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Overview

Thilo Heinken is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily spans across Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several specific subfields and topics related to the ecology and conservation of plant communities and landscapes.

The main areas of study for Heinken include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling. Their work broadly covers topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Heinken's publication record includes contributions to several high-profile scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets for their research include:

  • Science
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Applied Vegetation Science
  • Journal of Ecology
  • New Phytologist

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on plant ecology and environmental change. Selected recent works 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
  • "More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany," 2022, Nature
  • "Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats," 2021, Ecology Letters

Collaboration forms an important part of Heinken's research output. Frequent co-authors include Tobias Naaf, Pieter De Frenne, Jörg Brunet, Monika Wulf, and Jonathan Lenoir, with co-authorship counts ranging from 18 to 20 papers with each.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • On the use of weather data in ecological studies along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Bente J. Graae;Pieter De Frenne;Annette Kolb;Jörg Brunet

  • Seed dispersal by ungulates as an ecological filter: a trait-based meta-analysis

    Aurélie Albert;Alistair G. Auffret;Eric Cosyns;Sara A. O. Cousins

  • Temperature effects on forest herbs assessed by warming and transplant experiments along a latitudinal gradient

    Pieter De Frenne;Jörg Brunet;Anna Shevtsova;Annette Kolb

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

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

  • 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

  • Do Wild Ungulates Contribute to the Dispersal of Vascular Plants in Central European Forests by Epizoochory? A Case Study in NE Germany

    Thilo Heinken;Dorit Raudnitschka

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

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  • DISPERSAL PATTERNS OF TERRICOLOUS LICHENS BY THALLUS FRAGMENTS

    Thilo Heinken

  • 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.

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  • Dispersal of vascular plants by four species of wild mammals in a deciduous forest in NE Germany

    Thilo Heinken;Heike Hanspach;Dorit Raudnitschka;Friederike Schaumann

  • Trägt Schalenwild durch Epizoochorie zur Ausbreitung von Gefäßpflanzen in mitteleuropäischen Wäldern bei? Eine Fallstudie aus Nordostdeutschland

    Thilo Heinken;Dorit Raudnitschka

  • Climate signals derived from cell anatomy of Scots pine in NE Germany

    Wei Liang;Ingo Heinrich;Sonia Simard;Gerhard Helle

  • Endozoochorous seed dispersal by martens (Martes foina, M. martes) in two woodland habitats

    Friederike Schaumann;Thilo Heinken

  • Light availability and land‐use history drive biodiversity and functional changes in forest herb layer communities

    Leen Depauw;Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Dries Landuyt;Sybryn L. Maes

  • Patterns of long‐term vegetation change vary between different types of semi‐natural grasslands in Western and Central Europe

    Martin Diekmann;Christian Andres;Thomas Becker;Jonathan Bennie

  • Epizoochorous dispersal of bryophyte stem fragments by roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa)

    T. Heinken;R. Lees;D. Raudnitschka;S. Runge

  • Vegetation change and homogenization of species composition in temperate nutrient deficient Scots pine forests after 45 yr

    Jennifer Reinecke;Gunther Klemm;Thilo Heinken

  • Soil seed banks near rubbing trees indicate dispersal of plant species into forests by wild boar

    Thilo Heinken;Marcus Schmidt;Goddert von Oheimb;Wolf-Ulrich Kriebitzsch

  • Consequences of habitat fragmentation for plant species do we know enough

    Thilo Heinken;Ewald Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Martin Kopecký
Martin Kopecký Czech Academy of Sciences
Monika Wulf
Monika Wulf University of Potsdam
Michael P. Perring
Michael P. Perring Ghent University
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Radim Hédl
Radim Hédl Czech Academy of Sciences
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Bogdan Jaroszewicz University of Warsaw

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