Bettina EngelbrechtProf. Dr.

Bettina Engelbrecht

Professor
Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology

Phone: +49 921 55-2578
Fax: +49 921 55-2564
Room: 7.0.01.27 (NW I)
e-Mail: Bettina.Engelbrecht(at)uni-bayreuth.de


University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30
95440 Bayreuth
Germany

Member of the BayCEER Steering Committee

Head of Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology

Research interests:

  • linking ecophysiology, population and community ecology, and biogeography of plants
  • consequences of climate and land use change
  • importance of plant functional traits for the distribution of species and the composition of plant communities


Selected Publications

1Kupers, S J; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Hernandez, A; Wright, SJ; Wirth, C; Rüger, N: Growth responses to soil water potential indirectly shape local species distributions of tropical forest seedlings, Journal of Ecology, 107, 860-874 (2019)
2Gaviria, J; Turner, B; Engelbrecht, BMJ: Drivers of tree species distribution across a tropical rainfall gradient, Ecosphere, 8(2) (2017), doi:10.1002/ecs2.1712
3O'Brien, MJ; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Joswig, J; Pereyra, G; Schuldt, B; Jansen, S; Kattge, Jens; Landhäusser, SM; Levick, SR; Preisler, Yakir; Vaananen, P; Macinnis-Ng, Cate: A synthesis of tree functional traits related to drought-induced mortality in forests across climatic-zones, Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(6), 1669-1686 (2017), doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12874
4Gaviria, J; Engelbrecht, BMJ: Effects of drought, pest pressure and light availability on seedling establishment and growth: Their role for distribution of tree species across a tropical rainfall gradient, PLoS ONE, 10.1371/journal.pone.0143955 (2015), doi:DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0143955
5Condit, R; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Pino, D; Perez, R; Turner, B: Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees, PNAS, 110, 5064-5068 (2013)
6Craine, JM; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Lusk, CH; McDowell, N; Poorter, H: Resource Limitation, Tolerance, and the Future of Ecological Plant Classification., Frontiers in Plant Science, 3, 246 (2012), doi:10.3389/fpls.2012.00246
7Wright, SJ; Kitajima, K; Kraft, NJB; Reich, PB; Wright, IJ; Bunker, DE; Condit, R; Dalling, JW; Davies, SJ; Díaz, S; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Harms, KE; Hubbell, SP; Marks, CO; Ruiz-Jaen, MC; Salvador, CM; Zanne, AE: Functional traits and the growth-mortality tradeoff in tropical trees, Ecology, 12, 3664-3674 (2010)
8Comita, LS; Engelbrecht, BMJ: Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest, Ecology, 90, 2755-2765 (2009)
9Kursar, TA; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Burke, A; Tyree, MT; El Omari, B; Giraldo, JP: Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution, Functional Ecology, 23, 93-102 (2009)
10Engelbrecht, BMJ; Comita, LS; Condit, R; Kursar, TA; Tyree, MT; Turner, BL; Hubbell, SP: Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests, Nature, 447, 80-82 (2007)
11Lovelock, CE; Feller, IC; Ball, MC; Engelbrecht, BMJ; Ewe, ML: Differences in plant function in phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited mangrove ecosystems, New Phytologist, 172, 514-522 (2006)
>> Personal homepage
>> Publications
>> Projects
>> Position
Upcoming ...


BayCEER Colloquium:
Th. 2024-04-18
The Canvas of Change: Creative Marketing for Behaviour Change, Sustainability and Social Good
Th. 2024-04-18
Survival, 'dormancy', and resuscitation of microorganisms in water-limited environments: insights from coastal salt flats and desert soil crusts
BayCEER Short Courses:
Tu. 2024-04-16
Geographical information system and R environment for conservation biology
Ecological-Botanical Garden:
Su. 2024-04-07
Führung | Talking Tree: Was Bäume über´s Klima erzählen
Fr. 2024-04-19
Führung | Gesteine im Ökologisch-Botanischen Garten
Weather research site
Luftdruck (356m): 956.2 hPa
Lufttemperatur: 12.6 °C
Niederschlag: 1.3 mm/24h
Sonnenschein: 1 h/d

...more
Globalstrahlung: 505 W/m²
Lufttemperatur: 12.0 °C
Niederschlag: 1.3 mm/24h
Wind (Höhe 32m): 10.0 km/h

...more
This site makes use of cookies More information