On the relationship between root economics and plant hydraulic traits Sanaei et al. @anvarsanaei.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Lena Sachsenmaier
@lsachsenmaier.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher @iDiv in the International Research Training Group TreeDì & AG Wirth/Weigelt @UniLeipzig Forest Ecology | Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning | Drought Responses | Tree Ecophysiology
Glad to have shared some of our latest results on stomatal regulation of tree species at #EGU26🌳📊 Conference abstract here: doi.org/10.5194/egus... #TreePhysiology #Drought #Stomata
Wirth-Weigelt Research Group@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social · 3mo agoExcited to share our research at #EGU26! 🌍📊 Our group member @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social and Dr. Anvar Sanaei presented on stomatal regulation and root economics. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! 🌱 #EGUconference #biodiversity #research
Congratulations to Pablo, winner of the Dorothea Erxleben Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026 of @unihalle.bsky.social! @castretis.bsky.social @sylvia-haider.bsky.social @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social
🌳 New paper out! Congrats to our PhD researcher Analena Lenk 🎉 Drought, ash dieback & missing floods are reshaping floodplain forests in Leipzig. The study shows how targeted understorey thinning can support diverse regeneration. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ForestEcology #ClimateChange
Regeneration dynamics in response to an openness gradient caused by ash dieback, drought effects and understorey forest management in a meliorated European floodplain forest
Pathogens and droughts lead to increasingly thinned forests worldwide, shaping regeneration conditions. In Leipzig (Germany), we investigated the curr…
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👇 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 🌍 𝗖𝗕𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 📆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟭𝟰 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 🔗 cbc-conference.org Please share this with your colleagues 🙏 @ufz.de @unileipzig.bsky.social
🌱 Before the winter break, our research group had a tree-planting activity at the #ARBOfun research arboretum Großpösna, kindly supported by the Botanical Garden Oberholz and pupils from the Wilhelm-Wander School. A cold but great day for everyone! 🌳
Just before the Xmas break🎉 In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365... @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
Above‐ and below‐ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species in a common garden experiment
This research highlights the significance of elucidating the mechanisms behind above-and below-ground organs. The varying trait coordination across clades indicates different resource acquisition str...
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"Understanding leaf variability within tree species" 🍃🌿🍂 I wrote a "behind the paper" post talking about our recent paper in @natcomms.nature.com communities.springernature.com/posts/unders...
Understanding leaf variability within tree species
Leaf diversity arises from differences among species, but also from differences within species and even within the same crown. In a recent study, we show how intraspecific and intraindividual trait va...
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Very happy to see my first PhD chapter being published 🤍 Take a look if you are interested in how tree species richness and mycorrhizal associations affect soil multifunctionality on a small scale 🌳🌳
Rémy Beugnon@remybeugnon.bsky.social · 8mo agoHappy to share our new open-access article in SBB: Tree species richness effects on soil multifunctionality vary with proximity to target trees (doi.org/10.1016/j.so...). Congratulations to the team !
In trees, intraspecific and intraindividual leaf trait variability decrease along a gradient of tree species richness and are an important part of functional diversity in forest stands, Our new paper is already out in @natcomms.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414... Want to know more about it? 🧵
Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment - Nature Communications
In forests, trait expression is influenced by tree-tree interactions. Castro Sánchez-Bermejo et al. show how phenotypic variability of tree species decreases with tree diversity and contributes import...
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New study led by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social shows: forest stands made up of tree species with different water-use strategies (not just many species) grow better in drought years. #iDivResearch #Biodiversity www.idiv.de/diverse-fore...
Diverse forests are more resistant to climate change
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Over 2,600🌳 #trees during the 2018–2020 #drought : • Traits disadvantageous in normal years became beneficial under drought • Trees grew better with neighbours whose hydro-functional traits differed from their own 🗞️Paper out now @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hydro‐Functional Traits and Their Dissimilarity to the Neighbourhood Buffer Tree Growth Against the 2018–2020 Central European Drought
Climate change is putting forests at risk. Our research shows that a tree's water-use strategy largely determines its growth across years: whereas one strategy performs better in normal years, the ot....
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Inspiring joint conference of @treedi.bsky.social and @multitroph.bsky.social at @idiv-research.bsky.social, with 20 presentations by doctoral researchers, 7 workshops, 5 international keynote speakers, 1 excursion and 1 guided city tour.
