Heinrichs, Steffi

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","7996"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","14"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Sustainability"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","13"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Öder, Veronika"],["dc.contributor.author","Indreica, Adrian"],["dc.contributor.author","Bergmeier, Erwin"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Walentowski, Helge"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-09-01T06:43:02Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-09-01T06:43:02Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Climate change challenges important native timber species in Central Europe. The introduction of non-native tree species originating from warmer climates is one option to make Central European forests compatible to global warming. This, however, requires an assessment of the species’ growth requirements, and of its impact on biodiversity in its native ranges. Silver lime (Tilia tomentosa), a moderately drought-tolerant, thermophilous tree species of South-eastern Europe is considered suitable for the future. Along three elevational transects in western Romania, we assessed the impact of changing climate and local site conditions on the abundance of this tree species and contrasted plant species diversity and composition of lime-dominated forests with mesophytic oak and beech forests. Local site conditions and disturbance histories shaped the distribution pattern of silver lime. When dominant, it reduced plant species diversity within stands due to its dense canopy. For shade-tolerant, mesophytic species, though, lime forests provided an additional habitat and extended their range into warmer environments. Thus, silver lime may have the potential as an admixed tree species forming a transitory meso-thermophilous habitat in the future. At the same time, silver lime may be limited under increasing drought frequency."],["dc.description.abstract","Climate change challenges important native timber species in Central Europe. The introduction of non-native tree species originating from warmer climates is one option to make Central European forests compatible to global warming. This, however, requires an assessment of the species’ growth requirements, and of its impact on biodiversity in its native ranges. Silver lime (Tilia tomentosa), a moderately drought-tolerant, thermophilous tree species of South-eastern Europe is considered suitable for the future. Along three elevational transects in western Romania, we assessed the impact of changing climate and local site conditions on the abundance of this tree species and contrasted plant species diversity and composition of lime-dominated forests with mesophytic oak and beech forests. Local site conditions and disturbance histories shaped the distribution pattern of silver lime. When dominant, it reduced plant species diversity within stands due to its dense canopy. For shade-tolerant, mesophytic species, though, lime forests provided an additional habitat and extended their range into warmer environments. Thus, silver lime may have the potential as an admixed tree species forming a transitory meso-thermophilous habitat in the future. At the same time, silver lime may be limited under increasing drought frequency."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3390/su13147996"],["dc.identifier.pii","su13147996"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/89205"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-455"],["dc.publisher","MDPI"],["dc.relation.eissn","2071-1050"],["dc.rights","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],["dc.title","The Influence of Tilia tomentosa Moench on Plant Species Diversity and Composition in Mesophilic Forests of Western Romania–A Potential Tree Species for Warming Forests in Central Europe?"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","23"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Nature Conservation"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","64"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","50"],["dc.contributor.author","Pham, Van Vien"],["dc.contributor.author","Ammer, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Annighöfer, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-11-01T10:17:31Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-11-01T10:17:31Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.description.abstract","Plant species diversity and composition play crucial roles in many ecosystem services and are largely influenced by environmental conditions, as well as natural and/or anthropogenic disturbances. However, our knowledge of the drivers of plant species diversity and composition in the limestone forests of Vietnam, a hotspot of biodiversity, is limited. To fill this knowledge gap, we surveyed plant species in the Cat Ba National Park (CBNP), located on a limestone archipelago. We hypothesised that: (1) topography, accessibility and spatial isolation drive the diversity and composition of plant communities in the CBNP and that (2) isolated areas contribute to high floristic regional diversity by supporting unique species assemblages. We expected high tree species diversity within the tropical limestone forests of the CBNP, but also that: (3) the abundance of non-tree species negatively affects tree regeneration diversity and abundance. Data were obtained from 90 random sample plots (500 m\r\n 2\r\n ) and 450 sub-sample plots (25 m\r\n 2\r\n ) in three areas of the CBNP. We differentiated four different plant species communities and found a total of 302 species belonging to 112 families. Tree species contributed 50% to total species richness. The distribution of different plant communities in the CBNP was driven mainly by topography; that is, the percentage of rock surface and slope