Phone: +49 551 39 5739
Fax: +49 551 39 22029
e-mail: hconers@uni-goettingen.de
Research interests
Methodological input for many different projects and technical support for laboratory and field studies.
Main topics:
- Sap flow techniques
- Cryo-vacuum extraction for stable water isotope studies
- Cavity ring down spectrometry (δ18O, δ2H)
- Soil water dynamics
- Evapotranspiration of alpine vegetation
- Lysimeter techniques
- Climatology
- Data logger setup and programming
- Root anatomy and morphology
- Leaf gas exchange
- Computer administration and support
- Network technique and security
- Database programming
Curriculum vitae
2002 - dato Technical director research at the Department of Plant Ecology, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
1997 - 2001 PhD study at the Universities of Kassel and Göttingen, Germany
1990 - 1996 Study of biology at the University of Göttingen, Germany
1988 - 1989 Civilian service as emergency medical technician in Germany
1974 - 1987 School in Germany
Publications
Göbel L, Coners H, Hertel D., Willinghöfer S, Leuschner C (2019). The role of low soil temperature for photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of three graminoids from different elevations. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 330.
Kubisch P, Leuschner C, Coners H, Gruber A, Hertel D (2017). Fine root abundance and dynamics of stone pine (Pinus cembra) at the alpine treeline is not impaired by self-shading. Frontiers in plant science, 8, 602.
Moser G, Schuldt B, Hertel D, Horna V, Coners H, Barus H, Leuschner Ch (2014) Replicated throughfall exclusion experiment in an Indonesian perhumid rainforest: wood production, litter fall and fine root growth under simulated drought. Glob Chang Biol 20(5):1481-1497.
Lübbe, T, Schuldt, B, Coners, H, Leuschner, C (2016). Species diversity and identity effects on the water consumption of tree sapling assemblages under ample and limited water supply. Oikos, 125(1), 86-97.
W. Babel, T. Biermann, H. Coners, E. Falge, E. Seeber, J. Ingrisch, P.-M. Schleuß, T. Gerken, J. Leonbacher, T. Leipold, S. Willinghöfer, K. Schützenmeister, O. Shibistova, L. Becker, S. Hafner, S. Spielvogel, X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Sun, L. Zhang, Y. Yang, Y. Ma, K. Wesche, H.-F. Graf, C. Leuschner, G. Guggenberger, Y. Kuzyakov, G. Miehe, and T. Foken (2014) Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands.Biogeosciences, 11, 6633-6656.
Rose L, Coners H, Leuschner Ch (2012) Effects of fertilization and cutting frequency on the water balance of a temperate grassland. ECOHYDROLOGY, 5: 64-72
Graefe S, Leuschner Ch, Coners H, Hertel D (2011) Root functioning in tropical high-elevation forests: Environmental vs. biological control of root water absorption. Enviro Ex Bot, 71: 329-336.
Coners H, Leuschner Ch (2005) In situ measurement of fine root water absorption in three temperate tree species. - Temporal variability and control by soil and atmospheric factors. Basic and Applied Ecology 6: 395-405.
Leuschner Ch, Coners H, Icke R (2004) In situ measurement of water absorption by fine roots of three temperate trees - species differences and differential activity of superficial nd deep roots. Tree Physiology 24: 1359-1367.
Leuschner Ch, Coners H, Icke R, Hartmann K, Effinger ND, Schreiber L (2003) Chemical composition of the periderm in relation to in situ water absorption rates of oak, beech and spruce fine roots. Annals of Forest Science 60: 763-772.
Coners H, Leuschner Ch (2002) Water absorption by tree fine roots measured in situ with miniature sap flow gauges. Functional Ecology 16: 696-703.
Coners H (2001) Wasseraufnahme und artspezifische hydraulische Eigenschaften der Feinwurzeln von Buche, Eiche und Fichte: In situ-Messungen an Altbäumen. Berichte des Forschungszentrums Waldökosysteme der Universität Göttingen, Dissertation, Reihe A, Band 178.
Leuschner Ch, Hertel D, Coners H, Büttner V (2001) Root competition between beech and oak: a hypothesis. Oecologia 126: 276-284.
Coners H, Hertel D, Leuschner Ch (1998) Das Grob- und Feinwurzelsystem von konkurrierenden Buchen und Eichen in einem Mischbestand. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 28: 435-440.