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Dr. Choimaa Dulamsuren

Phone: +49 551 39 5711
Fax: +49 551 39 22029
e-mail: dchoima@gwdg.de

Research interests

1) Ecology of forest-steppe ecotones
2) Ecophysiology of boreal trees
3) Global-change effects in central Asia
4) Plant biogeography and vegetation ecology
5) Plant diversity and flora of Mongolia
6) Dendrochronology, dendroecology and wood anatomy

Curriculum vitae

Education:

1999 - 2004 PhD study at the Center of Nature Conservation, University of Göttingen, Germany
Degree obtained: Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude)
Thesis title: Floristic diversity, vegetation and site conditions in the mountain taiga of the western Khentey, northern Mongolia

1995 - 1997 Study of botany at the National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator.
Degree obtained: MSc

1990 - 1995 Study of biology at the National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator.
Degree obtained: Dipl. Biol.

Work experience:

2007 - dato Researcher/Lecturer at the Department of Plant Ecology, Albrecht von Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
2004 - 2006 Scientific Assistant at the Center of Nature Conservation, University of Göttingen, Germany
1997 - 1999 Scientific Assistant at Dept. Botany, National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator.

Research projects:

1) German Science Foundation (DFG): Ecological causes of the forest-steppe border in northern Mongolia (2004-2008)
2) Volkswagen Foundation: Forest regeneration and biodiversity at the forest-steppe border of the Altay and Khangay Mountains under contrasting developments of livestock numbers in Kazakhstan and Mongolia (2010-2017).
3) German Science Foundation (DFG): "Carbon pools in spruce forests of the Qilian Mountains (north-eastern Tibetan Plateau) under the influence of global warming and land use" (2010-2014).
4) German Science Foundation (DFG): "Climate control of wood formation measured at high precision in a southern boreal pioneer and climax tree species (Larix sibirica and Betula platyphylla)" (2017-2020)

Publications

Refereed publications in journals:
(for requesting a copy of an article, please contact Dulamsuren.Choimaa@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Unkelbach J, Dulamsuren Ch, Klinge M, Behling H (2021) Holocene high-resolution forest-steppe and environmental dynamics in the Tarvagatai Mountains, north-central Mongolia, over the last 9570 cal yr BP. Quaternary Science (in press).

Klinge M, Dulamsuren Ch, Schneider F, Erasmi S, Hauck M, Bayarsaikhan U, Sauer D (2021) Geoecological parameters indicate discrepancies between potential and actual forest area in the forest-steppe of central Mongolia. Forest Ecosystems (under review).

Erasmi S, Klinge M, Dulamsuren Ch, Schneider F, Hauck M (2021) Modelling the productivity of Siberian larch forests from Landsat NDVI time series in fragmented forest stands of the Mongolian forest-steppe. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (in press).

Klinge M, Schneider F, Dulamsuren Ch, Arndt K, Bayarsaikhan U, Sauer D (2021) Interrelations between vegetation, natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and discontinuous permafrost in the forest-steppe of central Mongolia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (in press).

Unkelbach J, Dulamsuren Ch, Behling H (2021) Late Holocene climate and land-use history in the Mongolian Altai Mountains: combined evidence from palynological, macro-charcoal and tree-ring analyses Trees, Forests and People (in press).

Klinge M, Dulamsuren  Ch, Schneider  F, Erasmi  S, Hauck  M, Bayarsaikhan  U, Sauer D (2020)  Modelled potential forest area in the forest-steppe of central Mongolia is about three times of actual forest area. Biogeosciences Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-13

Dulamsuren Ch, Klinge M, Bat-Enerel B, Ariunbaatar T, Tuya D (2019) Effects of forest fragmentation on organic carbon pool densities in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Forest Ecology and Management 433: 780-788.

Dulamsuren Ch, AbilovaSh, Bektayeva M, Eldarov M, Schuldt B, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2019) Hydraulic architecture and vulnerability to drought-induced embolism in southern boreal tree species of Inner Asia. Tree Physiology 39:463-473.

