Phone: +49 551 39 5704
e-mail: julia.khler@stud.uni-goettingen.de
Curriculum vitae
Research Interests
- effects of temperature, N deposition and precipitation on phosphorus nutrition of temperate and Mediterranean forest species
- rhizosphere dynamics
- above-belowground interactions
- roots as mediator between soil microorganisms and plant communities
Education
04/2014 - present: PhD Study at the Department of Plant Ecology; Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences; University of Göttingen; Title: “The phosphorus nutrition of European beech and Palestine oak under a future warmer and drier climate: experiments and transect studies”
10/2011 - 03/2014: M.Sc. in Biology at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Master thesis within the framework of BEF-China-Project (SP11, Invasibility) in cooperation with UFZ Halle, Department of Soil Ecology. Title: “Diversitäts-Produktivitäts-Beziehungen in experimentellen Pflanzengemeinschaften - der Einfluss der Bodenbiota in verschiedenen Licht-Umwelten“
10/2008 - 09/2011: B.Sc. in Biology at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Title of Bachelor thesis: “Genetische Diversität und Struktur von Heliconia angusta Vell. (Heliconiaceae) an Waldstandorten im Atlantischen Küstenregenwald“
Work Experience
10/2013 - 12/2013: graduate assistant at UFZ Halle, Department of Community Ecology, experimental station Bad Lauchstädt
05/2013 - 07/2013: tutor and graduate assistant at Institute of Biology / Geobotany, Ecological Field Course (Bachelor Course, 4. semester), Group: Biotic Interactions
12/2012 - 12/2013: student assistant at Botanical Gardens of MLU Halle-Wittenberg
08/2011 - 09/2011: internship at Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, working group "Molecular Plant Nutrition"
Publications and Conference Contributions
Köhler, J., Yang, N., Pena, R., Raghavan, V., Polle, A. & Meier, I.C. (early view): Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity increases phosphorus uptake efficiency of European beech. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.15208.
Ley, A.C., Dauby, G., Köhler, J., Wypior, C., Röser, M. & Hardy, O.J. (2014): Comparative phylogeography of eight tropical herbs and lianas (Marantaceae) in central African rainforests. Evolutionary and Population Genetics, 5, 403.
Stein, K., Rosche, C., Hirsch, H., Kindermann, A., Köhler, J., & Hensen, I. (2014): The influence of forest fragmentation on clonal diversity and genetic structure in Heliconia angusta, an endemic understorey herb of the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30(03), 199-208.
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Dirks, I., Köhler, J., Meier, I.C. & Rachmilevitch, S. (2018): Oak saplings increase their P uptake efficiency under P starvation and drought by investing in leaf level adaption. Plant Ecology Meeting, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Dirks, I., Köhler, J., Rachmilevitch, S. & Meier, I.C. (2017): P uptake and use efficiencies of Palestine oak respond to N availability and drought. COST Action FP1305 BioLink: Belowground biodiversity and global change, Tartu, Estonia.
Dirks, I., Köhler, J., Meier, I.C., Arye, G. & Rachmilevitch, S. (2017): Phosphorus uptake, transport and use efficiency of Palestine oak (Quercus calliprinos) under global change. Plant Ecology Meeting, Sde Boker, Israel.
Köhler, J., Raghavan, V., Sætherø Steen, J., Yang, N., Polle, A., Gargallo-Garriga, A., Sardans, J., Peñuelas, J. & Meier, I.C. (2016): Phosphorus uptake and use efficiency of European beech relates to P availability and drought. COST Action FP1305 BioLink: Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests, 5th meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. Poster
Dirks, I., Köhler, J., Gil, H., Arye, G., Rachmilevitch, S. & Meier, I.C. (2016): Controls on the P uptake efficiencies of Palestine oak and European beech. Plant Ecology Meeting, Tel-Hai, Israel. Poster (presented by J. Köhler and I. Dirks)
Köhler, J., Dirks, I., Gil, H., Leuschner, C., Rachmilevitch, S. & Meier, I.C. (2015): Effects of global change on the P nutrition of European beech and Palestine oak. Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) 45, Göttingen, Germany. Poster
Dirks, I., Köhler, J., Gil, H., Rachmilevitch, S. & Meier, I.C. (2015): The P nutrition of Palestine oak under global change. COST Action FP1305 BioLink: Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests, Rome, Italy.
Köhler, J., Leuschner, C. & Meier, I.C. (2015): The phosphorus nutrition of European beech under a future warmer and drier climate: a four-factorial climate chamber experiment. Conference of Scientific Cooperation between Lower Saxony and Israel, Hannover, Germany. Poster
Köhler, J., Both, S., Gutknecht, J. & Erfmeier, A. (2013): Below- and aboveground diversity effects on productivity in experimental plant communities. Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) 43, Potsdam, Germany. Poster