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Dr. Maria Sporbert

Scientific Employment

my detailed CV can be found here   

Since 07/2021 Postdoc

BMBF project “Faktencheck  Artenvielfalt“   , Institute of Biology / Geobotany & Botanical Garden,  Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg & German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity  Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany

09/2019 – 06/2021 Scientific Coordinator

project “PhenObs    - Botanical Gardens as a Global Phenological Observation Network“, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany & Plant Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Evolution with Herbarium Haussknecht and Botanical Garden, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Education

10/2015 – 11/2020 PhD student

Institute of Biology / Geobotany & Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg. Research topic: “Relationship between local abundance, range-wide niche characteristics and functional traits in vascular plants”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide; Co-Supervisors: Dr. Erik Welk, Dr. Ute Jandt, Dr. Petr Keil

10/2011 – 02/2015 Master of Science Biology, MLU Halle

Focus: Field ecology, Nature conservation, Systematic Botany; Title master thesis: “Range and niche dynamics in plant invasion processes”; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide, Dr. Erik Welk

10/2008 – 09/2011 Bachelor of Science Biology, MLU Halle

Focus: Population and Vegetation Ecology, Molecular plant physiology; Title bachelor thesis: „Auswirkung von Trockenstress auf Wachstum und Etablierung südwest- und nordost-europäisch verbreiteter Gräser und Kräuter“; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Isabell Hensen, Dr. Susanne Lachmuth

Publications

Rauschkolb, R., Bucher, S. F., Hensen, I., Ahrends, A., Fernández-Pascual, E., Heubach, K., ... Sporbert, M., … & Römermann, C. (2024). Spatial variability in herbaceous plant phenology is mostly explained by variability in temperature but also by photoperiod and functional traits. International Journal of Biometeorology, 68, 761–775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02621-9

Elliott T., Thompson A., Klein A. M., Albert C., Eisenhauer N., Jansen F., Schneider A., Sommer M., Straka T., Settele J., Sporbert M., Tanneberger F., & Mupepele A. C. (2023). Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. Conservation Science and Practice, e13008. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13008   

Farwig N., Settele J., Bruelheide H., Marx J., Schmidt A., Spatz T., Sporbert M., von Sivers L., & Wirth C. (2022). Faktencheck zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt: ein nationales Biodiversitäts-Assessment. Natur und Landschaft, 97 (11), 523-525

Farwig N., Settele J., Bruelheide H., Marx J., Schmidt A., Spatz T., Sporbert M., von Sivers L., & Wirth C. (2022). Ein nationales Biodiversitäts-Assessment. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 54 (10), 10-11

Sporbert M., Jakubka D., Bucher S. F., Hensen I., Freiberg M., Heubach K., König A., Nordt B., Plos C. Blinova I., Bonn A., Knickmann B., Koubek T., Linstädter A., Mašková T., Primack RB., Rosche C., Shah M.A., Stevens A.-D., Tielbörger K., Träger S., Wirth C., & Römermann C. (2022). Functional traits influence patterns in vegetative and reproductive plant phenology - a multi-botanical garden study. New Phytologist, 235 (6), 2199-2210. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18345   

Sporbert M., Welk E., Seidler G., Jandt U., Aćić S., Biurrun I., Campos J.A., Čarni A., Cerabolini B.E.L., Chytrý M., Ćušterevska R., Dengler J., De Sanctis M., Dziuba T., Fagúndez J., Field R., Golub, V., He T., Jansen F., Lenoir J., Marcenò C., Martín-Forés I., Moeslund J.E., Moretti M., Niinemets Ü., Penuelas J., Pérez-Haase A., Vandvik V., Vassilev K., Vynokurov D., & Bruelheide H. (2021). Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, e13016. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13016   

Nordt B., Hensen I., Bucher S. F., Freiberg M., Primack R. B., Stevens A.-D., Bonn A., Wirth C., Jakubka D., Plos C., Sporbert M. & Römermann C. (2021). The PhenObs initiative — A standardised protocol for monitoring phenological responses to climate change using herbaceous plant species in botanical gardens. Functional Ecology, 35, 821-834. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13747   

Proß T., Bruelheide H., Potvin C., Sporbert M., Trogisch S., & Haider S. (2021). Drivers of within-tree leaf variation in tropical forests of different tree richness. Basic and Applied Ecology, 50, 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.11.001   

Sporbert M., Keil P., Bruelheide H., Seidler G., Jandt U., Acic S., Biurrun I., Campos J.A., Čarni A., Casella L., Chytrý M., Custerevska R., Dengler J., Golub V., Jansen F., Kuzemko A., Lenoir J., Marceno C., Moeslund J.E., Pérez-Haase A., Rūsiņa S., Šilc U., Tsiripidris I., Vandvik V., Vasilev K., Virtanen R., & Welk E. (2020). Testing macroecological abundance patterns: the relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 2210–2222. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13926   

Also see ECR Feature in Journal of Biogeography   

Hock M., Plos C., Sporbert M., & Erfmeier A. (2020). Combined effects of UV‐B and drought on native and exotic populations of Verbascum thapsus L. Plants, 9, 269. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020269   

Sporbert M., Bruelheide H., Seidler G., Keil P., Jandt U., Austrheim G, Biurrun I., Campos J.A., Čarni A., Chytrý M., Csiky J., De Bie E., Dengler J., Golub V., Grytnes J.-A., Indreica A., Jansen F., Jiroušek M., Lenoir J., Luoto M., Marcenò C., Moeslund J.E., Pérez-Haase A., Rūsiņa S., Vandvik V., Vassilev K., & Welk E. (2019). Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 620-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12763   

Bruelheide H., Dengler J., Purschke O., Lenoir J., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Hennekens S.M., Botta-Dukát Z., Chytrý M., Field R., Jansen F., Kattge J., Pillar V.D., Schrodt F., Mahecha M.D., Peet R.K., Sandel B., van Bodegom P., ..., Sporbert M., ... & Jandt U. (2018). Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1906-1917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8   

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