Klinge M, Dulamsuren Ch, Erasmi S, Karger DN, Hauck M (2018) Climate effects on vegetation vitality at the treelineof boreal forests of Mongolia. Biogeosciences 15: 1319–1333.

Khansaritoreh E, Schuldt B, Dulamsuren Ch (2018) Hydraulic traits and tree-ring width in Larix sibirica Ledeb. as affected by summer drought and forest fragmentation in the Mongolian forest steppe. Annals of Forest Science 75 (30): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0701-2

Keyimu M, Halik Ü, Betz F, Dulamsuren Ch (2017) Vitality variation and population structure of a riparian forest in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, NW China. Journal of Forestry Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11676-017-0478-4

Khansaritoreh E, Dulamsuren Ch, Klinge M, Ariunbaatar T, Bat-Enerel B, Batsaikhan G, Ganbaatar Kh, Saindovdon D, Yeruult Yo, Tsogtbaatar J, Tuya D, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2017) Higher climate warming sensitivity of Sibirian larch in small than large forest islands in the fragmented Mongolian forest steppe. Global Change Biology 23: 3675-3689.

Khansaritoreh E, Eldarov M, Ganbaatar Kh, Saindovdon D, Leuschner C, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch (2017) Age structure and trends in annual stem increment of Larix sibirica in two neighboring Mongolian forest–steppe regions differing in land use history. Trees 31: 1973-1986.

Knutzen F, Dulamsuren Ch, Meier I, Leuschner C (2017) Recent climate warming-related growth decline impairs European beech in the center of its distributation. Ecosystems 20:1494-1511.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Kopp G, Ruff M, Leuschner C (2017): European beech responds to climate change with growth decline at lower, and growth increase at higher elevations in the center of its distribution range (SW Germany). Trees 31: 673-686.

Dulamsuren Ch, Klinge M, Degener J, Khishigjargal M, Chenlemuge T, Bat-Enerel B, Yeruult Y, Saindovdon D, Ganbaatar K, Tsogtbaatar J, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2016) Carbon pool densities and a first estimate of the total carbon pool in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Global Change Biology 22: 830-844.

Hauck M, Artykbaeva GT, Zozulya TN, Dulamsuren Ch (2016) Pastoral livestock husbandry and rural livelihoods in the forest-steppe of East Kazakhstan. Journal of Arid Environments 133: 102-111.

Liang EY, Leuschner C, Dulamsuren Ch, Wagner B, Hauck M (2016) Global warming-related tree growth decline and mortality on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Climatic Change 134: 163-176.

Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner C (2016) Anomalous increase in winter temperature and decline in forest growth associated with severe winter smog in the Ulan Bator basin. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 227 (article 261): 1-10.

Wagner B, Liang EY, Li X, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2015) Carbon pools of semi-arid Picea crassifolia forests in the Qilian Mountains (north-eastern Tibetan Plateau). Forest Ecology and Management 343: 136-143..

Chenlemuge T, Dulamsuren Ch, Hertel D, Schuldt B, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2015) Hydraulic properties and fine root mass of Larix sibirica along forest edge-interior gradients. Acta Oecologica 63: 28-35.

Chenlemuge T, Schuldt B, Dulamsuren Ch, Hertel D, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2015) Stem increment and hydraulic architecture of a boreal conifer (Larix sibirica) under contrasting macroclimates. Trees 29: 623-636.

Zimmermann J, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner C (2015) Climate warming-related growth decline affects Fagus sylvatica, but not other broad-leaved tree species in Central European mixed forests. Ecosystems 18: 560-572.

Dulamsuren Ch, Khishigjargal M, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2014) Response of tree-ring width to climate warming and selective logging in larch forests of the Mongolian Altai. Journal of Plant Ecology 7: 24-38.

Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Bayartogtokh B, Ulykpan K, Burkitbaeva UD, Otgonjargal E, Titov SV, Enkhbayar T, Sundetpaev AK, Beket U, Leuschner C (2014) Relationships between the diversity patterns of vascular plants, lichens and invertebrates in the Central Asian forest-steppe ecotone. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 1105-1117.

Khishigjargal M, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner HH, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2014). Climate effects on inter- and intra-annual larch stemwood anomalies in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Acta Oecologica 55: 113-121.

Dulamsuren Ch, Wommelsdorf T, Zhao F, Xue Y, Zhumadilov BZ, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013) Increased summer temperatures reduce the growth and regeneration of Larix sibirica in southern boreal forests of eastern Kazakhstan. Ecosystems 16: 1536-1549.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Leuschner C (2013) Seedling emergence and establishment of Pinus sylvestris in the Mongolian forest-steppe ecotone. Plant Ecology 214: 139-152.

Khishigjargal M, Dulamsuren Ch, Lkhagvadorj D, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013). Contrasting responses of seedling and sapling densities to livestock density in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Plant Ecology 214: 1391-1403.

Chenlemuge T, Hertel H, Dulamsuren Ch, Khishigjargal M, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013). Extremely low fine root biomass in Larix sibirica forests at the southern drought limit of the boreal forest. Flora 208: 488-496.

Battulga P, Tsogtbaatar J, Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M (2013) Equations for estimating the above-ground biomass of Larix sibirica in the forest-steppe of Mongolia. Journal of Forestry Research 24(3): 431-437.

Lkhagvadorj D, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Tsogtbaatar J (2013) Twenty years after decollectivization: mobile livestock husbandry and its ecological impact in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Human Ecology 41: 725-735.

Lkhagvadorj D, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Tsogtbaatar J (2013) Pastoral nomadism in the forest-steppe ecotone of the Mongolian Altai under a changing economy and a warming climate. Journal of Arid Environments 88: 82-89.

Hauck M, Javkhlan S, Lkhagvadorj D, Bayartogtokh B, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner C (2012) Edge and land-use effects on epiphytic lichen diversity in the forest-steppe ecotone of the Mongolian Altai. Flora 207: 450-458.

Hauck M, Zimmermann J, Jacob M, Dulamsuren Ch, Bade C, Ahrends B, Leuschner C (2012) Rapid recovery of stem increment in Norway spruce at reduced SO2 levels in the Harz Mountains, Germany. Environmental Pollution 164: 132-141.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Leuschner HH, Leuschner C (2011) Climate response of tree-ring width in Larix sibirica growing in the drought-stressed forest-steppe ecotone of northern Mongolia. Annals of Forest Science 68: 275-282.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Leuschner C (2010) Recent drought stress leads to growth reductions in Larix sibirica in the western Khentey, Mongolia. Global Change Biology 16: 3024-3035.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Khishigjargal M, Leuschner HH, Leuschner C (2010) Diverging climate trends in Mongolian taiga forests influence growth and regeneration of Larix sibirica. Oecologia 163: 1091-1102.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Leuschner HH, Leuschner C (2010) Gypsy moth-induced growth decline of Larix sibirica in a forest-steppe ecotone. Dendrochronologia 28: 207-213.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Bader M, Oyungerel S, Osokhjargal D, Nyambayar S, Leuschner C (2009) The different strategies of Pinus sylvestris and Larix sibirica to deal with summer drought in a northern Mongolian forest-steppe ecotone suggest a future superiority of pine in a warming climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 2520-2528.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Nyambayar S, Osokhjargal D, Leuschner C (2009) Establishment of Ulmus pumila seedlings on steppe slopes of the northern Mongolian mountain taiga. Acta Oecologica 35: 563-572.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Nyambayar S, Bader M, Osokhjargal D, Oyungerel S, Leuschner C (2009) Performance of Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) on steppe slopes of the northern Mongolian mountain taiga: drought stress and herbivory in mature trees. Environmental and Experimental Botany 66: 18-24.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Bader M, Osokhjargal D, Oyungerel S, Nyambayar S, Runge M, Leuschner C (2009) Water relations and photosynthetic performance in Larix sibirica growing in the forest-steppe ecotone of northern Mongolia. Tree Physiology 29: 99-110.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M (2008) Spatial and seasonal variation of climate on steppe slopes of the northern Mongolian mountain taiga. Grassland Science 54: 217-230.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2008) Insect and small mammal herbivores limit tree establishment in northern Mongolian steppe. Plant Ecology 195: 143-156.

Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Heimes C (2008) Effects of a gypsy moth invasion on the performance of Larix sibirica in a forest-steppe ecotone of northern Mongolia. Environmental and Experimental Botany 62: 351-356.

Karg J, Slowik J, Dulamsuren Ch, Mühlenberg M (2008) Above-ground insect communities in the forest-steppe zone of northern Mongolia. Ecological Questions 9: 63-71.

Schlütz F, Dulamsuren Ch, Wieckowska M, Mühlenberg M, Hauck M (2008) Late Holocene vegetation history suggests natural origin of steppes in the northern Mongolian mountain taiga. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 261: 203-217.

Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Mühlenberg M (2007) Lichen diversity on steppe slopes in the northern Mongolian mountain taiga and its dependence on microclimate. Flora 202: 530-546.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2005) Vegetation at the taiga forest-steppe borderline in the western Khentej Mountains, northern Mongolia. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 411-426.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2005) Ground vegetation in the Mongolian taiga forest-steppe ecotone does not offer evidence for the human origin of grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science 8: 149-154.

Dulamsuren Ch, Welk E, Jäger EJ, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2005) Range-habitat relationships of vascular plant species at the taiga forest-steppe borderline in the western Khentej Mountains, northern Mongolia. Flora 200: 376-397.

Dulamsuren Ch, Kamelin RV, Cvelev NN, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2004) Additions to the flora of the Khentej, Mongolia. Part 2. Willdenowia 34: 505-510.

Mühlenberg M, Hondong H, Dulamsuren Ch, v. Gadow K (2004) Large-scale biodiversity research in the southern taiga, Northern Mongolia. Forest, Snow and Landscape Research 78: 93-118.

Dulamsuren Ch, Mühlenberg M (2003) Additions to the flora of the Khentii, Mongolia. Willdenowia 33: 149-158.

Mühlenberg M, Slowik J, Samiya R, Dulamsuren Ch, Gantigmaa Ch, Woyciechoswki M (2000) The conservation value of West-Khentej, North Mongolia: evaluation of plant and butterfly communities. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 45: 63-90.

Monographs:

Urgamal M, Oyuntsetseg B, Nyambayar D, Dulamsuren Ch. (2014) Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. Pp. 334. Admon Printing, Ulaanbaatar.

Dulamsuren Ch (2004) Floristische Diversität, Vegetation und Standortbedingungen in der Gebirgstaiga des Westkhentej, Nordmongolei. Berichte des Forschungszentrums Waldökosysteme A 191: 1-290.

Book chapters:

Pfeiffer M, Dulamsuren Ch, Jäschke Y, Wesche K (2019) Grasslands of China and Mongolia: Spatial Extent, Land Use and Conservation. In: V.R. Squires, J. Dengler, H. Feng and L. Hua (eds.), Grasslands of the World: Diversity, Management and Conservation. CRC Press, Boca Raton, US. ISBN 978149879626.

Dulamsuren Ch, Mühlenberg M (2007) Phytosociological and biogeographical survey of flora and vegetation of Western Khentey. In: Gunin, P.D. (ed.): Ecosystems of Inner Asia: Questions on research and conservation: 135-153. Nauka, Moscow.

Other publications:

Hilbig W, Dulamsuren Ch (2016) Cedengijn Žamsran - eine Würdigung zu seinem 80. Geburtstag. Erforschung der Biologischen Ressourcen der Mongolei (Halle/Saale) 13: 123-135.

