Florian Hofhansl
Research Scholar
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Research Scholar
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
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Biography
Florian Hofhansl is a research scholar in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC) Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Program. His research explores the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning with a focus on plant functional traits, life-history theory, and spatial ecology.He is an active member of the scientific steering committee of the AmazonFACE program, led by the National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil, as well as the society for the promotion of the La Gamba Field Station, located in Costa Rica and hosted by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Hofhansl holds a doctorate in ecology from the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna. More information about his research is available here.
Last update: 28 FEB 2023
Publications
Martins, N.P., ValverdeāBarrantes, O., Fuchslueger, L., Lugli, L.F., Grandis, A., Hofhansl, F. , Takeshi, B., Ushida, G., & Quesada, C.A. (2023). Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest. Oikos 2 e09996. 10.1111/oik.09996.
Hofhansl, F. (2023). Conservation and reforestation of biodiversity in the biological corridor La Gamba, Costa Rica. IIASA , Laxenburg, Austria.
Martins, N., Valverde-Barrantes, O., Fuchslueger, L., Lugli, L., Grandis, A., Hofhansl, F. , Takeshi, B., Ushida, G., & Quesada, C. (2023). Data from: Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a Central Amazonian rainforest. 10.5061/DRYAD.RR4XGXDFJ.
Stefaniak, E., Tissue, D., Dewar, R., Hofhansl, F. , Joshi, J., & Medlyn, B. (2023). Optimality Theory informed Carbon Storage Allocation under drought. In: 2nd Workshop Carbon Allocation in Plants - Advances in carbon allocation and acquisition, 20-21 NOVEMBER 2023, Versailles, France.
Singh, S., Verma, A., & Hofhansl, F. (2023). Topographical heterogeneity governs species distribution and regeneration potential by mediating soil attributes in Western Himalayan forests. Research Square 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3462205/v1. (Submitted)