and concomitant differences in soil depth. Contrary to our expectations, isolated areas did not contribute greatly to the CBNP’s plant species diversity. It seems that isolated areas and, as in our case, rough topography, may act as natural barriers to seed dispersal, creating an environmental filter for tree species. Across the CBNP, there was no effect of non-tree species on tree species regeneration, but regeneration patterns differed between communities. In species-rich communities growing under favourable site conditions (e.g. low rock surface and slope), greater coverage by non-tree species had an increasingly negative effect on tree species richness and abundance in the regeneration layer. The opposite was observed in communities growing under harsh site conditions. We conclude that plant species diversity in the CBNP is high, particularly in easily accessible lowland areas where tree species contribute greatly to biodiversity. However, here, non-tree species can even restrict tree regeneration."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2022"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3897/natureconservation.50.86490"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/116829"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-605"],["dc.relation.eissn","1314-3301"],["dc.relation.issn","1314-6947"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.title","Plant species diversity and composition in limestone forests of the Vietnamese Cat Ba National Park"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2769"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","11"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Biodiversity and Conservation"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2788"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","24"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Pauchard, Anibal"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:51:01Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:51:01Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","High human density and land use intensity often coincide with biodiversity hotspots making peri-urban reserves a keystone for conserving natural remnants in a highly anthropogenic matrix. Particularly, intense propagule pressure by alien plant species can pose a threat to native biodiversity. However, little is known about the factors that determine invasibility and the role of roads and other human disturbances for such small protected areas. Within a peri-urban reserve close to the city of Concepcin, south-central Chile, we investigated the influence of different site and landscape characteristics on the richness of native and alien plant species across different habitat (ruderal, road and forest sites) and forest types (native and alien dominated forests). Compared to other protected areas, alien species were frequently found in this reserve indicating the importance of urban areas as source for alien species. Aliens concentrate around disturbed ruderal and road sites, facilitating their spread into the reserve. Natural forest areas are less invaded until now. Within forests alien plant species richness was, however, positively associated to the proximity to disturbed landscapes. Forests dominated by alien tree species within the reserve are not the source for alien species within natural forests, but they negatively affect native species richness by replacing adequate seed sources. In order to prevent a further spread of alien species into peri-urban reserves, large scale anthropogenic disturbances should be minimized, already invaded sites must be monitored and buffer-zones protecting reserves from surrounding land use activities should be established."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10531-015-0964-y"],["dc.identifier.isi","000361836500009"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/35826"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","1572-9710"],["dc.relation.issn","0960-3115"],["dc.title","Struggling to maintain native plant diversity in a peri-urban reserve surrounded by a highly anthropogenic matrix"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","613"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","European Journal of Forest Research"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","624"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","129"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Bernhardt-Roemermann, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmidt, Wolfgang"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:41:37Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:41:37Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","The estimation model PhytoCalc allows a non-destructive quantification of dry weight and nutrient pools of understorey plants in forests by using the relationship between species biomass, cover and mean shoot length. The model has been validated with independent samples in several German forest types and can be a useful tool in forest monitoring. However, in open areas within forests (e.g. clearcuts), the current model version underestimates biomass and produces unreliable nutrient pool estimations. Thus, tissue density, as approximated by leaf dry matter content (LDMC), is systematically higher under high light compared to low light conditions. We demonstrate that the ratio of LDMC under clearcut conditions to LDMC under forest conditions can be used to adjust the PhytoCalc model to clearcut conditions. We investigated the LDMC ratio of five exemplary species commonly occurring on clearcuts. Integrating the square of the ratio as a correction factor improved estimates of biomass to more than 70% fit between observations and predictions. Results also suggest this ratio can be used to correct nutrient concentrations modelled in PhytoCalc, which tend to be overestimated in clearcuts. As morphological groups of plant species exhibit significantly different ratios, we advise using group-specific correction factors for clearcut adjustments in the future."