Department Biogeochemical Integration

Department Biogeochemical Integration

Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein

How do ecosystems respond to changing weather patterns, rising temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations? Is the effect of precipitation more important than that of temperature? Or are ecosystem dynamics more strongly affected by nutrient availability? What is the role of extreme events in shaping biogeochemical cycles? To find out the answers we need to understand the interactions among three complex systems: climate, vegetation, and soil. Thus, we combine experiments and in-situ long-term observation with Earth Observations gathered by aircraft and satellites across a range of spatial scales, and embrace data-driven machine learning and theory-driven mechanistic modelling. With our research, we try to understand how the terrestrial biosphere reacts to and exerts feedbacks on ongoing environmental change and variation in atmospheric conditions.

Latest publications

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Qi, W.; Hu, X.; Bai, H.; Yusup, A.; Ran, Q.; Yang, H.; Wang, H.; Ao, Z.; Tao, S.: Decreased river runoff on the Mongolian Plateau since around 2000. Landscape Ecology 39, 79 (2024)
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Naethe, P.; Sanctis, A. D.; Burkart, A.; Campbell, P. K.E.; Colombo, R.; Mauro, B. D.; Damm, A.; El-Madany, T. S.; Fava, F.; Gamon, J. A. et al.; Huemmrich, K. F.; Migliavacca, M.; Paul-Limoges, E.; Rascher, U.; Rossini, M.; Schüttemeyer, D.; Tagliabue, G.; Zhang, Y.; Julitta, T.: Towards a standardized, ground-based network of hyperspectral measurements: Combining time series from autonomous field spectrometers with Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment 303, 114013 (2024)
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Hackländer​, J.; Parente, L.; Ho, Y.-F.; Hengl, T.; Simoes, R.; Consoli, D.; Şahin, M.; Tian, X.; Jung, M.; Herold, M. et al.; Duveiller, G.; Weynants, M.; Wheeler, I.: Land potential assessment and trend-analysis using 2000–2021 FAPAR monthly time-series at 250 m spatial resolution. PeerJ 12, e16972 (2024)
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Bastos, A.: Forest disturbances and carbon sinks: Chapter 13. In: European climate risk assessment: EEA Report, pp. 1 - 38 (2024)
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Yang, H.; Wang, S.; Son, R.; Lee, H. T.; Benson, V.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Kattge, J.; Boenisch, G. et al.; Schepaschenko, D.; Karaszewski, Z.; Stereńczak, K.; Moreno-Martínez, Á.; Nabais, C.; Birnbaum, P.; Vieilledent, G.; Weber, U.; Carvalhais, N.: Global patterns of tree wood density. Global Change Biology 30 (3), e17224 (2024)
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