Marc Goebel

• Ph.D. Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
• M.Sc., Forest and Wood Science, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
• B.Sc., Forest Science, Technische Universität Dresden, Tharandt, Germany

I am a forest ecologist with main research interests on whole plant functionality and species interactions ranging from the individual via plant communities to ecosystems. Recent research projects focus on plant soil interactions and belowground carbon sequestration. My research goals are to identify plant – soil and related carbon dynamics, focusing on contributing players in the soil system, specifically under extreme environmental conditions. I collaborate with colleagues at a local, regional, national, and international level.   

Selected Publications

• Withington J.M.*, Goebel M.*, Bułaj B., Oleksyn J., Reich P.B. and Eissenstat D.M. (2021) Remarkable Similarity in Timing of Absorptive Fine-Root Production Across 11 Diverse Temperate Tree Species in a Common Garden. Front. Plant Sci. 11:623722. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.623722 (* denotes equal authorship contribution)
• Gao, G., Goebel, M., Wang, Y., Wang Z., Gu, J. (2021) Spatial–temporal variations of absorptive fine roots in the organic and soil layers of a Larix gmelinii forest. Trees. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-021-02101-2
• Zwetsloot, M.J., Goebel M., Paya A., Grams T.E.E., Bauerle T. (2019) Specific spatio-temporal dynamics of absorptive fine roots in response to neighbor species identity in a mixed beech-spruce forest. Tree Physiology.
• Smith MS, Fridley JD, Goebel M, Bauerle TL (2014) Links between Belowground and Aboveground Resource-Related Traits Reveal Species Growth Strategies that Promote Invasive Advantages. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104189. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104189.
• Goebel M., S.E. Hobbie, B. Bulaj, M. Zadworny, D.D. Archibald, J. Oleksyn, P.B. Reich, and D.M. Eissenstat (2011) Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: Linking carbon and nutrient dynamics belowground to fine root function and structure. Ecological Monographs 81(1): 89-102.
• Smart D.R., E. Carlisle, M. Goebel, & B. A. Nunrz (2005) Transverse hydraulic redistribution by a grapevine. Plant, Cell and Environment 28,157-166.

NTRES 2100 Introductory Field Biology (2014 - current)