Dr. Joice Klipel

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.125
Fon +49.4131.677-2843, joice.klipel@leuphana.de

Research associate, Professorship of Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

Academic Profile
Publications
Courses

Vita

2024- Present: Research Associate in Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
2023-2024: Research fellow (Sustainable Development) in Technological Institute Vale, Brazil
2019- 2023: PhD in Ecology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
2022- 2023: Sandwich PhD at Desertification Research Centre, CIDE-CSIC, Spain
2017 – 2019: Master in Ecology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 – 2016: Scientific Initiation Scholarship and field assistant in Atlantic Forest: vegetation survey, vegetation identification and sampling design at the Plant Ecology Laboratory (LEVEG- UFRGS)
2012 – 2016: Undergraduate in Biology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

Publications

Journal contributions

Functional traits underlie dominance and rarity patterns across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Kauane Maiara Bordin (Author) , Tanise Luisa Sausen (Author) , Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso (Author) , Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Davi da Cunha Morales (Author) , Pedro Higuchi (Author) , Ana Carolina da Silva (Author) , Elivane Salete Capellesso (Author) , Márcia C.M. Marques (Author) , Marina Correa Scalon (Author) , Renato Marques (Author) , Victor Pereira Zwiener (Author) , Marcos Bergmann Carlucci (Author) , André Luís de Gasper (Author) , Alexander Vibrans (Author) , Débora Lingner (Author) , Katia J. Zanini (Author) , Ronaldo dos Santos-Junior (Author) , João André Jarenkow (Author) , Cimélio Bayer (Author) , Sandra Cristina Müller (Author) , 01.11.2026 , in: Forest Ecology and Management, 619
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Understanding the potential for climate adaptation of the Atlantic Forest hotspot requires a research collaboration network
André Luís de Gasper (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Simone Vieira (Author) , Kauane Bordin (Author) , Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva (Author) , Sandra Cristina Müller (Author) , Luciana F. Alves (Author) , Ana C. Carnaval (Author) , Marcelo Trindade Nascimento (Author) , Marcia C.M. Marques (Author) , Renato A.Ferreira de Lima (Author) , Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago (Author) , Carolina Casagrande Blanco (Author) , Rubens Manoel dos Santos (Author) , Mario R. Moura (Author) , Alexander C. Vibrans (Author) , Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert (Author) , 01.07.2026 , in: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 24, 3 , p. 274-279 , 6 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
Martin J.P. Sullivan (Author) , Oliver L. Phillips (Author) , David Galbraith (Author) , Everton Almeida (Author) , Edmar Almeida de Oliveira (Author) , Jarcilene Almeida (Author) , Esteban Álvarez Dávila (Author) , Luciana F. Alves (Author) , Ana Andrade (Author) , Luiz Aragão (Author) , Alejandro Araujo-Murakami (Author) , Eric Arets (Author) , Luzmila Arroyo (Author) , Omar Aurelio Melo Cruz (Author) , Fabrício Baccaro (Author) , Timothy R. Baker (Author) , Olaf Banki (Author) , Christopher Baraloto (Author) , Jos Barlow (Author) , Jorcely Barroso (Author) , Erika Berenguer (Author) , Lilian Blanc (Author) , Cecilia Blundo (Author) , Damien Bonal (Author) , Frans Bongers (Author) , Kauane Maiara Bordin (Author) , Roel J.W. Brienen (Author) , Igor S. Broggio (Author) , Benoit Burban (Author) , George Cabral (Author) , José Luís Camargo (Author) , Domingos Cardoso (Author) , Maria Antonia Carniello (Author) , Wendeson Castro (Author) , Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima (Author) , Larissa Cavalheiro (Author) , Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro (Author) , Sonia Cesarina Palacios Ramos (Author) , Victor Chama Moscoso (Author) , Jerôme Chave (Author) , Fernanda Coelho (Author) , James A. Comiskey (Author) , Fernando Cornejo Valverde (Author) , Flávia Costa (Author) , Italo Antônio Cotta Coutinho (Author) , Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa (Author) , Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros (Author) , Jhon del Aguila Pasquel (Author) , Géraldine Derroire (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Nature Communications, 16, 1 , 12 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Tall stature and small leaves: ecological strategies that enhance tree growth across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Kauane Maiara Bordin (Author) , Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso (Author) , Leandro da Silva Duarte (Author) , Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Rayana Caroline Picolotto (Author) , Davi da Cunha Morales (Author) , Pedro Higuchi (Author) , Ana Carolina da Silva (Author) , Elivane Salete Capellesso (Author) , Márcia C.M. Marques (Author) , Sandra Cristina Müller (Author) , 01.08.2025 , in: Oikos, 2025, 8 , 11 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity across tree communities in subtropical Atlantic forests
Jean M. Freitag Kramer (Author) , Kauane Maiara Bordin (Author) , Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Rayana Caroline Picolotto (Author) , Katia Janaina Zanini (Author) , Victor P. Zwiener (Author) , Sandra C. Müller (Author) , 01.06.2025 , in: Oikos, 2025, 6 , 15 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

The use of functional traits in assessing productivity in natural ecosystems
Kauane Maiara Bordin (Author) , Davi da Cunha Morales (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Jean M. Freitag Kramer (Author) , Sandra Cristina Müller (Author) , Pedro Augusto Thomas (Author) , Milena Fermina Rosenfield (Author) , 01.01.2025 Amsterdam , p. 111-133 , 23 p.
Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Forests in the South Brazilian Grassland Region
Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin (Author) , Martin Molz (Author) , Milena Fermina Rosenfield (Author) , Joice Klipel (Author) , Larissa Donida Biasotto (Author) , Joao André Jarenkow (Author) , 15.12.2023 1 ed. Cham , p. 385-415 , 31 p.
Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Courses

Field Exercise 2 - Introduction to Ecology (for GESS)

Joice Klipel

Please note that the field exercises do not only differ in dates, but also in their topics and the study locations. For some exercises you will have to stay overnight, and for some exercises you need a bicycle.

You will learn basic field methods of vegetation ecology at different forest sites (setting up study plots, creating a vegetation survey, collecting leaf samples and measuring functional leaf characteristics).
With the help of this data, you will gain insights into different scales of biodiversity and the topic of functional ecology as a basis for understanding ecosystem functions and services.
Data analysis is carried out using the statistical program R.

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