Publications of Christian Wirth

Lenk, A.; Waha, S.; Wirth, C.: Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 586, 122678 (2025)

Lipoma, L.; Kambach, S.; Díaz, S.; Sabatini, F. M.; Damasceno, G.; Kattge, J.; Wirth, C.; Abella, S. R.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Belote, T. R. et al.; Bernhardt-Römermann, M.; Craven, D.; Dolezal, J.; Eisenhauer, N.; Isbell, F.; Jentsch, A.; Kreyling, J.; Lanta, V.; Le Stradic, S.; Lepš, J.; Manninen, O.; Mariotte, P.; Reich, P. B.; Ruppert, J. C.; Schmidt, W.; Tilman, D.; van Ruijven, J.; Wagg, C.; Wardle, D. A.; Wilsey, B.; Bruelheide, H.: No general support for functional diversity enhancing resilience across terrestrial plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33 (10), e13895 (2024)

Kretzschmar, J.; Pöhlker, M.; Stratmann, F.; Wex, H.; Wirth, C.; Quaas, J.: From trees to rain: enhancement of cloud glaciation and precipitation by pollen. Environmental Research Letters 19 (10), 104052 (2024)

Dechant, B.; Kattge, J.; Pavlick, R.; Schneider, F. D.; Sabatini, F. M.; Moreno-Martínez, A.; Butler, E. E.; van Bodegom, P. M.; Vallicrosa, H.; Kattenborn, T. et al.; Boonman, C. C. F.; Madani, N.; Wright, I. J.; Dong, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Penuelas, J.; Sardans, J.; Aguirre-Gutierrez, J.; Reich, P. B.; Leitao, P. J.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Myers-Smith, I. H.; Duran, S. M.; Croft, H.; Prentice, I. C.; Huth, A.; Rebel, K.; Zaehle, S.; Símov, I.; Díaz, S.; Reichstein, M.; Schiller, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Mahecha, M.; Wirth, C.; Malhi, Y.; Townsend, P. A.: Intercomparison of global foliar trait maps reveals fundamental differences and limitations of upscaling approaches. Remote Sensing of Environment 311, 114276 (2024)

Lenk, A.; Richter, R.; Kretz, L.; Wirth, C.: Effects of canopy gaps on microclimate, soil biological activity and their relationship in a European mixed floodplain forest. Science of the Total Environment 941, 173572 (2024)

Sachsenmaier, L.; Schnabel, F.; Dietrich, P.; Eisenhauer, N.; Ferlian, O.; Quosh, J.; Richter, R.; Wirth, C.: Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018-2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type. Journal of Ecology 112 (8), pp. 1787 - 1803 (2024)

Schnabel, F.; Barry, K. E.; Eckhardt, S.; Guillemot, J.; Geilmann, H.; Kahl, A.; Moossen, H.; Bauhus, J.; Wirth, C.: Neighbourhood species richness and drought-tolerance traits modulate tree growth and delta¹³C responses to drought. Plant Biology 26 (2), pp. 330 - 345 (2024)

Langer, L.; Burghardt, M.; Borgards, R.; Richter, R.; Wirth, C.: The relation between biodiversity in literature and social and spatial situation of authors: Reflections on the nature–culture entanglement. People and Nature 6 (1), pp. 54 - 74 (2024)

Rauschkolb, R.; Bucher, S. F.; Hensen, I.; Ahrends, A.; Fernández‑Pascual, E.; Heubach, K.; Jakubka, D.; Jiménez‑Alfaro, B.; König, A.; Koubek, T. et al.; Kehl, A.; Khuroo, A. A.; Lindstädter, A.; Shafee, F.; Mašková, T.; Platonova, E.; Panico, P.; Plos, C.; Primack, R.; Rosche, C.; Shah, M. A.; Sporbert, M.; Stevens, A.; Tarquini, F.; Tielbörger, K.; Träger, S.; Vange, V.; Weigelt, P.; Bonn, A.; Freiberg, M.; Knickmann, B.; Nordt, B.; Wirth, C.; Römermann, C.: Spatial variability in herbaceous plant phenology is mostly explained by variability in temperature but also by photoperiod and functional traits. International Journal of Biometeorology 69, pp. 761 - 775 (2024)

Schellenberger-Costa, D.; Boenisch, G.; Freiberg, M.; Govaerts, R.; Grenié, M.; Hassler, M.; Kattge, J.; Muellner-Riehl, A. N.; Andrés, B. M. R.; Winter, M. et al.; Watson, M.; Zizka, A.; Wirth, C.: The big four of plant taxonomy – a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names. New Phytologist 240 (4), pp. 1687 - 1702 (2023)

Rüger, N.; Schorn, M. E.; Kambach, S.; Chazdon, R. L.; Farrior, C. E.; Meave, J. A.; Muñoz, R.; van Breugel, M.; Amissah, L.; Bongers, F. et al.; Craven, D.; Hérault, B.; Jakovac, C. C.; Norden, N.; Poorter, L.; van der Sande, M. T.; Wirth, C.; Delgado, D.; Dent, D. H.; DeWalt, S. J.; Dupuy, J. M.; Finegan, B.; Hall, J. S.; Hernández-Stefanoni, J. L.; Lopez, O. R.: Successional shifts in tree demographic strategies in wet and dry Neotropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32 (6), pp. 1002 - 1014 (2023)

van der Plas, F.; Schröder-Georgi, T.; Weigelt, A.; Barry, K.; Meyer, S.; Alzate, A.; Barnard, R. L.; Buchmann, N.; de Kroon, H.; Ebeling, A. et al.; Eisenhauer, N.; Engels, C.; Fischer, M.; Gleixner, G.; Hildebrandt, A.; Koller-France, E.; Leimer, S.; Milcu, A.; Mommer, L.; Niklaus, P. A.; Oelmann, Y.; Roscher, C.; Scherber, C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Scheu, S.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E. D.; Temperton, V.; Tscharntke, T.; Voigt, W.; Weisser, W.; Wilcke, W.; Wirth, C.: Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, pp. 335 - 336 (2023)

