Dr. Christian Geißler
now at: Ingenieurbüro Dr.-Ing. Frank Dröscher, Tübingen [Link]
Research Topics:
- Soil Erosion
- Erosion Measurements (Splash Erosion + Runoff Production)
- Soil Geography and Soil Properties
- Soil and Geomorphological Mapping
- Ecosystem functioning
Project:
DFG-Forschergruppe 891 "The role of tree and shrub diversity for production,erosion control, element cycling and species conservation in Chinese subtropicalforest ecosystems."
CV:
*23rd Nov. 1980 in Bad Soden (Ts.), Germany
Education
| since 2012 | Researcher at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen |
2008 to 2011 | PhD Student at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen |
2001 to 2008 | Studies of Physical Geography, Soil Science and Geology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt |
Memberships
| DBG | Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG) [German Soil Science Society] |
Junge Geomorphologen | AG des AK Geomorphologie (Junge Geomorphologen) |
Internships
1/2008 to 2/2008 | Project "Satellite-based habitat mapping of Gashaka Gumti National Park, SE Nigeria", Cooperation of University College London and Gombe State University Nigeria |
6/2007 to 7/2007 | Planungsgruppe Natur und Umwelt (PGNU) Frankfurt/Main (Environmental planning group) |
11/2005 to 1/2006 | Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, Abt. Bodenschutz, Bodeninformationen, Wiesbaden (Dept. of soil conservation and soil information) |
Field Experience:
2008-2010 | Several months of field work in SE-China (BEF-China) |
2008 | 5-weeks fieldwork in SE Nigeria (funded by the "Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main") |
2006 | 4-weeks fieldwork with the DFG-funded project "MoGul" in Spain |
2006 | 6-weeks fieldwork with the DFG-funded project "MoGul" in Spain and Morocco |
2004 | 4-weeks fieldwork with the DFG-funded project "MoGul" in Spain |
2001 to 2008 | Several short fieldtrips in Germany and excursions to Spain and Russia |
Teaching:
SS11 | Geo 52 Westgrönland (with P. Kühn and T. Scholten) |
| SS10 | HS Bodenerosion (with S.Schönbrodt and T. Scholten) |
| SS09 | HS Bodenerosion (with S.Schönbrodt and T. Scholten) |
Publications:
| 2017 | Trogisch, S., Schuldt, A., Bauhus, J., Blum, J.A., Both, S., Buscot, F., Castro Izaguirre, N., Chesters, D., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Germany, M.S., Goebes, P., Gutknecht, J., Hahn, C.Z., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Hönig, L., Huang, Y., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Kunz, M., Leppert, K.N., Li, Y., Liu, X., Niklaus, P.A., Pei, Z., Pietsch, K.A., Prinz, R., Proß, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Song, Z., Staab M., von Oheimb, G., Weißbecker, C., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Yang, B., Yang, X., Zhu, C.-D., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H. (2017): Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality. Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 10652–10674. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3488 | |
| 2012 | Iserloh, T., Ries J.B., Cerdá, A., Echeverría, M.T., Fister, W., Geißler, C., Kuhn, N.J., León, F.J., Peters, P., Schindewolf, M., Schmidt, J., Scholten, T., Seeger, M. (2012) Comparative measurements with seven rainfall simulators on uniform bare fallow land. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, doi: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00085. | |
| 2012 | Geißler, C., Lang, A. C., von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Baruffol, M., Scholten, T. (2012): Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall—The importance of stand density, species identity and tree architecture in subtropical forests in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 156, 31-40. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.12.005 | |
| 2012 | Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2012): Measuring splash erosion potential under vegetation using sand-filled splash cups. Catena 91, 85-93. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.009 | |
| 2012 | Wu, Y.T., Gutknecht, J., Nadrowski, K., Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T., Buscot, F. (2012): Relationships between soil microorganisms, plant communities and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests. Ecosystems 15: 624–636. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9533-3. | |
| 2011 | Geißler, C. (2011): Mechanisms of Soil Erosion Under Forest Vegetation – Throughfall Kinetic Energy as a Function of Forest Succession and Biodiversity in Subtropical Forests in China. PhD-thesis, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (pdf) | |
2011 | Scholten, T., Geißler, C., Goc, J., Kühn, P., Wiegand, C. (2011): A new splash cup to measure the kinetic energy of rainfall. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174 (4), 596-601. doi:10.1002/jpln.201000349 | |
| 2011 | 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, A.C., Nadrowski, K., 14, Pei, K.Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X.Z., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., 14, Wu, Y.-T., Yang, X.F., Yu, M.J., Zeng, X.Q., Zhang, S.R., Zhou, H.Z., Ma, K.P., Schmid, B. (2011): Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs 283: 251-260, doi: 10.1890/09-2172.1 | |
| 2011 | Both, S., Teng, F., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Geißler, C., Kühn, 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 (6): 1120–1131. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00692.x | |
| 2010 | Lang, A., Härdtle, W., Bruelheide, H., Geißler, C., Nadrowski, K., Schuldt, A., Yu, M., von Oheimb, G. (2010): Tree morphology responds to neighbourhood competition and slope in species-rich forests of subtropical China. Forest Ecology and Management. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.015 | |
2010 | Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2010): Estimation of throughfall erosivity in a highly diverse forest ecosystem using sand-filled splash cups. Journal of Earth Science, doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0132-y | |
2007 | Geißler, C. (2007): Einfluss der Landbedeckung auf die aktuelle Geomorphodynamik in Gully-Einzugsgebieten im semi-ariden Spanien (unpublished). Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. |
Talks and Posters:
| 2011 | Geißler, C., Lang, A.C., von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W., Baruffol, M., Scholten, T. (2011): Reduzierung der kinetischen Energie des Niederschlags durch junge Bäume - Ein experimenteller Test des Einflusses von Pflanzendichte, Baumart und Kronenarchitektur. Jahrestagung der DBG, Berlin, Germany Geißler, C., Nadrowski, K., Kühn. P., Baruffol, M., Scholten, T. (2011): The role of biodiversity for throughfall kinetic energy in subtropical forest ecosystems. Wageningen conference on applied Soil Science. Wageningen, The Netherlands Scholten, T., Geißler, C., Kühn, P. (2011): A new splash cup to measure the kinetic energy of rainfall. Rainfall Simulator Workshop, Trier, Germany |
| 2010 | Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2010): Soil erosion potential under forest vegetation in the humid subtropics of southeast China. IUSS World Congress 2010, Brisbane, Australia Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2010): Variability of throughfall kinetic energy along a biodiversity and succession gradient in a forest ecosystem in southeast China. 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2010) Kinetic energy of throughfall in a highly diverse forest ecosystem in the humid subtropics. Session SSS2 “Vegetation and Erosion”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 | Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2009): Experimentelle Erfassung des Splash-Erosionspotentials unter Wald im subtropischen China. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Bonn, Germany Geißler, C.; Scholten, T.; Kühn, P. (2009): Measuring splash erosion potential under vegetation using sand-filled splash cups. Session SSS17 “Experimental Methods in Soil Erosion Studies”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria (Abstract) Geißler, C.; Kühn, P.; Scholten, T. (2009): Is splash erosion potential species specific? Measuring of splash erosion potential under forest in different succession stages along a biodiversity gradient in the humid subtropics. Session SSS2 “Vegetation and Erosion”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria (Abstract) Geißler, C.; Ries, J.B.; Marzolff, I. (2009): Mapping of geomorphic processes on abandoned fields and cultivated land in small catchments in semi-arid Spain. Session SSS20 “Soil degradation and Abandoned Lands in Mediterranean Environments”, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria (Abstract) |