Search Results - "Culmsee, Heike"

Consistent patterns of elevational change in tree taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity across Malesian mountain forests by Culmsee, Heike, Leuschner, Christoph

“…Aim In order to investigate the relative importance of ecological (habitat specialization) and biogeographical (speciation, geographical dispersal limitation)…”
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Radar vision in the mapping of forest biodiversity from space by Bae, Soyeon, Levick, Shaun R., Heidrich, Lea, Magdon, Paul, Leutner, Benjamin F., Wöllauer, Stephan, Serebryanyk, Alla, Nauss, Thomas, Krzystek, Peter, Gossner, Martin M., Schall, Peter, Heibl, Christoph, Bässler, Claus, Doerfler, Inken, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Krah, Franz-Sebastian, Culmsee, Heike, Jung, Kirsten, Heurich, Marco, Fischer, Markus, Seibold, Sebastian, Thorn, Simon, Gerlach, Tobias, Hothorn, Torsten, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Müller, Jörg

“…Recent progress in remote sensing provides much-needed, large-scale spatio-temporal information on habitat structures important for biodiversity conservation…”
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Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under Scots pine plantations in comparison to European beech forests: a paired-plot study across forests with different management history and precipitation regimes by Diers, Marco, Weigel, Robert, Culmsee, Heike, Leuschner, Christoph

“…Background Organic carbon stored in forest soils (SOC) represents an important element of the global C cycle. It is thought that the C storage capacity of the…”
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Quantifying old-growthness of lowland European beech forests by a multivariate indicator for forest structure by Meyer, Peter, Aljes, Maria, Culmsee, Heike, Feldmann, Eike, Glatthorn, Jonas, Leuschner, Christoph, Schneider, Heike

“…•an indicator for old-growthness of European beech forests was devised.•the indicator (OGI) is based on reference data of real old-growth stands.•OGI is…”
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Habitat loss of floodplain meadows in north Germany since the 1950s by Krause, Benjamin, Culmsee, Heike, Wesche, Karsten, Bergmeier, Erwin, Leuschner, Christoph

“…Floodplain meadows are severely threatened by land use change and intensification in Central Europe. This study investigates quantitative and qualitative…”
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Patterns of long‐term vegetation change vary between different types of semi‐natural grasslands in Western and Central Europe by Diekmann, Martin, Andres, Christian, Becker, Thomas, Bennie, Jonathan, Blüml, Volker, Bullock, James M., Culmsee, Heike, Fanigliulo, Miriam, Hahn, Annett, Heinken, Thilo, Leuschner, Christoph, Luka, Stefanie, Meißner, Justus, Müller, Josef, Newton, Adrian, Peppler‐Lisbach, Cord, Rosenthal, Gert, van den Berg, Leon J. L., Vergeer, Philippine, Wesche, Karsten, Bartha, Sándor

“…Questions Has plant species richness in semi‐natural grasslands changed over recent decades? Do the temporal trends of habitat specialists differ from those of…”
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Plant species richness patterns along a gradient of landscape modification intensity in Lower Saxony, Germany by Schmiedel, Inga, Bergmeier, Erwin, Culmsee, Heike

“…•K-means clustering identified a 6-level gradient of landscape modification.•Richness patterns of 8 plant groups differed along the landscape modification…”
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Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands by Ibanez, Thomas, Keppel, Gunnar, Baider, Cláudia, Birkinshaw, Chris, Culmsee, Heike, Cordell, Susan, Florens, F. B. Vincent, Franklin, Janet, Giardina, Christian P., Gillespie, Thomas W., Laidlaw, Melinda, Litton, Creighton M., Martin, Tara G., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Randrianaivo, Richard, Randrianjanahary, Miramasoandro, Rajkumar, Muthu, Rasingam, Ladan, Ratovoson, Fidy, Reza, Ludovic, Sack, Lawren, Aiba, Shin-ichiro, Webb, Edward, Whitfeld, Timothy J. S., Zang, Runguo, Birnbaum, Philippe

