© F. Schreiner

M.Sc. Falk-Rudhard Schreiner

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group and
Research Group Soil Ecology and Land Use
Institute of Landscape Ecology
Heisenbergstr. 2, D-48149 Münster

room 404
phone +49251 83 30205
fax +49 251 83 38338
e-mail falk.schreiner [at] uni-muenster.de

  • Project

    Botany Core Biodiversity Exploratories

    RecovFun - Recovery mechanisms of above and belowground diversity and function of grassland, following reduction in intensity of land use

  • Research interests

    • Grassland ecology
    • Soil ecology
    • Plant-soil interaction
    • Functional Traits
    • Impact of land use on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Curriculum vitae

    since 2023

    Research Assistant and PhD Student
    Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster

    2022 – 2023 Project manager
    in environmental planning FROELICH & SPORBECK GmbH, branch office Dülmen
    2019 - 2022 Studies of landscape ecology (M. Sc.)
    Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    2018 - 2019 Employment in gardening and landscaping
    SCHWARZ & SCHÄFER, Römhild
    2017 - 2018 Journey through large parts of South America
    2016 - 2017 Employment in gardening and landscaping
    SCHWARZ & SCHÄFER, Römhild
    2015

    Studies of Practice in Applied Ecology
    Hedmark University College, Evenstad, Norwegen

    2011 - 2016

    Studies of environmental engineering (B. Eng.)
    Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

     

     

  • Publications

    International publications (peer-reviewed)

    Paeenroudposhti, N.R., Schaller, J., Schreiner, F-R., Neuenkamp, L., Irmscher, V., Hölzel, N., Bergmann, J. (2026) Leaf silicon and calcium differ between grassland plant functional groups while only calcium responds to soil background. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-09063-9.

    Irmscher, V., Hamer, U., Tischer, A., Klinger, Y., Nowak, S., Schreiner, F-R., Paeenroudposhti, N.R., Fedler, D., Frenz, D., von Maltzahn, M., Seidel, J., Shetekauri, L., Kleinebecker, T. (2026) Element Stoichiometry Across Grassland Plant Tissues and Rhizospheres: Role of Plant Traits, Soil and Land‐Use Intensity. European Journal of Soil Science, 77(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70321.

    Schreiner, F-R., Hölzel, N., Hamer, U., Hinderling, J., Irmscher, V., Paeenroudposhti, N.R., Prada-Salcedo, L.D., Prati, D., Vieira, S., Neuenkamp, L. (2026): Slow and context-dependent: Responses to grassland extensification across a comprehensive set of ecosystem attributes. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 401 (110277). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110277.

    Schreiner, F.R., Hamer, U., Hölzel, N., Neuenkamp L. (2025): Towards a comprehensive evaluation and mechanistic perspective on grassland restoration. Ecological Indicators, 186, 114830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.114830.

     

    Contributions to international congresses 

    Paeenroudposhti, N.R., Schaller, J., Schreiner, F-R., Neuenkamp, L., Irmscher, V., Hölzel, N., Bergmann, J. (2026): A Functional Trait Trade-off Between Silicon and Calcium Biomineralization in Leaves. BE20 - Emerging Topics in Long-Term and Large-Scale Biodiversity Research. Berlin. Oral presentation by Nahid Rasouli Paeenroudposhti.

    Schreiner, F.R., Hamer, U., Hölzel, N., Neuenkamp L. (2025): Effects of grassland extensification across multiple ecosystem attributes. Annual meeting of the British Ecological Society. Edinburgh. Oral presentation by Falk-Rudhard Schreiner.

    Enste, K., Schreiner, F-R., Saure, K., Neuenkamp, L. (2025): Above- and belowground trait responses of four grassland plant species to land use change. Annual meeting of the British Ecological Society. Edinburgh. Oral presentation by Kolja Enste.

    Neuenkamp, L., Schreiner, F-R., Enste, K., Hennecke, J., Bergmann, J., Hölzel, N. (2025): Root economics vary across organizational levels – a comparison of plant species and community level observations. Annual meeting of the British Ecological Society. Edinburgh. Poster presentation by Lena Neuenkamp.

     

    Software

    Schreiner F-R. & Neuenkamp L. (2024): TraitMoments. Efficient calculation and visualization of trait distribution moments. R package version 0.0.4. Available from: https://github.com/SchreinerFR/TraitMoments.

     

    Data

    Schreiner, F-R., Hölzel, N., Hamer, U., Hinderling, J., Prada-Salcedo, L.D., Prati, D., Vieira, S., Neuenkamp, L. (2025): Data and code for the manuscript 'Schreiner et al. (2025). Slow and context-dependent: Responses to grassland extensification across a comprehensive set of ecosystem attributes.'. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset 32032. https://doi.org/10.71615/bexis.32032.

  • Supervised theses

    Titles are given in German or English, depending on the language in which the thesis was originally written.

    Enste, Kolja (2025) Above- and belowground trait responses of four common grassland plant species to land use change. Master thesis.

    Saure, Katharina (2025) Veränderungen funktioneller Blattmerkmale von vier typischen Grünlandarten als Reaktion auf Extensivierungsmaßnahmen. Master thesis.

    Zager, Julian (2024) Die Auswirkungen von Extensivierungsmaßnahmen auf das Sprosswurzelverhältnis und das Kohlenstoff-Stickstoffverhältnis im Grünland. Bachelor thesis.

    Schmellekamp, Annika (2024): The effect of grassland extensification on stand structure, light penetration and microsite availability. Master thesis, first supervisor: Neuenkamp, Lena.

    Wolf, Melanie (2024): Der Effekt der Grünlandextensivierung auf die Aktivitäten extra-zellulärer Enzyme im Boden. Master thesis, first supervisor: Hamer, Ute.

    Gerstel, Meret (2024): Auswirkungen der kurzzeitigen Extensivierung von Grünland auf mikrobiellen Phosphor im Boden. Bachelor thesis, first supervisor: Hamer, Ute.

    Stracke, Leonie (2024): Der Effekt von Landnutzungsextensivierung auf die funktionellen Merkmale typischer Grünlandarten. Bachelor thesis, first supervisor: Neuenkamp, Lena.