PD Dr. Christiane Roscher Dr. Christiane Roscher

Contact

Department for Physiological Diversity
German Center of Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Puschstraße 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Phone: +49 341 9733212
e-mail: christiane.roscher@ufz.de




I am a plant ecologist. With my research, I aim to contribute to a better understanding of the effects of various drivers of global change on

  • biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships
  • plant functional traits, trait variation and functional diversity
  • plant-plant-interactions and community assembly mechanisms




Current Projects

DFG project Plant nutrient responses (since 2024; within Research Unit FOR5000/2, Jena Experiment)

DFG project Land-use effects on plant regeneration strategies in grasslands and their relation to community assembly (since 2023; within the Biodiversity Exploratories)

DFG project Plant trait variation and evolution in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning context (since 2019; within Research Unit FOR5000/1, Jena Experiment; together with Walter Durka)

DFG project Central Coordination (since 2019; within Research Unit FOR5000, Jena Experiment, together with Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Gerd Gleixner, Alexandra Weigelt)



DFG project Seed and seedling traits as related to plant diversity and community assembly in grasslands at different land-use intensity (2020-2023; within the Biodiversity Exploratories)

DFG project Land-use effects on longevity and stem anatomical traits of perennial dicotyledonous species in grasslands (2017-2023; within the Biodiversity Exploratories)

DFG project Multiple mechanisms of species coexistence as a basis for biodiversity maintenance and ecosystem functioning (2016-2018; within Research Unit FOR1451, Jena Experiment, with Markus Fischer)

DFG project Diversity effects on plant life-cycle characteristics and population structure as a base for understanding community assembly and stability (2013-2017; within Research Unit FOR1451, Jena Experiment, with Markus Fischer)

DFG project The role of plant functional traits and trait variation for community assembly and productivity in semi-natural and experimentally manipulated grasslands (2012-2015)

DFG project The role of plant functional traits and plant interactions for plant for plant community functioning, stability and dynamics, and processes at the ecosystem level (2010-2015; Heisenberg fellowship)

DFG project Effects of diversity and resource availability on plant functional trait variation, plant interactions and community productivity (2010-2015)

Index:

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2025 (1)

  • Durka, W., Michalski, S.G., Höfner, J., Bucharova, A., Kolář, F., Müller, C.M., Oberprieler, C., Šemberová, K., Bauer, M., Bernt, M., Bleeker, W., Brändel, S., Bucher, S.F., Eibes, P.M., Ewald, M., Goldberg, R., Grant, K., Haider, S., Harpke, A., Haun, F., Kaufmann, R., Korell, L., Kunzmann, D., Lauterbach, D., Leib, S., Lenzewski, N., Loritz, H., Madaj, A.-M., Mainz, A.K., Meinecke, P., Mertens, H., Meyer, H.M., Musche, M., Ristow, M., Rosche, C., Roscher, C., Rutte, D., Schacherer, A., Schmidt, W., Schmoldt, J., Schneider, S., Schwarz, J.-H., Skowronek, S., Socher, S.A., Stanik, N., Twerski, A., Weiß, K., Weiß, M., Wille, A., Zehm, A., Zidorn, C., the RegioDiv Consortium, (2025):
    Assessment of genetic diversity among seed transfer zones for multiple grassland plant species across Germany
    Basic Appl. Ecol. 84 , 50 - 60 10.1016/j.baae.2024.11.004
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2024 (36)

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2023 (15)

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2022 (11)

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2021 (14)

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2020 (15)

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2019 (18)

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2018 (14)

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2017 (11)

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2016 (13)

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2015 (10)

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2014 (7)

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2013 (10)

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2012 (5)

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2011 (16)

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2010 (3)

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in peer-reviewed journals

Petermann, J.S., Müller, C.B., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Schmid, B., (2010) Plant species loss affects life-history traits of aphids and their parasitoids. PlosOne 5, e12053.

Weigelt, A., Marquard, E., Temperton, V.M., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Mwangi, P.N., von Felten, S., Buchmann, N., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Weisser, W.W., (2010) The Jena-Experiment: 6-years of data from a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology 91, 930.

Petermann, J.S., Fergus, A.J.F., Roscher, C., Turnbull, L.A., Weigelt, A., Schmid, B., (2010) Biology, chance or history? The predictable re-assembly of temperate grassland communities. Ecology 91, 408-421.

Marquard, E., Weigelt, A., Temperton, V.M., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Buchmann, N., Fischer, M., Weisser, W.W., Schmid, B., (2009) Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a 6-year grassland experiment. Ecology 90, 3290-3302.

Schumacher, J., Roscher, C., (2009) Differential effects of functional traits on aboveground biomass in semi-natural grasslands. Oikos 118, 1659-1668.

Roscher, C., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., (2009) Non-random recruitment of invader species in experimental grasslands. Oikos 118, 1425-1440.

Vaganov, E.A., Schulze, E.-D., Skomarkova, M.V., Knohl, A., Brand, W.A., Roscher, C., (2009) Intra-annual variability of anatomical structure and δ13С values within tree rings of spruce and pine in alpine, temperate and boreal Europe. Oecologia 161, 729-745.

Marquard, E., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C., Gubsch, M., Lipowsky, A., Schmid, B., (2009) Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship due to increased plant density. J. Ecol. 97, 696-704.

Bessler, H., Temperton, V.M., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Weisser, W.W., Engels, C., (2009) Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. Ecology 90, 1520-1530.

