Veröffentlichungen

Aleeje A, Ehbrecht M, Ahimbisibwe V, Höhl M, Günter S, Stanturf JA, Bolte, A (2024) Mixed active and passive forest restoration facilitates plant diversity recovery in southern Ethiopia. Restoration Ecology e14301, DOI:10.1111/rec.14301

Kikuchi T, Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Zemp D C, Brambach F, Irawan B, ... Paterno G B (2024). Combining planting trees and natural regeneration promotes long-term structural complexity in oil palm landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management, 569, 122182. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122182

Montoya-Sanchez V, Camarretta N, Ehbrecht M, Schlund M, Paterno GB, Seidel D, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Brambach F, Hölscher D, Kreft H, Irawan B, Sundawati L, Zemp CD (2024) Comparing airborne and terrestrial LiDAR with ground-based inventory metrics of vegetation structural complexity in oil palm agroforests. Ecological Indicators 112306, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112306

Müller S, Jahn O, Jung K, Mitesser O, Ammer C, Böhm S, Ehbrecht M, Farina A, Renner SC, Pieretti N, Schall P, Tschapka M, Wells K, Scherer-Lorenzen M (2024) Temporal dynamics of acoustic diversity in managed forests. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12: 1392882. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2024.1392882

Okimat JP, Babweteera F, Ehbrecht M (2024) African Mahogany (Khaya anthotheca) negative distance-dependent recruitment in a Ugandan rainforest and implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 574:122357. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122357



Menge J, Magdon P, Wöllauer S, Ehbrecht M (2023) Impacts of forest management on stand and landscape-level microclimate heterogeneity of European beech forests. Landscape Ecology. DOI:10.1007/s10980-023-01596-z

Neyret M, Peter S, Le Provost G, Boch S, Boesing AL, Bullock JM, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Müller J, Müller S, Ammer C, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Mehring M, Müller T, Renner SC, Schall P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Westphal C, Wubet T, Manning P (2023) Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. Nature Sustainability 6: 391–403. DOI:10.1038/s41893-022-01045-w

Okimat JP, Babweteera F, Glatthorn J, Ehbrecht M (2023) Effects of site conditions on regeneration of African mahogany (Khaya anthotheca) in a semi‐deciduous East African tropical rainforest. Restoration Ecology, DOI:10.1111/rec.14032

Vospernik S, Heym M, Pretzsch H, Pach M, Steckel M, Aldea J, Brazaitis G, Bravo-Oviedo A, Del Rio M, Löf M, Pardos M, Bielak K, Bravo F, Coll L, Cerny J, Droessler L, Ehbrecht M, Jansons A, Korboulewsky N, Jourdan M, Nord-Larsen T, Nothdurft A, Ruiz-Peinado R, Ponette Q, Sitko R, Svoboda M, Wolff B (2023) Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe - a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium. Forest Ecology and Management 530, 120753. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120753



Höwler K, Seidel D, Krenn T, Berthold D, Ehbrecht M, Müller J, Kietz B (2022) Evaluation of Softwood Timber Quality - A Case Study on Two Silvicultural Systems in Central Germany. Forests 13, 1910. DOI:10.3390/f13111910

Staab M, Achury R, Ammer C, Ehbrecht M, Irmscher V, Mohr H, Schall P, Weisser WW, Blüthgen N (2022) Negative effects of forest gaps on dung removal in a full-factorial experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 2113-2124. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13792

Willim K, Ammer C, Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Schmucker J, Schall P, Ehbrecht M (2022) Short - term dynamics of structural complexity in differently managed and unmanaged European beech forests. Trees, Forests and People 8: 100231 DOI:10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100231



Camaretta N, Ehbrecht M, Seidel D, Wenzel A, Zuhdi M, Merk MS, Schlund M, Erasmi S,Knohl A(2021): Using Airborne Laser Scanning to Characterize Land-Use Systems in a Tropical Landscape Based on Vegetation Structural Metrics. Remote Sensing 13: 4794. DOI:10.3390/rs13234794

Donfack L S, Röll A, Ellsäßer F, Ehbrecht M, Irawan B, Hölscher D, Knohl A, Kreft H, Siahaan E J, Sundawati L, Stiegler C, Zemp D C (2021). Microclimate and land surface temperature in a biodiversity enriched oil palm plantation. Forest Ecology and Management, 497, 119480. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119480