Dulamsuren Ch, Khishigjargal M (2012) Opposing growth trends created by external disturbance in larch forests of the Mongolian Altai. Erforschung der Biologischen Ressourcen der Mongolei (Halle/Saale) 12: 353-363.

Dulamsuren Ch (2010) Tree establishment and survival on steppe slopes of the Northern Mongolian mountain taiga. In: Dorofeyuk NI, Dorjsuren Ch, Gunin Pd, Drobyshev YuI, Bazha SN, Jargalsaikhan L, Kalibernova NM. (eds): Ecological consequences of biosphere processes in the ecotone zone of southern siberia and central asia. Pp. 104-107. Ulaanbaatar.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Leuschner C (2010) Global warming causes growth reductions in Larix sibirica in the Western Khentey, Northern Mongolia. In: Dorofeyuk NI, Dorjsuren Ch, Gunin Pd, Drobyshev YuI, Bazha SN, Jargalsaikhan L, Kalibernova NM. (eds): Ecological consequences of biosphere processes in the ecotone zone of southern siberia and central asia, pp. 132-133. Ulaanbaatar.

Dulamsuren Ch (2009) Shoot water potentials of Larix sibirica in a warming climate in the forest-steppe ecotone of the north-western Khentey. Science at the Institute of Botany, Mongolian Academy of Science 21: 194-204.

Dulamsuren Ch, Solongo B, Mühlenberg M (2006) Comments on the red data book of endangered plant species of Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 5: 43-48.

Dulamsuren Ch, Mühlenberg M (2005): Phytosociological and biogeographical survey of flora and vegetation of Western Khentey. - In: Dorjsuren Ch, Dorofeyuk NI, Gunin Pd, Drobyshev YuI, Bazha SN, Vasilieva LE (eds): Ecosystems of Mongolia and frontier areas of adjacent count ries: natural resources, biodiversity and ecological prospests, pp. 84-86. Ulaanbaatar.

Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M, Mühlenberg M (2005): Ecophysiological causes of the forest border moving towards the steppe - a case study in the Khentey Monuntains, Northern Mongolia.- In: Dorjsuren Ch, Dorofeyuk NI, Gunin Pd, Drobyshev YuI, Bazha SN, Vasilieva LE (eds): Ecosystems of Mongolia and frontier areas of adjacent countries: natural resources, biodiversity and ecological prospests, pp. 83-84. Ulaanbaatar.

Stenzel T, Stubbe M, Samjaa R, Stubbe A, Dulamsuren Ch (2005): Das Arteninventar der Avifauna der Mongolei während einer Nord-Süd-Durchquerung 1997.  Erforschung der Biologischen Ressourcen der Mongolei (Halle/Saale) 9: 311-391.

Mühlenberg M, Hondong H, Dulamsuren Ch, v. Gadow K (2003): Large-scale biodiversity research in the southern taiga, northern Mongolia. - In: Peterson C, Gadow K. v, Kräuchi N (eds).: Large-scale field experiments, creating a legacy for sustainable, science-based forest management, pp. 119-142, Davos.

Mühlenberg M, Slowik J, Samjaa R, Dulamsuren Ch, Melchert P, Wichmann F, Nockemann L, v. Velsen-Zerweck M (1999): Research and conservation in the watershed area of the Baikal, North Mongolia, Khan Khentii. NNA Schneverdingen.

Dulamsuren Ch, Jamsran Ts (1998): Comparative study of plant diversity in three areas of central Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 7: 71-79.

Dulamsuren Ch, Jamsran Ts (1997): Plant diversity of the Choiriyn Bord Uul mountain range. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 5: 8-33.

Dulamsuren Ch, Jamsran Ts (1997): The flora of the phytogeographical region Middle Khalka. - In: Natural Resources, history and ethnography of western Mongolia and adjacent regions, pp. 124-132. Tomsk. 

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