Roscher, C., Temperton, V.M., Buchmann, N., Schulze, E.-D., (2009) Community assembly and biomass production in regularly and never weeded experimental grasslands. Acta Oecol. 35, 206-217.

Roscher, C., Bessler, H., Oelmann, Y., Engels, C., Wilcke, W., Schulze, E.-D., (2009) Resources, recruitment limitation and invader species identity determine pattern of spontaneous invasion in experimental grasslands. J. Ecol. 97, 32-47.

Steinbeiß, S., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Temperton, V.M., Buchmann, N., Roscher, C., Kreutziger, Y., Baade, J., Habekost, M., Gleixner, G., (2008) Plant biodiversity positively affects short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands. Glob. Change Biol. 14, 2937-2949.

Fischer, M., Rottstock, T., Marquard, M., Middelhoff, C., Roscher, C., Temperton, V.M., Oelmann, Y., Weigelt, A., (2008) L’expérience de léna démontre les avantages de la diversité végétale pour les prairies. Fourrages 195, 275-286.

Dassler, A., Roscher, C., Temperton, V.M., Schumacher, J., Schulze, E.-D., (2008) Adaptive survival mechanisms and growth limitations of small-stature herb species across a plant diversity gradient. Plant Biol. 10, 573-587.

Thein, S., Roscher, C., Schulze, E.-D., (2008) Effects of trait plasticity on aboveground biomass production depend on species identity in experimental grasslands. Basic Appl. Ecol. 9, 475-484.

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Weisser, W.W., Schulze, E.-D., (2008) Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: an experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars. Ann. Bot. 102, 113-125.

Lorentzen, S., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B., (2008) Species richness and identity affect the use of aboveground space in experimental grasslands. Persp. Plant Ecol., Evol. Syst. 10, 73-87.

Roscher, C., Thein, S., Schmid, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., (2008) Complementary nitrogen use among potentially dominant species in a biodiversity experiment varies between two years. J. Ecol. 96, 477-488.

Weigelt, A., Schumacher, J., Roscher, C., Schmid, B., (2008) Does biodiversity increase spatial stability in plant community biomass? Ecol. Lett. 11, 338-347.

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Weisser, W.W., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., (2007) Detecting the role of individual species for overyielding in experimental grassland communities composed of potentially dominant species. Oecologia 154, 535-549.

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Foitzik, O., Schulze, E.-D., (2007) Resistance to rust fungi in Lolium perenne depends on within-species variation and performance of the host species in grasslands of different plant diversity. Oecologia 153, 173-183.

Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W., Temperton, V.M., Buchmann, N., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Schulze, E.-D., Weisser, W.W., (2007) Soil and plant nitrogen pools as related to plant diversity in an experimental grassland. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71, 720-729.

Heisse, K., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Schulze, E.-D., (2007) Establishment of grassland species in monocultures: different strategies lead to success. Oecologia 152, 435-447.

Oelmann, Y., Kreutziger, Y., Temperton, V.M., Buchmann, N., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Schulze, E.-D., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W., (2007) Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in experimental grasslands of variable diversity. J. Environ. Qual. 36, 396-407.

Mwangi, P.N., Schmitz, M., Scherber, C., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weisser, W.W., Schmid, B., (2007) Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in experimental plant communities. J. Ecol. 95, 65-78.

Scherber, C., Mwangi, P., Temperton, V.M., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Schmid, B., Weisser, W.W., (2006) Effects of plant diversity on invertebrate herbivory in experimental grassland. Oecologia 147, 489-500.

Roscher, C., Temperton, V.M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmitz, M., Schumacher, J., Schmid, B., Buchmann, N., Weisser, W.W., Schulze, E.-D., (2005) Overyielding in experimental grassland communities – irrespective of species pool or spatial scale. Ecol. Lett. 8, 419-429.

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Baade, J., Wilcke, W., Gleixner, G., Weisser, W.W., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., (2004) The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community. Basic Appl. Ecol. 5, 107-121.


in other journals

Roscher, C., Gleixner, G., Schulze, E.-D., (2010) Experimentelle Biodiversitätsforschung - das "Jena Experiment". Jahrbuch der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

Schulze, E.-D., Klaus, S., Wiesner, J., Westhus, W., Fritzlar, F., Profft, I., Roscher, C., Wäldchen, J., Weisser, W.W., (2009) Artenvielfalt in Thüringen: Zustand, Ursachen, Funktion, Zukunft. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege 41, 365-374.

Roscher, C., Heinrich, W., (2001) Die Halbtrockenrasen der Orlasenke (Thüringen) unter be-sonderer Berücksichtigung der Sesleria albicans-reichen Ausbildungen. Tuexenia 21, 113-131.

Roscher, C., (1999) Die Graslandvegetation des Landschaftsschutzgebietes „Mittleres Ilmtal“ bei Weimar (Thüringen). Gleditschia 27, 57-77.

Roscher, C., (1997) Zur Erfassung der Vegetationsstruktur nach der Barkman-Methode. Beiträge zur Ökologie 3, 41-50.

Huber, D., Voigt, W., Roscher, C., (1997) Artenkomposition und Populationsdichten der Gastro-podenfauna als Indikator für die Umweltbedingungen in Trespen-Halbtrockenrasen - ein Ansatz. Beiträge zur Ökologie 3, 29-40.
 

Handling editor for Oecologia (since 2016)

Senior editor for Journal of Plant Ecology (handling editor since 2016)