Prof. Anke Hildebrandt, PhD
Contact
UFZ - Department Computational Hydrosystems
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel +49-341 - 6025 2238
anke.hildebrandt@ufz.de
common appointment together with
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Institute of Geosciences
Burgweg 11 (H209), 07749 Jena
Tel +49 3641 9-48720
anke.hildebrandt@uni-jena.de
Scientific positions
11/2018
Appointment to Professor for Terrestrial Ecohydrology, common appointment between UFZ and the Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
05/2010
Appointment to Junior Professor for Ecological Modelling at the Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2005-2010
Scientist at department for Computational Hydrology at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, leader of the group Ecohydrology
Education
2001-2005
PhD degree in Hydrology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Title of thesis: "Ecohydrology of a Seasonal Cloud Forest in Dhofar"
1993-2000
Univeristy studies towards the degree Engineer (Dipl. Ing.) in Water Resources Management, Technical University Dresden
1999-2000
External diploma thesis on groundwater hydrological modelling at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
1998-1999
European exchange student (ERASMUS), Environmental Sciences, level Maîtrise, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Research interests
I study how the terrestrial water cycle and vegetation mutually affect each other. I work together with modellers to check whether interactions between vegetation and matter cycles are captured by earth system models used for prediction and scenario analysis.Topics I am currently working on are:
- Interrelation between ecosystem structure and vertical water flow - from the top of the canopy to the bottom of the rooting zone
- Interpretation of soil moisture patterns and relation to root water uptake and soil water flow
- Redistribution and confluence of precipitation in vegetation canopies and how it affects soil processes
- Effect of vegetation structure on soil hydraulic properties and potential effects on soil water fluxes
- Understanding where roots take up water, why, and whether this affects transpiration and soil water dynamics at the regional scale
- Optimality of root water uptake
- Alexandrov, G.A., Ames, D., Bellocchi, C., Bruen, M., Crout, N., Erechtchoukova, M., Hildebrandt, A., Hoffmann, F., Jackisch, C., Khaiter, P., Mannina, G., Matsunaga, T., Purucker, S.T., Rivington, M., Samaniego, L. (2010):
Technical assessment and evaluation of environmental models and software: letter to the editor
Environ. Modell. Softw. 26 (3), 328 - 336
full text (doi) - Arnold, S., Attinger, S., Frank, K., Hildebrandt, A. (2009):
Uncertainty in parameterisation and model structure affect simulation results in coupled ecohydrological models
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13 (10), 1789 - 1807
full text (doi) - Carminati, A., Schneider, C.L., Moradi, A.B., Zarebanadkouki, M., Vetterlein, D., Vogel, H.-J., Hildebrandt, A., Weller, U., Schüler, L., Oswald, S.E. (2011):
How the rhizosphere may favor water availability to roots
Vadose Zone J. 10 (3), 988 - 998
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, A., Al Aufi, M., Amerjeed, M., Shammas, M., Eltahir, E.A.B. (2007):
Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 1. Field experiment
Water Resour. Res. 43 (10), W10411
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, A., Eltahir, E.A.B. (2006):
Forest on the edge: seasonal cloud forest in Oman creates its own ecological niche
Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 (11), L11401
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, A., Eltahir, E.A.B. (2007):
Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 2. Role of clouds, soil type, and rooting depth in tree-grass competition
Water Resour. Res. 43 (11), W11411
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, A., Eltahir, E.A.B. (2008):
Using a horizontal precipitation model to investigate the role of turbulent cloud deposition in survival of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 113 (G4), G04028
full text (doi) - Kalbacher, T., Delfs, J.-O., Shao, H., Wang, W., Walther, M., Samaniego, L., Schneider, C., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Centler, F., Sun, F., Hildebrandt, A., Liedl, R., Borchardt, D., Krebs, P., Kolditz, O. (2012):
The IWAS-ToolBox: software coupling for an integrated water resources management
Environ. Earth Sci. 65 (5), 1367 - 1380
full text (doi) - Kalbacher, T., Schneider, C.L., Wang, W., Hildebrandt, A., Attinger, S., Kolditz, O. (2011):
Modeling soil-coupled water uptake of multiple root systems with automatic time stepping
Vadose Zone J. 10 (2), 727 - 735
full text (doi) - Kalbacher, T., Schneider, C.L., Wang, W., Hildebrandt, A., Attinger, S., Kolditz, O. (2010):
Computational efficient modelling of soil-coupled 3D root water uptake for multiple root systems
In: Carrera, J., Sánchez-Vila, X., Fernández-García, D., Bolster, D. (eds.)
Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR 2010), June 21 to 24, 2010, Barcelona, Spain
CIMNE, Barcelona, p. 1261 - 1268
full text (url) - Paulus, S., El-Madany, T.S., Orth, R., Hildebrandt, A., Migliavacca, M. (2021):
Multi-source characterisation of non-rainfall water inputs to a semi-arid ecosystem
Lysimeter und Bodenwasserhaushalt: Trockenheit - Bewässerung - Ertragssicherheit. Bericht 19. Lysimetertagung, HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, 13. und 14. April 2021
p. 37 - 42 - Proulx, R., Wirth, C., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C., Attinger, S., Baade, J., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Kowalski, E., Kuu, A., Lange, M., Milcu, A., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Rosenkranz, S., Sabais, A., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schulze, E.-D., Schumacher, J., Schwichtenberg, G., Soussana, J.-F., Temperton, V.M., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W., Schmid, B. (2010):
Diversity promotes temporal stability across levels of ecosystem organization in experimental grasslands
PLoS One 5 (10), e13382
full text (doi) - Raedig, C., Dormann, C.F., Hildebrandt, A., Lautenbach, S. (2010):
Reassessing Neotropical angiosperm distribution patterns based on monographic data: a geometric interpolation approach
Biodivers. Conserv. 19 (6), 1523 - 1546
full text (doi) - Schneider, C.L., Attinger, S., Delfs, J.-O., Hildebrandt, A. (2010):
Implementing small scale processes at the soil-plant interface - the role of root architectures for calculating root water uptake profiles
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 14 (2), 279 - 289
full text (doi) - Tessema, S.G., Mirgorodsky, D., Merten, D., Hildebrandt, A., Attinger, S., Büchel, G. (2013):
Hydrochemical characterization of groundwater system of biodiversity experimental field: Jena, Germany
Environ. Earth Sci. 70 (2), 821 - 837
full text (doi) - Van Stan II, J.T., Hildebrandt, A., Friesen, J., Metzger, J.C., Yankine, S.A. (2020):
Spatial variability and temporal stability of local net precipitation patterns
In: Van Stan II, J.T., Gutmann, E., Friesen, J. (eds.)
Precipitation partitioning by vegetation - A global synthesis
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 89 - 103
full text (doi) - Fischer-Bedtke, C., Metzger, J.C., Demir, G., Wutzler, T., Hildebrandt, A. (2023):
Throughfall spatial patterns translate into spatial patterns of soil moisture dynamics – empirical evidence
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 27 (15), 2899 - 2918
full text (doi) - Pint, A., Hildebrandt, A., Landwehrs, J., Feulner, G., Scholze, F., Nyakatura, J., Ispas, L., Grützner, C., Frenzel, P. (2023):
Contour marks as potential indicators of evaporation rates in the early Permian continental vertebrate site Bromacker (Thuringia, Central Germany)
Paleogeogr. Paleoclimatol. Paleoecol. 628 , art. 111749
full text (doi) - Pohl, F., Werban, U., Kumar, R., Hildebrandt, A., Rebmann, C. (2023):
Observational evidence of legacy effects of the 2018 drought on a mixed deciduous forest in Germany
Sci. Rep. 13 , art. 10863
full text (doi) - Pohl, F., Rakovec, O., Rebmann, C., Hildebrandt, A., Boeing, F., Hermanns, F., Attinger, S., Samaniego, L., Kumar, R. (2023):
Long-term daily hydrometeorological drought indices, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration for ICOS sites
Sci. Data 10 , art. 281
full text (doi) - 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. (2023):
Plant diversity stabilizes soil temperature
bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.03.13.532451 - 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., 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. (2023):
Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 7 (3), 335 - 336
full text (doi) - Paulus, S.J., El-Madany, T.S., Orth, R., Hildebrandt, A., Wutzler, T., Carrara, A., Moreno, G., Perez-Priego, O., Kolle, O., Reichstein, M., Migliavacca, M. (2022):
Resolving seasonal and diel dynamics of non-rainfall water inputs in a Mediterranean ecosystem using lysimeters
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (23), 6263 - 6287
full text (doi) - Demir, G., Michalzik, B., Filipzik, J., Metzger, J.C., Hildebrandt, A. (2022):
Spatial variation of grassland canopy affects soil wetting patterns and preferential flow
Hydrol. Process. 36 (12), e14760
