Roscher, C.; Kutsch, W. L.; Kolle, O.; Ziegler, W.; Schulze, E. D.: Adjustment to the light environment in small-statured forbs as a strategy for complementary resource use in mixtures of grassland species. Annals of Botany 107 (6), S. 965 - 979 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schumacher, J.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Schulze, E. D.: Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13 (1), S. 1 - 13 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Schmid, B.; Buchmann, N.; Weigelt, A.; Schulze, E.-D.: Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity. Oecologia 165 (2), S. 437 - 452 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Thein, S.; Weigelt, A.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Schulze, E. D.: N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment. Plant and Soil 341 (1-2), S. 333 - 348 (2011)
Schrumpf, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Kaiser, K.; Schumacher, J.: How accurately can soil organic carbon stocks and stock changes be quantified by soil inventories? Biogeosciences 8 (5), S. 1193 - 1212 (2011)
Schulze, E. D.; Luyssaert, S.; Ciais, P.: Response to 'The European nitrogen cycle: response to Schulze et al, Global Change Biology (2010) 16, pp. 1451-1469'. Global Change Biology 17 (8), S. 2758 - 2761 (2011)
Von Lüpke, N.; Hardtke, A.; Lück, M.; Hessenmöller, D.; Ammer, C.; Schulze, E.-D.: Bestandesvorrat, Baumartenvielfalt und Struktur kleinparzellierter Privatwälder im Hainich. Forstarchiv 82, S. 202 - 215 (2011)
Wäldchen, J.; Schulze, E. D.; Mund, M.; Winkler, B.: Der Einfluss politischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Rahmenbedingungen des 19. Jahrhunderts auf die Bewirtschaftung der Wälder im Hainich-Dün-Gebiet (Nordthüringen). Forstarchiv 82, S. 35 - 47 (2011)
Bryuhanova, M.; Vaganov, E. A.; Pp, S.; Schulze, E. D.: Seasonal changes of 13C/12C, anatomical structure, and wood density in tree rings of sycamore maple, common beech, and European Ash. Lesovedenie 5, S. 3 - 11 (2010)
Ciais, P.; Canadell, J. G.; Luyssaert, S.; Chevallier, F.; Shvidenko, A.; Poussi, Z.; Jonas, M.; Peylin, P.; King, A. W.; Schulze, E. D.et al.; Piao, S. L.; Rödenbeck, C.; Peters, W.; Breon, F. M.: Can we reconcile atmospheric estimates of the Northern terrestrial carbon sink with land-based accounting? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2 (4), S. 225 - 230 (2010)
Kutsch, W. L.; Aubinet, M.; Buchmann, N.; Smith, P.; Osborne, B.; Eugster, W.; Wattenbach, M.; Schrumpf, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Tomelleri, E.et al.; Ceschia, E.; Bernhofer, C.; Béziat, P.; Carrara, A.; Di Tommasi, P.; Grünwald, T.; Jones, M.; Magliulo, V.; Marloie, O.; Moureaux, C.; Olioso, A.; Sanz, M. J.; Saunders, M.; Søgaard, H.; Ziegler, W.: The net biome production of full crop rotations in Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 139 (3), S. 336 - 345 (2010)
Kutsch, W. L.; Persson, T.; Schrumpf, M.; Moyano, F. E.; Mund, M.; Andersson, S.; Schulze, E.-D.: Heterotrophic soil respiration and soil carbon dynamics in the deciduous Hainich forest obtained by three approaches. Biogeochemistry 100 (1-3), S. 167 - 183 (2010)
Luyssaert, S.; Ciais, P.; Piao, S. L.; Schulze, E.-D.; Jung, M.; Zaehle, S.; Schelhaas, M. J.; Reichstein, M.; Churkina, G.; Papale, D.et al.; Abril, G.; Beer, C.; Grace, J.; Loustau, D.; Matteucci, G.; Magnani, F.; Nabuurs, G. J.; Verbeeck, H.; Sulkava, M.; Van Der Werf, G. R.; Janssens, I.; Team, C. S.: The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests. Global Change Biology 16 (5), S. 1429 - 1450 (2010)
Mund, M.; Kutsch, W. L.; Wirth, C.; Kahl, T.; Knohl, A.; Skomarkova, M. V.; Schulze, E.-D.: The influence of climate and fructification on the inter-annual variability of stem growth and net primary productivity in an old-growth, mixed beech forest. Tree Physiology 30 (6), S. 689 - 704 (2010)
A new study shows that future ecosystem functioning will increasingly depend on water availability. Using recent simulations from climate models, an international team of scientists found several “hot spot regions” where increasing water limitation strongly affects ecosystems. These include Central Europe, the Amazon, and western Russia.
Microorganisms in aquifers deep below the earth’s surface produce similar amounts of biomass as those in some marine waters. This is the finding of researchers led by the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). The study has been published in Nature Geoscience.
You can't see them with the naked eye, but our forest ground is littered with microorganisms. They decompose falling leaves, thereby improving soil quality and counteracting climate change. But how do these single-celled organisms coordinate their tasks? An international research team has been looking into this little-understood process. The results of the study were recently published in Scientific Reports.
Scientists have succeeded in detecting changes in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels much faster than before. Using a new method, they combined atmospheric measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) from the north coast of the United Kingdom. The study, with the participation of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, was published Apr. 22 in Science Advances.
International researchers found a pattern of extreme climate conditions leading to forest dieback. To do this, the team had collected worldwide records of climate-related tree and forest dieback events over the past nearly five decades. The results, recently published in Nature Communications, reveal an ominous scenario for forests in the context of ongoing global warming.
International forest experts analyzed major tree and forest dieback events that occurred globally in the last decades in response to climate extremes. To their surprise many forests were strongly affected that were not considered threatened based on current scientific understanding. The study, led by the MPI-BGC and published in Annual Reviews in Plant Biology, underscores also that further tree and forest dieback is likely to occur.
An international research team succeeded in identifying global factors that explain the diversity of form and function in plants. Led by the University of Zurich, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and the University of Leipzig, the researchers collected and analyzed plant data from around the world.
Forschende untersuchen in der Biosphere 2 mit bislang größtem Markierungsexperiment, wie H2O, CO2 und VOCs durch dürregestresste Pflanzen und Böden fließen. Die Studienergebnisse können helfen, Wälder widerstandsfähiger zu machen und Klimamodelle zu präzisieren.
Wie genau reagieren ein Waldsystem und seine einzelnen Pflanzen auf extreme Dürre? Die beteiligten Prozesse zu verstehen ist maßgeblich, um Wälder widerstandsfähiger gegen zunehmende Trockenheit im Klimawandel zu machen und auch um Klimamodelle weiter präzisieren zu können. Ein Forschungsteam um Prof. Dr. Christiane Werner von der Universität Freiburg hat zu dieser Frage nun das bislang umfassendste Experiment unter Einsatz von stabilen Isotopen als Marker durchgeführt.
The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. Information is vital for societies who must decide on pathways to climate neutrality. The European ICOS research structure, including Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, provides this information, as described in a recent article.
Ecosystems provide multiple services for humans. However, these services depend on basic ecosystem functions which are shaped by natural conditions like climate and species composition, and human interventions. A large international research team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, identified three key indicators that together summarize the integrative function of terrestrial ecosystems.
Wenn die Fotosynthese langfristig lahmgelegt ist, bilden junge Fichten Reserven, indem sie ihr Wachstum stoppen und sogar durch Selbstverdauung Energie gewinnen.