Hertel, Dietrich

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e47128"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","10"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","7"],["dc.contributor.author","Homeier, Jürgen"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Camenzind, Tessa"],["dc.contributor.author","Cumbicus, Nixon L."],["dc.contributor.author","Maraun, Mark"],["dc.contributor.author","Martinson, Guntars O."],["dc.contributor.author","Poma, L. Nohemy"],["dc.contributor.author","Rillig, Matthias C."],["dc.contributor.author","Sandmann, Dorothee"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Veldkamp, Edzo"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Wullaert, Hans"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.editor","Chen, Han Y. H."],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:54:53Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:54:53Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","Tropical regions are facing increasing atmospheric inputs of nutrients, which will have unknown consequences for the structure and functioning of these systems. Here, we show that Neotropical montane rainforests respond rapidly to moderate additions of N (50 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)) and P (10 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)). Monitoring of nutrient fluxes demonstrated that the majority of added nutrients remained in the system, in either soil or vegetation. N and P additions led to not only an increase in foliar N and P concentrations, but also altered soil microbial biomass, standing fine root biomass, stem growth, and litterfall. The different effects suggest that trees are primarily limited by P, whereas some processes-notably aboveground productivity--are limited by both N and P. Highly variable and partly contrasting responses of different tree species suggest marked changes in species composition and diversity of these forests by nutrient inputs in the long term. The unexpectedly fast response of the ecosystem to moderate nutrient additions suggests high vulnerability of tropical montane forests to the expected increase in nutrient inputs."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0047128"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150124"],["dc.identifier.pmid","23071734"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/8325"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6854"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 2.5"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5"],["dc.title","Tropical Andean Forests Are Highly Susceptible to Nutrient Inputs—Rapid Effects of Experimental N and P Addition to an Ecuadorian Montane Forest"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","256"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Forest Ecology and Management"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","268"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","444"],["dc.contributor.author","Kirfel, Kristina"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinze, Stefanie"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T14:24:07Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T14:24:07Z"],["dc.date.issued","2019"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.022"],["dc.identifier.issn","0378-1127"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/72145"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Effects of bedrock type and soil chemistry on the fine roots of European beech – A study on the belowground plasticity of trees"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1675"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","12"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Forests"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","12"],["dc.contributor.author","Röll, Alexander"],["dc.contributor.author","Ramesha, Mundre N."],["dc.contributor.author","Link, Roman M."],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Schuldt, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Patil, Shekhargouda L."],["dc.contributor.author","Hölscher, Dirk"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-02-01T10:31:47Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-02-01T10:31:47Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Farmland tree cultivation is considered an important option for enhancing wood production. In South India, the native leaf-deciduous tree species Melia dubia is popular for short-rotation plantations. Across a rainfall gradient from 420 to 2170 mm year–1, we studied 186 farmland woodlots between one and nine years in age. The objectives were to identify the main factors controlling aboveground biomass (AGB) and growth rates. A power-law growth model predicts an average stand-level AGB of 93.8 Mg ha–1 for nine-year-old woodlots. The resulting average annual AGB increment over the length of the rotation cycle is 10.4 Mg ha–1 year–1, which falls within the range reported for other tropical tree plantations. When expressing the parameters of the growth model as functions of management, climate and soil variables, it explains 65% of the variance in AGB. The results indicate that water availability is the main driver of the growth of M. dubia. Compared to the effects of water availability, the effects of soil nutrients are 26% to 60% smaller. We conclude that because of its high biomass accumulation rates in farm forestry, M. dubia is a promising candidate for short-rotation plantations in South India and beyond."],["dc.description.abstract","Farmland tree cultivation is considered an important option for enhancing wood production. In South India, the native leaf-deciduous tree species Melia dubia is popular for short-rotation plantations. Across a rainfall gradient from 420 to 2170 mm year–1, we studied 186 farmland woodlots between one and nine years in age. The objectives were to identify the main factors controlling aboveground biomass (AGB) and growth rates. A power-law growth model predicts an average stand-level AGB of 93.8 Mg ha–1 for nine-year-old woodlots. The resulting average annual AGB increment over the length of the rotation cycle is 10.4 Mg ha–1 year–1, which falls within the range reported for other tropical tree plantations. When expressing the parameters of the growth model as functions of management, climate and soil variables, it explains 65% of the variance in AGB. The results indicate that water availability is the main driver of the growth of M. dubia. Compared to the effects of water availability, the effects of soil nutrients are 26% to 60% smaller. We conclude that because of its high biomass accumulation rates in farm forestry, M. dubia is a promising candidate for short-rotation plantations in South India and beyond."