PD Dr. Christiane Roscher Dr. Christiane Roscher    Christiane Roscher

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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




  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Plant functional traits, trait variation and functional diversity
  • Plant-plant-interactions and community assembly mechanisms
  • Plant ecophysiology




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2024 (9)

  • Argens, L., Weisser, W.W., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Lange, M., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Schielzeth, H., Schmid, B., Wilcke, W., Meyer, S.T. (2024):
    Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness
    Oikos 2024 (1), e10096 10.1111/oik.10096
  • Dietrich, P., Bumberger, J., Harpole, S., Roscher, C., Dietrich, P. (2024):
    Smartphones as a new tool for biodiversity research
    EcoEvoRxiv 10.32942/X2DG7T
  • Dietrich, P., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S.T., Asato, A.E.B., Bröcher, M., Gleixner, G., Huang, Y., Roscher, C., Schmid, B., Vogel, A., Eisenhauer, N. (2024):
    Plant diversity and community age stabilize ecosystem multifunctionality
    Glob. Change Biol. 30 (3), e17225 10.1111/gcb.17225
  • Huang, Y., Stein, G., Kolle, O., Kübler, K., Schulze, E.-D., Dong, H., Eichenberg, D., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Lange, M., Roscher, C., Schielzeth, H., Schmid, B., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Shadaydeh, M., Denzler, J., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N. (2024):
    Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity
    Nat. Geosci. 17 (1), 44 - 50 10.1038/s41561-023-01338-5
  • Medina-van Berkum, P., Schmöckel, E., Bischoff, A., Carrasco-Farias, N., Catford, J.A., Feldmann, R., Groten, K., Henry, H.A.L., Bucharova, A., Hänniger, S., Luong, J.C., Meis, J., Oetama, V.S.P., Pärtel, M., Power, S.A., Villellas, J., Welk, E., Wingler, A., Rothe, B., Gershenzon, J., Reichelt, M., Roscher, C., Unsicker, S.B. (2024):
    Plant geographic distribution influences chemical defences in native and introduced Plantago lanceolata populations
    Funct. Ecol. 38 (4), 883 - 896 10.1111/1365-2435.14535
  • Medina-van Berkum, P., Schmöckel, E., Bischoff, A., Carrasco-Farias, N., Catford, J.A., Feldmann, R., Groten, K., Henry, H.A.L., Bucharova, A., Hänniger, S., Luong, J.C., Meis, J., Oetama, V.S.P., Pärtel, M., Power, S.A., Villellas, J., Welk, E., Wingler, A., Rothe, B., Gershenzon, J., Reichelt, M., Roscher, C., Unsicker, S.B. (2024):
    Data and R code used in: Plant geographic distribution influences chemical defenses in native and introduced Plantago lanceolata populations [Dataset]
    Dryad 10.5061/dryad.5dv41nsd1
  • Smith, M.D., Wilkins, K.D., Holdrege, M.C., Wilfahrt, P., Collins, S.L., Knapp, A.K., Sala, O.E., Dukes, J.S., Phillips, R.P., Yahdjian, L., Gherardi, L.A., Ohlert, T., Beier, C., Fraser, L.H., Jentsch, A., Loik, M.E., Maestre, F.T., Power, S.A., Yu, Q., Felton, A.J., Munson, S.M., Luo, Y., Abdoli, H., Abedi, M., Alados, C.L., Alberti, J., Alon, M., An, H., Anacker, B., Anderson, M., Auge, H., Bachle, S., Bahalkeh, K., Bahn, M., Batbaatar, A., Bauerle, T., Beard, K.H., Behn, K., Beil, I., Biancari, L., Blindow, I., Bondaruk, V.F., Borer, E.T., Bork, E.W., Bruschetti, C.M., Byrne, K.M., Cahill jr., J.F., Calvo, D.A., Carbognani, M., Cardoni, A., Carlyle, C.N., Castillo-Garcia, M., Chang, S.X., Chieppa, J., Cianciaruso, M.V., Cohen, O., Cordeiro, A.L., Cusack, D.F., Dahlke, S., Daleo, P., D'Antonio, C.M., Dietterich, L.H., Doherty, T.S., Dubbert, M., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, F.M., Forte, T.G.W., Gebauer, T., Gozalo, B., Greenville, A.C., Guidoni-Martins, K.G., Hannusch, H.J., Haugum, S.V., Hautier, Y., Hefting, M., Henry, H.A.L., Hoss, D., Ingrisch, J., Iribarne, O., Isbell, F., Johnson, Y., Jordan, S., Kelly, E.F., Kimmel, K., Kreyling, J., Kröel-Dulay, G., Kröpfl, A., Kübert, A., Kulmatiski, A., Lamb, E.G., Steenberg Larsen, K., Larson, J., Lawson, J., Leder, C.V., Linstädter, A., Liu, J., Liu, S., Lodge, A., Longo, G., Loydi, A., Luan, J., Lubbe, F.C., Macfarlane, C., Mackie-Haas, K., Malyshev, A.V., Maturano-Ruiz, A., Merchant, T., Metcalfe, D.B., Mori, A.S., Mudongo, E., Newman, G.S., Nielsen, U.N., Nimmo, D., Niu, Y., Nobre, P., O'Connor, R.C., Ogaya, R., Oñatibia, G.R., Orbán, I., Osborne, B., Otfinowski, R., Pärtel, M., Penuelas, J., Peri, P.L., Peter, G., Petraglia, A., Picon-Cochard, C., Pillar, V.D., Piñeiro-Guerra, J.M., Ploughe, L.W., Plowes, R.M., Portales-Reyes, C., Prober, S.M., Pueyo, Y., Reed, S.C., Ritchie, E.G., Rodríguez, D.A., Rogers, W.E., Roscher, C., Sánchez, A.M. et al. (2024):
    Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (4), e2309881120 10.1073/pnas.2309881120
  • Stroud, J.T., Delory, B.M., Barnes, E.M., Chase, J.M., De Meester, L., Dieskau, J., Grainger, T.N., Halliday, F.W., Kardol, P., Knight, T.M., Ladouceur, E., Little, C.J., Roscher, C., Sarneel, J.M., Temperton, V.M., van Steijn, T.L.H., Werner, C.M., Wood, C.W., Fukami, T. (2024):
    Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology
    Trends Ecol. Evol. 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.004
  • Winkler, D.E., Garbowski, M., Kožić, K., Ladouceur, E., Larson, J., Martin, S., Rosche, C., Roscher, C., Slate, M.L., Korell, L. (2024):
    Facilitating comparable research in seedling functional ecology
    Methods Ecol. Evol. 15 (3), 464 - 476 10.1111/2041-210X.14288
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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.