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Old growth boreal forest at Zotino field site, Central Siberia. [photo: Ingo Ensminger]Dr. Ingo Ensminger
Global Change & Photosynthesis, Plant Physiology
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Ensminger, I.* , Schmidt, L., & Lloyd, J. (2007): Soil temperature and intermittent frost modulate the rate of recovery of photosynthesis in Scots pine under simulated spring conditions. New Phytologist (in press).
- Busch, F., Hüner, N.P.A. & Ensminger, I.*(2007): Increased air temperature during simulated autumn conditions does not increase photosynthetic carbon gain but affects the dissipation of excess energy in seedlings of the evergreen conifer Pinus banksiana. Plant Physiology 143, 1242-1251.
- Ensminger, I.* , Busch, F. & Huner, N.P.A. (2006): Photostasis and cold acclimation: Sensing low temperature through photosynthesis. Physiologia Plantarum 126: 28-44 (Invited review).
- Sveshnikov, D., Ensminger, I., Ivanov, A.G., Campbell, D.A., Lloyd, J., Funk, C. Hüner, N.P.A. & Öquist, G. (2006): Excitation energy partitioning and quenching during cold acclimation in Scots pine. Tree Physiology 26: 325-336.
- Ensminger, I.* , Foerster, J., Hagen, C. & Braune, W. (2005): Plasticity and acclimation to light reflected in temporal and spatial changes of small-scale macroalgal distribution in a stream. Journal of Experimental Botany 56 (418), 2047-2058.
- Slot, M, Wirth, C., Schumacher, J., Mohren, G.M.J., Shibistova, O., Lloyd, J. & Ensminger, I.* (2005): Regeneration patterns in boreal Scots pine glades linked to cold-induced photoinhibition. Tree Physiology 25 (9), 1139-1150.
- Ensminger, I.* , Sveshnikov, D., Campbell, D.A., Funk, C., Jansson, S., Lloyd, J. Shibistova, O.& Oquist, G. (2004) Intermittent low temperatures constrain spring recovery of photosynthesis in boreal Scots pine forests. Global Change Biology 10(6), 995-1008.
- Ensminger, I.* , Xyländer, M., Hagen, C. & Braune, W. (2001) Strategies providing success in a variable habitat: III. Dynamic control of photosynthesis in Cladophora glomerata. Plant, Cell & Environment 24 (8), 769-779.
- Ensminger, I.* , Hagen, C. & Braune, W. (2000) Strategies providing success in a variable habitat: I. Influence of environmental factors on dominance of Cladophora glomerata. Plant, Cell & Environment 23 (10), 1119-1128.
- Ensminger, I.* , Hagen, C. & Braune, W. (2000) Strategies providing success in a variable habitat: II. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis of Cladophora glomerata. Plant, Cell & Environment 23 (10), 1129-1136.
- Perdomo, L., Ensminger, I., Espinosa, L.F. Elster, C., Wallner-Kersanach, M. & Schnetter, M.L. (1998) The mangrove ecosystem of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta ( Colombia): Observations on regeneration and trace metals in sediment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 37(8-12), 393-403.
Manuscripts submitted or in preparation
- Herschbach, C., Rizzini, L., Mult, S., Hartmann, T., Busch, F., Peuke, A.D., Kopriva, S. & Ensminger, I.: Overexpression of bacterial g -glutamylcysteine synthetase targeted to plastids affects growth, sulphur metabolism and photosynthesis in grey poplar (Populus tremula x P. alba). (Submitted).
- Porcar-Castell, A., Juurola, E., Nikinmaa, E., Ensminger, I., Berninger, F., Hari, P. &: Seasonal acclimation of photosystem II in Pinus sylvestris. I. Estimating the rate constants of sustained heat dissipation and photochemistry, a new tool to complement F v/F m. (Submitted).
- Porcar-Castell, A., Juurola, E., Berninger, F., Ensminger, I., Hari, P. & Nikinmaa, E.: Seasonal acclimation of photosystem II in Pinus sylvestris. II. Studying the effect of light environment through the rate constant of sustained heat dissipation and photochemistry. (Submitted).
Invited Lectures
- Ensminger, I. : Conifer cold hardiness, climate change and the likely effects of increased air temperature on photosynthesis. Keynote speaker for the 8th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar, to be held from 3-9 August 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Ensminger, I. : Global change molecular plant physiology and Northern hemisphere forests. 12 March 2007, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
- Ensminger, I. : Global change molecular ecophysiology and boreal forests. 27 November 2006. School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
- Ensminger, I. : Acclimation of photosynthesis to extreme environments. 23 May 2006. At the Tibet Plateau Meeting of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Forschungsgesellschaft Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Ensminger, I. : Mechanisms behind the patterns - Physiological phenology and stress in evergreen conifers. 24 - 26 February 2006. At the FLUXNET-Canada Annual General Meeting, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada.
- Ensminger, I. : PhysConFor – An interdisciplinary approach towards understanding of physiology of coniferous forests. 11 January 2005. At Centre Recherche Biologie Forestiere, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.
- Ensminger, I. : PhysConFor - A new approach to study the physiology of evergreen conifers. 24 September 2004. At the Department Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
- Ensminger, I. : What does it mean to be an evergreen? - Photosynthesis and acclimation to light and cold in a changing world. 28 November 2003. At the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