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10342-010-0362-7"],["dc.identifier.isi","000278522600011"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/5006"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/19512"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","1612-4669"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","The estimation of aboveground biomass and nutrient pools of understorey plants in closed Norway spruce forests and on clearcuts"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Applied Vegetation Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","24"],["dc.contributor.author","Depauw, Leen"],["dc.contributor.author","Perring, Michael P."],["dc.contributor.author","Landuyt, Dries"],["dc.contributor.author","Maes, Sybryn L."],["dc.contributor.author","Blondeel, Haben"],["dc.contributor.author","De Lombaerde, Emiel"],["dc.contributor.author","Brūmelis, Guntis"],["dc.contributor.author","Brunet, Jörg"],["dc.contributor.author","Closset‐Kopp, Déborah"],["dc.contributor.author","Decocq, Guillaume"],["dc.contributor.author","Den Ouden, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Härdtle, Werner"],["dc.contributor.author","Hédl, Radim"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinken, Thilo"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Jaroszewicz, Bogdan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kopecký, Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","Liepiņa, Ilze"],["dc.contributor.author","Macek, Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","Máliš, František"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmidt, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Smart, Simon M."],["dc.contributor.author","Ujházy, Karol"],["dc.contributor.author","Wulf, Monika"],["dc.contributor.author","Verheyen, Kris"],["dc.contributor.editor","Wagner, Viktoria"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:31:32Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:31:32Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/avsc.12532"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/83626"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.relation.eissn","1654-109X"],["dc.relation.issn","1402-2001"],["dc.title","Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","567"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Forests"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Pauchard, Aníbal"],["dc.contributor.author","Schall, Peter"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-09T11:45:55Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-09T11:45:55Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.description.abstract","Alien tree plantations are expanding globally with potential negative effects for native biodiversity. We investigated plant species diversity and composition in a Pinus radiata landscape in south-central Chile, a biodiversity hotspot, by sampling understory vegetation in different plantation age classes, along forest roads and in natural forest remnants in order to find effective conservation measures for native biodiversity. Plantations, including different age classes and roadsides, maintained high native species richness at the landscape scale but supported a completely different community composition than natural forests. Thus, natural forest remnants must be conserved as plantations cannot replace them. Certain natural forest species occurred frequently in mature plantations and can represent starting points for retaining natural elements in plantations. Generalist native and alien species benefited from plantation management, mainly in young plantations and along roadsides. Stand maturation and a closed canopy, though, reduced alien species occurrences within plantations. Along roads, shade-tolerant aliens should be monitored and removed as they can potentially invade natural forests. Native species conservation in plantations requires a holistic approach of the full mosaic of land uses including the protection of remaining natural forests, alien species monitoring along roadsides and patches with continuous canopy cover to reduce pressure by alien species."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3390/f9090567"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/15342"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/59335"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.publisher","MDPI"],["dc.relation.eissn","1999-4907"],["dc.relation.issn","1999-4907"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject.ddc","570"],["dc.title","Native Plant Diversity and Composition Across a Pinus radiata D.Don Plantation Landscape in South-Central Chile—The Impact of Plantation Age, Logging Roads and Alien Species"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","667"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Forest Ecology and Management"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","678"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","258"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmidt, Wolfgang"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T11:25:38Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T11:25:38Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","The conversion of even-aged Norway spruce (Picea abies (L) H. Karst.) stands into more site adapted mixed stands is the main silvicultural goal in Germany and many other European countries. The conversion will primarily be achieved with the help of selection cutting, removing single target diameter trees and creating small gaps. At sites highly susceptible to windthrow, however, small scale clear cutting (up to 1 ha) might be an appropriate alternative. Both selection and clear cutting