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Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
9176
World Ranking
6000
National Ranking
317

Overview

Markus Bernhardt-Römermann is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

They further specialize in several subfields of study such as:

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

The core topics Markus Bernhardt-Römermann has worked on encompass:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

The scientist has contributed to research published in multiple frequent venues, including:

  • Science
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Markus Bernhardt-Römermann include:

  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming, 2020, Science
  • Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany, 2022, Nature
  • Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats, 2021, Ecology Letters

Throughout their career, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Kris Verheyen
  • Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Pieter De Frenne
  • Lander Baeten
  • Jörg Brunet

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta-Analysis of Species Richness in Europe

    Yoan Paillet;Laurent Bergès;Joakim HjÄltén;Péter Ódor

  • Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten

  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Pieter Vangansbeke

  • Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests

    Kris Verheyen;Lander Baeten;Pieter De Frenne;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

  • Herb-layer diversity in deciduous forests: Raised by tree richness or beaten by beech?

    Andreas Mölder;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • Forest floor vegetation response to nitrogen deposition in Europe

    Thomas Dirnböck;Ulf Grandin;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Burkhardt Beudert

  • Impacts of Land Abandonment on Vegetation: Successional Pathways in European Habitats

    Bernard Prévosto;Loek Kuiters;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Michaela Dölle

  • Functional traits and local environment predict vegetation responses to disturbance: a pan‐European multi‐site experiment

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Alan Gray;Adam J. Vanbergen;Laurent Bergès

  • Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Lander Baeten;Dylan Craven;Pieter De Frenne

  • On the identification of the most suitable traits for plant functional trait analyses

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Christine Römermann;Robert Nuske;Andreas Parth

  • Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies.

    Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Markus Bernhardt‐Römermann;Lander Baeten;Gabriele Midolo;Gabriele Midolo

  • More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany

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  • Substitutes for grazing in semi-natural grasslands - do mowing or mulching represent valuable alternatives to maintain vegetation structure?

    Christine Römermann;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Michael Kleyer;Peter Poschlod

  • Explaining grassland biomass – the contribution of climate, species and functional diversity depends on fertilization and mowing frequency

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Christine Römermann;Stefan Sperlich;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • Impacts of land-use on West African savanna vegetation: a comparison between protected and communal area in Burkina Faso

    Blandine Marie Ivette Nacoulma;Katharina Schumann;Salifou Traoré;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann

  • Combining Biodiversity Resurveys across Regions to Advance Global Change Research

    Kris Verheyen;Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Donald M Waller

  • Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe’s temperate forest biome

    Ingmar R. Staude;Donald M. Waller;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Anne D. Bjorkman

  • Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats.

    Unknown

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras

    Trevor S. Fristoe;Milan Chytrý;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • Changed vegetation composition in coniferous forests near to motorways in Southern Germany: the effects of traffic-born pollution.

    M. Bernhardt-Römermann;M. Kirchner;T. Kudernatsch;G. Jakobi

  • Short-term effects of temperature enhancement on growth and reproduction of alpine grassland species

    Thomas Kudernatsch;Anton Fischer;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Clemens Abs

  • Changes in the dominant assembly mechanism drive species loss caused by declining resources

    Simon Thorn;Simon Thorn;Claus Bässler;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Marc Cadotte;Marc Cadotte

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kopecký
Martin Kopecký Czech Academy of Sciences
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Radim Hédl
Radim Hédl Czech Academy of Sciences
Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Thilo Heinken
Thilo Heinken University of Potsdam
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
Petr Petřík
Petr Petřík Czech Academy of Sciences
Monika Wulf
Monika Wulf University of Potsdam

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