Phenological and ecophysiological adaptations of plants to climate change
Evolutionary changes in plants due to drought
Botanical gardens, seed banks and herbaria
Resurrection approach
Quantitative genetic
Curriculum vitae
Since 11/2021. PostDoc at FSU Jena (PhenObs-Network coordinator).
Since 04/2018. PhD student at the Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen (Thesis: Back to the future - Seed banks as a tool to investigate recent adaptation to global change).
07/2021 - 10/2021. PhD scholarship: Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main.
07/2018 - 06/2021. PhD scholarship: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.
10/2015 - 03/2018. Masterstudent(Geoökologie) at the Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen (Thesis: Does ex situ cultivation of rare plant species in botanical gardens lead to loss of adaptation to the wild?).
10/2013 - 09/2015. Scholarship: Deutschlandstipendium des Studienfonds Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
10/2012 - 09/2015. Bachelorstudent (Umweltwissenschaften) University Bielefeld (Thesis: Vergleichende faunistische Untersuchungen zur Besiedlung unterschiedlicher Vegetationsstrukturen der Bergheide auf der Lippischen Velmerstot).
Publications
Karitter P., Corvers E., Karrenbauer M., March-Salas M., Stojanova B., Ensslin A., Rauschkolb R., Godefroid S., Scheepens J.F. (2025) Evolution of competitive ability and the response to nutrient availability: a resurrection study with the calcareous grassland herb, Leontodon hispidus. Oecologia 207,17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05657-1External link
Rauschkolb R., Bucher S.F., Hensen I. et al. (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/s00484-024-02621-9External link
Karitter P., March-Salas M., Ensslin A., Rauschkolb R., Godefroid S., Scheepens J.F. (2024) Combining the resurrection approach with transplant experiments to investigate adaptation of plant populations to environmental change. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 62, 125773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2023.125773External link
Rauschkolb R., Durka W., Godefroid S., Dixon L., Bossdorf O., Ensslin A., Scheepens J.F. (2023) Recent evolution of flowering time across multiple European plant species correlates with changes in aridity. Oecologia, 202, 497-511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05414-wExternal link
Horbach, S., Rauschkolb, R., Römermann C.(2023) Flowering and leaf phenology are more variable and stronger associated to functional traits in herbaceous compared to tree species. Flora 300, 152218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2023.152218External link
Rauschkolb, R., Li, Z., Godefroid, S., Dixon, L., Durka, W., Májeková, M., Bossdorf, O., Ensslin, A., Scheepens, J.F. (2022) Evolution of plant drought strategies and herbivore tolerance after two decades of climate change. New Phytologist, 235, 773-785 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18125External link
Rauschkolb, R., Henres, L., Lou, C., Godefroid, S., Dixon, L., Durka, W., Bossdorf, O., Ensslin, A., Scheepens, J.F. (2022) Historical comparisons show evolutionary changes in drought responses in European plant species after two decades of climate change. Basic and Applied Ecology, 58, 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.11.003External link
Rauschkolb, R., Szczeparska, L., Kehl, A., Bossdorf, O., Scheepens, J.F. (2019) Plant populations of three threatened species experience rapid evolution under ex-situ cultivation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28, 3951-3969 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01859-9External link
Scheepens, J.F., Rauschkolb, R., Ziegler, R., Schroth, V., Bossdorf, O. (2017) Genotypic diversity and environmental variability affect the invasibility of experimental plant populations. Oikos, 127, 570-578.https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04818External link