Dr. Lotte Korell
Contact/ Address
Dr. Lotte Korell
Department of Species Interaction Ecology (SIE)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Puschstrasse 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Tel: +49 341 6025 4303
lotte.korell@ufz.de
Scientific Career
2026 - ongoing
Collegial Head of Department Species Interaction Ecology (SIE) at the UFZ and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, together with Prof. T. Knight
2020 - 2026
Postdoc at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Department Species Interaction Ecology (SIE) and Community Ecology (BZF)
2017 - 2020
Postdoc at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, working group Spatial Interaction Ecology (Prof. T. Knight)
2015 - 2017
Postdoc at the Philipps University of Marburg, working group Plant Ecology (Prof. D. Matthies)
2011 - 2015
Ph.D. candidate at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, working group Plant Ecology (Prof. I. Hensen) and Geobotany (Prof. Helge Bruelheide), in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, working group Population Ecology (Dr. Harald Auge)
Education and degrees
2011 - 2015
Ph.D at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (summa cum laude)
2008 - 2011
Master in Biology at the University of Hamburg (excellent)
2005 - 2008
Bachelor in Biology at the University of Hamburg (good)
Research interests
I am a plant ecologist and I am intrigued to better understand the pathways (e.g. direct vs. indirect) and drivers of global change (e.g. climate change, land-use, N deposition) and how they affect plant population dynamics and what consequences arise for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at the community and ecosystem level. To studiy this, I am combining different sets of experiments with global synthesis.
In the future, I aim to integrating experimental, macroecological and meta-analytical approaches to advance the field of ecology and global change biology and enable to draw reliable conclusions for sustainable land management. For example, I will integrate local experimental demographic data, data from global research networks (e.g. BugNet, PlantPopNet), and predictive large-scale models to extend classic models that project changes in distribution ranges in the face of climate change. This will give us the unique opportunity for more reliable scenario-based projections about changes in species distribution ranges, e.g. of rare or endangered, or range expanding plant species.
Co-operations / Projects
Participant in the sCoRRe working group
Site coordinator in the BugNet
Site coordinator in the PlantPopNet
Site coordinator in the DarkDivNet and PI of the SEED-DarkDivNet add-on study
Leader of the plant demography measurements in the GCEF
Leading role in the vegetation group in the GCEF
Publications
Index:
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2026 (2)
- Cano-Barbacil, C., Cahill, J.F., Regan, H.M., Hackett, T.D., Barney, J.N., Donoso, I., Essl, F., García-Berthou, E., Heger, T., Korell, L., Kühn, I., Rakosy, D., Visakorpi, K., Roura-Pascual, N. (2026):
Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research
Front. Ecol. Environ. 24 (1), e70016 10.1002/fee.70016 - Silveira, F.A.O., Carta, A., Dayrell, R.L.C., Fernández-Pascual, E., Garbowski, M., Hornick, T., Klimešová, J., Korell, L., Ladouceur, E., Larson, J., Muellner-Riehl, A.N., Prohaska, A., Rosbakh, S., Rosche, C., Roscher, C., Slate, M., Vazquez-Ramirez, J. (2026):
Open letter: A call to integrate plant regeneration into sustainability science and policy
Plants People Planet 10.1002/ppp3.70201
2025 (9)
- Andrzejak, M., Knight, T.M., Plos, C., Korell, L. (2025):
Changes in reproduction mediate the effects of climate change and grassland management on plant population dynamics