full text (doi) - Boeing, F., Rakovec, O., Kumar, R., Samaniego, L., Schrön, M., Hildebrandt, A., Rebmann, C., Thober, S., Müller, S., Zacharias, S., Bogena, H., Schneider, K., Kiese, R., Attinger, S., Marx, A. (2022):
High-resolution drought simulations and comparison to soil moisture observations in Germany
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (19), 5137 - 5161
full text (doi) - Loritz, R., Bassiouni, M., Hildebrandt, A., Hassler, S.K., Zehe, E. (2022):
Leveraging sap flow data in a catchment-scale hybrid model to improve soil moisture and transpiration estimates
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (18), 4757 - 4771
full text (doi) - Bahrami, B., Hildebrandt, A., Thober, S., Rebmann, C., Fischer, R., Samaniego, L., Rakovec, O., Kumar, R. (2022):
Developing a parsimonious canopy model (PCM v1.0) to predict forest gross primary productivity and leaf area index of deciduous broad-leaved forest
Geosci. Model Dev. 15 (18), 6957 - 6984
full text (doi) - Demir, G., Friesen, J., Filipzik, J., Michalzik, B., Hildebrandt, A. (2022):
A method proposal for throughfall measurement in grassland at plot scale in temperate climate: ‘Interception tubes’
Front. Earth Sci. 10 , art. 799419
full text (doi) - Khurana, S., Heße, F., Hildebrandt, A., Thullner, M. (2022):
Should we worry about surficial dynamics when assessing nutrient cycling in the groundwater?
Front. Water 4 , art. 780297
full text (doi) - Khurana, S., Heße, F., Hildebrandt, A., Thullner, M. (2022):
Predicting the impact of spatial heterogeneity on microbially mediated nutrient cycling in the subsurface
Biogeosciences 19 (3), 665 - 688
full text (doi) - Kroll, J., Denissen, J.M.C., Migliavacca, M., Li, W., Hildebrandt, A., Orth, R. (2022):
Spatially varying relevance of hydrometeorological hazards for vegetation productivity extremes
Biogeosciences 19 (2), 477 - 489
full text (doi) - You, X., Kallies, R., Hild, K., Hildebrandt, A., Harms, H., Chatzinotas, A., Wick, L.Y. (2022):
Transport of marine tracer phage particles in soil
Sci. Total Environ. 814 , art. 152704
full text (doi) - Metzger, J.C., Filipzik, J., Michalzik, B., Hildebrandt, A. (2021):
Stemflow infiltration hotspots create soil microsites near tree stems in an unmanaged mixed beech forest
Front. For. Glob. Change 4 , art. 701293
full text (doi) - 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., 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. (2020):
Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4 (12), 1602 - 1611
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, A. (2020):
Root water relations and interactions in mixed forest settings
In: Levia, D.F., Carlyle-Moses, D.E., Iida, S., Michalzik, B., Nanko, K., Tischer, A. (eds.)
Forest-Water Interactions
Ecological Studies 240
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 319 - 348
full text (doi) - Metzger, J.C., Schumacher, J., Lange, M., Hildebrandt, A. (2019):
Neighbourhood and stand structure affect stemflow generation in a heterogeneous deciduous temperate forest
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 23 (11), 4433 - 4452
full text (doi) - Lange, M., Koller-France, E., Hildebrandt, A., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W., Gleixner, G. (2019):
How plant diversity impacts the coupled water, nutrient and carbon cycles
In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J. (eds.)
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Advances in Ecological Research 61
Academic Press / Elsevier, London, p. 185 - 219
full text (doi) - Arnold, S., Attinger, S., Frank, K., Hildebrandt, A. (2015):
Assessing the structural adequacy of alternative ecohydrological models using a pattern-oriented approach
Ecol. Model. 316 , 52 - 61
full text (doi) - Arnold, S., Attinger, S., Frank, K., Baxter, P., Possingham, H., Hildebrandt, A. (2016):
Ecosystem management along ephemeral rivers: trading off socio-economic water supply and vegetation conservation under flood regime uncertainty
River Res. Appl. 32 (3), 219 - 233
full text (doi) - Fischer, C., Roscher, C., Jensen, B., Eisenhauer, N., Baade, J., Attinger, S., Scheu, S., Weisser, W.W., Schumacher, J., Hildebrandt, A. (2014):
How do earthworms, soil texture and plant composition affect infiltration along an experimental plant diversity gradient in grassland?
PLOS One 9 (6), e98987
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