Kleinwalsertal

Robert Rauschkolb

Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship of Biodiversity of Plants​
Kleinwalsertal
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Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship of Biodiversity of Plants​
Robert Rauschkolb, Dr
PhenObs Coordinator
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Robert Rauschkolb
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Otto-Renner-Villa, Room 105
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Research interests

  • 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
Curricilum 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

    • 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.2023.152218 External 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