8–9 Sept 2026
Europe/Berlin timezone

Extremes – for whom? Creating climatic envelopes for common tree species in Germany and the iDiv ARBOfun platform to assess departure from experienced climate during extreme events

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20m
Talk Approaches of integrative biodiversity research

Speaker

David Schellenberger Costa (iDiv Halle-Leipzig-Jena, Leipzig University)

Description

Climate change triggers long-term changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, among others, but also increases the likelihood of anomalies, like extreme heat, cold, or drought. The common tree species growing in Germany as well as potential candidate species from other regions planted in the iDiv research platform ARBOfun differ in their native distributions and thus in the climatic conditions they experienced in the past. Combining distribution data from GBIF, the World Catalogue of Vascular Plants, World Plants, and global temperature and climatic water balance time series from ERA5, we show for which of the most relevant current and future tree species in Germany climatic extremes translate to unprecedented environmental conditions, potentially affecting short- and long-term growth and survival.

Status Group Postdoctoral Researcher
FOR TALKS: Poster Presentation Option Yes, I’m willing to present as a poster.

Authors

David Schellenberger Costa (iDiv Halle-Leipzig-Jena, Leipzig University) Marina Friedel (Leipzig University) Hannes Feilhauer (Leipzig University) Teja Kattenborn (Universität Freiburg) Guido Kraemer (Leipzig University) Marlene Kretschmer (Leipzig University) Miguel Mahecha (Leipzig University) Ronny Richter (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig) Maximilian Söchting (Universität Leipzig) Sophie Wolf (Leipzig University) Christian Wirth (iDiv, Uni Leipzig)

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