will affect the understorey vegetation, an important component of forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Thus, with the help of a BACI-experiment (before-after/control-impact), the short-term effects of selection and small scale clear cutting on the herb and shrub layer vegetation were studied at two sites in the Solling Hills (Lower Saxony, Germany). Both treatments led to an increase in herb and shrub layer species numbers, due to persistent and invading (mainly pioneer tree species and indicators of disturbance) species and to a shift in plant traits. Most responsible for the changes in vegetation was a higher light availability, and to a lesser degree soil disturbance. The number of annuals and ruderals, however, increased only immediately after clear cutting, whereas on selection cutting plots the numbers remained high. Gaining in number and coverage were competitive perennials (Epilobium angustifolium, Juncus effusus, Rubus idaeus) especially on the clear cuttings, fulfilling a nutrient retention function. The competitives did not deter tree species from regenerating in the clear cut plots, whereas on selection cutting plots the large expansion of R. idaeus appeared to be hindering tree colonisation. Suffering under clear cut conditions were predominantly shade-tolerant, closed-forest species, but no loss of these species could be detected. This indicates the potential for a fast recovery of these forest species, as soon as, pioneer trees expand. Although the vegetation changed in similar directions at both study sites, differences in species numbers and composition were found, indicating the importance of site conditions in the beginning of succession. In conclusion, our study shows no overall negative effects on shrub and herb layer biodiversity and trait composition after clear cutting. It is suggested that small scale clear cutting may be considered an appropriate alternative to silvicultural methods which cause a moderate rate of disturbance, to reach the goal of Norway spruce forest conversion. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.037"],["dc.identifier.isi","000268623400015"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/56668"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Bv"],["dc.relation.issn","0378-1127"],["dc.title","Short-term effects of selection and clear cutting on the shrub and herb layer vegetation during the conversion of even-aged Norway spruce stands into mixed stands"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","219"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Annals of Forest Research"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","236"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","59"],["dc.contributor.author","Heinrichs, Steffi"],["dc.contributor.author","Walentowski, Helge"],["dc.contributor.author","Bergmeier, Erwin"],["dc.contributor.author","Mellert, Karl Heinz"],["dc.contributor.author","Indreica, Adrian"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuzyakov, Yakov"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Petrițan, Any Mary"],["dc.contributor.author","Teodosiu, Marius"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-02-26T10:57:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-02-26T10:57:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is the prevailing tree species of mesic forests in Central Europe. Increasing summer temperatures and decreasing precipitation, as climate change scenarios predict, may, however, negatively influence beech growth and induce a shift to more thermophilous forest communities. Temperatures as expected in the future for western Central Europe are currently found in parts of western Romania. In light of this climate analogy we investigated forest vegetation as an indicator for future vegetation changes in five regions of western Romania representing a climatic gradient. We related species composition to climate variables and examined if tree and understorey species composition respond similarly to the climatic gradient. We further analysed if tree species occurrences correspond with their modelled distance to the rear niche edge. We found evidence for climatic effects on vegetation composition among regions as well as within deciduous and pine forests, respectively. This underlines that vegetation composition is a useful indicator for environmental change. Tree and understorey species compositions were closely linked showing that community-based characterization of forest stands can provide additional information on tree species suitability along environmental gradients. Both, vegetation composition and a climatic marginality index demonstrate the rear niche edge occurrence of beech in the studied sites of Romania and can predict the site suitability for different tree species. While vegetation surveys indicate Quercus petraea to be associated to moderately mesic forests, the marginality index suggested an inner niche position of sessile oak along the climatic gradient. Phytosociological relevés that differentiate between subspecies (or microspecies) of sessile oak with differing habitat requirements should be considered to complement national forest inventories and species distribution maps when modelling rear distribution edges. We conclude that climate driven forest vegetation composition in western Romania is a suitable analogon and may indicate future forest development in western Central Europe."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.15287/afr.2016.692"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14303"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/12622"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","Forest vegetation in western Romania in relation to climate variables"],["dc.title.subtitle","Does community composition reflect modelled tree species distribution?"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]