Phone: +49 551 39 5704
Fax: +49 551 39 22029
e-mail: lena.muffler@uni-goettingen.de
Research interests
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Phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change across seasons and local adaptation in tree species
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Temperate forest ecosystems and the impact of extreme weather events (drought, frost)
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Methods: experimental ecology, dendroecology, root research, spatial ecology
Curriculum vitae
Education
06/2015 - 10/2020
PhD in the Research Training Group RESPONSE at the department Experimental Plant Ecology, University Greifswald – Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in beech provenances (Fagus sylvatica L.)
10/2012 ‒ 05/2015
MSc Geoecology (MSc Geoökologie ‒ Umweltnaturwissenschaften) with emphasis on Landscape Ecology, University of Bayreuth
Master thesis: Modelling the risk of dengue fever in Europe based on the extrinsic incubation period and climate change projections
01/2014–06/2014
Geoecology (Advanced Spatial Analysis, Arctic Geoecology), Umeå Universitet and Climate Impact Research Centre (CIRC) in Abisko, Sweden
10/2009–09/2012:
BSc Geography with emphasis on Physical Geography, University of Bayreuth
Bachelor thesis: Can late frost sensitivity of woody species in the Ecological Botanical Garden Bayreuth be explained by the climate of the native ranges and the biology of the species?
Work experience
since 05/2021 (ongoing)
Research fellow at the Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Büsgen Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany
since 10/2019 (ongoing)
Research fellow at the Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
04/2010–11/2014
Student scientific assistant (occasionally), Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth
10/2013–12/2013
Research assistant, Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig
Publications
2022
Martinez del Castillo E, Zang CS, Buras A, Hacket-Pain A, Esper J, Serrano-Notivoli R, Hartl C, Weigel R, Klesse S, Resco de Dios V, Scharnweber T, Dorado-Liñán I, Maaten-Theunissen M, Maaten E, Jump A, Mikac S, Banzragch B-E, Beck W, Cavin L, Claessens H, Čada V, Čufar K, Dulamsuren C, Gričar J, Gil-Pelegrín E, Janda P, Kazimirovic M, Kreyling J, Latte N, Leuschner C, Longares LA, Menzel A, Merela M, Motta R, Muffler L, Nola P, Petritan AM, Petritan CI, Prislan P, Rubio-Cuadrado Á, Rydval M, Stajić B, Svoboda M, Toromani E, Trotsiuk V, Wilmking M, Zlatanov T, Luis M (2022) Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. Communications Biology, 5:163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03107-3
2021
Haesen S, Lembrechts JJ, De Frenne P, Lenoir J, Aalto J, Ashcroft M, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean I, Nijs I, Niittynen P, van den Hoogen J, Arriga N, Brůna J, Buchmann N, Čiliak M, Collalti A, Lombaerde E de, Descombes P, Gharun M, Goded I, Govaert S, Greiser C, Grelle A, Gruening C, Hederová L, Hylander K, Kreyling J, Kruijt B, Macek M, Máliš F, Man M, Manca G, Matula R, Meeussen C, Merinero S, Minerbi S, Montagnani L, Muffler L, Ogaya R, Penuelas J, Plichta R, Portillo-Estrada M, Schmeddes J, Shekhar A, Spicher F, Ujházyová M, Vangansbeke P, Weigel R, Wild J, Zellweger F, van Meerbeek K (2021) ForestTemp – sub-canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests. Global Change Biology 27:6307–6319. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15892
Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, Aalto J, Ashcroft MB, Frenne P de, Kemppinen J, Kopecký M, Luoto M, Maclean IMD, Crowther TW, Bailey JJ, Haesen S, Klinges DH, Niittynen P, Scheffers BR, van Meerbeek K, ..., Muffler L, ..., Nijs I, Lenoir J (2021) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060
Muffler, L., Schmeddes, J., Weigel, R., Barbeta, A., Beil, I., Bolte, A., Buhk, C., Holm, S., Klein, G., Klisz, M., Löf, M., Peñuelas, J., Schneider, L., Vitasse, Y., Kreyling, J. (2021) High plasticity in germination and establishment success in the dominant forest tree Fagus sylvatica across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13320.
Fischer, K., Kreyling, J., Beaulieu, M., Beil, I., Bog, M., Bonte, D., Holm, S., Knoblauch, S., Koch, D., Muffler, L., Mouginot, P., Paulinich, M., Scheepens, J.F., Schiemann, R., Schmeddes, J., Schnittler, M, Uhl, G., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Weier, J.M., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R., Gienapp, P. (2021) Species-specific effects of thermal stress on the expression of genetic variation across a diverse group of plant and animal taxa under experimental conditions. Heredity. DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0338-4.
Weigel, R., Henry, H.A.L., Beil, I., Gebauer, G., Jurasinski, G., Klisz, M., Muffler, L., van der Maaten, E., Kreyling, J. (2021) Ecosystem processes show uniform sensitivity to winter soil temperature change across a gradient from central to cold marginal stands of a major temperate forest tree. Ecosystems. DOI:10.1007/s10021-021-00600-4.
2020
Muffler, L., Weigel, R., Hacket-Pain, A.J., Klisz, M., van der Maaten, E., Wilmking, M., Kreyling, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2020) Lowest drought sensitivity and decreasing growth synchrony towards the dry distribution margin of European beech. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13884.
Lembrechts, J.J., [...] Muffler, L., et al. (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123.
Halbritter, A., [...] Muffler, L., et al. (2020) The handbook for standardised field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate‐change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13331.
Harvey, J.E., Smiljanić, M., Scharnweber, T., Buras, A., Cedro, A., Cruz‐García, R., Drobyshev, I., Janecka, K., Jansons, Ā., Kaczka, R., Klisz, M., Läänelaid, A., Matisons, R., Muffler, L., Sohar, K., Spyt, B., Stolz, J., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten‐Theunissen, M., Vitas, A., Weigel, R., Kreyling, J. and Wilmking, M. (2020) Tree growth influenced by warming winter climate and summer moisture availability in northern temperate forests. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14966.
2019
Barbeta, A., Camarero, J.J., Sangüesa-Barreda, G., Muffler, L., & Peñuelas, J. (2019) Contrasting effects of fog frequency on the radial growth of two tree species in a Mediterranean-temperate ecotone. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.10.020.
2018
Hacket-Pain, A.J., Ascoli, D., Vacchiano, G., Biondi, F., Cavin, L., Conedera, M., Drobyshev, I., Dorado Liñán, I., Friend, A.D., Grabner, M., Hartl, C., Kreyling, J., Lebourgeois, F., Levanič, T., Menzel, A., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Muffler, L., Motta, R., Roibu, C.-C., Popa, I., Scharnweber, T., Weigel, R., Wilmking, M., & Zang, C. (2018) Climatically controlled reproduction drives inter-annual growth variability in a temperate tree species. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13158.
Weigel, R., Muffler, L., Klisz, M., Kreyling, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Wilmking, M., & van der Maaten, E. (2018) Winter matters: Sensitivity to winter climate and cold events increases towards the cold distribution margin of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13444.
2016
Muffler, L., Beierkuhnlein, C., Aas, G., Jentsch, A., Schweiger, A.H., Zohner, C., & Kreyling, J. (2016) Distribution ranges and spring phenology explain late frost sensitivity in 170 woody plants from the Northern Hemisphere. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12466.