Dr. Edna Rödig
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Building 1.0 224
Phone: +49 341 235 - 4764

Research topics
- Estimating aboveground biomass of the Amazonian rainforest
- Modelling carbon fluxes of Amazonian rainforest
- Modeling the carbon fluxes of a spruce forest with a forest gap model
since 01/2018 | Research Associate at Department of Ecological Modelling and Department Computational Hydrosystems |
12/2015-12/2017 | Research Associate within the Helmholtz-Alliance Project: Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics |
12/2012-12/2015 |
Phd student at UFZ Thesis: Simulating carbon stocks and fluxes of the Amazon rainforest: a journey across temporal and spatial scales |
10/2009-10/2012 |
MSc in Environmental Modelling at the University of Oldenburg Thesis at the working group Physical Ozeanography (Theory) of the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM): Fluxes of heat and freshwater and their impact on the circulation of an inverse subtropical estuary (Hervey Bay) |
2010-2011 | Certified Scientific Diver |
04/2004-05/2009 | State Examination in mathematics and physical education for secondary school teaching at the University of Münster |
01/2006-07/2006 | ERASMUS semester at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana Lisboa, Portugal |
2022 (1)
- Dressler, G., Groeneveld, J., Hetzer, J., Janischewski, A., Nolzen, H., Rödig, E., Schwarz, N., Taubert, F., Thober, J., Will, M., Williams, T., Wirth, S.B., Müller, B. (2022):
Upscaling in socio-environmental systems modelling: Current challenges, promising strategies and insights from ecology
Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling 4 , art. 18112 10.18174/sesmo.18112
2021 (1)
- Maréchaux, I., Langerwisch, F., Huth, A., Bugmann, H., Morin, X., Reyer, C.P.O., Seidl, R., Collalti, A., Dantas de Paula, M., Fischer, R., Gutsch, M., Lexer, M.J., Lischke, H., Rammig, A., Rödig, E., Sakschewski, B., Taubert, F., Thonicke, K., Vacchiano, G., Bohn, F.J. (2021):
Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models
Ecol. Evol. 11 (9), 3746 - 3770 10.1002/ece3.7391
2019 (3)
- Bugmann, H., Seidl, R., Hartig, F., Bohn, F., Brůna, J., Cailleret, M., François, L., Heinke, J., Henrot, A.-J., Hickler, T., Hülsmann, L., Huth, A., Jacquemin, I., Kollas, C., Lasch‐Born, P., Lexer, M.J., Merganič, J., Merganičová, K., Mette, T., Miranda, B.R., Nadal‐Sala, D., Rammer, W., Rammig, A., Reineking, B., Roedig, E., Sabaté, S., Steinkamp, J., Suckow, F., Vacchiano, G., Wild, J., Xu, C., Reyer, C.P.O. (2019):
Tree mortality submodels drive simulated long‐term forest dynamics: assessing 15 models from the stand to global scale
Ecosphere 10 (2), e02616 10.1002/ecs2.2616 - Piponiot, C., Rödig, E., Putz, F.E., Rutishauser, E., Sist, P., Ascarrunz, N., Blanc, L., Derroire, G., Descroix, L., Carneiro Guedes, M., Coronado, E.H., Huth, A., Kanashiro, M., Licona, J.C., Mazzei, L., Neves d'Oliveira, M.V., Peña-Claros, M., Rodney, K., Shenkin, A., Rodrigues de Souza, C., Vidal, E., West, T.A.P., Wortel, V., Hérault, B. (2019):
Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?
