Henriette Christel

I don't blame santa.. the dragon would be easier.

New paper out! We review the effects of soil biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Very happy to see my first PhD chapter being published 🤍
Take a look if you are interested in how tree species richness and mycorrhizal associations affect soil multifunctionality on a small scale 🌳🌳

Luckily these feelings go well with Christmas cookies <3

PhD's log:

How to finish writing your thesis

1. Open the Word doc
2. Procrastinate for 3 months with a new hobby
3. Write a paragraph of the introduction
4. Procrastinate for 3 months with a new hobby
5. Stress finish everything in 3 weeks

Illustrated artwork showing five different wild cat species in a tropical setting. From largest to smallest: a brown mountain lion (puma), two spotted jaguars, an ocelot with distinctive orange-brown markings, and a small spotted wildcat. The cats are arranged in a naturalistic scene with palm fronds, red flowers, and other tropical vegetation in the background. The composition shows the relative size differences between these feline species native to the Americas.

Latin America’s feline species are losing their habitat and becoming trapped in small patches. Researchers say biological corridors are vital for their conservation. 🐆

Read more w/ @mongabay.com : https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/conservation-corridors-provide-hope-for-latin-americas-felines/

Don't miss this talk at the GFÖ conference this year 💯

Think I have a better chance of seeing the Northern lights at this point 😅

The right mix and planting pattern of trees enhance forest productivity and services By modelling different planting design strategies and species mixtures, researchers offer insights for sustainable forest management, reforestation, and climate change mitigation in a new paper.

🌳 Tree placement matters! A new study shows forests with diverse, non-clustered species boost biomass (+11%), nutrient cycling and decomposition.

🛠️ Line planting = sweet spot between ecology and management. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.idiv.de/the-right-mi...

Proud to be part of a group that won a prize for the "best research environment 2024" 🎉🎉🎉

Das Gruppenfoto zeigt 34 Personen in 3 Reihen vor einem Gebäude. Viele strecken ihre Hände in die Luft. Bildrechte bei Experimental Interaction Ecology/iDiv

Nominiert für die 10 besten Forschungsumfelder 2024 ist die Arbeitsgruppe „Experimentelle #Interaktionsökologie“ (eisenhauerlab.bsky.social) am German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (@idiv-research.bsky.social). 🌱
Mehr zum Team:
👉 www.diejungeakademie.de/de/projekte/...

Lena Sachsenmaier: Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type 2024 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research pape…

Interested in how #forest #resilience to #drought depended on tree diversity and #mycorrhiza?

The study by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social in @journalofecology.bsky.social was just shortlisted for the Harper Prize🚨👏 Read more on the paper here👇

jecologyblog.com/2025/04/04/l...

Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density and Structural Diversity Making use of 6 years of microclimate measurements in a large-scale tree diversity experiment covering a species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species, we demonstrate that tree species ...

🌴🌳 Tree species richness increases climate buffering 🌡️🥵

I am so happy to share our latest piece, now published in Ecology Letters!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

One for lab meeting!
Congratulations 🍾

Asymmetric sensitivity of boreal forest resilience to forest gain and loss Nature Ecology & Evolution - Boreal forests have been experiencing both gains and losses in recent decades. Here, the authors show that boreal forest resilience is more sensitive to forest...

Boreal forests have been experiencing both gains and losses in recent decades. Liu et al show that boreal forest resilience is more sensitive to forest cover losses than to gains, indicating that functional declines due to forest loss outpace improvements following forest recovery.

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Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Locations that are relatively insulated from the effects of climate change (so-called climate change refugia) might be similarly insulated from a range of other anthropogenic stressors. The degree of ...

Very excited to share my new paper, just out in Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats

@natrevbiodiv.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Seasonal shifts in plant diversity effects on above‐ground–below‐ground phenological synchrony Plant diversity modulates above-ground–below-ground interdependence through intricate phenological dynamics, with the degree of synchrony fluctuating in response to the varying combination of process....

New study led by Ana Elizabeth Bonato Asato published in @journalofecology.bsky.social 🌱🪱

Plant diversity increases above- and below-ground ecosystem functioning and their phenological synchrony, but effects on traits vary across seasons.

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

The spatial distribution of tree–tree interaction effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration In our study, we were able to show in a subtropical tree diversity experiment (BEF-China) that soil microbial biomass and respiration show a fine spatial distribution pattern between trees. This sugg...

You can also check out my first research publication focusing on tree-tree interaction effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration: tinyurl.com/Christel-et-al

Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, Henriette Christel, Michael Köhler, Julia Imola Piko, Lena Sachsenmaier: TreeDì—Understanding tree diversity effects on Chinese subtropical forests In this new post, the group – PhD students at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany – discuss their experiences working on the BEF-…

In my PhD, I collected many many many soil samples in different tree diversity experiments to measure soil multifunctionality. Curious? Find here a little glimpse of our adventures in subtropical China: tinyurl.com/China-adeven...

Hi Bluesky 👋🏼 I want to use the new year to introduce myself a bit ☺️ I am an ecologist in progress 📚 interested in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships as well as tree-soil interactions on small scales 🌳🪱

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Underrated ways to save the world as a research lab Some thoughts about running a lab

Are there underrated ways to save the world as a research lab?
Read this week's newsletter and decide for yourself.... :)

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