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2021"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3390/f12121675"],["dc.identifier.pii","f12121675"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/98945"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-517"],["dc.relation.eissn","1999-4907"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Abteilung Waldbau und Waldökologie der Tropen"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.title","Water Availability Controls the Biomass Increment of Melia dubia in South India"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","191"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Plant Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","6"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Barus, Henry"],["dc.contributor.author","Schuldt, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Kotowska, Martyna M."],["dc.contributor.author","Rajab, Yasmin Abou"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:59:24Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:59:24Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","For decades it has been assumed that the largest vessels are generally found in roots and that vessel size and corresponding sapwood area-specific hydraulic conductivity are acropetally decreasing toward the distal twigs. However, recent studies from the perhumid tropics revealed a hump-shaped vessel size distribution. Worldwide tropical perhumid forests are extensively replaced by agroforestry systems often using introduced species of various biogeographical and climatic origins. Nonetheless, it is unknown so far what kind of hydraulic architectural patterns are developed in those agroforestry tree species and which impact this exerts regarding important tree functional traits, such as stem growth, hydraulic efficiency and wood density (WD). We investigated wood anatomical and hydraulic properties of the root, stem and branch wood in Theobroma cacao and five common shade tree species in agroforestry systems on Sulawesi (Indonesia); three of these were strictly perhumid tree species, and the other three tree species are tolerating seasonal drought. The overall goal of our study was to relate these properties to stem growth and other tree functional traits such as foliar nitrogen content and sapwood to leaf area ratio. Our results confirmed a hump-shaped vessel size distribution in nearly all species. Drought-adapted species showed divergent patterns of hydraulic conductivity, vessel density, and relative vessel lumen area between root, stem and branch wood compared to wet forest species. Confirming findings from natural old-growth forests in the same region, WD showed no relationship to specific conductivity. Overall, aboveground growth performance was better predicted by specific hydraulic conductivity than by foliar traits and WD. Our study results suggest that future research on conceptual trade-offs of tree hydraulic architecture should consider biogeographical patterns underlining the importance of anatomical adaptation mechanisms to environment."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open Access Publikationsfonds 2015"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fpls.2015.00191"],["dc.identifier.isi","000352504600001"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25873922"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11858"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/37578"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.relation","SFB 990 | B | B04: Pflanzenproduktivität und Ressourcenaufteilung im Wurzelraum entlang von Gradienten tropischer Landnutzungsintensität und Baumartenvielfalt"],["dc.relation.eissn","1664-462X"],["dc.relation.issn","1664-462X"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject.gro","sfb990_journalarticles"],["dc.title","Patterns in hydraulic architecture from roots to branches in six tropical tree species from cacao agroforestry and their relation to wood density and stem growth"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1173"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Agroforestry Systems"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1187"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","87"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Moser, Gerald"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Erasmi, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Leitner, Daniela"],["dc.contributor.author","Culmsee, Heike"],["dc.contributor.author","Schuldt, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Schwendenmann, Luitgard"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-08-10T14:37:12Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-05-11T13:21:03Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-08-10T14:37:12Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-05-11T13:21:03Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","Tropical forests store a large part of the terrestrial carbon and play a key role in the global carbon (C) cycle. In parts of Southeast Asia, conversion of natural forest to cacao agroforestry systems is an important driver of deforestation, resulting in C losses from biomass and soil to the atmosphere. This case study from Sulawesi, Indonesia, compares natural forest with nearby shaded cacao agroforests for all major above and belowground biomass C pools (n = 6 plots) and net primary production (n = 3 plots). Total biomass (above- and belowground to 250 cm soil depth) in the forest (approx. 150 Mg C ha−1) was more than eight times higher than in the agroforest (19 Mg C ha−1). Total net primary production (NPP, above- and belowground) was larger in the forest than in the agroforest (approx. 29 vs. 20 Mg dry matter (DM) ha−1 year−1), while wood increment was twice as high in the forest (approx. 6 vs. 3 Mg DM ha−1 year−1). The SOC pools to 250 cm depth amounted to 134 and 78 Mg C ha−1 in the forest and agroforest stands, respectively. Replacement of tropical moist forest by cacao agroforest reduces the biomass C pool by approximately 130 Mg C ha−1; another 50 Mg C ha−1 may be released from the soil. Further, the replacement of forest by cacao agroforest also results in a 70–80 % decrease of the annual C sequestration potential due to a significantly smaller stem increment."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10457-013-9628-7"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/65035"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.eissn","1572-9680"],["dc.relation.issn","0167-4366"],["dc.title","Conversion of tropical moist forest into cacao agroforest: consequences for carbon pools and annual C sequestration"],["dc.title.subtitle","consequences for carbon pools and annual C sequestration"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","645"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Mycorrhiza"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","650"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","24"],["dc.contributor.author","Valtanen, Kerttu"],["dc.contributor.author","Eissfeller, Verena"],["dc.contributor.author","Beyer, Friderike"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Polle, Andrea"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:49:41Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:49:41Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","To determine the exchange of nitrogen