Mahecha, M. D.; Bastos, A.; Bohn, F. J.; Eisenhauer, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Hartmann, H.; Hickler, T.; Kalesse-Los, H.; Migliavacca, M.; Otto, F. E. L. et al.; Peng, J.; Quaas, J.; Tegen, I.; Weigelt, A.; Wendisch, M.; Wirth, C.: Biodiversity loss and climate extremes — study the feedbacks. Nature 612, pp. 30 - 32 (2022)

Wolf, S.; Mahecha, M. D.; Sabatini, F. M.; Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Kattge, J.; Martínez, Á. M.; Mora, K.; Kattenborn, T.: Citizen science plant observations encode global trait patterns. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6, pp. 1850 - 1859 (2022)

Sporbert, M.; Jakubka, D.; Bucher, S. F.; Hensen, I.; Freiberg, M.; Heubach, K.; König, A.; Nordt, B.; Plos, C.; Blinova, I. et al.; Bonn, A.; Knickmann, B.; Koubek, T.; Linstädter, A.; Mašková, T.; Primack, R. B.; Rosche, C.; Shah, M. A.; Stevens, A.-D.; Tielbörger, K.; Träger, S.; Wirth, C.; Römermann, C.: Functional traits influence patterns in vegetative and reproductive plant phenology - a multi-botanical garden study. New Phytologist 235 (6), pp. 2199 - 2210 (2022)

Kambach, S.; Condit, R.; Aguilar, S.; Bruelheide, H.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Chang-Yang, C.-H.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Chuyong, G.; Davies, S. J.; Ediriweera, S. et al.; Ewango, C. E. N.; Fernando, E. S.; Gunatilleke, N.; Gunatilleke, S.; Hubbell, S. P.; Itoh, A.; Kenfack, D.; Kiratiprayoon, S.; Lin, Y.-C.; Makana, J.-R.; Mohamad, M. B.; Pongpattananurak, N.; Pérez, R.; Rodriguez, L. J. V.; Sun, I.-F.; Tan, S.; Thomas, D.; Thompson, J.; Uriarte, M.; Valencia, R.; Wirth, C.; Wright, S. J.; Wu, S.-H.; Yamakura, T.; Yao, T. L.; Zimmerman, J.; Rüger, N.: Consistency of demographic trade-offs across 13 (sub)tropical forests. Ecology 110 (7), pp. 1485 - 1496 (2022)

Perino, A.; Pereira, H. M.; Felipe-Lucia, M.; Kim, H.; Kühl, H. S.; Marselle, M. R.; Meya, J. N.; Meyer, C.; Navarro, L. M.; van Klink, R. et al.; Albert, G.; Barratt, C. D.; Bruelheide, H.; Cao, Y.; Chamoin, A.; Darbi, M.; Dornelas, M.; Eisenhauer, N.; Essl, F.; Farwig, N.; Förster, J.; Freyhof, J.; Geschke, J.; Gottschall, F.; Guerra, C.; Haase, P.; Hickler, T.; Jacob, U.; Kastner, T.; Korell, L.; Kühn, I.; Lehmann, G. U. C.; Lenzner, B.; Marques, A.; Motivans Švara, E.; Quintero, L. C.; Pacheco, A.; Popp, A.; Rouet-Leduc, J.; Schnabel, F.; Siebert, J.; Staude, I. R.; Trogisch, S.; Švara, V.; Svenning, J.-C.; Pe'er, G.; Raab, K.; Rakosy, D.; Vandewalle, M.; Werner, A. S.; Wirth, C.; Xu, H.; Yu, D.; Zinngrebe, Y.; Bonn, A.: Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation Letters 15 (2), e12848 (2022)

Volf, M.; Volfová, T.; Seifert, C. L.; Ludwig, A.; Engelmann, R. A.; Jorge, L. R.; Richter, R.; Schedl, A.; Weinhold, A.; Wirth, C. et al.; van Dam, N. M.: A mosaic of induced and non-induced branches promotes variation in leaf traits, predation and insect herbivore assemblages in canopy trees. Ecology Letters 25 (4), pp. 729 - 739 (2022)

Kretz, L.; Koll, K.; Seele‐Dilbat, C.; van der Plas, F.; Weigelt, A.; Wirth, C.: Effects of plant species identity override diversity effects in explaining sedimentation within vegetation in a flume experiment. International Review of Hydrobiology 107 (1-2), pp. 108 - 116 (2022)

Schnabel, F.; Purrucker, S.; Schmitt, L.; Engelmann, R. A.; Kahl, A.; Richter, R.; Seele-Dilbat, C.; Skiadaresis, G.; Wirth, C.: Cumulative growth and stress responses to the 2018–2019 drought in a European floodplain forest. Global Change Biology 28 (5), pp. 1870 - 1883 (2022)