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Karl-Heinz Häberle is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences with a significant emphasis on nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, forest ecology and management, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies. Additional research interests include seedling growth and survival studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, as well as remote sensing and LiDAR applications.

Recent publications illustrate their focus on drought effects on forest ecosystems. These include:

  • Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment (2020, Trees)
  • Fine-Root Traits Reveal Contrasting Ecological Strategies in European Beech and Norway Spruce During Extreme Drought (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • The Kroof experiment: realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest (2021, Ecosphere)
  • Physiological recovery of tree water relations upon drought release-response of mature beech and spruce after five years of recurrent summer drought (2022, Tree Physiology)
  • Repeated summer drought changes the radial xylem sap flow profile in mature Norway spruce but not in European beech (2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Häberle include:

  • Thorsten E. E. Grams
  • Benjamin D. Hesse
  • Timo Gebhardt
  • Kyohsuke Hikino
  • Benjamin Häfner

Publications have appeared regularly in journals such as Tree Physiology, Plant Biology, Trees, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Ecosphere, reflecting the diverse but focused nature of their study areas.

Best Publications

  • Traits of trees for cooling urban heat islands: A meta-analysis

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Laura M.F. Stratopoulos;Astrid Moser-Reischl;Teresa Zölch

  • Enhanced ozone strongly reduces carbon sink strength of adult beech (Fagus sylvatica) – Resume from the free-air fumigation study at Kranzberg Forest

    R. Matyssek;G. Wieser;R. Ceulemans;H. Rennenberg

  • The more, the better? Water relations of Norway spruce stands after progressive thinning

    Timo Gebhardt;Karl-Heinz Häberle;Rainer Matyssek;Christoph Schulz

  • Combining δ13C and δ18O analyses to unravel competition, CO2 and O3 effects on the physiological performance of different‐aged trees

    Thorsten E. E. Grams;Thorsten E. E. Grams;Alessandra Rodrigues Kozovits;Karl Heinz Häberle;Rainer Matyssek

  • Extraordinary drought of 2003 overrules ozone impact on adult beech trees (Fagus sylvatica)

    M. Löw;K. Herbinger;A. J. Nunn;K.-H. Häberle

  • Mixed Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) stands under drought: from reaction pattern to mechanism

    H. Pretzsch;T. Rötzer;R. Matyssek;T. E. E. Grams

  • Mitigation of drought by thinning: Short-term and long-term effects on growth and physiological performance of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

    Julia A. Sohn;Timo Gebhardt;Timo Gebhardt;Christian Ammer;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Comparison between AOT40 and ozone uptake in forest trees of different species, age and site conditions

    R. Matyssek;G. Wieser;A.J. Nunn;A.R. Kozovits

  • Effects of chronic elevated ozone exposure on gas exchange responses of adult beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) as related to the within-canopy light gradient.

    Mitsutoshi Kitao;Markus Löw;Christian Heerdt;Thorsten E.E. Grams

  • Comparison of ozone uptake and sensitivity between a phytotron study with young beech and a field experiment with adult beech (Fagus sylvatica).

    Angela J. Nunn;A.R. Kozovits;I.M. Reiter;C. Heerdt

  • Interactions of chronic exposure to elevated CO2 and O3 levels in the photosynthetic light and dark reactions of European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

    Thorsten E. E. Grams;Sabine Anegg;Karl-Heinz Häberle;Christian Langebartels

  • Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment

    H. Pretzsch;T. Grams;K. H. Häberle;K. Pritsch

  • Age effects on Norway spruce (Picea abies) susceptibility to ozone uptake: a novel approach relating stress avoidance to defense.

    Gerhard Wieser;Karin Tegischer;Michael Tausz;Karl-Heinz Häberle

  • Interactions between Drought and O3 Stress in Forest Trees

    R. Matyssek;D. Le Thiec;M. Löw;P. Dizengremel

  • Key ecological research questions for Central European forests

    Christian Ammer;Andreas Fichtner;Anton Fischer;Martin M. Gossner

  • Effects of the extreme drought in 2003 on soil respiration in a mixed forest

    Petia S. Nikolova;Stephan Raspe;Christian P. Andersen;Raphael Mainiero

  • Does belowground interaction with Fagus sylvatica increase drought susceptibility of photosynthesis and stem growth in Picea abies

    M. Goisser;U. Geppert;T. Rötzer;A. Paya

  • Quantifying Competitiveness in Woody Plants

    T. E. E. Grams;A. R. Kozovits;I. M. Reiter;J. Barbro Winkler

  • Tree age dependence and within-canopy variation of leaf gas exchange and antioxidative defence in Fagus sylvatica under experimental free-air ozone exposure.

    K Herbinger;Ch Then;M Löw;K Haberer

  • Estimating “autotrophic” belowground respiration in spruce and beech forests: decreases following girdling

    Christian P. Andersen;Ivan Nikolov;Petia Nikolova;Rainer Matyssek

  • Response patterns in adult forest trees to chronic ozone stress: identification of variations and consistencies

    Angela J. Nunn;Ilja M. Reiter;Karl-Heinz Häberle;Christian Langebartels

  • Transpiration of forest trees and stands at different altitude: consistencies rather than contrasts?

    R. Matyssek;G. Wieser;K. Patzner;H. Blaschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Matyssek
Rainer Matyssek Technical University of Munich
Thorsten E. E. Grams
Thorsten E. E. Grams Technical University of Munich
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Gerhard Wieser
Gerhard Wieser University of Innsbruck
Thomas Rötzer
Thomas Rötzer Technical University of Munich
Michael Tausz
Michael Tausz University of Melbourne
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Mitsutoshi Kitao
Mitsutoshi Kitao Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Stephan Pauleit
Stephan Pauleit Technical University of Munich
Werner Borken
Werner Borken University of Bayreuth

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