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Christiane Werner

Christiane Werner

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
54
Citations
9961
World Ranking
1714
National Ranking
118

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
11139
World Ranking
3126
National Ranking
209

Overview

Christiane Werner is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to environmental and plant sciences. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, highlighting a focus on the interactions between plants and their environment.

Their research covers various subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Within these areas, Werner's main topics of study include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant and Animal Studies

Werner has published research in multiple scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Plant Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Simon Haberstroh
  • Jürgen Kreuzwieser
  • S. Nemiah Ladd
  • Laura Meredith
  • Angelika Kübert

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Werner demonstrate their involvement in studies related to forest ecology and plant-environment interactions. Key papers include:

  • A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests (2020, Basic and Applied Ecology)
  • Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest (2021, Science)
  • The role of species interactions for forest resilience to drought (2022, Plant Biology)
  • Crops for Carbon Farming (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Water Stable Isotopes in Ecohydrological Field Research: Comparison Between In Situ and Destructive Monitoring Methods to Determine Soil Water Isotopic Signatures (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Best Publications

  • A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

    Bernhard Schuldt;Allan Buras;Matthias Arend;Yann Vitasse

  • The demographics of water: A review of water ages in the critical zone

    Matthias Sprenger;Matthias Sprenger;Matthias Sprenger;Christine Stumpp;Markus Weiler;Werner Aeschbach

  • The influence of precipitation pulses on soil respiration – Assessing the “Birch effect” by stable carbon isotopes

    Stephan Unger;Cristina Máguas;João Santos Pereira;Teresa Soares David

  • Two different strategies of Mediterranean macchia plants to avoid photoinhibitory damage by excessive radiation levels during summer drought

    Christiane Werner;Otilia Correia;Wolfram Beyschlag

  • LandscapeDNDC: a process model for simulation of biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere exchange processes at site and regional scale

    Edwin Haas;Steffen Klatt;Alexander Fröhlich;Philipp Kraft

  • Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

  • Characteristic patterns of chronic and dynamic photoinhibition of different functional groups in a Mediterranean ecosystem

    Christiane Werner;Otília Correia;Wolfram Beyschlag

  • Effects of photoinhibition on whole‐plant carbon gain assessed with a photosynthesis model

    Christiane Werner;R J Ryel;O Correia;Wolfram Beyschlag

  • Progress and challenges in using stable isotopes to trace plant carbon and water relations across scales

    Christiane Werner;Hans Schnyder;Matthias Cuntz;C. Keitel

  • N2O, CH4 and CO2 emissions from seasonal tropical rainforests and a rubber plantation in Southwest China

    Christian Werner;Xunhua Zheng;Janwei Tang;Baohua Xie

  • Potential benefits of liming to acid soils on climate change mitigation and food security

    Yan Wang;Zhisheng Yao;Yang Zhan;Xunhua Zheng

  • Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels

    P. K. Misztal;P. K. Misztal;C. N. Hewitt;J. Wildt;J. D. Blande

  • Restoration of a Limestone Quarry: Effect of Soil Amendments on the Establishment of Native Mediterranean Sclerophyllous Shrubs

    A. S. Clemente;Christiane Werner;Cristina Máguas;M. S. Cabral

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • Soil-atmosphere exchange of N2O, CH4, and CO2 and controlling environmental factors for tropical rain forest sites in western Kenya

    Christian Werner;Ralf Kiese;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

  • Towards physiologically meaningful water-use efficiency estimates from eddy covariance data

    Jürgen Knauer;Jürgen Knauer;Sönke Zaehle;Belinda E. Medlyn;Markus Reichstein

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration – Testing the Craig and Gordon model with field measurements of oxygen isotope ratios of evaporative fluxes

    Maren Dubbert;Matthias Cuntz;Arndt Piayda;Cristina Maguás

  • The role of species interactions for forest resilience to drought.

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  • The response of ecosystem water-use efficiency to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations: sensitivity and large-scale biogeochemical implications

    Jürgen Knauer;Sönke Zaehle;Markus Reichstein;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • Water fluxes mediated by vegetation: emerging isotopic insights at the soil and atmosphere interfaces

    Maren Dubbert;Christiane Werner

  • Inter-laboratory comparison of cryogenic water extraction systems for stable isotope analysis of soil water

    Natalie Orlowski;Natalie Orlowski;Lutz Breuer;Nicolas Angeli;Pascal Boeckx

  • Synergy of extreme drought and shrub invasion reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates.

    Maria C. Caldeira;Maria C. Caldeira;Xavier Lecomte;Teresa S. David;Joaquim G. Pinto;Joaquim G. Pinto

  • Diel variations in the carbon isotope composition of respired CO(2) and associated carbon sources: a review of dynamics and mechanisms

    Christiane Werner;A. Gessler

  • Impact of an exotic N2-fixing Acacia on composition and N status of a native Mediterranean community.

    Christine Hellmann;Rabea Sutter;Kathie Grieve Rascher;Cristina Maguas

  • Oxygen isotope signatures of transpired water vapor: the role of isotopic non-steady-state transpiration under natural conditions.

    Maren Dubbert;Matthias Cuntz;Arndt Piayda;Christiane Werner

  • Community scale 15N isoscapes: tracing the spatial impact of an exotic N2‐fixing invader

    Kathie Grieve Rascher;Christine Hellmann;Cristina Maguas;Christiane Werner

  • Data from: Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristina Máguas
Cristina Máguas University of Lisbon
Wolfram Beyschlag
Wolfram Beyschlag Bielefeld University
Otília Correia
Otília Correia University of Lisbon
Matthias Cuntz
Matthias Cuntz University of Lorraine
João Santos Pereira
João Santos Pereira University of Lisbon
Jürgen Kreuzwieser
Jürgen Kreuzwieser University of Freiburg
Maria C. Caldeira
Maria C. Caldeira University of Lisbon
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg

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