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Christoph Leuschner

Christoph Leuschner

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
96
Citations
32131
World Ranking
200
National Ranking
22

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
97
Citations
32459
World Ranking
325
National Ranking
21

Overview

Christoph Leuschner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work addresses topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Christoph Leuschner has contributed to the academic literature through various recent papers, including:

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)-A review, 2020, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Robert Weigel
  • Dietrich Hertel
  • Bernhard Schuldt
  • Helge Walentowski
  • Martyna M. Kotowska

Publication venues where Christoph Leuschner's work frequently appears include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Forests
  • Trees
  • Tree Physiology

Additionally, they have contributed to book publications with Springer Nature, including "Progress in Botany Vol. 81" (2020) and "Progress in Botany Vol. 83" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen

    H. H. Ellenberg;C. Leuschner

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes

    Ingo Grass;Ingo Grass;Christoph Kubitza;Christoph Kubitza;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre

  • Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

  • BIODIVERSITY INDICATOR GROUPS OF TROPICAL LAND‐USE SYSTEMS: COMPARING PLANTS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS

    Christian H. Schulze;Matthias Waltert;Paul J. A. Kessler;Ramadhanil Pitopang

  • The impact of agricultural intensification and land-use change on the European arable flora

    J. Storkey;S. Meyer;K. S. Still;C. Leuschner

  • Tree Diversity, Forest Structure and Productivity along Altitudinal and Topographical Gradients in a Species‐Rich Ecuadorian Montane Rain Forest

    Juergen Homeier;Siegmar-Walter Breckle;Sven Günter;Ruetger T. Rollenbeck

  • Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion

    Jochen Drescher;Katja Rembold;Kara Allen;Philip Beckschäfer

  • Ecology of Central European Forests

    Christoph Leuschner;Heinz Ellenberg

  • Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests

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  • The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

    Georg Miehe;Per Marten Schleuss;Elke Seeber;Wolfgang Babel

  • Fifty years of change in Central European grassland vegetation: Large losses in species richness and animal-pollinated plants

    Karsten Wesche;Benjamin Krause;Heike Culmsee;Christoph Leuschner

  • Root competition between beech and oak: a hypothesis

    Christoph Leuschner;Dietrich Hertel;Heinz Coners;Volker Büttner

  • Soil organic carbon stocks in topsoil and subsoil controlled by parent material, carbon input in the rhizosphere, and microbial-derived compounds

    Gerrit Angst;Gerrit Angst;Johanna Messinger;Maria Greiner;Werner Häusler

  • Drought responses at leaf, stem and fine root levels of competitive Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. trees in dry and wet years

    Ch Leuschner;K Backes;D Hertel;F Schipka

  • Large altitudinal increase in tree root/shoot ratio in tropical mountain forests of Ecuador

    Christoph Leuschner;Gerald Moser;Christian Bertsch;Marina Röderstein

  • Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes.

    Yann Clough;Yann Clough;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre;Kevin Darras

  • Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador since the 1970s - Losing a Hotspot of Biodiversity

    María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos;Jürgen Homeier;Carlos Iván Espinosa;Christoph Leuschner

  • Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)—A review

    Christoph Leuschner

  • Stand fine root biomass and fine root morphology in old-growth beech forests as a function of precipitation and soil fertility

    Christoph Leuschner;Dietrich Hertel;Iris Schmid;Oliver Koch

  • Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient

    Ina C. Meier;Christoph Leuschner

  • Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland

    Laura M. E. Sutcliffe;Peter Batary;Urs Kormann;Andras Baldi

  • How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change‐related precipitation reduction?

    Bernhard Schuldt;Florian Knutzen;Sylvain Delzon;Steven Jansen

  • Variability in radial sap flux density patterns and sapwood area among seven co-occurring temperate broad-leaved tree species.

    Tobias Gebauer;Viviana Horna;Christoph Leuschner

  • Quantifying above- and belowground biomass carbon loss with forest conversion in tropical lowlands of Sumatra (Indonesia).

    Martyna M. Kotowska;Christoph Leuschner;Triadiati Triadiati;Selis Meriem

  • Altitudinal Change in LAI and Stand Leaf Biomass in Tropical Montane Forests: a Transect Study in Ecuador and a Pan-Tropical Meta-Analysis

    Gerald Moser;Dietrich Hertel;Christoph Leuschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietrich Hertel
Dietrich Hertel University of Göttingen
Markus Hauck
Markus Hauck University of Freiburg
Choimaa Dulamsuren
Choimaa Dulamsuren University of Göttingen
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Dirk Hölscher
Dirk Hölscher University of Göttingen
Ina C. Meier
Ina C. Meier Universität Hamburg
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Edzo Veldkamp
Edzo Veldkamp University of Göttingen

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