Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht

University of Bayreuth — Germany

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

35h-index6.7kcitations93works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(37), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(32), Forest ecology and management(21), Plant and animal studies(14), Species Distribution and Climate Change(12)

Publications93 total

Dry and low nutrient conditions shift conspecific interactions from negative to positive, and responses depend on trait.
2026Open Access
Winter annuals not only escape but also withstand winter droughts: Results from a multi-trait, multi-species approach
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2025Open Access
Drought Resistance of Tropical Tree Seedlings
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press eBooks·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Stable isotope analysis indicates partial mycoheterotrophy in arbuscular mycorrhizal woody seedlings in tropical forests
Functional Ecology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Effects of leaf silicon on drought performance of tropical tree seedlings
Biology Letters·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Silicon-based anti-herbivore defense in tropical tree seedlings
Frontiers in Plant Science·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Effects of plant‐available soil silicon on seedling growth and foliar nutrient status across tropical tree species
Oikos·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Nutrient effects on drought responses vary across common temperate grassland species
Oecologia·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Plasticity of plant silicon and nitrogen concentrations in response to water regimes varies across temperate grassland species
Functional Ecology·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Functional Ecology·2022· 10 cited
Turgor loss point predicts survival responses to experimental and natural drought in tropical tree seedlings
Ecology·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?
Biotropica·2022· 2 cited
Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015–16 El Niño
Global Change Biology·2021· 41 cited
Variation of foliar silicon concentrations in temperate forbs: effects of soil silicon, phylogeny and habitat
Oecologia·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Evaluating grazing response strategies in winter annuals: A multi‐trait approach
Journal of Ecology·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests: Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2021· 35 citedOpen Access
Rethinking the Plant Economics Spectrum for Annuals: A Multi-Species Study
Frontiers in Plant Science·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015-16 El Niño - dataset and code
Figshare·2021Open Access
Local adaptation to herbivory within tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient
Ecology·2020· 19 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

S. Joseph Wright‬(10), Thomas A. Kursar(9), Liza S. Comita(8), Melvin T. Tyree(8), Benjamin L. Turner(5), James W. Dalling(4), Richard Condit(4), Catherine E. Lovelock(4), Ilka C. Feller(4), Marilyn C. Ball(4), Lars Markesteijn(4), Julian Gaviria(4), F. Andrew Jones(4), Eric Manzané‐Pinzón(4), Stephen P. Hubbell(3), Nathan J. B. Kraft(3), Ian J. Wright(3), Luke Browne(3), Leonor Álvarez‐Cansino(3), Stefan J. Kupers(3)