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Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
94
Citations
36708
World Ranking
370
National Ranking
28

Overview

Michael Scherer-Lorenzen is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research spans several areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing on interdisciplinary studies related to ecosystem functioning and forest ecology.

The primary fields of study for Scherer-Lorenzen include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

More specialized subfields of their research encompass:

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

The scientist's work addresses a range of key topics, such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Forest Management and Policy

Recent papers authored include:

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs (2020, New Phytologist)
  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements (2021, New Phytologist)
  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! (2021, Conservation Letters)
  • Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent co-authors who have contributed to Scherer-Lorenzen's publications include:

  • Kris Verheyen
  • Nico Eisenhauer
  • Quentin Ponette
  • Hervé Jactel
  • Jürgen Bauhus

Their work is regularly published in several scientific venues, with notable appearances in:

  • Global Change Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Ecology
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands

    A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

    Forest Isbell;Vincent Calcagno;Andy Hector;John Connolly

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

    Yuanyuan Huang;Yuxin Chen;Nadia Castro-Izaguirre;Martin Baruffol;Martin Baruffol

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

    Forest Isbell;Paul R. Adler;Nico Eisenhauer;Dario Fornara

  • Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species

    J. Joshi;B. Schmid;M. C. Caldeira;P. G. Dimitrakopoulos

  • General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding

    Andy Hector;Yann Hautier;Philippe Saner;Lukas Wacker

  • ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY MANIPULATIONS IN EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS

    E. M. Spehn;A. Hector;J. Joshi;M. Scherer-Lorenzen

  • Tree species richness promotes productivity in temperate forests through strong complementarity between species

    Xavier Morin;Lorenz Fahse;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Harald Bugmann

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

    David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Norman W. H. Mason

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

    Wolfgang W. Weisser;Christiane Roscher;Sebastian T. Meyer;Anne Ebeling

  • The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross‐European study of grassland biomass nitrogen

    E. M. Spehn;M. Scherer-Lorenzen;B. Schmid;A. Hector

  • No Consistent Effect of Plant Diversity on Productivity

    M. A. Huston;L. W. Aarssen;M. P. Austin;B. S. Cade

  • The influence of mixed tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: a review

    Anna E. Richards;David I. Forrester;Jürgen Bauhus;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

  • The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences

    Kathryn E. Barry;Liesje Mommer;Jasper van Ruijven;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth

  • Positive interactions between nitrogen-fixing legumes and four different neighbouring species in a biodiversity experiment

    Vicky M. Temperton;Peter N. Mwangi;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Bernhard Schmid

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

    Sophia Ratcliffe;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth;Tommaso Jucker;Tommaso Jucker;Fons van der Plas

  • THE ROLE OF PLANT DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION FOR NITRATE LEACHING IN GRASSLANDS

    Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Cecilia Palmborg;Alexandra Prinz;Ernst-Detlef Schulze

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Alexandra Weigelt
Alexandra Weigelt Leipzig University
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Julia Koricheva
Julia Koricheva Royal Holloway University of London
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich

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