Buchmann, N.; Bonal, D.; Barigah, T. S.; Guehl, J. M.; Ehleringer, J. R.: Insights into the carbon dynamics of tropical primary rainforests using stable carbon isotope analyses. In: Ecology and management of a neotropical rainforest: lessons drawn from Paracou, a long-term exeperimental research site in French Guiana, pp. 95 - 113 (Eds. Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Guehl, J. M.; Laroussinie, O.). Elsevier, Paris (2004)
Janssens, I. A.; Dore, S.; Epron, D.; Lankreijer, H.; Buchmann, N.; Longdoz, B.; Brossaud, J.; Montagnani, L.: Climatic influences on seasonal and spatial differences in soil CO" efflux. In: Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests, Vol. 163, pp. 233 - 253 (Ed. Valentini, R.). Springer, Heidelberg (2003)
Lankreijer, H.; Janssens, I. A.; Buchmann, N.; Longdoz, B.; Epron, D.; Dore, S.: Measurement of soil respiration. In: Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests, Vol. 163, pp. 37 - 54 (Ed. Valentini, R.). Springer, Heidelberg (2003)
Hooper, D.; Buchmann, N.; Degrange, V.; Díaz, S. M.; Gessner, M. O.; Grime, P.; Hulot, F.; Mermillod-Blondin, F.; Van Peer, L.; Roy, J.et al.; Symstad, A.; Solan, M.; Spehn, E.: Species diversity, functional diversity and ecosystem functioning. In: Biodiversity and ecosystems functioning: a current synthesis, pp. 195 - 208 (Eds. Loreau, M.; Naeem, S.; Inchausti, P.). Oxford University Press, Oxford (2002)
Krause, R.; Buchmann, N.; Churkina, G.; Freibauer, A.: Development of a database for climate research. In: Environmental communication in the information society: proceedings of the 16th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection, September 25 - 27, 2002, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Vol. 2, pp. 643 - 646 (Eds. Pillmann, W.; Tochtermann, K.). International Society for Envirnonmental Protection, Vienna, Austria (2002)
Wichura, B.; Buchmann, N.; Foken, T.: Carbon dioxide exchange characteristics above a spruce forest. In: 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: 20 - 24 May 2002, Norfolk, Virginia, pp. 63 - 64. American Meteorological Society, Boston (2002)
Buchmann, N.; Kaplan, J. O.: Carbon isotope discrimination of terrestrial ecosystems - how well do observed and modeled results match? In: Global biogeochemical cycles in the climate system, pp. 253 - 266 (Eds. Schulze, E.-D.; Heimann, M.; Harrison, S. P.; Holland, E.; Lloyd, J. et al.). Academic Press, San Diego (2001)
Gebauer, G.; Zeller, B.; Schmidt, G.; May, C.; Buchmann, N.; Colin-Belgrand, M.; Dambrine, E.; Martin, F.; Schulze, E.-D.; Bottner, P.: The fate of N-15-labelled nitrogen inputs to coniferous and broadleaf forests. In: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems, Vol. 142, pp. 144 - 170 (2000)
Matteucci, G.; Dore, S.; Stivanello, S.; Rebmann, C.; Buchmann, N.: Soil respiration in beech and spruce forests in Europe: Trends, controlling factors, annual budgets and implications for the ecosystem carbon balance. In: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems, Vol. 142, pp. 217 - 236 (Ed. Schulze, E.-D.). Springer, Berlin (2000)
Wichura, B.; Buchmann, N.; Foken, T.: Fluxes of the stable carbon isotope 13C above a spruce forest measured by hyperbolic relaxed eddy accumulation method. In: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence. 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Boston. (2000)
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.
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.
We have gained a new external member: Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth has been appointed by the Senate of the Max Planck Society as External Scientific Member. As a former group leader and later fellow at the institute, Prof. Wirth initiated and supported the development of the TRY database, the world's largest collection on plant traits.
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 plant identification app Flora Incognita receives this year's Sonja Bernadotte Award for its importance in nature education for all age groups and its high scientific standards and usefulness.
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.
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.
With a kick-off event on January 12, 2023, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and the German Aerospace Center jointly opened the ELLIS Unit Jena. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are being used to help address global environmental crises.
Mobile apps like Flora Incognita that allow automated identification of wild plants cannot only identify plant species, but also uncover large scale ecological patterns. These patterns are surprisingly similar to the ones derived from long-term inventory data of the German flora, even though they have been acquired over much shorter time periods and are influenced by user behaviour.