Phone: +49 551 39 7084
Fax: +49 551 39 22029
e-mail: sfuchs@gwdg.de
Research interests
plant-water relations, plant hydraulics, drought-stress,
ecophysiology of trees, soil inventories, ash dieback, forest site mapping
Curriculum vitae
Since 2020: Scientist at the Northwest-German Forest Research Institute, Department of Environmental Control, Project: FraxForFuture
2016-2021: PhD studies at the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen. Thesis title: Diverse forests for climate change - drought tolerance of secondary timber species.
2015-2016: Scientific assistant at the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen.
2012 - 2015 M.Sc. Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution studies with a major in experimental plant ecology at the University of Göttingen.
Thesis title: Comparison and calibration of sap flow sensors using the thermal dissipation, heat field deformation and heat ratio method.
2012: 6 Months Internship in environmental education at the national park of Jasmund, Rügen.
2008 - 2011: B.Sc. Biology at the University of Göttingen. Thesis title: Radiale Variationen im Saftfluss von Fraxinus excelsior und deren Bedeutung für den Gesamtwasserumsatz.
Publications
Peters S., Fuchs S., Bien S., Bußkamp J., Langer G.J., Langer E.J. (2023): Fungi associated with stem collar necroses of Fraxinus excelsior affected by ash dieback. Mycological Progress 22(7): 52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-023-01897-2
Langer G.J., Fuchs S., Osewold J., Peters S., Schrewe F., Ridley M., Kätzel R., Bubner B., Grüner J. (2022): FraxForFuture—research on European ash dieback in Germany. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 129(6): 1285–1295.
Fuchs S, Schuldt, B., Leuschner, C. (2021). Identification of drought-tolerant tree species through climate sensitivity analysis of radial growth in Central European mixed broadleaf forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 494, 119287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119287.
Fuchs S, Leuschner, C., Link, R.M., Schuldt, B., 2021. Hydraulic variability of three temperate broadleaf tree species along a water availability gradient in central Europe. New Phytol. 231, 1387–1400. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17448.
Fuchs S, Hertel D, Schuldt B, Leuschner C (2020). Effects of Summer Drought on the Fine Root System of Five Broadleaf Tree Species Along A Precipitation Gradient. Forests 11: 289, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11030289
Link RM, Fuchs S, Aguilar DA, Leuschner C, Ugalde MC, Otarola JCV, Schuldt B, (2020). Tree height predicts the shape of radial sap flow profiles of Costa-Rican tropical dry forest tree species. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 287: 107913. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107913
Fuchs S, Leuschner C, Link R, Coners H, Schuldt B (2017). Calibration and comparison of thermal dissipation, heat ratio and heat field deformation sap flow probes for diffuse-porous trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 244-245: 151-161, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.003.