Meng, M.; Ni, J.; Zong, M. J.: Impacts of changes in climate variability on regional vegetation in China: NDVI-based analysis from 1982 to 2000. Ecological Research 26 (2), pp. 421 - 428 (2011)
Ashiq, M. W.; Zhao, C. Y.; Ni, J.; Akhtar, M.: GIS-based high-resolution spatial interpolation of precipitation in mountain-plain areas of Upper Pakistan for regional climate change impact studies. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 99 (3-4), pp. 239 - 253 (2010)
Ni, J.; Yu, G.; Harrison, S. P.; Prentice, I. C.: Palaeovegetation in China during the late Quaternary: Biome reconstructions based on a global scheme of plant functional types. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 289 (1-4), pp. 44 - 61 (2010)
Ni, J.; Wang, G. H.; Bai, Y. F.; Li, X. Z.: Scale-dependent relationships between plant diversity and above-ground biomass in temperate grasslands, south-eastern Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments 68 (1), pp. 132 - 142 (2007)
Ni, J.; Harrison, S. P.; Prentice, I. C.; Kutzbach, J. E.; Sitch, S.: Impact of climate variability on present and Holocene vegetation: A model-based study. Ecological Modelling 191 (3-4), pp. 469 - 486 (2006)
Wang, G.-H.; Ni, J.: Responses of plant functional types to an environmental gradient on the Northeast China Transect. Ecological Research 20 (5), pp. 563 - 572 (2005)
Wang, Q.; Ni, J.; Tenhunen, J.: Application of a geographically-weighted regression analysis to estimate net primary production of Chinese forest ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14 (4), pp. 379 - 393 (2005)
Ni, J.: Corrigendum to "Net primary productivity in forests of China: scaling-up of national inventory data and comparison with model predictions" (Forest Ecology and Management, vol 187 (2003), 485-495). Forest Ecology and Management 194 (1-3), p. 413 (2004)
Ni, J.: Estimating net primary productivity of grasslands from field biomass measurements in temperate northern China. Plant Ecology 174 (2), pp. 217 - 234 (2004)
Ni, J.: Forest productivity of the Altay and Tianshan Mountains in the dryland, northwestern China. Forest Ecology and Management 202 (1-3), pp. 13 - 22 (2004)
Ni, J.: Plant functional types and climate along a precipitation gradient in temperate grasslands, north-east China and south-east Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments 53 (4), pp. 501 - 516 (2003)
Ni, J.: Net primary productivity in forests of China: scaling-up of national inventory data and comparison with model predictions. Forest Ecology and Management 176 (1-3), pp. 485 - 495 (2003)
Ni, J.; Ding, S.-Y.: Modeling the large-scale distribution of plant diversity: a possibility inferred from climate and productivity. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 26 (5), pp. 568 - 574 (2002)
Clark, D. A.; Brown, S.; Kicklighter, D. W.; Chambers, J. Q.; Thomlinson, J. R.; Ni, J.: Measuring net primary production in forests: Concepts and field methods. Ecological Applications 11 (2), pp. 356 - 370 (2001)
Clark, D. A.; Brown, S.; Kicklighter, D. W.; Chambers, J. Q.; Thomlinson, J. R.; Ni, J.; Holland, E. A.: NPP in tropical forests: an evaluation and synthesis of existing field data. Ecological Applications 11: 371-384. Appendix 1. Estimates from the literature of net primary productivity in tropical forests. Ecological Archives A011-006-A1, pp. 1 - 19 (2001)
A study by Leipzig University, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig (iDiv) and the MPI for Biogeochemistry shows that gaps in the canopy of a mixed floodplain forest have a direct influence on the temperature and moisture in the forest soil, but only a minor effect on soil activity.
From the Greek philosopher Aristotle to Charles Darwin to the present day, scientists have dealt with this fundamental question of biology. Contrary to public perception, however, it is still largely unresolved. Scientists have now presented a new approach for the identification and delimitation of species using artificial intelligence (AI).
A research team led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Leipzig University has developed an algorithm that analyses observational data from the Flora Incognita app. The novel can be used to derive ecological patterns that could provide valuable information about the effects of climate change on plants.
On June 24, Prof. Dr. Henrik Hartmann, head of the Julius Kühn Institute for Forest Protection and former group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, received an important award for his scientific achievements in the field of forestry. Our warmest congratulations!
At the General Meeting on April 26, 2024, the new Board of Directors was elected from among the DKK members in accordance with the Articles of Association. All five candidates were elected unanimously, including Markus Reichstein. The new Board has a younger team and its range of topics has also expanded.
Plant observations collected with plant identification apps such as Flora Incognita allow statements about the developmental stages of plants - both on a small scale and across Europe.
A new study shows a natural solution to mitigate the effects of climate change such as extreme weather events. Researchers found that a diverse plant community acts as a buffer against fluctuations in soil temperature. This buffer, in turn, can have a decisive influence on important ecosystem processes.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is to fund a Research Unit in the Jena Experiment for a further four years with around five million euros. The new focus is on the stabilising effect of biodiversity against extreme climate events such as heat, frost or heavy rainfall.
Anna Michalak, Director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Professor in the Departments of Earth System Science and of Biology at Stanford University, has been appointed External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.
Germany's most popular plant identification app "Flora Incognita" has been further upgraded by a new artificial intelligence. This triples the number of plant species that can be identified up to 16,000. In addition, the app is now available in 20 different languages and also in offline mode.
The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, expects to have an opening for a director and scientific member of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in the general field of ecosystemecology and biogeochemical cycles in the Earth System and related areas.