Environ. Res. Lett. 14 (6), art. 064014 10.1088/1748-9326/ab195e - Rödig, E., Knapp, N., Fischer, R., Bohn, F.J., Dubayah, R., Tang, H., Huth, A. (2019):
From small-scale forest structure to Amazon-wide carbon estimates
Nat. Commun. 10 , art. 5088 10.1038/s41467-019-13063-y
2018 (4)
- Fischer, R., Rödig, E., Huth, A. (2018):
Consequences of a reduced number of plant functional types for the simulation of forest productivity
Forests 9 (8), art. 460 10.3390/f9080460 - Rammig, A., Heinke, J., Hofhansl, F., Verbeeck, H., Baker, T.R., Christoffersen, B., Ciais, P., De Deurwaerder, H., Fleischer, K., Galbraith, D., Guimberteau, M., Huth, A., Johnson, M., Krujit, B., Langerwisch, F., Meir, P., Papastefanou, P., Sampaio, G., Thonicke, K., von Randow, C., Zang, C., Rödig, E. (2018):
A generic pixel-to-point comparison for simulated large-scale ecosystem properties and ground-based observations: an example from the Amazon region
Geosci. Model Dev. 11 (12), 5203 - 5215 10.5194/gmd-11-5203-2018 - Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Rammig, A., Fischer, R., Taubert, F., Huth, A. (2018):
The importance of forest structure for carbon fluxes of the Amazon rainforest
Environ. Res. Lett. 13 (5), art. 054013 10.1088/1748-9326/aabc61 - Taubert, F., Fischer, R., Groeneveld, J., Lehmann, S., Müller, M.S., Rödig, E., Wiegand, T., Huth, A. (2018):
Global patterns of tropical forest fragmentation
Nature 554 (7693), 519 - 522 10.1038/nature25508
2017 (3)
- Rödig, E. (2017):
Simulating carbon stocks and fluxes of the Amazon rainforest: a journey across temporal and spatial scales
Dissertation, Universität Osnabrück
PhD Dissertation 12/2017
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 152 pp. - Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Heinke, J., Rammig, A., Huth, A. (2017):
Spatial heterogeneity of biomass and forest structure of the Amazon rain forest: Linking remote sensing, forest modelling and field inventory
Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 26 (11), 1292 - 1302 10.1111/geb.12639 - Rödig, E., Huth, A., Bohn, F., Rebmann, C., Cuntz, M. (2017):
Estimating the carbon fluxes of forests with an individual-based forest model
For. Ecosyst. 4 , art. 4 10.1186/s40663-017-0091-1
2016 (1)
- Fischer, R., Bohn, F., Dantas de Paula, M., Dislich, C., Groeneveld, J., Gutiérrez, A.G., Kazmierczak, M., Knapp, N., Lehmann, S., Paulick, S., Pütz, S., Rödig, E., Taubert, F., Köhler, P., Huth, A. (2016):
Lessons learned from applying a forest gap model to understand ecosystem and carbon dynamics of complex tropical forests
Ecol. Model. 326 , 124 - 133 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.018
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Heinke, J., Rammig, A., Huth, A. (2017): Spatial heterogeneity of biomass and forest structure of the Amazon rainforest: linking a forest gap model and remote sensing, European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Brussels, Belgium.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Heinke, J., Rammig, A., Huth, A. (2017): Applying a forest model at the large scale: inking remote sensing and forest modelling, Expert roundtable on „Perspectives of forest modeling“, Leipzig, Germany.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Heinke, J., Rammig, A., Huth, A. (2016): Biomass in the Amazonian rainforest: regionalization of an individual-based forest gap model, Geobon Conference, Leipzig, Germany.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2016): Differences of productivity in the Amazon rainforest: estimates with an individual-based forest gap model, ATBC Annual Meeting, Montpellier, France.
Roedig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2015): Biomass of the Amazon rainforest: regionalization of an individual-based forest gap model. Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Roedig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2015): Carbon storage of the Amazon rainforest:
estimates with an individual-based forest gap model. ATBC 2015, Honolulu, USA.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2014): Simulation of carbon fluxes: the value of Eddy-covariance data for dynamic forest models. Joint 2014 Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society and Société Française d’Ecologie, Lille, France.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2014): Value of Eddy-covariance data for individual-based forest gap models. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU), Vienna, Austria.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2013): Linking Eddy covariance data and a forest gap-model: a first step towards estimating the carbon balance of the Amazonian rainforest. Guest talk at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2013): Linking eddy covariance data to a forest gap-model: functional relationships and calibration. Forest Biomass Conference, Pomerania Region, Poland.
Posters
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2015): The great succession. Higrade-Conference, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
Rödig, E., Cuntz, M., Huth, A. (2015): Carbon stocks in tropical forest ecosystems:
estimates with an individual-based dynamic forest gap model. European Geoscienses Union General Assembly (EGU), Vienna, Austria.