“…Aim: To determine the role of regional forcing on plot-level species diversity and composition, and to quantify the relative importance of biogeographical and…”
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Tree diversity and phytogeographical patterns of tropical high mountain rain forests in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia by Culmsee, Heike, Pitopang, Ramadhanil, Mangopo, Hardianto, Sabir, Sahar

“…Tropical high mountain forests in Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia, were described by their floristic composition and the importance of tree…”
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Historical and recent fragmentation of temperate floodplain grasslands: Do patch size and distance affect the richness of characteristic wet meadow plant species? by Krause, Benjamin, Culmsee, Heike, Wesche, Karsten, Leuschner, Christoph

“…Patch size and isolation are thought to have a large influence on the extinction risk of specialist plant species in grassland fragments in the modern…”
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Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia by Brambach, Fabian, Byng, James W, Culmsee, Heike

“…Following ongoing ecological research on the tree diversity of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, we describe five new species of . These are the first…”
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The influence of landscape fragmentation, expressed by the ‘Effective Mesh Size Index’, on regional patterns of vascular plant species richness in Lower Saxony, Germany by Schmiedel, Inga, Culmsee, Heike

“…•Effects of landscape fragmentation on plant species richness patterns.•Fragmentation measured using Effective Mesh Size Index (meff).•Fragmentation geometries…”
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Fifty years of change in Central European grassland vegetation: Large losses in species richness and animal-pollinated plants by Wesche, Karsten, Krause, Benjamin, Culmsee, Heike, Leuschner, Christoph

“…There is growing concern that biodiversity loss in European agricultural landscapes is having negative effects on functional trait diversity. Long-term studies…”
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Are northern German Scots pine plantations climate smart? The impact of large-scale conifer planting on climate, soil and the water cycle by Leuschner, Christoph, Förster, Agnes, Diers, Marco, Culmsee, Heike

“…•Scots pine plantations cover 1.7 million hectares in northern Germany.•Pine plantations increase regional climate warming via a reduced canopy albedo.•Pine…”
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Thinned northern German Scots pine forests have a low carbon storage and uptake potential in comparison to naturally developing beech forests by Förster, Agnes, Culmsee, Heike, Leuschner, Christoph

“…•Biomass C storage in European beech forests is twice as high as in Scots pine forests.•Primary productivity is 25% lower in pine forests than in beech…”
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Predominant colonization of Malesian mountains by Australian tree lineages by Brambach, Fabian, Leuschner, Christoph, Tjoa, Aiyen, Culmsee, Heike

“…Aim Massive biota mixing due to plate‐tectonic movement has shaped the biogeography of Malesia and during the colonization process, Asian plant lineages have…”
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influence of landscape fragmentation, expressed by the ‘Effective Mesh Size Index’, on regional patterns of vascular plant species richness in Lower Saxony, Germany by Schmiedel, Inga, Heike Culmsee

“…Landscape fragmentation has been identified as a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Several landscape metrics have been developed to quantify the extent…”
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Arable plant diversity on conventional cropland—The role of crop species, management and environment by Seifert, Charlotte, Leuschner, Christoph, Culmsee, Heike

“…•Diversity and biomass of arable plants are severely reduced in modern agriculture.•We assessed the effects of a broad set of predictors on the arable…”
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The significance of habitat continuity and current management on the compositional and functional diversity of grasslands in the uplands of Lower Saxony, Germany by Krause, Benjamin, Culmsee, Heike

“…There is a growing concern that land use intensification is having negative effects on semi-natural grasslands and that it leads to a general loss of…”
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Forest aboveground biomass along an elevational transect in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the role of Fagaceae in tropical montane rain forests by Culmsee, Heike, Leuschner, Christoph, Moser, Gerald, Pitopang, Ramadhanil

“…This study investigates how estimated tree aboveground biomass (AGB) of tropical montane rain forests varies with elevation, and how this variation is related…”
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