Abteilung Pflanzenbau

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Research Interests


  • Fine root dynamics, including turnover and survival rate effects on carbon cycling
  • Intra- and interspecific competition
  • Root research methods
  • Drought and nitrogen induced effects on plants



Publications

Beyer F, Hertel D, Jung K, Fender A-C, Leuschner C (in press): Competition effects on fine root survival of Fagus sylvatica and Fraxinus excelsior. Forest Ecology and Management.

Eissfeller V, Beyer F, Valtanen K, Hertel D, Maraun M, Polle P, Scheu S (in press): Incorporation of plant carbon and microbial nitrogen into the rhizosphere food web of beech and ash. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Cesarz S, Fender A-C, Beyer F, Valtanen K, Pfeiffer B, Gansert D, Hertel D, Polle A, Daniel R, Leuschner C, Scheu S (2013): Roots from beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) differentially affect soil microorganisms and carbon dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 61: 23-32.

Fender A-C, Gansert D, Jungkunst HF, Fiedler S, Beyer F, Schützenmeister K, Thiele B, Valtanen K, Polle A, Leuschner C (2013): Root-induced tree species effects on the source/sink strength for greenhousegases (CH4, N2O and CO2) of a temperate deciduous forest soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 57, 587-597.

Seidel D, Beyer F, Hertel D and Leuschner C (2011): 3D-laser scanning: a non-destructive method for studying above- ground biomass and growth of juvenile trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151: 1305-1311.

Beyer F, Hertel D and Leuschner C (2010): Einfluss von Bodentrockenheit und Stickstoffverfügbarkeit auf Wachstum, Vitalität und Wurzelumsatz von Jungbuchen (Fagus sylvatica L) S. 142. In: Forstwissenschaften: Grundlage nachhaltiger Waldbewirtschaftung. Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung, September 22-24, 2010- Göttingen. Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen. ISBN: 978-3-86955-482-2.

Seidel D, Beyer F, Hertel D, Fleck S, Leuschner C (2010): 3D- Laserscanning-Ein nicht- destruktives Verfahren zur oberirdischen Biomassenanalyse, S.156. In: Forstwissenschaften: Grundlage nachhaltiger Waldbewirtschaftung. Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung, September 22-24, 2010- Göttingen. Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen. ISBN: 978-3-86955-482-2.


Presentations

Beyer, F., Hertel, D., Leuschner, C. (2012): Competition effects on root order related traits and fine root longevity of beech and ash. Talk. 23. Borkheider Seminar zur Ökophysiologie des Wurzelraumes. Halle/Wittenberg (11.09.2012-12.09.2012)

Valtanen, K., Eissfeller, V., Beyer, F., Hertel, D., Scheu, S., Polle, A. (2011): Ectomycorrhiza: a link between above- and belowground ecosystem? Poster. Functions and Services of Biodiversity, Göttingen (22.-24.6.2011)

Beyer, F., Hertel D., Leuschner Ch. (2010): Above- and belowground response of juvenile beech trees to drought and nitrogen application. Poster. Fifth International Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants, Victoria, BC, Canada (8.-12.8.2010)

Beyer, F., Hertel, D. Leuschner, C. (2010): Einfluss von Bodentrockenheit und Stickstoffverfügbarkeit auf Wachstum, Vitalität und Wurzelumsatz von Jungbuchen (Fagus sylvatica L) Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung, Göttingen (22.-24.9.2010).

Seidel, D., Beyer, F., Hertel, D., Fleck, S, Leuschner, C. (2010): 3D- Laserscanning-Ein nicht-destruktives Verfahren zur oberirdischen Biomassenanalyse. Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung, Göttingen (22.-24.9.2010).

Beyer F., Hertel D., Leuschner Ch. (2009): Vitality and turnover rates of tree fine roots affected by soil drought and nitrogen application. Poster. International Symposium “Root Research and Applications” Vienna, Austria (2.-4.9.2009).


Curriculum vitae

2013 - dato PostDoc, Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU), Uppsala

2012 - 2013 PostDoc, Department of Crop Sciences, Agronomy, Georg-August-University Göttingen

2008 – 2012 PhD Study at the Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research within the Cluster of Excellence “Functional Biodiversity Research”, University of Göttingen

2007 – 2008 Fellow within the Carlo Schmid Programme at the UN-ECE/FAO Trade and Timber Division, Geneva, Switzerland

2007 Graduate assistant at the Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Göttingen, Germany

2005 – 2008 MSc Study of Forest Ecology and Nature Conservation at the University of Göttingen

2005 Intern at the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön, Germany

2005 Graduate assistant at the Ecological Botanical Garden, University of Bayreuth, Germany

2004 Exchange Semester at the University of Applied Science in Oulu, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Finland

2002 Intern at the Protected Areas Administration of Hiiumaa and at the Forest District Service in Leluselja, Estonia

2001 – 2004 BSc Study of International Forest Ecosystem Management at Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences

2001 Alexander-von-Humboldt Gymnasium, Lauterbach, Germany Abitur (A-levels)