Urban Forestry Research Group
Our research focus
Urban trees and forests provide important ecological, social and economic benefits. In our Research Group, we aim to expand the knowledge and develop innovative tools for evidence-based urban forest strategies and management towards sustainable and climate resilient cities.
We analyze the growth of trees in cities with focus on the relationships between growth, ecosystem service provision and growth conditions. We study the behaviour and functioning of common urban tree species related to species traits, local site conditions and climate. Our main study areas are allometric growth relationships, dendrochronology, tree physiology, modeling of tree growth and ecosystem services. We employ methods and techniques such as ecophysiological measurements (e.g. sap flow, porometer, dendrometer), terrestrial laser scanning and meteorology as well as remote sensing and basic forestry measurements.
Team Members
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Phone: 08161-714780
E1
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Phone: 08161-714667
1.2.2.8 (Forestry)
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Phone: 08161-714664
E3
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Phone: 08161-714774
E10a
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Phone: 08161-714150
E12
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Phone: 08161-714776
E11
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Phone: 08161-714795
1.2.2.6 (Forestry)
M.Sc. Azharul Islam
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Phone: 08161-714150
E12
- “Urban Forestry” study in cooperation with the city of Speyer: Growth and ecosystem services of public green spaces in the city of Speyer: current status and possibilities for adaptation to climate change - a simulation study
- “Urban Forestry” study in cooperation with the city of Halle: Development of the tree population of a new urban quarter - optimization of growth and ecosystem services through management measures (tree species selection, pruning, irrigation, unsealing) - a simulation study
- Worldwide dendrochronological analysis of growth data of the species Robinia pseudoacacia
- What opportunities do municipal tree registers offer for adapting urban forests to climate change? Cooperation with Datenbankgesellschaft mbH (tree register of > 500 municipalities)
- Can tree cadastre datasets be used to derive allometric relationships? Comparison of allometric relationships based on own measurements and tree cadastre data
- Irrigation study of urban trees along a climatic gradient through Europe under consideration of climate change
- ZSK: City Trees (Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Customer Protection)
- ZSK: KEW - Climate Experience Würzburg (Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Customer Protection)
- ZSK: Urban Green at Public Places (Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Customer Protection)
- ZSK: ClimateContainerTrees (Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection)
- ZSK: Interactive guideline for urban trees in climate change (Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Customer Protection)
- CUT - Climate and Urban Trees (DFG)
- UGS4.0 - Urban Green Systems 4.0 (DFG)
- RTG-UGI - Research Training Group Urban Green Infrastructure (DFG)
- DBU
- Talking Trees (Audi Environmental Foundation)
- Metropolen (Audi Environmental Foundation)
- Pattnaik, Nayanesh; Honold, Martin; Franceschi, Eleonora; Moser-Reischl, Astrid; Rötzer, Thomas; Pretzsch, Hans; Pauleit, Stephan; Rahman, Mohammad A.: Growth and cooling potential of urban trees across different levels of imperviousness. Journal of Environmental Management 361, 2024, 121242
- Rahman, Mohammad A.; Arndt, Stefan; Bravo, Felipe; Cheung, Pui K.; van Doorn, Natalie; Franceschi, Eleonora; del Río, Miren; Livesley, Stephen J.; Moser-Reischl, Astrid; Pattnaik, Nayanesh; Rötzer, Thomas; Paeth, Heiko; Pauleit, Stephan; Preisler, Yakir; Pretzsch, Hans; Tan, Puay Yok; Cohen, Shabtai; Szota, Chris; Torquato, Patricia R.: More than a canopy cover metric: Influence of canopy quality, water-use strategies and site climate on urban forest cooling potential. Landscape and Urban Planning 248, 2024, 105089
- Rahman, Mohammad A.; Franceschi, Eleonora; Reischl, Astrid; Pretzsch, Hans; Pauleit, Stephan; Rötzer, Thomas: Wachstum, Verdunstung und Kühlleistung von Stadtbäumen unter Trockenstress. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024, 68-78
- Reischl, Astrid; Franceschi, Eleonora; Rahman, Mohammad; Pauleit, Stephan; Pretzsch, Hans; Rötzer, Thomas: Einfluss der künstlichen Bewässerung auf das Wachstum und die Ökosystemleistungen von Stadtbäumen. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024, 103-110
- Rötzer, Thomas; Reischl, Astrid; Franceschi, Eleonora; Dervishi, Vjosa; Rahman, Mohammad; Pauleit, Stephan; Pretzsch, Hans: Ein interaktiver Leitfaden zur Bestimmung von Wachstum, Struktur und Ökosystemleistungen von Stadtbäumen. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024
- Yazdi, Hadi; Moser-Reischl, Astrid; Rötzer, Thomas; Petzold, Frank; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 101, 2024, 128527
Please find a complete overview of our Urban Forestry Research Group's publications at Publications and the respective subpages of the team members.