Claus Beier
  • Rolighedsvej 23

    1958 Frederiksberg C

Personal profile

Short presentation

My research concentrates on ecosystem responses to air pollution and climate change - in particular impacts on ecosystem functioning and feedback to the atmospohere. I have in particular used ecosystem manipulation to understand these impacts - latest through the VILLUM foundation Centre of Excellence CLIMAITE, where KU, DTU and AU collaborated to investigate impacts of single and multifactor climate change on shrubland ecosystems. Currently my particular research focus is on extreme events and impacts on ecosystem functioning

Primary fields of research

Biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystem

Ecosystem functioning

Climate change impacts on ecosystems

Extreme events

Experimental design

Knowledge of languages

Danish

English

Norwegian, Swedish

German & French

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Technical University of Denmark

Award Date: 1 Apr 1989

Civil Engineer, Chemistry, Environmental science, Technical University of Denmark

Award Date: 1 Feb 1985

External positions

Research Director, NIVA - Norsk Institut for Vannforskning

1 Aug 20131 May 2015

Head of Research Center, Technical University of Denmark

1 Jan 20121 Aug 2013

Head of Research Programme, Technical University of Denmark

1 May 200631 Dec 2011

Senior Researcher, Forskningscenter Risø

1 Jun 199630 Apr 2006

Senior Researcher, Forskningscentret for Skov & Landskab

1 May 199231 May 1996

PostDoc, Technical University of Denmark

1 Aug 198930 Apr 1992

PhD, Technical University of Denmark

1 Apr 198531 Jul 1989

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Biogeochemical cycles
  • Ecosystem experiments
  • Climate Change impacts
  • Biosphere feedback
  • Land use and management
  • Nitrogen cycling in soil
  • Carbon cycling
  • ???Modellering???
  • Dynamic ecosystem modelling
  • ???Økologi???
  • Ecosystem Functioning

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  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

    Smith, M. D., Wilkins, K. D., Holdrege, M. C., Wilfahrt, P., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Sala, O. E., Dukes, J. S., Phillips, R. P., Yahdjian, L., Gherardi, L. A., Ohlert, T., Beier, C., Fraser, L. H., Jentsch, A., Loik, M. E., Maestre, F. T., Power, S. A., Yu, Q., Felton, A. J. & 153 others, Munson, S. M., Luo, Y., Abdoli, H., Abedi, M., Alados, C. L., Alberti, J., Alon, M., An, H., Anacker, B., Anderson, M., Auge, H., Bachle, S., Bahalkeh, K., Bahn, M., Batbaatar, A., Bauerle, T., Beard, K. H., Behn, K., Beil, I., Biancari, L., Blindow, I., Bondaruk, V. F., Borer, E. T., Bork, E. W., Bruschetti, C. M., Byrne, K. M., Cahill, J. F., Calvo, D. A., Carbognani, M., Cardoni, A., Carlyle, C. N., Castillo-Garcia, M., Chang, S. X., Chieppa, J., Cianciaruso, M. V., Cohen, O., Cordeiro, A. L., Cusack, D. F., Dahlke, S., Daleo, P., D'Antonio, C. M., Dietterich, L. H., Doherty, T. S., Dubbert, M., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, F. M., Forte, T. G. W., Gebauer, T., Gozalo, B., Greenville, A. C., Guidoni-Martins, K. G., Hannusch, H. J., Haugum, S. V., Hautier, Y., Hefting, M., Henry, H. A. L., Hoss, D., Iribarne, O., Isbell, F., Johnson, Y., Jordan, S., Kelly, E. F., Kimmel, K., Kreyling, J., Kröel-Dulay, G., Ingrisch, J., Kröpfl, A., Kübert, A., Kulmatiski, A., Lamb, E. G., Larsen, K. S., Larson, J., Leder, C. V., Linstädter, A., Liu, J., Liu, S., Lodge, A. G., Longo, G., Loydi, A., Luan, J., Lawson, J., Lubbe, F. C., Macfarlane, C., Mackie-Haas, K., Malyshev, A. V., Maturano-Ruiz, A., Merchant, T., Metcalfe, D. B., Mori, A. S., Mudongo, E., Newman, G. S., Nielsen, U. N., Nimmo, D., Niu, Y., Nobre, P., O'Connor, R. C., Ogaya, R., Oñatibia, G. R., Orbán, I., Osborne, B., Otfinowski, R., Pärtel, M., Penuelas, J., Peri, P. L., Peter, G., Petraglia, A., Picon-Cochard, C., Pillar, V. D., Piñeiro-Guerra, J. M., Ploughe, L. W., Plowes, R. M., Portales-Reyes, C., Prober, S. M., Pueyo, Y., Reed, S. C., Ritchie, E. G., Rodríguez, D. A., Rogers, W. E., Roscher, C., Sánchez, A. M., Santos, B. A., Scarfó, M. C., Seabloom, E. W., Shi, B., Souza, L., Stampfli, A., Standish, R. J., Sternberg, M., Sun, W., Sünnemann, M., Tedder, M., Thorvaldsen, P., Tian, D., Tielbörger, K., Valdecantos, A., van den Brink, L., Vandvik, V., Vankoughnett, M. R., Velle, L. G., Wang, C., Wang, Y., Wardle, G. M., Werner, C., Wei, C., Wiehl, G., Williams, J. L., Wolf, A. A., Zeiter, M., Zhang, F., Zhu, J., Zong, N. & Zuo, X., 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 4, 10 p., e2309881120.