and carbon between ectomycorrhiza and host plant, young beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees from natural regeneration in intact soil cores were labelled for one growing season in a greenhouse with 13CO2 and 15NO3 15NH4. The specific enrichments of 15N and 13C were higher in ectomycorrhizas (EMs) than in any other tissue. The enrichments of 13C and 15N were also higher in the fine-root segments directly connected with the EM (mainly second-order roots) than that in bulk fine or coarse roots. A strict, positive correlation was found between the specific 15N enrichment in EM and the attached second-order roots. This finding indicates that strong N accumulators provide more N to their host than low N accumulators. A significant correlation was also found for the specific 13C enrichment in EM and the attached second-order roots. However, the specific enrichments for 15N and 13C in EM were unrelated showing that under long-term conditions, C and N exchange between host and EMs are uncoupled. These findings suggest that EM-mediated N flux to the plant is not the main control on carbon flux to the fungus, probably because EMs provide many different services to their hosts in addition to N provision in their natural assemblages."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s00572-014-0581-8"],["dc.identifier.gro","3147359"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/4965"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.notes.submitter","chake"],["dc.relation.issn","0940-6360"],["dc.title","Carbon and nitrogen fluxes between beech and their ectomycorrhizal assemblage"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e0149949"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS One"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","22"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","11"],["dc.contributor.author","Abou Rajab, Yasmin"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Barus, Henry"],["dc.contributor.author","Tjoa, Aiyen"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-11-28T10:03:31Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-11-28T10:03:31Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","One of the main drivers of tropical forest loss is their conversion to oil palm, soy or cacao plantations with low biodiversity and greatly reduced carbon storage. Southeast Asian cacao plantations are often established under shade tree cover, but are later converted to non-shaded monocultures to avoid resource competition. We compared three co-occurring cacao cultivation systems (3 replicate stands each) with different shade intensity (non-shaded monoculture, cacao with the legume Gliricidia sepium shade trees, and cacao with several shade tree species) in Sulawesi (Indonesia) with respect to above- and belowground biomass and productivity, and cacao bean yield. Total biomass C stocks (above- and belowground) increased fivefold from the monoculture to the multi-shade tree system (from 11 to 57 Mg ha-1), total net primary production rose twofold (from 9 to 18 Mg C ha-1 yr-1). This increase was associated with a 6fold increase in aboveground biomass, but only a 3.5fold increase in root biomass, indicating a clear shift in C allocation to aboveground tree organs with increasing shade for both cacao and shade trees. Despite a canopy cover increase from 50 to 93%, cacao bean yield remained invariant across the systems (variation: 1.1–1.2 Mg C ha-1 yr-1). The monocultures had a twice as rapid leaf turnover suggesting that shading reduces the exposure of cacao to atmospheric drought, probably resulting in greater leaf longevity. Thus, contrary to general belief, cacao bean yield does not necessarily decrease under shading which seems to reduce physical stress. If planned properly, cacao plantations under a shade tree cover allow combining high yield with benefits for carbon sequestration and storage, production system stability under stress, and higher levels of animal and plant diversity."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2016"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0149949"],["dc.identifier.fs","619834"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/13130"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/10611"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation","SFB 990: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Funktionen tropischer Tieflandregenwald-Transformationssysteme (Sumatra, Indonesien)"],["dc.relation","SFB 990 | B | B04: Pflanzenproduktivität und Ressourcenaufteilung im Wurzelraum entlang von Gradienten tropischer Landnutzungsintensität und Baumartenvielfalt"],["dc.relation.eissn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject.gro","sfb990_journalarticles"],["dc.title","Cacao Cultivation under Diverse Shade Tree Cover Allows High Carbon Storage and Sequestration without Yield Losses"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","unknown"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","536"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Biotropica"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","542"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","40"],["dc.contributor.author","Graefe, Sophie"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertel, Dietrich"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-02-26T10:17:25Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-02-26T10:17:25Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","Growth and death of fine roots represent an important carbon sink in forests. Our understanding of the patterns of fine root turnover is limited, in particular in tropical forests, despite its acknowledged importance in the global carbon cycle. We used the minirhizotron technique for studying the changes in fine root longevity and turnover along a 2000‐m‐elevational transect in the tropical mountain forests of South Ecuador. Fine root growth and loss rates were monitored during a 5‐mo period at intervals of four weeks with each 10 minirhizotron tubes in three stands at 1050, 1890, and 3060 m asl. Average root loss rate decreased from 1.07 to 0.72 g/g/yr from 1050 to 1890 m, indicating an increase in mean root longevity with increasing elevation. However average root loss rate increased again toward the uppermost stand at 3060 m (1.30 g/g/yr). Thus, root longevity increased from lower montane to mid‐montane elevation as would be expected from an effect of low temperature on root turnover, but it decreased further upslope despite colder temperatures. We suggest that adverse soil conditions may reduce root longevity at high elevations in South Ecuador, and are thus additional factors besides temperature that control root dynamics in tropical mountain forests."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00419.x"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/12582"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.title","Estimating Fine Root Turnover in Tropical Forests along an Elevational Transect using Minirhizotrons"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]