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Research & Publications

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Research

My research focuses on disentangling population ecological processes that drive the local spread or decline of plant populations. I am particularly interested in how environmental gradients determine the genetic structure of populations and phenotypic among-population variation through local adaptation. I also use biological invasions as models to study eco-evolutionary principles at contemporary time scales.

Publications

Current publications

Lucas, M.S., Hensen, I., Barratt, C. D., Callaway, R. M., Durka, W., …, & Rosche C. (2024). Re-focusing sampling, design and experimental methods to assess rapid evolution by non-native plant species. Biological Invasions, accepted.

Winkler, D. E., Garbowski, M., Kožić, K., Ladouceur, E., Larson, J., Martin, S., Rosche, C., ..., & Korell, L. (2024). Facilitating comparable research in seedling functional ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, accepted.

Rauschkolb, R., Bucher, S. F., Hensen, I., Ahrends, A., …, Rosche, C., ..., & 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, 1-15.

Robinson, M. L., Hahn, P., Inouye, B., Underwood, N., …, Rosche, C., ..., & Wetzel, W. C. (2023). Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science, 382, 679-683.

Lehnert, M., Monjau, T., & Rosche, C. (2023). Synopsis of Osmunda (royal ferns; Osmundaceae): towards reconciliation of genetic and biogeographic patterns with morphologic variation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boad071.

Villasor, C., Robertson, K., Becker, T., Cahill, J. F., Deák, B., Hensen, I., Rosche, C., …, & Wagner, V. (2023). Invasion success of three cool‐season grasses in the northern prairie: a test of three hypotheses. Oikos, e10266.

Rosche, C., Baasch, A., Runge, K., Brade, P., Träger, S., Parisod, C., & Hensen, I. (2022). Tracking population genetic signatures of local extinction with herbarium specimens. Annals of Botany, 129, 857-868.

Sheng, M., Rosche, C., Al-Gharaibeh, M., Bullington, L. S., Callaway, R. M., Clark, T., ..., & Lekberg, Y. (2022). Acquisition and evolution of enhanced mutualism—an underappreciated mechanism for invasive success? The ISME Journal,16(11), 2467-2478.

Lee, B. R., Miller, T. K., Rosche, C., Yang, Y., Heberling, J. M., Kuebbing, S. E., & Primack, R. B. (2022). Wildflower phenological escape differs by continent and spring temperature. Nature Communications, 13(1), 7157.

Sporbert, M, Jakubka, D, Bucher, SF, …, Rosche, 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.

Ten recent publications (selection)

Rosche, C., Hensen, I., Schaar, A., Zehra, U., Jasieniuk, M., Callaway, R. M., Khasa, D. P., …, &  Shah, M. A. (2019). Climate not native vs. non-native ranges controls genetic structure and common garden performance of a cosmopolitan weed. Ecological Monographs, 89, e01386.

Irimia, R. E., Lopes, S. M. M., Sotes, G., Cavieres, L.A., Eren, Ö., Lortie, C. J., French, K., Hierro, R. L., Rosche, C, …, & Montesinos, D. (2019). Biogeographic differences in the allelopathy of leaf surface extracts of an invasive weed. Biological Invasions, 21, 3151-3168.

Rosche, C., Hensen, I., Heinicke, S., Silantyeva, M. M., Stolz, J., Grönning, S., & Wesche, K. (2018). Spatio-environmental determinants of the genetic structures of three steppe species in a highly fragmented landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology, 28, 48-59.

Rosche, C., Schrieber, K., Lachmuth, S., Durka, W., Hirsch, H., Wagner, V., Schleuning, M., & Hensen, I. (2018). Sex ratio rather than population size affects genetic diversity in Antennaria dioica. Plant Biology, 20, 789-796.

Rosche, C., Hensen, I., Mráz, P., Durka, W., Hartmann, M., & Lachmuth, S. (2017). Invasion success of polyploids: The role of self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression for the contrasting colonization ability of diploid and tetraploid Centaurea stoebe s.l. Journal of Ecology 105: 425-435.

Rosche, C., Hensen, I., & Lachmuth, S. (2017). The potential role of pre-adaptation and inbreeding-environment interactions for colonization of disturbed habitats: an experiment with diploid and tetraploid Centaurea stoebe. Plant Biology, 20, 75-84.

Rosche, C., Durka, W., Hensen, I., Mráz, P., Hartmann, M., Müller-Schärer, H., & Lachmuth, S. (2016). The population genetics of the fundamental cytotype-shift in invasive Centaurea stoebe s.l.: genetic diversity, genetic differentiation and small-scale genetic structure differ between cytotypes but not between ranges. Biological Invasions, 18, 1895-1910.

Nagy, D. U., Stranczinger, S., Godi, A., Weisz, A., Rosche, C., Suda, J., Mariano, M., & Pal, R. W. (2016). Does higher ploidy level increase the risk of invasion? A case study with two geo-cytotypes of Solidago gigantea Aiton (Asteraceae). Journal of Plant Ecology, 11, 317–327.

Shah, M. A., Callaway, R. M., Shah, T., Houseman, G. R., Pal, R. W., Xiao, S., Luo, W., Rosche, C, … & Chen, S. (2014). Conyza canadensis suppresses plant diversity in its nonnative ranges but not at home: a transcontinental comparison. New Phytologist, 202, 1286–1296.

Cosendai, A.-C., Wagner, J., Ladinig, U., Rosche, C, & Hörandl, E. (2013). Geographical parthenogenesis and population genetic structure in the alpine species Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae). Heredity, 110, 560–569.

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