Curriculum Vitae
- Jürgen Bauhus has been Professor of Silviculture at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at Freiburg University, Germany, since 2003. From 1996 to 2003 he worked at the Australian National University. His research focusses on dynamics and management of forest structure and composition, the ecological function of biodiversity as well as the adaptation of forests to global change. He published several books and more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is a highly cited researcher. For many years he has also been involved in policy advice, until recently as the chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. For his scientific accomplishments, he received the scientific achievement award of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in 2014. He is the scientific director of the Future Forests Cluster of Excellence at Freiburg University
https://uni-freiburg.de/futureforests-en/.
Research
I am a silviculturist and forest ecologist. The dominant, long-term pursuit of my research has been to generate a mechanistic understanding of the relationship between forest structure, composition, and function. In silviculture, we typically manage tree species composition and forest structure, which determine forest ecosystem functioning. The provisioning of forest ecosystem services, the major goal of forest management, flows from these functions. Therefore, scientifically based silviculture needs to have a thorough understanding of how to provide ecosystem services through manipulating forest structure and composition. My current major lines of research under this conceptual umbrella are:
- silvicultural options to increase the resistance, resilience and adaptive capacity of forests to global change; e.g. mixed species forests, tree species choices and assisted migration, stand density management.
- relationships between forest structure and biodiversity (e. g. retention of habitat trees and dead wood)
- post-disturbance management of regeneration processed, e. g. use of residual structures, control of invasive species, new establishment techniques such as irrigation
Teaching
In our Silviculture group, we are deeply committed to teaching as is evidenced by continuously very positive teaching evaluations of our BSc- and MSc as well as continuing education modules. Students appreciate the up-to-date content, high relevance and the close link between theory and practice, which we provide through numerous excursions and exercises. My teaching takes place in the following modules:
BSc:
- Waldbau – summer semester
- Angewandter Waldbau auf Grundlage von Waldentwicklungstypen – summer semester
- Restauration von Waldökosystemen und Waldumbau – winter semester
- Landnutzungen und Landnutzer in ländlichen Entwicklungskontexten – winter semester
MSc:
- Waldbau und Klimawandelanpassung – summer semester
- Close to Nature Forest Management – summer semester
- Forests and Global Change – winter semester
- Plantation Forestry and Novel Ecosystems – winter semester
- Carbon Forestry – winter semester
Publikationen
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Spînu, A. P., Konczal, A., Krumm, F., Rigling, A., Vitali, V., Bauhus, J., & Schnabel, F. (2026). From concept to curriculum and competencies: results of a survey on teaching of integrative forest management at higher education institutions across europe. Current Forestry Reports, 12(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-026-00287-7
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Ruge, F., Bauhus, J., Kohnle, U., & Klädtke, J. (2026). Non-native Abies species as alternatives to Abies alba in a changing climate in southwestern Germany: evidence from species trials. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6282372
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Knoke, T., Kleinschmit, B., Bauhus, J., Dieter, M., Endres, E., Farwig, N., Hafner, A., Kätzel, R., Lang, F., Lindner, M., Meyer, P., Müller, J., Schraml, U., Seeling, U., & Weber-Blaschke, G. (2026). Berichte über Landwirtschaft – Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft, Sonderheft 243 – Januar 2026 – Gutachten des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates für Waldpolitik, November 2025. https://doi.org/10.12767/buel.vi243
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Kätzel, R., Bauhus, J., Endres, E., Dieter, M., Lang, F., Meyer, P., Schraml, U., Weber-Blaschke, G., Farwig, N., Hafner, A., Lindner, M., Müller, J., Kleinschmit, B., Knoke, T., & Seeling, U. (2026). Berichte über Landwirtschaft – Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft, Sonderheft 245 – April 2026 – Gutachten des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats für Waldpolitik, März 2026. https://doi.org/10.12767/f7j8zk03
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Schorn, M. E., Bauhus, J., Wirth, C., & Rüger, N. (2026). Repeated large-scale forest inventory data from an unmanaged European beech forest at Hainich National Park, Germany. Scientific Data, 13(1), 1247. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-08215-x
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Esperon‐Rodriguez, M., & Bauhus, J. (2026). Rethinking urban forests as essential infrastructure for resilience, equity, and biodiversity in the current climate emergency. PLOS Climate, 5(7), e0000953. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000953
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Weber-Blaschke, G., Dieter, M., Knoke, T., Lindner, M., & Bauhus, J. (2026). How to assess the contribution of forests and wood use to climate change mitigation: Navigating through a controversial debate. Forest Policy and Economics, 188, 103819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2026.103819
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Henneron, L., Wardle, D. A., Berg, M. P., Hättenschwiler, S., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Coq, S., Decaëns, T., Fromin, N., Ganault, P., Gillespie, L. M., Goldmann, K., Matula, R., Milcu, A., Muys, B., Nahmani, J., Prada‐Salcedo, L. D., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., … Kardol, P. (2026). Tree community resource economics control soil food web multifunctionality. Nature, 655(8121), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10455-1
