Adjunct Professor
Silviculture, forest dynamics, nutrient cycling
Phone: +49 761 203 3677
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: juergen.bauhus@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de

Jürgen studied Forestry in Freiburg, Vienna, and Göttingen and worked in Germany and Canada before he worked in the ANU Forestry Program between 1996 and 2003. Since June 2003 he has held a professorship and the Chair of Silviculture in the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences at Freiburg University, Germany. His research focuses on ecology and silviculture of native forests, carbon and nutrient cycling, dynamics of mixed-species stands, structural diversity and coarse woody debris. He is section editor of the European Journal of Forest Research, Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research and an associate of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting. At Freiburg University, he is directing the International PhD Program "Forestry in Transition", the German-French binational PhD program in "Risk Management in Forestry", and the new international MSc course "Forests, Environment and Bioresourcs".

Professional Activities

My research interests are primarily in the effects of forest management practices on forest ecosystem properties and processes, in particular forest structure, eco-physiology of trees and carbon and nutrient cycling.

Current projects:

An ARC funded project in collaboration with State Forests NSW aims at "Guiding early silvicultural interventions through predicting canopy and crown dynamics in plantations of sub-tropical eucalypts". Specifically the project investigates the plasticity of green crowns of different species as affected by stand density, and the response of trees to green pruning (see also PhD student Philip Alcorn).

European Union Project with partners in Spain, The Netherlands, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia examining the role of smallholders in the sustainable management of forested landscapes in the Amazon basin.

European Union Project with partners in India and The Netherlands investigating the importance of plantations in a "crowded world", in particular in the provision of ecosystem goods and services. This also includes the development of a graduate course on this topic.

Exploring the use of Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy in fine-root studies. In particular, this DFG-funded project investigates the quantification of fine roots and the separation of the fine roots of different species using spectral properties of these tissues.

Determining the decay rates of coarse or woody debris of the most important central European tree species. Decay rates will be quantified by measuring respiration and mass loss in different decay phases and the process modelled in relation to climatic variables and log properties.

A number of PhD projects such as "Litter decomposition in mixed species of beech and spruce", "Tree growth in logged-over rainforest in south-east Kamerun" and "The effects of different fire regimes on soil fertility and vegetation diversity in dry dipterocarp forests in Thailand".

My teaching covers forest dynamics, silviculture and ecosystem management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels (see: http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/Mitarbeit/bauhus.html)

Selected Publications

Forrester, D.I., Cowie, A.L., Bauhus, J., Wood, J.T., Forrester, R.I. 2006. Effects of changing the supply of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and interactions between Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii in a pot trial. Plant and Soil 280: 2677-277.

O'Hara, C.P., Bauhus, J., Smethurst P.J. 2006. Role of light fraction soil organic matter in the phosphorus nutrition of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings. Plant and Soil 280, 127-134.

Forrester, D. I., Bauhus, J. , Cowie, A.L. 2005. Nutrient cycling in a mixed-species plantation of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2942-2950.

Hopmans, P., Bauhus, J., Khanna, P.K., Weston, C. 2005. Carbon and nitrogen in forest soils: Potential indicators for sustainable management of eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 220: 75-87.

McElhinny, C., Gibbons, P., Brack, C., Bauhus, J. 2005. Forest and woodland stand structural complexity: Its definition and measurement. Forest Ecology and Management 218, 1-24

Forrester D.I., Bauhus J., Cowie A.L. 2005. On the success and failure of mixed-species tree plantations: lessons learned from a model system of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii. Forest Ecology and Management 209, 147-155.

Chen W., Zhang Q., Cihlar J., Bauhus J. and D.T. Price 2004. Estimating fine-root biomass and production of boreal and cool temperate forests using aboveground measurements: A new approach. Plant and Soil 26, 31-46.

Bauhus J., Vor T., Bartsch N. and A. Cowling 2004. The effects of gaps and liming on forest floor decomposition and soil C and N dynamics in a Fagus sylvatica forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34, 3, 509-518.

Bauhus J., van Winden, A. P. and A. B. Nicotra 2004. Above-ground interactions and productivity in mixed-species plantations of Acacia mearnsii and Eucalyptus globulus. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34, 686-694.