: Use and misuse of trait imputation in ecology: the problem of using out-of-context imputed values. Ecography, e07520 (2025)

Elles, L.; Boyce, J.; Henkel, S.; Kasperidus, H. D.; Scholz, M.; Schorn, M. E.; Vieweg, M.; Wirth, C.; Rüger, N.: Supporting conservation planning in a national biodiversity hotspot – Projecting species composition across a groundwater level gradient using a demographic forest model. Ecological Modelling 501, 110996 (2025)

Hähn, G. J. A.; Damasceno, G.; Alvarez-Davila, E.; Aubin, I.; Bauters, M.; Bergmeier, E.; Biurrun, I.; Bjorkman, A. D.; Bonari, G.; Botta-Dukát, Z. et al.; Campos, J. A.; Čarni, A.; Chytrý, M.; Ćušterevska, R.; de Gasper, A. L.; Sanctis, M. D.; Dengler, J.; Dolezal, J.; El-Sheikh, M. A.; Finckh, M.; Galán-de-Mera, A.; Garbolino, E.; Gholizadeh, H.; Golub, V.; Haider, S.; Hatim, M. Z.; Hérault, B.; Homeier, J.; Jandt, U.; Jansen, F.; Jentsch, A.; Kattge, J.; Kessler, M.; Khanina, L.; Kreft, H.; Küzmič, F.; Lenoir, J.; Moeslund, J. E.; Mucina, L.; Naqinezhad, A.; Noroozi, J.; Pérez-Haase, A.; Phillips, O. L.; Pillar, V. D.; Rivas-Torres, G.; Ruprecht, E.; Sandel, B.; Schmidt, M.; Schmiedel, U.; Schnitzer, S.; Schrodt, F.; Šilc, U.; Sparrow, B.; Sporbert, M.; Stančić, Z.; Strohbach, B.; Svenning, J.-C.; Tang, C. Q.; Tang, Z.; Vibrans, A. C.; Violle, C.; Waller, D.; Wana, D.; Wang, H.-F.; Whitfeld, T.; Zizka, G.; Sabatini, F. M.; Bruelheide, H.: Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9, pp. 237 - 248 (2025)

Schnabel, F.; Guillemot, J.; Barry, K. E.; Brunn, M.; Cesarz, S.; Eisenhauer, N.; Gebauer, T.; Guerrero-Ramirez, N. R.; Handa, I. T.; Madsen, C. et al.; Mancilla, L.; Monteza, J.; Moore, T.; Oelmann, Y.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schwendenmann, L.; Wagner, A.; Wirth, C.; Potvin, C.: Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above—but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment. Global Change Biology 31 (2), e70089 (2025)

Schulze, E. D.; Bouriaud, O.; Günther, A.; Tanunchai, B.; Noll, M.; Schulze, W. X.: The role of conifers for conserving fungal species diversity. AFZ, der Wald 1, pp. 41 - 44 (2025)

Kloos, S.; Lüpke, M.; Estrella, N.; Ghada, W.; Kattge, J.; Bucher, S. F.; Buras, A.; Menzel, A.: The linkage between functional traits and drone-derived phenology of 74 Northern Hemisphere tree species. Science of the Total Environment 952, 175753 (2024)

Lipoma, L.; Kambach, S.; Díaz, S.; Sabatini, F. M.; Damasceno, G.; Kattge, J.; Wirth, C.; Abella, S. R.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Belote, T. R. et al.; Bernhardt-Römermann, M.; Craven, D.; Dolezal, J.; Eisenhauer, N.; Isbell, F.; Jentsch, A.; Kreyling, J.; Lanta, V.; Le Stradic, S.; Lepš, J.; Manninen, O.; Mariotte, P.; Reich, P. B.; Ruppert, J. C.; Schmidt, W.; Tilman, D.; van Ruijven, J.; Wagg, C.; Wardle, D. A.; Wilsey, B.; Bruelheide, H.: No general support for functional diversity enhancing resilience across terrestrial plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 (10), e13895 (2024)

Kretzschmar, J.; Pöhlker, M.; Stratmann, F.; Wex, H.; Wirth, C.; Quaas, J.: From trees to rain: enhancement of cloud glaciation and precipitation by pollen. Environmental Research Letters 19 (10), 104052 (2024)

Calbi, M.; Boenisch, G.; Boulangeat, I.; Bunker, D.; Catford, J. A.; Changenet, A.; Culshaw, V.; Dias, A. S.; Hauck, T.; Joschinski, J. et al.; Kattge, J.; Mimet, A.; Pianta, M.; Poschlod, P.; Weisser, W. W.; Roccotiello, E.: A novel framework to generate plant functional groups for ecological modelling. Ecological Indicators 166, 112370 (2024)

Dechant, B.; Kattge, J.; Pavlick, R.; Schneider, F. D.; Sabatini, F. M.; Moreno-Martínez, A.; Butler, E. E.; van Bodegom, P. M.; Vallicrosa, H.; Kattenborn, T. et al.; Boonman, C. C. F.; Madani, N.; Wright, I. J.; Dong, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Penuelas, J.; Sardans, J.; Aguirre-Gutierrez, J.; Reich, P. B.; Leitao, P. J.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Myers-Smith, I. H.; Duran, S. M.; Croft, H.; Prentice, I. C.; Huth, A.; Rebel, K.; Zaehle, S.; Símov, I.; Díaz, S.; Reichstein, M.; Schiller, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Mahecha, M.; Wirth, C.; Malhi, Y.; Townsend, P. A.: Intercomparison of global foliar trait maps reveals fundamental differences and limitations of upscaling approaches. Remote Sensing of Environment 311, 114276 (2024)