Dr. Romy Rehschuh

Research interests

My research focuses on plant physiology and ecology. I am particularly interested in

• Tree ecophysiology

• Dendroecology
• Hydraulics and water balance of trees

• Carbon metabolism and allocation, growth

• Heat and drought stress & recovery

• Forest biodiversity

Professional background

Since 2022: Scientific Assistant, TU Dresden, Forest Sciences, Professorship for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (Post-Doc)

2017-2021: Scientific Assistant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Plant Ecophysiology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

2015-2016: Scientific Assistant, TU München, Department of Soil Science, Freising

2015-2016: Student Assistant, TUM ForTe, Patent and License Office, München

2012- 2013: Student Assistant, TU Dresden, Chair of Spatial Planning, Spatial Development and Planning

Degrees

2017-2021: Dr. rer. nat., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Topic: “Stress and recovery dynamics in Scots pine: The impacts of heat and drought on carbon and water cycling”

2013-2016: Master Sustainable Resource Management, TU München, Freising; Master thesis: “Dendroecological investigations on Picea abies: The influence of soil on the drought susceptibility of Norway spruce in the Southwest Munich area”

2010-2013: Bachelor Tourism Management, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz; Bachelor thesis: "Travel and sustainability: The potential contribution of tourism to protect the rainforests"

Publications

Rehschuh, R., & Ruehr, N. K. (2023). What is the role of soil nutrients in drought responses of trees? Tree Physiology, tpad152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad152

Buras, A., Rehschuh, R., Fonti, M., Lange, J., Fonti, P., Menzel, A., Gessler, A., Rigling A., Treydte, K. & von Arx, G. (2023). Quantitative wood anatomy and stable carbon isotopes indicate pronounced drought exposure of Scots pine when growing at the forest edge. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1233052. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1233052

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V. P., Hesse, B. D., Hafner, B. D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr N.K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T.L., Landhäusser, S.M., Lehmann, M.M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K. & Grams, T. E. (2022). Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce - Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the carbon used for fine‐root growth. Global Change Biology, 28(23), 6889-6905. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16388

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V.P., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N.K., Hesse, B.D., Lehmann, M.M., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K. & Grams, T.E. (2022). High resilience of carbon transport in long‐term drought stressed mature Norway spruce trees within two weeks after drought release. Global Change Biology 28(6), 2095-2110. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16051

Rehschuh, R., Rehschuh, S., Gast, A., Jakab, A., Lehmann, M.M., Saurer, M., Gessler, A. & Ruehr, N.K. (2022). Tree allocation dynamics beyond heat and hot drought stress reveal changes in carbon storage, belowground translocation and growth. New Phytologist, 233(2), 687-704. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17815

Rehschuh, R. & Ruehr, N. K. (2021). Diverging responses of water and carbon relations during and after heat and hot drought stress in Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab141

Nadal-Sala, D., Grote, R., Birami, B., Knüver, T., Rehschuh, R., Schwarz, S., & Ruehr, N.K. (2021). Leaf shedding and non-stomatal limitations of photosynthesis mitigate hydraulic conductance losses in Scots pine saplings during severe drought stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 1600. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.715127

Rehschuh, R., Cecilia, A., Zuber, M., Faragó, T., Baumbach, T., Hartmann, H., Steven, J., Stefan, M. & Ruehr, N.K. (2020). Drought-induced xylem embolism limits the recovery of leaf gas exchange in Scots pine. Plant Physiology, 184(2), 852-864. DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00407

Töchterle, P., Yang, F., Rehschuh, S., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N. K., Rennenberg, H., & Dannenmann, M. (2020). Hydraulic water redistribution by Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) occurring under severe soil drought. Forests, 11(2), 162. DOI: 10.3390/f11020162

Gut, U., Árvai, M., Bijak, S., Camarero, J. J., Cedro, A., Cruz-García, R., Garamszegi, B., Hacket-Pain, A., Hevia, A., Huang, W., Isaac-Renton, M., Kaczka, R., Kazimirović, M., Kędziora, W., Kern, Z., Klisz, M., Kolář, T., Körner, M., Kuznetsova, V., Montwé, D., Petritan, A., Petritan, I., Plavcová, L., Rehschuh, R., Rocha, E., Rybníček, M., Sánchez-Salguero, R., Schröder, J., Schwab, N., Stajić, B., Tomusiak, R., Wilmking, M., Sass-Klaassen, U., Buras. A. (2019). No systematic effects of sampling direction on climate-growth relationships in a large-scale, multi-species tree-ring data set. Dendrochronologia, 57, 125624. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125624

Rehschuh, R., Mette, T., Menzel, A., & Buras, A. (2017). Soil properties affect the drought susceptibility of Norway spruce. Dendrochronologia, 45, 81-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2017.07.003