Stefan Trogisch

Doktorand

Institut für Biologie/Geobotanik
Schänzlestr. 1
D - 79104 Freiburg

Tel.: +49-(0)761-203-2938
Mail: stefan.trogisch [AT] biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Research Interests

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Forest Ecology
Nitrogen Cycling

Stable Isotope Ecology

Current project

Academic Record

April 2012	PhD examination, ETH Zurich
	Dissertation title: “The functional significance of tree diversity for soil N-pools, leaf litter decomposition and N-uptake complementarity in subtropical forests in China”

Jan 2010 - present	Research assistant, Geobotany, University of Freiburg

Apr 2008 - present	PhD student, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Grassland Science Group, ETH Zurich

Oct 2002 - Mar 2008	Studies in Biology, University of Leipzig Major subjects: Botany, Ecology, Genetics, Biochemistry

	Diploma thesis: Diversität und indigene Nutzung der Pflanzenfamilien Araceae, Gesneriaceae und Piperaceae in Abhängigkeit von verschiedenen Standortparametern im Biosphärenreservat Sumaco, Ecuador
	Semester thesis: Vegetationsanalyse eines afromontanen Regenwaldes und Einfluss des Baumbestandes auf Volumen und Verteilung der Kronentraufe

Working Experience

2003 - 2006

Student assistant, System Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig (6 months)

Field Experience

2008 - 2010	China, Gutianshan National Nature Reserve (15 months)
2006	Ecuador, Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park (3 months)
2005	Kenya, Kakamega Forest National Reserve (3 months)
2005	Brazil, Excursion to Mata Atlântica and cerrado region (3 weeks)

Conference Contributions

Trogisch S, He JS, Hector A, Salmon Y, Scherer-Lorenzen M (2011) Testing for soil water partitioning in experimental tree sapling communities using deuterium as isotopic tracer, Symposium of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center “Understanding Plant Phenotypes”, Zurich, Switzerland, poster
Trogisch S, He JS, Hector A, Scherer-Lorenzen M (2011) Testing for N-use complementarity among four subtropical tree species using ¹⁵N tracers, Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ), 41st Annual Conference 2011, Oldenburg/Germany, talk
Trogisch S & Scherer-Lorenzen M (2011) ¹⁵N tracer technique as effective tool to study N-use complementarity in experimental plant communities COST Action Meeting "Advances in N tracer experiments and ¹⁵N methods", Gothenburg/Sweden, invited talk
Trogisch S, He JS, Hector A, Geißler C, Ma Y, Scherer-Lorenzen M (2011) Soil nitrogen storage potential along a successional forest gradient in subtropical China, Nitrogen and Global Change, Edinburgh/UK, talk
Trogisch S, Moritz S, Homeier J, Leuschner C (2008) Diversity and indigenous use of five important plant families in the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador. Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö), Hohenheim/Germany, poster

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Both S, Fang T, Böhnke M, Bruelheide H, Geißler C, Kuehn P, Scholten T, Trogisch S, Erfmeier A (2011) Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 1120–1131. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01324.x.

Bruelheide H, Böhnke M, Both S, Fang T, Assmann T, Baruffol M, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Chen X-Y, Ding B.-Y, Durka W, Erfmeier A., Fischer M, Geißler C, Guo D, Guo L-D, Härdtle W, He, J-S, Hector, A, Kröber, W, Kühn, P, Lang, AC, Nadrowski K, Pei KQ, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Shi XZ, Scholten T, Schuldt A, Trogisch S, von Oheimb G, Welk E, Wirth C, Wu, Y-T, Yang XF, Yu MJ, Zeng XQ, Zhang SR, Zhou HZ, Ma KP & Schmid B (2011) Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs 81: 25-41. doi: 10.1890/09-2172.1.