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Lang, F., Bauhus, J., Doan, T. H., Haberstroh, S., Hahn, J., Kohler, M., Paulsen, H., Schack-Kirchner, H., Schilling, L., Stutz, K. P., Wannenmacher, M., Weiler, M., Werner, C., & Niederberger, J. (2026). Temperate forest floors: ecosystem hubs in transition? Global Change Biology, 32(8), e71033. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.71033
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Kremer Ramírez, K., Holtkamp, S., Jonsson, B.-G., & Bauhus, J. (2026). Nurse structures effectively improve the performance of restoration plantings: a systematic review. Restoration Ecology, e70524. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70524
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Serrano-León, H., Blondeel, H., Bonal, D., Guillemot, J., Martin‐StPaul, N., Grossiord, C., Schnabel, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Skiadaresis, G., Van den Bulcke, J., Verheyen, K., Baeten, L., Bauhus, J., & team, T.-M. (2026). Drought characteristics alters neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth responses during extreme events. Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17693
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Sasaki, T., Bauhus, J., Beyer, F., Gebauer, T., Hajek, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schnabel, F., & Eisenhauer, N. (2026). Biodiversity effects under climate extremes intensify with aridity in grasslands but not forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 10, 1464–1474. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03130-1
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Ruge, F., Bauhus, J., Kohnle, U., & Klädtke, J. (2026). Non-native Abies species as alternatives to Abies alba in a changing climate in southwestern Germany: Evidence from species trials. Forest Ecology and Management, 616, 123889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123889
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Spînu, A. P., Nairn, T. P., Skiadaresis, G., & Bauhus, J. (2026). Mortality and growth patterns of habitat trees in montane forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 612, 123739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123739
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Saito, D. F., Beyer, F., Freschet, G. T., Klingler, A., Nock, C. A., Reich, P. B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., & Bauhus, J. (2026). Fertilization influences overyielding through dominance of species with high specific leaf area in young tree mixtures. Functional Ecology, 40(6), 1755–1775. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70325
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Jensen, J., Bauhus, J., Beyer, F., Hajek, P., Saito, D., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Serrano-León, H., & Weih, M. (2026). Tree species diversity drives above‐ground carbon sequestration through light‐related trait shifts. Functional Ecology, 40(6), 1656–1675. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70320
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Vitali, V., Krumm, F., Spînu, A. P., Schnabel, F., Bauhus, J., Konczal, A., Schimetka, L., Schwegmann, S., Winkel, G., & Rigling, A. (2026). Managing European forests for biodiversity conservation and global change adaptation: an assessment of current management concepts. Forest Ecology and Management, 611, 123698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123698
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Oksanen, R.-M., Spînu, A. P., Großmann, J., Koch, M., Eisnecker, P., & Bauhus, J. (2026). Effects of habitat tree retention on adjacent advance regeneration in continuous-cover forests in Central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 609, 123664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123664
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Geßler, A., Grünzweig, J. M., Bigio, L., Hartmann, H., McDowell, N., Krumm, F., Bose, A. K., Rigling, A., Bugmann, H., Vitali, V., Schneider, P., Lever, J. J., Schweier, J., Kempel, A., Zimmermann, N. E., Brun, P., Bauhus, J., Wilhelm, M., & Bottero, A. (2026). Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate‐smart forest management? The New Phytologist, 250(5), 2778–2813. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71007
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Lang, F., Bauhus, J., Doan, T. H., Haberstroh, S., Hahn, J., Kohler, M., Paulsen, H., Schack-Kirchner, H., Schilling, L., Stutz, K. P., Wannenmacher, M., Weiler, M., Werner, C., & Niederberger, J. (2026). Temperate forest floors : Ecosystem hub in transition? EarthArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31223/x5bb4g
Honours and awards
- Member – Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, from 2013-2026, from 2020-2026 Chair of the Advisory Board
- Member – Scientific expert committee for the Baden-Württemberg Program for the Promotion of Biodiversity, Ministry of Rural Affairs, Food and Consumer Protection, 2018-2022
- Member – Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection, 2009-2015
- Chair – Silviculture Research Group, under the German Association of Forest Research and Experimental Institutions (DVFFA), 2010-2014.
- Co-Initiator: DFG Priority Programm SPP 1685 on Ecosystem Nutrition
- Co-Initiator: Research Programm Bioeconomy of the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Member – Kuratorium of the Forest Experimental Station of Baden-Württemberg, 2010-2017
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Member of the review panel for PhD scholarships, since 2023
- European Science Foundation, College of Expert Reviewers (by invitation) (2018-2021)
- Member of the DFG review board for Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Veterinary Medicine (2016-2020)
- Associate Editor of Journals: Current Forestry Reports, Forest Ecosystems (2013-2021, Peer Community of Forest and Wood Sciences (2019-2024), European Journal of Forest Research (2004-2020), Forests (2013-2018), Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2005-2008), Australian Forestry (2001-2003)