Ecol. Appl. 35 (1), e3063 10.1002/eap.3063 - Baudraz, M.E.A., Childs, D.Z., Kelly, R., Smith, A.L., Villellas, J., Andrzejak, M., Bachelot, B., Benedek, L.K., Blomberg, S.P., Bodis, J., Brearley, F.Q., Bucharova, A., Caruso, C.M., Catford, J.A., Coghill, M., Compagnoni, A., Csergő, A.M.P., Duncan, R.P., Dwyer, J., Ehrlén, J., Elderd, B.D., Finn, A., Fraser, L., García, M.B., Gremer, J.R., Groenteman, R., Hamre, L.N., Helm, A., Höhn, M., Korell, L., Laanisto, L., Laine, A.-L., Lonati, M., McKeon, C.M., Molloy, A., Moore, J.L., Morales, M., Munne-Bosch, S., Münzbergová, Z., Olsen, S.L., Oprea, A., Pärtel, M., Penczykowski, R.M., Petry, W.K., Ramula, S., Rasmussen, P.U., Ravetto Enri, S., Roach, D.A., Roeder, A., Roscher, C., Saastamoinen, M., Schultz, C., Sieg, R.D., Skarpaas, O., Tack, A.J.M., Töpper, J., Vesk, P.A., Vose, G., Wandrag, E.M., Wardle, G.M., Wingler, A., Buckley, Y.M. (2025):
Several candidate size metrics explain vital rates across multiple populations throughout a widespread species' range
J. Ecol. 113 (11), 3159 - 3176 10.1111/1365-2745.70148 - Baudraz, M.E.A., Childs, D.Z., Kelly, R., Smith, A.L., Villellas, J., Andrzejak, M., Bachelot, B., Benedek, L.K., Blomberg, S.P., Bodis, J., Brearley, F.Q., Bucharova, A., Caruso, C.M., Catford, J.A., Coghill, M., Compagnoni, A., Csergő, A.M.P., Duncan, R.P., Dwyer, J., Ehrlén, J., Elderd, B.D., Finn, A., Fraser, L., García, M.B., Gremer, J.R., Groenteman, R., Hamre, L.N., Helm, A., Höhn, M., Korell, L., Laanisto, L., Laine, A.-L., Lonati, M., McKeon, C.M., Molloy, A., Moore, J.L., Morales, M., Munne-Bosch, S., Münzbergová, Z., Olsen, S.L., Oprea, A., Pärtel, M., Penczykowski, R.M., Petry, W.K., Ramula, S., Rasmussen, P.U., Ravetto Enri, S., Roach, D.A., Roeder, A., Roscher, C., Saastamoinen, M., Schultz, C., Sieg, R.D., Skarpaas, O., Tack, A.J.M., Töpper, J., Vesk, P.A., Vose, G., Wandrag, E.M., Wardle, G.M., Wingler, A., Buckley, Y.M. (2025):
Several candidate size metrics explain vital rates across multiple populations throughout a widespread species' range [Dataset]
Dryad 10.5061/dryad.mw6m9067c - 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 - Kempel, A., Adamidis, G.C., Anadón, J.D., Atkinson, J., Auge, H., Avtzis, D., Bachelot, B., Bashirzadeh, M., Bota, J.L., Classen, A., Constantinou, I., Crawley, M., De Bellis, T., Dostal, P., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Eldridge, D.J., Encina, G., Estrada, C., Everingham, S., Fanin, N., Feng, Y., Gaspar, M., Gooriah, L., Graff, P., Gusmán Montalván, E., Gusmán Montalván, P., Hartke, T.R., Huang, L., Jochum, M., Kaljund, K., Karmiris, I., Koorem, K., Korell, L., Laine, A.-L., Le Provost, G., Lessard, J.-P., Liu, M., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Llancabure, J., Loïez, S., Loydi, A., Marrero, H., Gockel, S., Montoya, A., Münzbergová, Z., Niu, Y., Ott, D., Oyarzabal, M., Panitsa, M., Papatheodorou, E., Piper, F.I., Püssa, K., Rand, K., Saiz, H., Sanders, N.J., Schädler, M., Scherber, C., Semchenko, M., Sepp, S.-K., Shah, M.A., Shaheen, I., Stein, C., Stewart, J., Tang, Z., Tschan, G., Van Nouhuys, S., Vandegehuchte, M.L., Vernon, M., V.R., S., Wang, J., Xiao, Y., Xystrakis, F., Yang, J., Yang, S., Zografou, K., Allan, E. (2025):
The Bug-Network (BugNet): A global experimental network testing the effects of invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens on plant communities and ecosystem function in open ecosystems
Ecol. Evol. 15 (10), e72111 10.1002/ece3.72111 - Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C.P., Riibak, K., Moora, M., Bennett, J.A., Korell, L., Koroleva, N., et al. (2025):
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
Nature 641 (8064), 917 - 924 10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5 - Slate, M.L., Sporbert, M., Hensen, I., Hierro, J.L., Korell, L., Larios, L., Nagy, D.U., Pearson, D.E., Waller, L., Wolf, F., Rosche, C. (2025):
Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage
Funct. Ecol. 10.1111/1365-2435.70003 - Slate, M.L., Sporbert, M., Hensen, I., Hierro, J.L., Korell, L., Larios, L., Nagy, D.U., Pearson, D.E., Waller, L., Wolf, F., Rosche, C. (2025):
Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage [Dataset]
Dryad 10.5061/dryad.573n5tbjg - Takola, E., Korell, L., Beckmann, M., Bonfanti, J., Reitz, T., Tamburini, G. (2025):
