Sonja Gockel

Chair for Terrestrial Ecology

Biodiversitäts-Exploratorium-Hainich
Am Burghof 3
D-99947 Mülverstedt

Phone:+49.3602.21.59845

E-mail: sonja.gockel[at]tum.de

Curriculum vitae

2000   Diploma forest science, Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden)
Since 2000 Doctorate thesis at Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection
2004- 2006 Forest Administration of Thuringia (ThüringenForst), state examination
Since 2006 Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Institute of Terrestrical Ecology, Technical University of Munich (since March 2011) Local coordinator, Biodiversity Exploratory Hainich

Research interest

Ecological silviculture

Projects

Management - Biodiversity Exploratory Hainich, since 2006
DFG-Project SSP 1347 “Biodiversity Exploratories”
www.biodiversity-exploratories.de

Publications

2019

  • Vogt, Juliane; Klaus, Valentin H.; Both, Steffen; Fürstenau, Cornelia; Gockel, Sonja; Gossner, Martin M.; Heinze, Johannes; Hemp, Andreas; Hölzel, Nobert; Jung, Kirsten; Kleinebecker, Till; Lauterbach, Ralf; Lorenzen, Katrin; Ostrowski, Andreas; Otto, Niclas; Prati, Daniel; Renner, Swen; Schumacher, Uta; Seibold, Sebastian; Simons, Nadja K.; Steitz, Iris; Teuscher, Miriam; Thiele, Jan; Weithmann, Sandra; Wells, Konstans; Wiesner, Kerstin; Ayasse, Manfred; Blüthgen, Nico; Fischer, Markus; Weisser, Wolfgang W.: Eleven years’ data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal 7, 2019, e36387 more…

2015

  • Manning, Pete; Gossner, Martin M.; Bossdorf, Oliver; Allan, Eric; Zhang, Yuan-Ye; Prati, Daniel; Bluethgen, Nico; Boch, Steffen; Boehm, Stefan; Boerschig, Carmen; Hoelzel, Norbert; Jung, Kirsten; Klaus, Valentin H.; Klein, Alexandra Maria; Kleinebecker, Till; Krauss, Jochen; Lange, Markus; Mueller, Joerg; Pasalic, Esther; Socher, Stephanie A.; Tschapka, Marco; Tuerke, Manfred; Weiner, Christiane; Werner, Michael; Gockel, Sonja; Hemp, Andreas; Renner, Swen C.; Wells, Konstans; Buscot, Francois; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Fischer, Markus: Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology 96 (6), 2015, 1492-1501 more…

2014

  • Allan, Eric; Bossdorf, Oliver; Dormann, Carsten F.; Prati, Daniel; Gossner, Martin M.; Tscharntke, Teja; Blüthgen, Nico; Bellach, Michaela; Birkhofer, Klaus; Boch, Steffen; Böhm, Stefan; Börschig, Carmen; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Christ, Sabina; Daniel, Rolf; Diekötter, Tim; Fischer, Christiane; Friedl, Thomas; Glaser, Karin; Hallmann, Christine; Hodac, Ladislav; Hölzel, Norbert; Jung, Kirsten; Klein, Alexandra Maria; Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Krauss, Jochen; Lange, Markus; Morris, E. Kathryn; Müller, Jörg; Nacke, Heiko; Pašalić, Esther; Rillig, Matthias C.; Rothenwöhrer, Christoph; Schall, Peter; Scherber, Christoph; Schulze, Waltraud; Socher, Stephanie A.; Steckel, Juliane; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Türke, Manfred; Weiner, Christiane N.; Werner, Michael; Westphal, Catrin; Wolters, Volkmar; Wubet, Tesfaye; Gockel, Sonja; Gorke, Martin; Hemp, Andreas; Renner, Swen C. et al.: Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (1), 2014, 308-313 more…

2013

  • Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Muller, J.; Socher, S.; Baumbach, H.; Buscot, F.; Gockel, S.; Hemp, A.; Hessenmoller, D.; Kalko, E. K. V.; Linsenmair, K. E.; Pfeiffer, S.; Pommer, U.; Schoning, I.; Schulze, E. D.; Seilwinder, C.; Weisser, W. W.; Wells, K.; Fischer, M.: High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic and Applied Ecology 14 (6), 2013, 496-505 more…
  • Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Prati, Daniel; Gossner, Martin M.; Alt, Fabian; Boch, Steffen; Gockel, Sonja; Hemp, Andreas; Lange, Markus; Müller, Jörg; Oelmann, Yvonne; Pašalić, Esther; Renner, Swen C.; Socher, Stephanie A.; Türke, Manfred; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Fischer, Markus; Hölzel, Norbert: Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility? Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 177, 2013, 1-9 more…
  • Socher, S. A.; Prati, D.; Boch, S.; Muller, J.; Baumbach, H.; Gockel, S.; Hemp, A.; Schoning, I.; Wells, K.; Buscot, F.; Kalko, E. K. V.; Linsenmair, K. E.; Schulze, E. D.; Weisser, W. W.; Fischer, M.: Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions. Basic and Applied Ecology 14 (2), 2013, 126-136 more…

2012

  • Blüthgen, Nico; Dormann, Carsten F.; Prati, Daniel; Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Hölzel, Norbert; Alt, Fabian; Boch, Steffen; Gockel, Sonja; Hemp, Andreas; Müller, Jörg; Nieschulze, Jens; Renner, Swen C.; Schöning, Ingo; Schumacher, Uta; Socher, Stephanie A.; Wells, Konstans; Birkhofer, Klaus; Buscot, François; Oelmann, Yvonne; Rothenwöhrer, Christoph; Scherber, Christoph; Tscharntke, Teja; Weiner, Christiane N.; Fischer, Markus; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Weisser, Wolfgang W.: A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and Applied Ecology 13 (3), 2012, 207-220 more…
  • Naether, Astrid; Foesel, Bärbel U.; Naegele, Verena; Wüst, Pia K.; Weinert, Jan; Bonkowski, Michael; Alt, Fabian; Oelmann, Yvonne; Polle, Andrea; Lohaus, Gertrud; Gockel, Sonja; Hemp, Andreas; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard; Pfeiffer, Simone; Renner, Swen; Schöning, Ingo; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wells, Konstans; Fischer, Markus; Overmann, Jörg; Friedrich, Michael W.: Environmental Factors Affect Acidobacterial Communities below the Subgroup Level in Grassland and Forest Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 (20), 2012, 7398-7406 more…

2010

  • Fischer, Markus; Bossdorf, Oliver; Gockel, Sonja; Hänsel, Falk; Hemp, Andreas; Hessenmöller, Dominik; Korte, Gunnar; Nieschulze, Jens; Pfeiffer, Simone; Prati, Daniel; Renner, Swen; Schöning, Ingo; Schumacher, Uta; Wells, Konstans; Buscot, François; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Linsenmair, Karl Eduard; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Weisser, Wolfgang W.: Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories. Basic and Applied Ecology 11 (6), 2010, 473-485 more…