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Overview

Thomas Rötzer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant contribution in subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Rötzer's work covers a range of topics related to urban and ecological environments. Key topics include Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Urban Green Space and Health, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Forest ecology and management, Tree-ring climate responses, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites," 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "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
  • "Spatial and temporal changes of outdoor thermal stress: influence of urban land cover types," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Urban tree growth and ecosystem services under extreme drought," 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "The influence of vertical canopy structure on the cooling and humidifying urban microclimate during hot summer days," 2023, Landscape and Urban Planning

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rötzer include:

  • Hans Pretzsch
  • Stephan Pauleit
  • Mohammad A. Rahman
  • Astrid Moser-Reischl
  • Ferdinand Ludwig

Rötzer regularly publishes in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
  • Forests
  • Trees
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Response of tree phenology to climate change across Europe

    Frank-M Chmielewski;Thomas Rötzer

  • Forest stand growth dynamics in Central Europe have accelerated since 1870

    Hans Pretzsch;Peter Biber;Gerhard Schütze;Enno Uhl

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

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

  • Models for forest ecosystem management: a European perspective.

    Hans Pretzsch;R. Grote;Björn Reineking;Thomas Rötzer

  • Annual and spatial variability of the beginning of growing season in Europe in relation to air temperature changes

    Frank-M. Chmielewski;Thomas Rötzer

  • Crown size and growing space requirement of common tree species in urban centres, parks, and forests

    Hans Pretzsch;Peter Biber;Enno Uhl;Jens Dahlhausen

  • Phenological maps of Europe

    Thomas Rötzer;Frank-M. Chmielewski

  • Dendroecological assessment of the complex causes of decline and recovery of the growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in Southern Germany

    Wolfram Elling;Christoph Dittmar;Klaus Pfaffelmoser;Thomas Rötzer

  • Climate change accelerates growth of urban trees in metropolises worldwide

    Hans Pretzsch;Peter Biber;Enno Uhl;Jens Dahlhausen

  • Models for supporting forest management in a changing environment

    L. Fontes;J.-D. Bontemps;H. Bugmann;M. Van Oijen

  • Representation of species mixing in forest growth models. A review and perspective

    Hans Pretzsch;David I. Forrester;Thomas Rötzer

  • Within canopy temperature differences and cooling ability of Tilia cordata trees grown in urban conditions

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Astrid Moser;Thomas Rötzer;Stephan Pauleit

  • Effect of forest stand management on species composition, structural diversity, and productivity in the temperate zone of Europe

    Jochen Dieler;Enno Uhl;Peter Biber;Jörg Müller

  • Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Christian Hartmann;Astrid Moser-Reischl;Miriam Freifrau von Strachwitz

  • Vertical air temperature gradients under the shade of two contrasting urban tree species during different types of summer days.

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Astrid Moser;Anna Gold;Thomas Rötzer

  • Microclimatic differences and their influence on transpirational cooling of Tilia cordata in two contrasting street canyons in Munich, Germany

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Astrid Moser;Thomas Rötzer;Stephan Pauleit

  • The timing of bud burst and its effect on tree growth

    T. Rötzer;R. Grote;H. Pretzsch

  • 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

  • Comparing the transpirational and shading effects of two contrasting urban tree species

    Mohammad A. Rahman;Astrid Moser;Thomas Rötzer;Stephan Pauleit

  • Process based simulation of tree growth and ecosystem services of urban trees under present and future climate conditions.

    T. Rötzer;M.A. Rahman;A. Moser-Reischl;S. Pauleit

  • Structure and ecosystem services of small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata Mill.) and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in urban environments

    A. Moser;T. Rötzer;S. Pauleit;H. Pretzsch

  • 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

  • Climate effects on productivity and resource-use efficiency of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) in stands with different spatial mixing patterns

    H. Pretzsch;J. Dieler;T. Seifert;T. Rötzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Stephan Pauleit
Stephan Pauleit Technical University of Munich
Karl-Heinz Häberle
Karl-Heinz Häberle Technical University of Munich
Rainer Matyssek
Rainer Matyssek Technical University of Munich
Thorsten E. E. Grams
Thorsten E. E. Grams Technical University of Munich
Rüdiger Grote
Rüdiger Grote Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Annette Menzel
Annette Menzel Technical University of Munich
Takayoshi Koike
Takayoshi Koike Hokkaido University
Sebastian Gayler
Sebastian Gayler University of Hohenheim

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