My research centres on understanding plant diversity patterns and species niches in grasslands and meadows subject to extreme environments and altering conditions.
Affiliation: CoVe lab, Vegetationsökologie und Naturschutz, IBU Institute of Biology and Environmental Science, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, DE
Former affilliations:
Vegetation Science Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, CZ. Wagner Ecology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CA. Department of Botany, Institute for Biology and Chemistry, Hildesheim University, DE. Department of Vegetation and Phytodiversity Analysis, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, DE. |
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I'm thrilled to announce that I will soon be joining the CoVe lab at the University of Oldenburg after an extended family leave. In this interdisciplinary environment, I'll be continuing my research focused on advancing our understanding of saline habitats. Stay tuned for updates as I embark on this new chapter!
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Led by Ilona Knolova, our article on the newly established Resurvey database was published OA in the Journal of Vegetation Science. The ReSurvey Europe database is a usefull and well needed basis for future studies exploring vegetation changes over time. Check it out!
Led by Ilona Knolova, our article on the newly established Resurvey database was published OA in the Journal of Vegetation Science. The ReSurvey Europe database is a usefull and well needed basis for future studies exploring vegetation changes over time. Check it out!
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Following a great collaboration with the NordSalt project and a diverse team of collaborators from all parts of the Baltic region, our article led by Anu Vehmaa "Harmonization of Nordic coastal marsh habitat classification benefits conservation and management" was just published OA in Ocean and Coastal Management.
Following a great collaboration with the NordSalt project and a diverse team of collaborators from all parts of the Baltic region, our article led by Anu Vehmaa "Harmonization of Nordic coastal marsh habitat classification benefits conservation and management" was just published OA in Ocean and Coastal Management.
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Led by Raytha Murillo from the University of Alberta, our new study `Agronomic non-native species are overrepresented across habitat types in central Canada` was just published open access in the Journal of Applied Ecology! We investigated the contribution of agronomic vs. noxious non-native species to the levels of invasion across seven habitats in the Central Parkland (Alberta, Canada), including salt marshes!
Led by Raytha Murillo from the University of Alberta, our new study `Agronomic non-native species are overrepresented across habitat types in central Canada` was just published open access in the Journal of Applied Ecology! We investigated the contribution of agronomic vs. noxious non-native species to the levels of invasion across seven habitats in the Central Parkland (Alberta, Canada), including salt marshes!
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Following a fun collaboration with the NordSalt project, our article led by Anu Vehmaa "Harmonization of Nordic coastal marsh habitat classification benefits conservation and management" was just accepte for publication in Ocean and Coastal Management.
Following a fun collaboration with the NordSalt project, our article led by Anu Vehmaa "Harmonization of Nordic coastal marsh habitat classification benefits conservation and management" was just accepte for publication in Ocean and Coastal Management.
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Our new study `Beyond salinity: plants show divergent responses to soil ion composition` is now published open accces in Global Ecology and Biogeography. We show that ion composition matters for plant species distribution and niche differentiation in saline environments.
Our new study `Beyond salinity: plants show divergent responses to soil ion composition` is now published open accces in Global Ecology and Biogeography. We show that ion composition matters for plant species distribution and niche differentiation in saline environments.
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Led by Raytha Murillo from the University of Alberta, our new study `Agronomic non-native species are overrepresented across habitat types in central Canada` was just accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology! We investigated the contribution of agronomic vs. noxious non-native species to the levels of invasion across seven habitats in the Central Parkland (Alberta, Canada), including salt marshes! |
2024
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I have been elected to serve on the IAVS Council for the upcoming four-year term of 2023-2027 along with a fantastic group of colleagues. I am especially thrilled to see that the IAVS Council will be led by so many outstanding female scientists! Congrats to all of you!
I have been elected to serve on the IAVS Council for the upcoming four-year term of 2023-2027 along with a fantastic group of colleagues. I am especially thrilled to see that the IAVS Council will be led by so many outstanding female scientists! Congrats to all of you!