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  • Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization

    Sarneel, J. M., Hefting, M. M., Sandén, T., van den Hoogen, J., Routh, D., Adhikari, B. S., Alatalo, J. M., Aleksanyan, A., Althuizen, I. H. J., Alsafran, M. H. S. A., Atkins, J. W., Augusto, L., Aurela, M., Azarov, A. V., Barrio, I. C., Beier, C., Bejarano, M. D., Benham, S. E., Berg, B., Bezler, N. V. & 88 others, Björnsdóttir, K., Bolinder, M. A., Carbognani, M., Cazzolla Gatti, R., Chelli, S., Chistotin, M. V., Christiansen, C. T., Courtois, P., Crowther, T. W., Dechoum, M. S., Djukic, I., Duddigan, S., Egerton-Warburton, L. M., Fanin, N., Fantappiè, M., Fares, S., Fernandes, G. W., Filippova, N. V., Fliessbach, A., Fuentes, D., Godoy, R., Grünwald, T., Guzmán, G., Hawes, J. E., He, Y., Hero, J. M., Hess, L. L., Hogendoorn, K., Høye, T. T., Jans, W. W. P., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Keller, S., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Kuz'menko, N. N., Larsen, K. S., Laudon, H., Lembrechts, J. J., Li, J., Limousin, J. M., Lukin, S. M., Marques, R., Marín, C., McDaniel, M. D., Meek, Q., Merzlaya, G. E., Michelsen, A., Montagnani, L., Mueller, P., Murugan, R., Myers-Smith, I. H., Nolte, S., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Okafor, B. N., Okorkov, V. V., Onipchenko, V. G., Orozco, M. C., Parkhurst, T., Peres, C. A., Petit Bon, M., Petraglia, A., Pingel, M., Rebmann, C., Scheffers, B. R., Schmidt, I., Scholes, M. C., Sheffer, E., Shevtsova, L. K., Smith, S. W., Sofo, A., Stevenson, P. R., Strouhalová, B., Sundsdal, A., Sühs, R. B., Tamene, G., Thomas, H. J. D., Tolunay, D., Tomaselli, M., Tresch, S., Tucker, D. L., Ulyshen, M. D., Valdecantos, A., Vandvik, V., Vanguelova, E. I., Verheyen, K., Wang, X., Yahdjian, L., Yumashev, X. S. & Keuskamp, J. A., 2024, In: Ecology Letters. 27, 5, 14 p., e14415.

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  • Scattered tree death contributes to substantial forest loss in California

    Cheng, Y., Oehmcke, S., Brandt, M. S., Rosenthal, L., Das, A., Vrieling, A., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Mugabowindekwe, M., Verbruggen, W., Beier, C. & Horion, S., 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 1-13 641.

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  • Exploring the impacts of unprecedented climate extremes on forest ecosystems: hypotheses to guide modeling and experimental studies

    Holm, J. A., Medvigy, D. M., Smith, B., Dukes, J. S., Beier, C., Mishurov, M., Xu, X., Lichstein, J. W., Allen, C. D., Larsen, K. S., Luo, Y., Ficken, C., Pockman, W. T., Anderegg, W. R. L. & Rammig, A., 2023, In: Biogeosciences. 20, 11, p. 2117-2142 26 p.

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  • Mapping and characterising tree mortality in California at individual tree level using deep learning

    Cheng, Y., Oehmcke, S., Brandt, M., Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Verbruggen, W., Vrieling, A., Beier, C. & Horion, S., 2023. 1 p.

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  • MAPPING TREE MORTALITY IN CALIFORNIA FROM VERY HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY USING DEEP LEARNING

    Cheng, Y., Oehmcke, S., Brandt, M. S., Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Vrieling, A., Verbruggen, W., Beier, C. & Horion, S., 2023.

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  • Moderate nitrogen retention in temperate heath ecosystem after elevated CO2, drought and warming through 7 years

    Andresen, L. C., Ambus, P., Beier, C. & Michelsen, A., 2023, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 74, 4, 13 p., e13397.

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  • Trait-mediated responses to aridity and experimental drought by springtail communities across Europe

    Ferrín, M., Márquez, L., Petersen, H., Salmon, S., Ponge, J. F., Arnedo, M., Emmett, B., Beier, C., Schmidt, I. K., Tietema, A., de Angelis, P., Liberati, D., Kovács-Láng, E., Kröel-Dulay, G., Estiarte, M., Bartrons, M., Peñuelas, J. & Peguero, G., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, p. 44-56

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