Ehbrecht M, Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Kreft H, Köhler M, Zemp DC, Puettmann K, Nilus R, Babweteera F, Willim K, Stiers M, Soto D, Boehmer HJ, Fisichelli, Burnett M, Juday G, Stephens S, Ammer C (2021) Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity. Nature Communications: 12:519, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-20767-z

Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Thielman A, Seifert Q, Thauer J-H, Glatthorn J, Ehbrecht M, Kneib T, Ammer C (2021): Predicting tree species from 3D laser scanning point clouds using deep learning. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 635440. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.635440

Seidel D, Stiers M, Ehbrecht M, Werning M, Annighöfer P (2021): On the structural complexity of central European agroforestry systems- A quantitative assessment using terrestrial laser scanning in single-scan mode. Agroforestry systems 95: 669-685, DOI:10.1007/s10457-021-00620-y

Uzquiano S, Barbeito I, San Martín R, Ehbrecht M, Seidel D, Bravo F (2021) Quantifying crown morphology of mixed pnie-oak forests using terrestrial laser scanning. Remote Sensing 13 (23): 4955. DOI:10.3390/rs13234955



Juchhheim J, Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Ammer C, Seidel D (2020) Effect of tree species mixing on stand structural complexity. Forestry 93: 75-83, DOI:10.1093/forestry/cpz046

Pretzsch H, Steckel M, Heym M, Biber P, Ammer C, Ehbrecht M, Bielak K, Bravo F, Ordóñez C, Collet C, Vast F, Drössler L, Brazaitis G, Godvod K, Jansons A, de-Dios-García J, Löf M, Aldea J, Korboulewsky N, Reventlow DOJ, Nothdurft A, Engel M, Pach M, Skrzyszewski J, Pardos M, Ponette Q, Sitko R, Fabrika M, Svoboda M, Černý J, Wolff B, Ruiz-Peinado R, del Río M (2020) Stand growth and structure of mixed-species and monospecific stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Q. robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe. European Journal of Forest Research 139: 349-367. DOI:10.1007/s10342-019-01233-y

Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Ehbrecht M, Magdon P, Wölauer S, Ammer C (2020) Deriving Stand Structural Complexity from Airborne Laser Scanning Data - What Does It Tell Us about a Forest? Remote Sensing 12: 1854. DOI:10.3390/rs12111854

Steckel M, del Río M, Heym M, Aldea J, Bielak K, Brazaitis G, Brazaitis G, Cerny J, Coll L, Collet C, Ehbrecht M, Jansons A, Nothdurft A, Pach M, Pardos M, Ponette Q, Reventlow D.O.J, Sitko R, Svoboda M, Vallet P, Wolff B, Pretzsch H (2020) Species mixing reduces drought susceptibility of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) - Site water supply and fertility modify the mixing effect. Forest Ecology and Management 461: 117908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117908

Willim K, Stiers M, Annighöfer P, Ehbrecht M, Ammer C, Seidel D (2020) Spatial Patterns of Structural Complexity in Differently Managed and Unmanaged Beech-Dominated Forests in Central Europe. Remote Sensing 12: 1907.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12121907




Awad A, Majcherczyk A, Schall P, Schröter K, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Ehbrecht M, Boch S, Kahl T, Bauhus J, Seidel D, Ammer C, Fischer M, Kües U, Pena R (2019) Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131: 9-18. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.12.014

Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Ammer C, Seidel D (2019) Effects of structural heterogeneity on the diurnal temperature range in temperate forest ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management 432: 860-867, DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.008

Penone C, Allan E, Soliveres S, Felipe-Lucia MR, Gossner MM, Seibold S, Simons NK, Schall P, van der Plas F, Manning P, Manzanedo RD, Boch S, Prati D, Ammer C, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Müller J, Müller JC, Pena R, Polle A, Renner SC, Ruess L, Schönig I, Schrumpf M, Solly MF, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Fischer M (2019) Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features. Ecology Letters 22: 170-180, DOI:10.1111/ele.13182

