Alumni, Doktorandin / Doktorand
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Agnes Foerster
Agnes Foerster
Phone: +49 160 94696204
Fax: +49 551 39 25701
e-mail: afoerst4@gwdg.de
Phone: +49 160 94696204
Fax: +49 551 39 25701
e-mail: afoerst4@gwdg.de
Research interests
Indicators of naturalness in forests of the northern German lowlands
Functional differences between natural beech forests and managed pine forests
Effects of nitrogen deposition on forest understory vegetation
Curriculum vitae
since 2014: PhD study at the Department of Plant Ecology, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
2011 - 2014: Master study of Biological Diversity and Ecology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany
Thesis title: Diversity changes in the understory vegetation of deciduous forests in the Solling mountain range between 1966/67 and 2013
Degree obtained: M.Sc.
2008 - 2011: Bachelor study of Biology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
Thesis title: Effects of Ctenochaetus striatus' Defecation Behaviour on Coral Reefs’ Endobenthic Meiofauna
Degree obtained: B.Sc.
2007: Abitur, Wilhelm-Gymnasium Braunschweig, Germany
Publications
Förster, A., Hertel, D., Werner, R., & Leuschner, C. (2021). Belowground consequences of converting broadleaf to conifer forest: Comparing the fine root systems of European beech and Scots pine. Forest Ecology and Management, 496, 119457.
Förster, A., Culmsee, H., & Leuschner, C. (2021). Thinned northern German Scots pine forests have a low carbon storage and uptake potential in comparison to naturally developing beech forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 479, 118575.
Förster, A., Becker, T., Gerlach, A., Meesenburg, H., & Leuschner, C. (2017). Long‐term change in understorey plant communities of conventionally managed temperate deciduous forests: effects of nitrogen deposition and forest management. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28(4), 747-761.