I had the honour to write a @newphyt.bsky.social commentary on this fantastic paper — summarizing its key insights and exploring exciting directions for future research. Hope it may spark new ideas and helps the community! ✨ 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...
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Such a great week with the #sTREND working group — lots of ideas on tree traits and neighbourhood diversity taking shape. 🌲🌳 Grateful to have been part of it! #FunctionalTraits #ForestDiversity @idiv-research.bsky.social
Julia Koricheva@juliakoricheva.bsky.social · last yr.Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others
Root shrinkage measurements of 40 #tree species at #ARBOfun completed! We've measured root #shrinkage, to understand #root-soil contact under #drought. The campaign was led by Dr. Anvar Sanaei with great support of our technician Nicole Nabel. Excited to see the results! #RootTraits #PlantScience
16 April is the day when Leipzig celebrates its floodplain forest – and fittingly, a new paper by Annalena Lenk @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social shows how the current tree dieback combined with the thinning of certain understorey species, can support oak regeneration.🌳🍃 www.idiv.de/experiment-i...
Experiment in Leipzig’s floodplain forest
Using tree mortality to support oak regeneration
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Congratulations to iDiv’s founding director Christian Wirth!🥂 Yesterday, he received the member certificate of the Academy of Sciences @leopoldina.org - a high scientific honour.👏 Read more (in German): www.idiv.de/de/christian... @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social #iDivImpact
iDiv-Gründungsdirektor Christian Wirth bekommt Urkunde als neues Mitglied der Leopoldina
Die Aufnahme in die 1652 gegründete Gelehrtengesellschaft gilt als hohe wissenschaftliche Anerkennung.
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🌍 Ever wondered what life is made of - literally? We just launched StoichLife, a global dataset of the elemental building blocks of life across nearly 6,000 species! 🌱🐟 Spanning land, water, and sea, it opens up new insights into how organisms are shaped by their environments 🏜️🏔️🌊 #stoichiometry
Interested in how #forest #resilience to #drought depended on tree diversity and #mycorrhiza? The study by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social in @journalofecology.bsky.social was just shortlisted for the Harper Prize🚨👏 Read more on the paper here👇 jecologyblog.com/2025/04/04/l...
Lena Sachsenmaier: Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type
2024 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research pape…
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👏 And also congrats to @karlandraczek.bsky.social! His paper on #biodiversity – #productivity relationships in managed #grasslands was as well shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize! 🌱 Read more on the Journal of Ecology blog: jecologyblog.com/2025/04/02/k...
Karl Andraczek: Weak reciprocal relationships between productivity and plant biodiversity in managed grasslands
2024 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research pape…
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🎉 Congrats to our PhD student @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, whose paper on #forest #growth #resistance & #resilience to drought was shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize! 🌳 Read more on the Journal of Ecology blog: jecologyblog.com/2025/04/04/l...
Lena Sachsenmaier: Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type
2024 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research pape…
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New paper by our PhD student Annalena Lenk in #Forest #Ecology and Management: #Climate change-induced tree mortality can promote #oak regeneration in #floodplain forests – if flood-intolerant maple species are selectively removed. #Biodiversity #Research sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest
Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur L.), a keystone species in European temperate floodplain forests, faces regeneration challenges due to dense canopies c…
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Are you interested in #forest microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning? 🌲🌳🌡️ 🗞️In our new study we show: Tree diversity increases #forest temperature buffering🗞️ doi.org/10.1111/ele.... /w @remybeugnon.bsky.social, @uni-freiburg.de, @unileipzig.bsky.social, @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social
Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density and Structural Diversity
Making use of 6 years of microclimate measurements in a large-scale tree diversity experiment covering a species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species, we demonstrate that tree species ....
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🌴🌳 Tree species richness increases climate buffering 🌡️🥵 I am so happy to share our latest piece, now published in Ecology Letters! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density and Structural Diversity
Making use of 6 years of microclimate measurements in a large-scale tree diversity experiment covering a species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species, we demonstrate that tree species ...
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Very cool paper reviewing how the Root Economics Space advances our understanding of fine-root functioning 🫚🌾☀️ It was a great pleasure to work with such an amazing team of coauthors, especially the fantastic lead team @elsaelsam.bsky.social , @joanabergmann.bsky.social