Ben Hafner
@benscharmin.bsky.social
Tree ecophysiologist, soil-root interactions, a fine root researcher TUM Soil Biophysics: https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/sbe/get-to-know-us/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Hafner
Exciting research environment in a great team and a lovely working space
Simon Haberstroh@simonhaber.bsky.social · 4mo agoJob alert: We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher in our CRC @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social to investigate water potential dynamics and water fluxes across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum 🌳🌲☀️🌧️ Come and join our team @chriswernerlab.bsky.social uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Mature #oak acts as hidden irrigation system for the understory: #hydraulicredistribution of deep soil water can cover about one third of oak seedlings’ daily #transpiration. This benefit extends not only to oak regeneration but also to co-occurring shallow-rooted species. doi.org/10.3389/ffgc...
Frontiers | Shallow rooted understory plants use hydraulically redistributed water by mature oak trees during drought
Hydraulic redistribution (HR) by deep-rooting trees can provide water from deeper soil layers to shallow-rooted understory plants, yet species-specific and t...
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Final reminder: Abstracts for our @egubg.bsky.social session @egu.eu on #rootexudates are due Jan 15th!
Ben Hafner@benscharmin.bsky.social · 9mo agoCalling all #rootexudate enthusiasts! Join our @egubg.bsky.social session (with Taryn Bauerle, @melaniebrunn.bsky.social, Maire Holz & Sami Ullah) at the @egu.eu 2026 General Assembly on exudate composition, function & persistence. Submit by 15 Jan meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
Calling all #rootexudate researchers — reminder! Our @egubg.bsky.social #EGU26 session includes a keynote by Eva Oburger (BOKU Vienna) on #rootexudation, #rhizosphere biogeochemistry & #root–microbe interactions. Abstract deadline: 15 Jan!
Calling all #rootexudate enthusiasts! Join our @egubg.bsky.social session (with Taryn Bauerle, @melaniebrunn.bsky.social, Maire Holz & Sami Ullah) at the @egu.eu 2026 General Assembly on exudate composition, function & persistence. Submit by 15 Jan meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
🐝 PhD Opportunity @tum.de Explore how soil health & structure shape habitats for ground-nesting pollinators in the Horizon Europe project ProPollSoil. Join our interdisciplinary team in Soil Biophysics & Environmental Systems 🌿 🔗 Details: www.lss.ls.tum.de/sbe/offered-...
Doctoral Candidate Soil–Pollinator Interactions and Soil Health
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On the train back after a very inspiring workshop on root exudation in Berlin, funded by @newphyt.bsky.social What is it, is it important, where should we be in 10 years time, and how do we get there? Stay tuned for the answers!
New paper on #drought_legacy lead by @kyo-hikino.bsky.social showing that slow recovery of leaf area in mature #spruce following a long-term #drought alleviated physiological #stress during recurrent drought: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Drought legacy in mature spruce alleviates physiological stress during recurrent drought
The slow recovery of leaf area in mature spruce following a long-term drought alleviated physiological stress during recurrent drought.
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🌳Published🌳 #Tree #mycorrhizal associations regulate relationships between #plant & microbial communities & #soil organic C stocks at local scales in a temperate #forest 🌎🧪
Tree mycorrhizal associations regulate relationships between plant & microbial communities & soil organic C stocks at local scales in a temperate forest
Mengxu Zhang, Emma J. Sayer, Ji Ye, Zuoqiang Yuan, Fei Lin, Zhanqing Hao, Shuai Fang, Zikun Mao, Pengcheng Jiang, Meihui Zhu, Xugao Wang. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology ar…
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📢New Paper - Smart roots! Plants modify roots to maintain strategically use water. When soils are drying, plants can decrease water use from topsoil whilst boosting uptake at greater depths. 🌱💧 @newphyt.bsky.social @uonresearch.bsky.social Full story 👇 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/smart-r...
Mature beech trees redistribute soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand #transpiration, from deeper moist #soils to dry surface soils, where seedlings of different #tree species take it up. New #hydraulicredistribution paper with TUM & BoKu Ecophys groups: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Redistribution of soil water by mature trees towards dry surface soils and uptake by seedlings in a temperate forest
Mature beech trees redistributed soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand transpiration, from deeper moist soils to dry surface soils, where it was taken up by seedlings of different tree species.
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#Exudates decrease strongly during #plantdevelopment and #metabolome shifts from diverse, sugar-dominated to secondary exudates. Fast-growth genotypes exude root establishing, slow-growth more defensive compounds. See our paper with @drmicrowill.bsky.social and the Bauerle lab.
William L King@drmicrowill.bsky.social · last yr.