Pretzsch H, Steckel M, Heym M, Biber P, Ammer C, Ehbrecht M, Bielak K, Bravo F, Ordóñez C, Collet C, Vast F, Drössler L, Brazaitis G, Godvod K, Jansons A, de-Dios-Garcia J, Löf M, Aldea J, Korboulewsky N, Reventlow D.O.J., Nothdurft A, Engel M, Pach M, Skrzyszewski J, Pardos M, Ponette Q, Sitko R, Fabrika M, Svoboda, Černý J. Wolff B, Ruiz-Peinado R, del Río M (2019) Stand growth and structure of mixed species and monospecific stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Q. robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) analysed along a productivity gradient through Europe. European Journal of Forest Research 1-19. DOI:10.1007/s10342-019-01233-y

Röll A, Niu F, Meijide A, Ehbrecht M, Guillaume T, Gunawan D, Hardanto A, Hendrayanto, Kreft H, Kuzyakow Y, Nomura M, Polle A, Rembold K, Sahner J, Seidel D, Knohl A, Hölscher D (2019): Transpiration on the rebound in lowland Sumatra. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 274: 160-171. DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.04.017

Schröter K, Wemheuer B, Pena R, Schöning I, Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Ammer C, Daniel R, Polle A (2019) Assembly processes of trophic guilds in the root mycobiome of temperate forests. Molecular Ecology 28: 348-364. DOI:10.1111/mec.14887

Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Stiers M, Zemp C D, Burkardt K, Ehbrecht M, Willim K, Kreft H, Hölscher D, Ammer C (2019): How a measure of structural complexity relates to architectural benefit-to-cost ratio, light availability and growth of trees. Ecology and Evolution 9: 7134-7142. DOI:10.1002/ece3.5281

Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Annighöfer P, Ammer C (2019) From tree to stand-level structural complexity - Which properties make a forest stand complex? Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 278: 107699. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107699

Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Dorji Y, Jambay J, Ammer C, Annighöfer P (2019) Identifying architectural characteristics that determine tree structural complexity. Trees – Structure and Function 33: 911-919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-019-01827-4

Willim K, Stiers M, Annighöfer P, Ehbrecht M, Kabal M, Ammer C, Seidel D (2019): Assessing understory complexity in beech-dominated forests (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Central Europe- from managed to primary forests. Sensors 19 (7): 1684. DOI:10.3390/s19071684

Zemp DC, Ehbrecht M, Seidel D, Ammer C, Craven D, Erkelenz J, Irawan B, Sundawati L, Hölscher D, Kreft H (2019) Mixed-species tree plantings enhance stand structural complexity in oil palm plantations. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 283, 106564. DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2019.06.003



Ehbrecht M (2018) Quantifying three-dimensional stand structure and its relationship with forest management and microclimate in temperate forest ecosystems. Dissertation, 129 S., Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2018, http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E341-A

Stiers M, Willim K, Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Kabal M, Ammer C, Annighöfer P (2018) A quantitative comparison of the structural complexity of managed, lately unmanaged and primary European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Forest Ecology and Management 430: 357-365. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.039

Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Ammer C, Seidel D (2017) Quantifying stand structural complexity and its relationship with forest management, tree species diversity and microclimate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 242: 1-9

Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Juchheim J, Schall P, Ammer C (2017) Terrestrisches Laserscanning erfasst komplexe Waldstrukturen. AFZ der Wald 17/2017: 25-28

Ehbrecht M, Schall P, Juchheim J, Ammer C, Seidel D (2016) Effective number of layers: A new measure for quantifying three-dimensional stand structure based on sampling with terrestrial LiDAR. Forest Ecology and Management 380: 212-223

Teuscher M, Gerard A, Brose U, Buchori D, Clough Y, Ehbrecht M, Hoelscher D, Irawan B, Sundawati L, Wollni M, Kreft H (2016) Experimental biodiversity enrichment in oil-palm-dominated landscapes in Indonesia. Frontiers in plant science 7: 1538

Seidel D, Hoffmann N, Ehbrecht M, Juchheim J, Ammer C (2015) How neighborhood affects tree diameter increment–New insights from terrestrial laser scanning and some methodical considerations. Forest Ecology and Management 336: 119-128

Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, Puettmann K (2016) Assessing different components of three-dimensional forest structure with single-scan terrestrial laser scanning: A case study. Forest Ecology and Management 381: 196-208

Seidel D, Annighöfer P, Ehbrecht M, Ammer C, Schall P (2018) Applying fractal analysis to stem distribution maps. Ecological Indicators 93: 243-246

Ehbrecht M (2013) Spatial patterns of stand structure and soil properties of an Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. dominated mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (MSc thesis)