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Overview

Dietrich Hertel is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus also on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work concentrates on various topics related to forest ecology and management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, as well as tree root and stability studies. Additional focal areas include tree-ring climate responses, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Dietrich Hertel has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Oecologia
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Forests

Among their recent papers are:

  • Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Combination of energy limitation and sorption capacity explains 14C depth gradients, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Biomass, Morphology, and Dynamics of the Fine Root System Across a 3,000-M Elevation Gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Belowground consequences of converting broadleaf to conifer forest: Comparing the fine root systems of European beech and Scots pine, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Effects of Summer Drought on the Fine Root System of Five Broadleaf Tree Species along a Precipitation Gradient, 2020, Forests

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors in the field. Regular collaborators include Christoph Leuschner, Stella Gribbe, Lena Enderle, Bernhard Schuldt, and Joscha N. Becker.

Best Publications

  • Multifunctional shade‐tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes – a review

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Damayanti Buchori

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

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

  • Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions

    Marcell K. Peters;Andreas Hemp;Tim Appelhans;Joscha N. Becker

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

    Jochen Drescher;Katja Rembold;Kara Allen;Philip Beckschäfer

  • 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

  • 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

  • Direct and cascading impacts of tropical land-use change on multi-trophic biodiversity

    Andrew D. Barnes;Andrew D. Barnes;Kara Allen;Kara Allen;Holger Kreft;Marife D. Corre

  • Elevation effects on the carbon budget of tropical mountain forests (S Ecuador): the role of the belowground compartment

    Gerald Moser;Gerald Moser;Christoph Leuschner;Dietrich Hertel;Sophie Graefe;Sophie Graefe

  • 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

  • A comparison of four different fine root production estimates with ecosystem carbon balance data in a Fagus–Quercus mixed forest

    Dietrich Hertel;Christoph Leuschner

  • Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient – is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

    Dietrich Hertel;Tanja Strecker;Hilmar Müller-Haubold;Christoph Leuschner

  • Carbon costs and benefits of Indonesian rainforest conversion to plantations

    Thomas Guillaume;Thomas Guillaume;Thomas Guillaume;Martyna M. Kotowska;Dietrich Hertel;Alexander Knohl

  • Biomass and morphology of fine roots in temperate broad-leaved forests differing in tree species diversity: is there evidence of below-ground overyielding?

    Catharina Meinen;Dietrich Hertel;Christoph Leuschner

  • Effects of experimental drought on the fine root system of mature Norway spruce

    Dirk Gaul;Dietrich Hertel;Werner Borken;Egbert Matzner

  • Above- and below-ground litter production in three tropical montane forests in southern Ecuador

    Marina Röderstein;Dietrich Hertel;Christoph Leuschner

  • Effects of an experimental drought on the functioning of a cacao agroforestry system, Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Luitgard Schwendenmann;Edzo Veldkamp;Gerald Moser;Dirk Hölscher

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Leuschner
Christoph Leuschner University of Göttingen
Dirk Hölscher
Dirk Hölscher University of Göttingen
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Yann Clough
Yann Clough Lund University
Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler University of Zurich
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen

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