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I'm excited to talk at the botanical seminar of the Institute for Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University (Brno).
16th of February 2023
"Unravel salinity: vegetation patterns and species niches across coastal and inland salt-affected habitats"
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I'm excited to talk at the botanical seminar of the Institute for Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University (Brno).
16th of February 2023
"Unravel salinity: vegetation patterns and species niches across coastal and inland salt-affected habitats"
*** now online ***
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With a fantastic group of co-authors, I recently had my first postdoctoral project on Bedrock Meadows in the Pacific Northwest of NA published. Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12702
With a fantastic group of co-authors, I recently had my first postdoctoral project on Bedrock Meadows in the Pacific Northwest of NA published. Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12702
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Thrilled to be invited to give a talk about salt-affected vegetation in Europe at the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences in Třeboň
5th of December 2022
Thrilled to be invited to give a talk about salt-affected vegetation in Europe at the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences in Třeboň
5th of December 2022
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Check out the slides of my talk I gave at Ekologia 2022 on niches of Pannonian halophytes in relation to ions and elements that contribute to salinity. .
Check out the slides of my talk I gave at Ekologia 2022 on niches of Pannonian halophytes in relation to ions and elements that contribute to salinity. .
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Attending the IAVS 2022 in person or remotely? Please feel welcome listening to my talk about the role of salinity and salt composition of salt-affected vegetation in the Pannonian basin! It will take place in the Monday morning special session on Challenges on the knowledge of halophytic vegetation.
Attending the IAVS 2022 in person or remotely? Please feel welcome listening to my talk about the role of salinity and salt composition of salt-affected vegetation in the Pannonian basin! It will take place in the Monday morning special session on Challenges on the knowledge of halophytic vegetation.
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I will give a talk about the species assembly and functional patterns of Bedrock Meadows at this years Northwest Science annual meeting held online.
I will give a talk about the species assembly and functional patterns of Bedrock Meadows at this years Northwest Science annual meeting held online.
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Many thanks to the IAVS for the invitation to publish a summary of my PhD work in the Bulletin 2021/3 of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Special thanks goes to Monika Janišová and Anna Kuzemko for editing and layout! Check it out!
Many thanks to the IAVS for the invitation to publish a summary of my PhD work in the Bulletin 2021/3 of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Special thanks goes to Monika Janišová and Anna Kuzemko for editing and layout! Check it out!
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Check out our new open-access article on the Desert Vegetation of Sinai led by Mohamed Zakaria Hatim. Click here!
Check out our new open-access article on the Desert Vegetation of Sinai led by Mohamed Zakaria Hatim. Click here!
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You want to know some more about salt-grassland science and its implications for nature conservation? Click here!
You want to know some more about salt-grassland science and its implications for nature conservation? Click here!
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Please see our most recent poster on the comparison of Bedrock Meadows to grasslands from the wider region!
Please see our most recent poster on the comparison of Bedrock Meadows to grasslands from the wider region!
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Please see my poster on our current project on Bedrock Meadows!
Please see my poster on our current project on Bedrock Meadows!
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In the second half of 2020, I will leave the fantastic Wagner Ecology Lab at the University of Alberta to start working in the Vegetation Science group, Masaryk University.
In the second half of 2020, I will leave the fantastic Wagner Ecology Lab at the University of Alberta to start working in the Vegetation Science group, Masaryk University.
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Please see my semifinalist contribution to the University of Alberta "Images of Research" 2020 contest!
Please see my semifinalist contribution to the University of Alberta "Images of Research" 2020 contest!
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Thanks to Stephan Hennekens from Wageningen Environmental Research,
transformations of species-quantity scales studied in Pätsch et al. 2019c can now be applied using Turboveg 3!
Thanks to Stephan Hennekens from Wageningen Environmental Research,
transformations of species-quantity scales studied in Pätsch et al. 2019c can now be applied using Turboveg 3!