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Overview

Harald Auge is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research spans primarily across Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively to the understanding of ecosystem dynamics and management.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their research incorporates several key subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Main research topics focus on various facets of ecology and vegetation dynamics, including Forest ecology and management, Plant and animal studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Frequent publication venues for Harald Auge include journals known for ecological and environmental research topics. Notable venues are Ecology and Evolution, Nature Communications, Oikos, Global Change Biology, and the Journal of Ecology.

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications
  • Oikos
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology

Co-authorship has involved collaboration with several researchers, with the most frequent being:

  • Nico Eisenhauer
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Charles A. Nock
  • Quentin Ponette
  • Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Some recent publications highlight the scope and thematic breadth of Harald Auge's work:

  • "For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!" (2021), Conservation Letters
  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally" (2024), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Responses of plant diversity to precipitation change are strongest at local spatial scales and in drylands" (2021), Nature Communications
  • "Sustainable land management enhances ecological and economic multifunctionality under ambient and future climate" (2024), Nature Communications
  • "Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding" (2024), Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Phenotypic and genetic differentiation between native and introduced plant populations

    Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Harald Auge;Lucile Lafuma;William E. Rogers;William E. Rogers

  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

    Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Jürgen Bauhus;Rita Sousa-Silva;Harald Auge

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

    Kris Verheyen;Margot Vanhellemont;Harald Auge;Lander Baeten

  • Reduced competitive ability in an invasive plant

    Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Daniel Prati;Harald Auge;Bernhard Schmid

  • Molecular evidence for multiple introductions of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaceae) to North America.

    Walter Durka;Oliver Bossdorf;Daniel Prati;Harald Auge

  • A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

    Lander Baeten;Kris Verheyen;Christian Wirth;Helge Bruelheide

  • Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

    C.E. Thimothy Paine;Lucy Amissah;Lucy Amissah;Harald Auge;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto

  • Palatability, decomposition and insect herbivory: patterns in a successional old‐field plant community

    Martin Schädler;Gertraud Jung;Harald Auge;Roland Brandl

  • Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach.

    Katherine H. Bannar-Martin;Colin T. Kremer;S.K. Morgan Ernest;Mathew A. Leibold

  • Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems.

    Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramirez;Dylan Craven;Peter B Reich;Peter B Reich;John J Ewel

  • Invasive Buddleja davidii allocates more nitrogen to its photosynthetic machinery than five native woody species

    Yu-Long Feng;Harald Auge;Susan K. Ebeling

  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

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  • A million and more trees for science

    Alain Paquette;Andy Hector;Bastien Castagneyrol;Margot Vanhellemont

  • The effects of drought and nutrient addition on soil organisms vary across taxonomic groups, but are constant across seasons

    Julia Siebert;Marie Sünnemann;Harald Auge;Sigrid Berger

  • Tree diversity and the role of non‐host neighbour tree species in reducing fungal pathogen infestation

    Lydia Hantsch;Steffen Bien;Stine Radatz;Uwe Braun

  • Palatability and tolerance to simulated herbivory in native and introduced populations of Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae).

    Oliver Bossdorf;Oliver Bossdorf;Stefan Schröder;Daniel Prati;Harald Auge

  • Different gardens, different results: native and introduced populations exhibit contrasting phenotypes across common gardens

    Jennifer L. Williams;Harald Auge;John L. Maron

  • Spread of violets in polluted pine forests: morphological and molecular evidence for the ecological importance of interspecific hybridization

    B. Neuffer;H. Auge;H. Mesch;U. Amarell

  • Investigating the consequences of climate change under different land-use regimes: a novel experimental infrastructure

    Martin Schädler;Francois Buscot;Stefan Klotz;Thomas Reitz

  • Specific bottom–up effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a plant–herbivore–parasitoid system

    Stefan Hempel;Claudia Stein;Sybille B. Unsicker;Carsten Renker;Carsten Renker

  • Impact of invertebrate herbivory in grasslands depends on plant species diversity

    Claudia Stein;Sybille B. Unsicker;Ansgar Kahmen;Markus Wagner

  • Demographic and random amplified polymorphic DNA analyses reveal high levels of genetic diversity in a clonal violet

    Harald Auge;Barbara Neuffer;Friederike Erlinghagen;Rudolf Grupe

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Prati
Daniel Prati University of Bern
Martin Schädler
Martin Schädler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Roland Brandl
Roland Brandl Philipp University of Marburg
Oliver Bossdorf
Oliver Bossdorf University of Tübingen
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Isabell Hensen
Isabell Hensen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Catherine Potvin
Catherine Potvin McGill University
Tiffany M. Knight
Tiffany M. Knight Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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