Paul Kühn

Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship of Biodiversity of Plants

Kleinwalsertal

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Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Biodiversity of plants

Paul Kühn

PhD student

Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

Otto-Renner-Villa, Room 104
Philosophenweg 16
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Research interests

Curriculum vitae
Since October 2020	PhD student in the Professorship of Biodiversity of Plants, FSU Jena
05/2020– 09/2020	Field Technician in the Department of Physiological Diversity at iDiv – German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Halle-Jena-Leipzig
10/2019	Master thesis on the topic of "Contrasting patterns of intra-specific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands"
07/2019	Research assistant in the working group Macroecology and Vegetation Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
09/2017 – 10/2019	Master student of Biology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
05/2017 - 07/2017	Internship in the Department of System-Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
03/2017	Bachelor thesis on the topic of "The influence of biotic factors on the mycorrhization of tree species native to central europe"
09/2012 – 03/2017	Bachelor student of Biology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
06/2012	Graduated at the Leonardo-da-Vinci Gymnasium Berlin

Kühn, P., Proß, T., Wesche, K., Römermann, C., Bruelheide, H. (2024) Using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of herbarium specimens under different storage conditions. Plant Methods, 20:19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-024-01146-xExternal link
Kühn, P., Ratier Backes, A., Römermann C., Bruelheide H., Haider, S. (2021) Contrasting patterns of intra-specific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Annals of Botany, 127, 565-576. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa067External link
Ferlian, O., Cesarz, S., Craven, D., Hines, J., Barry, K.E., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Haider, S., Heklau, H., Herrmann, S., Kühn, P., Pruschitzki, U., Schädler, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wubet, T., Eisenhauer, N. (2018). Mycorrhiza in tree diversity–ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation. Ecosphere 9 (5). doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2226External link

Poster: “Contrasting patterns of intra-specific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands” 49th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (September 2019, Münster, Germany)