Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Forest Management and Policy.
Multiyear Drought Strengthens Positive and Negative Functional Diversity Effects on Tree Growth Response
Underpinning the <scp>EU</scp> Nature Restoration Regulation: five success factors for effective measures in the Member States
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers
Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights
Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought
Neighbourhood species richness and drought‐tolerance traits modulate tree growth and <scp> δ <sup>13</sup> C </scp> responses to drought
Mother trees, altruistic fungi, and the perils of plant personification
Effects of management intensity, soil properties and region on the nematode communities in temperate forests in Germany
For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!
Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment
Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe
Tree-related microhabitats are similar in mountain forests of Europe and North America and their occurrence may be explained by tree functional groups
Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers
Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment
Where are Europe’s last primary forests?
Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services
Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments
Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features
A million and more trees for science
Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests
Community level lipid profiling of consumers as a tool for soil food web diagnostics
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context
Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality
Regional environmental conditions shape microbial community structure stronger than local forest management intensity
Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality
Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality
Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests
Suitability of close-to-nature silviculture for adapting temperate European forests to climate change
Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical<scp>C</scp>hina