Does sustainable agriculture promote biodiversity and yield? A second-order meta-analysis
EcoEvoRxiv 10.32942/X25620
2024 (11)
- Durka, W., Michalski, S.G., Höfner, J., Harpke, A., Korell, L., Madaj, A.-M., Musche, M., Roscher, C., RegioDiv-Konsortium, (2024):
RegioDiv — Genetische Vielfalt krautiger Pflanzenarten in Deutschland und Empfehlungen für die Regiosaatgut-Praxis
BfN-Schriften 687
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn, 315 S. 10.19217/skr687 - Durka, W., Michalski, S.G., Höfner, J., Kolár, F., Müller, C.M., Oberprieler, C., Semberová, K., Harpke, A., Korell, L., Madaj, A.-M., Musche, M., Roscher, C., RegioDiv-Konsortium, (2024):
Projekt RegioDiv - genetische Vielfalt krautiger Pflanzen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen für die Regiosaatgut-Praxis [RegioDiv project - Genetic diversity of herbaceous plants in Germany: Results and recommendations for seed zone management]
Nat. Landsch. 99 (7), 322 - 332 10.19217/NuL2024-07-02 - Komatsu, K.J., Avolio, M.L., Padullés Cubino, J., Schrodt, F., Auge, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Clark, A.T., Flores-Moreno, H., Grman, E., Harpole, W.S., Kattge, J., Kimmel, K., Koerner, S.E., Korell, L., Langley, J.A., Münkemüller, T., Ohlert, T., Onstein, R.E., Roscher, C., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Taylor, B.N., Tedersoo, L., Terry, R.S., Wilcox, K. (2024):
CoRRE Trait Data: A dataset of 17 categorical and continuous traits for 4079 grassland species worldwide
Sci. Data 11 , art. 795 10.1038/s41597-024-03637-x - Komatsu, K.J., Avolio, M.L., Padullés Cubino, J., Schrodt, F., Auge, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Clark, A.T., Flores-Moreno, H., Grman, E., Harpole, W.S., Kattge, J., Kimmel, K., Koerner, S.E., Korell, L., Langley, J.A., Münkemüller, T., Ohlert, T., Onstein, R.E., Roscher, C., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Taylor, B.N., Tedersoo, L., Terry, R.S., Wilcox, K. (2024):
CoRRE Trait Data: A collection of 17 categorical and continuous traits for more than 4000 grassland species worldwide ver 3
EDI Data Portal 10.6073/pasta/a33c9be2bd819d6b1a2c52663d561158 - Korell, L., Andrzejak, M., Berger, S., Durka, W., Haider, S., Hensen, I., Herion, Y., Höfner, J., Kindermann, L., Klotz, S., Knight, T.M., Linstädter, A., Madaj, A.-M., Merbach, I., Michalski, S., Plos, C., Roscher, C., Schädler, M., Welk, E., Auge, H. (2024):
Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter-annual climate variability in a large field experiment
Glob. Change Biol. 30 (7), e17418 10.1111/gcb.17418 - Korell, L., Andrzejak, M., Berger, S., Durka, W., Haider, S., Hensen, I., Herion, Y., Höfner, J., Kindermann, L., Klotz, S., Knight, T.M., Linstädter, A., Madaj, A.-M., Merbach, I., Michalski, S., Plos, C., Roscher, C., Schädler, M., Welk, E., Auge, H. (2024):
Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter-annual climate variability in a large field experiment [Dataset]
figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.24960669 - Plos, C., Hensen, I., Korell, L., Auge, H., Römermann, C. (2024):
Plant species phenology differs between climate and land-use scenarios and relates to plant functional traits
Ecol. Evol. 14 (5), e11441 10.1002/ece3.11441 - Sandner, T.M., Brand, M.J., Hickler, M., Korell, L., Matthies, D. (2024):
Local adaptation of a generalist hemiparasitic plant to one of its potential host plants
Oikos 2024 (9), e10330 10.1111/oik.10330 - Sandner, T.M., Brand, M.J., Hickler, M., Korell, L., Matthies, D. (2024):
Data for: Local adaptation of a generalist hemiparasitic plant to one of its potential host plants [Dataset]
Dryad 10.5061/dryad.wwpzgmssh - Sandner, T.M., Brand, M.J., Hickler, M., Korell, L., Matthies, D. (2024):
Data for: Local adaptation of a generalist hemiparasitic plant to one of its potential host plants (v1)
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.10962910 - 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
2023 (2)
- Andrzejak, M., Korell, L., Knight, T.M. (2023):
Seed_number_transects.csv [Dataset]
figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.21941618.v1 - Andrzejak, M., Korell, L., Knight, T.M. (2023):
Demography_data_2018_2022.xlsx [Dataset]
figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.21941603.v1
2022 (3)
- Andrzejak, M., Korell, L., Auge, H., Knight, T.M. (2022):
Effects of climate change and pollen supplementation on the reproductive success of two grassland plant species
Ecol. Evol. 12 (1), e8501 10.1002/ece3.8501 - 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., 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. (2022):
Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation
Conserv. Lett. 15 (2), e12848 10.1111/conl.12848 - Spake, R., Barajas-Barbosa, M.P., Blowes, S.A., Bowler, D.E., Callaghan, C.T., Garbowski, M., Jurburg, S.D., van Klink, R., Korell, L., Ladouceur, E., Rozzi, R., Viana, D.S., Xu, W.-B., Chase, J.M. (2022):
Detecting thresholds of ecological change in the anthropocene
Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 47 , 797 - 821 10.1146/annurev-environ-112420-015910
2021 (2)
- Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, W.S., Knight, T.M. (2021):
Responses of plant diversity to precipitation change are strongest at local spatial scales and in drylands
Nat. Commun. 12 , art. 2489 10.1038/s41467-021-22766-0 - Lemmer, J., Andrzejak, M., Compagnoni, A., Knight, T.M., Korell, L. (2021):
Climate change and grassland management interactively influence the population dynamics of Bromus erectus (Poaceae)
Basic Appl. Ecol. 56 , 226 - 238 10.1016/j.baae.2021.06.012
2020 (4)
- Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, S., Knight, T.M. (2020):
We need more realistic climate change experiments for understanding ecosystems of the future
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 325 - 327 10.1111/gcb.14797 - Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, W.S., Knight, T.M. (2020):
Understanding plant communities of the future requires filling knowledge gaps
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 328 - 329 10.1111/gcb.14920 - Korell, L., Sandner, T.M., Matthies, D., Ludewig, K. (2020):
Effects of drought and N‐level on the interactions of the root‐hemiparasite Rhinanthus alectorolophus with a combination of three hosts
Plant Biol. 22 (S1), 84 - 92 10.1111/plb.12977 - Schöps, R., Goldmann, K., Korell, L., Bruelheide, B., Wubet, T., Buscot, F. (2020):
Resident and phytometer plants host comparable rhizosphere fungal communities in managed grassland ecosystems
Sci. Rep. 10 , art. 919 10.1038/s41598-020-57760-x
2019 (1)
- Korell, L., Schädler, M., Brandl, R., Schreiter, S., Auge, H. (2019):
Release from above- and belowground insect herbivory mediates invasion dynamics and impact of an exotic plant
Plants 8 (12), art. 544 10.3390/plants8120544
2018 (1)
- Korell, L., Lang, B.R., Hensen, I., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H. (2018):
Author Correction: Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure
Sci. Rep. 8 , art. 4399 10.1038/s41598-018-22518-z
2017 (1)
- Korell, L., Lang, B.R., Hensen, I., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H. (2017):
Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure
Sci. Rep. 7 , art. 8288 10.1038/s41598-017-08401-3
2016 (1)
- Korell, L., Schmidt, R., Bruelheide, H., Hensen, I., Auge, H. (2016):
Mechanisms driving diversity–productivity relationships differ between exotic and native communities and are affected by gastropod herbivory
Oecologia 180 (4), 1025 - 1036 10.1007/s00442-015-3395-2
2014 (2)
- Ludewig, K., Korell, L., Löffler, F., Scholz, M., Mosner, E., Jensen, K. (2014):
Vegetation patterns of floodplain meadows along the climatic gradient at the Middle Elbe River
Flora 209 (8), 446 - 455 10.1016/j.flora.2014.04.006 - Maron, J.L., Auge, H., Pearson, D.E., Korell, L., Hensen, I., Suding, K.N., Stein, C. (2014):
Staged invasions across disparate grasslands: effects of seed provenance, consumers and disturbance on productivity and species richness
Ecol. Lett. 17 (4), 499 - 507 10.1111/ele.12250